in case you don't know Genny_Harrison's substack yet: https://substack.com/@surfnukumoi
Mostly Tolkien, sometimes other books and films. I write about Gandalf, Elrond, Éomer, Faramir. Middle-earth shows how power, collapse, and hope work, and why these stories still matter now.
e.g. https://surfnukumoi.substack.com/p/when-the-ring-came-to-faramir-he
she's great.