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I am going on a trip very soon which means I will obtain one steam deck, which means... I CAN FINALLY PLAY LOTRO AGAIN!! Among.. other games I haven't played in ages pfft

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i like that elijah wood's nails are kinda fucked up in the lord of the rings movies. they offered him a hand double but he insisted on doing it with his real hands. to me it adds a lot to frodo's character. his hands are all jacked up, but not like sam's are. sam's hands are laborer hands, calloused and dirty. frodo is a landowner who by all means should have soft delicate poet hands. but instead the nails are "chewed down to the quick" as sir ian mckellan describes it in behind-the-scenes commentary. they're beat up from self-inflicted wounds. there's an invisible struggle there that foreshadows and parallels his struggle with the ring and how its power eats him up from the inside. he could have had a soft life. he could have had prettyboy hands. but instead he has this terrible burden he can't save himself from, one that tears him up from the inside out.

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Ride for ruin, and ride for your kin Take up your shield, maiden AND RIDE TO THE WORLD’S END

The Rider

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HERA OF EDORAS!!!!!!

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"Do not take me for some conjuror of cheap tricks!" says man who spent the last several hours providing the fireworks show for a birthday party

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Everytime I see a Tolkien man who is a complete #wifeguy, I picture Tolkien in the floor puddle style going "eeeEDDItTtHh! ❤️💕💕💕 🥺"

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An elf walks into a bar, A hobbit laughs and walks under it.

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reblog to send three ghosts after elon musk

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Fuck "found family". It's "Thorin's Company" from now on.

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"should we tell authors on ao3 when we have discord conversations about their fics" i don't speak for everyone here but if y'all ever find a group chat discussing my fics you can should must and WILL send me screenshots of the whole damn thing. inflate my ego. gimme

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If there are trees you aren’t alone

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Samwise Gamgee is the ultimate icon for friends of people with disability imo. I can't take your arthritis for the day, but I can walk behind you up the stairs and make your coffee. I can't take your adhd while you're working on this assignment, but I can help you stay on task. I can't take your depression upon myself for a bit, but I can come over to your house and help clean your room and listen to you. No, I can't absorb some of your memory loss issues, but I can remind you of things and save you a seat when you're running late. Yes, I know it's a lot, and yes, I know it's a heavy burden to bear, and no, I can't carry it for you. But I can carry you.

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They’re taking the hobbits to see War of the Rohirrim on its release day

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E is for Eowyn

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I never called Edith Luthien – but she was the source of the story ... In those days her hair was raven, her skin clear, her eyes brighter than you have seen them, and she could sing – and dance.

But the story has gone crooked, & I am left, and I cannot plead before the inexorable Mandos.

brb just crying about JRR’s sadness that he can not go beg Mandos for Edith to come back to him after she died.

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i couldn't get this meme out of my head