Tag: tolkien

hacash:

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.

zagreus:

zagreus:

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”

valinorbound:

starlinginthesky:

lilyrose225writes:

riddlemehiddleston:

amber-and-ice:

timespaceprincess:

inksplotched:

terecita:

thatswhenyouseesparks:

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 don’t forget that for the rohirrim they put a call out for locals #bring a horse show us you can ride it and get a part in the battle scenes #and one women went out roped a wild horse and rode for a few days to set #and got to be a rider of rohan

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

creepsandcrawlers:

cydril:

thegrumpyhedgehog:

lesbianeowynn:

dimetrodone:

Apparently before Tolkien specified that hobbits look like humans some people thought they were some sorta weird critter

LotR remake with an elf, two men, a dwarf, a wizard, and four really big rabbits in coats

^^^^^^

Early editions also left out a detailed description of Gollum, giving us these lovelies

these slap and Jolkien Rolkien Rolkien Tolkien was a coward and bastard for opposing them

artekka:

femmegimli:

femmegimli:

john mulaney’s bit about thirteen year old children, except its the fellowship about hobbits

merry and pippin: HAHA look at that high-waisted man, he’s got feminine hips!

legolas, in the distance: NOOO THATS THE THING IM SENSITIVE ABOUT

I thought you meant,

Gandalf: Frodo, which way should we go? Over Carathras or through the Mines of Moria? Both of these choices are terrible.

Frodo: Who’s to say? I am very small and I have no shoes. So you can imagine the kind of stress that I am under.