Back to the books! Join Cam and Maggie for their first foray into Gondor, as Pippin takes the reigns of story and Gandalf the White becomes just as much of a disappointment as his predecessor. Oh and hey what's up with Denethor? Is he a magical, telepathic, wrathful leader or just a terrible father? Tolkien upsets the binary black / white imagery of Middle-earth here with the ominous white tree of Gondor and the moment where Gandalf the White is greeted as a bad omen. Daddy Gandalf also drops a chess metaphor that gives us powerful GOT vibes, and we examine all of Tolkien's little lessons on power that emerge from Pippin's grand tour of Minas Tirith. All this Gondor talk makes me miss Faramir – and I mean studly book Faramir, not that weirdo from the movie.

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