They have to go waaaay south to get to Mordor. It's like Mexico.

by Anonymous 10 months ago

Hola Señorita! Una Mordorita por favor!

by Anonymous 10 months ago

The Fellowship set out on Christmas, and the ring is destroyed by the end of March. So every battle in the movies technically takes place during the winter (before March 22) except for the battle at the Black Gate. I guess Middle Earth is just warmer, or has vastly different seasons than we do.

by Anonymous 10 months ago

Lol Or just at a different point on the planet? December, January and February are the hottest months in austrailia, June, July and August being the coldest..

by Anonymous 10 months ago

I'm assuming that they were in the northern hemisphere, because above the area that the films take place in is the ‘northern waste' or Forodwaith and south are warmer areas like Harad, which feel equitoreal. I guess there's no reason why the whole planet couldn't be tilted the other way though. Of course, Arda had only been round for about six thousand years at this point, so who knows.

by Anonymous 10 months ago

Maybe, earth is only like it is due to the tilt of the axis of the spinning earth, pretty plausable that middle earth won't be exactly the same.

by Anonymous 10 months ago