#where the shadows lie

[necrobratz]

sum fanart for Where the Shadows Lie by my moot @lordoftherazzles :3 tilda and her new small horse cat!!!!!

#ft my cat thorin design cus razzy liked it <333 #hes big!! big asf!!! #lotr #the hobbit #lord of the rings #thorin oakenshield #Tilda the hobbit #where the shadows lie #fanart #my art #lotr art

[hellofeanor]

For RINGS OF POWER WEEK 2023: Day two: favourite musical theme

Where the Shadows Lie, all vocals by me, with @niennawept joining in for a lil bonus of Sauron's Theme at the end on the upper A2 line. A creepy a cappella arrangement just in time for spoopy season!

The two themes here are, completely by coincidence, the first and last musical themes I heard from the show: Sauron's theme a couple months before the premiere when they released two teaser tracks (Sauron and Galadriel), and then Where the Shadows Lie in its full vocal version at the end of episode 8. It's kind of difficult to say whether these two are my *favourites*, since honestly I love the whole soundtrack overall. But Where the Shadows lie was definitely the vocal piece best suited to my voice in the recording environment I wanted to use, and Sauron's Theme worked out to weave into the arrangement at the end. And uhhhhh I've kind of been wading through a lot of Mordor stuff lately so these seemed like the obvious choices.

Most of the audio tracks you hear were sung in the echoey concrete stairwell at work. All of that reverb is 100% natural, picked up on the original recording, and is completely unaltered. The only editing I did to any of the tracks was trimming to line up the timing and some volume adjustments. So we have a lot of background atmospheric noise and a few random weird sounds. It was also done just on my phone's voice recorder app, so the quality is a little iffy, but honestly I really like the effect overall.

#ropweek2023 #rings of power #trop #tolkien #middle earth #oooh spoopy #where the shadows lie #sauron's theme #bear mccreary

[wtslpod]

Hi Rings of Power Fandom! Where the Shadows Lie: A Rings of Power Podcast Episode 1 is up! Check out our introductory episode (runtime: 10min) in which we explain our interest in The Rings of Power and the Tolkien fandom in general, and tell you what we're planning to do (and what we're NOT planning to do) on this podcast. 

Then in our first full episode (runtime: 36min) we discuss the pilot of The Rings of Power, "A Shadow of the Past," including our favorite character moments, the Big Scenes, and why we think people whining about short-haired elves are boring. 

Find us on buzzsprout or your podcatcher of choice (including apple podcasts in the coming days).

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#the rings of power #rop podcast #rings of power #lotr rings of power #where the shadows lie #lotr trop #trop #lotr on prime #wtslpod

[sirioniel]

Can't stop listening.

Where the Shadows Lie

I mean honestly - one of the most beautiful renditions of the ring poem.

#tolkien #the rings of power #trop #rings of power #fiona apple #bear mccreary #soundtrack #the ring verse #Youtube #the ring poem #where the shadows lie #the lord of the rings #music

[jorts-nv]

listening to ten and a half minutes of the broken line and broken silence to get to the where the shadows lie cue

#the broken line and broken silence #where the shadows lie #Bear McCreary #i owe you my life #lotr trop #mine #rings of power

[beyonddarkness]

#rings of power #ropedit #where the shadows lie #sauron #galadriel #video #myedit #youtube #Youtube

[insiemes]

Kaz Brekker, bastard of the Barrell, Dirtyhands being described in everyone else’s chapters

Kaz Brekker, during his own chapters internally simping over Inej Ghafa

#where is the lie #mans was gone for her #my darling inej #inej my beloved #kaz brekker #shadow and bone #six of crows #soc #kanej #kanej headcanon #i want you #inej ghafa

[wandering-woodlands]

@kingiinthesouth​

ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʜᴀᴅᴏᴡꜱ ʟɪᴇ

✶   ― The putrid smell of fire and brimstone overwhelmed her senses and was enough to make her sick. The air itself was thick and hot, cloaked with ash that blocked out all light from the sun above, leaving any wandering traveler to question whether it was day or night.  

“Bring the she-elf,” a gruff voice demanded.  

Roughly Tauriel was pulled to her feet, but she found herself staggering to stand, her vision still clouded from the hit she endured at the hands of the massive Uruk. Blinking several times, she attempted to regain her bearings, noting how tight the bonds around her wrist were tied, rubbing and cutting into the delicate flesh.  

“Move, elf scum,” the voice barked in her ear, and she tried to speak, but the gag in her mouth forbade her from doing so.  

Her captor gave her a rough push and Tauriel quickly became attentive to the surrounding figures. Orcs.  She was encircled by them—twisted, mutilated and tortured were their faces. All of them sneering and taunting her as she was being led through the mob until they reached a clearing.  

A heavy hand came to rest on Tauriel’s shoulder, and she quickly felt herself buckle as the Uruk kicked the back of her legs out from under her, bringing the young elf down to her knees.  Silently she cursed herself for the mistake she had made in search for Arondir.  

“We found her wandering our boarders, my Lord,” the Uruk grumbled to a figure she could not make out through the smoke.  “An elf captain of Greenwood.  What would you have us do with her?”

#-- ✶ || thread: kingiinthesouth #kingiinthesouth #where the shadows lie

[sonknuxadow]

its funny that people always talk about shadow having a gun and shadow is known as The Guy With The Gun when tails uses guns way more often and also the idea of tails using guns is objectively funnier than the idea of shadow using guns

#shadow: has a game where you can use guns if you want to but its not a requirement most of the time #and shadow himself isnt really shown using guns within the actual story #tails: tiny little 8 year old always using guns or weapons that resemble guns that ar elike double his size #Society #maybe its about the fact that the one time shadow used guns they were mostly more realistic looking ones? #while tails uses more cartoony looking weapons #also my feelings on shadow and guns are kinda mixed . yeah it looks cool i will not lie #but also with the whole ''lost a loved one to gun violence'' thing i feel like shadow would be a bit wary of guns #but also he doesnt remember his past in shth and didnt use guns again after that so. maybe that Is the case idk

[ofbreathandflame]

Why do Rhysand stans always pretend to be Feyre stans? It's always a bit pathetic bc they're like "I'm Feyre first" and then you look on the blog and they've gotten at least three metas about "why I understand what Rhysand did😔" or they're like 'we know he was wrong but"

Why aren't y'all just honest about what you like? If you know you are going always prioritize Rhysand feelings and actions, even when they objectively clash with Feyre's why are yall so adamant on lying about it. These conversations would be so much more fruitful if people just admit they enjoy the bad boy more. This literally happened with Darkling and Alina and as soon as Alina was disentangled from Darklina y'all called her everything but a child of god😂

Y'all love for Feyre is conditional on her love for Rhys. Feyre is bbygirl as long as Feysand is the name of the game. Which is fine for personal preferences, but is a bit taxing when you feel obligated to care for a character you don't like outside the dynamic.

#this is such a big problem with the bad boys #people never want to admit the appeal within these dynamics is always the dark-haired bad boy #rey and alina and feyre were beloved because of the dynamics #and the moment characters like rey and alina were removed from it...queue the hate #and i love shadow and bone bc i think alina is always a mirror of how feyre's character would be received if she ended up with a tamlin #or a tarquin or just anyone but the bad boy #watching the switch up on alina live is a quite funny phenenom i gotta write something abt it #and i know i said i wouldnt but its just so glaring #i have to #anti sjm: feyre archeron #anti rhysand #at least sjm is very honest abt her unrequited love for rhys #we know where her priorities will always lie

[lordoftherazzles]

🍃 As The Tide Turns ‣ (4/9) ‣ The lost treasure of Durin the Deathless has been sought by many and found by none, but to Bilbo Baggins, it’s merely another riddle just waiting to be solved. The self-proclaimed “Deathless” expert finds himself whisked away aboard The Ravenheart, led by the infamous Captain Oakenshield, and the two embark on an unexpected journey to solve one of history’s biggest mysteries. (pirate au, teen and up, 23k)

🍃 Between Vices and Virtues ‣ (6/6) ‣ King Thorin Durinson has only held the throne for a few months after the death of his greedy predecessor. When Shire Inquiry journalist Bilbo Baggins is brought in to observe a meeting of powers, it's quickly made apparent that Thorin's sheltered and strict lifestyle has him completely disconnected from those he rules, as well as his family. It's up to Bilbo to show Thorin that the world is worth exploring and that not everything is as it seems. (modern royalty au, gen, 40k)

🍃 Bookbinder//Songwriter ‣ (13/???) ‣ Thorin Durinul has always dreamed of making it to the big leagues in the music industry. Ered Luin’s newest citizen, Bilbo Baggins, an aspiring writer and all-around bookworm, has recently taken ownership of the mountain town’s dusty old corner shop, now, Bag End Books. They weren’t looking for love, but now they can’t imagine tackling life’s challenges without each other. (modern band/bookshop au, explicit, 76k)

🍃 Dragonhearted ‣ (15/15) ‣ Thorin lives a life of solitude since Smaug’s curse fell upon Erebor. That is, until a brave hobbit turns the mountain upside down with little fear of Thorin’s snarls, scales and enchanted company, and learns to love a beast. (beauty & the beast au, explicit, 83k)

🍃 Forget-Me-Not ‣ (3/3) ‣ After the Battle of the Five Armies, Thorin remains out of consciousness until his outbursts of pain become too much for Bilbo to witness. Bilbo - the hobbit whom Thorin married in Lake-town - begs Gandalf for assistance. Magic may have pulled the pain away and brought Thorin to a lucid state, but it also took his memories of the quest, Bilbo, and their marriage, away from him. Now, with a fair warning from Gandalf that rushing Thorin's memories too quickly may cause him to relapse, Bilbo must tread carefully around his feelings, while Thorin is dead-set on courting the hobbit he can't remember he married. (post-botfa/amnesia au, gen, 14k)

🍃 Fuck Thy Neighbor ‣ (7/7) ‣ Bilbo and Thorin have a past, one that spans no longer than one wild evening which resulted in far too many drinks, a 24-hour chapel, and not knowing the other’s last name. They both thought they could simply ‘deal with it later’. When ‘later’ finally arrives, they must learn how to co-exist now as neighbors, but also as accidental newlyweds. (accidental marriage/neighbors au, explicit, 31k)

🍃 Golden Hearts Bleed Faster ‣ (1/9) ‣ Bilbo Baggins, Prince of the Shire, has been left with a kingdom on his back and a ring in his hand after the unexpected death of his parents. Bodyguard Thorin Oakenshield has been brought in to see to the prince’s safety, and do a little investigating of his own on the matter in hopes of coming face to face with the one who turned his mountain, and his life, upside down some years prior. (modern royalty/bodyguard au, teen+, 3.5k)

🍃 Kurdu 'abadaz ‣ (6/10) ‣ It's said the Arkenstone is the literal heart of the mountain with a pulse of its own, ensuring life can sustain within it, but it's also been said that the Arkenstone can drive any king mad. Not every curse of madness is the same. When Thorin Oakenshield is plucked from his eternal slumber by some miracle of the stone, he must work with Bilbo to navigate this new world and what it means for the both of them. (post-botfa/supernatural au, explicit, 34k)

🍃 May Your Forge Burn Bright ‣ (18/18) ‣ Thorin labors as a blacksmith within the world of men to support his family and the other displaced dwarves of Erebor. Change comes to his monotonous routine when the smithy he works in unexpectedly comes under a hobbit’s management. (pre-quest au, explicit, 109k)

🍃 (Take Me Back To) The Night We Met ‣ (6/6) ‣ On a night when The Green Dragon Inn is out of vacancy, Bilbo Baggins opens up his home to a trio of displaced and rain-soaked dwarves. The two children of the bunch are happy to have a temporary home away from the rain, but their uncle, Thorin, sees it only as a debt to be repaid. (pre-quest au, gen, 25k)

🍃 They Stole My Heart (Along With the Rest of Him) ‣ (6/6) ‣ After departing less than amicably, Thorin and Bilbo find themselves pining over memories and questions of ‘what if’ without any courage to seek out the answers themselves. So their friends and family step in to help…some more forcefully than others. (post-botfa/kidnap au, teen and up, 21k collab with @sunnyrosewritesstuff)

🍃 When Darkness Shines Brightest ‣ (10/10) ‣ As the Master of Shadows and King Under the Mountain, Thorin lives burdened with guilt and loss, for Erebor is dark, dead, and on the brink. That is until he finds a possible solution to save his people in a being that radiates light and life. But is it truly possible to save them all from the shadows he created? (hades&persephone/TNBC au, teen and up, 58k)

🍃 Where The Shadows Lie ‣ (8/???) ‣ Bag End Bed & Breakfast collects more dust than customers these days. An unexpected visit lands a company of royal vampires into Bilbo’s care. As he learns to coexist, he discovers secrets to his lineage. (vampire/slayer au, explicit, 59k)

#bagginshield #thilbo #the hobbit #thorin x bilbo #bilbo x thorin #hobbit fic #bagginshield fic #razzywrites #fic: as the tide turns #fic: between vices and virtues #fic: bookbinder//songwriter #fic: dragonhearted #fic: fuck thy neighbor #fic: kurdu 'abadaz #fic: may your forge burn bright #fic: the night we met #fic: when darkness shines brightest #fic: where the shadows lie #fic: forget-me-not #fic: they stole my heart #fic: golden hearts bleed faster

[andytheoverthinker]

i am in desperate need of a frances hardinge fandom, please more people need to read those books

#where are yall #i need someone to appreciate these masterpieces with me #and fangirl over saracen the winged warzone #and the amazingly chaotic duo that is eponymous clent and mosca mye #as well as the queer and neurodivergent metafor masterpiece that is the cuckoo song #actually you know what #i’m gonna make a separate blog for this #when you cannot find the fandom you make the fandom #diy #if these books are ever adapted for like a movie or series i will freak out #anyway #frances hardinge #the lie tree #the cuckoo song #a face like glass #deeplight #gullstruck island #a skinful of shadows #fly by night #uh this is a lot of tags #is it okay to add this much? #i don’t really care #bye

[genericaces]

I don't know how to pitch this video I made except that it's me losing my mind about Angel s4 (with some Buffy parallels), Connor, and the Themes and Motifs of free will and the choices we make and living life without the expectation of reward

#do you ever think about how by the end of s4 connor feels like the only meaningful choice he can make is to kill himself #and then in the scene where he has dinner with his other family he's talking about his choices for college/the future #pipeline from: it's lame that connor is always making choices based on a lie someone told him it's like he has no agency #to: CONNOR IS ALWAYS MAKING CHOICES BASED ON A LIE SOMEONE TOLD HIM IT'S LIKE HE HAS NO AGENCY #insane how bleak a shadow everything with cordy casts over what's otherwise a season of television #angel the series #ats #buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #connor #edit: got rid of the gif because while accurate i hated how it ate up space on the post

[starlessvsaint]

sab incorrect quotes 3/∞ 

#where is the lie #darklina #darklinaedit #alina starkov #alinastarkovedit #aleksander morozova #the darkling #darklingedit #shadow and bone #shadowandboneedit #shadowandbonecentral #dailyshadowandbone #userrobin #userburn #userbecca #userelenagilbert #userzoya #userhayf #ivashkovadrian #my edit

[atane-is-here]

In the land of Mordor where the shadows lie.

#just sauron looking for some free real estate #mordor #the land of mordor where the shadows lie #second age #middle earth #sauron #mairon #anatar #the lord of the rings #the silmarillion #lord of the rings fanart #lotr #lotr fanart #silm fanart #my art #JRR Tolkien #jrrt

[lesbiradshaw]

sometimes I worry if I've accidentally slipped into headcanons around stucky b/c the majority of the the fanon is so different and overwhelming sometimes but then someone shares the scripts to the movies and remember my "headcanons" are actual canon and I've just been forgetting how layered and deep devastating these two are and I'm not making it up omfg

Bucky was Steve's shield and savior the whole time keeping him safe he faced the brutality of war and tried to protect him from it and was willing to die to keep Steve rogers safe and faced indescribable horrors enslaved in his own mind for it, & Steve is pained in his soul for failing to return the favor and protect his hero in return and now Bucky Barnes is named as a face of evil while everyone praises Captain America and it feels so wrong to Steve and he throws his whole life into doing right by Bucky because he is his home he was the first hero and the history books will never give Buck his due. I am inconsolable T.T

MCU was cooking when they were first writing their story. Marvel needs to stop being afraid of stucky and get back to their roots they had such gold at the heart of their story it was like divine intervention how hard they went at the beginning

one of my fav bits of Steve&Bucky Lore that isn’t explicitly shown in the movie is that bucky isn’t only steve’s protector before the war, he’s also the first one who actually taught steve how to defend himself. steve’s motivation to stand up to bullies is completely his own but in the first vengeance comic (the tfa prequel) bucky, upon realizing steve is not going to give up on enlisting, decides that since he can’t persuade steve to stay out of it, he’s going to make sure he at least knows the basics of protecting himself. they go to bucky’s boxing gym together and bucky gives him lessons on how to fight, stressing the importance of steve focusing his tactics on speed and agility because the people he’ll be going up against are going to be bigger, but not necessarily dumb. he has a whole speech that sort of ties into what erskine says about steve being the little guy— and even when steve takes the serum and gets bigger and stronger, you can tell that he uses what bucky taught him. bucky didn’t stop protecting steve when they were apart. he did his best to prepare him to fight despite being frustrated by how steve was trying to throw himself headfirst into battle and i think that speaks to how much they understand each other. bucky knew steve was too stubborn to stay out of it and steve knew bucky would never let the matter go without doing his best to help. even when they weren’t necessarily on the same side of an argument, they were still a team, and that’s something that has never changed.

#i love first vengance sm theres sooooo much good material not just for the ship but also both characters #bucky has no issue acknowledging steves weaknesses because he knows where steve other strengths lie #my family forever there will never be anyone else like them #that one interview that talks ab how wartime bucky kind of works in the shadows & does some of the more gruesome work so steve wont have to #and thats another aspect of him protecting steve even after the serum like that shit is ingrained into his SOUL #its what makes the ending of tws poetic. bucky coming back to himself is a process kicked off by his instinct to protect steve breaking thru #‘​i know men with none of that worth ten of you’ ‘even when i had nothing i had bucky’ YEAHHHHHHHH. #the mcu can try and rewrite history but tws remains one of their best projects so that shit isnt gonna work! #stevebucky