SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lord Of The Rings Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 21 days agoThat’s where I keep my list of elvish naughty words!lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1345arrow-down11
arrow-up1344arrow-down1imageThat’s where I keep my list of elvish naughty words!lemmy.dbzer0.comSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lord Of The Rings Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareBeefandSquints@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 days agoI have honestly always wondered why that was such a huge story line in the movies!
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoit’s a very significant event in the history of middle earth, but it’s always at the edges of the story. and you have to have read the silmarillion to really get why it’s so significant, and of course it’s some bloodline stuff, because it’s tolkien.
minus-squareBeefandSquints@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 days agoI also have not read that, is it worth it?
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoyes. but it can be a tough read at first. lots of new names and it’s not a novel, it’s a condensed historical narrative
minus-squareBeefandSquints@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 days agoI do have a degree in history, I’ll give it a shot.
I have honestly always wondered why that was such a huge story line in the movies!
it’s a very significant event in the history of middle earth, but it’s always at the edges of the story. and you have to have read the silmarillion to really get why it’s so significant, and of course it’s some bloodline stuff, because it’s tolkien.
I also have not read that, is it worth it?
yes. but it can be a tough read at first. lots of new names and it’s not a novel, it’s a condensed historical narrative
I do have a degree in history, I’ll give it a shot.