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Jared, Oriana and Ned talk about Jared’s choice of topic: fanwork! Whether
fiction, artwork, music or more, fanwork as we understand it in modern decades
has strong partial roots in Tolkien’s explosion of American popularity in the
1960s, and beyond any official adaptations or variants is a vast universe of
creativity, successful or perhaps less so. What are the lines between general
artistic interpretation and ‘fanwork’ as such, especially in the history of
Western culture in particular? How is the stereotype of fanwork being grounded
in slash scenarios and headcanon shaped by wider perceptions? Could Tolkien’s
own creative work with languages and stories be fanwork in its own right? And
what is it with all those metal bands who really really really love taking
their names from The Lord of the Rings? Oh and by the way, filksongs! We
talked about them briefly too...but you can only hear that discussion if you
subscribe to the Patreon!
Show Notes.
Jared’s
doodle
for the month.
Renée Vink’s “‘Jewish’ Dwarves: Tolkien and Anti-Semitic
Stereotyping,” as referenced by Luke
Shelton.
Patricia Thang’s Bookriot piece “9 of the Best Lord of the Rings Podcasts.”
So, You Want to Read Tolkien.
Stuff.co.nz’s February 26th piece “Massive production underway for Lord of
the Rings in
Auckland.”
TheOneRing.net’s February spy
report on the Amazon production as
well as their news
summary of the accident
stuntwoman Elissa Cadwell suffered on set.
The original sneak preview
trailer in spring 2000 from
Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings production.
And indeed, Bezos himself was apparently in New
Zealand.
Deadline’s report on Maxim Baldry joining the cast.
Star Trek fans, Kirk and Spock and all that? The history is
there.
Heavy Mithril!
Curative and
transformational fandom.
A favorite artistic/literary fanwork effort: Gustave Dore’s Rime of the
Ancient
Mariner.
Beyond Bree, still going strong!
The fan film Ned was talking about is Born of
Hope, and it is indeed about
Arathorn, Aragorn’s father.
The revelations about Marion Zimmer
Bradley make for blunt reading; triggers noted.
A Tolkien Treasury is around if you look.
The Numero comp, which has songs like Stonehenge’s “King of the Golden Hall,”
is Warfaring Strangers: Darkscorch
Canticles.
Got metal and prog bands who love Tolkien if you want ‘em. Cirith
Ungol! Amon
Amarth! And yes
Marillion...
Iron Crown Enterprises is
still around! But as the link shows, the game license isn’t…
Jared’s concluding fan artist recommendations: Aud
Koch, Morgan
Rogers and Caleb
Hosalla.
And again, support By-The-Bywater on Patreon
and you can hear our bonus bit about filksongs!
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Jared, Oriana and Ned talk about Jared’s choice of topic: fanwork! Whether
fiction, artwork, music or more, fanwork as we understand it in modern decades
has strong partial roots in Tolkien’s explosion of American popularity in the
1960s, and beyond any official adaptations or variants is a vast universe of
creativity, successful or perhaps less so. What are the lines between general
artistic interpretation and ‘fanwork’ as such, especially in the history of
Western culture in particular? How is the stereotype of fanwork being grounded
in slash scenarios and headcanon shaped by wider perceptions? Could Tolkien’s
own creative work with languages and stories be fanwork in its own right? And
what is it with all those metal bands who really really really love taking
their names from The Lord of the Rings? Oh and by the way, filksongs! We
talked about them briefly too...but you can only hear that discussion if you
subscribe to the Patreon!
Show Notes.
Jared’s
doodle
for the month.
Renée Vink’s “‘Jewish’ Dwarves: Tolkien and Anti-Semitic
Stereotyping,” as referenced by Luke
Shelton.
Patricia Thang’s Bookriot piece “9 of the Best Lord of the Rings Podcasts.”
So, You Want to Read Tolkien.
Stuff.co.nz’s February 26th piece “Massive production underway for Lord of
the Rings in
Auckland.”
TheOneRing.net’s February spy
report on the Amazon production as
well as their news
summary of the accident
stuntwoman Elissa Cadwell suffered on set.
The original sneak preview
trailer in spring 2000 from
Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings production.
And indeed, Bezos himself was apparently in New
Zealand.
Deadline’s report on Maxim Baldry joining the cast.
Star Trek fans, Kirk and Spock and all that? The history is
there.
Heavy Mithril!
Curative and
transformational fandom.
A favorite artistic/literary fanwork effort: Gustave Dore’s Rime of the
Ancient
Mariner.
Beyond Bree, still going strong!
The fan film Ned was talking about is Born of
Hope, and it is indeed about
Arathorn, Aragorn’s father.
The revelations about Marion Zimmer
Bradley make for blunt reading; triggers noted.
A Tolkien Treasury is around if you look.
The Numero comp, which has songs like Stonehenge’s “King of the Golden Hall,”
is Warfaring Strangers: Darkscorch
Canticles.
Got metal and prog bands who love Tolkien if you want ‘em. Cirith
Ungol! Amon
Amarth! And yes
Marillion...
Iron Crown Enterprises is
still around! But as the link shows, the game license isn’t…
Jared’s concluding fan artist recommendations: Aud
Koch, Morgan
Rogers and Caleb
Hosalla.
And again, support By-The-Bywater on Patreon
and you can hear our bonus bit about filksongs!
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