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that's literally it - it's 12.5hrs long and i'm 1000% going

im so excited

EDIT: I'VE JUST BOOKED IT IM SO EXCITED

Pretty much in the title, my SO and i got into a discussion about this, please bear in mind we have read the hobbit and LOTR but not the Silmarillion. He thinks Gollum was the most resistant because even though the ring pushed gollum to leave the mountain and return it to Sauron, gollum didn’t ( even thought Sauron was alive as the Necromancer) I think he is wrong, because Gollum was obsessed with it being his so he’d never leave the mountain or give it to anyone else. I think either Aragorn or Samwise was the most resistant because Aragorn never took it even though he had the chance and Sam carried it when he thought Frodo was dead even though Sam struggled to give it back to Frodo. Thoughts?

After reading the 'Lord of The Rings' series (twice) and 'The Hobbit', I recently started reading 'The Silmarillion' for the first time. Compared to the latter two, it is really dense and deeply profound! I have been reading it for a month and have only reached the third chapter! Usually I'm not a parallel reader, but I feel like I should start reading something lighter to help bear the burden of 'The Silmarillion'. Then what is better than 'The Hobbit'?!

Though I didn't really like 'The Hobbit' the first time I read it (having read it after the series) now I want to admit that this book makes more sense to me and I want to read it again. You know, I miss the cozy feeling that this book delivers: the warmth of fireside, enthusiastic Hobbits in their cozy holes, and delicious foods in pantries.

Also, I was thinking about re-reading the appendices of the 'Lord of The Rings' series, but not all of them -- mostly the part concerning Arwen and Aragorn. It is kind of more related to 'The Silmarillion'.

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In LOTR lore, there appears a region known as "Nan Dumgorthin" in which the men that lived here, worshipped "nameless gods" of unknown origin who were even said to be older than primordial being like the Valar or even Morgoth/Melkor. I have been reading and trying so search for pieces of lore on this LOTR topic but it seems like I could not have found a lot of valuable information. If you have any fan theories, or any other type of lore or cannon, please feel free to share it in the comments.

A nice impression of a large manuscript of Concerning Hobbits, less than a minute. Enjoy!

Personally, I think they did a pretty good job with a lot of them, such as Edoras.

Others got the feel right but didn’t land (and don’t necessarily need to) the actual geographical layout, like Hobbiton.

Finally, Rivendell might be most different, off the top of my head.

I never really understood this.. It kinda just seems to make you invisible except the a bunch of dead kings and the Eye.

Like Aragorn saying to those dead pirates they need to fulfill their oath seems a lot more powerful than a ring that basically makes you a target. Did I miss something about this ring that's so powerful?

I would love to hear the answer whether its from the books or the movies.