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I know from experience that this chapter can kill someone's will to read on. That's not a criticism, but it is a fact. I'd much rather they skip it and enjoy the rest of the series.

Half of my brain is populated by never-written fanfiction set in the Second Age where party of Avari, Eastern Dwarves and Mannish refugees try to hunt some orcish chieftain/gather desperate help as remnants of Morgoth's army ravage the land. So many stories could happen, so many acts of bravery, so many lives lost - Elvish, Dwarven, Mannish, in those times we know so little.

WOW... Yet again, this channel makes some interesting connections that I had never considered, but now find worth consideration in a depth that is almost unique... (Except for Zepp, of course, which I was exposed to even before the LOTR). Cheers!

Thanks for the insightful and well considered essay on the connections between these two of my favorite authors... I don't agree with all of the conclusions and/or analysis, but I have definitely been given some food for thought... It's actually something that I had not consciously considered- so, thanks for bringing such potential connections to my awareness... I would also be interested in how their influences may or may not have aligned - Lovecraft's essay on supernatural horror in literature makes his influences clear, and shows his erudition re: his predecessors in the genre he revolutionized... I wonder if Tolkien ever wrote something similar- I haven't found anything comprehensively addressing his horror, supernatural, weird fiction influences in his letters, but I'd assume that Tolkien was familiar with most of the subjects of Lovecraft's seminal essay... Rather than a case of either author directly influencing the other, a common set of literary influences vis. speculative (weird) fiction, etc, may be the most accurate way to connect the two authors, which may have resulted in some of their thematic and even specific conceptual similarities (e.g. nameless things and great old ones- the unknown things gnawing in the depths and Lovecraft's 'unnameable', etc). Anyway and also, The line in Lovecraft's Call of C, where the protagonist says that he has, basically l, seen too much and can now never be comfortable and feel safe echos Frodo's awareness and sense of what he has seen and undergone, which leaves him unable to find comfort or even contentment in Middle Earth, causing both protagonists to resign themselves to leaving their lives which were previously uncomplicated by cosmic horror... I suppose there is a not-too-subtle forbidden fruit allegory in there, eh? (In Call, the author is resigned to his ibpending murder, and in LOTE, Frodo knows he has to leave Middle Earth- both because they Knew/Saw Too Much... There are many other points that you raised that I found interesting, but this is already a stupid long post... Cheers! (Of course I've subbed and +1 and look forward to more from this interesting channel.)

I do not care what anybody says. For me.. Tom is J.R.R. himself and Goldberry is his wife.

Still Elrond should have pushed Isildur with the bloody ring

Ironically he kept changing his history as he went along. If he did this today he would be told he can't become of death of the author. I personally think that is a silly idea to tell someone to do nothing after they write something down he didn't have an eraser. 😊

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Top notch analysis; thank you.

The bit about elves not having children in wartime because it would be terrible for them not to be present for them in early childhood felt really heartfelt, so I went and checked the timeline on Wikipedia. Tolkien was sent home from the front in late 1916, and his first child was born about a year later.

"Post-Morgoth metaphysics", "undocumented Maia" etc... as usual, we get some brilliantly worded gems.

Interesting analogy with homosapiens and Neanderthals. Unlike most people I don’t believe that homosapiens wiped out Neanderthals. I believe that homosapiens reproduced a lot faster than Neanderthals and both species interbred, but eventually the homosapien DNA drowned out the Neanderthal DNA not because homosapiens killed them, but because the birth rate of homosapiens far exceeded the birth rate of Neanderthals.

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I do wonder if the elves knew the personage from Mordor was the same Anatar. And i think at least Gil Galad must have known but I can't for the life if me understand why Gil Galad and Elrond didn't insist about him with the others. I mean if you're gonna find him so sus that you won't even let him enter your country, you'd probably have some stronger arguments than "he just feels sus", but clearly the arguments weren't made since "he feels sus" seems to have been Galadriel's only argument and not having anything else seems to be why she didn't do much about it. I can't help but feel she would have done more if she had better arguments...

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46:59 "The more the bearer rationally understands the Ring, the greater his capacity to make use of it, which results in greater susceptibility to its temptations." This line has real "they were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should" energy, which is probably no accident

''He went to Tibet, India, Japan, and studied the eastern philosophy and ideas to preach it peacefully to the people of the west, but they rejected him harshly''

Lovecraft is depressing.

I have not seen a video by you in ages. Happy to one again.

Perhaps feanor burned the ships because in his heart he wanted the elves to stay in valinor

It seems to me that Celebrimbor failed to see through "Anatar" because he carried the Fëanorian impulsivity and love of creating (magical) technology. When I think about the Fëanorians, I always hear the famous line from Juassic Park: "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." Celebrimbor was so excited by the chance to learn a whole new magical craft that he was blind to the warning signs that other elven leaders saw almost immediately. He thought he would use the products of this craft to benefit all the elves of Middle Earth. But as the Doom of the Noldor decreed, "To evil end shall all things turn that they begin well".

"For a number of verisimilitudinerous reasons" 😂

Sauron the warewolf (but not like that) Sauron the vampire (but not like that) Sauron the necromancer (but not like that)

Great video! Similar to how Aragorn and Arwen were a reflection of Beren and Luthien, I wonder if there is an untold tale somewhere in Middle-earth that echoes Tuor and Idril's story...

You are literally the only person I have ever heard pronounce Maedhros correctly. 🙂

Absolutely amazing! Loved the Goldberry video too ❤. So grateful for your content.

The Silmarillon deserves better art.

Im not sure; but I assume no one listened to Ulmo.

Never made sense that they allowed Morgoths 2nd in command any freedom knowing what he had done. He should have been in chains along w his boss. Maybe sent to Mandos for awhile. He surrendered, they said "OK come with us" He does an Irish goodbye and they're like "Ah it'll be fine maybe he's being a good boy somewhere..."🙄

Aldarion really abandoned his family for years only to fail to stop the rise of Sauron, SMH...

When did Sauron start Breaking Bad 🤔 Call it “Forging Evil” if there’s a series on this,

I'm a simple guy, I see Sauron in the title I watch

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Extraordinary explanation. Much love and blessings 💗 🙏

No, no, no! I need to get some work done and THIS appears in my feed! Oh well, take me away please. ^_^

(18:00) I would actually love to see some stories of the elves, and interactions with early men, in this period. I sort of love the idea of these elves, gifted though they are, as still being relatively primal and "unrefined" as the later become. Imagine if early elves were closer to what we might consider them now; earth spirits. Talented no doubt, but still wild and part of the land. Only when they have exposure and time to settle to they evolve into the high culture we see in the early tales. Then maybe later there's a further evolution where they start a slow return to the early days with a steady -but mindful- degradation back to the earth (like Lothlorien).

Sauron went on a bender and starred in Rings of Powers ;p

I think the conversation at the Black Gate is a last - last chance for Sauron.

I remember the shock I experienced when I first read the appendices and learned about Morgoth: "Wait-wait-wait---there was somebody worse than Sauron?? How can that be??" Sauron is a case study of how means (re)shape the ends. Rotten heart, rotten means: rotten results, no matter the "good" intentions expressed. Sauron is the epitome of political cult leaders. I really enjoyed this video! Thanks!

A great and deep dive into the politics of the Second Age. I learned much, as I always do from your videos, Lexi. Keep them coming!

Was gorlum and golum the same being?

I’m impressed at the rate you’re able to put out these lengthy, well researched videos. Excellent work.

Sauron cashed in his PTO while the boss was in jail.

Great video so far, but as I just heard you say, that one doesn't associate blue grass with Tolkienesque music, I just HAD to mention the Bridge City Sinners, who had two Tolkien-related songs on their 2021 album "Unholy Hymns" and actually use typical blue grass instruments (guitar, upright bass, fiddle, banjos) (overall style is something like punky dark (american) folk, sometimes with a metal attitude (like some growls in the Tolkien songs) (?!?)) ua-cam.com/video/ThtSGFm4Gto/v-deo.html (don't mind the typo in the video title, on the album they spelled Olog-hai correctly ;) ) Now for the rest of your video :)

Good work thanks

I like the idea that Sauron had no part in any of the in-fighting, territorial struggles, and cultural backsliding going on in the early Second Age. He looked around at the chaos and thought, "The only way people are going to get along and work together is if someone makes them. I guess it's going to have to be me."

Why the freak didn't the Tolkien estate hire you to write a pilot series, "What cookin' in the crockpot, honey" ...an epic dietary analysis of how to corrupt an entire continent (or two) starting out presenting beneficial plans. Among the ingredients are; Manflesh (tm) spider bite (24 hr relief) and spiced with affordable helpful gifts (that look so good on your hand). More seriously, I wish they Had asked you to have some input avoiding a hot relative mess.

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Man I love being in the time I’m in… my father was an arguably bigger Tolkien fan than anyone I’ve ever met, read everything, watched everything, etc… but he never really got to experience such philosophy on the topics as I get from these kinds of videos. Thank you young lady, every year my respect for Tolkien and his effect on the modern world grows.