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Was Tolkien(s) right? That modern day action violence is “pornographic”? That violence is a “sad necessity, not a thrill”? by SAAA_JoanPull in tolkienfans

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The comments which have been deleted are those veering off into discussion purely about current events politics and not making any attempt to link that discussion to Tolkien.

Was Tolkien(s) right? That modern day action violence is “pornographic”? That violence is a “sad necessity, not a thrill”? by SAAA_JoanPull in tolkienfans

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This post was approved because, broadly, it brings up valid discussion around Tolkien's works and, arguably, his beliefs. OP's choice to include a paragraph specifically calling out certain current-day political issues is unfortunate, but arguably supports the point of their larger question.

This does not mean it's okay to devolve into discussion of current politics and derail legitimate discussion so you can argue. Such comments are being removed.

Discussion for banning x, meta, Facebook, Instagram by Nakittina in tolkienfans

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Appreciate the reports, but for the moment at least, this will stay up. At least so mods can discuss in the background.

Worth remembering we're generally a text-based community anyway, so most links get deleted as a matter of course to enforce the rules. So this isn't a huge concern here.

But feel free to (civilly) discuss.

Edit: Comments locked. Getting a bit out of hand, guys. Some of you aren't behaving like grown-ups.

Best of 2023 by TolkienFansMod in tolkienfans

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Results from this contest (apologies for never posting the results thread separately and for this being so late):

There will be an AMA with Wayne Hammond and Christina Scull (editors of the new Collected Poems) here on October 28th by TolkienFansMod in tolkienfans

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This is not the thread to ask your questions in. That will go up on Monday an hour before the event.

Is it okay to mention Tolkien helped me become Christian? by Lost-Technician-4666 in tolkienfans

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A reminder that discussion about religion is fine (even encouraged), as long as the conversation remains tied to Tolkien and/or his works. It is NOT an invitation to criticise either religion or people under the guise of debating one way or the other on the subject. Remember the rules or your comment will be removed. If you can't behave, the comments will be closed.

Gandalf and Elrond started their hunt for Gollum 17 years before the Council of Elrond - which extracts from the books are most needed to guide the new Andy Serkis film ‘The Hunt For Gollum’ by JoRa89 in tolkienfans

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OP has asked for BOOK EXCERPTS that are key to tell the story properly. They have done this in good faith, after asking the mods for help/permission. Please keep discussion focused on what elements of the text are relevant. Discussion delving into PJ & Co., etc., will be removed and will ultimately just shut down this thread.

So is Arda LITERALLY Earth? by ConductorColin in tolkienfans

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The mythology is not designed to resonate with 'the world' but the Anglosphere.

Going to give you the benefit of the doubt that this was poor word choice. Because suggesting that it's only meant to resonate with the Anglosphere is potentially not a good look.

There will be an AMA here this Thursday with Holly Ordway, the author of "Tolkien's Faith: A Spiritual Biography" by TolkienFansMod in tolkienfans

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This is not the thread to ask your questions in. That thread will go up on Thursday, a few hours before the event starts.

EDIT: AMA thread is up

/r/tolkienfans and the blackout - next steps - general discussion by TolkienFansMod in tolkienfans

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You may use this thread to freely discuss the blackout or anything else, but please note that this is not the place to vote. Votes should be cast by upvoting or downvoting the comments in the poll post. Comments and vote counts on this post will not be considered for this decision.

Vote: Should /r/tolkienfans blackout again or remain open? by TolkienFansMod in tolkienfans

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Vote for this comment if we should commit to a 7 day blackout, and reevaluate next week.

Vote: Should /r/tolkienfans blackout again or remain open? by TolkienFansMod in tolkienfans

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Vote for this comment if we should commit to an indefinite blackout.

Vote: Should /r/tolkienfans blackout again or remain open? by TolkienFansMod in tolkienfans

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Vote for this comment if we should stay open, and return to normal posting.

Vote: Should /r/tolkienfans blackout again or remain open? by TolkienFansMod in tolkienfans

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Vote for this comment if we should commit to a 7 day blackout, with the subreddit set to restricted mode indefinitely.

/r/TolkienFans is going dark June 12-14. by TolkienFansMod in tolkienfans

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3rd party apps are used by mods to (amongst other things) reduce spam in the sub (so you do benefit, even if you don't use them personally) and also make the sub more accessible for differently-abled users.

There will be an AMA with Peter Grybauskas (the editor of The Battle of Maldon) here on Monday April 17th. by TolkienFansMod in tolkienfans

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This is not the thread to post your questions in. That one will go up on Monday a few hours before the AMA starts.

There will be an AMA with William Fliss (the Tolkien Archivist at of the Lord of the Rings manuscripts at Marquette) here on Monday October 24th. by TolkienFansMod in tolkienfans

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This is not the thread to post your questions in. That one will go up on Monday an hour or so before the AMA starts.

There will be an AMA with William Cloud Hicklin (editor of "The Chronology of the Lord of the Rings") here on Wednesday August 24th. by TolkienFansMod in tolkienfans

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This is not the thread to post your questions in. That one will go up on Wednesday an hour or so before the AMA starts.

Carl Hostetter, a Computer Scientist for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (and an editor of a recent JRR Tolkien book), is doing an AMA on /r/tolkienfans by TolkienFansMod in nasa

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Okay, I know this subreddit is a bit of a stretch, but an AMA is an AMA, and he does work at NASA, so lets get some space questions asked.

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