academic essays i would write about the silmarillion (if i had any free time)
exile as punishment and healing in tolkien
the fine line between escapism and exile in tolkien’s legendarium
themes of escape and exile in tolkien
maedhros and elwing are foils
self-destruction and risk in tolkien: the contrast of despair, hope, and defiance
feanor’s legacy in the lord of the rings
reading between the lines: the important but marginal characters in tolkien (celebrimbor)
reading between the lines: how tolkien establishes well-developed characters in hints and allusions
character series: what we know and what we can infer
building and burning bridges in the Silmarillion: exploration of in-text prejudice and tolerance
gender dynamics among elves (if we ignore tolkien’s bias against women and take the skewed gender ratio as random chance instead of minor sexism)
love and sexuality in the silmarillion: in-depth analysis of defining relationship
relationship dynamics in the silmarillion
strange, tragic, and/or forbidden love in the silmarillion (“ill chances and strange fates”)
views of mortality among elves
the “athrabeth finrod ah andreth” as a defining character snapshot, a philosophical text, and a major example of elf-human conflict and interaction in the legendarium
theories on frodo’s life in aman
the scope of the tragedy of celebrimbor and sauron: the destruction of eregion, celebrimbor’s torture and death, and the crossing of sauron’s moral event horizon
moral event horizons in the silmarillion
the personal is political: how the complicated and messy dynamics of the house of finwe shaped the first age
if hope is impossible, try rage: analysis of the noldorin psyche in the first age
kianamaiart
turnnoffyourmind
dailybridgerton
gummygunk
areudirty
stormborns
vaporwave
