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Pick a guy that just really loves his wife!

#as it should be #lotr #silmarillion #tolkien

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Tolkien started rewriting the Hobbit in the style of LotR, but what I really want is the Silmarillion in the style of the Hobbit. 

#go kinslaying again 💀💀💀 #silmarillion #the hobbit

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#swlkaejlskdjadsladjalsdasdl #silmarillion #silly

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#aksjshdhjsja #lotr #aragorn

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UJHHH thinking about them (faramir and eowyn). to hope after such despair. to love after such loss. to aspire for a life of healing and growth and joy together after such broken loneliness and pressure and inescapable doom. to no longer need to lead a decaying country or fight to the death as your one and only attempt at feeling meaning and honour in a life seems to have passed you by. the knowledge that there is more – better – out there, and that it can grow, be tended and nourished and loved, until you are walking hand in hand in ithilien, the land that never stopped being a garden for those who needed it

#OUGH 😵😵😵 #lotr #farawyn

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NEW VERSION. :)

#oh this is HARD these are some good options #have to go with don't you leave him my beloved #lotr

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#these colors!!! #lotr #eowyn #fanart

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Every time I read or watch Lord of the Rings I can’t help but think about how Tolkien had survived one of the bloodiest, most cruel, most dirtiest and darkest wars in human history, came back and wrote this:

“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”

And this:

"'I wish it need not have happened in my time,' said Frodo.

'So do I,' said Gandalf, 'and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.'"

And this:

"I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend."

And this:

“Many that live deserve death and some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be so eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the wise cannot see all ends."

And this:

“True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one.”

And clearly they were all written partly because he survived the war, because of what he’d seen and done and learned. But at the same time the unwillingness to lose faith, the courage and strength that this man had to believe in these things after going through hell! It makes the nihilists look so cheap, so uninteresting! People who’ve went through concentration camps and wars believe in humanity anyway, isn’t that proof that hope and love exist? And many, many, many of them did not return or returned broken and cruel and traumatised to the point when no faith in others was possible for them, and nobody can blame them. But there were many who refused to lose faith and hope. They have seen some of the worst that life has to offer and came back believing that we shouldn’t be eager to deal out death in judgement and should love only that which the sword defends.

No matter how many people say that humanity is horrible and undeserving of love, and life is dark and worthless, and love doesn’t exist I remember this and have hope anyway. Because there were people who have actually had all reason to believe in the worst and still believed in the good, so the good must be real. The good is real, even despite the evil, and we must trust in it.

#in sorrow we must go but not in despair... #this gets me man #tolkien #meta

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Ah yes. Me. My elf girlfriend. And her 6ft tall magical dog.

#ASDLFKJD #beren and luthien #silmarillion #fanart

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I think my favorite book-to-film change is the addition of Sam saving Frodo from letting go of the cliff and falling into the lava. And the reason why is the brilliant sound design; I wanna point this out for anyone who hasn’t noticed.

When Frodo is first shown dangling, we hear the Ring calling him. An eerie, high-pitched noise, almost a whistle, begins as the Ring first lands on top of the lava, and permeates the soundtrack as Sam looks over the edge and that expression of despair crosses Frodo’s face as he realizes what he failed to do. Just then we assume Frodo’s POV. We’re hearing what he’s hearing; the Ring is beckoning him to let go and follow it.

But then, when Sam says “give me your hand!” and it cuts to another closeup of Frodo’s face, looking up at Sam, suddenly the Ring’s whistle just … stops. Abruptly. There’s another cut to the Ring as it starts to glow and melt. It is clearly still calling Frodo, but suddenly Frodo (and we) can’t hear it.

Even the music quietens and the loudest sound we hear is Sam’s voice.

Then Frodo looks down as his hand slips, and then makes eye contact with Sam again. And then the music/chorus slowly grows louder as Sam practically whispers, and yet it almost sounds like a shout, “Don’t you let go…”

Then Frodo makes his choice. He chooses Sam, and grabs his hand.

The soundtrack just by itself reveals the true power of the love these two share. The sight and sound of Sam, pleading and pleading with all the adoration in his heart, finally beats the Ring for good. Suddenly Frodo can’t hear the Ring anymore. He can only hear his Sam.

The stronger force prevails.

#DON'T FORGET ABOUT HOW THE CHORUS SINGING IN THE BACKGROUND IS ELVISH LITERALLY OF SAM BEGGING FRODO NOT TO LEAVE HIM #NO I WILL NEVER EMOTIONALLY RECOVER FROM THIS FACT THANKS #lotr #samfro #meta

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"i cant watch shows about fantasy kingdoms without thinking about how they should be abolishing the monarchy" that my friend sounds like a skill issue

#i'm like 80% sure that's my tag in the screenshot lmao #lotr

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I don’t get all the Tolkien gender and sexuality discourse—it’s clear that the genders according to Tolkien are:

gets trapped in a very high (or potentially very low) place, gets rescued, loses part of or entire hand

finds loved one who is trapped in very high (or potentially very low) place by singing and their beloved sings back; rescues them despite the impossible odds against this

person singing, dancing, or just kinda vibing in the woods

person who comes to the woods from elsewhere, sees the singer/dancer/viber, and falls in love instantly

everyone else

…and an ideal relationship, romantic, sexual and/or otherwise, is between genders 1 and 2 or 3 and 4. Genders CAN overlap.

#gender discourse over. this is the only reality i accept now #lotr #beren and luthien #samfro

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Not sure if I ever mentioned it before but I really like Tolkien’s works 🥺

#i know this is going to come as a shock to everyone

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#😔 #lotr

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Gimli son of Glóin to Galadriel in The Fellowship of the Ring Ch. 8 "Farewell to Lórien" (colorized)

#i make myself laugh #lotr #lord of the rings #gimli #galadriel #legend of korra #mp

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Had a debate with a friend and now I gotta know

please reblog for larger sample size, my friend bet me no one would say Gimli and I wanna prove her wrong

#definitely eowyn but I would not realize it was a crush until many years later 😅 #lotr

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The way I would actually die for Faramir and Eowyn.

#🥺 #lotr #farawyn #fanart