Episode 83: Live from Westmoot 2025: “The Unsung Underachievers of Tolkien’s Legendarium” with Knewbettadobetta
Episode Summary
Join Jude and Stef and our special guest Knewbettadobetta for our first-ever live show, “Athrabeth Podcast Live: The Unsung Underachievers of Tolkien’s Legendarium” from Westmoot 2025! We put three of Arda’s wettest noodle’s on blast!
Thank you Westmoot for having us, and thank you Knewbetta for joining us!
Citations
Thank you to our special guest, Knewbettadobetta!
Knewbetta’s Linktree
https://linktr.ee/Knewbettadobetta
Knewbetta’s plugs:
Voices of Arda- linktr.ee/voicesofarda
Kali- linktr.ee/KaliCosplay
Belmont- linktr.ee/be1mont
Kaia- linktr.ee/kaiakay
Andie- “Tolkien with Friends” podcast, linktr.ee/tolkienwithfriends
David the Ñoldo- linktr.ee/davidthengoldo
TJ Nee- “Tolkien on Tap” podcast, linktr.ee/the_neej
Thank you to Westmoot and the Tolkien Society for having us!
https://www.tolkiensociety.org/
General citations for all three presentations:
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed 5/8/2025)
Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed 5/8/2025)
Stef’s Aladarion citations:
Brown, Sara. "The Tale of 'Aldarion and Erendis': Not Just a Medieval Love Story," Journal of Tolkien Research Vol. 18: Iss. 1, Article 6. (2023) https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol18/iss1/6 (Accessed 4/30/2025).
Hoiem, Elizabeth Massa. "World Creation as Colonization: British Imperialism in "Aldarion and Erendis". Tolkien Studies 2 (2005): 75-92. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/tks.2005.0020. (Accessed 5/5/2025).
This is the amazing article that Stef mentioned at the start of her presentation that puts Aladarion in a new light:
Queripel, Rory M. "The Mariner (and his wife): Queering Aldarion's (A)sexuality." Journal of Tolkien Research Vol. 18: Iss. 2, Article 12 (2023). https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol18/iss2/12 (Accessed 5/5/2025).
Episode URL
https://athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/episode-83