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

Happy International Women’s Day! I posted on TikTok about Emeldir, the little-discussed heroine from the Silmarillion. While she may be given the epithet “the Manhearted,” her contribution exemplifies the crucial bravery of women in the works of #Tolkien. #luinellë

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

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

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.

Lothíriel of Dol Amroth, Queen Consort of Rohan: rare Fourth-Age character art #tolkien #luinellë

What is a #Tolkien myth you can think of? Something that lives in the zeitgeist but isn’t from the text? #luinellë

Hot take but clearly Haleth only became a unisex name because she was so badass people undescended from the Haladin thousands of years later named their sons after her in the hopes they would be strong. #tolkien #luinellë

Hot take but a Steward of Gondor naming his child Denethor (the 1st Age king of the Laiquendi) is like the Emperor of Japan naming his son after Æthelred the Unready. #tolkien #luinellë

What’s a question you would like to ask a #Tolkien character if you had the chance? #luinellë

Seeing IG accounts with names like “Silmarillion fans” and all they post is LotR content makes me want to make an account that solely posts arithmetic-based memes from The Nature of Middle-earth and call it “LotR movie fans.” #luinellë #tolkien

Say, Elwë…

There was another set of beacon-hills in #Gondor leading along the south side of the White Mountains to Belfalas, where the Prince of Dol Amroth and his powerful swan-knights and army could be called upon. #luinellë #tolkien

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

What’s something obscure you’ve unearthed on a recent #Tolkien read?

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.

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?

What #Tolkien story of the earlier Third Age would you like to see adapted most? #luinellë

“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

Why do you suppose Angbor, Lord of Lamedon was the only man who stood his ground when the Army of the Dead approached? #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

A fine post by @thegermanator.bsky.social

Also described by #Tolkien in the Pelennor are byres, which are specifically cow-sheds, as opposed to barns that provide stableage for horses. Large numbers of oxen were employed in the evacuation of Minas Tirith before it was besieged. #tolkienomics #luinellë #gondor

What the heck is #Tolkien talking about when he says “oast?” An oast is a kiln for the drying of hops, primarily used in the brewing of beer. Hops have been cultivated since at least the early Middle Ages, giving a good indication of the technological level of #Gondor. #tolkienomics #luinellë

I’ve been researching another aspect of the economy of #gondor: feudalism! It’s not just a social and military system, but an economic arrangement that was part of what made the kingdom great. #tolkienomics #tolkien #luinellë

It’s only been 9 days since I got off TikTok!? Feels like a month. And did everyone who didn’t delete it just go back on? A lot of people just kinda went quiet.

What’s your #estel, friends? #tolkien #luinellë

‘There was trouble away in the South, and it seemed that the Men who had come up the Greenway were on the move, looking for lands where they could find some peace.’ The Fellowship of the Ring, ch. ‘At the Sign of the Prancing Pony’ - This passage is more relevant than ever. #tolkien #luinellë #estel

My last #tolkientok meme. I feel like it was an appropriate way to close out my career. #tolkien #luinellë #memearillion

Alright #Luinellë… what are some songs that would fit right into the Ainulindalë? Wrong answers only. #tolkien

If you see this, quote with flowers from your gallery.

I’m glad everyone who said “2025 is going to be my year” has snapped out of it by now. We all know whose year it’s going to be. They all sat up there in nice little rows. Not ours, not even their beguiled followers’ and duped voters’ year. Their year.

Where am I in Middle-earth? #tolkien #luinellë #middleearthplaces

Another favorite #tolkien artist is Roger Garland. Always something interesting in his paintings, such as the cogwheels that rotate the tower of Minas Morgul in this one. #luinellë

A fine bit of estel from my favorite Tolkienian philosopher. #luinellë #tolkien #estel

Who’s your favorite #tolkien artist? #luinellë

Escape to it, be inspired by it, take solace in it, and always learn from it! #tolkien #luinellë

What’s the next Tolkien book you’re going to read cover-to-cover? Why? #luinellë #tolkien

#ARAGILIAN || In winter there are many moments of stillness, during which I must find some activity with which to occupy my mind & hands. Recently, this has been recalling & drawing out with ink & parchment tales of the legends of the very beginning before even the creation of the trees of fair…

Looking at January’s picture in the 2025 Tolkien Calendar and thinking about this January has me deep in my feels. #luinellë #tolkien #johnhowe

I examine one of my favorite Sindarin place-name roots: #luinellë #middleearthplaces #tolkien #sindarin #tolkientok

What’s your favorite elvish word? #luinellë #tolkien

My other blog tries to capture my musings of childhood as, prior to live-action adaptations, I went out into the world and found the landscapes of the text in my own environs. #tolkien #luinellë #middleearthplaces #tolkientok

“Work of the Enemy! Such deeds he loves: friend at war with friend; loyalty divided in confusion of hearts.” - The Return of the King ch. ‘The Pyre of Denethor’ #tolkien #luinellë #tolkientok

I ain’t going back if it’s gonna be like THAT 😬

Thinking about this quote from Morgoth’s Ring and the concept of the long defeat. Defeat is not the end while there is still something in the world that is beautiful. #tolkien #luinellë

#ARAGILIAN || While our armory is filled with weapons of many kinds and my adoptive dwarven father #KragnirStonebeard bade me learn the styles and techniques of as many as possible, he understood that as one of the race of men - while I do enjoy the use of a dwarven axe…