<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Andrew Rylands]]></title><description><![CDATA[Andrew Rylands]]></description><link>https://www.andrewrylands.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:39:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.andrewrylands.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Dwarves Deserve Better than Comic Relief, Part 1: Are they having a laugh?]]></title><description><![CDATA[You may be familiar with Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001). During the escape from Moria the Fellowship flees down the crumbling stairs of Khazad-dûm towards the bridge. They reach a gap in the stair with a terrifying void beneath. Legolas leaps across, and Aragorn turns to throw Gimli after him. Gimli refuses with “Nobody tosses a dwarf!” and jumps on his own, only just making it. Legolas catches him by the beard. The film turns this into a running...]]></description><link>https://www.andrewrylands.com/post/dwarves-deserve-better-than-comic-relief-part-1-are-they-having-a-laugh</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ae34cf1d9f7ac715b2cd3c2</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:00:08 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>andycopeman</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>