Lindë

Wandering through Middle-earth, with occasional forays into other literary and cinematic worlds, seeking goodness, truth, and beauty (and a bit of silly fun).

[The Mighty Dud Bolt @mightydudbolt]

If for some reason anybody still thinks this is a stretch, here is George Lucas on The Empire Strikes Back DVD commentary, explaining the moment at the end of the movie when Vader realizes Luke has rejected him and escaped his control:

"He's too upset to even bother with killing his subordinates, because we're talking about his son now. So he's conflicted. It's not just hate anymore. There's more to it than that. He's Threepio disassembled."

C-3PO's entire ordeal in The Empire Strikes Back is a metaphor for what happens to Darth Vader (and to Luke) in the film. So if C-3PO's physical disassembly and reassembly is a metaphor for Darth Vader's emotional disassembly and reassembly, wouldn't it actually be quite odd if it *didn't* occur to Lucas that C-3PO's *original* assembly *by* Darth Vader might be a golden (!) opportunity for another symbolic connection?

[Lindë @EarendilBright]

@TheMiddleborne I hope she’ll feel better soon! Praying for her and you!

[Lindë @EarendilBright]

So, it looks like Nolan’s Odyssey has been rated R after all. I know most people are excited about it. I’m not. I don’t think that nudity improved Oppenheimer, or that the lack of graphic violence diminished the power of Dunkirk. We’ll see.

[jacque boatman @jacqueboatman]

The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien box set is currently 49% off you’re welcome happy Monday 🥳

[Lindë @EarendilBright]

@EmmaRSotomayor Do people actually not say Hector?

[Lindë @EarendilBright]

@mrdavidrowe Oh, no, I’m so sorry! It must be so hard for him (and for you as parents!). I’ll be praying. I really hope he can soon find great friends to grow up with.

[Lindë @EarendilBright]

@tolkienthoughts The thing is, it’s probably hard to find “proof” of any kind by now.

[Lindë @EarendilBright]

@tolkienthoughts shone the brightest - IF it could be proven that he bore this cross like that.
Personally, I just cannot see him being even remotely complicit with such horrible things. Grieved, unsure how to best act, maybe. But I don’t think he could ever have taken such matters lightly.

[Lindë @EarendilBright]

@tolkienthoughts But even just LOTR is a deeply liturgical and sacramental book.

[Lindë @EarendilBright]

@tolkienthoughts I believe it comes from a misinterpretation of Tolkien’s comments about there being few overt religious practices

[Thoughts on Tolkien @tolkienthoughts]

Today is the feast of St. Philip Neri, Tolkien’s confirmation saint. Tolkien, like many Catholics, viewed "Philip" as one of his own names, and Holly Ordway has theorized the asymmetric foot in his monogram represents the bottom of a hidden “P” for his confirmation name, Philip.

[Lindë @EarendilBright]

@tolkienthoughts Because they usually publish articles based on…?

[Lindë @EarendilBright]

@Strangeland_Elf Beautiful! I love the water!

[Lindë @EarendilBright]

@mrdavidrowe He’d write about twenty self-deprecating letters about it and then he’d write another letter to the Pope complaining because the Pope missed a comma while quoting him or something

[Lindë @EarendilBright]

@TheMiddleborne Not because I believe it can never happen, but I don’t think it’s coming soon

[Lindë @EarendilBright]

@TheMiddleborne Not that easy…

[HomeMaker Megs 🐙 @mrsmeganeverly]

MY WHOLE WORLD IS CHANGE AND I MUST READ ALL TOLKIEN

....will never look at eagles the same either 🥹🙌

[Lindë @EarendilBright]

@TheMiddleborne By the way, the little clips they showed on 60 Minutes sent my anticipation and my curiosity back through the roof.

[Lindë @EarendilBright]

@TheMiddleborne It’s such an interesting comment. People have taken it to mean that he’s removed the gods, when he’s actually filled the whole world with the presence of the gods. That’s the kind of faithfulness to the source material and culture I care the most about.