by Caitlin | Aug 27, 2020 | Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - Return of the King, Tolkien
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss Return of the King, Book VI, Chapter 1, The Tower of Cirith Ungol
In this chapter we are back with Caitlin’s favourite Hobbit! But that still isn’t enough to save this chapter from being mostly boring.
There’s architecture. And orcs!
There’s more architecture and more orcs!
There’s a touching reunion!
Also, uh, stay until the very end after the sign off if you want to hear us continue that Redwall discussion.
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by Caitlin | Aug 7, 2020 | Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - Return of the King, Tolkien
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss Return of the King, Book V, Chapter 10, The Black Gate Opens
In this chapter the army spends a lot of time getting to a battle…and then not much time on the battle.
Merry is left behind!
We were wrong last week about miles. Which is just typical us.
As the army retraces Frodo and Sam’s steps, how much have we forgotten from The Two Towers?
And Hobbits, man. They rock.
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by Caitlin | Jul 20, 2020 | Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers, Tolkien
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss Return of the King, Book V, Chapter 9, The Last Debate
It’s a chapter of standing around a talking in two different parts!
The Fellowship is reunited!…mostly.
Caitlin still doesn’t understand miles?
How far is it from Minas Tirith to the Black Gate? I have a feeling Twitter will let us know.
And Hobbits, man. They rock.
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by Caitlin | Jun 24, 2020 | Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - Return of the King, Tolkien
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss Return of the King, Book V, Chapter 8, The Houses of Healing
Some people are healthy, and some are not. We will point out each one just in case you are confused.
We meet Tolkein’s self-insert, self-burn.
Also another woman! That we had forgotten about. Whoa.
Caitlin has her most egregious forgetting of a name to date.
And Hobbits, man. They rock.
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by Caitlin | Jun 9, 2020 | Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - Return of the King, Tolkien
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss Return of the King, Book V, Chapter 7, The Pyre of Denethor.
Our favourite boy does just a *little* murder, and maybe a bit of treason.
Feanor, thousands of years later, still causing problems for everyone.
Murder-Suicide always seems like the best plan, right?
We still don’t understand how the afterlife works in MiddeEarth. Presumably, we never will.
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by Caitlin | May 20, 2020 | Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - Return of the King, Tolkien
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss Return of the King, Book V, Chapter 6, The Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
Dernhelm is a girl? What?
Who killed the Witchking? Why was there a prophesy about that?
And, most importantly, Gimli has his axe.
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by Caitlin | May 1, 2020 | Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - Return of the King, Tolkien
This week we discuss Return of the King, Book V, Chapter 5, the Ride of the Rohirrim.
A little less Ride and a little more Eavesdropping. Come and discuss with us as Merry is very observant, but misses some vital facts. Theoden gives some speeches and steals a horn. Eomer is racist, and Snowmane is the best horse ever.
Well, the best horse that wasn’t stolen by Gandalf.
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by Caitlin | Apr 8, 2020 | Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - Return of the King
Caitlin, Rachel and Emmy are excited to be back with The Return of the King, Book 5, Chapter 4, The Siege of Gondor!
Characters
- Pippin – Guard of the Citadel, Faramir’s protector?
- Gandalf – bearer of bad news, Denethor’s worst enemy apparently
- Denethor – huge know-it-all, Steward of Gondor
- Faramir – Captain of the White Tower, generally an island. Horse whisperer. Human whisperer?
- Prince Imrahil – Faramir’s wing man and uncle
- Beregond – a soldier of Gondor, helps Pippin find his clothes
- Shadowfax – the best of horses
- The Black Captain – The Witchking of Angmar
- The Nazgul and their Fell Beasts – being that inspire terror
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by Caitlin | Mar 24, 2020 | Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers, Tolkien
Caitlin, Rachel and Emmy are excited to be back with The Return of the King, Book 5, Chapter 3, The Muster of Rohan! Featuring a couple of folks who super don’t want to be left behind.
Characters
- Merry – a lone Hobbit
- Theoden – King of Rohan
- Eomer – Theoden’s nephew
- Eowyn – Theoden’s neice
- Dúnhere – He’s so very done
- Hirgon – A messenger from Rohan
- Dernhelm – A totally, completely, brand new character. Never met them before. Not at all.
Also some Dunedain! One of them is named Halbarad
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by Caitlin | Feb 28, 2020 | Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers, Tolkien
Caitlin, Rachel and Emmy are excited to be back with The Return of the King, Book 5, Chapter 2, The Passing of the Grey Company! We’re back with Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, and Merry! Also appearances from some new friends and fun cameos from some old friends.
Characters
- Aragorn – heir to the throne, which matters again
- Gimli – everyone’s favourite dwarf!
- Legolas – everyone’s favourite elf!
- Merry – Not everyone’s favourite hobbit (Frodo for life!)
- Theoden – king of Rohan
- Eomer – his nephew
- Eowyn – his niece, most relatable
- Elrohir – sons or Elrond, literally no one knows who is who
- Elladan
Also some Dunedain! One of them is named Halbarad
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