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Martin RundkvistEarl Grey is the smell of the <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a> Society's basement premises on Mitisgatan when I was seventeen.<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/tea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tea</a>

Ron's Computer Videos🖥️📼I know that everyone LOVES their Bagginses, but they're a bunch of dick-butt villains if you think about it.Imagine how many folks in Middle Earth would have lived had Bilbo just left the One Ring sitting in the mud with Gollum? There's your fanfic prompt.Gollum eats Bilbo. The end. <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a>

Josh RenaudEveryone who knows me will attest that I *love* to talk about Tolkien and Middle-earth (and can do so at length). I'm still pinching myself that I've been given a chance to present at the first-ever <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Westmoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Westmoot</a>. My talk will be titled "Reflections on Middle-earth from a Middle American." My daughter and I will be heading to KC on Thursday. If any of you fine folks will also be there, please let me know! We'd love to see you. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tolkien</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/middleearth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#middleearth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jrrtolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jrrtolkien</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/westmoot25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#westmoot25</a>

deerbardSpilled ink exactly in an area that’s going to be fully filled with black. Am I lucky or what?<a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/12SymbolicCharacters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#12SymbolicCharacters</a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/WIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WIP</a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/TolkienIllustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TolkienIllustration</a>

Jason DyerIn which All the Adventures finally embarks on The Hobbit (1982)I clear up a great deal of history that has been muddled over the yearsand get lost in the game fairly early.<a href="https://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/05/the-hobbit-1982/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/05/the-hobbit-1982/</a><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/adventuregame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#adventuregame</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#videogames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/textadventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#textadventure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#interactivefiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tolkien</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/zxspectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zxspectrum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/msx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#msx</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#apple</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macintosh</a>

Michael Martinez :verified:Trying something a little different on YouTube today. I've launched a channel for the Middle-earth Blog where I've uploaded a podcast-style video I built with a little help from Google's NotebookLM AI.I wrapped the generative content with an introduction and epilogue.This commentary is based on one of my articles on the Middle-earth Blog, titled "Why Did J.R.R. Tolkien Write So Little About The Second Age?" (Actually, he wrote quite a lot about the Second Age.)<a href="https://c.im/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/lotr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lotr</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/middleearth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#middleearth</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/youtube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#youtube</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tolkien</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#podcast</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPyLl4iVdzQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPyLl4iVdzQ</a>

smegDuring my allergy season, Tolkien and I are just going to have to disagree about the splendor of trees.<a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tolkien</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/lotr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lotr</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/lotrmeme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lotrmeme</a>

Craig BaileyI shot this in <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/StowOnTheWold?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StowOnTheWold</a> and there's a pretty cool story surrounding it. This old church has two trees framing the door which have now grown to be a part of the structure. It's said that <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Tolkien?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a>, who lived nearby, would visit this village and used these doors as inspiration for Durin's Door. The secret door in to <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Moria?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Moria</a> from <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/LordOfTheRings?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LordOfTheRings</a> ... "Speak friend, and enter" <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/BlackAndWhitePhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackAndWhitePhotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/FilmPhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FilmPhotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/AnalogPhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AnalogPhotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Pentax?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pentax</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Spotmatic?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Spotmatic</a>

Virginicus<a href="https://mastodon.social/@glyph" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@glyph</a> <a href="https://timeloop.cafe/@Taweret" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Taweret</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@jalefkowit</a> The question of the rightful owner of the One Ring is complicated and hilarious. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a> <a href="https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2023/09/17/of-golf-balls-and-war-spoils-the-one-ring-and-property-law-squabbles/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2023/09/17/of-golf-balls-and-war-spoils-the-one-ring-and-property-law-squabbles/</a>

Martin RundkvistIn 1951, <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a> rewrites his first Middle-Earth story from 1917 for the fourth and final time. He struggles to make sense of Tuor's aimless hiking.In this version, first published in Unfinished Tales (1980) we see Tolkien at the height of his LotR powers, treating his early meandering tale as a dependable but badly incomplete historical source. He adds a lot of needed motivation. But keeps his old hero still hiking around!<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fantasy</a>

Martin RundkvistQ: Why did Beren love Lúthien?A: Because she was the best of all the Lays of Beleriand.<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tolkien</a>

kidulagWow I didn’t knew <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ToveJansson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ToveJansson</a> did illustrate <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a>’s The Hobbit 😳🖤

Inkdustrielle<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThrowbackThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThrowbackThursday</a> with this 2022 map of one of my oldest passions: my mother used to read Bilbo to us to put us to sleep, I read all Tolkien works and try to learn Sindarin during my teens, Jackson's trilogy is my favorite movie since I saw FOTR at the theater at 9 y.o, I try to read LOTR & Silmarillion regularly...It took an eternity to tool and another eternity to lace. Hoping to do the Beleriand one one day ! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lotr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lotr</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tolkien</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geek</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leathercraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leathercraft</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leatherart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leatherart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastoart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasyart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fantasyart</a>

Martin RundkvistNotes on Tolkien’s ”Fall of Gondolin”<a href="https://aardvarchaeology.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/notes-on-tolkiens-fall-of-gondolin/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://aardvarchaeology.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/notes-on-tolkiens-fall-of-gondolin/</a><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tolkien</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blogging</a>

Martin RundkvistIn "The Hobbit" and LotR, <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a> made constant reference to the as yet unpublished Silmarillion, creating an intriguing sense of historical depth. But in the first piece of Silmarillion writing from 1917, he did exactly the same thing -- but he was referring to something that hadn't even been written yet!<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a>

deerbardLong long time ago I paused at this project but I never forgot. It will, at one point, be <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/12SymbolicCharacters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#12SymbolicCharacters</a> not less.<a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/WIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WIP</a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/TolkienIllustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TolkienIllustration</a>

Martin RundkvistThere's a day in 1930 when <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a> decides after 13 years of writing, "Fuck it, I'm just gonna sink Beleriand under the sea! Nogrod and Belegost can become coastal cities!"This is however not the point when he decides to draw a map of what's east of the Ered Luin and start writing about that area instead.* 1930. Let Beleriand sink.* 1930-32. Write The Hobbit, set in "Wilderland" in some other world.* Later. Decide that actually, Wilderland is just east of the Silmarillion map.<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a>

Martin RundkvistA very odd aspect of The Fall of Gondolin is that though it's <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a> 's first piece of Middle-Earth writing, he's referring in passing to a lot of other Silmarillion material as if he'd already written it. Though by all accounts he had not. It seems he had something corresponding to the first 100 pages of the published Silmarillion in his head when he sat down to write TFoG in January 1917.<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a>

Martin Rundkvist<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a> starts writing what will become the Silmarillion in 1917 and finishes his last complete version of it in 1930. Very soon he then starts writing the playful children's book "The Hobbit" which alludes to bits of the long tragic work but is not originally intended to be set in the same world. Manuscript finished in 1932. So the writer who refers to Gondolin in The Hobbit is using what's top of mind, not looking back at something long abandoned.<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fantasy</a>

Martin RundkvistOn the last page of The Fall of Gondolin, young <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a> compares the elvish city to Babylon, Nineveh, Troy and Rome.<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a>

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