The Lord of the Rings Expert Answers Tolkien Questions From Twitter - Tech Support
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Date: 2022-07-06
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johnmiic
Mr. Olsen, on the subject of the Entwives, a friend of mine, who is more knowledgeable than I, pointed out something in The Fellowship. I think Merry and Pippin refer to a place on the edges of the Shire where it is said the trees are alive and even talk. That seems to me to be an accurate description of what could be the Entwives. Also at one point in The Two Towers Treebeard asks Merry & Pippin if they might have seen the Entwives but they say they don't know about them. Tho Merry & Pippin did discuss these living trees they heard rumor of but don't bring it up with Treebeard. They don't make the connection and as a reader that seems to scream out to me that, tragically they do know but have not added it up. They do not make that connection and don't bring it up with Treebeard. So I think we do have a clue where the Entwives have gone. Tho after the scouring of the Shire they may no longer exist.
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Mr. Olsen, on the subject of the Entwives, a friend of mine, who is more knowledgeable than I, pointed out something in The Fellowship. I think Merry and Pippin refer to a place on the edges of the Shire where it is said the trees are alive and even talk. That seems to me to be an accurate description of what could be the Entwives. Also at one point in The Two Towers Treebeard asks Merry & Pippin if they might have seen the Entwives but they say they don't know about them. Tho Merry & Pippin did discuss these living trees they heard rumor of but don't bring it up with Treebeard. They don't make the connection and as a reader that seems to scream out to me that, tragically they do know but have not added it up. They do not make that connection and don't bring it up with Treebeard. So I think we do have a clue where the Entwives have gone. Tho after the scouring of the Shire they may no longer exist.
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Lupe
Tolkien expert Corey Olsen: -we actually know very little about central characters. What colour is Merry-s hair? No idea, he never says. --
Tolkien: A young man he looked, or like one, though not much more than half a man in height; his head of brown curling hair was uncovered, but he was clad in a travel-stained cloak of the same hue and shape as the companions of Gandalf had worn when they rode to Edoras. He bowed very low, putting his hand upon his breast. -
Then, seeming not to observe the wizard and his friends, he turned to Eomer and the king. -Welcome, my lords, to Isengard! - he said. We are the doorwardens, Meriadoc, son of Saradoc is my name. -
The Two Towers, book 3, chapter 8, the Road to Isengard.
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Tolkien expert Corey Olsen: -we actually know very little about central characters. What colour is Merry-s hair? No idea, he never says. --
Tolkien: A young man he looked, or like one, though not much more than half a man in height; his head of brown curling hair was uncovered, but he was clad in a travel-stained cloak of the same hue and shape as the companions of Gandalf had worn when they rode to Edoras. He bowed very low, putting his hand upon his breast. -
Then, seeming not to observe the wizard and his friends, he turned to Eomer and the king. -Welcome, my lords, to Isengard! - he said. We are the doorwardens, Meriadoc, son of Saradoc is my name. -
The Two Towers, book 3, chapter 8, the Road to Isengard.
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John
In the chapter -Of the Maiar- it says that Olorin (Gandalf) walked unseen for many years with the Elves and even took up Elven form among them. There are then many -mysterious Elf Lords- taking part in very important missions without any title given to them. For example when the Silmaril set in the Nauglamir returns to the Elves after the death of Beren and Luthien, it was taken to them by a single Elf lord, which seems an extremely risky mission to take alone unless you are actually Olorin? What do you think?
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In the chapter -Of the Maiar- it says that Olorin (Gandalf) walked unseen for many years with the Elves and even took up Elven form among them. There are then many -mysterious Elf Lords- taking part in very important missions without any title given to them. For example when the Silmaril set in the Nauglamir returns to the Elves after the death of Beren and Luthien, it was taken to them by a single Elf lord, which seems an extremely risky mission to take alone unless you are actually Olorin? What do you think?
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Ian
Ive never read the books, nor did I pay attention to the movies, but I always love hearing about lord of the rings as a fly on the wall, cause the whole thing is so dense that you always hear somethng new. It's like as an agnostic i love hearing people disuss their religion's philosophical construction and hearing people debate about the meanings and stories. Im convinced Ill understand all the lore here within maybe the next 5 years at this rate.
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Ive never read the books, nor did I pay attention to the movies, but I always love hearing about lord of the rings as a fly on the wall, cause the whole thing is so dense that you always hear somethng new. It's like as an agnostic i love hearing people disuss their religion's philosophical construction and hearing people debate about the meanings and stories. Im convinced Ill understand all the lore here within maybe the next 5 years at this rate.
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VeteranVandal
By the way, leaving the fate of being an elf is something that only Valar or Eru himself can 'authorize' so to speak. It is really fading and joining humans in the halls of Mandos for whatever fate the world has at its end. Probably to sing the last song of Eru, or the last theme.
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By the way, leaving the fate of being an elf is something that only Valar or Eru himself can 'authorize' so to speak. It is really fading and joining humans in the halls of Mandos for whatever fate the world has at its end. Probably to sing the last song of Eru, or the last theme.
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B-xter
Re: entwives. There is a single line early in the fellowship that discusses a rumor about a walking tree, i believe a relative of Pippin claims to have seen. Given Fangorns eventual comment about the Shire being a place they might like, i propose that they are more in hiding than dead
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Re: entwives. There is a single line early in the fellowship that discusses a rumor about a walking tree, i believe a relative of Pippin claims to have seen. Given Fangorns eventual comment about the Shire being a place they might like, i propose that they are more in hiding than dead
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Dimes
I'm playing Lord of the Rings Online as I watch this and I was shaking my head at the 'is Hobbiton the only place in the shire question'. Seriously bruh, there's Waymeet, Brokenborings, Stock, Buckland, Tuckborough, Frogmorton, Overhill. Needlehole. I've been to all these places. :D
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I'm playing Lord of the Rings Online as I watch this and I was shaking my head at the 'is Hobbiton the only place in the shire question'. Seriously bruh, there's Waymeet, Brokenborings, Stock, Buckland, Tuckborough, Frogmorton, Overhill. Needlehole. I've been to all these places. :D
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Faith
That was awesome. It-s so awesome that Tolkien created such a world that felt real and alive that it continues to live so fully even today. It-s just mind blowing. I wonder if when he began these stories did he really grasped how impactful they would be?
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That was awesome. It-s so awesome that Tolkien created such a world that felt real and alive that it continues to live so fully even today. It-s just mind blowing. I wonder if when he began these stories did he really grasped how impactful they would be?
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De
4: 40 Yes, the role of the grey wizard is to inspire and encourage. This is further reinforced when Gandalf was given Narya (the ring of fire) by Cirdan which is said to inspire and encourage those around them
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4: 40 Yes, the role of the grey wizard is to inspire and encourage. This is further reinforced when Gandalf was given Narya (the ring of fire) by Cirdan which is said to inspire and encourage those around them
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Derek
Some of the entwives began to sleep and so until they turned into trees immovable and immortal through the ages unless wickedness come upon them. Same fate goes to the ents. It is a very sad one really.
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Some of the entwives began to sleep and so until they turned into trees immovable and immortal through the ages unless wickedness come upon them. Same fate goes to the ents. It is a very sad one really.
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