not all men? you’re right. aragorn son of arathorn son of arador son of argonui son of arathorn son of arassuil son of arahad son of aravorn son of aragost son of arahad son of araglas son of aragorn son of aravir son of aranuir son of arahael son of aranarth son of arvedui son of araphant son of araval son of arveleg son of arvegil son of argeleb son of araphor son of arveleg son of argeleb son of malvegil son of celebrindor son of mallor son of beleg son of amlaith son of earendur son of elendur son of valandur son of tarondur son of tarcil son of arantar son of eldacar son of valandil son of isildur would never do this.
really tired of seeing “x lord of the rings character is gay” posts that aren’t about gandalf when he’s clearly the gayest character in the stories
falls off a cliff to his death in front of his most beloved friends only to show up like a week later, hair dyed in a new outfit like “oh i forgot my own name” what level of gay drama
one of my favorite lotr facts is that gondorians speak sindarin as a first language and yet when faramir was talking to frodo and sam about cirith ungol he was like “we don’t know what’s in there.” like faramir. cirith ungol is sindarin for “pass of the spider.” do the math
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Don’t forget that Frodo also speaks Sindarin, which makes this even worse.
Faramir: Hey, don’t go up the Spider Stairs.
Frodo: Why? What’s up the Spider Stairs?
Faramir: We don’t know, Frodo. We just don’t know.
But, to be fair, both of them live in a world where for seven thousand years people have been going around sticking names on things, so they automatically assume that all the names are out of date.
Frodo’s local pub is called the Green Dragon. His life has not prepared him for a situation where you go up the Spider Stairs and there really is a honking great big spider up there.
If you find yourself in times of trouble, ask yourself, ‘what would Gandalf do’, and remember, ‘beat a man unconscious with a big stick’ is a valid answer
When I find myself in times of trouble, Gandalf Greyhame comes to me, Wailing on those assholes, With a tree (with a tree)
Thorin in the books is constantly described as over-important and full of himself. His character was also, annoyingly, basically turned into the main protagonist of the movies. So even though that kind of sucked, book Thorin would probably have loved movie Thorin a ton. So many big speeches. Perfect.
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