#professor tolkien

[elmendea]

Laitië hantaleyë! Alassëa nostarë!

#Tolkien #J.R.R. Tolkien #JRR Tolkien #Tolkien's birthday #Tolkien's birthday 2024 #The Feast of the Subcreator #Professor Tolkien #Lord of the Rings #LotR

[lenbryant]

LOTR in real life...

#lotr #frodo lives #the lord of the rings #sauron #gandalf #bilbo baggins #the hobbit #the ring of power #tolkien #professor tolkien

[ggungabyfish]

Ugh, a day late but...

To the Professor!

#jrr tolkien #tolkien #professor Tolkien #lotr #the hobbit #the silmarillion

[in0ctobercountry]

Share your pictures and videos on social media using #TolkienBirthdayToast.

The Toast

After Bilbo left the Shire on his eleventy-first birthday in The Lord of the Rings, Frodo toasted his uncle’s birthday each year on 22 September.

J.R.R. Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein on 3 January 1892, and we invite you to celebrate the birthday of this much loved author by raising a glass at 9pm your local time.

The toast is simply:

The Professor!

All you need to do is stand, raise a glass of your choice of drink (not necessarily alcoholic), and say the words “The Professor” before taking a sip (or swig, if that’s more appropriate for your drink). Sit and enjoy the rest of your drink.

photocredit: getty images

#tolkien #jrr tolkien #professor tolkien #middle earth #lotr #the hobbit #birthdays #january 3 #tolkien birthday

[the-eternal-captain-harlock]

"Who shall see the clouds gather, the heavens bending upon crumbling hills, the sea heaving, the abyss yawning, the old darkness beyond the stars falling upon fallen towers?" 

- J. R. R. Tolkien - The Markirya Poem

#j r r tolkien #Poetry #Not Harlock Related #middle earth #apocalyptic fiction #Just wanted to throw this out there #The whole poem is awesome #Professor Tolkien

[frigidreads]

Surprise Tolkien video! In all honesty, I'm a long-time fan of the professor, and as many of you likely will figure out I enjoy talking about his work. I hope you enjoy.

#myth #youtube #mythology #books #books and reading #booklover #atlantis #jrr tolkien #professor tolkien #numenor #lord of the rings #Where did those Gondorians come from anyways? #Gondor #Andor #the white tree #Youtube

[tolkienillustrations]

“Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible; and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien, foreword to the second edition of The Lord of the Rings, October 1966

#LOTR #Tolkien #quotes #get ‘em professor

[la-pheacienne]

George Martin, 2013: "In a very basic level winter is coming for all of us. I think that’s one of the things that art is concerned with: the awareness of our own mortality. “Valar morghulis” – “All men must die”. That shadow lies over our world and will until medical science gives us all immortality… but I don’t think it makes it necessarily a pessimistic world. Not any more pessimistic than the real world we live in. We’re here for a short time and we should be conscious of our own mortality, but the important thing is that love, compassion and empathy with other human beings is still possible. Laughter is still possible! Even laughter in the face of death… The struggle to make the world a better place… We have things like war, murder and rape… horrible things that still exist, but we don’t have to accept them, we can fight the good fight. The fight to eliminate those things.There is darkness in the world, but I don’t think we necessarily need to give way to despair. One of the great things that Tolkien says in Lord of The Rings is “despair is the ultimate crime”. That’s the ultimate failing of Denethor, the Steward of Gondor, that he despairs of ever being able to defeat Sauron. We should not despair. We should not go gentle into that good night".

JRR Tolkien, 1962 : "One reviewer once said, this is a jolly jolly book, all the right boys come home [...]- this isn't true of course, he can't have read the story. [...] Human stories are practically always about one thing, really, aren't they? Death. The inevitability of death. . . . . . (He quotes Simone de Beauvoir) 'There is no such thing as a natural death. Nothing that ever happens to man is natural, since his presence calls the whole world into question. All men must die, but for every man his death is an accident, and even if he knows it he would sense to it an unjustifiable violation.' Well, you may agree with the words or not, but those are the key spring of The Lord Of The Rings".

"Lotr is all rainbows and unicorns and Asoiaf is nihilistic and grimdark". Wrong, and wrong. In all its hope and radiance, lotr often gets very dark, and despite all the death and suffering, the hopeful moments in asoiaf shine bright. The meeting point of these two is this: having hope while in despair, and even better, refusing to give up because you have to go on despite not having any hope left.

#the fact that in possibly his most famous interview tolkien literally quotes 'all men must die' LIKE #GEORGE #I SEE U #you have studied the Professor really hard grandpa just speak your truth free urself! #don't get me wrong for me the Professor will always and forever take precedence there is absolutely no question about it BUT ALSO #stop pitting two bad bitches against eachother!! #i think about all of these a normal amount #and this is why i'll never lead a normal life #ridiculously long post #i must say i cried a little when i read them all back to back #especially the last sam quote #lotr #valyrianscrolls #tolkien #tolkien quotes #asoiaf quotes #lord of the rings #the hobbit #aspa reads tolkien #aragorn #frodo baggins #sam gamgee #bilbo baggins #brienne of tarth #jon snow #jaime lannister #bran stark #daenerys targaryen #lotr x asoiaf parallels

[roamingberry]

Here's the character portraits from the calls. 🥳

#Butters Stotch #Eric Cartman #Craig Tucker #Dougie O'Connell #Mr. Hankey #Jimbo Kern #Kenny McCormick #Kyle Broflovski #Liane Cartman #Ned Gerblanski #Nichole Daniels #Professor Chaos #Stan Marsh #Tolkien Black #Tweek Tweak #South Park #Snow Day

[riding-with-the-wild-hunt]

if the horror of mordor is that it’s a fundamentally dead place, the horror of beleriand under melkor is that it’s alive. every wild thing, every plant, the land itself, all of it can be bent and shaped to the will of that which wants you gone. woods with vines to choke and trap and strangle, bogs replete with depthless pools and paths that lead nowhere and clouds of mosquitoes that can turn your blood to poison. leave a wound in the open air and by nightfall infection will have set in. goats and sheep are born shrivelled and eyeless. springs that if drunk from will bloat your belly and waste you away to nothing. deer watching with too many eyes, boars running mad and foaming even after they’re felled. just endless possibilities for fear and havoc and destruction, and all of it is intended…there is no comfort in the randomness of nature when nature hates you personally

#if mordor is a corpse beleriand is a construct. sparkle on :)) #brought to you by me #every day i wake up + i get on my little soapbox #the professor's world #the silmarillion #beleriand #melkor #give me some good old-fashioned tolkien nature horror

[silmarillion-ways-to-die]

Liberated from the hellscape that is Pinterest.

#fuck jkr #george rr martin #tolkien #jrr tolkien #the professor #lord of the rings #silmarillion #the hobbit #lotr #lotr rop #lotr trop #fantasy #lotr memes #tolkien memes

[elmendea]

The Professor! Laitië hantaleyë! 

#Tolkien #JRR Tolkien #J.R.R. Tolkien #tolkien's birthday #Tolkien's birthday 2023 #the Feast of the Subcreator #Professor Tolkien #Lord of the Rings #LotR

[lenbryant]

Here's a "Jesus-y" theological seminary lens approach to studying Tolkien. The lecturer is kind of a dork, but it's always good to hear stories of Professor Tolkien. (Just ignore all the giant crosses on the walls behind him.)

#tolkien #professor tolkien #jrr tolkien #the silmarillion #lord of the rings #the hobbit #middle-earth #fantasy #literature #world building #elves #elvish #Youtube

[marietheran]

I’m thinking how at some point Elrond, who definitely saw many Men die during his (immortal) life must have started saying something like “If you meet my brother, give him my love” to them on their deathbeds. And I think it became something of a tradition, something he was actually expected to say and maybe eventually when you had the Rangers of the North leaving Rivendell on some dangerous errand, they would add “I hope we meet again but if we don’t - I’ll be sure to tell Elros...” to their farewells and no one would be sure if that was more heartbreaking or heartwarming

#More heartwarming actually #But it would spoil my last line if I were to change it #elros tar minyatur #dunedain #Tolkien headcanons #the professor's mythopoeia #Elrond #My post #tt

[lotrmusical]

#if you call him something else Please put in the tags i need more silly nicknames for him #i think this is all the variations i've seen #lotr #tolkien #it's jirt for me. but i am partial to calling him john ronald as well #in moments of sincerity #calling him just 'the professor' is bizarre to me but i have seen people do it!! #i'm predicting first place jolkien rolkien; second place jirt; third place just tolkien; negligible amounts for the other options #but i may be surprised! #gay belligerence

[redbootsindoriath]

Apparently in my absence this post had its 1000-notes-iversary.

This time we get to see the culprit responsible for ruining our heroes' lives as well.

I've really missed you guys, by the way. I know I've said that already, but I'm serious. Once or twice this year I've been right on the brink of coming back but schedule stuff always keeps me from letting myself commit to that again, and that in turn has kept me from posting anything at all. But I've been in an unexpected drawing mood lately and so if I can get enough stuff to set up a queue we might pretend I'm back for a month or so sometime this year. Maybe. Hopefully. We'll see. No promises though. That's why I'm hiding this paragraph under the cut.

Transcription:

[Beren:] "Uhhh...barkeep...I think he's had enough now..." [Tolkien:] "No, I don't think he has...!"

#beren #bilbo #frodo #tolkien #túrin #the man the myth the legends #beowulf except everybody is short #one shiny #three shinies #everyone deserved better except mîm #what's this a happy ending #my trash #is this actually funny or am i just tired #i'm sorry professor tolkien #/end classification tags #túrin keeps becoming a bigger and bigger guy in my drawings and at this rate he's going to be way taller and broader than he should be #canonically he was really tall and broad but i don't think the professor meant like THIS #at least it makes him really distinct i guess #gonna be sufficiently intimidating for the dagor dagorath #but in the meantime he's just making beren look like a schoolkid in this doodle #(and as i'm sitting here writing these tags i suddenly realize i forgot túrin's white hair streaks again) #(tsk tsk shame on me) #(and didn't it say somewhere that beren's hair also turned grey...? i can't remember where it said that though) #(0 for 2 i have failed all of us) #ANYWAY in my absence tumblr apparently changed formatting again which is not cool but whatever #it's nice to draw again #i've had art block for like 9 months straight #and suddenly this month i suddenly was able to write AND draw again as if i never stopped #i've had writer's block since maybe 2021 so that was the most surprising part #weirdest thing ever but i'm not mad about it