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As a Tolkien lover and fantasy nerd with Finnish background I truly appreciate this post! Nice to meet something which strikes the cord apart from politics.

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Good to hear! I was going to add personal commentary, and criticism of Amazon's Rings of Power, and reflections upon the diminishment of themes and minimization of heroism in recent stories... but I thought better of it. This piece stands alone. It achieves its goal.

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You should make criticism of Amazon Rings of Power separately, it was a spit into Tolkien's fans and vile mutilation of his work. I'd love to read that.

But meanwhile thanks for this piece again, paljon kiitoksia!

P. S. I love to speak some Finnish sometimes because then I sound like an Elf!😉

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As I watched the beacon scene I couldn't help but wonder: "How do they arrange resupply for all those mountain outposts?" But the Howard Shore score kind of makes those kinds of questions irrelevant!

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