Do you think the Valar were right to chain Melkor instead of destroying him? And should they have searched those vaults beneath Utumno more thoroughly? Let me know below.

Evil never dies...😢😢😢

Thank you

Evil destroys itself anyway.
Good only needs to prevail and stay clear of the blast radius.

Well told

Well said, future generations will not comprehend the wars, efforts, and reasons of our days, just as we will never fully grasp those of the past.

As for Tulkas out wrestling Melkor. Melkor was objectively the most powerful Vala/Ainu ever, yet even after spending most of his power/self Tulkas was "physically" the most powerful. In a full cosmic battle, Tulkas would lose. But a simple straight up battle of strength, Melkor couldn't win, I suspect even at his full ability.

Okay... so I had to listen to a few more of your uploads.  You do a nice job with this... and in a unique way.  Since you asked for recommendations - I'd like to know as much as there is to know about the Pukel Men...  I haven't read all of JRRT's works, but I understand that some of those people went to Numenor and returned somehow - and that makes me question why?  What purpose do they serve?  Did Numenor change them at all?  They had yet another kind of magic of their own,.  So, I'd like to know more about them.  (I also have to wonder about the construction works of the Numenorians... for they built Orthanc - which really seemed indestructible.  What else was like that? How did they do that?)  And finally, The War of Wrath - a 52-year war?  How did the survivors manage to get over to the Blue Mountains and off the part of the continent that was going to be destroyed?  What all; happened in that 52-year period?  I guess that's it for now.  Thanks for uploading these.  I'm going to enjoy listening to them.

The last few sentences are so true today. Those who have no idea why, take things for granted, yet the clock is ticking as evil grows.

SAuron perhaps became a sugarcane plant n they walk past him.

SECOND!!😊

Excellent video. My thoughts, I'm not going to pretend they are all original.
1) of course all the wars end indefinitely. Tolkien was a vetern of WW1. But realistically, can you name any big war that ends with everything wrapped up with a bow tie?
2) it doesn't get discussed enough IMO but Arda under went 4 massive changes. 5 if you count it's formation. The breaking of the world. The war for the sake of the elves. The war or wrath. But the largest, by far, was the fall of Numenor. Not the island itself (bad enough) but the reshaping of the world. The CONTINENT of Amon was yoinked out of the world. Not broken or fractured, removed. An entire continent. This would be like if north and south America just disappeared. But it gets WORSE. Before that, the world was flat. Afterwards it was round. This is the single largest change, nothing else comes close. Take a paper plate and fold it into a ball. You only have to briefly understand the distortion on a map to  understand the magnitude here. This is the single greatest change, nothing else comes even close. That any life survived at all is truly an act of god Eru. HOW DOES THAT EVEN WORK? Geologically.
3) I'm pretty sure Sauron was at Angband. The Valar by pasted Angband and assaulted Utumno. BTW I doubt Sauron ever called himself "Sauron." Sauron means "the abhorrent" while his original name of Mairon meant "admirable." Which does it make sense he would call himself? Remember, he didn't think he did anything wrong. As far as he was concerned, he was trying to bring order to a broken and disorganized world. That sounds pretty... admirable. Of course he was doing it by force but as they say "everyone is the hero of their own story." You could even argue the morality of fighting to stop Sauron from ruling only to turn around and give the job to Aragorn.
4) Durin's Bane is weird. It's said he was awakened when the Dwarves dug too deep. But the Dwarves had already been in moria for a long time at the time of the war of wrath. So how did he get there? If he came if from the top he would have had to come in past them and go deeper. The only answer I can come up with he came in from the bottom. Angband or Utumno (or both) were connected to the tunnels dug by the Nameless things. He traveled through them and came up in Moria. This, of course, implies a connection between Morgoth and the Nameless things. In some way. Where they corrupted subterranean animals?
I also like the meme where as Gandalf is boarding the white ship he tells Sam, Merry, and Pippin "there were 7 Balrogs and we've killed 3 of them... good luck." 👍
5) I still think Tulkas laughed because he was thinking "is this the best you can do?"

Question. If Melkor brought the weakness, fear and failure from with Elves as Orcs. What did he corrupt Men into?

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So you only got this deep into Tolkien’s world a few years ago after rings of power first released? I assumed you had been an expert for many years lol

I checked out a few of your blogs and I had the same thoughts when watching the latest behind the scenes videos for Avatar. All the impressive technology they used just seems so unnecessary now, ai will do it all perfectly.

isn't it 6 words?

6 words you Ai slop

Wrestler Golden Hair. Tulkas is Hulk Hogan. 😂 What's you going to do when Tulkamania runs wild on you.😊

SAuron perhaps became a sugarcane plant n they walk past him.