#Tag · bonfire.cafe

You know, when I first read LOTR I didn't understand the bit about how elves die from despair. Then I started working in infosec professionally.

#lotr #infosec

Dave Wilburn :donor:

@DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange · yesterday

You know, when I first read LOTR I didn't understand the bit about how elves die from despair. Then I started working in infosec professionally.

#lotr #infosec

Em :official_verified:

@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange · 3 days ago

I just saw a diagram using Lord of the Rings as an analogy, and describing "The Ring" as "a gift," and well I really don't know about that...

Maybe throw your gift in Mount Doom just to be on the safe side 😬

#LOTR

jaz :twt: :wales_flag: boosted

Nick Hubble

@thehubble101@toot.wales · 2 weeks ago

Delighted to report that my essay 'Should Galadriel have taken the Ring?' has been nominated for the BSFA Award for Best Short Non Fiction and Speculative Insight have made it free to read for the voting period. So, be my guest (and BSFA members please consider voting for it).
#galadriel #lotr #tolkien #bookstodon #fantasy #sff #fairyqueen #bsfaawards2026 #bsfa #bsfaawards #essay
https://www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/galadriel

Speculative Insight

Should Galadriel have taken the Ring? — Speculative Insight

The Fourth Age under the dominion of men isn’t going too well, is it? Did the free peoples of Middle-earth really combine to overthrow Sauron so that the world would be delivered on a plate to the likes of Donald Trump and Elon Musk? I think not. But how might things have worked out differently? One

Nick Hubble

@thehubble101@toot.wales · 2 weeks ago

Speculative Insight

Should Galadriel have taken the Ring? — Speculative Insight

Eugen Rochko

@Gargron@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

It is my birthday! I’m now 33.

Chasalin

@chasalin@mastodon.chasalin.nl replied · 2 weeks ago

@Gargron so now you can inherit a ring?

#LotR

Jürgen Hubert boosted

Astrobach :breadified:

@rorystarr@mstdn.social · 2 weeks ago

Folklore read live!

Were the Saints good people in Russian Folklore?

Find out LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/ZzHhYeNNYG4

#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller #FairyTale #AmReading #reading #indieWriter #fairy #folklore #folk #tales #stories #GrimmBrothers #dnd #dnd5e #pathfinder #pf2e #ttrpg #fantasy #lotr #russian #russia #folklore #legend #epic #legend #Saints

An ink drawing of the arched gable of the Basilica of Saint Mary Magdalene at Vézelay, with statues above and between the stained-glass windows which provide light to the inner porch. Overlaid Text: The Folklore of Russian Saints

Chris 🦑

@sturmsucht@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

The people of Tumblr still don't disappoint me.

Image from a tumblr post. Artist unkown.

#greenland #meme #lotr

This meme is a two-panel image. The top panel depicts a vibrant Aurora, or Northern Lights, illuminating a dark night sky with streaks of green and red light. Below the celestial display, a dark landscape with silhouetted trees and a distinct tower-like structure is visible, suggesting a dramatic and urgent visual of "fires being lit" across a vast expanse.

The bottom panel features a still from the movie "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." The character Aragorn is prominently shown looking forward with a serious and concerned expression. In the background, other figures are faintly visible, suggesting a gathering or a moment of tension.

Superimposed over the bottom panel in white, bold text are the German words: "DIE FEUER SIND ENTZÜNDET. GRÖNLAND RUFT NACH HILFE." This translates to "THE FIRES ARE LIT. GREENLAND CALLS FOR AID."

The meme's humor comes from its adaptation of a famous line from "The Lord of the Rings," where Aragorn exclaims, "The Beacons of Minas Tirith! The Beacons are lit! Gondor calls for aid!". The original quote refers to a system of signal fires used to summon allies in times of war. By replacing "Gondor" with "Greenland," the meme humorously applies this epic call for help to Greenland, referencing fascist USA's longing to own the country. The visual of the Aurora Borealis in the top panel serves as a dramatic and visually striking representation of the "fires being lit," enhancing the meme's comedic and epic tone. — This meme is a two-panel image. The top panel depicts a vibrant Aurora, or Northern Lights, illuminating a dark night sky with streaks of green and red light. Below the celestial display, a dark landscape with silhouetted trees and a distinct tower-like structure is visible, suggesting a dramatic and urgent visual of "fires being lit" across a vast expanse. The bottom panel features a still from the movie "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." The character Aragorn is prominently shown looking forward with a serious and concerned expression. In the background, other figures are faintly visible, suggesting a gathering or a moment of tension. Superimposed over the bottom panel in white, bold text are the German words: "DIE FEUER SIND ENTZÜNDET. GRÖNLAND RUFT NACH HILFE." This translates to "THE FIRES ARE LIT. GREENLAND CALLS FOR AID." The meme's humor comes from its adaptation of a famous line from "The Lord of the Rings," where Aragorn exclaims, "The Beacons of Minas Tirith! The Beacons are lit! Gondor calls for aid!". The original quote refers to a system of signal fires used to summon allies in times of war. By replacing "Gondor" with "Greenland," the meme humorously applies this epic call for help to Greenland, referencing fascist USA's longing to own the country. The visual of the Aurora Borealis in the top panel serves as a dramatic and visually striking representation of the "fires being lit," enhancing the meme's comedic and epic tone.

Astrobach :breadified:

@rorystarr@mstdn.social · 2 weeks ago

Folklore read live!

Were the Saints good people in Russian Folklore?

Find out LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/ZzHhYeNNYG4

Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

@catsalad@infosec.exchange · 4 weeks ago

They have taken the bedroom and the hallway. We have barred the doors but cannot hold them for long. The ground shakes...meows, meows in the deep. We cannot get out. The shadow moves in the dark. We cannot get out. They are coming...

Photo of a bathroom door with two white cat paws reaching in from the gap at the bottom. There is no escape!

Berg am Laimerin (v2)

@muenchnerin@sueden.social replied · 4 weeks ago

@catsalad

Reading these old enscriptions my #CatWand doesn't glow, unluckily no cat is near, yet ...

(Answers to your post show, that not all people have read #LOTR)

Eugen Rochko boosted

RobotWig :mastodon:

@robotwig@socel.net · last month

One year ago today I posted this miniature Lord of the Rings photo I created, all shot practically using real lighting, figures and miniatures

#gollum #samwise #frodo #lotr #lordoftherings #miniatures #practicaleffects #photography #art #cinematography #toyphotography #scalephotography #fantasy #cinema #actionfigurephotography #film #creativephotography #tolkien

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Gollum walks Sam and Frodo through the Dead Marshes, they look down at the ground. Sam looks at Gollum very suspiciously

RobotWig :mastodon:

@robotwig@socel.net · last month

One year ago today I posted this miniature Lord of the Rings photo I created, all shot practically using real lighting, figures and miniatures

2 media

Dane 🇮🇪🇺🇦🇻🇪🖖⚛️☮️☸️🕉️ boosted

Dr_Bombay

@Dr_Bombay@mstdn.social · last month

Watching Fellowship of the Ring in honor of Tolkien’s bday and weeping because — while it’s easy to nit-pick about deviations from his text — it’s also so seductively easy to overlook what the films got SO RIGHT. The total is just so, very, very good. #Tolkien #LOTR

Dr_Bombay

@Dr_Bombay@mstdn.social · last month

nathanlovestrees

@nathanlovestrees@disabled.social · last month

#meme #lotr

“millennials who grew up in the pre-smartphone era are like Tolkien's elves who were the last to see the light of the Two Trees”

DoomsdaysCW

@DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social · last month

I always thought that #JRRTolkien's #Smaug was a metaphor for the #IndustrialAge and #WealthHoarding. It seems I'm not alone! #Tolkien was actually an #environmentalist and possibly a #socialist (though he describes himself as an #anarchist). Does that mean #LOTR will be banned by #Fascistic #Capitalists? Hmmmm...

#Dragonomics: Smaug and #ClimateChange

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Richard Fahey

Excerpt: "Today, we talk about dragons. I refer specifically to the greedy, northern (often fire-breathing) variety as described in Beowulf and featured in Tolkien’s #Hobbit, and I will consider how these monsters present #EnvironmentalCatastrophe as a direct result of #hoarding and #greed.

"My discussion of dragons and climate change continues my recent series of blogs interested in placing medieval literature (and in this case also modern medievalism) in conversation with current crises. This blog develops an earlier argument made in a paper at a 'Tolkien in Vermont' conference (2014), titled 'Dragonomics: Smaug and #Pollution on Middle-Earth,' in which I argue that pollution in Tolkien’s Hobbit is linked to both the literal destruction by the dragon, and the rampant greed that motivates Smaug and ultimately initiates the plunder and violence at the Battle of Five Armies."

#MiddleEarth #Capitalism #ClimateCrisis #Oiligarchy #Oligarchy #CapitalismMustDie

https://sites.nd.edu/manuscript-studies

Dragonomics: Smaug and Climate Change

Charly Coste 🇫🇷 and 1 other boosted

Juan Carlos Muñoz

@astro_jcm@mastodon.online · last month

After 15 months of hard work, my dad has finished this impressive model of Minas Tirith! It is 1.4 m high and entirely hand-made out of wood. One of the most time-consuming parts was manually engraving the bricks on all walls and buildings, but this was key to properly convey the huge size of the city. Everything was painted by hand, adding some wear and tear. For a behind-the-scenes look at how he built this check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1Ywlc8ojjE

#lotr #MastoArt #art #craft

A model of a tall fortress city. Buildings are arranged in different circular levels, each smaller than the one below, like a wedding cake. All levels are crowded with lots of different buildings and towers of various sizes, giving the city a busy look. On the top level there's a palace and a tall spire. There's a huge flat rocky spur slicing the city in half. The buildings and rocks are mostly white. The model rests on a table, with some tools visible in the background.

Joachim

@joachim@boitam.eu · last month

Si tu vis à Minas Tirith et que tu es riche tu fais vraiment confiance aux monte-charges et à la bonne volonté du bas-peuple du mettre des victuailles tous les matins. Tu leur fais aussi confiance pour qu’ils n’allument pas des centaines de bottes de paille sous tes fenêtres pour t’enfumer. En revanche le peuple te fait confiance de bien utiliser tes toilettes et de ne pas viser à côté.

Ludovic :Firefox: :FreeBSD:

@usul@piaille.fr replied · last month

@joachim #lotr

Alex, the Hearth Fire boosted

OpenTech(AUC)

@OpenTech_AUC@social.edu.nl · last month

#LotR #Fediverse #Christmas