Thank you, Nik, I really appreciate it!

these kinds of videos always prompt a certain Pratchett quote in my brain, from Thief of Time

Glad to be done with papers for this year though. Things left to do before Christmas: teaching, marking, examining a PhD, and revising 2 short articles for the ON emotions network. Oof.

100%! I think it really shows that Tolkien wasn't just a practitioner, but also a theoretician of worldbuilding. He knew exactly what he was doing and gave us a balance of internal consistency, world detail, and gaps in the narrative fabric to keep audiences engaged.

So I guess to some extent we have Jackson to thank for the idea that Elves fade and decay physically, which also made it into RoP?
It's been too long since I read any of the Letters, something I clearly have to remedy soon.

How exciting, congratulations! And what a cool conference!

True, but I worry that this will turn into an extended rant about why the show is terrible, using narratological theory to prove my point. Ah well, what are editors for😅