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Miss you mum.

Andrew Garfield talks to Elmo about grief and the passing of his mother

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Stunning

THE LORD OF THE RINGS set design appreciation: ― The Golden Hall

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Please stop attacking the past versions of you. They were doing their best at the time and they got you here. It’s amazing how much progress you’ve made and how much you’ve grown but please don’t think your past self lacked worth in any way.

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These staves he spoke, yet he laughed as he said them. For once more lust of battle was on him; and he was still unscathed, and he was young, and he was king: the lord of a fell people.

part 2, lotr quotes

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Reblogging because the world needs more of this!

aren't you almost 30? it is weird when people over 30 watch shows aimed at teens and 20-somethings. but you even said you stopped watching it, so it's fine :).

ohmygod please don't be one of those people who thinks when you're thirty you're suddenly 'old' and can't enjoy things that give you nostalgia because 'they're for teens!'. guess what, a switch doesn't flip when you hit a certain number that means you stop enjoying things you did before. this attitude will only make yourself miserable

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Yep, everyday

are u ever sick w longing. and i don't just mean romantic longing. i mean longing for a place you barely get to see, longing for friends you no longer have, longing for feelings you might have left behind in your childhood, longing for creativity, longing for a rich and more expansive life, longing for less inhibition. longing for more passion. longing for ur life to be so incandescent w something it thaws all the frost in ur bones. are u ever so consumed w it it rends ur heart in two. do u understand me

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Unlike anything I’ve read before, beautifully written and accompanied by beautiful art.

Illustrations from chapter 2 of The Unravelling of Hard Words

^I've had this one sitting in my WIP folder for months; it was good to have an excuse to finish it.

^Dueling uncles, drawn with @konartiste in mind

^If you don't know how to flirt, simply inconvenience them with your physical prowess (warning: mixed results)

^Sixteen-year old Boromir mentally singing Evanescence in a haze of ennui, it's just like my high school French classroom in 2004

^I updated Boromir's shirt on this one specifically for @chiropteracupola to a more period-accurate top with drop shoulders and an open neck, which is objectively hotter than the weirdly modern Oxford button-down I had him in before.

^Cheer up, Fern, he's a dope but at least the guilt will gnaw away at him for the next twelve hours.

^Sorry, did I say Boromir was having a great time in this fic? He will, I promise. But first, the SUFFERING.

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My Eomer is a tits man. I figure everyone in Rohan rides horses, so legs are always on display, plus as per the words of Jerry Seinfeld, “why would I be a legs man? I have legs!”. Did I vote based on my own best feature, yes, yes I did.

Also if you have Éomer (headcanon or otherwise) related questions you want me to ask our fellow Éomer-lovers, send me a message!

Vote and reblog, guys. ✨

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My leg opener circa 2002

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Janet was one of my favourite contestants. So down to earth and honest. I remember when I watched her say this over a decade ago, and it stuck with me all these years. Great advice for everyone, and something I tell my daughters as often as I can.

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Random thoughts in a boring meeting, armor edition:

I spent a lot of time on planes last week and United has LOTR as an in-flight entertainment option so I just rewatched everything again, and I am more convinced than ever—if we’re on Middle Earth fit watch, absolutely no one has battle armor that looks better than this:

I mean, it’s just impeccable. The gleam of the metallics on the chest and vambraces. The intricate design on the breastplate. The contrasting leather plackart. The shine on the scale armor that almost looks like a coat of tiny silver coins. The richness of the red of the cloak, with its own silver brooch fastener. The subtle little leather archer’s glove. My guy is absolute perfection, and that’s just the clothes, not even the elf inside them!

It takes a LOT for me to pick something over Eomer’s armor, which (of course) I also deeply love. The rust red leather with the cut-outs to see the metal underneath is so cool with its balance of art and function, and the horse tail helmet is distinctively bad ass—you can’t miss him in a crowd. (Théoden and Théodred have similar leather-covered armor with metallic decorative details, so the royal armorer in Rohan is apparently just an absolute beast.) Plus, though they don’t always wear them, Éomer and the other Rohirrim soldiers have those gorgeous green cloaks, too, which look so great flowing in the wind when they ride. (And again, we’re not giving points for face or bod, because COME ON!)

It’s a truly amazing look. But I’m still giving the slightest edge to the marchwarden here. Haldir’s armor makes him looks otherworldly in a way, like he really did just walk out of some glorious legend of the elder days in order to come save your mortal ass. Tolkien said elves shine with a special light about them, and Haldir is absolutely glowing in this armor!

Now, is it a coincidence that these two also happen to be the hottest guys in the films (to my own personal tastes, of course)? Actually, yes! I really did consider everyone else! Gimli’s helmet has really cool detail along the cheekbones and across the brow, but nothing else he wears stands out to me. Legolas hardly wears any traditional armor pieces, and Gandalf is free-balling it in his robes with no armor. The Gondorian battle armor is surprisingly plain—the tree device is pretty but subtle, and it could use more color and/or metals that have more of a shine to them. The orcs and uruks are just gross (by design). The Witch King’s armor is cool, I will give you that. But other than the articulated iron joints, it doesn’t have as much specific detail. And there are some unique and eye-catching elements to the armor of some of the Easterlings and Haradrim, but we don’t get great views of all of it and there’s the whole complicated issue of the sourcing of many of the visual characterizations in the Sauron-aligned men that is way beyond the scope of just what I’m looking at here.

So, yeah. Haldir and Éomer. I feel good about my choices!

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You mean, I’m not the only one?

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Pure Gold! Couldn’t have described it better if I tried.

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Me: I’m going to bed

What people think I mean:

What I actually mean:

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This is why I can’t side with the Templars.

“Tell him nothing. Let him think his mother human, and dead.” - The Calling

this post made my heart explode and i read the calling and here we are