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This is an interesting thing I'm noticing as I'm reading but it kinda seems to me like a lot of the Tolkien characters all seem to have elemental symbolism that seems to follow their characterization.

Like Gandalf and Bilbo both seem to have a lot of fire symbolism that follows them around. Gandalf uses light and fire as kind of his two go to weapons and he's the keeper of the ring of Narya which is the fire one. And of course Gandalf the White is forged out of flame. And then Bilbo's introduced in the middle of smoking, and he spends a lot of time hanging around campfires and hearths, like the campfire storyteller he is. He seems to like hanging out in the Hall of Fire at Rivendell, and his conflict with Smaug obviously also involves a lot of fire. He's also arguably the character who is closest to Gandalf.

Frodo on the other hand is like all water imagery. One of the first things we learn about Frodo is his parents were weirdos who hung out in boats and then drowned, and he's introduced filling drinks at Bilbo's party. He makes his stand against the Nazgul at the river. He himself nearly drowns like three times in the story, and spends a lot of time in boats, being haunted by dark waters, and the sound of the ocean (and of course ends the story going over the sea). Like the water symbolism with Frodo is nonstop and he shares that in common with Gollum, who specifically is characterized by pools, rivers, and lakes, as well as fish, worms, mud and roots and caves—very wet and slimy compared to Frodo's more mariner/wayfinder imagery. But they're still kind of two sides of the same coin.

Pippin and Merry get a lot of plant and tree symbolism. Besides hanging out with ents and drinking tree wine and that time they both got eaten by a tree, it's clear Merry grew up wandering forests and knows a lot about wild plants (and writes a book on it later) and Pippin gets a ton of association with Gondor, y'know, that place that is represented by a big ol' tree. Their tobacco leaves too actually kinda play a pivotal role, and are again, very plant focused.

You'd think Sam would also be more earth oriented, being he's a gardener, but not really? Unlike Merry who's out here spitting plant facts 24/7 and working on his plant book, Sam's interest in plants seems like to only be around when he's on the clock. His symbolism is all very celestial. He's the guy who ends up using the Star of Earendil. He sees Earendil while he and Frodo are walking through Mordor. He evokes Elbereth, the Star Goddess like multiple times. He names his daughter after the star-sun shaped flower Elanor which literally means "Sun and Stars." And if you think about it, Gardener is actually kind of a perfect role for a star-guy when you remember how dependent plants are on the sun. He also seems to share some kind of connection with Galadriel who is also caked in a lot of star imagery. It also tracks he'd be paired with Frodo thematically as he serves as a guiding light to a mariner, in contrast to how Gollum represents the depths.

IDK what all that means, I just think it's neat!

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As a former Minecraft creepypasta kid it unironically pisses me off whenever people mischaracterize Herobrine as this big grand evil bad guy here to set your house on fire and ruin your world. I get he's public property and you can interpret the character however you want but it feels like doing that is missing the point of Herobrine. The original idea behind him was that he was a stalker in the fog on the edge of your render distance, that he could be watching you at any moment, that he could watch you for hours and you might never even notice. So, making Herobrine a grand evil force with supernatural abilities who fucks with your world and your builds is missing the point.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

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Almost none of the authors on ao3 who write abt Serana include how much of a hater and a negative Nancy she is. U guys need to include how she literally has something bad to say about everything at any time. No matter the weather she does not like it. No matter what kind of building you’re in she doesn’t like it. Her sad wet emo ass is at all times lamenting something or complaining about something or is bored and complaining about that. And I love her for it

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The Last Derry Girl aka Everything can be Skyrim if you're insane enough

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The Last Derry Girl Part 2: Poor Cicero

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lettus andf carrots

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this is literally Frodo to the fellowship

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the wildlife in skyrim is not the friendliest

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I worked so hard on this so I want you guys to see it too 😂

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helloooo I’m new to the Elder Scrolls fandom. if you blog about TES would you mind liking or reblogging this so I can find more people to follow? :D

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Congratulations, youre body has taken on a new form! Spin this wheel three times. These words describe your new body

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Minecraft horror is good because it scratches that terror-from-childhood feeling without having to watch Skinamarink

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People often say LOTR is a story about hope. (I'm reminded of it because someone said it in the notes of my Faramir post.) And that's true, but it's not the whole picture: LOTR is in large part a story about having to go on in the absence of hope.

Frodo has lost hope, as well as the ability to access any positive emotion, by Return. He is already losing it in Towers: he keeps going through duty and determination and of course Sam's constant help.

For most of the story, Sam is fueled by hope, which is why it's such a huge moment when he finally lets go of the hope of surviving and returning home, and focuses on making it to the Mountain. To speed their way and lighten the load, he throws his beloved pots and pans into a pit, accepting that he will never cook, or eat, again.

When Eowyn kills the Witch King, she's beyond hope and seeking for a glorious death in battle. It's possible that in addition to her love and loyalty for Théoden, she's strengthened by her hopelessness, the fear of the Nazgúl cannot touch someone who's already past despair.

Faramir is his father's son, he doesn't have any more hope of Gondor's victory or survival than Denethor does, he says as much to Frodo. What hope have we? It is long since we had any hope. ... We are a failing people, a springless autumn. He knows he's fighting a losing war and it's killing him. When he rejects the ring, he doesn't do it in the hope that his people can survive without it, he has good reason to believe they cannot. He acts correctly in the absence of hope.

Of course LOTR has a (mostly) happy ending, all the unlikely hopes come true, the characters who have lost hope gain what they didn't even hope for, and everyone is rewarded for their bravery and goodness, so on some level the message is that hope was justified. But the book never chastises characters who lost hope, it was completely reasonable of them to do so. Despair pushed Théoden and Denethor into inaction, pushed Saruman into collaboration, but the characters who despaired and held up under the weight of despair are Tolkien's real heroes.

(In an early draft of Return, Frodo and Sam receive honorary titles in Noldorin: Endurance beyond Hope and Hope Unquenchable, respectively. Then he cut it, probably because it was stating the themes of the entire book way too obviously, because this is what Tolkien cared about, really: enduring beyond hope. Without hope.)

Also, people who know more than me about the concept of estel, feel free to @ me.

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I’ve come to make an announcement: Hermaeus Mora’s a bitch-ass motherfucker. He pissed on my fucking wife. That’s right. He took his Daedric fuckin’ tentacle dick out and he pissed on my FUCKING wife, and he said his dick was THIS BIG, and I said that’s disgusting. So I’m making a callout post on my Twitter.com. Hermaeus Mora, you got a small dick. It’s the size of this walnut except WAY smaller. And guess what? Here’s what my dong looks like. That’s right, baby. Tall points, no tentacles, no pillows, look at that, it looks like two balls and a bong. He fucked my wife, so guess what, I’m gonna fuck Apocrypha. That’s right, this is what you get! My SUPER DRAGONBORN PISS! Except I’m not gonna piss on Aprocrypha. I’m gonna go higher. I’m pissing on TAMRIEEEEEL! How do you like that, ALDUIN? I PISSED ON TAMRIEL, YOU IDIOT! You have twenty-three hours before the piss DROPLETS hit the fucking earth, now get out of my fucking sight before I piss on you too!

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General Tullius walking out of Windhelm after you single-handedly won the civil war for him