"Look to my coming, at first light of the fifth day. At dawn, look to your podcast app" Gandalf, if he listened to podcasts. The first episode of the 2026 year of Tales from the Fandom releases Monday, 1/5, with @kaiakayy.bsky.social - and we're talking all about The Lord of the Rings fandom!

The first episode of the 2026 year is here! @kaiakayy.bsky.social joins me as we talk The Lord of the Rings. From her introduction to Middle Earth via The Hobbit, to the books and movies, Kaia takes us through her experiences with the franchise and fandom. Be sure to check out her videos and work!

One cosplay to rule them all! #Westmoot26 committee member @tyharnar.bsky.social and #Westmoot25 attendee @kaiakayy.bsky.social posed for a photo at DragonCon. What an incredibly cool depiction of the Dark Lord! Facing Sauron is easier in a #Westmoot shirt! www.westmoot.org #intothewest

Figured out a couple weeks ago that Creed by Stray Kids was a good song to do squats to in the gym, so when I’m lookin fine af in a few months, you can thank them

Happy Saturday. Did you know in the Lord of the Rings, in the books Aragorn doesn’t behead the Mouth of Sauron like we see in the movies. As a herald and ambassador of Mordor, the Mouth of Sauron is protected under the laws of war. Anyway, here have some selfies.

Who wants to read my Samwise hot take?

🌈 HAPPY PRIDE! This month is our 2nd annual Charity Pride for The Trevor Project! ✨Our starting goal is $200✨ See the link to donate to influence the games, all while giving to a great cause. tiltify.com/@role-d5/rol...

Started trying to draw the dead marshes but didn’t like how the tree was turning out so I gave up on it but I still like everything else about it, so into the internet pile it goes

“The little silver nut he planted in the Party Field where the tree had once been; and he wondered what would come of it … In the Party Field a beautiful young sapling leaped up … the only mallorn west of the Mountains and east of the Sea, and one of the finest in the world.”

“I want to see mountains again Gandalf. Mountains!” 🏔️

Peep how this took me over a year & a half to get back to & it ain’t even finished yet

How it started & how it’s goin’

If yall wanna read how I think Bilbo is the dragon of hobbits and how I think the ring affected him, click on this pretty lil link substack.com/@measse?r=2l...

Guys will say "it's so refreshing to meet a girl with a personality for once." And it’s just me spouting off Lord of the Rings lore.

The reason Tolkien didn’t let Tom Bombadil have a part in the War of the Ring is because he knew Tom would’ve turned it into WWE: The War in the Ring

Did you know the person we really have to thank for Viggo Mortensen playing Aragorn is his son, Henry? When PJ called to offer Viggo the role, he said he had to think about it & that he’d never read the books. His son who had & was a huge fan over heard the phone call & told him he had to. #lotr

I almost forgot I had this app. Oh my

AMAZON SHOULD INCLUDE THE DANCING BEARS OF NÚMENOR IN THE RINGS OF POWER. RT IF YOU AGREE

Wearing a bow because he is ✨a gift✨

“Kaia, what’s something that you’d rather go through child birth again than ever experience again?” Putting my ball studded nose ring back in after 3 months of having it out.

Y’all… just.. Lee Pace. That’s it. That’s the post.

With my kids birthday tomorrow, my PMS week couldn’t come at a worse time. When I tell you, I am a WRECK. I have teared up so many times today either over his pictures or just thinking of him & now his first favorite song came on my playlist. THE TEARS. I WAS DRIVING. 😭😭

*re-watching His Dark Materials when THE scene happens* Me with tears in my eyes: oh my god y’all are teenagers. It is not the end of the world. Calm down. But trust and believe im inwardly screaming that it’s not fair and she’s all by herself now.

*me to myself in the mirror* brick by brick, kaia. It is your fault it’s like this.

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Shieldmaidens ⚔️🛡️🐴 Rankin/Bass Eowyn and Hera from War of the Rohirrim! #art

Just so you know, on this day in Middle-Earth, Pippin dropped a stone which led to a Balrog waking up. So if you're having a bad day, just remember... you aren't a fool of a Took.

A stunning watercolor painting of the Hobbits hiding by Lily Seika Jones.

Top 10 Favorites: 1.) Galadriel 2.) Haleth 3.) Gimli 4.) Pippin 5.) Nienna or Tulkas 6.) Sauron 7.) The Silmarillion 8.) My pops 9.) The Vampire Lestat 10.) Interview with a Vampire

Happy Thursday Did you know by the end of The Lord of the Rings, all 5 hobbits (including Bilbo) are related in some way or another. When Samwise’s daughter, Goldilocks, grows up she marries Pippin’s son, Faramir. So not only are Sam & Pippin joined in fellowship but also in family. #LordoftheRings

People talk left & right about wanting a ride or die like Samwise, but fr, I want one like Hamfast, Samwise’s dad. All these hobbits talkin shit about Bilbo at the pub & Hamfast doing nothing but defending him & going at Sandyman’s neck. #TheLordoftheRings #lotr #FellowshipoftheRing

SOS MAN DOWN MAN DOWN. MY HEART 😭😭😭😭😭 #lordoftherings #lego

Tell me your top 5 chapters in the Lord of the Rings. Here are mine, not in order: 1. Shelob’s Lair 2. The King of the Golden Hall 3. The Council of Elrond 4. The Mirror of Galadriel 5. The Black Gate Opens This was so hard 🥲

“Kaia, what’s a none nerd related goal you have for 2025?” To convince my fiancé to go freakin’ country swing dancing with me at least ONCE. SOMEONE HELP ME CONVINCE HER.

*attention #LordoftheRings nerds* It has come to my attention that we have SEVERELY missed the opportunity to start referring to the orange man as Sharkey and his lackeys as the ruffians. But no more 😤 this is your answer key if you see me post about Sharkey or ruffians.

*wrapping my hand cause i cut it at work* Customer: that looks like it hurt Me: eh probably not as bad as when Viggo Mortensen broke his toes from kicking that Uruk helmet in the Two Towers. Definitely not as bad as when Dominic Monaghan got a splinter from the Buckleberry Ferry bridge.

One of my favorite Lord of the Rings tidbits is that until the end of the War of the Ring, the Nazgûl never died. Their physical bodies just faded over time to where they could only be seen in the Unseen world and even after Sauron took back their rings of power -

“Girl, you good? You been staring at nothing for a long time” I’m fine. I was just thinking about how dirty they did Pippin in the Lord of the Rings movies. Does he make questionable choices & say out of pocket things in the book? Yes.

The way I am so utterly annoyed by how stress exacerbates a chronic illness. I had such a good week last week & now I’m just wishing for death.

In honor of the Professor’s birthday today, Microsoft put Bag End in the search bar. #jrrtolkien #tolkien #lordoftherings

“It’s good that you are you, just as you are today.” A reminder as we go into 2025.

Happy New Year! Did you know that while today is our New Year’s Day, the shire celebrated their new year 10 days ago? The Shire reckoning is 10 days ahead of our calendar, so they had their New Year’s Day on our December 21st & today would be the 11th of Afteryule in the Shire. #lordoftherings

Not a lot of people follow me over here so here’s the other version my Lord of the Rings premiere thirst trap that I almost posted on TikTok and Instagram before I changed it. #lordoftherings #waroftherohirrim

Y’all ever just have days where you have to keep repeating to yourself “I am in charge of my fyp. I am in charge of my fyp. I am in charge of my fyp. I am in charge of my fyp.”

I don’t know how this algorithm works but I talk about Lord of the Rings a lot and my friends say I have the personality of a beehive. So do with that what you will ✨🧝🏻‍♀️🧙🏻‍♂️⚔️🐝

I lied, I don’t actually like sex. Put your clothes back on. We’re gonna play Eels and Escalators while watching Secret Level.

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