J.r.r. Tolkien - Blog Posts
I'm going back to my roots. I've decided to reread lord of the rings, the second ever book I read :) (after the hobbit ofc)
the franchise gives me so much nostalgia. I love it sm.
and I love the movies too. ofc we always watch the extended cuts, it is the law
So during Rings of Power season 2, there was a bit of theorizing going around that Mirdania would turn out to be Celebrían. Personally I'm glad that wasn't the case. However it got me thinking. What if Celebrían was one of the Gwaith-i-Mírdain? With her parents living in Eregion for a while and all that, it could potentially fit in very nicely. I had to draw her of course.
So I've been obsessing over that AU(?) idea... I haven't got much concrete yet but I definitely have Ideas.
I've been trying to get back into writing more recently, so there is a chance I'll try to put together a fic with this concept. It would be my first real attempt at fanfic. 😬 I enjoy reading it but I've never really tried it for myself. So. Not sure. I'll see if this goes anywhere but I at least wanted to share the art.
do you ever just think about how Elrond and Celebrian likely represent Tolkien's fear of being left alive, alone, without his wife, Edith... and then that very thing comes to pass... and then just start crying.... everyday i think of letter 340 and slowly feel my heart breaking more and more
The least 6 portraits.
Lúthien, Fingolfin, Maglor, Fëanor, Aredhel and Ecthelion.
studies from the fellowship of the ring
First Post!
I deleted my old tumblr because... man idk why it was covid-times and the prefrontal cortex was not in the room with us!! Anyways, I was reminded by my lovely friend @repecca that tumblr exists, and that some of my work has been going around on here, so I decided to post some of my work up officially! Starting off with my most notable (?) work to date, here's my LOTR: The Middle Kingdom Project. Now, it's been over a year since I posted this, and at the time I was... really searchingfor myself artistically, and I decided to go all in on something that I'd been ruminating on for a long time.
So, hello, again. I'm Leia. I do visual development/BG design, and I'm also a writer of things. I love fantasy and transformative work. It's nice to meet you.
thorin oakenshield? more like thorin FAT TIDDIES shield am i right aayyyyyy
hi I guess
If you are living right now in 2023 and are still a big fan of LOTR please reblog bro where are my fellow Tolkienites (Tolkieneers?)
Found this??
I found this Quote on the 16 Personalities Website, in the INFP section while reading through it and I liked this quote/rhyme??? a lot. Hope my fellow INFP’s (and of course people of all MBTI types) like this as much as I do 😊
People who believe Atlantis is real are so silly; Imagine if thousands of years from now people of the future thought that the Lord of the Rings books weren't fiction and started to look for Middle Earth.
Lord of the Rings Observations
So I have been watching the Lord of the Rings movies a lot lately and it so obvious that Gandalf is actually a pretty sub par wizard with very limited skill who seems to have some anger management issues due to what is most likely his own insecurities.
"I love you"
Boring, feels empty, nothing special
"Let's watch Lotr trilogy together"
Sounds like you have a taste, original and sweet
Why is lotr so good? I’ve yet to meet a book that has the same level of plot, writing and characters.
Tbh, if you don’t think Bilbo Baggins is a little shit, you haven’t read the stunt he pulled when he left his belongings to his relatives after he left the Shire:
Dora, your advice is trash With love, Bilbo
I mean, seriously, the little shit
I cry
B.B.
B. fucking B.
*throws all the shade, Baggins style*
He also gave his kids a goblin themed (the North Polar Bear comes up with it based on goblin cave art) writing system to decipher, it's legitimately good.
If you can get a copy of the book, I seriously recommend you do. It's such a good read.
I know everyone talks about how Tolkien infused his war ptsd into LOTR but did you know he wrote letters to his kids from 'santa' and they include a full on war with goblins to save Christmas?? And polar bears and elves (the shelf kind) getting injured and starving like this man could never be chill he had to have a battle and I love that for him
Rhinoceros horn.
“One small bite is enough to fill the stomach of a grown man”
I’ll probably eat 4
Saturday, 10 o'clock in Middle-earth, time for a snack. Have break - have a Lembas! (Well, at least it’s 10 o’clock AM in Germany ;-) )
YES! I call bs on this one, you can’t don’t own the fucking lake Caranthir 🙄 smfh
alright, i made a “for what crimes would you go to prison in first age beleriand” quiz (link in the reblog cos tumblr hides posts with links)
sabe hay este fic de Maeglin rencarnando como elfa en la 3ra edad...cof muy bueno la verdad
Redoing the farm…again!
tolkien: all the war and death in lotr has nothing to do with the war i was in
tolkien: just like how all the morals/good vs evil/everything my characters believe have nothing to do with my morals/beliefs/religion
tolkien: and that character that comes back from the dead has nothing to do with my religion which is based on someone coming back from the dead and uses coming back from the dead as metaphor literally constantly so don’t get any ideas
tolkien: and none of those giant evil spiders have anything to do with the tarantula that bit me either
clive staples: jirt youre literally so stupid
tolkien:
clive:
tolkien: that really slow grumpy tree who takes forever to get to the point or make up his mind is definitely you though
🌼Goldberry, River-woman’s daughter🌼
I love LOTR so it’s about time I did some fanart!
TOLKIEN WEEK | scenerygasm
↳the subject of the gif is the dominant scenery
darksigyn:
rhaegartargaryen:
mediumaevum:
An Art student hand illuminates and binds Tolkien’s “Silmarillion”!!!
omg
amazing!
really just saw an online book blog say that Frodo was the main character of The Hobbit smh
Arwen's Vision (wip)
All hail deep, eternal friendship and Professor Tolkien who showed us such good examples of it
I think one of the great things about the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Hobbit as well is the fact that while historically the most moving relationships in a narrative are usually romantic or familial. The Lord of the Rings is one long treatise in praise of friendship. The nearest relatives in the Fellowship are cousins. The parent-child relationships and the variation of uncle-wards that is Theoden and his sister's children are fraught with dysfunction. If we set aside the periphery relationships like Sam and the Gaffer and Beregond and Bergil there is upheaval in all the parent child relationships.
But friendship now that is wholesome and exemplified in all the races. For men there is Eomer and Boromir and their bonds with Aragorn. Hobbits of course speak for themselves throughout the whole trilogy and the Hobbit. There is mourning for lack of connection between Mirkwood and Lorien for the elves. A yearning for renewed friendship. And of course the standout friendship of them all for its unlikeliness if for no other reason. Legolas and Gimli. A friendship so fast and secure that Legolas cannot consider leaving Middle Earth for his rightful place in the west without bringing Gimli with him. A dwarf. The race that was not meant to be made and certainly no dwarf has ever been even near the undying lands and Legolas knows this.
The fact that friendship can be just as eternal as a marriage vow or the bonds of blood is something that doesn't get a lot of coverage in literature and yet it permeates the life of all the heroes in The Lord of the Rings. From Aragorn to Samwise
Legolas: ARAGON WHERE IS MY CONDITIONER I CAN'T FIND MY CONDITIONER ! ARAGON THE HOBBITS ATE MY CONDITIONER HOW DID THEY EVEN MANAGE THAT
Aragon: LeGoLaS wE'rE LiTerAlLy aT bORoMiR's fuNErAl.
I know Elves are canonically just effortlessly beautiful creatures but I think it's funny to imagine Legolas having an extensive skin care and beauty routine that he does every morning to maintain his etheral features and he gets so fussy about it too and Aragorn is just like
