BetweenHorizons | Anna Olsen

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girls will be like “I needed this” and it’s the Downfall of Sauron

🙏🙏 Thanks for the recommendations!

Oo, thank you for the recs! I can't wait to listen to part 3. Y'all out here doing the real good work. ❤️

I feel like I really missed out! The reading of Tolkien as a strict/snotty Catholic is so limiting, when there is so much evidence for him as a much more nuanced author with a much more complex view of humanity and the world.

Okayyyy I NEED part 3, this is the best discussion of Tolkien I've heard yet. The Gil-galad theories? Stunning. The sidebar into queer Tolkien? So good! I wish that I had been more aware of queer readings of Tolkien/his accepting of queerness back when I was studying this stuff seriously in college.

Anyway, these are just a few of my thoughts, please discuss #luinelle!

Though the author of this article hasn't read as much Tolkien as one might hope, before writing something like this, either! But at least they are falling into common and mostly harmless (pls don't hate me) mistakes of ignorance, and not wildly misconstruing the ENTIRE POINT of literally everything.

Anyone who looks at the Elves, calls them "humans who don't die" like Thiel does, and then follows that up by saying "why can't we be elves?" did NOT read the same Lord of the Rings that I did.

I also love the reference to people trying to "find a solution to death," as though death is somehow a problem. Bros never actually read any Tolkien, I'm convinced. 🤔

I appreciate that the subtitle of that article says they are getting all the wrong lessons from Tolkien. Because yes.

Why Silicon Valley’s Most Powerful People Are So Obsessed With Hobbits

#luinelle #tolkien 🧵 Why Silicon Valley’s Most Powerful People Are So Obsessed With Hobbits www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/b...

The Dearest Freshness We eat dinner outside on our patio for the first time. The air is cool, the evening sun warm. It is still too early for bugs. The Creek flows along the far edge of our yard – rushing, now, sw…

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Making a little Elysium. My garden is renewing my life. ❤️

I need this podcast to come out twice a week, you're my don't-die-of-boredom-at-work listen 😅❤️

Sometimes I'm like wow the world is kinda sad. But then stuff like this happens and I'm like wow actually we're pretty great. XD

#luinelle #tolkien please educate me what is happening I'm scared

why is my BlueSky full of Grond are we being attacked

Ok you make a good argument.

What is the derpiest bird and why is it the northern flicker

I can only catch every one word in three in the show, but Sister Michael from Derry Girls is my spirit animal.

I don't 'refuse to use' AI, I just don't use AI; in the same way that I don't shoplift, or plagiarise other people's books - it requires no effort of will, it's just not something I would think of doing

GOOSE SNACKS 😍 my cats would like this very much too.

🤦‍♀️ oh my God it's so bad it's come full circle and is actually the best. 🤣

Westu hál. Ferðu, Bernard Hill. 🍺

❤️❤️ so glad you're back, and so happy to hear your voice again. I hope this next season is easier, and sprinkled with lots of light moments of joy and beauty and good community!

Omg this is so cool?!?! 😮😮😮

Yeah, after growing up believing that nowhere could possibly be as good or as beautiful as Vermont, I have found that this area of NY is actually really lovely, and full of good people! I'll never not consider myself a Vermonter, but this area has many charms, and is a good place to be ❤️

Hey everybody going to Westmoot? Please share your pictures and your anecdotes and your funny lil stories, those of us who cannot attend wanna live vicariously through you! (That's me. I wanna live vicariously though you).
#tolkien #luinelle #westmoot

The return to roman architecture guys are thinking too small. We should be elfmaxxing. We should be building gorgeous whimsical cities fully integrated into the natural world. We should live in Lothlórien and vacation in Rivendell. This is what they took from you

Oh nice! I've only been in this area for a bit over a year, so have definitely not explored the full food scene yet, but there are some good places here!