On Boromir rememberance day do yall remember that one time he was fighting this impossible battle in Osgiliath against countless foes and, realising they would never be able to find victory, decided to blow up the bridge behind himself? Ensuring the orcs were stalled at the river so the rest of the Garrison in the west of the ruined city had time to retreat? And then he and his brother and a handful of good men just stayed to defend the bridge until the deed was done, knowing that, even if they succeeded, there would be no means of escape bar swimming across the massive and incredibly fast flowing Anduin in presumably chain mail at least? Being hailed with arrows as they did? And then they did that??? PETER JACKSON YOU COULD HAVE GIVEN US THE WORLD JUST LISTEN-
reblog if it’s okay for people to give you a bunch of elves are killed in a kinslaying
Childhood: wow Frodo was so brave
Adolescence: wow Frodo was so brave
Adulthood: wow Frodo was so brave
This blog will always be a Frodo appreciation zone.
Merry: we’ve been conducting an ongoing study to see what Legolas will and will not eat
Pippin: grass? yes!
Merry: moss? yes!!
Pippin: leaves? Ohh, yes!
Merry: bootlaces? Strange but true!
Pippin: worms? Sometimes!
Merry: Rocks? Nah
Pippin: twigs? usually!
Merry: Pippin’s cooking? Inconclusive!
Faramir: how did you… test this
Merry: you just hand him stuff and say ‘this is for you’ and if he eats it, he eats it
Faramir: …….I don’t know how to feel about this
Aragorn: IS THAT WHERE ALL MY SPARE BOOTLACES WENT
Pippin: well what did you need so many spare bootlaces for anyway
Aragorn: in case… the ones in my boots…. break!!!
Pippin: !!!!!ohhh!!!
Merry: aha!
Faramir: how could you not know that
Pippin: pff you expect me to know how boots work? *walks away*
Legolas: when I ate them, I did not know they were your bootlaces. I thought they were leathery and inferior worms.
Aragorn: so you didn’t even enjoy them
Aragorn: why did you eat them ALL if you didn’t enjoy them
Legolas: Merry and Pippin seemed to like it when I ate the gifts they gave me so usually I ate them
Merry: *slamming his fist down upon the table* you’ve COMPROMISED our test results!!
Gimli, from a distance:
Merry, yelling back: WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT IT ARE YOU A SCIENTIST
Gimli: YES
Bilbo: The Road goes ever on and on
Frodo: *in Mordor* oh my god this road is going on forever
Still my favorite story from the Lord of the Rings set: Viggo Mortensen bonded so much with the horse he rode in the movies that after filming was over he bought it from its owner. If that doesn’t warm your heart I don’t know what could.
don’t forget that he also bought arwen’s horse for her stunt rider when she couldn’t afford it awww
also sort of relevant viggo also bought the horse that costarred with him in the movie hidalgo and subsequently took the horse (tj) with him to the red carpet premier.
Also most of the Riders of Rohan are actually women because when they put out that call mostly women showed up with their horses and the costume team just stuck beards on them.
if this isn’t the best post i don’t
So you’re saying the entire Rohan army could have killed the Witch-King of Angmar.
Witch King: No living man can kill me!
several thousand riders of Rohan: *rip their fake beards off*
Witch King: Oh fuck…
*screeches* We aRE NO MEN
I was curious and yeah… Viggo actually did that!
when a weird new human shows up in ur secret elven kingdom looking like he just killed a man and he calls himself Bloodstained and he’s definitely unstable but he wants to build u a snazzy bridge
you: húrin me: sign me the FUCK up 👌👀👌👀👌👀👌👀👌👀 good shit go౦ԁ sHit👌
Sudden realization
EVERYTHING COMES IN THREES IN THE SILMARILLION. AND THERE’S A REPEATING PATTERN OF THE THREE ELEMENTS: FIRE, AIR AND WATER
Three elven clans:
- Noldor = fire. Craftsmen, inventors, loremasters
- Vanyar = air. High and noble
- Teleri = water. For obvious reasons
Three sons of Finwe:
- Feanor = fire. Associated with the colour red
- Fingolfin = air. Associated with the colour blue
- Finarfin = water. Associated with the colour white
Three Silmarils:
- One in the fires of the Earth
- One high in the sky
- One in the depths of the sea
Three Rings for the Elves:
- Narya = Ring of Fire. Red
- Vilya = Ring of Air. Blue
- Nenya = Ring of Water. White
And the three last remaining Noldor royals, who also bore the rings (not counting Elrond because of his mixed heritage):
- Celebrimbor = fire. House of Feanor
- Gil-galad = air. House of Fingolfin (at least in the Silmarillion)
- Galadriel = water. House of Finarfin
The hobbits invent a fun game called ‘how close can we get to our friends before they notice us’
easy mode: Gimli (makes a lot of noise himself, very easy to sneak up on)
medium mode: Boromir (challenging enough to be great fun)
hard more: Aragorn (VERY attentive to his surroundings)
expert mode: Legolas
it takes them a LONG time to get Legolas but Frodo eventually manages it and it’s magnificent
Legolas: *sitting around minding his own business*
Frodo: *two inches from his ear* hi Legolas what’s up
Legolas: ANDAGNDOAHGDLKHNKDLFHLKFDANGLKFDAGN????? *backflips to his feet in confusion*
*cue the rest of the fellowship losing their fucking minds*
after that he’s onto them and they never manage it again
Tuor
- favorite thing about them: he survived like, every bad thing that came his way and ended up (relatively) happy
- least favorite thing about them: did he die? Does he now live forever in Valinor with Idril? WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM, TOLKIEN??
- favorite line: I have to admit that I don’t remember
- brOTP: Tuor and Voronwë
- OTP: Tuor/Idril
- nOTP: I never really thought of one
- random headcanon: he’s the kind of person who goes around Gondolin and carries random kids on his shoulders
- unpopular opinion: I want him to live an elf’s life in Valinor
- song I associate with them: low-key Greek Tragedy by The Wombats
but this might just be because I’m listening to it right now - favorite picture of them: this one by @qess-sie
Thank you @feanoriansappreciation
I think this is my favourite drawing of these two