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thefeanoryingurge · 1 year
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me and my dysfunctional family
—eru ilúvatar probably
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fiction-quotes · 2 years
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It is one with this gift of freedom that the children of Men dwell only a short space in the world alive, and are not bound to it, and depart soon whither the Elves know not. Whereas the Elves remain until the end of days, and their love of the Earth and all the world is more single and more poignant therefore, and as the years lengthen ever more sorrowful. For the Elves die not till the world dies, unless they are slain or waste in grief (and to both these seeming deaths they are subject); neither does age subdue their strength, unless one grow weary of ten thousand centuries; and dying they are gathered to the halls of Mandos in Valinor, whence they may in time return. But the sons of Men die indeed, and leave the world; wherefore they are called the Guests, or the Strangers. Death is their fate, the gift of Ilúvatar, which at Time wears even the Powers shall envy. But Melkor has cast his shadow upon it, and confounded it with darkness, and brought forth evil out of good, and fear out of hope. Yet of old the Valar declared to the Elves in Valinor that Men shall join in the Second Music of the Ainur; whereas Ilúvatar has not revealed what he purposes for the Elves after the World's end, and Melkor has not discovered it.
  —  Quenta Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
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mikahorror · 2 years
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sauronnaise · 1 year
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯
—Eru Ilúvatar, whenever something happens.
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quixoticanarchy · 2 years
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Also on the matter of Aman being removed from the rest of the world - it’s done in reaction to mortals breaching its shores and threatening Eru’s preferred order of the world, but its removal only really benefits the Valar and Ilúvatar’s wishes. I have to imagine quite a lot of elves are not thrilled at being cut off from the rest of the world and trapped in a little snowglobe somewhere. 
Like, Aman's pocket dimension is presumably still “in” the world somewhere, on a technicality, but nonetheless it must be a strange/uncomfortable state for beings fated to endure as long as Arda to now be confined to their hidden realm and sundered from the rest of the world they love. And there is that detail about even the Amanyar still needing to breathe the air of the lands of their awakening... this whole separation has to have some notable costs for them. It almost seems cruel too, to have men usurp the sun/inherit the earth, while it’s elves - all of them dispossessed in a way now by this sundering - who are permanently tied to the world while excluded from most of it. No wonder they’d grow weary and envy mortal death, not just in Middle-earth but also in later-ages Aman, irrevocably tied to a world that they’ve largely lost access to 
(Valinor as true[r] prison, in the end?)
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The Silmarillion Memes
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prattling-she-elf · 1 year
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Since When does the Fandom Hate Horses?
It absolutely baffles me that people out there hate the scene in RoP where Galadriel and Elendil go horse riding. Of all the things to be nit-picky about, you chose that?!?
I shit you not, I saw a review that complained that the horse riding scene was "a pointless usage of riding in slow motion and something PJ would have never wasted time on" (I'm paraphrasing here, but that was the gist).
Like, AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Seriously?
I so wish I could find that review again because it was so damn obvious that this guy's hate had nothing to do with the fact that riding horses in slow motion took up screen time.
I mean, let's look at the evidence. Peter Jackson would never have had people riding horses in slow motion, huh? Bud, I think it's time to rewatch those movies.
Oh yeah, I guess you are right. No slow-motion horses in the Fellowship of the Ring.
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Come I think of it, there was none of that in the Two Towers either.
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Yeah, imagine how lame that would have been in Return of the King.
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(This was maybe not the best choice of gifs, but you probably get it)
In my personal opinion, this scene was done in a way that blends beautifully with the previous movie adaptations.
So, what was this dude's (and other people's) problem?
Let's take a look at the scene.
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Apparently, I am in the minority here (at least, that's what it feels like), but this scene was breathtaking.
The colors! The flowing robes! The stunning cremello horse! The cinematography!
This. Is. Art.
Watching this scene made me understand exactly how this show is "a love letter to Tolkien".
Yet a lot of people hate it.
And, surprise surprise, it's not about the horse or the use of slow motion.
Let's compare this scene to its predecessors, shall we?
What do they have in common? For the most part, they can be described as:
Dark
Grim
Urgent
Perilous
Dangerous
This new scene, on the other hand, can be described as:
Bright
Light
Freeing
Leisurely
High Spirited
Two completely different moods, with two different receptions. This is surely a huge part of the negative reaction. People just did not like the lack of tension.
And that's ok.
If you found this scene boring and generally unimpressive due to this lack of narrative pressure, that is completely valid.
But if that was the root cause of the widespread hate for this scene, I would not be writing this.
Because "cringy" is not an adjective used to describe something you find boring and unimpressive. And cringy is the descriptor I have seen used over and over again.
So what about it is "cringy"?
Well, it's not the slow motion. Many people pointed out that there was a lot of it. Does the scene lean too heavily upon slow motion? Meh, in the end, it boils down to personal preference there, but as I have pointed out above, slow motion alone is not the source of enmity.
Nor is it the artful aspect. Many people have expressed their appreciation for the shot where we can see Galadriel's flowing robes.
No. Interestingly enough, the shot that I see the most complaints on, the moment that the enraged masses cry "cringy", is this one.
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I mean, look at her! For the first time, she feels joy. And it shows.
Our poor emotionally constipated Galadriel, who has shown nothing but pride, rage, and impatience (all symptoms of her trauma from the hell that was the First Age), is finally happy, even for a brief while.
This poor woman has been shown nothing but disbelief, skepticism, scorn, and outright hostility from other characters. Everywhere she turns, these people patronize her and her growing sense of urgency (I think a lot of people have forgotten/are not aware that she has foresight). Her concerns are not unfounded.
Finally, she catches a break, and her expressions show it. Morfydd Clark does a wonderful job of capturing that freeing release.
Instead, people say it "looks ridiculous, laughable, and out of place", and they complain that it "looks like an advert for a feminine care product".
No. I fear that this reaction stems from something else. Because this was never about the horses.
Our society is twisted and skewed so that many people are not willing to tolerate a female lead—let alone a woman who does all the things that typically male characters do. They have no interest in a female-led narrative. They don't want to see women expressing emotions that don't immediately cater to their egos.
This is mostly a man problem, hence the several instances I've heard of men complaining that this scene looks like advertising for feminine care products (since when did that become a derogatory thing?), so in all fairness, I now point out that some women are also guilty of this through internalized misogyny.
Now, I'm not saying you have to like this scene. You don't have to like anything about RoP. If you don't like it, my advice is to stop watching it and making yourself and everyone else miserable. Go find something you actually like. I promise it will make you feel better.
But, if you hated this scene and other parts of RoP because you are mad that a female lead is showing emotions and doing things that don't fit with your ideas on how women should look or act, then I have a few choice words for you stinky misogynists.
Eca, a mitta lambetya cendelessë orcova, catassa.
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beardedmrbean · 2 years
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spiced-wine-fic · 1 year
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Eru. Commission from DannyRiverArt.
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ichabodjane · 1 year
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Half the fandom re: Adar: 🥵😏♥️
Me, remembering the enslaving people and the destroying their homes and the engineering a huge volcanic eruption:
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shoestrum · 1 year
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no but Gordon is so real for wanting a live action adaption of the Silmarillion i would kill for that
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sundayday · 7 months
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"But when they desire to clothe themselves the Valar take upon them forms some as of male and some as of female; for that difference of temper they had even from their beginning, and it is but bodied forth in their choice of each, not made by the choice, even as with us male and female may be shown by the raiment but is not made thereby."
// reading the Ainulindalë (Silmarillion) & Tolkein said trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️ 🩷
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chronomally · 10 months
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Not to sound like a big hater but I think it's very funny that Tolkien was like "I want to invent a great mythology for England, like Arthuriana but more secular" and then essentially recreates God, the Garden of Eden, angels, Lucifer, original sin, etc.
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archidrews · 2 years
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ian mckellen’s performance as gandalf refusing the ring is so fuckin good. “don’t….tempt me, frodo!” one of the maiar has seen how another wielded its power, how horrible his powers might become under its influence.
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