Christopher Tolkien resigns from the Tolkien estate

Seriously, though, when is orc medicine discussed?

It's from when Merry and Pippin are captured. A close reading of the books reveals all kinds of interesting details about the orc culture that are completely absent in the movies. Tolkien didn't do direct cultural clones like lesser authors.

The Hobbit explicitly mentions that orcs invented many machines.

Well, there are caveats to that. It also says without a Dark Lord like Sauron the Orcs were a whole lot less effective, that Melkor or Sauron gave them will and resolve and when those guys were gone Orcs kind of went to pieces and weren’t much of a threat at all.

Thanks for this. I was having a rather bad day and giving into my hatred. All I could feel was disgust and I was feeling unwilling to do anything - tried doing a few things that normally make me feel better; lifting, listened to some music, even played a video game (degenerate, I know). I felt numbed to it all, there was nothing to be gained from it, it became ash upon my tongue.

Just reading this completely changed my outlook. I smiled and went and did some basic productive stuff - prepared some food for later and washed all the dishes and cutlery. There is such power in words, in stories - and thanks to reading what you wrote my day has become immeasurably brighter. Never underestimate the importance of this place, of inspirational speeches and of kindness; I'm sure many people have been saved from depression and even suicide through such simple things. Thanks again.

Take away the Talmud and how effective would kikes be?

probably why (((celebrities))) adopt niggers so that they hope the plebs emulate them

Another interesting lesson in kikery from LoTR is what Saruman did to the Shire after he was expelled from Isengard. They decided to let him go because his only power was the ability to manipulate people with his voice. So they went their separate ways and long story short - Saruman hired bandits to extort goods and enslave the hobbits. Saruman also had the sacred party tree cut down (like Irminsul) and many old beautiful buildings were destroyed.

The Tolkien Estate has had no say in the matter of motion picture adaptations since 1969.

The movies have been as they were because the studios sought the estate's blessing and participation, and because to incur its wrath would harm the franchise's marketability and reputation among its most devoted fans. Christopher Tolkien's departure isn't going to change any of this, at least not necessarily for the worse.

What it might do is cause the estate to participate more closely in projects based on Tolkien's work, and MAYBE protect it from the tide of social justice fads sweeping mass media. This depends entirely on how pozzed Christopher Tolkien's children are, versus how eager they are to protect the family legacy. I suspect the fact that Christopher resigned without any apparent ugliness while his wife still holds power in the estate, and the fact that he has reconciled with the son who urged closer participation with the Peter Jackson films, may mean that this family leans more toward protecting the family name than toward making fantasy fiction safe for gay trans people of color and their polyamorous triads.

And by suspect I mean hope - but not with a whole lot of confidence.

Let's have a little break and see where Simon Tolkien stands on social issues, then we'll reconvene and have a good cry about it.