lotr thought for the day: fandom (rightfully) gives legolas shit for being captain obvious in the films, always stating what was already blindingly clear to the rest of his companions, but think about this
what if legolas genuinely thinks the rest of the fellowship is just that dumb
he’s the oldest member of the group (aside from gandalf and let’s be honest the elves have never been quite sure about gandalf; he’s always high on pipeweed and hangs out with halflings and dwarves). he’s an elf. he was brought up surrounded by only other elves. he was raised by thranduil. this is the first time he’s hung out with anyone other than elves for any considerable length of time, and look, he just – he doesn’t know how much their nice harmless mortal brains are picking up, okay? he just wants to make sure everyone’s up to speed. he’s nice like that.
i’ve gained a lot more affection for the lord of the rings movies since the hobbit “adaptation” because it gave us all a horrifying glimpse of just how much worse it could have been
used to get upset at all the changes and omissions in LOTR but now i’m just like “oh thank fuck this actually resembles the original story to some degree and communicates SOME of the themes moderately effectively every once in a while”
elijah wood as frodo: pure boy, has never done anything wrong in his life, absolutely angelic and id die for him
elijah wood as himself: lives in a dumpster with a family of raccoons. sometimes when im alone in the forest in the dark during a full moon i can see him in the corner of my eye, stuffing his mouth full of moss and worms before hissing and running away. probably friends with mothman
ian mckellen as himself: pure boy, has never done anything wrong in his life, absolutely angelic and id die for him
ian mckellen as gandalf: lives in a dumpster with a family of raccoons. sometimes when im alone in the forest in the dark during a full moon i can see him in the corner of my eye, stuffing his mouth full of moss and worms before hissing and running away. probably friends with mothman
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*
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