ASMR A Map of Middle Earth (soft spoken)
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Finally! It's time for Lord of the Rings and an exploration of Tolkien's beautiful map of Middle Earth. Initially I thought this would be an easy video to prepare - just rewatch some beautiful fantasy movies, right? - but instead this turned into the biggest mess of open wiki tabs I've had so far 😅 The amount of info and detail and history for this world is just staggering, and I feel like I've barely managed a little glimpse of it all.
Deutsche Version folgt am Wochenende!
The beautiful map is from Aguirreart on Etsy:
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And a video on Tolkien's map that I found very interesting is this one here by Mapster:
• Tolkien's Incredible M...
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ASMR triggers: 10/10
Video/editing quality: 10/10
Detailed tour of Middle Earth with references to all aspects of Tolkein's legendarium: 100/10
One of the few asmrs I don't worry if someone walks in on me watching.. and also one of the all around best.
Yea I was watching gentle whispering ASMR nail care and I'm a drug addict in recovery so my circle and roommates are ex felons and basically the gangster types and they come in my room and see me watching her doing her nails and they're like "you uh. Watching anything good". Fuck. They understood when I explained but they're like "so you're saying you don't jack off to it? I'm like bro no omfg
@iancastillo5909 I hate it when people think it's a sexual thing. Glad you're using ASMR as a "therapy tool". It was for me too, a little over 10 years ago.
Yeah because it's also educational. It's definitely one of the best and well produced, too. Someone is behind the camera, which you don't see a whole lot of (Moonlight Cottage sometimes does that, I think). There's also not a ton of fancy props or set design. Simple, too the point relaxation and you can learn something other than skincare information.
@@avo3ad0 Moonlight Cottage is amazing I struggle with ocd/anxiety and she's so calming
@@iancastillo5909best comment I've read in a long time! Big ups to you and your continued success in recovery.
The one map to rule them all. I know how much there is to unpack when just describing the map. This was impeccably done. You reduced major concepts into bite sized, easily digestible pieces. It really puts into perspective the effort you must put in to all of the rest of the videos.
Really appreciate that, thank you!!
Thank you so much!!! She did an incredible work describing the map!!
Is it weird that her pauses are my favorite trigger? 😂 the pacing is out of this world!
i certainly don’t think it’s weird!
I’ve just found your channel and this is wonderful! I love the fact that you just simply speak and don’t distract with ridiculous clicking and hissing noises like most other ASMR folk. What’s also really nice are your descriptive skills, which means I can lay my tablet down and drift off to sleep listening to you detail the finer points. Excellent stuff, a new sub here for thee.
I love the world of Tolkien, not sure what other maps you could explore but I find it incredibly relaxing.
MIDDLE EARTH!!!!!!
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Ok so Game of Thrones map next!? Just loved this❤
I mean, out of all the fantasy maps that have been suggested, that's the one I'm most familiar with, so I guess? 😅 But that will have to wait until after summer.
I was almost asleep and suddenly woke up when I realised you were talking about death and black metal bands 😂 nice surprise that you're into that music too!
Great video! Amon amarth is a great band and so much fun live!
Yay more Melange!! And some LOTR!!
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Thanks. 🙂
I really like your voice, it works well for ASMR, but you need to bring the microphone closer to your mouth
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As a big fan of LOTR, I was soooo happy to see this video ☺️
Thank you for this one, and for all the others, they are gems
Thank you!! I'm so happy to have such a lovely and excited audience 🥰
20:33 - A little correction for you here - Saruman didn't build the tower at Isengard. It was built by the Numenorians. Saruman was granted it's use by the kings of Gondor and settled there permanently.
Love your videos, you are a treasure.
One does not simply trace around Mordor.
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Your speaking pace is perfect. Slow, calm, soft and paired beautifully with elegant hand movements. Your knowledge of middle earth is the cherry on top.
I’d love to see you examine Arrakis (Dune) and Discworld. 😊
Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
With my channel name, I kind of have to make a video on Dune at some point...
Perhaps after your holiday. 😉
I need some Spice right now. Help 😭
@@MelangeASMRit’s interesting because I don’t think I’ve heard someone say the full name “Spice Melange” yet in the new Dune movies but yes I just now realized your channel name has Melange in it ❤
Nice unique name. Your voice is one of a kind. I didn’t know you speak German too until today. I love different language even more than English because I fall sleep faster to languages I don’t understand. Because my Brain isn’t processing any of it. There’s a science behind it for sure
Absolutely love the integration of all the various Tolkien books. Intermixed with other inspirational stories like Beowulf and the Finnish mythology that inspired him. Making up Middle Earth across the different ages leading up to the Third Age of this map and the LOTR adventures of his amazing characters. You did really well piecing all this together - Fantastic. To have this presented in your ASMR is highly creative and so very relaxing - Thank You ❤❤🙏🙏
Thank you!! I wish I'd had a more time to dig into all the stories that inspired him, but then I'd probably never finish the video...
@@MelangeASMR You did very well. It is an enormous topic considering Tolkien wrote historical fiction that for me incorporates his own views on numerous aspects of how he understood prehistory. He was a multiple linguist who researched deeply into many mythologies. I think a large part of why he wrote his works as fiction is due to his own awareness of the suppression surrounding prehistory. By doing so he brought prehistory into the minds of the masses without them having to consider whether it was true or not - it is just a story is all the had to consider. And they flocked to the movies and read his books profusely as a result primarily because the fictional stories catalysed the ancestral memory within them. So whilst there may be embellishments in his stories they seem to me to strongly contain numerous aspects of prehistory that otherwise suppression prevented being told via non fiction. Others have tried similar but Tolkien applies this historical fiction expertly. Your integration of his stories in your ASMR map of Middle Earth expose is superb and really helps bring to life Tolkien's stories that explore into the roots of humanity. Very well done.
As a huge Tolkien enthusiast let me just say how much I appreciate all the research you quite obviously did before making this video. Superbly done!
Metal fan reveal! Epic. Thanks for this great video. This is one of the first long books I ever read, back when I was 10, and I was obsessed with these maps printed in the covers. Lovely to see them get your treatment.
Thank you 🥰
Ah I know that feeling! I read LotR a bit later, but I felt the same way about the maps. There's just something about them that draws you in even more.
@@MelangeASMR hab ich das richtig verstanden, dass das Video auch auf deutsch kommt?
Ja genau, morgen :)
I was also pleased to find you’re a fellow metalhead!
You did an outstanding job on this video. I love Tolkien, and I hope that you might do further videos on this topic. Thanks for what you do. Hands down the most RELAXING channel on YT!
You won't believe how fast I clicked on this when I saw it was Middle Earth :o Love your videos so so much, keep it up :)
Thank you 🥰🥰
As a metalhead who loves ASMR, I am nonetheless still surprised whenever someone from the ASMR community also turns out to be a fan of metal music, especially if its more extreme metal. I think you said once that you were a big fan of Rotting Christ? Knowing only your ASMR presenter personality, I could not imagine that same voice screaming along to those vocals at a concert. I guess the general vibe of ASMR just makes it surprising, even to someone who should not find it so. By all logic, you'd think Metal and ASMR shouldn't have much common ground... except Alcest, Neige would make AMAZING ASMR if he wanted to! :D
Thank you so much for giving up your time to research and produce this for us. I absolutely love every one of your videos 🫶🙏
My pleasure! I'm happy that you're all enjoying it so much :)
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GoT please!
Not sure if it's just me, but your voice sounds even softer and your hand movements feel even smoother here than in most of your previous videos... and I love it so much, somehow you managed to generate even more tingles this way, which I didn't even think is possible 🥰 I have also realized that your channel became pretty much my only source of ASMR content in the meantime and I can't even put it into words how thankful I am for the amazing work you do here for all of us ❤
Aw thank you, love to hear that! I did have a good day recording this one, maybe that added to the softness of it all 🧡
If you ever get the opportunity, there's a map of Middle-earth drawn by Tolkien with annotations from him as well as Karen Wynn Fonstad. It contains details such as plant types, scribbles of things Tolkien used for his world building, etc. This map here is beautifully made with some creative liberties. Love the video!
Yes, I've heard that it's pretty much the best source in terms of maps that you can get! I'll have to keep an eye out.
That’s what I came here looking for, the Karen Wynn Fonstad map. It’s pretty much the cannon map now since about 1980.
Hello! I just subscribed because of this video. I love the Tolkien world, so I enjoyed this immensely, especially with your ASMR style (whispers and constant hand movements). Thanks for putting so much thought and research into your videos.
This was an incredibly relaxing video. As a fan of LOTR I was so excited to watch this and it was even better than I thought it would be. Thanks for making all these wonderful videos for us to enjoy ❤
The episode I was waiting for! Amazing and very relaxing to watch. You were worried that you'd get something wrong but there's only one thing I can nitpick ;) Quenya and Sindarin weren't divided geographically, like you said that one was spoken in Mirkwood and the other one in Rivendell. Instead, Quenya was an older language, used in Valinor before the elves arrived at Middle Earth, while Sindarin is a more modern language developed in the First Age in Beleriand. Sindarin is the most common and widespread elven language, while Quenya is usually used in more official or even ceremonial manner - something like Latin in our world. But other than that, you got all the information right, you can be proud of yourself :) Definitely one of my favourite videos on your channel.
Ahh alright, I didn't get far enough into Tolkien's languages for this part. There's just so much depth to every aspect, it's a little overwhelming.
Thank you! 🥰
-- I recently rewatched all of the Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit films. I’m really happy to see a video about this subject! 😊❤️
Oh nice, perfect timing 😊
"If you listen to the same music I do"
*Singular Nod of Respect"
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That "hello everyone" at the start had me thinking id clicked on one of the french whisperes videos for a second
Lolol!😅
This video is everything I ever wanted in an ASMR. Thank you so much!
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JUST what I needed! I started the Fellowship today!! I’ve read The Hobbit like 3 times, so it’s about time I move on to the main trilogy lol
This was terrific! 💕I haven't read any of Tolkien's books as an adult, but when I was a kid, my mom had these big unabridged sets of both the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings as full-cast audio recordings which we listened to quite a lot. They were fantastic. They're also responsible for the fact that I would trek several hundred miles out of my way rather than ever take a shortcut through an abandoned mine, and the fact that I know wanting something so badly that I feel like I couldn't live without it is probably a really^10 bad sign and I should pay attention to it ASAP. 😂
Excellent video! Would love to see some more fantasy lore on your channel! 😊❤
I think we can make this a series :)
I absolutely love your videos! Such variety of topics, always well prepared and soothing voice. My brain is so satisfied 😍
I vote for more makeup brushing on maps! I know nothing about LOTR, but that part was especially tingly!
I'll try and remember to use it more often haha, sometimes I forgot about it even though it's lying right next to the microphone 😪
If you did the maps and lore of the Dragon Age video game series, or the map and lore of A Song of Ice and Fire book series, I’d probably explode.
Was that Mishka in the background at the end? I could hear a little purring and whistling 😂
That could be, she was getting hungry halfway through filming haha
Since I've actually read ASoIaF (or at least most of it), that's an obvious contender 🤔
Now this is just playing dirty
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You did a fantastic job! I'd love to see a map of Beleriand - the land that used to be beyond the blue mountains that you mentioned - but I'd understand if you'd prefer not to! You were far from wrong when you said Tolkeinian history is daunting
Extremely hood video! To everyone who got excited from this video, please read the books instead of just watching the films. Silmarillion provides so much information and backstory, and I would even consider it to be almist as good as the LotR books.
My previous!!!
I am not a big LotR/Tolkien person but this is so well done! So well-presented, as usual, and so relaxing to watch/listen to. Your videos are also so re-watchable!
I love the idea of you doing a whole series of fantasy maps, but I also love your history maps (and your language videos, and...)
Great video. I have a LOTR and Hobbit tattoo and love ASMR. So this is heaven.
The map brushing is so good. Everything about this video and your channel is perfect. I can't wait to watch the german version
That's very sweet of you, thank you!
Thaaaaaaaanks!!
Ah amazing. Melange and LOTR..what a treat!
God, please, more fantasy universe maps! World of Warcraft, The Witcher, D&D - The Swords Coast, Divinity. PLZ!!!
Your voice is PERFECT for LotR, oh my gosh. You could have done Galadriel's voiceover and narration in the films and it would've been incredible; it really hit me when you started talking about the theme of decline in the story. Thank you so much for this!
There were 3 Elvish languages: Quenya, Sindarin and Sylvan
Ah, I missed that. Tbh I had to give up trying to learn about Tolkien's languages because it would have taken me another month to make this video 😅
I just wonder why this map is mixing [a] and [ä]. They represent different sounds. In the case if this map only [a] is applicable.
Right now I am coming to the end of reading the trilogy for the second time. I was so happy when I saw this video pop up :)
Love this. Would be amazing with a soft background soundtrack of LOTR music from the films, especially the elvish lands’ theme music.
You should think of a collab with ASMRctica.
He draws the map and you explain them as a crossover collab. Im sure he have lots of various maps in his archiv. 🧐🤩
Pretty map aesthetically, but there some odd proportions in the landforms and some inexplicable location name exclusions from it. No map is going to be perfect, though, of course. Hard to nail everything in a fantasy world as complex as Middle-earth.
Are you re-reading Beowulf, or is that just the book that the bookmark was put in?
I'm reading it for the first time! It came up a few times while I was learning about Tolkien, so I finally got this version (which I've been wanting to get for ages anyway).
Mae govannen! ♥
It took me years to see that the journey of the fellowship and the hobbits is drawn into the map! What a great video❤ I love all the details
I've only just started getting into Tolkien lore and I'm currently listening to the new audio book of the Silmarillion that voiced by Andy Serkis. I was going to ask where Beleriand is supposed to be on the map, but you answered it when you said that some of the land from the first age is under water. :)
Andy Serkis narrating Tolkien??? Omg, I might need to get those audiobooks.
@@cassiopeiasfire6457 Yeah I believe he already voiced the Lord of the Rings books, but the one for The Simarillion just released on June 22nd on Audible.
Oh how cool, thanks for mentioning that! The Silmarillion sounds a bit daunting to read haha, but preparing this video has made me curious, so an audio book with Andy Serkis of all people sounds perfect.
Of all the channels I could have anticipated hearing Amon Amarth.. .it is not this one. I love that band
oh wow, so easy to follow! very relaxing and interesting to listen to
Such a quality video. I’ve watched it 4 nights in a row
Love that, thank you!!
Great history, beatuful Voice and beatuful hands
Your ASMR voice combined with a Middle Earth map takes me back to the days when I read the Lord of the Rings books and many other fantasy books and would obsessively pore over the maps. It makes me very happy 😊
Right, there's just something about being to see the world on a map and follow along with the story.
Thank you 💛💛
"Dor" and even "nor" mean "land" in Sindar. "Amon" is a "hill" "mountain".
Don't worry about getting every little fact perfectly right. We Tolkien fans are a forgiving bunch. Just ask Amazon. 🤣
Ahaha yeah I noticed! I didn't think Rings of Power was that bad, for what it is, but watching it as preparation for this video wasn't the best idea. I ended up being confused about everything on screen 😅
Thanks you so much . This is of my all time favorites.
Melangw doing LotR?
What a great combination!
I love the trilogy.
Would you also do the Hyrule-Map from The Legend of Zelda one day? 😊
I'll have to play Zelda first!
Get the book Atlas of Middle Earth
Superb presentation once again.
Relaxing, professionally informative, personably detailed with great care, conversationally engaging…
authentic appreciation!
Thank you, I appreciate that very much!!
Uploaded two minutes ago! perfect timing for a sleeping video 🙂
Sleep well! 😊
I absolutely love your videos. I learn so much and they're so relaxing. My only problem is that it takes three or four viewings to get through each video because I keep falling asleep.
Aw, thank you! But I don't think falling asleep is a problem - that sounds perfectly fine :)
I love that you did your research into the history of Middle Earth. It's clear that you at the very least looked some stuff up, if not actually read some the deeper lore beyond the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. The part that stood out to me was actually the part when you first start talking about the Shire. When you said that "This is the where the story starts for most of us." For some reason that stuck out to me, I think because if you asked me where the story of Middle Earth starts, I probably wouldn't say in The Shire. I'd probably say with the Ainulindalë. I know that answer that probably doesn't make any sense to normal people who don't read fictional history books for fun, but it's where the story begins in my mind. In the Timeless Void with Illuvatar, then the creation of the Ainur with the Flame Imperishable, and then the creation of Eä (the universe) and Arda (the world) through the Music of the Ainur. And the Discord of Melkor. Can't forget about that part.
Why I felt the need to type that all out at 1:45 in the morning? Good question. I don't need sleep. I need Lord of the Rings maps and lore, and to explain the creation of Middle Earth to people who didn't ask in a comment that started out as me just saying that I appreciated the effort put into this video. Sleep is for the weak! I need more LoTR stuff!
OH THIS IS GREAT
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Very good video ❤
Thank you 🥰
There snuthinn wrong wit old vikings &trees ❤
Great video. Thank you.
This was very helpful
Thank you
Thanks!
Thank you!!
THIS IS TOO INTERESTING TO FALL ASLEEP TOO
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It was a pleasurable experience listening to you speak on an aspect from LOTR books.
I am not really an avid fan and know very little about LOTR except that it was a trilogy movie some years gone. Nevertheless your voice tone, level, and pace makes whatever you speak on in your ASMR videos quite soothing to my ears and mind.
Indeed Tolkien first created languages, but then he understood that languages can become alive in myths. So he stared to create mythes which can tell the story of his worlds with the help of created languages. Magical imagination and a huge work done
This is awesome! There are only two people I feel could pull this off and considering you're the only one left making videos, and that maps are definitely your special area of excellence, well, this simply cannot fail.
Superb 👌 subbed 👍
What a great video, thank you for that. I love lotr and your voice fits so well.
This will be one of my go to videos when i can't sleep
Just found you...simply love your voice. And THANK YOU for having normal finger nails 🙂
Funny, because I hate unnaturally long fingernails too. One more thing to love about Melange.
Hi and thank you 😊 I guess we're lucky that I'm too invested in buying nail polish to go to a salon haha
@@littlecatfeet9064 yes, just one apart from many reasons to like her
@@MelangeASMR another reason that speaks for you. Thank you for everything
I wonder why most maps cut the most southern part of the Bay of Belfalas where the city of Umbar is.
Hell yeah! Amon Amarth and Gorgoroth shout-outs! 🤘♥️
I love when my favorite asmrtists create Middle Earth-related content!
What a lovely video, and what an imagination Tolkien had. Really like the brushing in your videos too.
Would love to see more of these fictional map videos. Great job!
me too!!😊
Looks like you're not alone in that... Thank you :)
This is the Citizen Kane of ASMR videos. A masterpiece.
King of kings
Fuck yeah!
3:26 “we might see the island of Númenor, here in the east.” West?
Ah, the other east.
@@MelangeASMR Yes, that's it!!!
Omg this is so good you should do the Westlands from The Wheel Of Time next!
Pls do The Witcher map next
Maybe some time after summer 🤍 So far all I know about the Witcher is that you should toss him a coin...