@@jacobhatcher5409 but wisdom determines insight which is used to sense motive and discern lies which he couldn't do. Then again Sauron might have just had high charisma
@Stella Hohenheim Eru didn't destroy every númenorean. Some remained faithful to the teachings of the Valar and never accepted Sauron's lies. They became the race of men that founded Arnor and Gondor.
@Stellvia Hoenheim You gotta remember, Tolkien was christian, and while he didn't implicitly base Eru on the christan god, it's easy to see how christian beliefs would shape Eru- his behavior there is a dead wringer for the g-man's actions in the old testament.
The Third Age only lasted ~3000 years. Do you mean the 6382 years between the start of the Second Age and the reclaiming of Erebor in the late Third Age, or the 2941 years between the Last Alliance and the Hobbit?
The only reference to time that comes to mind from LotR is that the ring waited for two and a half thousand years. Maybe there were others but LotR didn't go too deep into the distant past
Virgin Feanor: Scared by Melkor into thinking his brother would take his throne. Indirectly gets his father killed and having the trees destroyed Committed a kinslaying just because the Teleri wanted no part in his revenge Overextends and dies like an idiot Sons commit additional kinslayings just to get the silmarils back. Grandson ends up unwittingly aiding Sauron into making the great rings Asks his own niece for a strand of her hair CHAD FINGOLFIN HIKES ACROSS HELCARAXE LIKE A BOSS DRIVES MELKOR RIGHT TO THE GATES TO ANGBAND CHALLENGES MELKOR TO SINGLE COMBAT AND CRIPPLES A GODDAMN GOD FOUNDS TWO ROYAL BLOODLINES THAT CREATE THE KINGDOMS OF MAN THAD FINARFIN DOESN'T LISTEN TO HIS DESIRE OF REVENGE AND STAYS IN VALINOR LEADS THE NOLDOR THAT STAYED BEHIND INTO THE WAR OF WRATH, THE WAR THAT ENDED MELKOR FOR GOOD DOESN'T DIE LIKE AN IDIOT BECOMES DE FACTO RULER OF ALL NOLDOR ELVES BY THE FOURTH AGE ACTUAL FATHER OF GALADRIEL
Finfarfin is the second best elf in the Middle earth. Best elf is Thingol, mf just married and Angel like it was nothing, and saw the light of Valinor.
@@FunnyBlackHole Thingol forgot to read the small lines in his contract with dwarfs when making new jewelry though. Also, Feanor half-brothers clearly went for quality over quantity.
6:44 Sauron's bodily form was already dead by the hands of Gil-galad and Elendil when Isildur cut the One Ring from his finger. Much as I loved the Jackson films overall, the "my finger has been sliced off; guess I'll explode" version of Sauron's downfall that they show is nonsense.
This is straight up the kind of poetic storytelling that ancient peoples would've enshrined into oral tradition and passed through generations. Friggin masterpiece Tim. Thanks for gifting us this.
Not really. After all he did not really tell a story. He just summed up events in chronological order. If you do not already know the story, you would not be able to find the plot.
Fun events omitted from this version, for those interested: - The time Fëanor invented Skype and genocide; - The time an elf died but didn't want to respawn and had to weave a tapestry of her family's ongoing horrible misdeeds in real time; - The time a dragon was so big that it destroyed a mountain range by falling on it after being killed by an elf in a spaceship; - The time the greatest human of all time killed a Dwarf's son and enslaved him, murdered his best friend and shagged his own sister; - The time Eol invented date rape; - The time five Ainur were sent to Middle Earth to help in the war against Sauron but three of them got distracted and wandered off.
As somebody who has written long form rhyming poetry before, I admire the heck out of how much time you must have had to put into this. Stay well out there everybody, and Jesus Christ be with you friends.😊
Woah...that's weird...I was finishing reading the Two Towers when this just popped up! Would anyone recommend the silmarillion? The backstory is fascinating!
Yes. The silmarillion is way better than lotr in my opinion. While the start of lotr is quite tedious to get through, the silmarillion immediately jumps into epic mode. Yes, there are a lot of characters, though it is not really a story, more like a retelling of historical events.
The Silmarillion isn't a polished novel like The Lord of the Rings. It is very descriptive and information-dense. I recommend it if you want to dive into the lore.
This is brilliant. Loved the stick figures Ungoliant in particular. I have no idea how you managed to make all this rhyme and fit in under ten minutes but good job. Why do you do this to yourself?
I read LOTR in the 90s, I had no idea there were more books and that the story was so detailed and extensive! Watching ROP is a little difficult to follow as I don't know the back story outside of LOTR, so these vids are helpful!
Eru taking the first Silmaril and making it into a star sounds like such a badass dad move. Like, "Okay, I gave you the sunlight that this silmaril was forged from, and now you kids are being nasty to each other over it. So since you can't stop fighting over it I'm taking it back, and now neither of you will have it, and you'll just have to look up at it in the sky and think about what you did."
So I'm only 3 minutes into this video, and ALL IT IS DOING is making me want a five part series of hour long videos where you explain it in more detail.
Maaaaan Tim. For someone who loves well thought out epic fantasies, I'm really surprised you're not more into One Piece. Seriously, it's right up your alley. I recommend reading the manga over the anime though. Mostly as a time saver. Don't be daunted by the length and just take your time.
Good job on the poetry, aside from a few instances you actually hit Tolkien's style pretty much on the head. I'm sure he was emulating some historical poetic style, though I'm not sure which one, since I know a lot of classical styles don't have much favor for rhyme schemes. (the ancient Greeks for example considered it incredibly childish)
This has nothing to do with the video, but i just wanted you to know that I read your On Writing and Worldbuilding book again today (specifically the chapter on Forshadowing) and it seriously helped. Now I know what the first chapter/inciting incident is going to be in my MCU fanfic. seriously man, thanks
1:49 I don't think that the Teleri were descended from the Vanyar. They are two different races due to Elwe and Ingwe being two different representatives to the Valar. Also the Falmari and the Sindar were descended from the Teleri, through Olwe and Elwe (Thingol), not the Vanyar. The Silvan were descended from the Teleri, too. Also the Avari contain elves from all the three races, the Teleri, mainly, the Vanyar, and the Noldor.
Important thing, that isn’t quite clear - the second war that’s mentioned, shortly after the Elves were made, wasn’t fought by the elves. It was the Ainur who fought Morgoth at that point, since the elves were still newborns who didn’t know squat. Great video, though!
Yes, the lamps. Hey also skipped over Melkor being prisoner in Valinor for three ages. He actually skipped more than he kept in, which is kind of necessary to condense about thirty thousand years into ten minutes, even if the busy part of that was only about ten thousand years.
Fabulous 10 minutes, Tim. Using a similar long form world building for my story. It's harder than one would expect. But your content is amazing, brother.
Nice. One comment. The order is a bit off. Melkor wasn't called Morgoth until Fëanor so named him, after Melkor had murdered Finwë his father (and King of the Noldor) at Formenos, and stolen his Silmarils. Morgoth means "black foe" and so he was. Melkor destroyed the trees, stole the Silmarils, and slew Finwë. Morgoth was pursued by the Noldorin elves into Middle-Earth.
I know Telperion and Laurelin are mixed up. Now just BASK IN MY GLORIOUS MASTERPIECES. PRAISE MY HANDIWORK FOR I AM THE NEW GOD OF ART.
~ Tim
*gasp* HOW DARE YOU
How dare you not even mention Hurin of the House of Hador, mightiest of man
Impressive, and in line hor morgoth stole the sun, i mean christmas, i mean the sun.
Tim, how long did this take to even prepare? You are awesome!
Ok Sauroman! Or "the crafty one"....bahaha
Feanor is the perfect exemple of why d&d intelligence and wisdom are two different status
He so good at everything, he needed a dump stat
Id say its less wisdom be a dump stat, and more arrogance being his character flaw
Wisdom and intelligence are two very different things.
@@jacobhatcher5409 but wisdom determines insight which is used to sense motive and discern lies which he couldn't do.
Then again Sauron might have just had high charisma
Melkor: Pass the aux cord
Eru: Ok. Just don't play trash
Melkor:
How did you fail to mention the best part in the title!
"Middle Earth Rhyming in 10 Minutes Timing"
An opportunity missed
I mean but seriously wasn't it the best part when you thought "wait is he, is he rhyming? oh god he is this is great!"
That would be a Spoiler
Eru: What have you got there?
Aule: (hiding the dwarves) A smoothie...?
Loved this! So well put together and the rhyming was top quality! 👏
The Rhyming was beautiful
Lol literally just finished watching your video on the order of the books and I find you here
OH YOUR HERE
The rhythmic explanations feels like a cgp grey video I love it
Chips: open
Dip: ready
History: summarised
Hotel: Trivago
Let's do some history
@@anarnarqelion4403 aayyy I see you like your history in blue too
I genuinely believe Tolkien himself would appreciate this and the work put into it. Nice one
I agree! And that's not a compliment to take lightly :)
It's amazing how much ground is covered by "Feanor: gifted with everything except humility".
When the story time began, I was like, "is... is he actually rhyming the entire story"
yes, yes he is. Fucking amazing
And now we wait till Red does it in one.
But jokes aside, you are a mad lad for doing this. Huge respect
I love how we knew this meant OSP without it having to even be said.
do you think that they'd collaborate for a more in depth summary/analysis?
@@henrypaleveda7760 I hope so
So this is the closest thing to a Silmarillion adaptation we'll ever get...
I LOVE IT.
Elrond: You shouldn't keep the One Ring
Isildur: How 'bout I do, anyway
"...bloodlust thrust the unjust..." eff me, dude. My only complaint is that your bg music didn't match these sick bars.
@Stella Hohenheim Eru didn't destroy every númenorean. Some remained faithful to the teachings of the Valar and never accepted Sauron's lies. They became the race of men that founded Arnor and Gondor.
@Stellvia Hoenheim You gotta remember, Tolkien was christian, and while he didn't implicitly base Eru on the christan god, it's easy to see how christian beliefs would shape Eru- his behavior there is a dead wringer for the g-man's actions in the old testament.
"WATER, MORTAR AND SLAUGHTER"
Tim, you absolute wordsmith!
Using the Wilhelm Scream for when Sauron lost his ringfinger had me in fits! Loved the rest of the video, too :-D
One does not simply skip the 7,000 years in the third age before the hobbit
The Third Age only lasted ~3000 years. Do you mean the 6382 years between the start of the Second Age and the reclaiming of Erebor in the late Third Age, or the 2941 years between the Last Alliance and the Hobbit?
Oddly specific, but ya that’s probably what they meant.
But which is it
@@alexv3357 I probably remembered it wrong, but I could've sworn they said in LotR that it was 7000 years since the start of the third age.
The only reference to time that comes to mind from LotR is that the ring waited for two and a half thousand years. Maybe there were others but LotR didn't go too deep into the distant past
History summarised: Tolkien verse
History Of The Entire Middle-Earth I Guess
Virgin Feanor:
Scared by Melkor into thinking his brother would take his throne.
Indirectly gets his father killed and having the trees destroyed
Committed a kinslaying just because the Teleri wanted no part in his revenge
Overextends and dies like an idiot
Sons commit additional kinslayings just to get the silmarils back.
Grandson ends up unwittingly aiding Sauron into making the great rings
Asks his own niece for a strand of her hair
CHAD FINGOLFIN
HIKES ACROSS HELCARAXE LIKE A BOSS
DRIVES MELKOR RIGHT TO THE GATES TO ANGBAND
CHALLENGES MELKOR TO SINGLE COMBAT AND CRIPPLES A GODDAMN GOD
FOUNDS TWO ROYAL BLOODLINES THAT CREATE THE KINGDOMS OF MAN
THAD FINARFIN
DOESN'T LISTEN TO HIS DESIRE OF REVENGE AND STAYS IN VALINOR
LEADS THE NOLDOR THAT STAYED BEHIND INTO THE WAR OF WRATH, THE WAR THAT ENDED MELKOR FOR GOOD
DOESN'T DIE LIKE AN IDIOT
BECOMES DE FACTO RULER OF ALL NOLDOR ELVES BY THE FOURTH AGE
ACTUAL FATHER OF GALADRIEL
Funniest part of the Virgin Fëanor thing is that Fëanor and Nimrodel had 7 children, the most ever of any elf couple
Finfarfin is the second best elf in the Middle earth. Best elf is Thingol, mf just married and Angel like it was nothing, and saw the light of Valinor.
@@FunnyBlackHole Thingol forgot to read the small lines in his contract with dwarfs when making new jewelry though.
Also, Feanor half-brothers clearly went for quality over quantity.
Also Virgin Feanör couldn't get a single hair from Galadriel.
CHAD GIMLI GOT THREE AND SET THEM INTO PRECIOUS STONE.
@@MrRemicas And he _only asked for one!_
Came for the history, fully appreciated the poetry. 5/5. Would watch again.
Sauron: Lol human empire takes a dive!
Eru: TraitorMaiarwho'sabouttogettheuglybeatintohimsayswhat
Sauron: Wha-
6:44 Sauron's bodily form was already dead by the hands of Gil-galad and Elendil when Isildur cut the One Ring from his finger. Much as I loved the Jackson films overall, the "my finger has been sliced off; guess I'll explode" version of Sauron's downfall that they show is nonsense.
Gotta love the order of things that happened to Boromir: he was wounded, killed, pained and slain
This is straight up the kind of poetic storytelling that ancient peoples would've enshrined into oral tradition and passed through generations. Friggin masterpiece Tim. Thanks for gifting us this.
Not really. After all he did not really tell a story. He just summed up events in chronological order. If you do not already know the story, you would not be able to find the plot.
@@Doubleranged1 Fair point. Still dope AF though. No doubt that script took hours and hours if not days. The effort is commendable in and of itself.
"All that was gold did not glitter" TIM--
The video : Serious and dark
The music : **Happy and cheerful**
My wife wanted to know what i was laughing at. I said Lotr in under ten minutes. But what about Second Breakfast? It didn't make the cut.
Fun events omitted from this version, for those interested:
- The time Fëanor invented Skype and genocide;
- The time an elf died but didn't want to respawn and had to weave a tapestry of her family's ongoing horrible misdeeds in real time;
- The time a dragon was so big that it destroyed a mountain range by falling on it after being killed by an elf in a spaceship;
- The time the greatest human of all time killed a Dwarf's son and enslaved him, murdered his best friend and shagged his own sister;
- The time Eol invented date rape;
- The time five Ainur were sent to Middle Earth to help in the war against Sauron but three of them got distracted and wandered off.
@igor lopes Correct on all accounts. Specifically Earendil killing Ancalagon the Black and destroying Thangorodrim.
@igor lopes The Palantir
“Invented Skype and genocide” is crazy haha
love all the stick figures. Plus how you focused on the 3 gems.
This was a blast with awe to behold! Never seen such complexity so compactly told!
the explanation started at 16 seconds. If it doesn't end before 10:15 I'm calling the cops.
I didn't need to, this time...
As somebody who has written long form rhyming poetry before, I admire the heck out of how much time you must have had to put into this. Stay well out there everybody, and Jesus Christ be with you friends.😊
Woah...that's weird...I was finishing reading the Two Towers when this just popped up! Would anyone recommend the silmarillion? The backstory is fascinating!
Yes. The silmarillion is way better than lotr in my opinion. While the start of lotr is quite tedious to get through, the silmarillion immediately jumps into epic mode. Yes, there are a lot of characters, though it is not really a story, more like a retelling of historical events.
The Silmarillion isn't a polished novel like The Lord of the Rings. It is very descriptive and information-dense. I recommend it if you want to dive into the lore.
The simarillion isn't really a beautiful story as much a historical text about the universe
I do recommend it, just be prepared to keep track of a lot of proper nouns.
@@Luca-wt4dn well said :)
Really channeling your inner CGP Grey there aren't you? I like it!
Great!!!!
some parts may be to much shortend, but Great never the less
and the wilhelm scream XD
This is brilliant. Loved the stick figures Ungoliant in particular. I have no idea how you managed to make all this rhyme and fit in under ten minutes but good job. Why do you do this to yourself?
6:20 - I think what you meant to say was that the Numenoreans tried to invade but then died in a tornado... Love the vid, keep up the great content!
I literally was hoping you'd post soon. I needed a nice soothing narration late last night.
6:10 he was anged I can't stop laughing at that little angry face!
Kudos for turning this into a lovely rhyme.
I read LOTR in the 90s, I had no idea there were more books and that the story was so detailed and extensive! Watching ROP is a little difficult to follow as I don't know the back story outside of LOTR, so these vids are helpful!
What if Gnomes Tried To Colonize Middle Earth?
Your tone and timbre feels like someone reading Twas the Night Before Christmas, just with slightly less rhyme. I really like that.
Eru taking the first Silmaril and making it into a star sounds like such a badass dad move. Like, "Okay, I gave you the sunlight that this silmaril was forged from, and now you kids are being nasty to each other over it. So since you can't stop fighting over it I'm taking it back, and now neither of you will have it, and you'll just have to look up at it in the sky and think about what you did."
Fantastic writing on your part, mate.
This video made me instantly subscribe. Such depth and fun to listen to. Loved it so much
Yay for all the middle earth content lately!
Red from OSP: "I'll do you one better! The entire timeline of Middle Earth in under 1 minute, I guess!"
Top points for putting a smashmouth reference in a LOTR poem you giant, weird nerd, you are truly a wonderful person x
The illustrations are fantastic! Bravo!
This has a real CGP Grey feel to it.... I love the mash of styles.
Honestly...You could make a book of stories similar to this ALL in poetry style! What an interesting new way to tell epic tales and sagas! Bravo!
Yes...neeew.
[shoves Beowulf under a rug]
OMG, the drawing 😂😀✌🏻 A M A Z I N G
Let’s hope that $5 billion Amazon series will respect Tolkien’s vision.
What series ??
It won't. The same Tolkien expert who supervised the LotR films walked out on this one mid-production.
@@o00nemesis00o but why? Also I’ve read that Tolkien’s family or some legal expanse are highly protective of his work.
Narrator: It won't.
I can imagine this guy as a bard standing in Aragorn’s court, recalling the entire history of Middle Earth
Alternate history where Dr. Suess wrote the silmarillion and lord of the rings
"I am an Ent, and I speak for the trees." 😂
1:25 Hadn't Gandalf been created by this point?
This is anti-Melkor propaganda.
Melkor did nothing wrong
So... When are you gonna drop that mixtape?
And Middle Earth came into the Fourth Age of Peace....
Then 2020 happened and we are waiting to sink into the sea as well now.
Melkor wasn't called Morgoth until after he stole the Silmarils, and Lúthien didn't resurrect Beren with a song.
And Sam didn't go west.
To think that some people had to read a 12-book series when they could have just listened to this ...
1:32 - At that part, Aule was listening to Wind Rose music.
Great video man, very impressed that you summerized The Silmarilian in ten minutes. Well done with mixing rhyme and alliteration! Also, Sauron-helm!
This is really great!
As an aspiring poet, this was simply delightful! ❤️
All that's really known about the 4th age is the elves left, dwarfs and hobbits died out, and Humans prospered
This video is Spectacular ! You're one of the best Booktubers going !
Very cool - if I didn't hate rap so much, I would suggest you make this a rap lyric...
So I'm only 3 minutes into this video, and ALL IT IS DOING is making me want a five part series of hour long videos where you explain it in more detail.
Maaaaan Tim. For someone who loves well thought out epic fantasies, I'm really surprised you're not more into One Piece. Seriously, it's right up your alley. I recommend reading the manga over the anime though. Mostly as a time saver. Don't be daunted by the length and just take your time.
I'm going to watch this every Christmas Eve!
Good job on the poetry, aside from a few instances you actually hit Tolkien's style pretty much on the head. I'm sure he was emulating some historical poetic style, though I'm not sure which one, since I know a lot of classical styles don't have much favor for rhyme schemes. (the ancient Greeks for example considered it incredibly childish)
What a lovely poem! So neatly put together, and yet very understandable.
This has nothing to do with the video, but i just wanted you to know that I read your On Writing and Worldbuilding book again today (specifically the chapter on Forshadowing) and it seriously helped. Now I know what the first chapter/inciting incident is going to be in my MCU fanfic. seriously man, thanks
This was AMAZING.
Thank you for your hard work, amazing video!
What if gnomes tried to colonize middle earth?
Loved this video!! I've read and watched Tolkien and lotr since I was small and this new twist was honestly... The bomb!
I'm getting CGP Grey vibes from this. Anyone else?
You should absolutely do this with other fantasy and sci-fi worlds!
No matter how many videos I was explaining Lord of the Rings, I’m always confused by the names etc. but this video was too funny and good to watch 😹
1:49 I don't think that the Teleri were descended from the Vanyar. They are two different races due to Elwe and Ingwe being two different representatives to the Valar. Also the Falmari and the Sindar were descended from the Teleri, through Olwe and Elwe (Thingol), not the Vanyar. The Silvan were descended from the Teleri, too. Also the Avari contain elves from all the three races, the Teleri, mainly, the Vanyar, and the Noldor.
this is so profoundly done I am speechless.
All of middle earth done in a time frame consistent with my attention span. Well done, you're doing Eru's work!
You wrote this in a rhyme scheme? That is truly Tolkien of you
Thank you for making my day!
The Wilhelm scream was a nice touch.
actuallly melkor got his morghot name after he took the silmarillions... feanor gave it to him
Yay
Important thing, that isn’t quite clear - the second war that’s mentioned, shortly after the Elves were made, wasn’t fought by the elves. It was the Ainur who fought Morgoth at that point, since the elves were still newborns who didn’t know squat.
Great video, though!
1:00 wait so Eru is God and Melkor/Sauron is literally Lucifer/Satan?
I thought Tolkien was a bit more original than that.
I ADORE the fact that there is "I guess" in the end
wait.... weren't there 2 pillars of light before the trees?
Yes, the lamps. Hey also skipped over Melkor being prisoner in Valinor for three ages. He actually skipped more than he kept in, which is kind of necessary to condense about thirty thousand years into ten minutes, even if the busy part of that was only about ten thousand years.
this is the BEST breakdown - thank you
Fabulous 10 minutes, Tim. Using a similar long form world building for my story. It's harder than one would expect. But your content is amazing, brother.
I imagine this was more fun for people who already knew the full depth of LotR lore. Not that it wasn’t entertaining. But I felt lost within minutes
Nice. One comment. The order is a bit off. Melkor wasn't called Morgoth until Fëanor so named him, after Melkor had murdered Finwë his father (and King of the Noldor) at Formenos, and stolen his Silmarils. Morgoth means "black foe" and so he was. Melkor destroyed the trees, stole the Silmarils, and slew Finwë. Morgoth was pursued by the Noldorin elves into Middle-Earth.
The story about the crossing from where the "gods" lived to Middles Earth is the trip across the Bering Strait to Alaska.
Dude this is great. This must have taken so much work, absolutely mad respect.
Amazing poem but I’m taking a mark off for no specific mention of Sam!😉
The Wilhelm was a nice touch.
Absolutely love this! From what I've heard you cover the history pretty well, and your poem is great!