This week, heroes and heroism in The Lord of the Rings. How do we react to arcs, or the absence of arcs? Is success a means of measuring the worth of a hero? Who gets the best arc in the whole book? Is Merry more of a Squirtle, or a Bulbasaur?Show NotesThe Ballad Of Bilbo Baggins (Leonard Nimoy)Leaf By NiggleThe Lord of the Rings Set, all 1st Printings of the 1st Edition (Abebooks)Pauline BaynesThe Bovadium FragmentsBurns & Co.The Mythmakers (John Hendrix)Goblins! (Adam Roberts)A Princess illustrates The Lord of the Rings: Ingahild Grathmer, Eric Fraser and the Folio Society Shire Reckoning is a Next Word production. For bonus episodes and to support the show, visit Patreon.com/NextWord.Follow Shire Reckoning on YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram.Music by Corvus from Pixabay. 

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