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Do you know if Tolkien preferred a fountain pen for most inked notes, or whether he used a dip pen or feather quill much?
I am also quite interested in the nib style of his preference! I would assume it is a flat or italic nib, for the beautiful character of the letters!
Thanks!
"The Allegory of Tolkien's Final Story" - Smith of Wootton Major | From Jess of the Shire
#literature #fantasy #Tolkien
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIgV...
The Allegory of Tolkien's Fina...
So it went on, almost as unceasing as the waterfall, only interrupted by a faint noise of slavering and gurgling. [He] shivered, listening with pity and disgust. He wished it would stop, and that he never need hear that voice again. (...) Only one true shot, and [he] would be rid of the miserable voice for ever.
(#Tolkien, in a not-so-rare "there but for the grace of God go I" mood)
"edhelvein", Sindarin adj: "elven fair"
References:
- "PE17/056": "Edhelvein"
https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-422345303.html
Because the Tengwar are complicated, Tolkien often made mistakes. One of the most difficult rule to understand of the Tengwar is their flexibility.
In Tengwar scrip the dot can be used for e or i and the accent can be used for e or i.
Tolkien wrote the Namárie poem in the ára-tencele mode. He made a mistake. He used an accent instead of a dot and he wrote "lasse" instead of "lassi".
Because Life is complicated, Tolkien loved only complicated things.
Many readers find that the story of the "Hobbit" or the "Lord of the Rings" are simple or straightforward would be surprised to discover that they are far from the truth.
One of the most difficult rule to understand of the Tengwar is their flexibility.
The consonant diacritics (3 dots = a; accent = i) can be read as being before or after the consonant depending on the mode used.
Random #Tolkien #LOTR shower thought: Galadriel gave Gimli 3 strands of her hair and everyone freaked out over how momentous that was. She also gave Legolas a bow strung with elf hair, but the elf hair bowstring was no big deal. But what if Galadriel used her own hair to string Legolas' bow but didn't mention it so no one would suspect it was priceless and worth stealing? Maybe she just added a single strand of her own hair to braid the bowstring, so no one would even notice. Makes me wonder what magical virtue such a weapon might have, as Galadriel's hair was infused with the light of the Two Trees. Probably +4 against creatures of darkness, at least.
The rules of the tengwar must be learned for they are complicated.
I see so many mistakes.
Tolkien usually wrote the English language phonetically when using his Tengwar script.
#Fantastic #Art
Although #Tolkien and #LotR don't appeal to me much.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3orpmj43gcmsvmyhtu65gp4t/post/3lpcvlbuh4s2g
It's very telling that many #rightwing and fascist #propagandists are terrible #readers.
#personal #current #CurrentEvents #fascism #literature #books #JRRTolkien #Tolkien #TheLordOfTheRings #TheNewYorkTimes #RossDouthat
"Falathren", Sindarin proper-name: "Shore-language"
Elements: "falas", "-ren"
References:
- "PM/032": "Falathren"
- "PM/055": "Falathren"
- "PMI/Falathren": "Falathren" ("Shore-language, Common Speech")
https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-2803815659.html
Games Workshop releases free Middle-earth PDFs featuring Bilbo vs trolls, goblin-town chaos, and Thorin's grudge match with Azog. Doomed to recreate the same mistakes Tolkien warned us about, just with better painted protagonists. https://l.d20.ninja/cubjy73x #MiddleEarth #GamesWorkshop #TabletopGaming #Tolkien #BoardGames #Hobbits
"| Lô Dhaer", Sindarin place-name: "Great Fen"
Word appearing in a deleted section, where the word itself was not specifically rejected
References:
- "VT42/14": "Lô Dhaer"
https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-3458532017.html
"Findegil", Sindarin masc-name: "King’s Writer"
Elements: "?", "tegil"
References:
- "LotR/0014": "Findegil"
- "LotRI/Findegil": "Findegil"
https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-334992799.html
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"Lord of the Rings" meant much to me in my early adolescence, but I have not reread it since then and have no current plans to do so.
Nevertheless, this piece's claim that LOTR should not be dismissed as simplistic reaction fascinated me.
This fascination stems in part from views I already espoused regarding the political potency of fantasy and magic in the arts and literature.
For example...
https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/tolkien-against-the-grain/
I reworked the glyph for 11 in duodecimal trying to make it looking less like a Tengwa (letter) and more like a 'number' (abstract).
Comments welcome. I am still learning! 
Guten Morgen 
Heute ein Zitat von #Tolkien aus "The Two Towers", das treffend den schrecklichen #Krieg in der #Ukraine umschreibt. Niemand mag Krieg und Waffen, doch der bösartige Aggressor lässt ihnen keine Wahl.
“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
