#characterisation.

I’m taking a break from the big Linked Universe fight scene analysis to do a smaller Linked Universe fight scene analysis. I did comment back when I first got into this comic that at some point I was going to make that everyone else’s problem. Also, I’m completely stuck on the two big Tolkien posts I have on the go. Anyway, without further ado… Spoilers for Linked Universe up to the North East…

Faramir was one of the characters most immediately recognised as having changed in adaptation, partly because his actions during a major plot point were diametrically opposite in the movie. Despite that, it’s taken a little while for me to get to him, partly because I’ve been working on other things and partly because I figured that, well, everyone knows Faramir changed in adaptation. Despite…

Back in 2019, I participated in Feanorian Week, writing a short daily essay for each of the themes. At the time I knew I wasn’t doing my topics justice because it turns out I can’t really write one of my full-length rambling posts every day for a week, so I always planned to revisit them. I finally got around to starting on that. The first in the list was Maedhros, for whom I chose the theme…

RoP!Galadriel and Jumping to Conclusions

There’s a title I have refrained from seriously using for Rings of Power‘s version of Galadriel: Mary-Sue. I don’t think she is one because she so far doesn’t seem to be central enough to the world and the characters’ lives. However, in conversation I definitely refer to her “powers of Mary-Sue” when talking about her apparent ability to look through the space-time continuum and read ahead in the…

Gimli: Books v Movies

I’m currently working on a big post on the presentation of dwarves in Tolkien and derivative works, but as often happens I started down a massive rabbit-hole. This was one I should really have seen coming, but I got into a big discussion on how Gimli is presented in the book and the changes that were made in adaptation. Spoilers for Lord of the Rings, book and movie. Mild spoilers for The…

Well, I’ve talked about the other two members of this love triangle at some length, so why not? Programming note: this is going to be about the movie version of Kili, which is not very much like the book version of Kili in part because of Dat Love Triangle. I’ll talk about the differences when they seem relevant, but I’m not going to do any kind of commentary on Kili in the book. Naturally,…