By-the-Bywater
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By-the-Bywater is a monthly #Tolkien podcast hosted by @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social, @schwindter.bsky.social and @nedraggett.bsky.social -- thanks for listening! Catch up with all our episodes at megaphonic.fm/bythebywater
Meantime, keep an ear out for this as well!
Tobias Carroll@tobiascarroll.bsky.social · 3d agoLater this month, I'll be moderating a @bookcritics.bsky.social panel on literary podcasts, featuring people from Otherppl, @bythebywater.bsky.social, Limousine, One Bright Book, and Reading Writers! Register here... us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
New episode is up! This time around we talk about one of the most well known creative works created by #Tolkien -- his invented writing systems, most famously the Tengwar and the Cirth. Art as always from @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social though this time he delved into his past...
89. Apologies To Any Saxons That May Be Listening. | By-The-Bywater
On Tolkien’s invented writing systems.
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This thread and responses goes places in some amazing ways. bsky.app/profile/vitu...
Vituperative Erb@vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 4d agoIf you’re a Gondorian soldier your experience with hobbits is a tiny guy shows up with a wizard and is immediately taken in the Steward’s counsel. He saves Faramir when the Steward goes mad. A second tiny guy arrives with the Rohirrim and kills the Witch King. The first one then goes on campaign …
first look at what we've been doing over the last few months!
"Steve"@sssparkers.bsky.social · 2w agoFirst teaser trailer just dropped! youtu.be/66hTXnRe-fU
All of a sudden we are pro this behavior.
Lee Knox Ostertag@leeknoxostertag.bsky.social · last wk.*standing up on the plane* okay so the first thing you need to consider when interrogating if Frodo and Sam from Lord of the Rings are an example of romantic love is to understand Tolkien's context; what did same sex love mean to an academic and a veteran of world war one in the middle of the 20th c
We are, BTW, aware of the various reports and things about the third series of a certain adaptation. All too aware, you could argue. Next episode records Sunday...
So my @bythebywater.bsky.social cohost @schwindter.bsky.social and her husband @sssparkers.bsky.social have their first trailer out for their forthcoming documentary about American independent movie theaters. Follow the Instagram for more updates! Attn @kcfennessy.bsky.social et al
"Steve"@sssparkers.bsky.social · 2w agoFirst teaser trailer just dropped! youtu.be/66hTXnRe-fU
This is right and proper. Happy birthday indeed to one of my @bythebywater.bsky.social cohosts, a great talent and character all around. And well deserving of a from scratch cake frosting!
your friend oriana@schwindter.bsky.social · 2w agosteve made me a cake for my birthday and made the frosting FROM SCRATCH, which is all i've ever wanted
There's been a lot of random Tolkien discourse and adaptation news this week and honestly our collective response has been a kind of head-shaking 'what.'
There's been a lot of random Tolkien discourse and adaptation news this week and honestly our collective response has been a kind of head-shaking 'what.'
Thrilling.
IGN@ign.com · 3w agoElijah Wood and Ian McKellen will return as Frodo and Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum — more than 25 years on from when Fellowship of the Ring released, and now director Andy Serkis has said some level of digital de-aging will be used. https://bit.ly/4fxOKI3
The whole point of Eärendil in the legendarium, of course, is that he's only seen at certain points.
Meredith Rawls@merrdiff.bsky.social · 4w agoThanks, I *do* hate it www.pcmag.com/news/fcc-app...
Great episode, great podcast. I absolutely co-sign everything they said about how badly techbros read Tolkien on this episode.
By-the-Bywater@bythebywater.bsky.social · 4w agoWe'd like to once again note this 2024 episode of ours: megaphonic.fm/bythebywater...
We'd like to once again note this 2024 episode of ours: megaphonic.fm/bythebywater...
59. I Physically Recoiled from the Book at That Point. | By-The-Bywater
Silicon Valley's misinterpretations of Tolkien.
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@iplayguitarbad.bsky.social · 4w agoOh my god, we need a federal law banning tech companies from naming themselves from Lord of the Rings. These people are the absolute worst.
Super interesting discussion about rereading Tolkien, especially fun to listen to now, in the time of alllll the Tolkien rereadings.
By-the-Bywater@bythebywater.bsky.social · last mo.Episode 88 is live! This time around we talked about not simply reading #Tolkien but rereading him -- something all of us, not to mention many of his readers, have done many times over the years. Art by @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social as always, drawn from his entries from his own reread this year.
By-the-Bywater is among my absolute favourite podcasts and this latest episode on rereading Tolkien is particularly special as I finally sent in some thoughts (I had too many). Jared’s doodles are fabulous too of course.
By-the-Bywater@bythebywater.bsky.social · last mo.Episode 88 is live! This time around we talked about not simply reading #Tolkien but rereading him -- something all of us, not to mention many of his readers, have done many times over the years. Art by @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social as always, drawn from his entries from his own reread this year.
Episode 88 is live! This time around we talked about not simply reading #Tolkien but rereading him -- something all of us, not to mention many of his readers, have done many times over the years. Art by @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social as always, drawn from his entries from his own reread this year.
88. Taking a 30,000 Foot Look At It. | By-The-Bywater
On rereading Tolkien.
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