I'm joined by my brother Adam and we revive a childhood discussion. If the War of the Ring was World War II, who would everyone be? Sidetracks include a discussion of Tolkien's theology and the overlooked virtues of Boromir.
Notes:
1:28 - Mage Knights (the miniatures game, not the board game) was an interesting game that began the brief "Clix System" craze. I remember it being a lot of fun. A nice combination of the collectible and random element from collectible card games like Magic: The Gathering and the miniature wargame element from stuff like Warhammer.
2:45 - A brief discussion of the classic LoTR cartoons.
3:46 - A great reference from Adam. Timothy Leary was a psychologist and psychedelics advocate.
4:28 - S's and G's was not a term I was familiar with until now.
5:29 - Apologies to Fatty Bolger.
12:59 - I'm likely mispronouncing Eru Ilúvatar. I do think I have the basics of the cosmology down though.
14:23 - C.S. Lewis'
The Problem with Pain captures Lewis' and, I suspect Tolkien's, views on this subject.
28:30 - Looked it up. It was Aulë.
Intro and outro music: "Swim below as Leviathans" by Fireproof_Babies (featuring Ben Shewmaker) is licensed under CC BY.