Category: Story
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The Dual Themes of the 2nd Age
Years ago I was told that the a couple of the main themes of the 2nd age in the Silmarillion are about mortality of men and the immortality of elves. This got me real curious, and I always wanted to read the Silmarillion, may as well read all of the 2nd Age (which is actually…
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The fall of Denethor
Back in 2020, I got into the Lord of the Rings living card game, and in one of the packs I got a card of Denethor, he looked vastly different from the Denethor card in the starter set; The starter Denethor card looked weak but weaselly cunning (which is a common portrayal of him), but…
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On Myth
“It begins to look as if there were an art, or gift, which criticism has largely ignored. It may even be one of the greatest arts; for it produces works which give us (at the first meeting) as much delight and (on prolonged acquaintance) as much wisdom and strength as the works of the greatest…