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Aiden // 24 // Scottish
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Okay, so.

In the film adaptation of The Fellowship of the Ring, Frodo gets stabbed by a troll’s spear, and there’s this big dramatic scene where he reveals that he’s been wearing Bilbo’s old mithril corslet under his shirt the whole time.

In the book, Frodo doesn’t tell anyone about the mithril corslet until much later, as the Fellowship is busy running for their lives at the time, and the orcs aren’t kind enough to pause their assault for long enough for the Fellowship to have a mid-battle bonding moment:

Aragorn picked up Frodo where he lay by the wall and made for the stair, pushing Merry and Pippin in front of him. The others followed; but Gimli had to be dragged away by Legolas: in spite of the peril he lingered by Balin’s tomb with his head bowed. Boromir hauled the eastern door to, grinding upon its hinges: it had great iron rings on either side, but could not be fastened.
“I am all right,” gasped Frodo. “I can walk. Put me down!”
Aragorn nearly dropped him in amazement. “I thought you were dead!” he cried.
“Not yet!” said Gandalf. “But there is no time to wonder.”

Meaning that in the book version, for most of the span between the battle at Balin’s tomb and reaching Lothlórien, apart from Gandalf – who obviously figures it out straight away – the Fellowship have no idea how Frodo survived a troll-spear to the guts with nothing but bruised ribs to show for it. What did they think was going on?

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You think you’re joking, but after the stabbing incident and before the mithril corslet is revealed, this exchange happens:

“Well,” said Aragorn, “I can only say that hobbits are made of a stuff so tough that I have never met the like of it. Had I known, I would have spoken softer in the Inn at Bree! That spear-thrust would have skewered a wild boar!”
“Well, it did not skewer me, I am glad to say,” said Frodo.

So, I mean.

“Are hobbits indestructible?” asks Aragorn. “Sure, why not,” Frodo replies.

doctor who van gogh scene but it's showing boromir gondor restored

ok why you got me crying so early in the day

Imagine being able to tell Boromir that he did not fail Frodo. The ring is destroyed. Evil did not triumph.

Merry and Pippin are safe. They are safe because of him.

Aragorn is king. Gondor is restored to glory.

Faramir, his brother, is safe and loved. Alive. The line of Ecthelion is unbroken.

The Men of the West prevailed against Mordor and Boromir can rest easy knowing that the love he had for his people was not in vain.

😭

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got a folding fan and i think i might just be evil now

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i can make violent gestures with it. i can flutter it in front of my face to hide a smile. i can fan myself during this fucking summer heat. god’s most beautiful invention and i can feel myself falling to the dark side

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just killed a mosquito in one wicked strike. god will smite me for my hubris

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saw this massive onion bigger than my entire hand in the produce aisle and immediately snatched it up solely to weigh it and a guy across the aisle asked how much it weighed because he was curious as well and when i told him it was two pounds he excitedly was like “it’s like the biggest one i’ve ever seen..” humanity rocks moment. bonding with strangers over giant onion

tbh I can’t imagine aziraphale growing attached to puppies or kittens or anything like that bc it would break his heart each & every time he lost one to age , but I can picture him palling around w a giant tortoise, who lives upward of 100 years

aziraphale, lying on the floor to be face level with his tortoise friend: when you don’t age, time has far less meaning. I could never understand the urgency—why go hurry eternity? just because the tortoise and the hare went different speeds didn’t mean they couldn’t both envision the finish line. but after the experience of almost losing him, I’ve begun to wonder, I have left him waiting an awful long time, haven’t I?

tortoise: *chews a piece of lettuce*

good omens heritage post