Walk away immediately

When Gandalf destroyed the bridge he didn't start to walk away until the Balrog started to fall. If i were Gandalf i would've started to walk away immediately

Does Gandalf (or the other Istari) remember their earlier life as Mair before coming to Middle Earth?

If Morgoth killed Finwë in Valinor, where did his spirit go? Correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t all Elves that die due to physical harm immediately go to Valinor/Hall of Mandos?

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I am reading LOTR for the first time and I am no just reading about Tom Bombadil. And I was wondering why when he put on the ring he did not vanish. Thanks guys 👍

Edit: Also how can he see Frodo when he puts the ring on??

I was just thinking, how willingly was Bilbo to give up the ring when Gandalf asked him to?

Gandalf having an elven ring of power giving courage.

It might have encouraged Bilbo enough to do it?

As a life long re-reader, re-watcher and profound fan of the lord of the rings and all things middle earth, I have recently been considering what this particular story means to me and *WHY* I’m so attached to Tolkien’s writing.

As a fan, what has Tolkien (the books or the films!) meant to you and why do you keep coming back to these tales?

For me, not only am I continuously inspired by the depth and genius of the world Tolkien created, but by escaping to his world I have also found ways to understand my own. Each time I enter middle earth, I find new wisdom within the stories and Tolkien urges me to think deeply about my relationship to nature, about evil, about grief and about joy. I find comfort in the characters and endless interest in how little negative space there is to Tolkien’s world. Almost nothing that exists in middle earth goes unanswered. (Yes, I see you tom…). 

Aside from that, it’s simply a great adventure story and the films did a fantastic job at bringing middle earth to life! (How many times have I cried watching theoden give his speech before the charge at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields? The limit does not exist.)

Cant wait to hear what everyone has to say! 🤗

Me personally, I think they were a secret creation from either Yavanna, Vana, or Nessa, with aid from Eru.

What do you think?

As the title says, I have been looking into starting the interesting yet very expensive hobby of playing the Middle-earth Strategy Battle game. The game is a tabletop wargame, made by the creators of Warhammer and with similar gameplay. Has anyone here played this game before? How many miniatures should you start with? Is it really worth playing at all?

Do hobbits go to the Halls of Mandos or have the same fate as humans (or something else)?

I became aware of it because of the Lego videogame based on the movies. I'm kinda ashamed i didn't even know about it before because years later i realized the movies are very popular

Why wasn’t Saruman in the theatrical cut? Like, he was one of the main antagonists and we don’t see him in Return of the King.

Clarification: I’ve seen the extended cut.

Could it have been possible that the Great Eagles carried the hobbit(s) to Mordor?

It sounds possible to me. Then why didn't they?

I'd like to ask a question, ive only seen all 6 movies, ive seen the animated adaption from the 70s but ive not read the books or played the games so im not a hardcore lotr fan yet but with this upcoming show, will we see any of these characters?

Sauron

Sauraman

Gandalf

The tree people

I apologize for not remembering his name but in the fellowship of ring film there was this special orc, he was like the general or something, I liked him, will we see him as well?

The ring wraiths

The giant flame beast, I think its called the balrog from the infamous scene you shall not pass

Smaug

From what I've read, they don't seem to have promising credentials... The main writers are J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay.

Supposedly, Peter Jackson and some of his team were going to review stuff and offer advice, but that's it.

Some people who have fears about too much Game of Thrones-like material could be on to something, since the GoT producer Bryan Cogman was supposedly brought on to advise.

I'm not sure who I'd want to help out, but maybe someone who worked on The Witcher or at least something like that. Unfortunately, there are very few pure fantasy shows on TV, with most being more the "urban fantasy" style.