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I think that part of the issue is that the narrative voice in the published Silmarillion, being well aware of the failure of the Union of Maedhros and the Unnumbered Tears that followed, cannot help but present this endeavor as an inevitable defeat. But for those making these choices...surely...

From memory, they are as follows. I've included links to some of Philip Menzies' score that relates to these themes. Season 1: Collaboration vs Domination (Valinor Rising) The central conflict of this season was the differing leadership styles of Manwë and Melkor. Manwë sought to lead the...

Pengolodh has been introduced, yes. He's an elf who is born in Gondolin, in contrast to the Lords of Gondolin who were of course all alive when Gondolin was founded.

Here's my notes from the session; hopefully I captured most of what was supposed to be where: Planning the rest of the First Age for Silm Film: Season 7 will begin with Húrin and Huor in Gondolin, and end with them in the Fens of Serech, bookending the season with their interactions with...

Erucheb, thank you for that! It looks great :) I agree that there are many different ways this can go. And it is true that if we add another season, we have more room for the stories and have to sacrifice less of the original timeline (and thus more of the original connections and meanings of...

Here's a summary of our discussion of themes for Season 5 (which has some parallels with 7, as it ended with the Battle of Sudden Flame and the Death of Fingolfin): Suggested Themes for Season 5 (from our discussion back in March 2020) Division/Seeds of Evil/Death Ange1e4e5...

We will begin discussing Season 7 during our next session of Silm Film. It is currently tentatively scheduled for Thursday October 5th at 10 PM Eastern. We have already made some decisions about the beginning and end of the season. The beginning will tell the story of Húrin and Huor in...

Yes, I was a bit surprised how certain he was that the Fëanorean vs Dwarves storyline was the one we would want to use, but I always knew this part of the story (ie, the final 4 chapters) would be the place where wanting to capture Tolkien's story and following the text of the published...

Here is the revised plan of what we came up with in Thursday's session:

Might fit better with Húrin and Hour, but yes!

Welcome back to Silm Film! Tune in to Signum University's twitch channel to watch tonight at 10 PM Eastern time.

The bells are to keep the group in time and on pitch while traveling through a crowd. We didn't have them in the earlier years, and the back of the line couldn't hear the front of the line. So, they do help! But unfortunately, they sometimes encourage people to shout 'Shame!' at us (from Game...

That video from 2022 I forgot to post (of the procession): Lantern Elves 2023, this time with an outdoor photo! *me, taking care of something before joining the procession

Also, it can be helpful to articulate *why* you prefer one version to another - as that reason might be relevant to the storytelling and helpful in making a choice.

My suggestion is that the presence of women from the House of Bëor in Dor-lómin will influence the conversations and decisions, including among the House of Hador. It can be Emeldir who first speaks up, but it is Morwen, Rían, and Aerin who will survive the men who die in battle (though not for...