Endless Lord of the Rings Gifs [39/???]
But do not trust to hope. It has forsaken these lands.
KARL URBAN as Éomer in THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY (2001-2003) dir. Peter Jackson.
Feasting in Lindon // Concept art
The Rings of Power
The Battle of Helm’s Deep
The National Elk Refuge toward Grand Teton National Park at sunset
National Elk Refuge, Wyoming, USA
“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”
Fall, you will be greatly missed. 🍁 (at Pinawa Dam Provincial Park)
I think what I love about LOTR so much is the tenderness each character has for one another. Affection just… isn’t taboo. If you love someone, you hold them close, and that’s that.
TOLKIEN WEEK - Favourite quote
‘Your duty is with your people,’ he answered. ‘Too often have I heard of duty,’ she cried. ‘But am I not of the House of Eorl, a shieldmaiden and not a dry-nurse? I have waited on faltering feet long enough. Since they falter no longer, it seems, may I not now spend my life as I will?’ ‘Few may do that with honour,’ he answered. ‘But as for you, lady: did you not accept the charge to govern the people until their lord’s return? [..].’ ‘Shall I always be chosen?’ she said bitterly. ‘Shall I always be left behind when the Riders depart, to mind the house while they win renown, and find food and beds when they return?’ ‘A time may come soon,’ said he, ‘when none will return. Then there will be need of valour without renown, for none shall remember the deeds that are done in the last defence of your homes. Yet the deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.’ And she answered: ‘All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But when the men have died in battle and honour, you have leave to be burned in the house, for the men will need it no more.”
