#lotr rop

[silmarillion-ways-to-die]

#samwise gamgee #gollum #not much left to bury #smeagol #funeral services #tolkien #jrr tolkien #lord of the rings #silmarillion #lotr #lotr rop #lotr trop #fantasy #the hobbit #lotr memes #lord of the rings meme #tolkien memes

[thenerdyalchemist]

Like the spring rain over the bones of a…. dead animal…

His poetry/speech is questionable but that alright he’s trying

#rings of power #elrond #lord of the rings #lord of the rings rings of power #rop #lotr rop #lotr #lotr art #i know a lot of people don’t like this show but #I really love it #that’s all #elrond half elven

[lopsidedspecs]

Where there is love~

#your honour ​I love them <333 #durin iv #elrond peredhel #princess disa #khazad dûm #my art #just let me love this show #elrond is just…✨🥹✨ #as kind as summer #lotr rop #rings of power #trop fanart

[heirofdragons]

If Amazon wanted to take a “modern” approach to Tolkien and the Silmarillion, they should’ve done something like this:

(I would’ve gladly paid to see this.)

#lotr #lotr shitpost #silm shitpost #the silmarillion #melkor #sauron #angbang #maedhros #fingon #russingon #feanor #fingolfin #galadriel #elrond #maglor #feanorians #rings of power #the rings of power #lotr rop #modern family #silm memes #lotr on prime #anti rings of power

[pinkbeastie]

@kallielef on twitter ❤️

#YES #HALADRIEL SUPREMACY #haladriel #halatariel #galadriel x halbrand #halbrand #halbrand x galadriel #galadriel #rings of power #the rings of power #trop #rop #art #source: twitter #lotr trop #lotr rop #lotr

[stuporduper]

Haladriel via Gustav Klimt’s “The Kiss” because this ship sundered raft is nonstop dominance vs. convergence, surrender vs. salvation and I didn’t even think about it that much until I started drawing… and then I couldn’t stop, hehe🙃

#lotr rings of power #the rings of power #lotr rop #haladriel #rop #galadriel x halbrand #galadriel x sauron #that freakin raft vision lol #my art #rings of power

[samiaescorcio15]

Work in progress

Another wip from Sauron.

#halbrand sauron #rings of power #sauron #charlie vickers #sauron!halbrand #the rings of power art #halbrand #rop fanart #rop spoilers #lotr rop #mairon

[isilwhore]

And Sauron urged the King to cut down the White Tree, Nimloth the Fair, that grew in his courts, for it was a memorial of the Eldar and of the light of Valinor…

…and Isildur said no word, but went out by night and did a deed for which he was afterwards renowned. For he passed alone in disguise to Armenelos and to the courts of the King, which were now forbidden to the Faithful; and he came to the place of the Tree, which was forbidden to all by the orders of Sauron, and the Tree was watched day and night by guards in his service.

At that time Nimloth was dark and bore no bloom, for it was late in the autumn, and its winter was nigh; and Isildur passed through the guards and took from the Tree a fruit that hung upon it, and turned to go. But the guard was aroused, and he was assailed, and fought his way out, receiving many wounds; and he escaped, and because he was disguised it was not discovered who had laid hands on the Tree.

But Isildur came at last hardly back to Rómenna and delivered the fruit to the hands of Amandil, ere his strength failed him. Then the fruit was planted in secret, and it was blessed by Amandil; and a shoot arose from it and sprouted in the spring. But when its first leaf opened then Isildur, who had lain long and come near to death, arose and was troubled no more by his wounds.

-J.R.R. Tolkien, Akallabêth, The Silmarillion

The Life of Isildur: 1/10

#in which I begin a new series #for the dozens ? of us who love this guy #because he’s the best - the greatest hero of Men #Isildur #tolkien #silmarillion #akallabeth #nimloth #silm art #lotr #lotr rop

[marianaillust]

A is for Arondir.

I decided to redo my lotr alphabet illust set. I am Just much more into traditional média at the moment, I would like to have them all as one set I can flip through In person. But the letters I have added on digital. 🤔

#traditional art #lotr #lord of the rings #the rings of power #lotr rop #arondir #elven #elf #lotr alphabet #illustration #tempera art #tempera painting #egg tempera illustration #marianaillust #mariana illustration

[the-southlands]

Attention Rings of Power Fans!

Something's cooking (turn the sound on).

#the rings of power #rings of power #trop #rop #lotr rings of power #lotr the rings of power #lotr rop #lotr trop #ROPSummer24 #ROPCelebration24

[yiska-h]

The Dark Lord and the Queen - The Rings of Power

#the rings of power #saurondriel #galadriel x sauron #sauron #lotr rop #the lord of the rings #art #fanmade #rop art #dark lord #the rings of power fanfiction #the rings of power art #drawing #galadriel and halbrand #galadriel #galadriel x halbrand #halbrand

[silmarillion-ways-to-die]

#obscure books #silmarillion #the silm #the silmarillion #the silm fandom #lord of the rings #lotr #tolkien #jrr tolkien #lotr rop #lotr trop #lotr memes #tolkien memes

[permanentlyexhaustedpigeon88]

Me: Okay, that's it, I'm done with falling for the villains, and writing fics because of it. Only the good guys from here-on out.

Rings of Power:

Me: Well...shit.

#rings of power #lotr rop #lord of the rings #halbrand #sauron #adar

[waldeinsamkeit-feeling]

SCREAMING CRYING SHAKING THROWING UP DYING WEEPING BASHING MY HEAD INTO THE WALL

#sauron #lotr rop #rings of power #halbrand #charlie vickers #lotr #the rings of power #amazon lotr #lordoftherings #galadriel x sauron #galadriel #galadriel x halbrand #saurondriel #morfydd clark #sauron x galadriel

[isildur-apologist]

You don’t hate Amazon you hate the Silmarillion: a genuine review of Rings of Power

It’s no secret that overall I liked RoP. I watched it with my roommate who gets very hyped about stuff like that and it made for a really exciting viewing experience, instead of the more bitter perspective I might have taken if I watched it alone. But, I also know there are some real faults with the show, I never thought it was perfect and know it’s not on par with the the LOTR movies and I never expected it to be. But, the fault for that is not on Amazon.

(I want to note that I am not defending Amazon. I hate Amazon. Jeff Bezos can catch this guillotine. I am, however, defending the creative team behind the show, which is how I will refer to them from here on out, I only called it Amazon to grab your attention. )

Here’s my point though, almost every (valid) critique I see of this show isn’t a problem with decisions the creative team made, it’s an inherent problem in any adaptation of the Silmarillion (and associated works but I’m just going to refer to the Silmarillion for brevity’s sake).

The Silmarillion, as full and detailed as it is, is a shit story. The events of the second age do not fit neatly into a clean story structure the way LOTR does because it’s not supposed to. The Silmarillion isn’t a story, it’s a history, and history is never narratively satisfying. Tolkien (Jirt, not talking about Christopher here) didn’t publish the Silmarillion in his lifetime, he only even published LOTR and the hobbit, everything else attributed to him was published after his death. He had no intent of making the other works anything other than a comprehensive history of the world he made for documentation’s sake, never with intent to publish. He didn’t even compile all the writings, Christopher did.

Because if this, the Silmarillion is really hard to adapt for a number of reasons:

1. Elves aren’t good main characters.

Elves aren’t supposed to be relatable characters, they’re aloof and static and inherently non-relatable (There are exceptions but they’re usually not regular elves. Elrond is half elven, Legolas is very young). Humans and hobbits are the relatable characters through which we view the world, because they can have human flaws and conflicts, which makes for a very human story. To make elves the main characters you need to make them interesting characters, and elves aren’t supposed to have human flaws, and so you either stay faithful and they don’t feel relatably human, or you change their to be more human and it feels disingenuous to what we know elves to be like. It’s a lose lose.

2. Middle earth is not supposed to be pretty.

A huge part of LOTR is realizing every place they visit is either the ruins of a past, much larger civilization, or a city that is a fraction of what it used to be (Gondor in lotr is NOTHING compared to what it was in the early 3rd age, or Arnor and definitely not Númenor, Rivendell is a pebble compared to Lindon and Eregion, we only ever see Khazad-dûm as a decrepit tomb instead of the most prosperous mine in all of middle earth is once was). This juxtaposition is integral to the main themes of lotr and is imperative to the story jirt was trying to tell. A story set in the 2nd age cannot have these ruins because IT IS THE RUINS. It cannot “feel like lotr” because it is what will make lotr lotr.

3. Characters (individuals) are of little importance in the Silmarillion.

As important as Elendil and Isildur (and even Anárion) are to the plot of literally the entire 3rd age, we know little about their own narratives. They are names for the people that did these important actions and that’s it. Again, the Silmarillion is a history, it’s not going to say what Elendil and Isildur’s relationship was like in excruciating detail or what Isildur wanted to do with his life before sailing to middle-earth and becoming a king. You have to write these characters a good story if you’re adapting the Silmarillion and sometimes there isn’t space to write a compelling journey in the space Tolkien left. Because they don’t have a character, any character you give them will seem “out of character” to many people.

Basically my point is that before you go and say “well this is weird or I didn’t like this choice” think about what the creative team had to create to make an interesting show out of a story not designed to be told. Sometimes they didn’t make the perfect decision, but if you were tasked with adapting something unadaptable do you think you would do it perfectly?

#rings of power #the rings of power #rings of power review #lotr #tolkien #silmarillion #galadriel #elrond #gil galad #celebrimbor #arondir #numenor #elendilf #oops I meant #elendil #isildur #durin iv #lord of the rings #lotr rop

[pinkbeastie]

i see no difference

#had me in tears #the rings of power #rop #trop #its the same picture #lord of the rings #rings of power #halbrand #halatariel #haladriel #halbrand x galadriel #galadriel x halbrand #sauron #sauron x galadriel #saurondriel #galadriel x sauron #lotr rings of power #lotr rop #lotr trop