A fun, feminist, read through of JRR Tolkien’s work.
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss The Two Towers: Book Four, Chapter Four, Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit. Characters: Frodo- Nap-master Sam – Chef Smeagollum – Sous Chef Faramir – Captain of Gondor Mablung and Damrod – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern In the same map as the last two weeks you can see how the […]
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss The Two Towers: Book Four, Chapter Three, The Black Gate is Closed. Characters: Frodo- Has to get into Mordor Sam – Will follow Frodo anywhere Smeagollum – super doesn’t want to go to Mordor Here is a link to the same map as last week, continuing the trios […]
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss The Two Towers: Book Four, Chapter Two, The Passage of the Marshes. Characters: Frodo- The Master of Smeagol Sam – The One Who Does not Trust Smeagol Gollum/Smeagol – is Smeagol Here is a link to the same map as last week, continuing the trios journey across the […]
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss The Two Towers: Book Four, Chapter One, The Taming of Smeagol. Characters: Frodo- Yay! Back to our Ringbearer! Sam – Yay! And his stalwart gardener! Gollum/Smeagol – …he’s here too. Making more pit pats! Maybe a black rider? Here you can see a map of Frodo and Sam’s […]
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss Book Three, Chapter Eleven of the Two Towers, The Palantir Characters Pippin – a hobbit who makes a bad choice and it gives him exactly what he wanted Merry – a hobbit who really, really just wants to sleep Gandalf – Wizard with answers! Aragorn – a man […]
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss Book Three, Chapter Ten of the Two Towers, The Voice of Saruman Characters Gandalf – OUR Wizard Saruman – That OTHER Wizard. Has a seductive voice. Merry/Pippin – The best gate keepers there ever were. Aragorn/Legolas/Gimli – the hunters, just being there, representing the three races of Middle […]
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss Book Three, Chapter Nine of the Two Towers, Flotsam and Jetsam Characters Merry and Pippin – hobbit friends, provide food, and tell a story Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli – the hunters find their quarry, and listen to a story Saruman – The Mean Wizard Gandalf – The Nice […]
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This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss The Two Towers, Book Three, Chapter 7: Helm’s Deep. Characters Gandalf – a wizard up to his old tricks. Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas – the three hunters, still trucking on. Théoden – King of Rohan Éomer – Théoden’s nephew Háma – Rohan’s MVP Gamling – a Rohan […]
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss The Two Towers, Book Three, Chapter 6; The King of the Golden Hall. Apologies about the audio issue with this weeks episode! Characters Gandalf – Stormcrow, The White Rider Aragorn – Heir of Elendil Gimli – a dwarf Legolas – an elf Théoden – King of the Golden […]
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy, discuss The Two Towers, Book Three, Chapter Five, The White Rider Characers Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas – The Three Hunters Gandalf – THE WHITE! Shadowfax Hasufel and Arod Mentions of: Sauron Saruman Gwaihir Merry and Pippin Galadriel Treebeard and Ents Balrog, Durin’s Bane The Journey The entirety of this […]
This week Caitlin and Rachel and Emmy discuss Chapter 4 of Book Three of the Two Towers, Treebeard. Characters: Pippin and Merry – Hobbits! Treebeard – an Ent! Guardian of the forest Quickbeam – another Ent, younger, hastier. Entwives – the female Ents. Mentions of Saruman and Gandalf The Journey The entirety of this chapter […]
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss The Two Towers, Book Three, Chapter 3: The Uruk-hai. Characters Merry and Pippin – Hobbit Hostages Ugluk – the leader of the Uruk-hai from Isengard Grishnakh – the leader of the orcs from Mordor Various other orcs The Journey If you ever want to check the path of […]
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss The Two Towers, Chapter 2, The Riders of Rohan Characters Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas – the Three Hunters, the Fellowship leftovers Eomer – The Third Marshall of the RIddermark, a man of Rohan. Eothain – a man of Eomer’s company. Arod and Hasufel – New horses! Theoden – we […]
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss The Two Towers, Book 3: Chapter 1 The Departure of Boromir. Characters Aragorn – still indecisive Legolas – doesn’t let a friend sing alone Gimli – really just wants to get on with it Boromir – is dead. Locations The Three Hunters are still around Amon Hen […]
Emmy is on vacation, so Caitlin and Rachel have a short discussion without her! How did we all meet? It’s a mystery. We like other books! What makes a fantasy movie? WATCH WILLOW! The Very Secret Diaries The Very Wrong Fanvid Also we now have a Patreon Page! Please check it out! Find us […]
This week we combined our movie discussion with out drunk episode. So, it’s a drunk movie discussion! We discuss our favourite scenes and lines and performances and adaptations. But, more importantly, we discuss the following completely unrelated pop-culture mediums: X-Men John Wick Detective Pikachu Veggie Tales Spy Kids Contact Us On Twitter
We have reached the final chapter of the Fellowship of the Ring! Characters Frodo Sam Merry Pippin Aragorn Legolas Gimli Boromir THE EYE Locations Due to the chapters long indecision, the Fellowship is still in the same place it was last chapter, which can be seen here. It’s the end of the book, let […]
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two Chapter Nine: The Great River Characters The Fellowship – if you haven’t gotten it yet…there is no hope Gollum! – the Pit Pat Creature Mysterious Enemy on a winged creature – Frodo may know more. Locations The Fellowship travels down the Anduin […]
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss Fellowship of the Ring Book 2 Chapter 8, Farewell to Lorien. Characters The Fellowship – Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Aragorn, Boromir, Legolas, Gimli Galadriel – the Lady of Lothlorian Celeborn – the Lord of Lothlorian Celebrian and Arwen – Galadriel and Celeborn’s daughter and granddaughter, just mentioned. Haldir […]
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy read Fellowship of the Ring, Book 2 Chapter 7, the Mirror of Galadriel. Characters The Fellowship – Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Aragorn, Boromir, Legolas, Gimli Haldir – an elf of the Galadhrim Galadriel – the Lady of Lothlorian Celeborn – the Lord of Lothlorian Rando elves of the Galadhrim […]
Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy, discuss Fellowship of the Ring, Book 2 Chapter 7, Lothlorian Characters The fellowship – Minus One Wizard Haldir – an elf of Lothlorien Haldir’s brothers – Rúmil and Orophin The Creature of the PitPats – ???? Nimrodel and Amroth – Elves who lived in Lothlórien many years ago. We hear a […]
This week we are discussing Fellowship of the Ring, Book 2 Chapter Five, The Bridge of Kazad-Dûm Characters: The Fellowship! Frodo Sam Merry Pippin Gandalf Gimli Legolas Boromir Aragorn Durin’s Bane Balin, Oin, Ori The Journey The Fellowship make it to the far side of Moria and the Misty Mountains, and exit out into the […]
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss Fellowship of the Ring, Book 2 Chapter 4, Journey in the Dark. The Fellowship: Gandalf – Has been to Moria before, wants to take the road through Moria Aragorn – Has also been to Moria before, wanted to avoid it if at all possible Gimli – Wants to […]
This week we talk about Fellowship of the Ring Book 2, Chapter 3 The Ring Goes South. AND we do it in less than two months. Characters The Fellowship: Frodo – The bearer of the ring, the only person obligated to go all the way to Mordor Sam – Can’t leave his master behind, so […]
This week we discuss Fellowship of the Ring, Book 2 Chapter 2, The Council of Elrond. Characters Frodo – son of Drogo, the Ring Bearer Samwise – a hobbit who sneaks into secret meetings Bilbo – the Ring Finder Gandalf – a wizard Elrond – an elf who has lived through much of Middle Earth’s […]
This week we discuss Fellowship of the Ring, Book 2, Chapter 1, Many Meetings Characters Frodo – our main hobbit Sam, Merry, and Pippin – friends of main hobbit Surprise Bilbo! – The main hobbit from the previous book…the Hobbit. Gandalf – a return of our missing wizard. Still cagey about where’s he been. Aragorn/Strider/Dunadan […]
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy prove, once again, that we are not qualified to do this podcast. Characters Frodo – a hobbit, has recently been stabbed. Sam/Merry/Pippin – Frodo’s friend hobbits, have not been stabbed. Strider – Human Ranger, also not stabbed Glorfindel – an Elf from Rivendell, and also died fighting a Balrog […]
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss chapter 11 of Fellowship of the Ring, A Knife in the Dark. Characters Frodo – Our main, ring bearing hobbit. Sam/Merry/Pippin – Frodo’s friends Fatty Bolger – the Hobbit left behind. Strider – Our mysterious Ranger friend, who knows things Bill Ferny – A suspicious man. Butterbur – […]
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss chapter 11 of Fellowship of the Ring, A Knife in the Dark. Characters Frodo – Our main, ring bearing hobbit. Sam/Merry/Pippin – Frodo’s friends Strider – Our mysterious Ranger friend, who knows things Bill Ferny – A suspicious man. Butterbur – The owner of the Prancing Pony. Bob/Nob […]
