#LOTR (AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH)

[strxnged]

i should make another carrd but instead of being aesthetic and pretentious it should be just Name Pronouns and Things I Like and the latter section should be in all caps with brackets between each item with several reasons that i like it. that would be more authentic i think. however i am too pretentious

[nerdreamer]

[seph-on-an-irrational-planet]

I have not seen enough people talking about how the 20th anniversary of Fellowship of the Ring is in like a month

[thebluewizardsaregay]

apparently i'm a millennial woman

[incorrect-lord-of-the-rings]

I had to find a picture of this 2017 article again because it's just so iconic.

[lovely-v]

Every time Sean Astin makes a statement on whether or not Sam and Frodo were indeed gay for each other in lord of the rings he’s always like “well we have to acknowledge that attitudes around sexuality have changed dramatically over the past several decades and since authorial intent is only up to speculation, the story is open to multiple readings, some of which might have different significances for different groups of people also they kiss on the lips because I said so”

[radio-charlie]

Wtf!!!!!!!

[seymour-butz-stuff]

[southfarthing]

the lord of the rings is so honest. so raw. so sincere. so unabashedly from the heart. no snide fourth wall jokes, no attempts to alleviate the heaviness. it is is wholeheartedly earnest in its dedication to portraying hope and love and faith and loyalty and courage, and that is what makes it feel like home to so many of us. it's true to itself. it doesn't pretend to be cool and care less. it cares, a lot, and that is a rare, beautiful thing. it warms our hearts to care for a piece of fiction that was made to care about and be cared about

and we know we aren't going to be punished or ridiculed by the work itself for loving it! no characters killed off cruelly, no plotlines abandoned, no shrugging of shoulders and "well real life is like that. get used to it." we have always needed escapism, and we always will. and middle earth will always be there to escape to

[cat-cosplay]

Just informed them there won't be a Second Breakfast... nor an Elevenses.

[the-books-we-travel]

[lordoftherings-uk]

[thebluewizardsaregay]

[catchymemes]

[lovely-v]

I remember reading such a good heartfelt and intellectual essay about how Frodo Baggins is basically a perfect protagonist and it was absolutely correct but the one part I vividly remember is that there was a section about how he was put down a lot when the movies came out because he showed weakness and by 2001 toxic masculinity terms that’s inherently homosexual and the essay went on to be like “if going forward despite your pain and struggle because you’re kind at heart is gay, gay people should be proud to have him” and like I know what the real point here was but when I read that I was like cheers I’ll drink to that bro we gay people ARE proud to have Frodo Baggins