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gandalf butch realness | print

titkoks-old

telumendils

the problem with "sam is the real hero of lotr" discourse is that it fails to recognize one key thing that the films (and the books, iirc) make a point of trying to convey: neither sam nor frodo could have made it all the way to mt. doom without the other there to bear his part of the journey's burden. frodo is able to carry the ring so far bc sam is there to carry hope for him, and sam is able to carry hope so far bc frodo is there to carry the ring. in this essay, i will

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sunset over minas tirith

jouissants

“Some of my kin look just like trees now, and need something great to rouse them; and they speak only in whispers. But some of my trees are limb-lithe, and many can talk to me. Elves began it, of course, waking trees up and teaching them to speak and learning their tree-talk. They always wished to talk to everything, the old Elves did. But then the Great Darkness came, and they passed away over the Sea, or fled into far valleys, and hid themselves, and made songs about days that would never come again. Never again.”

Treebeard could be talking about any and all elves here (and in context is probably thinking about Celeborn, since Merry and Pippin just asked him why Celeborn warned them against Fangorn Forest). But I can’t help but hear echoes of Finrod and Maglor respectively: Finrod’s curiosity in Beleriand, Maglor’s terminal reclusiveness and lamentation.

(from The Two Towers Chapter 4, “Treebeard”)

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Asfaloth and Glorfindel in the meadowlands of Eriador 🌳 ☘️ 🌱 ☁️

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Galadriel ⭐

lithiumseven

My favorite characterization of Legolas is when he’s incredibly skilled and adept and fast, but also he’s a complete idiot. Just dumb as hell.

He can sneak up on anyone, ride any animal you place in front of him, and make a triple Robinhood shot into the side of a mountain 90 meters away with his bow behind his back. But he also laughed himself silly when Merry suggested they make tea in a bowl they found because “you can’t make tea without a teapot Merry it won’t work!” and if you cover his eyes he falls asleep like a parrot