Mithgond
@mithgond.bsky.social
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.
My first wildflowers of the year: something from the genus Hepatica, in Governor Dodge State Park, #Wisconsin
April 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
My first wildflowers of the year: something from the genus Hepatica, in Governor Dodge State Park, #Wisconsin
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
March 11, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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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
#booksky #writersky #authorsky
March 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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
#booksky #writersky #authorsky
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
March 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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.
February 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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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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
February 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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
If you see this, quote with a gif of your personality type.
February 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
If you see this, quote with a gif of your personality type.
If you see this, post a GIF from one of your comfort shows.
February 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If you see this, post a GIF from one of your comfort shows.
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?
February 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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?
“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
February 2, 2025 at 3:28 AM
“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
“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
January 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
“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
A fine post by @thegermanator.bsky.social
The morality of Middle Earth
Many years ago I ready a quote by the late C.S.
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January 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A fine post by @thegermanator.bsky.social