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… he claimed to be genuinely surprised when, in March 1956, he received a letter from one Sam Gamgee, who had heard that his name was in The Lord of the Rings but had not read the book. Tolkien replied on March 18:

“Dear Mr. Gamgee,

It was very kind of you to write. You can imagine my astonishment when I saw your signature! I can only say, for your comfort, I hope, that the ‘Sam Gamgee’ of my story is a most heroic character, now widely beloved by many readers, even though his origins are rustic. So that perhaps you will not be displeased at the coincidence of the name of this imaginary character of supposedly many centuries ago being the same as yours.”

― The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: Letter 184

He proceeded to send Mr Gamgee a signed copy of all three volumes of the book. However, the incident sparked a nagging worry in Tolkien’s mind, as he recorded in his journal:

“For some time I lived in fear of receiving a letter signed ’S. Gollum’. That would have been more difficult to deal with.“― J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography

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which silmarillion war criminal are you? take my uquiz to find out 

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Maedhros (art by Jenny Dolfen): has to put up with his godawful brothers’ shit. Bamboozled by Morgoth and tortured for 30 years while people just hung around thinking hm we should do something about that shouldn’t we. Has one (1) hand. His right hand could still be on Thangorodrim. Union of Maedhros totally fucked up and killed his boyfriend. Threw himself into a volcano

Maglor (art by Elena Kukanova): THE soggy guy of the Silmarillion. First age Taylor Swift. Kidnapped two kids and then decided to be their dad too. Threw away his shiny rock into the sea and sings about how sad he is for all of his crimes. Possibly still alive and wandering the shores. Crablor joke?? Idk I don’t get that meme

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how the hell did jrrt write the silmarillion without tolkien gateway

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Hi Tolkien fandom! Gandalf the Pink – I mean, Olórin – is here to remind you that Ainur Week is in 1 week (September 1-9, 2025)!

Check out the Ainur Week prompts, FAQ, and feel free to ask any questions.

Your mod, @glorf1ndel 🩷

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NERDANEL - The Wise

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So if yall didn’t know, in The Hobbit book, Thranduil had the Dwarves locked up for approximately weeks, and Bilbo was just invisible and wandering in the palace the entire time, vibing miserably.

My headcanon, therefore, is that the Mirkwood Elves now have a local legend about a ghost haunting Thranduil’s palace, never seen but generally thought to be harmless. Thranduil scoffs at the idea, but has been seen glancing around at the dark corners of rooms. Legolas fully believes in it and is known to say hello out loud when he enters an empty room, in case the ghost is nearby.

It’s not until Legolas joins the Fellowship that he figures out that the supposed ghost was actually an invisible Bilbo the whole time. He never tells Thranduil, because he thinks it’s funny to see his regal father unnerved by the idea of a ghost.

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Am I the only one who finds this extremely funny

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idril just idril

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Our grocery store has a Perishable Manager and a Non-Perishable Manager and I know it’s talking about the departments they oversee but really it seems like Seth may be mortal but David will never die

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Suddenly obsessed with second age beleriand, a half-drowned continent, mostly inhospitable, encrusted with orcs or other foul things wherever water still flows. Obsessed with brave elven historians exploring what remains in the hopes of salvaging armour, weapons, or—Eru willing—jewellery or artwork.

Obsessed with said historians never being seen again, or returning with a battered boat stashed with cursed objects, and exactly zero of their crewmates.

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wire mother maedhros who doesn’t like you and isn’t nice to you but wants you to be strong and will give you the tools to become so vs. cloth mother maglor who loves you and dotes on you but wants you to stay weak and infantilized and unable to ever leave (you are elrond and elros and your real parents are never coming back)

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we must imagine third-age Maglor feeding flagrant disinformation to historians in Rivendell for shits and giggles

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Au of the hobbits if the Shire was more in line with the 1920s instead of the 1800s!

Also Pippin has found a lil camera and is snapping a picture of Merry :P