Tolkien scholar. Creator/Co-host of Tolkien Experience. Editor of Mallorn: The Journal of the Tolkien Society. He/Him https://linktr.ee/LukeSheltonhttps://bsky.app/profile/lukebshelton.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lukebshelton.bsky.social/post/3mlbhdgtimc2aCan people who have read The Lord of the Rings take a second to answer my poll question? This is for a conference presentation I am giving later this month! #Tolkien #LordOfTheRings [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:ydjpmyierqwy3o7s7p5wwdt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbhdgtimc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/lukebshelton.bsky.social/post/3mlbhdgtimc2aCan people who have read The Lord of the Rings take a second to answer my poll question? This is for a conference presentation I am giving later this month! #Tolkien #LordOfTheRings [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:ydjpmyierqwy3o7s7p5wwdt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbhdgtimc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/lukebshelton.bsky.social/post/3mlbga6mfxa2vWhen Tolkien says that the trees in Lothlorien have 'golden' leaves and 'silver' bark, do you interpret that literally or metaphorically? 1️⃣ Literally (colors are like metal and jewelry) 2️⃣ Metaphorically (colors like yellow and white/grey) 3️⃣ Other (describe with a comment) 📊 Show results07 May 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:ydjpmyierqwy3o7s7p5wwdt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbga6mfxa2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/lukebshelton.bsky.social/post/3mlbg5lua4g2zCan people who have read Lord of teh Rings take a second to helWhen Tolkien says that the trees in Lothlorien have 'golden' leaves and 'silver' bark, do you interpret that literally or metaphorically? 1️⃣ Literally (like metal and jewelry) 2️⃣ Metaphorically (like yellow and white/grey) 📊 Show results07 May 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:ydjpmyierqwy3o7s7p5wwdt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbg5lua4g2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/lukebshelton.bsky.social/post/3mkzx4bgk7s2sThis was a great conversation! Do give it a listen if you want to hear me talk way too much about methodology, haha! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:ydjpmyierqwy3o7s7p5wwdt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzx4bgk7s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/lukebshelton.bsky.social/post/3mjmy7esomc2rI was recently asked what I think about Stephen Colbert’s announcement that he is going to make a Tolkien movie. Honestly, I don’t mind having more adaptations of LotR available in popular media.16 Apr 2026 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:ydjpmyierqwy3o7s7p5wwdt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmy7esomc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lukebshelton.bsky.social/post/3mj2rz3vonk2fOkay, I think I may have figured something out (and I am probably pretty late to this realization): the people who comment on news stories with hateful comments are the same people who wanted to be good at riffing on movies like MST3K because they thought it would make them cool.09 Apr 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:ydjpmyierqwy3o7s7p5wwdt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2rz3vonk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lukebshelton.bsky.social/post/3mfwdohylls2vThe deadline to submit a paper or presentation is by the end of the day today! Don’t miss out, I would love to see you there! #westmoot #tolkien #tolkiensociety [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Feb 2026 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:ydjpmyierqwy3o7s7p5wwdt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwdohylls2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/lukebshelton.bsky.social/post/3mdnfguhso22rSo happy to share that @dimitrafimi.bsky.social and I have submitted this project to the publisher. I am very excited for the pieces in this volume to get into circulation because our authors worked diligently and put together some amazing chapters! [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jan 2026 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:ydjpmyierqwy3o7s7p5wwdt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnfguhso22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lukebshelton.bsky.social/post/3mdnfguhso22rSo happy to share that @dimitrafimi.bsky.social and I have submitted this project to the publisher. I am very excited for the pieces in this volume to get into circulation because our authors worked diligently and put together some amazing chapters! [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jan 2026 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:ydjpmyierqwy3o7s7p5wwdt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnfguhso22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lukebshelton.bsky.social/post/3md4xkunlw22oPhoto posted on FB of the crowd in Minneapolis today. It refreshed before I could get the name of the original poster. Proud of this city!24 Jan 2026 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:ydjpmyierqwy3o7s7p5wwdt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3md4xkunlw22o