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
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- 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
- 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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