I secretly dread talking about The Silmarillion out loud, because even though I’ve checked the pronunciation guide, I’m still not 100% sure I’m saying everyone’s name right.
60 things LotR and TH fans can do while not watching the movies
1. Read the books
2. Watch the behind the scenes
3. Read fanfictions
4. Write Fanfictions
5. Spend too much money on merchandise
6. Spend too much money on going to conventions
7. Draw fanart
8. Make a cosplay
9. Take the Ring to Mordor
10. Go to New Zealand
11. Cry because you can’t go to New Zealand
12. Go on an adventure
13. Have second breakfast
14. Spend too much time on Tumblr
15. Scream ‘NAZGUL’ when you hear a loud screeching noise
16. Whenever you see a big bird scream 'The Eagles are coming!’
17. Take the Hobbits to Isengard
18. Go to conventions
19. Cry because you can’t go to conventions
20. Watch all YouTube videos related to TH and LotR
21. Watch all YouTube videos related to your favorite actors
22. Take back Erebor
23. Celebrate Durins Day
24. Sing 'They’re taking the Hobbits to Isengard’
25. Do the dishes like the dwarves
26. Sing 'Misty Mountains’
27. Don’t loose the previous
28. Stay in front of strangers and shout 'You Shall not pass!’
29. Keep the ring secret and save
30. Use a sword to kill spiders
31. Learn sword fighting
32. Learn archery
33. Listen to the LotR and TH soundtrack
34. Eat like Bombur
35. Then run like Bombur in DoS
36. Or don’t run like Bombur and end up looking like Bombur
37. Wear a dwarvish/elvish hairstyle
38. Walk barefoot
39. Write all your essays about Middle Earth
40. Name all 13 dwarves as fast as possible (I managed to do it in 3 seconds)
41. Learn elvish/Khuzdul
42. Daydream about Middle Earth
43. Lose your way (twice)
44. Create fan accounts (Instagram, Tumbler, Facebook….)
45. Make edits
46. Kill dragons
47. Read the Silmarillion
48. Go to the book store and buy all the Tolkien books
49. Loose the ponies
50. Throw a party at Bilbo’s house
51. Watch all the movies/TV shows of your favorite actors
52. Try to do the Gollum voice
53. Get a sore throat from doing the Gollum voice
54. Have a food fight
55. Sing Hobbit drinking songs
56. Quote TH and LotR as much as you can
57. Never stop talking about TH and LoTR
58.Whenever you see a red sunrise quote Legolas
59. Try finding as many pictures of your favorite character
60. Spend too much time on creating a Tumblr post
A big Thank you to allow the fellow Tolkien fans who helped me to come up with this long list