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site got nuked edition
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JDPON Hamas Ms Rachel



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Discussion of the Hobbit, Lord of the Rings and the other works by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Just wanted to revive some of the old threads that were nuked by the server transfer.
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>>45452
It doesn't take super-vision to see up to the top of a tower, anon. Especially if there's a big, bright object up there.

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>>45451
>>45242
I think the Eye of Sauron is literally the sun. Imagine in ancient times that someone told you the sun was a living being, a god, and he could see you all day while he was up. This is a key part of Abrahamic religion, right? This idea of an all seeing, all powerful entity that punishes.

On top of that, the "Sauron as a king" idea is just that some ancient kings were crowned as "son of the sun", or avatars of the sun itself. It's the Pharaoh.

Now, Tolkien's history with Mordor and Sauron goes to before our recorded history. Morder according to his maps is roughly modern day Romania. The very characteristic mountain range around it makes this clear.

So, what Tolkien is actually saying is that solar worship and the idea that the king is the avatar of the sun started here, and this religion of solar worship essentially led to the evils of empire building, as the above anon explained. It's anti-human.

>>46259
These proto-Romanians of 5000 BC created the Tartaria tablets, which is proof of their sophistication in that age. They were the products of steppe tribe invasion into Western European agricultural lands. This is probably the story of "Sauron" in LOTR who creates "orc slaves" out of "mud". This is the steppe tribe creating mutts out of the Romanian agriculturalists and turning them into slave soldiers for the empire. Everyone else then had to contend with this mighty economic power.

So, those proto-Romanians are in the same region as Greece and Anatolia. I think they moved southward and into the Mediterranean, and they became the Minoans, the Phoenicians, and the "Egyptians" (King Menes being the first Pharaoh, although some archaeologists believe Egypt existed for thousands of years before this, so King Menes and his descendants maybe didn't build the pyramids). Then, they moved eastward and became or conquered the Sumerians and Babylonians (and Mesopotamia at large). I believe the Babylonians called them Gutians in their age, so it didn't all happen instantly – they didn't conquer the whole world in one swoop.

In the end, it isn't even a single group of people that we can label so much as it is an influence from this ancient period that is felt by many people today, although some people try to claim they descend directly from them. I believe this may be the root of Judaism, but it's also in Hinduism. The whole thing about being the solar avatar is at the root of this all.

>>45453
>It doesn't take super-vision to see up to the top of a tower, anon. Especially if there's a big, bright object up there.
That's true, but exposure to and use of the ring has also been altering Frodo on a fundamental level. I don't have the text at hand to reference but several times both while wearing the ring and without it Frodo is able to see beyond the physical world to the spiritual one beyond it.

>>46259
>So, what Tolkien is actually saying is that solar worship and the idea that the king is the avatar of the sun started here, and this religion of solar worship essentially led to the evils of empire building, as the above anon explained. It's anti-human.

Except the elves were worshipping the sun and moon back before they left the undying lands. The creation of the sun is a pretty significant event in the Silmarillion and is treated unequivocally as a good thing.



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Kie estas mia genigruloj? Ĉu iuj parolas la sennacian lingvon ĉi tie?
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>>45440
Kia estas la kunteksto de tio?

>>45457
Ĝi estas piednoto el la libro "Aelita, aŭ la Marso formortanta", eldonita esperante en 1928. Mi trovis ĝin dum kiam mi helpis provlegi ĝin ĉe pgdp.net.

>>45458
Kio estas pgdp.net?

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>>45477
Ĝi estas retpaĝo, kie oni povas provlegi librojn por "Project Gutenberg". Iu afiŝas libron al ĝi, kun bildoj (po paĝo) kaj tekstoj transskribitaj per komputilo (po paĝo). Sekve oni korektas la transskribaĵon laŭ la bildoj. La transskribado ne estas perfekta, ekzemple: ofte mi vidas ke la "j" finaĵo aperas kiel punktokomo ("plej" aperas kiel "ple;"). Ĉiu paĝo estas provlegota trifoje, per tri malsamaj personoj. Sekve oni priskribas la apero de la teksto (diklitera, kursiva, ktp.), dufoje. Finfine oni metas la paĝojn kune je libro kaj sendas ĝin al Project Gutenberg.

Bedaŭrinde la retpaĝo kaj ĝiaj instrukcioj estas en la angla, do vi devas kompreni ĝin se vi volas helpi, sed se vi ja parolas la anglan, mi rekomendas ke vi provu ĝin, estas kelkaj esperantlingvaj libroj kiuj bezonas vian helpon!

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Elf edition.

Since a bunch of the old threads were basically nuked with the server transfer, I wanted to revive some of them.

General discussion of the fantasy genre.
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>>46250
But that is simply not true. You didn't understand anything I said btw. I could repeat it again but there is a low chance you will get it this time.

>>46253
>everything is Tolkien
<because everything is del rey
>bit del rey actually has nothing to do with tolkien

>>46248
>cultural touchstone
What that even mean lol.

>>46254
It's more like Del Ray's formula was an impression of Tolkien rather than being based on any kind of genuine understanding of Tolkien, which causes Del Ray "Tolkienesque" literature to actually differ significantly from Tolkien's actual works while maintaining surface-level similarities.

Which is important, since many critiques of Tolkien aren't actually critiques of Tolkien at all, but of the Del Ray formula. "Epic Pooh," for instance, is pretty much just a critique of the Del Ray formula, but is so inaccurate as a critique of Tolkien it makes you wonder if Moorcock actually read any of Tolkien's works.

>>46255
It means read a book

>>46257
Which book says cultural touchstone?



 

A general for "western" animations/cartoons.
Gonna start off with a recommendation to watch The King and the Mockingbird the 1980 version especially, absolutely comrade-pilled movie.

Good torrent sites (massive pop-up warning, put on an adblocker):
https://kimcartoon.li/CartoonList
https://rarbg.to/torrents.php?category=movies
https://rarbg.to/torrents.php?category=2;18;41;49
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New Punch Punch Forever

>>46164
That's awful.

Anyone watch the new animated predator movie on Hulu? Its really good. I think probably the best predator movie yet

>>46163
>>46168
I still would've preferred Eltingville Club

tadc episode 5 on the 20th



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Even though the fandom is pretty dead. I wanted to see what a brony thread on here would look like since I’m a newbie

What does /leftypol/ think about this franchise and the online subculture it spawned? I feel like now that the little girls who made up the target audience are young adults I’ve been seeing more zoomers tell stories about how they were “traumatized” by the adult fandom and it’s becoming more in vogue to decry the whole “brony” phenomenon as “problematic”.

On the other hand though what’s the sociological explanation for millions of grown men becoming obsessed with a little girls cartoon in spite of hegemonic Western gender norms? I’ve read a lot of conflicting theories from academics and culture critics regarding this. Is it autism? Post-Irony? Or is there something about it that just makes it genuinely appealing?
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>>46178
Oh, shit. I didn’t realize I used the same image as the OP lol still hope to maybe see some activity here though!

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>>46185
I can promise at least a single unit of activity in a few hours time

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>>46195
New tamers ep was fun, it ended well especially

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>>46195
>>46204
Ah, yes!! A fellow Tamers fan!!!
The latest movie was absolute cinema!

KINO incoming.



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>fun hobby
>accessible for poor people
>squares hate it
>endless amount of tricks to learn
>Commercialization looked down upon.
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>>46236
Trvkvlar Bomba. Same shit with tabletop RPGs and the FLGS. "But they provide a space though". Counterpoint: everyone has internet now you can find players online, and if you don't feel like inviting them back to your home then libraries have free room rentals. The skatepark in town is free like the library tbh, idk what the skate shop is for.

>>46236
I like obey because I like They Live

Blind Man Builds Fully Adaptive Skatepark for Visually Impaired and Disabled Skateboarders
https://laughingsquid.com/adaptive-skatepark-for-blind-skateboarders/

>>46158
>Never met an old skater with all their teeth
Wear a mouth guard.

>>46243
>>46158
TBH those skaters seem to get into a lot of street fights too, so maybe the teeth loss isn't even from the skateboarding itself.



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Star Wars thread; To discuss, laugh and meme about Star Wars

Don't be a cunt and may the Force be with you


New general since last one hit bump limit.
Previous general:
>>2737
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>>46223
It's a sci-fi plot, it's not trying to parallel anything. In fact the droids vs clones is the only real sci-fi thing in Star Wars.

Genetically, it's loosely based on themes from Dune: CHOAM, Butlerian Jihad, the Bene Tleilax, Gholas…

Like, a lot of stuff in Star Wars is basically shit taken from Dune because Lucas thought is was cool but from its context removed. Like the incest themes, the separatist machine armies, the sword combat, etc.


>>46223
He probably wanted a way to have massive wars without thinking too hard about the scale of the casualties. Droids vs clones seems an easy to conduct mass scale wars without major loss of life to both sides in the prequels.

>>46223
Luke mentions Obi-Wan "fought in the clone wars" so Lucas felt the need to include that.



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Previous thread: >>36889
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>>46214
that post could be generated by AI after parsing /r/malefashionadvice thoever

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anybody know what kinda jacket/coat this is and where i can get one?

>>46188
school shooter ah fit

>>46216
looks like some sort of quarter button combat overshirt

>>46218
its not a trench coat over an edgy band tshirt tho




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Thread for those who like to read and write including fanfiction. Share drafts, look for beta-readers, ask for writing advice, give recommendations and do all that other cool jazz. Just remember to not bully anyone else no matter how shit their taste might be.
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Got my phone back after a month of being on a ward without an internet connection. Wrote this for one of the women here:

March gives way
to June; and
all the bitter
season of youth
Falls by blank
passage to a
sole proof: of
days wreathed in
loose threads
of ivy and
sycamore leaves,
whose soft foot
treads on
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https://jpst.it/4niHw

Another I wrote on the ward, mostly as a fancy as there's no way to edit the verse so it was written for pleasure. The final line isn't fully mine.

The last thing I wrote before being admitted:

You have a shadow,
they cackle, but
I know that laugh;
its sharp harsh
whine which nips
at heels, heels,
and waits patiently
by the bed.

Little is said
greeting old friends
seeming as if
they never left;
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Last of these I'll post here: a failed verse on the false comparison between a medieval jewler and war.

What does he there
set upon the world
by that jewelers art?
-
To let dark night
by passion sparked
burn and shatter,
this cloister
scorched black
by racked coal
like witches pyre,
its white ore
witness to the beating
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has anyone looked into self publishing?



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