Just finished the first Dungeon Crawler Carl book—and the hype is real

Just published the second chapter of my upcoming fantasy novel entitled "The Broken Crescent." Check it out for free! I'd love to hear what you think! open.substack.com/pub/tolkienp...

Aragorn after Gandalf suggests the Fellowship go through the Mines of Moria:

What’s wieners, precious? What’s wieners, eh?

Fantastic parallels between the functionality of Mainline churches and being a fan of Howard Shore’s score of The Lord of the Rings from @trippfuller.bsky.social Great read if you’re Tolkien, music, and/or theology fan open.substack.com/pub/processt...

New volume of the Journal of Tolkien Research on Asexuality and Aromanticism by some amazing friends and scholars 🤘🏼 scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftol...

Happy Pride to all my Tolkienistas and beyond! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

I regret to inform you that Aragorn Son of Arathorn, the rightful king of Gondor has dropped out of the Freedom 250 concert

I relate to Tolkien because he wrote fantasy even though most of his peers thought it was dumb. He did what he did because he wanted to do it. Punk af

You have elected the way of pain!

Imagine being mad about the national deficit and the war in Ukraine, but stoked on Iran and the government stealing 1.7 billion for insurrectionists lololol

A great conversation about experiencing Tolkien’s work in a post-religious world! Can’t wait to get my hand’s on @realtomemanuel.bsky.social’s thesis soon!

My good buddy Nick Polk @tolkienpop.substack.com had me on his podcast to chat about The Lord of the Rings, nonreligious readers, and how the books we love become the stories we live in. It was a lot of fun, and Nick is good people. Give it a listen!

New Tolkien Pop! Podcast episode with @realtomemanuel.bsky.social to discuss his recently completed PhD work on the religiosity of Tolkien fandom in a post-religious world 🤘 open.substack.com/pub/tolkienp...

He just fell into the depths of the Misty Mountains. Knock the One Ring out of Gollum’s pocket

Take a look at the Gofundme set up by her friend and consider helping out if you're able. Thanks! www.gofundme.com/f/support-ka...

Tennessee Strawberry Festival and the Pantheon in Nashville for Kelly’s birthday!

Rings of Power Season 3 coming out this year on November 11th. Get stoked! 🤘🏼

Was stoked to be featured in the latest news from the Center for Open & Relational Theology from @thomasjayoord.bsky.social! preview.mailerlite.com/w4x5r0k7y6/2...

Lucky for us, I snapped this totally not fake photo of @clarelmoore.bsky.social and I in front of a Nashville staple. Good times 🤘🏼

Date cancelled. They said I’d already had one breakfast after I asked about second breakfast

Latest episode of the Tolkien Pop! Podcast just dropped! Got to sit down with @lukebshelton.bsky.social of @tolkiensociety.org to talk about his Tolkien experience, area of research, and his current and future work in Tolkien studies podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Anytime Gollum breathes

Jak and Daxter is in my top ten all-time favorite video games and Josh and I got to analyze the political landscape of it all 🫡

It’s weird how fundamentalists have the strongest beliefs about nonsense, but embody the most extreme caricature of the Masters of Suspicion they purport because what they really believe in is not believing in anything that’s not rooted in some sort of supernatural conspiracy

Congrats to all the Tolkien Society award winners, including @teawithtolkien.com, @alas-not-me.bsky.social, @miriamellis.bsky.social, and Michael Drout!

Thank you all for the contributions to #TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday this week, your support and love for #Tolkien is much appreciated! Tomorrow…

This book has me in a damn chokehold

It’s good and nerdy stuff here!

Happy Arbor Day with a little Tolkien tree talk with @systematicgeek.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Sam, writing about Gollum after Frodo gave him the Red Book of Westmarch

Me after being left behind by AI

Sméagol and Déagol before finding the One Ring vs Sméagol and Déagol after finding the One Ring

Gandalf: YOU SHALL NOT PASS 10 year old me in the movie theater:

Imagine thinking the antichrist will be a literal person and seeing this image and thinking this ain’t the antichrist lol

Like many of us, I have been obsessively listening to and watching Angine de Poitrine. I think one of the many possible explanations (outside the fact that they’re great) that millennials in particular are drawn to them is because their songs sound like they could be a soundtrack to a PS1 platformer

I won’t be seeing you later

The world’s burning right now and there’s so much cool TV on. How am I supposed to properly stress and attempt at being a good person when there’s new Daredevil, Maul: Shadow Lord, Invincible, The Boys, and Rooster Fighter?

There’s been some recent Bad Religion and Tolkien intersections online and for me, Bad Religion—and punk in general—has served as my artistic means of deconstructing systems of status quo and Tolkien, my means of reenchantment and reconstructing meaning from the scrap

Just in time for Easter Weekend! In this short paper, I begin attempting to connect Tolkien to Christian Atheism and process theology via Owen Barfield. I’d love to hear your thoughts! open.substack.com/pub/tolkienp...

Genuinely moved by how many people thought this April Fools joke was real 🥹

Exciting news! Just got hired on as a consultant for the upcoming LOTR movie with Stephen Colbert! 🤘🏼

If anyone wants the full episode on Durin and the faces behind Middle Earth, check out this website exclusive too! 😎 . systematic-geekology-shop.fourthwall.com/supporters/a...

Got to talk Durin with @trippfuller.bsky.social and Will Rose for @systematicgeek.bsky.social. When someone asks a Tolkien fan to lore dump, is does the heart good podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Tolkien Pop! podcast episode drop! I got to hang out with Ralph, Kirk, and Jock, the filmmakers behind the upcoming documentary series The Forge of Friendship, which highlights the lives and friendships of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. It’s a fun one: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Another edition of the Roving Ranger has just been sent to its subscribers - the Tolkien Reading Day Special Edition! Including: Global map of events; a new film "Shadow of the Past"; Minas Ithil and Minas Morgul; the Oakenshield Marionettes; genAI & Tolkien; JTR next issue; and much more...

TOLKIEN READING DAY 2026 📚 A global map of events 🗺️ 🌏 Do you have an event to add? Let me know! Doesn't matter whether it has already happened or not - I would LOVE to add it. maps.app.goo.gl/R5DZvr8PLDZD...

With Tolkien Reading Day around the corner, there are some awesome Tolkien events this weekend! Saturday, March 21 Holy Moot, organized by David Rowe: www.eventbrite.com/e/holy-moot-... Sunday, March 22 Tolkien Reading Day Soundscape, organized by Jordan Rannells: www.youtube.com/live/cAK0XuU...

Has anyone else watched the first episode of Rooster Fighter yet? Because I need to talk to someone about the absolute insanity of this anime lol

I did a thing!