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"come and get some

skinning the children for a war drum

putting food in the table selling bombs and guns

it's quicker and easier to eat your young"

dude

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i love you hozier

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oh

all these colors fade for you only

hold me

carry me slowly

my sunlight

sunlight, hozier

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each day you'd rise with me

know that i would gladly be,

the icarus to your certainty

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‘𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥’ 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 / ‘𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐭’ 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬

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The Shire was saved - but not for any of the Fellowship

So, I just finished my reread of the Lord of the Rings. And while I could say a lot about how it hits different every time since I read it first at the age of 8 to now being 26, there was one thing that I never realized and that really moved me.

We all know that Frodo never felt at home again in the Shire and left for the Undying lands to be healed. But while I read through the Appendix, I realized… none of the fellowship found peace at their homelands after their quest:

- Frodo leaves for Valinor.

- Sam follows him after Rosie dies.

- Merry and Pippin go to Edoras when Éomer calls for them as he´s getting old, they continue their journey to Minas Tirith, and stay there until they die and are buried besides Aragorn.

- Legolas can´t resist the seagulls´ calls and leaves for Valinor after Aragorn dies.

- Gimli goes with Legolas.

- Aragorn grows into his role as the king of Gondor during the quest and doesn´t return to his former life at all.

- Gandalf may be the only member of the remaining fellowship that is doesn´t fall into the same pattern, but then again, who knows what he was like before he came to Middle Earth and how he´d felt when he came back to Valinor.

- Even Bilbo doesn´t find his peace at the Shire and goes first to Rivendell and then to Valinor.

To me it seems like both a warning and a consolation. A warning that adventures are not just over, they leave a deep mark. That growth comes at a price and that even if it makes you stronger, wiser, and more confident, you may have to leave something behind that will never return, even if you yourself do. 

But on the other hand, it feels like a consolation for anyone who has been fundamentally changed by an experience and doesn´t understand why they don´t feel at home anymore at the place where they used to be most comfortable. For those who longed after their former home so much during times of hardship and return only to realize that they have outgrown their old ways. 

The end of their story right now feels like a warm “you are not alone with this feeling” and there are no words to describe how marvellous I think it is that a story that I´ve known by heart for so long still can surprise me and still has something more and deeper to offer whenever I come back to it. The story of all stories indeed.

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Legendarium by https://heyue58107.lofter.com

1. Maglor (noldolante)

2. Celebrian in LothLorien (m/b in Lorien`s garden in Valinor)

3. Legolas & Aragorn (past & future)

4. Earwen

5. Beleg Cuthalion & Turin Turambar

6. Arwen in Imladris (on panno Earendil & Elwing` history)

7. Galadriel

8. Idril Celebrindal in Ondolinde

9. Finduilas

10. Elwing

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Im tryna learn how to work twitter and its so hard pls

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I want to fall in love and their my fav fic writer, but i dont know it, and they leave hints and clues for me in their writing so after awhile i figure jt out and they live me back and they write fics as gifts for my birthdays with all the tags i love

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they’re everything to me now

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Arcane me regresó la felicidad que creí perdida por la universidad

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Ekko fan art by @_laurarts_23 on IG

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Ekko fan art by @rinmmn on IG

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I know we’ll never grow old together.. cause you’ll never grow old to me 🍎

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I'm so tired

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