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la-pheacienne · 20 hours

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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 #but i couldn't leave anything out #and i had MORE quotes that paralleled each other but there is a limit for the images #i must say i cried a little when i read them all back to back #especially the last sam quote #lotr #asoiaf #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

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autistook · 2 days

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I am half asleep and started thinking about the Fellowship at the dentist, so:

WOULD THE FELLOWSHIP BE AFRAID OF GOING TO THE DENTIST?

Frodo: No. Goes to the dentist very rarely anyway, as his genes have blessed him with basically zero cavities.

Sam: A little nervous about it, but he goes there regardless. He has cavities, and Frodo convinces him to go. His hands sweat while he is in the chair, and he bows as a thank you before leaving the room.

Pippin: No. He goes there for fun, because he wants to try the laugh gas. Claims to have cavities more often than he actually does, just so he can take a handful of the candy offered for kids when he leaves.

Merry: No. He goes in, flirts with the receptionist, sits in the chair, and goes home.

Aragorn: No, but before he became King and he went there once, there was a shit ton of cavities and it took him like 3 appointments to take care of them all.

Gimli: Doesn't even go. Some of his teeth are probably some gold he struck in his mouth himself to resemble teeth.

Boromir: Terrified. Said "Gondor has no dentist, Gondor needs no dentist" so many times that he was dragged to the dentist (next to his house) by force. He acts all cool, but when he stands up from the chair, its just wet from his sweat.

Legolas: Doesn't need a dentist. Sometimes goes there to hold Boromir's hand and to look at all the equipment in amazement.

Gandalf: Doesnt need a dentist, but goes there from time to time just to sit down on the chair and talk to the dentist and the assistants for hours. He does this so often he has been banned from several places because 'he keeps wasting work time by endless talking'.

And as a bonus:

Bilbo: Passes out the second he sees the drill.

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born-to-seek-and-destroy · 3 days

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I let my friend whose never seen lotr name lotr characters

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frodothefair · 3 days

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꧁ Chapter 25 - Mine ꧂

READ ON AO3┃READ FROM THE BEGINNING

SUMMARY : Frodo comes back from the war, and finds love and healing with Sam’s sweet younger sister. (J.R.R. Tolkien meets Jane Austen.)

CHAPTER SUMMARY : Spring arrives in the Shire, and Frodo, Marigold, and Sam heal from the past together.

PAIRING : Frodo/Marigold Gamgee (Sam’s sister in canon), Frodo/Sam (secondary) GENRES : hurt/comfort, sickfic, whump, angst, slow burn romance, slice of life WARNINGS : PTSD; this chapter specifically: death (nothing graphic), pregnancy loss (nothing graphic), and intimate moments 💚 RATING : M┃WORD COUNT : 9 k chapter, 142 k total A/N: Things do get intimate in one of the scenes - and yes, it is still plot-relevant! As always, the more sensitive parts are marked by asterisks *** at the beginning and at the end, and there are summaries in footnotes so you can skip those parts and still know what happened.

TAGS: @konartiste @bumblingbriars @hippodameia @luna--nyx @meluiloth

@brigwife @from-the-coffee-shop-in-edoras @invisiblewashboard @niamhcinnoir @emmanuellececchi

EXCERPT :

She knew his pain all too well now that she had seen it through his eyes, and in some ways, she reckoned that he had never ceased to feel like he was naked in the dark, never ceased to feel like he would wake up to the shouts and the rough hands of orcs, never ceased to breathe the air that was less air, and more poisonous fume. But even so, he never ceased to think of her – of how to make things easier and less painful for her, of how to make her feel both loved and worthy, and how to make the past hold less sway.

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brigwife · 11 months

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#frodo baggins #sam gamgee #samwise medium naturals #lotr #lord of the rings

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penny-anna · 2 months

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Sam Gamgee + text posts

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#lord of the rings #lotr #sam gamgee #lotr text post memes

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kindlythevoid · 4 months

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Friendly reminder that Frodo named his pony Strider when he got back to the Shire. Friendly reminder that all the hobbits continued to call Aragorn “Strider” (at least on occasion) even after his coronation. Friendly reminder that Aragorn said that the name meant so much to him that he was going to make it his family name. Friendly reminder that the hobbits and Aragorn considered themselves close friends, even with everything going on. Friendly reminder that Merry and Pippin are buried with Aragorn.

#Pg. 336 for Frodo naming the pony strider #That’s all the pages I have right now #Trust my guys trust #The hobbits and Aragorn are best friends and it is my mission that everyone knows it #just yelling into the void #the lord of the rings #kiki re-re-re-reads the lord of the rings #SHHEEP #aragorn #the hobbits #merry and pippin #frodo baggins #sam gamgee #meriadoc brandybuck #peregrin took

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lithiumseven · 2 years

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Frodo: *stabbed by an immortal blade*

The Hobbits: What do we do Mr. Strider

The Hobbits: *looking to this big scary mountain man so intimidating and mysterious they don’t even know his real name*

Aragorn, truly just some guy at heart: I’m gonna call my dad

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achillyscomedown · 3 months

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optional · 7 months

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

#lotredit #aragorn #frodo baggins #sam gamgee #merry brandybuck #peregrin took #usermal #userfer #userzaynab #userfrodosam #usersansa #usermakilah #lord of the rings #return of the king #film #ours #by mali

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luckylucyart · 3 months

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#lotr #tolkien #hobbits #frodo baggins #frodo and sam #sam gamgee #my art #I love this scene sm

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boromirthedad · 3 months

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#lotr #lord of the rings #gandalf #frodo baggins #sam gamgee #samwise gamgee #pippin took #peregrin took #merry brandybuck #meriadoc brandybuck #aragorn #legolas greenleaf #legolas #boromir #gimli son of gloin #gimli #lotr memes #wren posting

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autistook · 1 day

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The Lord of the Rings

#lotr #lord of the rings #the lord of the rings #pippin took #tolkien #merry brandybuck #peregrin took #lotr edit #lotr gifs #lotr pippin #frodo baggins #samwise gamgee #sam gamgee #middle earth #lotr gif #tolkien gifs #jrrt #aragorn

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babe-bombadil · 6 months

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Please reblog for bigger sample size because this is very important information

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chechula · 4 months

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Journey through the Middle-earth continues:

Nazgul on the East-west Road and Sam's recital under petrified trolls ♡

#tolkien #troll #nazgul #sam gamgee

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missmargaretcarter · 4 months

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Can I just say how much I enjoy that almost everyone in Lord of the Rings is an adult. Like a grown ass adult. I do realize the hobbits are relatively young for their species, but there’s no chosen one teenagers, they’re not a group of random twenty something’s who also happen to somehow be geniuses, no childlike drama or super honed abilities that have somehow only been developed before high school. Just a bunch of old, weary adults getting shit done, honing their craft after years and years and being badass regardless of age.

Editing for the new folks reblogging: Pippin is the exception this. I mentioned the hobbits are young for their species, with Pippin being the youngest. Still, the main idea is that overall, this isn’t a YA novel with all twenty-something protagonists.

#lotr #lord of the rings #Tolkien #aragorn #frodo baggins #legolas #gimli #boromir #sam gamgee #merry brandybuck #pippin #gandalf #faramir #eowyn #Arwen #eomer #theoden

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