Signs and Portents
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All of the following skims the very surface of what I want to talk about (and there are still things I want to cover that are not even mentioned in this post). If you would like an idea of the kinds of theories that are going to be on this blog, read everything!
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Signs and Portents
There is a fairly famous concept from the Bible that says, “By their fruits ye shall know them.” For our purpose here, we will say that by the fruits of an idea or belief, we will know its source. To demonstrate this notion, we will first apply it to Galadriel’s decision to leap from the…
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This Wandering Day and Gollum’s Song
This Wandering Day was written for the Harfoots, but it can technically apply to almost anyone in the show and books: Hobbits, Dwarves, the Stranger, Galadriel, Elendil after the fall of Númenor. […] Ironically, the song also applies to Sauron a little too perfectly.
Updates
Having just listened to Eregion and Emissary at the Forge for the first time in several months, many feelings were awakened, and I wanted to give a quick update regarding my whereabouts, whether or not anyone was curious.
I was really sick at the end of last year, and by December and January, it got a little out of control. Since I’m still on the mend, I don’t know exactly when I’ll be back to finish the theories I have in my drafts; but needless to say, I’ve been (and will continue to be) focusing on real life for a second.
15 July 2025
I finished the video essay script!
22 February 2025
Alright, here are the projects I’ve been working on.
- These blog posts — always top priority.
- Video essay.
- Art stuff.
Video essay | I understand that it can be a hassle to read thousands of words worth of theories, so to make things more accessible, and since I love editing videos, I’ve decided (at length) to try adapting posts to video format. First, I’m testing the waters by adapting Chapter 6 into a three-part series (obviously compressing the script as one might adapt a book to a movie—still the same thing, just less wordy), and if all goes well, I want to make more! But if I do, I’ll always write theories for the blog before I make videos for them.
Art stuff | For those who don’t know, I used to draw portraits. The show has reawakened the drive after almost 8 years—something I never thought would happen—so I’ve determined to adjust and refine my technique. With any luck, I’ll get into a rhythm and start posting art stuff on the side.
28 January 2025
Upcoming Posts
The Forces Behind Sauron and Galadriel’s Chance-meeting
I’ve finally made a conclusion to the nature of their chance-meeting, which I think is pretty solid, so I’m excited to put it out there.
The Road Goes Ever Winding
Analyzing Sauron’s strategy and tactics, how much he knows, and how much he can predict.
Cosmic Connections
Comparing the significance of Sauron’s connections—Galadriel and Adar vs. Celebrimbor and Mirdania.
YouTube
Twitter/X Threads
(Twitter has a lot of my smaller theories, the beginning stages of bigger theories, parallels, realizations, spontaneous trains of thought, etc. If you don’t like Twitter, I post a lot of the same things on BlueSky, where I may soon post my more significant threads from Twitter.)
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