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Lore Arnold-LOTR Writer

Lore Arnold

LOTR Writer

Contributing since September, 2023

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About Lore Arnold

Lore Arnold (they/them/theirs) is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with an Honors B.S. Geology and a B.S.A. Chemistry degree. They minored in English and have a Certificate with Honors in Creative Writing. As a writer, they are currently adapting their undergraduate thesis in creative writing – Yours is the Earth – into a novella. In their free time, they run a fifth edition D&D campaign, play board games with friends, and excitedly expound about media analysis. Their favorite genre is hopepunk, an emerging speculative fiction style that focuses on humanity’s capacity for kindness.

Latest Articles

Father Christmas as he appears in Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wadrobe. 1
The Lord of the Rings
Why J.R.R. Tolkien Hated Narnia’s Father Christmas

Father Christmas is an important figure in the Chronicles of Narnia, yet Lord of the Rings creator, J.R.R Tolkien had a big issue with this.

Easterlings and Southrons Lord of The RIngs 1
The Lord of the Rings
The Legacy of Easterlings and Southrons in The Lord of the Rings

The Easterlings' and the Southrons' treatment in the Lord of the Rings trilogy provides some sad commentary about the fantasy genre as a whole.

Split: the Eye of Sauron, Miranda Otto as Eowyn, and the Witch-King in Lord of the Rings 1
The Lord of the Rings
Eowyn’s Great Victory Wasn’t Against the Nazgul King

Eowyn may be best remembered for defeating the Nazgul King in Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, but her biggest victory was far more significant.

Sauron and Industrialization in Lord of The Rings 1
The Lord of the Rings
The Biggest Villain in Lord of the Rings Wasn’t Sauron - But Industrialization

The Lord of the Rings has many obvious villains from Sauron to Saruman, yet the less obvious one may have been the most dangerous to Middle-earth.

Lord of the Rings Masculinity 1
The Lord of the Rings
What the Lord of the Rings Says About Masculinity May Surprise You

In The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien pushes against the idea that masculinity is inherently aggressive by having his heroes be gentle and kind.

Gimli with axes, Merry and Pippin 1
The Lord of the Rings
These Lord of the Rings Characters Offered More Than Comic Relief

Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies made Gimli, Merry and Pippin more two-dimensional, robbing film viewers of impactful character arcs.