Brian Weaver
@brianitguy.bsky.social
Chief dog walker, IT Tutor & CWGC volunteer. Former cyclist & rugby fan. Much geekiness in Tolkien, Dad's Army, Sherlock Holmes, aircraft & WW1 history
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@tolkiendil.bsky.social #ArbrediTolkien #TolkienTrewsday
Thème : ECHOS
"Frodo et Sam n’avaient pas connu pareilles ténèbres depuis les sombres galeries de la Moria ; et elles étaient ici plus profondes et plus denses, si la chose était possible. ⬇️
Thème : ECHOS
"Frodo et Sam n’avaient pas connu pareilles ténèbres depuis les sombres galeries de la Moria ; et elles étaient ici plus profondes et plus denses, si la chose était possible. ⬇️
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
@tolkiendil.bsky.social #ArbrediTolkien #TolkienTrewsday
Thème : ECHOS
"Frodo et Sam n’avaient pas connu pareilles ténèbres depuis les sombres galeries de la Moria ; et elles étaient ici plus profondes et plus denses, si la chose était possible. ⬇️
Thème : ECHOS
"Frodo et Sam n’avaient pas connu pareilles ténèbres depuis les sombres galeries de la Moria ; et elles étaient ici plus profondes et plus denses, si la chose était possible. ⬇️
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🧙♂️🧵 5/ 🔥 THIS MONTH 🔥 📢 #Tolkien #TolkienTrewsday November 2025 themes:
⭕ Week 141 (04/11/25) Akallabêth
⭕ Week 142 (11/11/25) The Great War
⭕ Week 143 (18/11/25) Fathers and Sons
⭕ Week 144 (25/11/25) Echoes
#TolkienTuesday
⭕ Week 141 (04/11/25) Akallabêth
⭕ Week 142 (11/11/25) The Great War
⭕ Week 143 (18/11/25) Fathers and Sons
⭕ Week 144 (25/11/25) Echoes
#TolkienTuesday
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🧙♂️🧵 5/ 🔥 THIS MONTH 🔥 📢 #Tolkien #TolkienTrewsday November 2025 themes:
⭕ Week 141 (04/11/25) Akallabêth
⭕ Week 142 (11/11/25) The Great War
⭕ Week 143 (18/11/25) Fathers and Sons
⭕ Week 144 (25/11/25) Echoes
#TolkienTuesday
⭕ Week 141 (04/11/25) Akallabêth
⭕ Week 142 (11/11/25) The Great War
⭕ Week 143 (18/11/25) Fathers and Sons
⭕ Week 144 (25/11/25) Echoes
#TolkienTuesday
"Suddenly they lifted up their voices in a song of triumph & his heart was shaken with fear and he fell upon his face & they passed over him and went away into the echoing hills." The Elven Warriors from Smith of Wootton major. Echoes for #TolkienTrewsday #Tolkien @timbolton.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
"Suddenly they lifted up their voices in a song of triumph & his heart was shaken with fear and he fell upon his face & they passed over him and went away into the echoing hills." The Elven Warriors from Smith of Wootton major. Echoes for #TolkienTrewsday #Tolkien @timbolton.bsky.social
"Although he looked and behaved like a second edition of his solid and comfortable father, got something a bit queer in his make up from the Took side" Bilbo's Dad Bungo from The Hobbit PC game 2003 & Peter Jackson's film #TheHobbit #TolkienTrewsday Fathers & Sons #Tolkien @timbolton.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:30 AM
"Although he looked and behaved like a second edition of his solid and comfortable father, got something a bit queer in his make up from the Took side" Bilbo's Dad Bungo from The Hobbit PC game 2003 & Peter Jackson's film #TheHobbit #TolkienTrewsday Fathers & Sons #Tolkien @timbolton.bsky.social
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November 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"Do you know Frodo, The Lord of The Rings by @ralphbakshi.bsky.social was released on this day in 1978?" "I forgot" said Frodo. Love it & still watch it regularly #Tolkien #LOTR
November 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"Do you know Frodo, The Lord of The Rings by @ralphbakshi.bsky.social was released on this day in 1978?" "I forgot" said Frodo. Love it & still watch it regularly #Tolkien #LOTR
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319 of 365 - Fifty New Poems for Children from @blackwells.bsky.social Publishing #Tolkien
November 15, 2025 at 6:51 AM
319 of 365 - Fifty New Poems for Children from @blackwells.bsky.social Publishing #Tolkien
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Join us in a little over two hours for our live unboxing video of the latest limited edition boxed set of The Lord of the Rings. Did you order a set? Still on the fence? Want to vent about it in the comments? Join us!
Unboxing livestream of The Lord of the Rings: 70th Anniversary Deluxe (signed limited edition)
Join us at 10:30 AM PST Nov 14 2025 for a livestream unboxing of the 70th Anniversary Lord of the Rings boxed set. s://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06os5hv33...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Join us in a little over two hours for our live unboxing video of the latest limited edition boxed set of The Lord of the Rings. Did you order a set? Still on the fence? Want to vent about it in the comments? Join us!
Acquired a Rawcliffe Pewter Balrog to go with the other #LOTR Rawcliffe figures I have. Here he is with Gandalf looking a bit Horseshoe batish? @tolkienguide.com #Tolkien
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Acquired a Rawcliffe Pewter Balrog to go with the other #LOTR Rawcliffe figures I have. Here he is with Gandalf looking a bit Horseshoe batish? @tolkienguide.com #Tolkien
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November 13, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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"Quand la guerre a pris fin, en 1918, tous mes amis proches, sauf un, étaient morts." (Préface au Seigeur des Anneaux).
L' #ArbrediTolkien ( #TolkienTrewsday) vous invite, en ce jour d'Armistice, à découvrir comment 🥀LA GRANDE GUERRE🥀 est partie intégrante de son oeuvre: ⤵️
"Quand la guerre a pris fin, en 1918, tous mes amis proches, sauf un, étaient morts." (Préface au Seigeur des Anneaux).
L' #ArbrediTolkien ( #TolkienTrewsday) vous invite, en ce jour d'Armistice, à découvrir comment 🥀LA GRANDE GUERRE🥀 est partie intégrante de son oeuvre: ⤵️
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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"Quand la guerre a pris fin, en 1918, tous mes amis proches, sauf un, étaient morts." (Préface au Seigeur des Anneaux).
L' #ArbrediTolkien ( #TolkienTrewsday) vous invite, en ce jour d'Armistice, à découvrir comment 🥀LA GRANDE GUERRE🥀 est partie intégrante de son oeuvre: ⤵️
"Quand la guerre a pris fin, en 1918, tous mes amis proches, sauf un, étaient morts." (Préface au Seigeur des Anneaux).
L' #ArbrediTolkien ( #TolkienTrewsday) vous invite, en ce jour d'Armistice, à découvrir comment 🥀LA GRANDE GUERRE🥀 est partie intégrante de son oeuvre: ⤵️
Remembering my relatives who died in #WW1 & #WW2 Great Grandfather Clarence Weaver who died due to gas/Spanish Flu as a POW, my Grandad's children killed in #ClydebankBlitz & Granduncle Andrew McKendrick killed on the Somme probably by shelling #Remembrance #LestWeForget
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Remembering my relatives who died in #WW1 & #WW2 Great Grandfather Clarence Weaver who died due to gas/Spanish Flu as a POW, my Grandad's children killed in #ClydebankBlitz & Granduncle Andrew McKendrick killed on the Somme probably by shelling #Remembrance #LestWeForget
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Siegfried Sassoon, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mosab Abu Toha, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, and Usmar Ismail shared a thing: grounded, realistic depiction of war impacts and its subsequent disillusionment in modern era, forcing us to reexamine the fervor of "war glory". 🧵1/6
#TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday
#TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Siegfried Sassoon, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mosab Abu Toha, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, and Usmar Ismail shared a thing: grounded, realistic depiction of war impacts and its subsequent disillusionment in modern era, forcing us to reexamine the fervor of "war glory". 🧵1/6
#TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday
#TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday
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November 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The Great War. Tanks at the Gates of Gondolin Great article by @johngarthwriter.bsky.social & brilliant illustration by #RogerGarland johngarth.wordpress.com/2016/12/09/t... If you've not read Tolkien & The Great War then you should @timbolton.bsky.social #TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday #Tolkien
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The Great War. Tanks at the Gates of Gondolin Great article by @johngarthwriter.bsky.social & brilliant illustration by #RogerGarland johngarth.wordpress.com/2016/12/09/t... If you've not read Tolkien & The Great War then you should @timbolton.bsky.social #TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday #Tolkien
The inhabitants refer to it as Middle-Earth. How peaceful it looks
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The inhabitants refer to it as Middle-Earth. How peaceful it looks
Tonight's viewing. In addition to Lord of the Rings Peter Jackson made this masterpiece. They Shall Not Grow Old. #LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #WW1 #LOTR
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Tonight's viewing. In addition to Lord of the Rings Peter Jackson made this masterpiece. They Shall Not Grow Old. #LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #WW1 #LOTR
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November 6, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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Two new #Tolkien Deluxe editions next February from @harpercollins.bsky.social - Letters of J.R.R. #Tolkien and The Biography of J.R.R. #Tolkien www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newb...
November 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Two new #Tolkien Deluxe editions next February from @harpercollins.bsky.social - Letters of J.R.R. #Tolkien and The Biography of J.R.R. #Tolkien www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newb...