#book: lord of the rings

[darlinglittlesammywinchester]

Cast your OTP/OT3

Poppy Drayton as Nenariel Orlando Bloom as Legolas

#random: mine #cast your otp #ocappreciation #ocapp #character: legolas #movie: lord of the rings #book: lord of the rings #fandom: tolkien #character: nenariel #OTP: A Silent Devotion #universal oc tag #original female character

[must-be-mr-boggins]

Taking a 5-second break from the Bagginshield angst to bring you this meme I created after an all-nighter, enjoy.

#lotr #lord of the rings #aragorn #books #movies #tolkien #what about second breakfast #like yeah girl what ABOUT it #I’m both parties in this scenario tbh #sorry if this has been done before #I’m just a girl #a girl running on 3 hours of sleep

[ynnu-64]

brave hobbit

#my art #art #frodo baggins #lotr #lotr fanart #lord of the rings #the lord of the rings #lotr frodo #the hobbit #i love frodo so much #after like 11 years of loving lotr i will finally read the books #finally getting them #hobbits shall have tails !!!

[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

[fantasybooktournament]

#fantasy book tournament #polls #booklr #lotr #lord of the rings #terry pratchett #discworld #jrr tolkien

[hacked-wtsdz]

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.

#tolkien #jrr tolkien #lord of the rings #lotr #the hobbit #jirt #silmarillion #beren and luthien #john ronald reuel tolkien #frodo baggins #gandalf #gandalf the grey #gandalf the white #galadriel #quotes #book quotes #lotr quotes #world war one #ww1

[lasaraleen]

I love how entirely guilty Boromir feels after trying to get the ring from Frodo. The way he calls out to him after realizing what he’s done, the way he falls to the ground and cries. He was more than this moment, and he bravely defended his little friends, making them seem important to the cause and keeping them alive. I love him. He’s imperfect, but noble. He was more than that moment. He was all the moments before, and the moments after.

#lotr #rereading the series and feeling overly emotional about book characters #lord of the rings #the fellowship of the ring #Boromir #frodo baggins

[velvet4510]

Ok, time for a hot take.

It really bothers me that Rosie and Sam’s relationship is reduced and made so shallow in the films, with the implication that they’ve never even talked to each other, and Sam is pining for this girl he doesn’t really know….

Like …

… this actually misses the entire point of their relationship in the book.

In the book, Sam and Rosie grew up together. His warmest memories that bring him comfort in the darkest place are the memories of playing with her in the pool when they were kids.

The point of Tolkien’s Rosie is that she’s someone familiar to Sam, the face that comes into his mind when he thinks of home. He remembers an actual moment he spent with her, a moment of fun and bonding. Then when he comes home, it turns out she could somehow sense the moment the Ring was destroyed, and knew he was coming home. They have this special, deep bond that brings Sam a sense of comfort and stability.

She’s not supposed to be some distant, unknown figure that Sam has built up in his head but has never actually talked to or gotten to know. That’s literally the antithesis of Tolkien’s Rosie Cotton.

It’s like the films swap Sam’s initial relationships with Rosie and with Frodo. In the movies, he starts off more familiar and friendly with Frodo; they apparently go to the pub together frequently like typical buddies do, whereas Rosie is in another world, dancing and making drinks behind the bar, and Sam is just too unsure of himself to even make small talk with her.

But Tolkien’s portrait is the exact opposite. Rosie is the one who Sam spends a lot of time with and has known for a long while. Frodo is the one who Sam is distant from and doesn’t really have the nerve to make chit-chat with, because he is Frodo’s servant and thus he thinks it’s not his place to be too friendly with “his betters,” as his dad says. (And then the journey takes the two of them out of that restrictive class system and frees them to bond and get to know each other as people.)

Then when they come home, there’s an actual sense of coming home, because Rosie embodies everything that is familiar and safe for Sam. Not everything that is unknown and scary.

#lotr #jrr tolkien #lotr books #lord of the rings #lotr movies #lotr book vs film #sam x rosie #samwise gamgee #rosie cotton #frodo baggins

[la-pheacienne]

I'm reading the lord of the rings and I'm once again amazed at how... good most characters are. Like, they are genuinely good people. They are a bunch of kindhearted, gracious, caring people, coming together under adverse circumstances and trying to figure things out and find a solution and support each other through it all. Like Frodo and Sam meet Faramir and Faramir is a bit suspicious at first and kind of implies Frodo may be a spy, and then when he hears his story and he's like Frodo, I pressed you so hard at first. Forgive me! It was unwise in such an hour and place. And this blows.my.mind. He wasn't even particularly mean or threatening to him in the beginning, he's just such a kind, considerate man, recognizing the kindness and honesty of another man. And they're all like that. Even Gollum starts slowly changing (for a short while) when he encounters Frodo because that's the thing about kindness and humility and grace, they are contagious. They transform people, even a creature like Gollum cannot be immune to that. Like, you may consider all this simple and basic and I get it but, hear me out. It is quite rare to see that in modern media and it is also pretty difficult to pull off in a way that is not corny and simplistic. It is mind blowing that you actually don't have to present the entire palette of human cruelty and vice in order to tell a compelling story, contrary to popular belief. Lotr does the exact opposite, and it is just beautiful and it warms my heart. Especially taking into consideration tolkien's pretty grim growing-up experience, him being a double orphan without a home, raised between an orphanage and a priest and having no family apart from his brother and then the war and then he almost dies and then he's poor as hell and then a second war and it all makes sense somehow. He writes to his wife who is also an orphan two days before the marriage "the next few years will bring us joy and content and love and sweetness such as could not be if we hadn't first been two homeless children and had found one another after long waiting" and, yes, yes! The love and sweetness just radiate from his work, the entire lotr series is a little radiant bubble of hope and love and grace that he imagined in his head to deal with a dismal reality and then he just gave that to the world, and isn't that what imagination and art is all about after all?

#i literally wrote this because faramir said 'forgive me' #like that was the inspiration here #terminal brain damage don't mind me #BUT #i have a point #i do! #i am cringe but i am free #i love these books so much #i love this man so much #lotr #the two towers #frodo baggins #faramir #gollum #the lord of the rings #aspa rambles #tolkien #aspa reads tolkien

[redfagdiver]

#Literature #children's literature #books #Goosebumps #Babysitter's Club #Animorphs #His Dark Materials #A Series Of Unfortunate Events #Warrior Cats #Lord of the Rings #Chronicles of Narnia #Hope I didn't miss any better ones

[verk0my]

I think about this scene at least four times a week

But Aragorn smiled. ‘It will serve,’ he said. ‘The worst isnow over. Stay and be comforted!’ Then taking two leaves, he laid them on his hands and breathed on them, and then he crushed them, and straightway a living freshness filled the room, as if the air itself awoke and tingled, sparkling with joy. And then he cast the leaves into the bowls of steaming water that were brought to him, and at once all hearts were lightened. For the fragrance that came to each was like a memory of dewy mornings of unshadowed sun in some land of which the fair world in spring is itself but a fleeting memory. But Aragorn stood up as one refreshed, and his eyes smiled as he held a bowl before Faramir’s dreaming face. ‘Well now! Who would have believed it?’ said Ioreth to a woman that stood beside her. ‘The weed is better than I thought. It reminds me of the roses of Imloth Melui when I was a lass, and no king could ask for better. Suddenly Faramir stirred, and he opened his eyes, and he looked on Aragorn who bent over him; and a light of knowledge and love was kindled in his eyes, and he spoke softly. ‘My lord, you called me. I come. What does the king command?’ ‘Walk no more in the shadows, but awake!’ said Aragorn. ‘You are weary. Rest a while, and take food, and be ready when I return.’ ‘I will, lord,’ said Faramir. ‘For who would lie idle when the king has returned?’

J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of The King

#aragorn #faramir #lotr #the lord of the rings #lord of the rings #the return of the king #tolkien #fanart #book illustration #my art #verkomy #verkomy 2023 #procreate

[mrkida-art]

A redesign of Thorin Oakenshield

#the hobbit #my art #tolkien #lotr #dwarves #the lord of the rings #durin's folk #lord of the rings #richard armitage #thorin oakenshield #thorin #the hobbit fanart #I wanted to mix together movie!Thorin and book!Thorin #because I love Richard Armitage as Thorin but I'm also not a fan of the changes they did to his story and the backstory of his family #etc etc #also I wanted to see RA! Thorin with silver hair #tolkien dwarves #middle earth #this is also a screenshot paintover

[bioluminesced]

sunset over minas tirith

#lord of the rings #the return of the king #lotr #lotr rotk #return of the king #peregrin took #pippin took #gondor #tolkien #my art #artists on tumblr #based upon a lengthy but beautiful paragraph in the book. havent seen the movie yet #pippins little arc in the book is really touching to me… to me… #pose and armor based off a david grove painting #i love lotr so dearly

[sigmalaussene]

Gay people do love glitters

art • commissions

#lotr #gimli son of gloin #legolas #legolas x gimli #lord of the rings #lord of the rings fanart #lotr fanart #my art lotr #my comics #gimleaf #legolas greenleaf #glittering caves #lotr books #lotr books fanart #lotr book #lotr fancomic #fancomic #I think my love for nature is very obvious in this one #and it bit me in the ass because omg all those crystals #but it was worth it #god I love these two #gigolas #“nin mel” is wrong bc i didnt find a right source to translate sindarin so sorry for that #my art

[mithrandirl]

GIMLI in THE LORD OF THE RINGS

#gimli #gimli son of gloin #lotr #lotredit #lord of the rings #gimliedit #tolkienedit #filmedit #* #book gimli will always be the guy. but film gimli is also <333

[rikebe]

i always really loved the scene in the fellowship where legolas realises mid-council that gollum having escaped is Really Bad, Actually, it's one of my favourite moments in the book. stoic movie legolas is fun but nothing beats an elven prince jumping up to confess his people's massive fuck-up to the smartest and best of middle earth

#legolas greenleaf #legolas #legolas thranduilion #the lord of the rings #lotr #the fellowship of the ring #lotr fotr #i love book legolas hes so sillay #and so expressive!!! #ill probably draw more comics while im going through the book im sooo inspired and autistic #art only #tolkien