๐งโโ๏ธ๐ On Orcs and other curiosities: A mini-thread essay to help viewers of The Rings of Power understand the sources used from J.R.R. Tolkien.
2/๐งต This thread will cover quotes and lore from J.R.R. Tolkien to help assist people in understanding the sources used by Amazonโs The Rings of Power Season 2 and hopefully inform, educate and resolve any confusions.
3/๐งต Fans seem to be confused over the nature of orcs and the existence of orc families in Middle-earth. Letโs go directly to Tolkien on this matter in a reference to how orcs get more orcsโฆ
The Embracer CEO, Lars Wingefors, being vague about the future Tolkien IP via Middle-earth Enterprises. 1/ variety.com/2022/film/globโฆ
From the article - "Wingefors noted during his presentation that Embracer now has four licensed โLord of the Ringsโ games in production with external developers."
Those could be: 2/
1] Daedalic - LOTR: Gollum (still in development - PC/console game)
2] Free Range Games - LOTR: Return to Moria (2023 release - PC/console game)
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Let's talk about Elon. This is the world's richest man, who claims to be in touch with people like you and I. He's mates with right wing nutjobs like The Trump. He retweets rw nutjob conspiracy theories. 1/
He's creepy-breaks employer/employee etiquette by having a child with someone he promotes in his workplace whilst his partner is due their own child. He swaggers into his new work with a sink, knowing full well he's going to crap on a lot of workers there soon. 2/
He has publicly supported people in the past who are openly anti-LGBT+. racist and misogynistic. His talk of "free speech" is to give access to such rhetoric again 3/
It's become clear, over the last few days, that there is confusion regarding the various entities involved with Tolkien. So I'm post this thread to clarify some details. I'll go chronologically as much as I can. 1/16
The first entity is the Tolkien Estate. This is Tolkien's family. Christopher was head of the Estate, he stepped down from that position just before we sadly lost him. They own the book rights and anything else, except those stated below. Website: tolkienestate.com/en/home.html 2/16
I'll take more about the Estate after I introduce two more entities, both appearing in 1969. 3/16