Ben Domenech

Questions after Nightfall episodes are recorded once every quarter, and patrons at the Elrond's Honorarium tier and higher are invited to join.

It's just one of the ways that we show our appreciation to those who support the show, giving them the opportunity to join us, make us laugh, make us think, and from time to time, or maybe every time, embarrass us.

So let's go ahead and get started, Sean.

Who is up first this time?

Okay, our first question today is going to be from Kevin.

Kevin, welcome.

I thought I felt something tickling the back of my legs.

Is it like jumping the subway thing?

Yeah.

Just a little bit.

I think it is.

Anyway, so as I'm getting close to my 30th in the next couple years, and I've noticed a lot of my peers have entered their phases of life where they're starting families and being close to that point myself where my partner and I have discussed it in the future.

Seeing as both of you as parents yourselves, I was wondering if there's anything in particular from Tolkien that you have taken into your parenting styles or that has, you feel, made you better parents.

This is not the time to break out Gandalf's fool of a toque line.

I'm tempted often, but I don't.

I basically just read what Denethor does and do the opposite of that.

That's a pretty good start right there.

Yeah.

This is the what not to do.

And hey, look, as long as you don't do this, you're probably going to be all right.