Alan (Alan S.)
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2,242 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 26 Jul
Alan (Alan S.)’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And that comes back to the legitimate use of the stone.
If Denethor were...
As illegitimate a user of the stone as Soderman was, he would have been overwhelmed long before.
Faster than Soderman.
He would have opened the gates to Sauron.
Yeah.
Really interesting stuff.
And then we get a closer look at Tolkien's sort of speculations, if you will.
He does a lot of like, oh, you know, I think this might be how it went about Denethor's use of the stone.
That is such an interesting thing.
Like, what were those conversations like?
And once again, what do you mean probably or it's not told?
You could tell us.
Yeah.
Right.
It's your story, professor.
That's the thing.
But in a way, what we're reading, it's almost like his notes to himself.
He's writing down, sort of thinking out loud, if you will, as he changes how he's going to frame these stones in the story.
Because, of course, he does go back and rewrite elements of those two chapters like we talked about last week.
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