So glad I found your channel! Keep up the awesome work.

@John-Sierra

Ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

Woohoo keep up the great uploads Sir John Sierra ! I love watching your videos before I go to sleep. I have a question, it has kind of been answered in the books but I'd like to hear your theory on it.

@lakeerie

Ай бұрын

I sent my question on quora , under a different name . Thanks for the interesting content 🙏🏽

@John-Sierra

Ай бұрын

Can you let me know what name you use on Quora?

@lakeerie

Ай бұрын

@@John-Sierra Blue Moon Double 3

On sentient beings. In the fellowship of the ring there is a fox who comments on the hobbits travelin at night in the Shire. Maybe the fox is not actually speaking, but it is obviously sentient.

@John-Sierra

Ай бұрын

I have always wondered about that, as the narrative voice tells us that a fox sniffs at them and has a complete thought while they slept - in-universe, who wrote that? Was it a bit of Bilbo style fluff or was there something to to it? It was a tale of five hobbits but supplemented by "accounts of the wise" did Gildor speak to the fox and tell Frodo about it? If so, when? Certainly not at the moment, and Frodo didn't see him again until the book was done. It makes one wonder and the thinking fox conundrum is probably going to be a featured discussion on the next The Council of Tolkien podcast.

Its my comment for support such a great channel that I have discovered!! I love your way of storytelling- wish you millions of viewers 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

@John-Sierra

Ай бұрын

Welcome aboard!

What do you think about Tom Bombadil being played by Jack Black? He could sing!

@NecroVMX

Ай бұрын

He is my ideal pick! curious to see what Rory Kinnear will do though.

@John-Sierra

Ай бұрын

By the way the other reply is me, forgetting to switch accounts like a fool of a Took.

Do you believe that sauron wanted the one ring because it was precious to him his precious 😮

@John-Sierra

Ай бұрын

No, I don't think he realized it had that effect until he met gollum, but interestingly the Quenya word for "precious" would be Mairon - which means admirable or precious - which is the true name of Sauron! So when characters are calling it precious or saying it is precious, they are also saying that it is Sauron!

I knew there was something about your brother that I didn’t like and why the algorithm pushes you 75% of the time over him… goddamn you New York Times best seller John Green

@John-Sierra

Ай бұрын

I'm not sure what you're talking about? I don't have a brother.

I had a theory that it might have been Gandalf's presence and magic that alerted the Balrog - if I recall correctly he used magic once outside Moria when they were fighting the werewolves, but also a couple instances inside Moria.

@John-Sierra

Ай бұрын

Cast a bunch of spells at the door, too.

@evangelospaschopoulos9199

Ай бұрын

@@John-Sierra oh yeah, of course. Great podcast last night btw!

@John-Sierra

Ай бұрын

Thanks! We had so much fun, can't wait for the next one!

Tolkien gives this WONDERFUL response when asked "The Eagle Question": kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y2GJ3JKFfcW9oKw.html Thanks for all the info 😊

@John-Sierra

Ай бұрын

I have great regret to inform you that is fake. It was an impersonator, and he never even meant for anyone to think it was actually Tolkien.

49:55 aren't Hobbits considered to be an offshoot of men? Rather than something separate? So basically, when you refer to Men, Hobbits are included?

@John-Sierra

Ай бұрын

They are an offshoot, but they are also their own thing, I don't assume if someone says "Men" that they are including Hobbits

@matttyree1002

Ай бұрын

@John-Sierra but they have the lifespan of men (slightly longer yes, but pretty close), and surely must share in the gift of men, to leave the circles of the world upon death. Does that not make them part of the second born in the eyes of eru? If they have the gift of men, are they not men?

@NecroVMX

Ай бұрын

@@matttyree1002 They actually live longer than average men, not as long as Dunedain. They are mortals, but that doesn't meant that if someone says "Men" that I am assuming they are including Hobbits.

@lakeerie

Ай бұрын

It's like saying wolves (men) and then thinking of a pug (hobbit) because it's an offshoot of wolves

@matttyree1002

Ай бұрын

@@lakeerie heh, i think that example actually proves my point. Its like saying Canines (men) then getting specific by saying Wolves (Numenorians or Dunedain) and Pugs (hobbits). They are all Canines (men).