Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog

Q: Can The Lord of the Rings Be Set to Thriller? ANSWER: Why, yes. Yes, it can. I don’t know who made it but this […]

Q: Could Amazon Have Covered 3,441 Years of Second Age History In 5 Seasons? ANSWER: Yes, Amazon could easily have covered 3,000 years of history […]

Q: How Faithful is Amazon’s Rings of Power to J.R.R. Tolkien’s Books? ANSWER: Amazon Prime’s show is not very faithful to J.R.R. Tolkien at all. […]

Q: Were Tolkien’s Notes Exhaustively Worked Through? ANSWER: To be honest, I’m not the right person to ask this question. However, I received the following […]

Q: What Is the “Light of Valinor”? ANSWER: The “Light of Valinor” is a fannish myth, most likely arising from a bizarre scene in The […]

Q: Is Amazon’s Lord of the Rings Based on The Silmarillion? ANSWER: Although some parts of the first season mention events described in The Silmarillion, […]

Q: Could Gwindor and Finduilas Fall In Love Again? ANSWER: I’m not sure where I got this question from. It’s been sitting in my queue […]

Q: Why Did J.R.R. Tolkien Write So Little about the Second Age? ANSWER: If you ask most scholars about Tolkien’s Second Age, they’ll usually say […]

Q: Are Hobbits Anarchists? ANSWER: This question is making the rounds on social media, although it may be an old question. Some people believe that […]

Q: How Did Galadriel Know Gandalf Was Alive? ANSWER: A reader submitted the following question in April 2022: Gandalf explained to Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas […]

Q: Were There Glass Window Panes in Middle-earth? ANSWER: A long time ago, in a place far, far away, someone once asked me if there […]

Q: Did Yavanna Create Hobbits Like Aulë Created Dwarves? ANSWER: In August 2021 a reader asked me: There’s a theory that’s popular in the fandom […]

Q: Was Elbereth’s Name A Viable Defense against Evil Creatures? ANSWER: In some mythologies and fantasy worlds, names have power. It’s not clear how much […]

Why did Sauron lose the ability to assume a fair form again after he died in the Downfall of Númenor? The answer is simple, but […]

Q: Why Did So Few People Know Where to Find Imladris? ANSWER: Imladris, or Rivendell, was once an important outpost of Gil-galad’s realm. But by […]

Q: What Happened to the West-gate after Eregion Fell to Sauron? ANSWER: The Second Age is on many people’s minds now that we know the […]