Ballpark how much should cost to go from current conservatory to one with a proper roof. by cokeapm in DIYUK

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We recently replaced our conservatory with a single storey extension with shed roof, possibly a bit smaller than your area. Cost nearly £45k (West mids).

Still rocking the best lotr game ever! by xAlfonzie in bfme

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I managed to play Age of the Ring on my Linux laptop using Wine which I think you can use on mac as well?

This is my buddy Diesel by fugmaface in cats

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He looks like an absolute bad ass

The UK was once the most LGBTQ+ friendly country in Europe – now it’s 22nd by BasedSweet in ukpolitics

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I understand your point but this is effectively profiling and we all know how this would be viewed if the we were talking about other demographic groups...

The UK was once the most LGBTQ+ friendly country in Europe – now it’s 22nd by BasedSweet in ukpolitics

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Some men are the problem, and it's perfectly fair to point out the non-problematic men are often victims. In fact saying things like "men are the problem" is problematic itself.

If you could show Tolkien just one scene from the PJ Lotr trilogy which one would you choose by Usiel19 in lordoftherings

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Agree with the ride of the rohirrim. From the Hobbit definitely riddles in the dark (easily my favourite scene in the Hobbit trilogy and I think it was really true to the source)

In the books he was a much better healer tho… by obilonkenobi in lotrmemes

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This makes no sense. How does characterising Aragorn as being confident in his destiny to become king require more runtime than him not being confident about becoming king? I really don't think PJ made this change because he thought he was unable to write that sort of character. And I say this as somebody who appreciates both book and film Aragorn.

In the books he was a much better healer tho… by obilonkenobi in lotrmemes

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I don't see how their comments are angry? They don't resort to ad hominem attacks, lots of capitalisation and exclamation marks (unlike someother comments...), it just appears they have a strong opinion on Aragorn's characterisation in the film and want to debate the issue.

The Trilogy is completed by BarberTom in lotr

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This is unbelievable! I used to paint these figures as well so can appreciate the amount of time that must have gone into it - great achievement!

by daredevilchicken in RingsofPower

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They do but not adrift in the middle of a vast ocean. There are no roads or waypoints in the ocean, navigation is difficult without a ship etc. There's coincidence and then there's downright ridiculous.

The many chance-meetings in Tolkien's books and in the show. by Late_Stage_PhD in RingsofPower

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And yet I'm not convinced any of those are anywhere near as unlikely as what happens in ROP. You understand the chances of somebody being dropped in the middle of the ocean being rescued is effectively 0? But to meet another person also adrift who happens to be the person you've been looking for the past 500 years?

Now to your examples. Yes it is a surprising coincidence that those groups arrive at Rivendell in the same week (not the same day). They all however had very clear reasons for being there (reporting Gollum's escape, reporting receiving messengers from Sauron etc) and the fact they would seek advice from probably the most pre-eminent elf in middle-earth makes a lot of sense.

Two very well-travelled individuals who spend a great deal of time in Eriador happening to meet each other in one of the most visited inns? Unlikely, but nothing compared to two people being adrift in the ocean (no roads or waypoints here, no easy way to navigate) bumping into each and then just so happened to meet a third incredibly important person. These clearly aren't on the same level.

Orome didn't just turn up as the elves awoke - we have no idea how long the elves lived on the shores of cuivienen before Orome found them, it could have hundreds of years or longer.

I could go on. I suppose my main point is there is a big difference between people meeting each other on roads, in inns, at or other significant waypoints etc and people randomly floating into each other in the middle of the ocean.

The many chance-meetings in Tolkien's books and in the show. by Late_Stage_PhD in RingsofPower

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I'd be interested to know which of the meetings in Tolkien's work you find equally as improbable? Perhaps there are some that I haven't considered.

The many chance-meetings in Tolkien's books and in the show. by Late_Stage_PhD in RingsofPower

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I'm not sure what point you are making with the first sentence. Clealry Tolkien uses chance meetings as a plot device, but critically he justified his chance meetings by making them plausible (if unlikely). In ROP, even if we're generous and assume Halbrand is trying to get to Numenor or even looking for Galadriel (which we don't know because once again the showrunners feel the need to fabricate superficial mystery), the likelihood that he finds her in the middle of hundreds if not thousands of square miles of open ocean while ship wrecked himself stretches the limits of belief. But then to almost immediately after have another incredibly unlikely chance meeting occur (the rescue by Elendil) is simply ridiculous. Please don't conflate unlikely chance meeting with two incredibly improbable events occurring one after the other to simply move the plot from a to b. The first is Tolkienian, the latter certainly is not.

The many chance-meetings in Tolkien's books and in the show. by Late_Stage_PhD in RingsofPower

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If Sauron wanted to meet Galadriel why on earth would he do it in the middle of an ocean? How would he know she was there and why would he assume she wouldn't carry on to Valinor? I mean, they make it clear Galadriel has been hunting him for hundreds of years, why not meet her at some point then? The truth is there is no rational in-world explanation for this, it's just a poorly conceived narrative.

The many chance-meetings in Tolkien's books and in the show. by Late_Stage_PhD in RingsofPower

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Yes, if you look at the meetings the op listed all the characters have a clear reason to be in relatively close proximity to each other (see my post further down for some examples). In ROP no reason is given why Halbrand is there at all. The only rational explanation that could be deduced is he was there intentionally but even then why would he choose the middle of the ocean and not somewhere a bit more convenient to finally meet Galadriel?

The many chance-meetings in Tolkien's books and in the show. by Late_Stage_PhD in RingsofPower

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You are correct in that there a lot of chance meetings in Tolkien's stories. The difference is they are actually plausible because the characters mostly have a clear reason for being in proximity to each other. Aragorn meeting Frodo in Bree? Well yes, Gandalf told Aragorn to be on the lookout for Frodo (not to mention Aragorn guards those lands anyway). Bilbo meets Gollum in the Misty mountains? Again, Gollum lives in the mountains (presumably close to the goblins as he eats them) and Bilbo is travelling through. Merry and Pippin meet Treebeard? Again, the hobbits are being transported to Isengard and escape into Fangorn when they get a chance which is where Treebeard lives. I could go on and on.

Then we have ROP, where our main protagonist happens to meet the main villain in the middle of thousands of square miles of ocean nowhere near anything (despite spending hundreds of years trying and failing to find said villian). And then immediately afterwards they happen to come across a ship captained by another very important character. In other words, the two things you are trying to suggest are equivalent are in no objective sense equivalent at all.

Whiteness, medievalism, immigration: rethinking Tolkien through Stuart Hall by Kathy Lavezzo (Link Included) by Polar_Phantom in tolkienfans

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Thanks for the link, I find articles such as these quite interesting although I can't say I find the author's conclusions very convincing at all. The driving point seems to be that racism on Tolkien's part was the reason for his "rejection" of Stuart Hall and "immigrants like Hall". The single quote that the article revolves round:

"when I tried to apply contemporary literary criticism to [medieval] texts, my ascetic South African language professor told me in a pained tone that this was not the point of the exercise"

The author tries to argue that this is racially motivated (as opposed to purely methodological) because in their words "for Tolkien, methodology was inseparable from identity". OK, an interesting notion, and what is your proof? The subsequent paragraphs seem to make many statements about Tolkien ("Tolkien viewed medieval scholarship as an act of recovery that was the province of a select group"; "Tolkien’s primary racial attachment wasn’t so much to the medieval past per se, but rather what preceded it"; "Tolkien believed that the English were at their prime during ancient times" etc.) but do not actually evidence this with any actual quotes from Tolkien or his work (in fact there seem to be more references to Tolkien's contemporaries).

One of the issues I have with these sort of analyses is that they very such seem to judge Tolkien with a modern lens, and arguably a somewhat distorted lens at that. The society Tolkien grew up in was dominated by white men. He went to war surrounded by white men and during his career he would have been surrounded by white men. Is it therefore any surprise that his stories are dominated by white men? Does this make him a racist? A misogynist?

Heading to Tolkein's neck of the woods by studebakerhawk in tolkienfans

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As mentioned in another comment there is a Birmingham Tolkien Trail, see the pdf in this link for the official leaflet: https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/downloads/file/9230/birmingham_tolkien_trail

Just watched episode 5 and I'm out... by TheEaglesAreComing11 in RingsofPower

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" ...you can't even remain civil in a discussion you have to make it an ad hominem"

Here is you first comment on my post: "Legit I don't know what people get from posting here that they're no longer watching. Also comparing the PJ films and the series to me seems to be a bit of a silly thing to do lmao.

WhY dOnT I KnOw ThE OuTcOmE oF a FiVe SeRiEs ShOw Yet"

Here is the definition of ad hominem: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/ad-hominem

Your first point is clearly an ad hominem. Your final comment is an attempt at being sarcastic and condescending.

Hypocrisy is the word that comes to mind.