midwest.social has few active admins, and the most active one has made some questionable moderation decisions. Fighting instance-level administration is a bigger problem than comm-level moderation, so many of us chose to shift away from midwest.social.

The PEOPLE’S Ancient Evil!

Elrond please do not the Fellowship

Tell me where is Naandalf, for I much desire to feast with him

YOUR new precious?

Almost certainly novelty tokens, but probably made of real metal, not plastic.

But it’s the one thing I’m never short of

May many small respiratorially challenged dogs bless you, my child ✋

The story that Aragorn’s actor broke his toe when kicking the orc helmet in grief in The Two Towers, so that cry of pure agony is actually very real.

It’s a very neat little detail but it’s also one of the fandom’s most repeated pieces of trivia.

Mr. Baggins is the type to take the blue pill

Took me a few reads to realize what this was getting at XD

Fucking mood. Back when I was whole of body I would walk two miles or so to my local doctor’s office to schedule an appointment over making a fucking phone call.

The legendary cruelty of the Witch-King

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ringbearer

Brings a tear to my eye every time 😭

Gandalf DID know how to party, come to think of it…

where barrow wights???

More will

But you do have the urge

Terminally online behavior.

Uh, yes, that’s why I pointed it out?