Mae g'ovannen mellyn nin, a meneg suilaid (well met my friends, and a thousand greetings).
Welcome to Tolkien Untangled! I'm Rainbow Dave (before KZread I was a tie-dye instructor at a summer camp), and the purpose of this channel is to present and explain Tolkien's Legendarium in an accessible way. We'll be looking at the Silmarillion, the Unfinished Tales, and the Complete History of Middle Earth, while of course also drawing information from the much more familiar Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit. Over the course of this channel's lifetime, I intend to go through the entire history of Middle-earth from the very beginning, through all three Ages, and eventually all the way to the end of all things.
So whether you're a superfan or a newbie, together we'll explore and untangle the spectacular awesomeness of Professor Tolkien's works!
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The sons of Feanor are a little ridiculous not wanting to press their advantage on Morgoth. Did they not make a vow to take back the Silmarils whatever it took? Guess they got distracted ruling their realms or whatever lmao
I’m in the process of reading the books for the first time, and on the topic of Gimli and comedy, fresh in my mind is the scene after the Battle of Helms Deep, the gang has to travel through a forest, and Gimli is shitting himself at the idea. When they come out the other end, Legolas sees eyes in the forest (the ents I assume), he being a wood elf becomes transfixed and involuntarily starts walking his horse back to the forest before Gandalf tells him to stop, and Gimli, sharing a saddle, has an absolute panic attack : “No no no, no thank you, I don’t want to see any eyes in the trees” He might not crack jokes and be a direct “well THAT just happened” comic relief, but he’s definitely fucking funny.
oooo that's the glowy necromancer green tower. I never really found a satisfying explanation of what that was intill now.
it's 2024, and Rings of Power is still trash.
I love this channel so much. Thank you for the time and care you put into your videos.
No Gil-Galad?
My mom always says that after she read Tolkien that she need not read anyone else ever again. PS. I'm going to watch every video, you bet
I've been binging your videos, Rainbow Dave. We appreciate your hard work! Having never read the Silmarillion, I have found your lore videos so helpful, as your personal input and interpretations always resonate with me and bring me further into the story. Thanks for all you do for Middle Earth!
I think you're reading that "their whole life would be a half year" thing way too literally. I think the point that's being made isn't that their lives are literally shortened, but that they are already akin to a half-year in the perspective of the undying lands.
Always look forward to your videos, please be more active. You do a great job, thanks!
I felt an especially large amount of rage about the calendar misconception
To be honest, I just love book AND movie Aragorn. He's simply an awesome guy 👍👍
"Eventual departure of magic"... That just confirms what I thought all the time. LOTR is myth about growing up.
I firmly believe Glorfindel is the son of Findis, and thus another grandson of Finwë.
It’s more likely than not that Elladan and Elrohir chose immortality and sailed West. Not only would they want to see their parents again after losing their sister forever, they would NOT want to condemn their parents to losing them too - especially after their mother was forced to leave them so prematurely.
He leveled up.
nice;y done
for someone who is so uppity about information presented by other people, some of your pronunciation is absolutely wild.
I actually have a version of The Lord Of The Rings that is all in one book with a prelude saying that it isn't a trilogy, but rather one book. It is actually about 1200 pages. It also divides into "book one" through "book six".
I like to think Radagast did live on as a protector of Yavanna's creations. Unfortunately, the worst enemy of her creations are mankind (I can't add the elves because I just don't know).
I sincerely love the way you pronounce silmarils
Here are the names of the Nine aka (Nazgûl). 1. Witch-King of Angmar--- Er-Mûrazôr --- (Ad. “Prince of Black Fire”) --- Númenórean 2. Black Easterling, The Shadow from the East or Dragon King --- Khamûl --- (Wm."Spirit-Man") 3. Dog-Lord, the Dark Marshal --- Dendra-Dwâr 4. Black Assassin, the Betrayer or The Grim Southron --- Jí Indûr 5. The Storm-King, the Blind Sorcerer --- Akhôrahil or Khôrahil --- Númenórean 6. The Black Threat and The Ice-King --- Hôarmûrath 7. The Dark Messenger, The Knight of Umbar and The Quiet Wraith --- Adûnabêth --- Númenórean 8. The Fire-King, the Unclean --- Ren Jey 9. The Black Horseman, The Shadow-Lord and The Reaver of Khand --- Ûvatha Achef notionclubarchives.fandom.com/wiki/Ringwraiths Sidenote: Your right the Witch-King was not a king but, he was a prince. Tar-Ciryatan was his father, and Tar-Atanamir was his brother.
Romantic Goat Eugenics
If someone gave me an opportunity to strangle one character from Tolkien legendarium with my own hands my choice is going to be Turin. For Beleg (one of the two of my most favorite elves!!!!) and for being so damn irritating🗡 Still the best story. Love your video! Great job!
With all due respect, if you strangled Turin, Beleg would hunt you down and kill you; and there’s nowhere you could go to escape him. From Beleg’s perspective, killing Turin (his best friend and greatest love) is the cruellest thing you could possibly do. I get that Turin can (on occasion) be irritating, but no one would defend him more fiercely than Beleg! 😅 I’m really glad you enjoy the video though! 😊
Hobbits have 12v months of 30 days? are thry Jewish?
Why didn't beren and luthian just grab the crown and run?
This is the best Tolkien themed video I have seen in a great while. Thank you!
I know this is old but what about when he was resurrected from his mountain tomb in the hobbit series when galadriel was talking to elrond Gandelf and sarumon said the men of the north took him the witch king and all his belongings to the high fells where he was barried in a tomb so deep not even light could see and the Gandalf and radagast met there to see the tomb empty
Why was the balrog so weak? It wasn't restricted from its full miar power like the wizards so why was a wizards able to beat it
Why does evil always fail? Mark 3:25 KJV: And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. <--- Jesus Christ Evil is selfish. Good is loving. Love binds. Sin divides. Everybody is lonely in hell! [Psalm 88:8] Tolkien got a lot of inspiration from the Holy Bible.
Also Earendil's grandmother was Rian of the house of Beor
Beren have blood from the house of Marach through his great grandmother Adanel
As a British person your voice is insufferable, stop trying so hard.
Wouldn’t eru or the valar just get rid of him
The do g playing at 39 minutes in. Can anyone twll me its name?
I absolutely love your voice and analysis. The Hobbit was read to me circa 1968 at junior school. I found it fascinating and about 50 years later the films are magical. If you did an audio book I'd buy it.
Kind of like the book better then the movie especially Frodo being braver
What If Sauron won? Then we'd all be speaking Orcish.
I wish there was a tale of the fourth age of restoring the forest and some mechanism or magic keeping it safe from men.
Eru "You cannot decline your immortality unless you are part human, this is my final decision and so it shall be for all times!" Luthien "I love Beren so I choose a mortal life" Eru "Yes M`lady, of course, I was not talking about you obviously, can I do anything else for you?" Luthien "No, shush now" Eru "Of course, Iam sorry" Luthien does what she pleases :P
I prefer the version of galadriel in the rings of power compared to tolkeins version as described here. She's supposed to be wise, powerful and good, but she hardly does anything to fight sauron, apart from helping gandalf clear him out of dul caldur. This inactivity strikes me not as wise or compassionate, but cowardly and cold to all the suffering out in the world. And I like galadriel in the rings of power a great deal better than the insipid and indifferent cate blanchett. Rop's galadriel wouldve offered to go with the fellowship or ridden into battle at minas tirith. If there's great evil in the world and youve got the power to make a difference, you dont go hiding away in the forest, you get off your lazy backside and do something about it. Tolkeins galadriel strikes me as weak.
I am wondering why the balrog went deep down into the earth.
nakey sent back always struck me as he was sent back weak but i now realize this means more powerfull becouse the whole wearing flesh as if it were clothes
I'd rather know what if any actual benefit they offer to the wearer. That seems to be the weakest part of the story tbh. Nobody seems to be able to explain a single positive reason the person would wear any of these rings for longer than five seconds before discarding it and having it melted down.
did sauramon have isildur killed so he could gain possession of the ring for himself?
so the in the rings of power show, the stranger HAS to be one of the blue wizards because sauron has yet to make his ring yet and he arrived before the making of the rings of power
Morfydd Clark from rings of power will always be Galadriel to me now. That other actor you show her as - Cate Blanchett - was in the lord of the ring movie too briefly.
Narratively it’s kind of implied that by the time of the fellowship of the ring the orcs of the misty mountains are a spent force which is why the movie is misleading about their numbers The war of the dwarves and orcs had cleared much of the misty mountains and the battle of the five armies exhausted the numbers of both Moria and Gundabad Sauron’s plan of using them to conquer the north had failed they couldn’t muster the numbers for vast armies to launch attacks against Lothlorien the woodland realm dale and Eriebor during the war of the ring the bulk of the Sarouns northern armies are made up of easterlings and uruks from Mordor
it makes you invisible or some sh1t...except for Sauron???..
It brings you closer to the spiritual realm (which sauron came from.) so to material people it can be used to appear as if you arent in the world. Masking your presence, as when you put it on it brings you closer to that world.
Sauron is already from there so this doesnt occur. And if you could bend the ring to your will, you could will to be visible and you'd be visible.
@@KillerofGods im pretty sure I could wield the Ring.. how hard could it be?
@@KillerofGods id use it to spy on naked women..