#tcbs

[llamaisllama777]

What's your TSBS version of "I did not care for the godfather?"

Give me your hot takes! Cold takes! Medium takes! Room-tempature takes!

Give them to me!

Shot me an ask, reblog this, or tell me in the comments. Give me all your takes!

[blackdragontavern]

"By 1918, all but one of my close friends were dead."

It's impossible to understand The Lord of the Rings without understanding the concept of survivor's guilt.

Before the war, Tolkien and his three closest friends formed a society, the T.C.B.S., dedicated to art and changing the world. Two were killed at the Somme. The third died shortly after. Tolkien alone was left to carry the weight of their shared dreams.

The desperate, unbreakable bond of the Fellowship isn't just a fantasy trope. It's a memorial. It's a man trying to recapture, on the page, the brotherhood he lost in the mud. It's the engine of the entire legendarium.

[what-was-posted-today-tsbs]

On this show today:

FFaJs: An update!

[arda-marred]

Essential viewing for any Tolkien fan who is interested in the impact of the Great War on Tolkien and his closest group of friends.

[mistymountainwanderer]

Like smoke that vanishes on the morning breeze

Are passed the first beginnings of the world,

When time was even as a bud still curled,

And scarce the limit set of lands and seas;

York River Returns (Geoffrey Bache Smith)

[luuciaarce]

[fleurselle]

no thoughts just geoffrey smith 

[jus-morbo]