Frodo at Mount Doom.
Gandalf Big Naturals my beloved
Years ago I saw a Lord of the Rings display at Barnes and Noble that included a Hallmark-style greeting card with Frodo on the front and inside text that read: “We set out to save the Shire, Sam. And it has been saved. But not for me.”
And I have been thinking about that card ever since, desperately wishing I had bought it, and wondering what the fuck kind of occasion would warrant a card featuring that sentiment.
weirdly enough, i have actually been the recipient of that exact card. it was a birthday card from someone who knew i loved lotr but didn’t really know much about the actual movie, but i feel like she should’ve been clued into the ‘wtf’ vibe from the incredibly agonized face frodo is making on the front of the card.
If you still have that card… I would do anything to see a photo of it. You can cover up the personalized message, but I really, really, really want to see proof that this card existed and was not the product of my overactive imagination.
@glumshoe I FOUND IT!!
I’d forgotten just how close to death Frodo looks on the front, not to mention Sam’s agonized face and the very odd stylistic choice of including the Ring instruction and the Eye of Sauron in the background. who the hell is the target audience for this?
Fuck!!!! It’s so much better than I remembered!
What sentiment is this supposed to CONVEY
Idk, i think a “condolences for your debilitating PTSD” card is warranted sometimes
“There are many magic rings in this world, Bilbo Baggins, and none of them should be used lightly.”
-Gandalf the Grey, wielder of Narya the Ring of Fire and also coincidentally maker of the best magic fireworks in the world
I never draw Legolas, I'm still figuring out his clothes, But I absolutely adore drawing gimlis hair.
I did start doing a painting of this and thats over on Instagram
Hey in middle earth is there any ecological consequences for those big fuckin eagles
Goblins and hobbits both make their homes underground
Funniest answer for why gandalf didnt use eagles to carry the hobbits to mordor
So a couple Christmases ago, I got an emergency whistle in my stocking. It was supposed to be deafeningly loud, so obviously not the sort of thing you blow on Christmas morning just to see what it sounds like. And let me tell you, pretty much that whole morning, I was dying to blow that whistle. Out of curiosity, and because I wasn't supposed to. The next time I had the house to myself, it was one of the first things I did.
All of this to say, when Susan rode around with her horn strapped to her saddle, I wonder how often she was intrusively tempted to just pick it up and blow it? Was is hard to run around Narnia with a horn she was only supposed to blow when she was definitely, seriously, for-real in danger?
And more to the point, what about Caspian? Did he ride away from Dr. Cornelius with a little voice in the back of his head going blow the horn dude c'mon just blow it find out what it sounds like c'mon dude?
hey I'm sorry to fandom-pivot on your post but i really believe this lotr excerpt is relevant to your point because it features a grown man blowing his very loud war-horn for no apparent reason
Boromir had a long sword, in fashion like Anduril but of less lineage and he bore also a shield and his war-horn.
'Loud and clear it sounds in the valleys of the hills,' he said, and then let all the foes of Gondor flee!' Putting it to his lips he blew a blast, and the echoes leapt from rock to rock, and all that heard that voice in Rivendell sprang to their feet.
'Slow should you be to wind that horn again, Boromir, said Elrond. 'until you stand once more on the borders of your land, and dire need is on you.'
'Maybe,' said Boromir
Elrond: don’t do that shit in my house again
Boromir: 😌
trying to learn silm lore and characters and all their mf names got me feeling like
just so i can read the fun fanon without pulling up a spreadsheet to remind me which fucked up tragically doomed elf i’m tryna read about
I found the Prancing Pony Podcast’s Silmarillion season to be really helpful with this; they already did all the heavy lifting research wise, and they relay it in a more accessible form with jokes and context as needed.
What if Shelob ate the hobbits and took the one ring for herself. Do you think Sauron would have ever gotten it back, or would Middle Earth have been ruled by a giant invisible spider instead.
My best bet is that she would have eaten it. She would then have been given power according to her own mind and stature. As a child of Ungoliant, this would mean that she grew ever larger and hungrier, slowly developing into a sort of black hole perched above Minas Morgul that equalled or outstripped Sauron in power and terror. And she wouldn't be very picky about what she ate.
Probably no invisibility because she's not really interested in that kind of power.
I mean, Ungoliant was one of the few beings to scare Sauron’s boss Morgoth, so I think Shelob would at LEAST give him Sauron a run for his money.
Théoden King
“For he was a gentle heart and a great king and kept his oaths; and he rose out of the shadows to a last fair morning.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien