The Nine Glories Of the Rings of Powers: The Nineth Glory

What Ho, Wee Subscribers and Welcome to the Final Post in The Nine Glories of the Rings of Power blog series.

The Continuation of Tolkien’s Mythology 

Whether it was through the choice to set it in the less exposed Second Age of Middle-Earth, the idea to diversfy the cast so that the world starts to look more real, the decsion to include Races – such as the Harfoots – that have not really been explored before, or just the fact that as a series rather than a film( even an extended one) it has more time to devote into exploring all these deifferent facets of Middle Earth;the fact stands that The Rings of Power has shown a very different Middle-Earth than the one we’ve grown used to.

And my argument is that this is not only a good thing, for both the francise and the fandom around it, but that Tolkien (the orginal creator) would not have actully disapproved. He did not view his work as a solid, unchanglbe text of facts about Middle-Earth, but rather as modern Mytholgy that would twist and shape itself into new forms over the years. With each new writer or telling, the story would grow, the world would expand not become less.
Was it a perfect show, by no means. Where there some things the books did better? Of course, all I’m saying is before you post that comment complaining about the scruffiness of the Harfoots, or the fact that the Lady Dwarves did not have hair on their chins (I feel your pain in that regard) remember that it’s very unlikely Tolkien would actually have minded. 

So why should we?

After all, we were all able to live through the Ents becoming tree-like beings in the Peter Jackson Films, instead of the troll-like ones from the books. Oh yes, we all loved that change now didn’t we.I’m sorry if I’m seeming overly empassioned about this subject. I guess a story that takes a new and darker look at Middle-Earth, with an emphasis on the strange culture of the hobbit like creatures, is something that sticks close to my heart.

And in possibly unrelated news, I invite you all to pop over and have a look at my own recently completed Middle-Earth work (sadly not cannon at all) The War of the Dead . I think you’ll enjoy it, it’s got Zombies 😁

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