So if that student hadn’t left that page blank, we might never have seen Middle Earth…

@StefanHighlights

2 жыл бұрын

Shoutout to those students who made tests BORING! :D

@thegoblonoid

Жыл бұрын

Considering the Hobbit wasn't originally part of Middle Earth, I'm not sure about that. Probably would've gotten a more complete version of Silmarillion or more fleshed out, perhaps more first and second age novels. But yeah we would've missed out on Lotr and Hobbit so that would be sad.

@histman3133

Жыл бұрын

Not necessarily because in another video Tolkien said he was already writing about Middle Earth before the story itself. So what you say is not exactly correct if I'm not mistaken. So we might not have gotten The Hobbit but Middle Earth? Unlikely. There was already things like the Fall of Gondolin and others before The Hobbit.

@RubyMarkLindMilly

Жыл бұрын

Amazing 👏

@Persion4786

Жыл бұрын

No we would still see Middle Earth, and it wasn't thanks to the student that nobody even knows the name of, only Tolkien

Imagine being the student whose blank exam paper gave the world one of the greatest literary achievements in human history.

@tdoran616

Жыл бұрын

Umm actually that’s Brandon Sanderson

@sweetreamer5101

11 ай бұрын

@@tdoran616 even if you're pretending to be rtarded, this is horrific blasphemy. Shut your mouth.

@ardaricus1566

11 ай бұрын

​@@tdoran616Bruuuuuuuh

@gxkdykxiyx1985

11 ай бұрын

​@@tdoran616LMAO

@Nopquar

7 ай бұрын

@@tdoran616nice bait you got there

“…One page of this particular paper was left blank-glorious.” -J.R.R. Tolkien

Man made one of the most influential peices of fantasy fiction cause he was bored grading papers. What a guy!

I love the way he goes, “Glorious!”

@SirReginaldBumquistIII

5 ай бұрын

It's the eyebrows!

@Amadis691

8 күн бұрын

And half smirk.

He was like a child in an old man’s body.

@tochukwuudu7763

Жыл бұрын

has to get that level of creativity from somewhere.

@MarilynMalkovich

Жыл бұрын

He was like a monarchist in a human being's body

@user-gu7yo5yn9g

11 ай бұрын

​@@MarilynMalkovichuh, what?

@yellowhazeproductions

9 ай бұрын

​@@user-gu7yo5yn9gthis person is probably referencing a Tolkien letter where he advocated the return of the British monarchy. Tolkien was...queer.

@mason-masonsminecraftmason2756

8 ай бұрын

@@yellowhazeproductionsThe British monarchy never left.. what? It’s still around today

You can see it in his eyes, he had the heart of a hobbit ♡

He actually resembles Bilbo a little 🤣🤣

@stonecrow7913

4 ай бұрын

He’s like a mix of Bilbo and Gandalf lol

@Kate20075

3 ай бұрын

Not frodo and bilbo

His speech is unbeatable, very rhythmic and quick words very easy to miss what he's saying but damn he could write.

@ayeshaaleena4949

11 ай бұрын

He speaks in dwarf dialect.

@themelancholyofgay3543

21 күн бұрын

bro is struggling not to speak in his language(he lives in middle earth)

@Tasorius

9 күн бұрын

You can hear him fine when the audio is as good as this.

Others : dang the page blank it is Tolkein : welcome, the blank page, on which I hereby jot the marvellous opening lines of the glorious fiction there ever will exist.

Even by the way JRR expresses himself you can tell literature and the language of books run through his language and way of being

I love the ramblings of an Englishman, Tolkien is the absolute master of his craft.

The way he said glorious, man it’s so adorable. He’s got all the sweet and safe energy of a hobbit ❤

his students were rlly lucky to have him as a teacher

I'm going to do this on every single exam just so all of you lot can have the coolest stories ever. You're welcome.

@Skwigz

Жыл бұрын

Once upon a time there lived a...

@Pube-Dental-Floss

11 ай бұрын

Would leave a like but the it's at 147 💪

Wow!! Shoutout to that student whoever they are!! Thank you!!

0:21 "Is an enormous... um..." You can tell he wanted to say "pain in the arse."

@StefanHighlights

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahah yea! 👌🤩🤣

@tamiressoares9303

Жыл бұрын

Yes ❤

@wxwaxone

8 ай бұрын

“. . . tracts of land.” -Monty Python, MONTY PYTHON & THE HOLY GRAIL

As a non native English speaker I can not thank enough the person who added the subtitles

Tolkien was, in my opinion, the greatest writer in the English language in the twentieth century.

salute to the hero who left the blank page

He wanted to say marking papers in summer is a ball ache

So basically, Tolkien started writing The Hobbit when he was bored/got tired of grading exams during Summertime😆👌🏼💓 Gotcha... From now on, I'll never feel guilty for procrastinating on my assignments ever again🤣🙌🏼 Cuz who knows? I might actually let my inner artist jump out as well and implement some new story ideas still lingering somewhere in my mind^^😉 Jokes aside though, I'm glad that Tolkien took this opportunity to fill the blank page... If it hadn't been for this one student, who knows if one of the greatest fantasy tales ever written would've even seen the light of day🤔🤯

I love hearing a fellow infp talk about the mundane things to do and then the blank page where ink to paper makes us feel the most alive...writers are the best minds ❤

Imagine if the studen had finished the exam and left no blank paper.

it all starts with a blank paper. everyone claps the student for his awesome vision of future, he already new what would follow

I'm really reading subtitles for a man speaking English.

And that was the beginning of the most detailed, amazing, and beautiful stories every written

@OscarSanchez-vd8lq

14 күн бұрын

That would be the malazan books😢

Poet Robert Bly also said a boring environment is great fuel for the poetic imagination

My friend having ptsd flashbacks to exam grading 😢

@Mithreniel

5 ай бұрын

Lol I was thinking the same thing. 😂

If that kid didn't write there. There wouldn't be a book of our time

@yellowhazeproductions

9 ай бұрын

And this concludes my paper. In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit.

My summer exam answers are glorious from beginning to end

I have listened to this twenty times.

He looks like a hobbit

Cut to a man evidently blown away!

Incredible! I really really wonder if that paper is still exists!

he looks like the founding fathers lost memeber

@SandileNgwenya-gv7nx

3 күн бұрын

Especially Washington or John Adams😂

Imagine if that student still had that exam .. some nonsensical comment from your professor later becomes the backbone of a literary masterpiece.

he probably got some very good ideas just from observing human people.

When a writer starts in the middle of a story, I love it

i didn’t know we had video of this man

@gommechops

4 ай бұрын

There are several pieces of footage in interview, on youtube too...

He was unique i love him

Beautiful!!

It’s quite rare for genius to confess itself.

Nothing inspires a writer like a blank page!

L can’t stop watching this

Haha i bet that student wished they kept the paper he marked. ❤❤

Amazing stuff 👏

You the man, Mr. Tolkien.

Plot twist: Tolkien stole the idea from the student

I hope prof Tolkien doesnt chew me out for the blank page-his student probably

What an animated man

I used to do something similar in the back of my exams between the ages of 10 and 14 I guess. Some teachers asked byt they were mostly concerned with how bad I was doing at school those years, I reproved 5th grade (I think that's the closest to the american system) 3 times. Today I blame my ADHD, at the time my mother thought I was just lazy, and also the pure nightmare it was at home being around constant fights between ny mother and her boyfriend.

The camera shaking and slowly zooming in annoys me… it will probably annoy you now that I brought it to your attention. You welcome.

He speaks so much like Rowley Birkin QC that I find it hard to believe the character wasn't based on him specifically

I wish i could’ve had a conversation with him probably be crying the entire time lol 😂 i just would die to meet the greatest human since Alexander the great

Underachievers can have some influence...

0:50 i had a bit of a crush on her when i was younger(probably even now), even though i was gay...

Silent jumpscare at the end

More than incredible..

But if not this, another blank paper would have done the job. Great story, as everything coming from JRRT...

The hobbit was the student.

And then there was 1 who lect the shift thumb group. You will missed mumbo

what a legend!

He talks with such elegance I know I could tell amazing stores but highly doubt I could write a book that would make sense 😂😢 Shit they have ai so I actually might be able to pull it off 😂

My name is Azog aka Alex ozog

Nothing to read, ha. Glorious!

Hi

Levou doze anos compondo/escrevendo sua obra e publicou-a no décimo terceiro ano?

Key to telling a good story is wasting as much of the audiences time as possible with exposition and lore to force them to be invested

Started to write THE Hobbit. You need a lesson in English grammar!

@StefanHighlights

9 ай бұрын

English is not my mother language, and this video is not about my grammar, but about how Tolkien started writing. So relax little Jimmy!

@johnough4893

9 ай бұрын

@@StefanHighlights Then be happy for your first lesson in grammar: definite articles, little wobblehead!

@yellowhazeproductions

9 ай бұрын

But the horse crossed the bridge right?