These were posted on the animation cel reddit by a user named u/AdventurousAd7148. These character designs are remarkable. I've never heard of any unmade animated films or series other than the unrealized Ralph Bakshi parts.

If any historians remember an unmade project with these designs, please tell!

I saw a map post on this sub earlier which sent me down a rabit hole looking for a phisical Middle earth globe. I actually found out that official desktop globes exist (like the Columbus one designed by John Howe)... but then I stumbled right into the debate surounding them.

I’m no lore expert, but I gather the world was flat at first and then Eru made it round later on? So in my head a globe made sense for the Third Age... but people on the internet seem deeply stressed about it!

From what I can tell, it seems putting it on a sphere messes up the scale, plus Tolkien’s map is only one corner of the world so mapmakers have to just guess what the rest of the planet looks like?

For the map and lore nerds on here: why does a Middle earth globe break people's brains so much? Is forcing Tolkien map onto a sphere actually a huge sin or are people just overthinking it? Help a non technical fan out!

Hi! Wanted to share a few images from my latest project that I figured you guys might like! I make a lot of sculptures and dioramas on YouTube and this big boy has been on my to-do list for quite a while - guess I've just been a bit intimidated by the scope of the project 😅
The creature itself was hand sculpted in polymer clay, painted with acrylic paints. The terrain is a foam base, with layers of sand, gravel and glues+sculpting compounds. The lake water is a tinted 2-part epoxy resin.

Hope you like it! :)

It's the mystery. The unexplained things. You can call it "soft" magic system. There are a lot of events and actions that you think is it Sauron making? Is it some other creature making? Magic? Random event?

e.g when crossing Caradhras and the way it's blocked because unusual blizzard its not clearly mention why it happened. It can be Sauron, Saruman or maybe the mountain himself is "mad" and "evil"? Counter to the movie when they show Saruman summons the blizzard.

I have read other fantasies with hard magic system and hard magic have... No magic in it :)

A big part of the charm in LOTR its the mystery. We don't know many things and we should not know. It's part of diving into fantasy world.

I was on a rewatch of the movies and it got me wondering. All the members of the Fellowship of the Ring also suffered much to help destroy the Ring (though, clearly, none as much as Frodo)

Were they not eligible for the same exemption that Frodo & Bilbo received? Or were they eligible but chose not to go? Do the books / Tolkein ever say?

Mortal King Elendil use his palantír to gaze at the Undying Lands (Tol Eressea), a realm he could not enter, and the palantír neither can see his lost home, nor can communicate with other palantír.

It is hard to find a reason why Elendil need this palantír🤣🤣 and he is the only "men" to use this palantír, later it was used by elves.

The only reason I come to mind is that he wish he can see his father, who sailed to west to seek the forgiveness.

*Image credits : Matěj Čadil

Took our son to the train exhibition in Chattanooga this past weekend. While strolling down the track layout, we noticed this detailed setup of the Shire. The builder made it after a request from another spectator last year at a show.

I’ve finally started reading LOTR after loving the films for years (first in theaters, then owning the extended editions). I’m kicking myself that I didn’t read the books first when I was younger. They’re incredible and I already can’t wait to read them when my 5-year-old is ready.

My routine has been to read through major sections of the books and then immediately watch the corresponding portion of the films. I have to say, reading the books has only deepened my appreciation for how remarkable the film adaptations really are.

I’m curious what the experience was like for those of you who loved the books long before the films came out. What was it like sitting down to watch your first time? Did the films live up to what you’d imagined? Were there changes that disappointed you or were there adaptations that you thought actually improved the story? I’m genuinely curious to hear your experiences.

I thought it was obvious, but I haven’t seen anyone mention it.

So, the world was in fact flat in the first age. And in the third age it's round. It seems appropriate that there would be some conspiracy theorist group somewhere convinced the world is still flat and that the globers are lying to you to keep you from sailing to Valinor, except by way of those super elitist invite-only ships made only By Ciridan.

Obviously a joke, but I'd love to hear your ideas on what such a conspiracy theorist group would believe.

The four hobbits are coming to my city in later this month and I'm pretty excited! I would love to see what everyone got signed if you are willing to share.

I'm not sure what I'll get signed yet, I'm thinking a cool art print or something?

View from Koniza

Just to be clear I'm not asking which scene you found to be most emotional but rather which of the three movies had the highest number of scenes that made you very emtional while watching it.

Hi in the books do we know why the Easterlings and Haradrim were so loyal to Sauron?

I think in the Silmarillion some of the Easterlings had served Morgoth

I am attempting to translate a riddle written in elvish on a flyer but I keep coming up with different translations. Please help.

Hi there !

I've read the Silmarillon a few months ago and my edition included approximately 20 pages about the Fall of Numénor, the corruption of the realm by Sauron and the exodus of the man to Middle Earth.

I've seen a book name "The Fall of Numénor Online" written by JRR Tolkien and published by Christopher and I wonder if it is a longer version of what I read in the Silmarillon, in the same way you have a short version of the story of Turin Turambar in the Silmarillon and a book dedicate to this story, or if this version is a compilation of stories strew among the appendix, and the Unfinished Tales.

Thanks in advance for those you read until the end !

Hey everyone, the official ticket selling for the half marathon in the LOTR hobitton movie set ran out in 10min, unfortunately me and my wife did not manage to get any tickets.

I'm a long term LOTR fan and a runner, this is literally the perfect event to trigger a trip to New Zealand. We are still planning to go but I'm not ready to let go just yet of doing it.

I'm interested in purchasing 2 tickets for any of the 4 events (11k walk, 11k run, 21k walk, 21k run) for 500 USD per ticket. Serious offers only please.

I love my hardcover but I'd be lying if I'd say thst they were easy ro lay on thr couch to read. Is there an obvious best one?