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-**Tolkien’s Legendarium** is a catch-all term to refer to the stories by [[lb:tolkien]] which take place in <span notion>Arda</span>. The main works that are comprised within the <cite>Legendarium</cite> include **<cite>Lord of the Rings</cite>**, **<cite>The Hobbit</cite>** and **<cite>The Silmarillion</cite>**.
+<dfn>Tolkien’s Legendarium</dfn> is a catch-all term to refer to the stories by [[lb:tolkien]] which take place in <span notion>Arda</span>. The main works that are comprised within the <cite>Legendarium</cite> include **<cite>Lord of the Rings</cite>**, **<cite>The Hobbit</cite>** and **<cite>The Silmarillion</cite>**.
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 **Linguas**:
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-  * <div header>[[lb:tl:sindarin]]</div> The language of the [[lb:tl:Sindar]].
+  * <div header>[[lb:tl:sindarin]]</div> The language of the [[lb:tl:Sindar]]. <span midori/>
-  * <div header>[[lb:tl:quenya]]</div> The language of the [[lb:tl:Noldor]].
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-  * <div header>[[lb:tl:tengwar]]</div> The dominant writing system of Middle-Earth.
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 ===== Reviews =====
 ==== The Hobbit ====
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 Yeah, I really liked reading <cite>The Hobbit</cite>. I also noticed that the writing style is vaguely similar to my own (vaguely).
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 Having just finished reading <cite>The Silmarillion</cite>...I don't actually have much to say. I liked reading it and, yeah, it felt like reading a history book. Albeit a history book far easier to read than others that I have.
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 These are good. I dunno what else to say.
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 I'll possibly elaborate on this later, it's just that besides “good music” I can’t think of anything concrete.
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 This is now my preferred way of watching <cite>The Hobbit</cite> as it is edited into a very satisfying whole.
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 Get [[http://www.maple-films.com/jrr-tolkiens-the-hobbit|here]].
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 Honestly? I'd say this is a bad film and not a particularly great adaptation. It's more faithful, in a way, because it does include lines ripped straight from the book...but...
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 The depiction of the elves is also pretty awful and...I'm not a fan of how Smaug looks. While he's too big in the Peter Jackson films...yeah, more dragon-like.
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 This film is //not good//, I'll say so bluntly. In fact, it raises a lot of questions...regarding //how// Peter Jackson created a comparatively faithful film trilogy.
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 The film also ends abruptly. Like, very abruptly. This is //probably// because it was planned to be a part 1 of 2...but, like, none of the Peter Jackson films end the same way.
 === Return of the King (animated) ===
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 Between this and the previous film...this one is unquestionably better.
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 Would I recommend watching it? Probably not.
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 I'll be honest: I liked this film a lot. It was about average in quality, but everything //did// fit together.
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 Obviously, I'm not sure about lore accuracy, but they //did// adapt a story that was vague in the first place; granting some leeway.
-I think <span notion>Héra</span>((:fn:>I checked because I was certain that <span notion>Héra</span> //does// appear in ‘canon’ despite, y'know, the situation and I was right. Though she is [[tlkg>Helm's_daughter|unnamed]] and nobody knows what happened to her. This may as well be canon and probably will be treated as such in the future.)) was cute and sufficiently princess-like. I didn't get the impression she was a ‘girlboss’ despite her central role in the narrative.
+I think [[lb:tl:Héra]]((:fn:>I checked because I was certain that Héra //does// appear in ‘canon’ despite, y'know, the situation and //I was right//. Though she is [[tlkg>Helm's_daughter|unnamed]] and nobody knows what happened to her. This may as well be canon and probably will be treated as such in the future.)) was cute and sufficiently princess-like. I didn't get the impression she was a ‘girlboss’ despite her central role in the narrative.
-Though I //would// have liked to see <span notion>Olórin</span> for just a frame.
+Though I //would// have liked to see [[lb:tl:Gandalf|Olórin]] for just a frame.
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 This leads us to the situation we end up with with Mythologies in the real world: what //did// and //didn't// happen?
-Personally, I've decided to start treating Tolkien's world //as// a mythology (or like a Japanese franchise). That means that everything and nothing is canon at the same time.
+Personally, I've decided to start treating Tolkien’s world //as// a mythology (or like a Japanese franchise). That means that everything and nothing is canon at the same time.
-I think it //would// be possible to construct an internally consistent canon (and for fanfiction reasons, I'm thinking of doing exactly that) but there isn't really a need to. And, let's be honest, at that point it isn't <cite><em underline highlight>Tolkien</em>’s Legendarium</cite> anymore.
+I think it //would// be possible to construct an internally consistent canon (and for fanfiction reasons, I'm thinking of doing exactly that) but there isn't really a need to. And, let's be honest, at that point it isn't <cite><em underline highlight>//Tolkien//</em>’s Legendarium</cite> anymore.
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-I won't really comment on this too much since it's been done to death...but I find it interesting that nobody seems to consider the following possibility: //The <span notion>Balrogs</span> have wings but can’t fly.//
+I won't really comment on this too much since it's been done to death...but I find it interesting that nobody seems to consider the following possibility: //The [[lb:tl:Balrogs]] have wings but **can’t** fly.//
-I noticed that most arguments are implicitly focused on whether or not <span notion>Balrogs</span> can fly...when, to me, it seems most obvious that the <span notion>Balrogs</span> //do// have wings...but that //doesn't// mean they can fly. In fact, I think they can’t fly.
+I noticed that most arguments are implicitly focused on whether or not Balrogs can fly...when, to me, it seems most obvious that the Balrogs //do// have wings...but that //doesn't// mean they can fly. In fact, I think they can’t fly.
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-Instead, I propose that elves //do need to eat// but that they won't die of starvation. So they'll experience the effects (and associated pain), but won't die.
+Instead, I propose that elves //do need to eat// but that they //won't// die of starvation. So they'll //experience// the effects (and associated **pain**), but won't //die//.
-I think this lines up with what we actually see regarding <span notion>Maedhros</span> for example, who begs to be killed after hanging on a cliff for a few decades (or centuries). Unless he's suffering from boredom, I think it makes a lot of sense to suggest he's been starving.
+I think this lines up with what we actually see regarding [[lb:tl:Maedhros]] for example, who begs to be killed after hanging on a cliff for a few decades (or centuries). Unless he's suffering from boredom, I think it makes a lot of sense to suggest he's been starving.
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-When <span notion>Eärendil</span> and <span notion>Elwing</span> reach <span notion>Valinor</span>, <span notion>Eärendil</span> wanders off alone to find someone to plead his case to((:fn:>As a side note, I do find it a little funny that <span notion>Eärendil</span> has to wander the empty streets because he happened to reach <span notion>Valinor</span> while they were having a festival.)) <span notion>Elwing</span> waits around, but then gets lonely. So she starts wandering around until she meets some <span notion>Teleri</span>, who are surprised to see her.
+When [[lb:tl:Eärendil]] and [[lb:tl:Elwing]] reach <span notion>Valinor</span>, Eärendil wanders off alone to find someone to plead his case to((:fn:>As a side note, I do find it a little funny that Eärendil has to wander the empty streets because he happened to reach <span notion>Valinor</span> while they were having a festival.)) Elwing waits around, but then gets lonely. So she starts wandering around until she meets some [[lb:tl:Teleri]], who are surprised to see her.
 She and they talk, during which she explains many of the things that happened in <span notion>Middle-Earth</span> – and it's here where my interest was piqued – they were <q :en>filled with pity and wonder</q> – which implies they didn't know what was going on.