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79. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won all 11 categories it was nominated for at the 2003 Academy Awards: Best Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Original Song, Sound Mixing, Art Direction, Makeup, Costume Design, Film Editing, and Visual Effects. It is the highest sweep in Oscar history.

Because holy tits the sexual tension.

And hobbit cuteness.

Thank you Tolkien, thank you Peter Jackson.

so once upon a time, late at night in the dark of a con hotel room, we were having a conversation about what lord of the rings race we were.

and sarah was like “I’m an elf.”

and I was like “No you are too ridiculous for an elf.”

And there was a long pause in the darkness. And then from the other bed she goes:

“You’re right.”

Pause.

“I’m a balrog.”

So yesterday we had to buy her a stocking cause somehow we lost ours. So I got her this one:

And then I corrected it:

Subtle but with depth, complex in its context yet simple in feelings , fought for but not with suffering. Kudos, Tolkien.

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