The Palantiri Explained
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Published 2023-07-31
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All Comments (21)
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Denethor's obsessive and despairing use of the Palantir is maybe the best literary depiction of doom-scrolling.
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Warning: Information sent over the Palantir network may be visible to other users.
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I like Sauron's angry palantir phonecall via Pippin in the books like he's chewing out an employee.
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That Saruman thumbnail reminds me of: "And I say heeeeyeeeeyeeeeyeeye heeeeyeeeeyeee I SAID HEY.... WHAT'S GOING ON?" And I cannot un-see it now.
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I love Tolkein how he was "I dont know how it works!! Thats the end of it" A pepsi later "Fine, hand me a pen"
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The part where Gandalf first takes the palantir from Pippin is parodied hilariously in Bored of the Rings: "You can't eat it, so you have no use for it."
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Re: the strength of Denethor: it is worth noting that when Denethor looks in the stone the last time, he knows where Frodo is with the Ring and he knows what the plan is (having been told by Faramir). Despite being in the process of losing his mind, Sauron does not learn of it. That, IMO, speaks to the strength of Denethor's will. As we are told in the appendix, he and Aragorn were appeared to be as alike as near kindred.
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I think Denethor's "fall" is probably a very sad one. I image that at one time he was a very exceptional leader. Boromir himself was an exceptional leader and so was Faramir.
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3:20 palantiri “video calls” - now I can only see Aragorn vs Sauron’s battle as a frustrating Zoom call where both are fighting over the screen share function for their duelling PowerPoint presentations 😂
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The Palantiri are even more interesting than I thought they would be.
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If i was Aragon, I'd have my minions dredging the Anduin and in summer, the Ice Bay of Forochel, to try and recover any Palantrii that may just be sat awaiting recovery,. The Osgiliath stone was that large and heavy that it may not have rolled that far. In fact it might have been trapped by stonework which had already fallen into the Anduin.
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In Deep Greek is great. He's clearly super-knowledgeable about the source material, but more than that--he's thoughtful and insightful, almost philosophical. Plus, he has a great voice and great delivery.
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You should make a video about Tolkien's relationship to music. He uses music extensively in the Lord of the Rings
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I had no idea that the palantiri were directional as you describe - that's interesting. It always seemed to me that Galadriel's Mirror shared many of the properties of the palantiri: it could show things far off and at different times, so maybe that was similar 'technology' but based on a different principle. A video about that would be very interesting, could you consider making one?
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I like how you have begun color coding the thumbnails depending on the genre
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4:48 and here is me used to thinking that the Ring was unique in how it was impossible to be destroyed by any means but Mount Doom's innards. Now it seems that the Fellowship might have considered taking a whole shopping list of near-indestructible items to the Mount.
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I remember trying to figure out what happened to the seven stones by diving into all the Tolkien books at our library. There was no internet back then and certainly no video as comprehensive as this one!
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No fewer than 10 times while watching this video did I think to myself (and say out loud), "this is the best video on the Legendarium I've ever seen. Thank you for taking on and nailing the brief Robert, you're a sizable credit to the community!
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This was really well written. The conclusion is the best.
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Palantiri as a mirror, what a nice take on it! Another great video, please just keep doing it. Thanks!
