402 – All About Soul

About this episode

The hosts explore the complexities of Galadriel and Celeborn's storylines in Tolkien's works, discussing various characters and themes.

Christopher Tolkien says his father’s writing on Galadriel and Celeborn is “very roughly composed”; some way that our episodes are even more roughly composed. Join The Man of the West and The Sage of the South as we continue our futile quest for a consistent storyline in The History of Galadriel and Celeborn. Amroth is and is not their son, Galadriel rolls a natural 20 for ‘Detect Evil’, and Celeborn wonders ‘why does she stay?’ We ask how to clean up the residue of evil, discover Sauron is a NIMBY, and ask who is Celebrimbor really. Also: why did it have to be guinea pigs? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: The Man of the West, The Sage of the South

Topics covered

• Galadriel and Celeborn
• Tolkien's writings
• Character analysis
• Evil in Middle-earth
• Storyline consistency
• Fantasy literature

Keywords

• Tolkien
• Galadriel
• Celeborn
• Sauron
• Amroth
• Celebrimbor
• fantasy
• Middle-earth
• character analysis

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