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1. Musings
2. Individual Essays
'Well!' said Gandalf at last. 'What are
you thinking about?'
Musings
Varda's Musings
Other Fans' Musings:
by author
by title
A B C D E F G H I L M N O P R S T V W
- A
Coherent Moral Universe - Doctor Gamgee & Varda
- A Fan's Tale: Following the
LOTR Project - Celedor
- A Good Movie that Could have
been Great - Vison
- A Long Winded History of a
Shot in FOTR - Celedor
- A Reflection from Sarehole
- Chubb of the Shire
- About Denethor -
Rogorn
- The Age of Men -
FanForever
- Aging Heroes - Primula
- All that FW: Stuff -
Primula
- Aragorn, Boromir and
Nobility - Vison
- Aragorn, the Perfect
Man - Frodowannabe
- Aragorna, Daughter of
Arathorn? - Orangeblossom Took
- Arwen Fading -
WindSinger
- Arwen’s Fate is now Bound to
the Ring - Diamond Took
- Arwen's Gift to Frodo -
elenna
- Battle of
the Books? - Avondster
- Betrayal or Mercy?
- Overlithe
- Birth Order and Tolkien -
MerryK
- Black, White and
Grey - Rogorn
- The Board Family -
Avondster
- Book Boromir vs. Movie
Boromir - Lindorie
- Book or Movie? -
Tarmiriel
- Bree, Linchpin of Destiny -
Baron Wilderness
- The
Catalyst - Anborn1
- Choices in LOTR: the
Role of Men vs. Women - Fan Forever
- Defending
Merry's
Honour - Avondster
- Depth of Subtle
Brillance - Doctor Gamgee
- The Desolation of
Tolkien - Doctor Gamgee
- Dreading and
Anticipating the Return of the King - Lizmybit
- Do Hobbits have Fat Fingers?
- onone
- Ecosystems
-y Fan Forever
- Enhanced Perception,
Sentient Water and Fluid Time in LOTR - Delphinium Took
- Éowyn in Love - Fan
Forever
- Explaining the Ending
- Sahmwise
- Failure in
the Fellowship - Agape4Rivendell
- Faramir from a Different
Point of View - Celedor
- Faramir, Mythology
and Artistic License - DoctorGamgee
- Faramir, the G. Q. Guy from
Gondor - Vison
- Film Denethor -
Rogorn
- Finding Tolkien in
Everyday Life - DoctorGamgee
- The Flame Burns Bright but
Consumes the Candle - Vison
- Friends: a brief musing
- May Gamgee
- For Those who don't
Understand - Hobbitlove
- Frodo as Hero Revisited -
Rowan
- Frodo
Lives: a Critical Analysis - gentlegiant
- Frodo's Endurance
- Fan Forever
- Frodo's Leaving -
elenna
- Frodo, the Man with No Name,
or the Last Gunfighter - Vison
- The Fourth Age: The Years
of the King - Lindorie
- Gandalf the
Angel - Daisy Gold
- Gollum/Smeagol - elenna
- Haunted by the Credits
- Fan Forever
- He Escaped in the End
- Lineawen
- Helm's Deep - Icarus
& Lindorie
- Heroes and Gardeners
- Fan Forever
- Honor, Shame and
Forgiveness - Linaewen
- In Praise
of Fandom - Celedor
- Is the Arkenstone a
Silmaril? - AnnaEstel
- It is Not This Day -
Elvellon Ringsbane
- Last Night
I was in Rivendell - Indis
- The Least - Icarus
- Lines in the Sand -
Doctor Gamgee
- Living Forever - Fan
Forever
- The London Experience -
Indis
- Meandering
Thoughts
on
the Hobbit Movie - Doctor Gamgee
- Moments of
Middle-earth - Doctor Gamgee
- The Most - Neesae
- The Most Obvious Theme
in the Two Towers - Tigerlily Goodbody
- The Most
Underappreciated Characters - Luthiena
- Musing on Pocket
Handkerchiefs - Linaewen
- The Nature
of Fandom - Primula
- No "Remake" for LOTR -
Rogorn
- Not What J.R.R.
Intended - Overlithe
- Of
Rings and Things - Smeagol and Grima - Doctor Gamgee
- On Geekiness -
NorthStar
- Peter and
Fran's Most Important Work - Celedor
- Pluralism
in
The
Lord of the Rings - elenna
- Poetry's
Power
in Middle-earth - MerryK
- The
Power of the Ring - elenna
- Proud and Stern of Glance
- Linaewen
- Reflections
on
the
Complete
Film Cycle - Doctor Gamgee
- Refusing to Wield a Sword
- Primula
- Return to Geek Planet -
Avondster
- The Ring: Device or Being?
- Anborn1 & Varda
- Ringwraiths -
Gandalf921
- ROTK: Not Your Average
Classic Movie - Tigerlily Goodbody
- Seeing
the Teaser Trailer for the First Time - Avondster
- Some Thoughts on Frodo as a
Tragic Hero - elenna
- Suitable for Filming -
Rogorn
- Thankfulness
- faramirgirl
- Thoughts of Elrond -
WindSinger
- Thoughts on Elrond -
Petunia
- Thoughts on our
Friend, Bilbo - Doctor Gamgee
- Tolkien and Betrayal
- Doctor Gamgee
- Tolkien Imagery and
Battle - Doctor Gamgee
- Tolkien's Books vs.
Jackson's Films - Tigerlily Goodbody
- Tolkien's Elves and
Traditional Faerie - Primula
- Tolkien's Mythic
Works: a Question - Doctor Gamgee
- The
Transformation - NorthStar
- The Travesty of Eowyn -
MerryK
- Viggo's
Aragorn - Rogorn
- The Voice of Saruman - Emyn
- Watering
a Dead Plant - Mrs. Frodo
- When
"Obfuscation" Masquerades as "Artistry" - Doctor Gamgee
- Who is the Hero of LOTR?
- Overlithe
- Why Denethor Cannot be
Evil - MerryK
- Why "is" Gollum? -
Vison
- Wizard Staves &
Authority - Primula
- Writers and Truth
- Doctor Gamgee
Longer Essays:
Aragorn in Tolkien's
Letters by Rogorn
Frodo and Job
by Lizmybit
Frodo Lives: A
Critical Analysis of a Movie: The Lord of the Rings by
gentlegiant
Meriadoc Brandybuck
by Rogorn
& Essays
Essays on "What LOTR Means to Me" that were submitted as part of our
essay contest, also additional essays about fandom.
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