#lord of the rings rant

[dreadfulratgoblin]

"Samwise is the real hero-" "Frodo alone had the power to resist the ring-"

Neither Frodo nor Sam could have made it to Mount Doom alone, and they would have been caught if Aragorn hadn't been pitching a giant futile distraction battle in the west which wouldn't have succeeded if they hadn't recruited the Ents, Rohan, and the Dead Men of Dunharrow, Lord of the Rings doesn't *have* a hero, it has many flawed, imperfect individuals all doing what they can and knowing on its own it won't be enough, and trusting other people to do the same.

"I have found that it is the small everyday deed of ordinary folks that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love."

#lotr #frodo baggins #frodo and sam #samwise gamgee #samwise the brave #everyone in middle earth is important #I guess I'm getting ranty about a seventy year old fantasy series on main #dreadfulratgoblin has Opinions #rant #literature #fantasy #lord of the rings

[frodo-cinnamonroll]

By bamboocarbon-ver-2-0

This was not my artwork, but I liked it a lot. Imagine a scene if Boromir survived and got to talk to Frodo again after the Ring was destroyed (bc he would have gone to Minas Tirirth). It would have been a wonderful scene. Frodo would have most definitely forgiven Boromir for trying to take the Ring. It would have been lovely to see their friendship mended.**

On that note, I also love how Boromir calls the Hobbits "the little ones" bc it sort if shows a softer side to his character. Since he is mostly tough and all, it's nice to see how he protects them and gives them a cute name like that.

**If you'd like me to write a fanfic/imagine on this, please feel free to ask in the replies to this post. I have quite a bit of imagines I'm working on right now but I can still do it!**

#lord of the rings #lotr #i love you frodo #i love hobbits #Lotr rant #lotr rant #just ranting #boromir #boromir lotr #lotr fanart #so I tried to figure out who the artist was but I couldnt #phew i think i found the artist #thanks random person in the pinterest comments!!! #not my art

[faeriemph]

It simply does not matter how many times I rewatch Lord of The Rings or The Hobbit. I feel all the same emotions and cry just as much every time.

#bugalliums rants #lotr #the hobbit #th #lord of the rings #tolkien #jrr tolkien

[beginnerblueglass]

Here’s the thing that separates Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy from Amazon’s Rings of Power and why I wish people would stop calling out so called ‘hypocrisy’ when fans defend lotr and criticize rop.

The lotr film trilogy was made by independent filmmakers who weren’t in it for the money, profit, recognition, or accolades. They were invested purely out of love for their craft and love of Middle Earth. They poured their SOULS into every ounce of the films, devoted YEARS of their lives to create a twelve hour epic masterpiece, brimming with HEART, and SOUL, and PASSION, and LOVE!! Lord of the Rings is overflowing with GENUINE EMOTION — none of it contrived to manipulate a sense of nostalgia or “feels” — and utter respect for the Professor’s creation. And for all those people who keep pointing out that ‘they didn’t follow the books to the letter either’, in every instance where they deviated from the source material, THEY ADMITTED IT AND GAVE REASONS FOR WHY THEY FELT THEY HAD TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION!! They apologized!! They did what they felt they had to do to make the best movies they could. You know what that is? Respect. They held true to Tolkien’s themes, and they refused to politicize them. They aimed to make the best films they could, for the best fans in the world. The fact that they revolutionized both the filmmaking and the fantasy industry while they were at it was just a happy accident. Are they 100% perfect? No. But are they Perfect? Yes.

My number one takeaway from every trailer, promotion, and clip I’ve seen from Rings of Power is that there is no soul. All of it seems so contrived to engineer a certain *feeling*, but it falls flat. Why? Because Amazon, by its nature, is not capable of doing Tolkien any semblance of justice.

It was the artists working out of their backyards and basements, travelling around their country to find the best locations, pouring hours and hours of passion into every costume, prop, and set, devoting themselves completely to making the best they were capable of, only they could do it.

#just a rambling rant #the lord of the rings #peter jackson #anti rings of power #anti rop #jrr tolkien #middle earth

[abz-j-harding]

FB memories reminded me of this ‘pause’ I did while watching in LoTR. 

#lotr #lord of the rings #frodo #sam #frodo baggins #samwise gamgee #rantings #some good faces here lmao

[thewistlingbadger]

Little rings of power rant bc it won't leave my head: What the HELL are galadriel and halbrand? We have two characters who have AMAZING, INTENSE chemistry. Prolonged eye contact, close in proximity, and deep conversations all included. In my mind the show is setting them up to be a romantic pairing. MIND YOU, AS AN AROACE PERSON, I often find romance in my media to be a disturbance but these two were so intriguing that I was very interested to see where their relationship was going and I was low-key rooting for them. ONLY TO REVEAL THAT HE'S BEEN BETRAYING HER THIS WHOLE TIME????

THIS RECONTEXTUALIZES EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED! The pang of deep hurt when he said that was REAL because this whole time I've trusted him! And yet looking back this whole time it was so clear he was the bad guy! I was just giving him the benefit of the doubt bc he was so mysterious and fun! And now what? Now, everything that's happened between him and her, was it all just lies? Was it all manipulation? Was it genuine? A little bit both??

What he said is true, he didn't WANT to do what galadriel wanted. BUT DID HE KNOW THAT BY SAYING NOTHING ABOUT THE MATTER, THAT HE WOULD BE PUSHING HER TO MAKE THE DECISION? WAS HE ACTUALLY TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM MIDDLE-EARTH OR WAS HE JUST WAITING TO FIND GALADRIEL OUT AT SEA!!??? Does he GENUINELY want galadriel to rule beside him, or was it just a genius play where he'd kill her in the long run?

These two are so interesting and I have so many questions!!

#halbrand x galadriel #lord of the rings #lotr #rings of power #the rings of power #galadriel #halbrand #sauron #galadriel x sauron #rant

[pfenniged]

I'm now vaguely irritated that in the theatrical release of The Fellowship of the Ring, Boromir was not more explicitly a foil for Aragorn, because it just makes so much more sense for both of their characters.

By the two of them growing to respect each other and Boromir beginning to see him as a king and someone to follow, he also informs Aragorn of both the courage and the frailty of Gondor. He gives him something to aspire to.

And then because we've seen that relationship develop more, when he has the "My Brother, My Captain, My King," line, it doesn't feel as much like Boromir had some weird seventh-hour conversion because while Aragorn has demonstrated he's brave in the original theatrical release, by this point of the extended cut, he's fought for Boromir's life twice despite their differences. He doesn't leave people behind, no matter what their failings. And that, Boromir sees, is the true mark of a king.

THEN THE ONE THAT KILLED ME WAS THE FACT THAT WHEN HE SENDS BOROMIR OVER THE FALLS, ARAGORN LITERALLY PUTS ON THE FUCKING GONDORIAN ARM GAUNTLETS WHY WOULD YOU CUT THAT. ARAGORN IS LITERALLY TAKING THE MANTLE AND BURDEN FROM BOROMIR AND SHOULDERING IT BY ACCEPTING HIS FATE AND ROLE TO PROTECT AND SERVE THE PEOPLE OF GONDOR.

This simple shot just makes the transition from ranger and someone who has always rejected his fate, to a future king who feely accepts his fate because of the sacrifices of others, SO much more explicit. By literally taking on elements of nobility and the White City, he is literally accepting the challenge fate has thrown down for him. This is Aragorn's first step into actually ENABLING, "The Return of the King."

BUT PETER JACKSON SAYS THIS ISN'T THE CANON VERSION BYE

#I had a lot of feelings about that one shot I'm sorry #lotr #lord of the rings #aragorn #boromir #gondor #this has been a 1am rant

[hafren-isolde]

is it just me or did they copy and paste steve harrington’s hair onto elrond

#elrond #the rings of power #rings of power #lord of the rings #tolkien #middle earth #steve harrington #steve ‘the hair’ harrington #the hair #stranger things #stranger things 4 #st4 #steddie #steve x eddie #steve harrington imagine #steve harrington x reader #steve harrington x yn #you will never hear the end of my ranting about the elves hair #why do they have short hair #???? #heteronormative bullshit #fucking Amazon #get to fuck amazon #eddie munson wouldn’t stand for this #eddie munson #eddie would be disappointed #eddie munson fanfic #eddie munson x reader #eddie munson imagine

[emmanuellececchi]

...Wait, wut?

Theoden... Welp. Also my man Legolas...

Not sure for some though (I will have nightmares...)

#screen rant #LOTR #Lord of the Rings #Buff of the rings #what just happened #Aragorn #boromir #Gollum #Elrond #Frodo #Gandalf #Legolas #Saruman #Theoden

[halfelven]

i actually literally do not care if tolkien ever wrote in drafts* that elves are seven feet tall and stronger than humans bc it does not match up to his stories. like saeros being scared bc Túrin was stronger than elves and aragorn and boromir bragging about how strong men are in the snow. if legolas is stronger + taller why isn’t he digging them out? elves having lighter weapons and boats. elves not putting men in their tree houses but being okay with the hobbits bc they aren’t scared of them. why would elves need to hide if they’re stronger + have magic? why is the dragon-helm to heavy for them? why is aragorn the tallest of the company if legolas is seven feet tall? how could nienor disguise as an elf?

for one thing it’s boring to have them be both magical and also stronger but also so many of his stories just fall apart. there are entire plots that rely on elves being not as strong as Men. elves of varying heights has always been interesting to me with some reaching ten feet and some under five feet. and average elf soldier being stronger than average not soldier human is fine too but elves have super human strength is just not something that holds out against plots

like i do not care dungeons and dragons** can do whatever they want but from my encounters with folk tales elves being not as strong as Men is very on point and tolkien’s stories literally fall apart without it. not to say elves are weak. just to say aragorn is stronger + taller than legolas any way i’ve ever looked at the story. and i think elves stronger + taller and also having magic is just boring and i refuse to go by it. have all elves be seven feet tall in your stories or whatever. i will continue with my version bc i can’t make sense of tolkien’s stories without it and elves need a weakness for interesting points and to make the plot work

which is to say i don’t want to have to keep saying this in the fanfic i write you are not more right than i am and tolkien can say whatever he wants he wrote a structure into his stories i will keep in mine for Interest

*haven’t been able to pinpoint where this motion is from

**no idea if elves being taller and stronger is a thing from dnd bc i don’t know it but i see it pop up in some video games

#i’ve been mad about this since ppl started ‘correcting’ my teenage fanfic #aragorn and boromir are physically stronger than legolas #i do not Care what you say #i’m very strong and i think legolas is also very strong #i just think they are stronger #‘stronger than any elf’ Túrin holds that up #this is my little rant again #elves don’t make sense otherwise #elves #day drinking #<- what i’m doing #txt #lotr #lord of the rings #tolkien #silmarillion #silm #jr2t

[im-dripping-in-finesse]

I'm am going to cry. I need these. THE BARREL SCENE??? OMG.

#follow me #goofy #wink wink #random #rant post #rant #fypシ #the hobbit #lotr #lord of the rings #bilbo baggins #gandalf #frodo baggins #samwise gamgee #gollum #omg #legos

[nightingale-ghost-writer]

Having just read through PAGES of people whining about Malenia and how OP she is/how her fight is stupid because the AI is so powerful/how Waterfowl “can’t be dodged” and she’s “too unpredictable”/how “unbalanced” her fight is, I am here to voice my (probably) quite unpopular opinion that GODFREY has the most unbalanced/OP/can’t be blocked move in the game. I’d rather do 100 back-to-back Malenia fights and survive Waterfowl for five of them than fight Godfrey and be two-stomped to death twice in a row.

I said what I said.

#nightingale rants #elden ring #malenia blade of miquella #malenia goddess of rot #elden ring malenia #godfrey the first elden lord #hoarah loux #elden ring godfrey

[ladybugpowermakeup]

Being 22 and depressed means hearing Bilbo Baggins say that he's "stretched too thin, like butter over too much bread", and feeling that it's far too early to feel that sentiment so deeply.

#lord of the rings #mental health #bilbo baggins #lotr #young adult #rants from regina

[lucy-verse]

You know what really makes me mad?

Don’t get me wrong, I love Legolas. But aside from having some badass action scenes and hilariously stating the obvious, he isn’t very fleshed out in LOTR - which is completely understandable, as the focus is on Frodo and Aragorn’s personal growth.

But the Hobbit really had a chance to explore Legolas’s relationship with his father to give a popular, but otherwise rather one-dimensional character some depth. To show a side of him that no one had seen before and make him more than just eye candy.

They could have shown the wise and experienced elf of the Fellowship being viewed as nothing more than a child to his fellow elves. Shown his struggle to choose between remaining in the realm he loves and spreading his wings like the restless little bird he is. Shown him being vulnerable and making mistakes, and realising that despite his age, he still has a lot to learn about the world and how cruel it can be.

Instead, they threw him into a stupid love triangle with a female character they promised wouldn’t be shoehorned in for a romance plot (as if anyone was falling for that).

They had him turn his back on his home at the drop of a hat and side with dwarves just to make said love interest happy, which not only goes against Legolas being canonically attached to his home, but also takes away the significance of his initial resentment and eventual friendship with Gimli.

They dropped hints about his mother’s death, but never really went anywhere with it, so it was very hard to get emotionally attached to the subplot, to the point where it may as well have not been included at all.

They gave him daddy issues, but again, didn’t really go anywhere with it, as he and Thranduil barely interacted, and when they did, it was never relevant to their father-son relationship. There might have been time to properly explore this, if that shitty ass romance wasn’t constantly taking up screentime.

They made him invincible to the point of absurdity, like defying gravity as he walked up falling steps, balanced on dwarves heads as if it was nothing, and walked away from being thrashed by Bolg with only a tiny nosebleed. I know elves are hardier and more agile than men, but that was ridiculous.

It feels like such wasted potential, like they only included Legolas’s character for the purpose of over the top battle scenes and fan service. I would much rather have seen a proper exploration into Thranduil’s grief, the effect it had on Legolas, and the two of them overcoming it together in a way that could tie into Legolas’s character and motivations in LOTR, than watch another two hours of Orlando Bloom doing OTT fight scenes with those hideous contact lenses.

#lord of the rings #the hobbit #rant #legolas #thranduil #thranduil and legolas

[kierancaz]

I wish we got more of Legolas being weird in the movies. Like I haven’t read the books yet but I love the way the fandom describes him as being a little shit and like actually really fucking weird and I just wish we got more of that and also that it came across more in fanfics.

#lotr #lord of the rings #like pls I love love love all the Legolas fics I’ve read but also I wish they acknowledged how much of an apparent weirdo little freak #one post I read says that he would just stare into the woods and said goodbye to a river and I just ???? #In the movies he’s cool #and in the hobbit he’s kinda mean but still hot so I excuse it #in lotr I think he had most of this sass cut but then again I haven’t read the books so idk #but I wish in fanfics there was more of him being a weirdo instead of like a romantic #he is a weirdo and a shit and I love him and I don’t even know anymore #I need big dumbo dummy Legolas idk what to say #enough ranting #the hobbit #gandalf the grey #legolas x reader #legolas x y/n #legolas fic #legolas lotr #lotr legolas #legolas

[deer-with-a-stick]

The more time I spend explaining Tolkien lore to my brother the more I realize that Tolkien was just batshit insane

#yes the world is flat and a globe at the same time #and yes if you go off the edge you fall into the void with Satan 1.0 (assuming the Straight Road doesn't just railroad you) #he calls Valinor “The place under some trees where everyone smokes weed” and honestly I wish they would do that instead #bilbo and frodo bring weed to valinor quick #i tried to explain the miriel-finwe situation and he's so confused #“so they died and they were all sad even though they didn't have to stay dead?? but she couldn't come back because he remarried??” #“but then he dies and says 'yo ill stay dead instead' and she's find now??” #does the big God just keep making elf and human souls or do they just. appear #i told him about Gil-Galad Son of Plothole #he is quickly realizing that yes #the valar are a bit incompetent #its fine #elrond's dad is a star his mom is a bird and his great great grandma is an angel #my sister gave up two seconds in despite sparking this by asking me about elf lore #apparently she actually just wants to know about legolas but not legolas' father because of the hobbit movies #let me rant about feanorian politics it'll be interesting i promise #shut up about your elf backflips you wanna hear about nirnaeth arnoediad and the kinslayings #tolkien #lotr #lord of the rings #silmarillion #the silm #is this a shitpost? idk #he's batshit insane but the world is great i love it #we still don't know where hobbits come from #they appeared one day #like potatoes #i had one tidbit of legolas lore and that was #the guy showed up several years late in a homemade boat with a dwarf #incomprehensible screaming