Watched The Battle of the Five Armies<\/i>. How many ways would the author be appalled?<\/p>\n
Puppy-love between a canonical Dwarf and a non-canonical Elf. Their pheromones cannot be compatible.<\/p>\n
There’s a Laketowner named Percy, a family name from France. (The other Laketowners at least have Nordic names, consistent with the author’s usage for Men and Dwarves of that region.)<\/p>\n
The Orcs sneak up on Erebor using tunnels bored by non-canonical sandworms<\/s> “were-worms”. Etymology time, since etymology was very much Tolkien’s thing: the first element of werewolf<\/i> does not mean anything like ‘magical’ or ‘demonic’; it means ‘man’ (cognate to virile<\/i>). Do these monstrous worms turn into men at other phases of the moon?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Watched The Battle of the Five Armies. How many ways would the author be appalled? Puppy-love between a canonical Dwarf and a non-canonical Elf. Their pheromones cannot be compatible. There’s a Laketowner named Percy, a family name from France. (The … Continue reading