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Forum: The Books
08-18-2020, 02:23 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,041
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mindil
Reality Theory
This is a new theory that I am proposing. It is a new way to look at the Legendarium in the light of HoME and the History of the Hobbit. I’ve searched a bit in fandom and haven’t seen anything like... |
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Forum: The Books
08-16-2020, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 24,262
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mindil
To the best of my knowledge, in real-world...
To the best of my knowledge, in real-world mythology, the sun is always male and the moon female. I don't know why Tolkien switched it, but in any case, sun-moon/female-male in Tolkien does not map... |
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Forum: The Books
08-02-2020, 04:27 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 24,262
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mindil
Let's say that your approach is correct. Let's...
Let's say that your approach is correct. Let's imagine that you have completed your study of Tolkien and managed to connect every possible word with every possible symbol. You have identified... |
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Forum: The Books
07-21-2020, 12:37 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 10,601
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mindil
Mind you, if Monks wrote LoTR it might be a...
Mind you, if Monks wrote LoTR it might be a delightful book for certain types. It might have a certain loyal clan. I might even like it myself, being a numbers fan sometimes. But it would never have... |
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Forum: The Books
07-21-2020, 12:34 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 10,601
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mindil
The essential flaw in all this tangled symbolism...
The essential flaw in all this tangled symbolism and numerology is that the type of people who write with lots of secret symbols invariably write undramatic, unexciting narratives. And vice versa. ... |
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Forum: The Movies
07-16-2020, 05:34 AM
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Replies: 412
Views: 297,749
Posted By
mindil
That's what I always assumed.
I...
That's what I always assumed. I assumed the Khuzdul name was something else entirely. I figured the Mannish nicknames were just that, nicknames - like Shorty, Lefty, Bluebeard, and yet were... |
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Forum: The Books
07-15-2020, 01:01 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,942
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mindil
You are very fortunate. I've got no spare time,...
You are very fortunate. I've got no spare time, not being retired and still having family at home. But LoTR is too fun, so I give it time I don't have. As for Aragorn, Eowyn and Arwen, I rechecked... |
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Forum: The Books
07-14-2020, 12:42 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,942
Posted By
mindil
I saw and now reread the thread in question. ...
I saw and now reread the thread in question. This still leaves the question of what position you are fortunate to occupy that gives you access to Marquette? Can anyone get stuff from them? Is there... |
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Forum: The Books
07-14-2020, 02:47 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,942
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mindil
BTW, I read that section of HoME backwards and...
BTW, I read that section of HoME backwards and forwards, a few months ago, and I came to a very different conclusion than CT about when JRRT took his long break. Granted, CT had more material to... |
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Forum: The Books
07-14-2020, 02:41 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,942
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mindil
Eowyn's potential Pelennor death is well...
Eowyn's potential Pelennor death is well documented. The implication of her being the love interest is clear in HoME, too. The combination doesn't provide for a Queen, though. Perhaps that's why... |
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Forum: The Books
07-14-2020, 01:42 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,942
Posted By
mindil
Thank you.
Page in HoME 7 or 8, please?
So...
Thank you. Page in HoME 7 or 8, please? So this predated the appearance of Eowyn? I was starting to think that JRRT hadn't given serious thought to love and marriage in LoTR until Eowyn showed... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
07-13-2020, 04:18 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 111,421
Posted By
mindil
Looking for Arwen POV canonical fics
Not much to add beyond my title. Can someone suggest links to fics that write the Aragorn-Arwen story from Arwen's point of view, staying quite faithful to Tolkien's original? Thanks. Mindil |
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Forum: The Books
07-12-2020, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,942
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mindil
Details in HOME about inventing Arwen?
I've been reading HOME pretty thoroughly and I was hoping to learn how Tolkien devised Arwen. She was not part of the story until Book 5, as far as I can tell, after Elladan and Elrohir were... |
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Forum: The Books
06-02-2020, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 36,373
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mindil
Sorry guys, I couldn't figure out how to edit the...
Sorry guys, I couldn't figure out how to edit the post to put in lines between paragraphs, so I reposted. I won't do that again. |
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Forum: The Books
06-02-2020, 12:42 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 36,373
Posted By
mindil
The thing to remember is that in the pre-1960s,...
The thing to remember is that in the pre-1960s, no one thought they had a capacity or responsibility to influence society to be less racist. Tolkien has his famous philo-semitic letter to show that... |
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Forum: The Books
06-02-2020, 12:38 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 36,373
Posted By
mindil
The thing to remember is that in the pre-1960s,...
The thing to remember is that in the pre-1960s, no one thought they had a capacity or responsibility to influence society to be less racist. Tolkien has his famous philo-semitic letter to show that... |
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Forum: The Books
01-30-2020, 02:27 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 18,903
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mindil
Nice work, Huinesoron.
I'm glad, three years...
Nice work, Huinesoron. I'm glad, three years ago, I finally found this thought-out Tolkien site. And mindil is a she. |
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Forum: The Books
01-30-2020, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 18,903
Posted By
mindil
I'm a big fan of my own theory (:rolleyes:).
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I'm a big fan of my own theory (:rolleyes:). Tolkien heard the names in Elvish, which he understood the way many of his characters understood Elvish - by some osmosis intrinsic to Elvish. On... |
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Forum: The Books
01-21-2020, 01:57 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 18,903
Posted By
mindil
While I clearly have lots of ideas, I have no...
While I clearly have lots of ideas, I have no idea at all why Tolkien so badly wished ME to be part of this world's past. There is no way to make that true. If ME really exists, and if Tolkien... |
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Forum: The Books
01-21-2020, 05:26 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 18,903
Posted By
mindil
A few other random thoughts:
Tolkien clearly...
A few other random thoughts: Tolkien clearly understood Sindarin well, by the end, but he might have missed things at the beginning, and there is no reason to think he ever understood Common... |
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Forum: The Books
01-21-2020, 04:56 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 18,903
Posted By
mindil
I have a very, very strict filter on my internet,...
I have a very, very strict filter on my internet, and for years it blocked the registration confirmation email - don't know why. So I couldn't post at all and gave up trying. This week I figured I'd... |
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Forum: The Books
01-18-2020, 03:57 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 18,903
Posted By
mindil
transmission theory
I've been thinking for a long time about a quite different way of thinking about Tolkien's sources. From HoME, it is clear that he did a great deal of rewriting. There were many things he was... |
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