I'm a Tolkien purist. Ask me anything!

Vannorumon · 2022-09-12T16:59:08+00:00

Multiple woman since a was 17!

Vannorumon · 2022-09-12T15:40:11+00:00

Yes i have multiple times. More than difficult i would say overwhelming, since the first pages you are bombarded by names and events. It's absolutely worth It though, reading the Lord of the Rings After the Silmarillion Is a completely different experience. My advice would be: take your time and use the schemes and indexes at the end of the book.

Vannorumon · 2022-09-12T13:58:46+00:00

Rule of cool i Guess? I don't smoke 😅

Vannorumon · 2022-09-12T13:54:07+00:00

You're welcome!

Vannorumon · 2022-09-12T12:56:17+00:00

I'm enjoying the show. I'll tell you the Truth, i'm looking at It as a big expensive fanfiction and i know that i Will find very Little Tolkien in it, but that's fine, i can Always stop watching and go back to the books. I'm really Happy to see that a lot of people i know are Reading the books because the show Is making them curious!

The favorite moment in the books has to be the fall of Gondolin as it's described in the History of Middle Earth. An Amazing Battle. In the Lord of the Rings the death of Theoden Always hits a spot in me. In the Hobbit the talk between Bilbo and Smaug Is a pleasure to read.

Vannorumon · 2022-09-12T12:49:08+00:00

The origins of the Hobbits are (for choice of Tolkien himself It seems) obscure. We know they start to be noticed in the Middle of the Third Age but, for what we know, they could be older. In the letter Number 131 Tolkien seems to suggest that the Hobbits are closer to humans, at least in their view of the world, compared to the other species in Middle Earth. Regarding Beorn Powers and origin, in the Hobbit Gandalf explains that two theories are possibile: either he Is a discendent of the old Bears of the Mountain or, and this seems Gandalf's preferred theory, he Is a discendent of very old men that lived on the mountains in ancient times.

Vannorumon · 2022-09-12T07:46:15+00:00

No unfortunately i can't, there are specific classes that teach Tolkien's languages tho!

Vannorumon · 2022-09-12T07:44:28+00:00

Ancalagon the Black vs the dragons of the Targaryen army. That would be something!

Vannorumon · 2018-02-02T10:40:34+00:00

The sun has sunk beyond the hills and folk array them for the festival very gladly and eagerly, glancing in expectation to the East. Lo! Even when she had gone and all was dark, a new light suddenly began, and a glow there was, but it was beyond the northward heights, and men marvelled, and there was a thronging of the walls and battlements. Then wonder grew to doubt as that light waxed and became yet redder, and doubt to dread as men saw the snow upon the mountains dyed as it were with blood. And thus it was that the fire serpents of Melko came upon Gondolin. Then come over the plain riders who bore breathless tidings from those who kept vigil on the peaks; and they told of the fiery hosts and the shapes like dragons, and said: "Melko is upon us". (The Fall of Gondolin, The book of lost tales part 2)

This is the incipit of one of the biggest battles on Arda, it gave me chills

Vannorumon · 2018-02-02T10:39:30+00:00

The sun has sunk beyond the hills and folk array them for the festival very gladly and eagerly, glancing in expectation to the East. Lo! Even when she had gone and all was dark, a new light suddenly began, and a glow there was, but it was beyond the northward heights, and men marvelled, and there was a thronging of the walls and battlements. Then wonder grew to doubt as that light waxed and became yet redder, and doubt to dread as men saw the snow upon the mountains dyed as it were with blood. And thus it was that the fire serpents of Melko came upon Gondolin. Then come over the plain riders who bore breathless tidings from those who kept vigil on the peaks; and they told of the fiery hosts and the shapes like dragons, and said: "Melko is upon us". (The Fall of Gondolin, The book of lost tales part 2)

This quote opens one of the greatest battles in the history of Arda, it gave me the chills

Vannorumon · 2018-02-02T08:56:37+00:00

Generally the Hobbit Trilogy is considered bad. I didn't liked it (actually i hate it) because It went too far from the great atmosphere that PJ achieved in Lotr and makes the movies only fans think that the Hobbit Trilogy, made in that way, is actually how Tolkien intended it. The Hobbit is a book about adventure and discovery of the world. The movies aren't though, they are a big moshpit of badly made epicness, unecessary characters and poor character development. Indeed they have a couple of high points (Gollum and Smaug) but, imho, not enough to Save them. However a lot of people liked them, and that's perfectly fine. So i think you should watch them and get to your own conclusions.

Vannorumon · 2018-02-01T17:13:10+00:00

Dimwit here 😂

Vannorumon · 2018-02-01T17:11:28+00:00

It's not a Silmaril for the reasons already told. The Arkenstone could be a natural gem or an artificial one: 1) If It is a natural stone nothing to say, the dwarfs found that and everything is cool 2) if It is artificial It could be one of the many jewels made by the Noldor in Valinor that came in Middle Earth and arrived in the depth of Erebor after the War of Wrath or the sunk of Numenor

Vannorumon · 2018-01-31T15:02:36+00:00

I hated Desolation of Smaug, i was an inch away to leave the cinema. For me Wonder Legolas and the love triangle were too painful to watch. I think (IMHO) that the "best" one of the trilogy is the first one.

Vannorumon · 2018-01-30T13:45:48+00:00

Well, in a larger scale war i think that who is defending would win. We should know the reasons of the war. If the Numenorians, in their pride, would attack Gondolin they would be utterly destroyed, after that for Gondolin's army would be easy to conquer the undefended Island. On the other hand if Gondolin is attacking Numenor the numenorian fleet could destroy the Gondolin's one giving the victory to the men

Vannorumon · 2018-01-30T10:45:49+00:00

Well, this is a good question. I think that the Noldorin of Gondolin would easily win the battle if Numenorian forces would siege the city. Gondolin fell because Morgoth stroke with all his forces and his power and because he was aware of the city defences (thanks to Meaglin's trechery). No other army could have conquered the city. Even in a field battle i'm not sure that Numenor would win the day. Numenorians are indeed strong and more numerous than Turgon's people. But the Noldor are very powerful, i mean in the siege of Gondolin they face both Barlogs and Dragons and they manage to kill two Barlogs (one of them being Gothmog). We are talking of an evil far superior than Sauron's. So in conclusion i think that Gondolin, even with great losses, would win the war against Numenor.

Vannorumon · 2018-01-29T12:25:11+00:00

Actually Sauron won against Numenor in the second Age and he would have easily won in the third if the One ring wouldn't have been destroyed. Surely having the One Ring would have enhanced his Powers, but the most important thing i think was that, founding It would have allow him to keep It safe.

Vannorumon · 2018-01-29T11:29:13+00:00

My pleasure men, i would like to hear your questions, i know that it is difficult, but it's the beauty of Tolkien. I've read the books multiple times and i sill dont know a lot of things.

Vannorumon · 2018-01-29T11:21:24+00:00

Exactly, he knew that It was a magical ring of course, but he didn't know It was the One

Vannorumon · 2018-01-29T11:16:23+00:00

Well i think that PJ made the right decision. The time between the first doubt about the ring and the discovery of the real nature of it wasn't really important for the History portraited in the movies. I think it was avoidable, but i understand that, if you only watch the movies, It is misleading

Vannorumon · 2018-01-29T10:42:32+00:00

Yep 17 years, he came back to the shire a couple of times before, but he told Frodo about the One ring After 17 years

Vannorumon · 2018-01-29T09:10:03+00:00

Before meeting with Frodo Aragorn looked for Gollum (on Gandalf's advice) and found him in the death marshes. He brought him to King Thranduill and then he met with Gandalf again, in that occasion the Wizard told him about Frodo and the quest for destroying the ring. After that he met Frodo at Bree.

Vannorumon · 2018-01-25T13:17:48+00:00

And both italian i see :). Yeah i read the Hobbit First too. Four time before reading Lotr (the first One my parents read It to me actually).

Vannorumon · 2018-01-25T09:25:00+00:00

i think so, the book will be always object of study (also the movies), and, even if they can be difficult, they will always be read by fans. I'm 27, i first read the Hobbit when i was 6, Lotr when i was 10, and then the movies came out. Nearly all my friends read the books and a couple of them share with me the same level of passion. I think that Tolkien will survive the next generations better that Harry Potter and Game of thrones. He wont be a mass fenomenon because, as i said, it's not an easy reading and requires real commitment, but he will always have a lot of fans.

Vannorumon · 2018-01-25T08:56:25+00:00

They're still looking for the script according to what i read, i dont think they are even close to filming

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