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Mithgond

@mithgond.bsky.social
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I’m Mithgond, a huge Tolkien fan who focuses on economics, geography, and other obscure subjects especially concerning the imagination of the reader and incorporation of their own insights.

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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
There are always so many facets to discussions of him and race, but I think his exploration of the concept of the Other and particularly his conclusions that Samwise drew as he looked upon the fallen Southron show where his heart lie—the scene makes me reconsider everything else in the text!
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
In everything I have read, we don’t have conclusive evidence that any specific language influenced its creation, however there are theories ranging from it being derived from multiple languages to it being reminiscent of an ancient Mesopotamian language Tolkien may have been aware of.
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
My first wildflowers of the year: something from the genus Hepatica, in Governor Dodge State Park, #Wisconsin
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Random late-night hater thoughts, #Tolkien content edition: I am tired of reading and hearing about the same ten things. It’s like people just read -about- Tolkien instead of -reading- Tolkien. I want to talk about Beregond. I want to see a video about the Lossoth. Let’s go! Read more! #luinellë
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Happy International Women’s Day! I posted on TikTok about Emeldir, the little-discussed heroine from the Silmarillion. While she may be given the epithet “the Manhearted,” her contribution exemplifies the crucial bravery of women in the works of #Tolkien. #luinellë
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Virgo Blade @virgoblade.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I love seeing diversity in fantasy stories, but please stop only depicting light-skinned Black people as "good" and dark-skinned Black people as "bad". It's regressive and not doing what you think it's doing. #booksky #writersky #authorsky
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Why does #Tolkien call the granary in the Shire “the Grange,” but the ones in the Pelennor “garners?” Personally I attribute this to different languages of the “source texts”—i.e. the information from Gondor would have more loanwords—but perhaps there is another difference? #luinellë
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
They were either gonna be apologists or just own him as a hard-to-sympathize-with character and I am glad they left it there.
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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the man is wearing a red shirt and looking at the camera .
ALT: the man is wearing a red shirt and looking at the camera .
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I always said I was no good at #science, but here at work I developed a hypothesis and tested it in order to eliminate it as a possibility.
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I really liked this (except like one little part) and I am a certified hater! It’s really enjoyable on multiple levels.
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 26/02/2025
www.cbsnews.com/video/how-th...
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How the Wayback Machine is preserving outdated government websites
The Wayback Machine is helping preserve the record of government websites before they were changed by the Trump administration. CBS News Confirmed's Rhona Tarrant reports.
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture”
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Lothíriel of Dol Amroth, Queen Consort of Rohan: rare Fourth-Age character art #tolkien #luinellë
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Eucatastrophe needed
I woke up and chose Fourth Age for once Lothíriel, Queen Consort of Rohan, Princess of Dol Amroth
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
The only time it’s economically feasible to buy Tide
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
What is a #Tolkien myth you can think of? Something that lives in the zeitgeist but isn’t from the text? #luinellë
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Hot take but clearly Haleth only became a unisex name because she was so badass people undescended from the Haladin thousands of years later named their sons after her in the hopes they would be strong. #tolkien #luinellë
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Hot take but a Steward of Gondor naming his child Denethor (the 1st Age king of the Laiquendi) is like the Emperor of Japan naming his son after Æthelred the Unready. #tolkien #luinellë
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Everyone wants someone else to foot the bill. It’s really simple, you don’t even have to care about innocent Ukrainian civilians (or Russian ones for that matter): if you want the most dangerous powerful country to keep destroying its own military, you have to keep helping the country it’s invading.
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
What’s a question you would like to ask a #Tolkien character if you had the chance? #luinellë
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Elves do it cleanest.
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Oh man my sinuses feel that
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Seeing IG accounts with names like “Silmarillion fans” and all they post is LotR content makes me want to make an account that solely posts arithmetic-based memes from The Nature of Middle-earth and call it “LotR movie fans.” #luinellë #tolkien
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Say, Elwë…
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Now that is interesting! Imagine the big army poised to fight off Easterlings rushing down to the Falas instead to help Dol Amroth fend off the Corsairs!
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
I couldn’t believe I never remembered it, it’s right there in the book! And Gandalf says that the beacons of the NORTH hadn’t been lit in many years… I wonder how recently those of the south had?
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Also great 13-episode anime or miniseries potential!
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
There was another set of beacon-hills in #Gondor leading along the south side of the White Mountains to Belfalas, where the Prince of Dol Amroth and his powerful swan-knights and army could be called upon. #luinellë #tolkien
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
The Ranger in the wild must become his own fletcher, bowyer, farrier, smith—truly a lifetime of learning and practice.
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Maybe they’ll finally win and rule the earth again
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Eärnur and Arvedui as a 13-episode anime would be perfect—and that story is the first that came to my mind as well.
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Does anyone else think about how Minas Tirith has enough lampwrights—specialized potters or glass-blowers or metalsmiths—for them to have their own street? #tolkienomics #tolkien #luinellë
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
What’s something obscure you’ve unearthed on a recent #Tolkien read?
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
If you see this, quote with a gif of your personality type.
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a man with a mustache is talking on a cell phone in a store .
ALT: a man with a mustache is talking on a cell phone in a store .
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
It reminds me of the Romans: “Flavius” (golden hair), “Caesar” (thick hair), “Cincinnatus” (curly hair)
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
If you see this, post a GIF from one of your comfort shows.
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Be Careful Now GIF
Alt: Father Ted and Dougal hold ambiguous protest signs outside a movie theater.
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
This might sound a little wack but I think a great form of #resistance is offering one’s time and talent for free. So much of our world is disappearing behind paywalls, and given the state of the world this will likely continue apace. Why not fight back by giving?
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Let’s see that Rivendell!
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Very cute
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
What #Tolkien story of the earlier Third Age would you like to see adapted most? #luinellë
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Are those mule deer? They are such a nice color.
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
It will be a challenge! And balancing moments. From my memory despite it being less of a good book, the portions from Dune Messiah in the SciFi Children of Dune miniseries made for better television.
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Dune. I hope they actually get a ways in on this round of adaptations… the Tleilaxu, the Scattering
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
“Prince Imrahil” by Abe Papakhian. Do you suppose the knights described as accompanying Imrahil were simply well-appointed horse guards of his household? Or were they vassals in turn of the Prince of Dol Amroth, with subfiefs of their own? #tolkienomics #tolkien #luinellë #gondor
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
The Stone of Erech is in Morthond Vale, a different fiefdom… but nonetheless I think there could be something in his being invested as a lord in the kingdom Isildur founded.
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Denmark? Pomerania?
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Why do you suppose Angbor, Lord of Lamedon was the only man who stood his ground when the Army of the Dead approached? #tolkien #luinellë #gondor
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
“a long line of men of many sorts, hunters and herdsmen and men of little villages, scantily equipped” … Sharpen your latrine rake, Dingbor, we march off to the war at dawn! #tolkien #luinellë #gondor #tolkienomics
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Y’all are making me go to bed hungry
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Mithgond @mithgond.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Nah you need my mailing address
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