#*tolkien

[s-u-w-i]

Hair braiding 💎

Didn't really expect to finish this but in the end, I've found some time between work and even dusted off my watercolors! Been quite a while since I used them properly, huh, painting is so soothing ˘o˘

[rohirriiim]

Miranda Otto as Éowyn and David Wenham as Faramir THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING 2003 | dir. Peter Jackson

[mrkida-art]

The children of Thráin II; Thorin, Frerin and Dís.

[autistook]

Billy Boyd and Dom Monaghan, the Two Towers, Cast Commentary

[firinaira]

'This is sharper than thy tongue, half-brother!'

Do not use without my permission, please

[naarisz]

He's plotting something. :)

[thelien-art]

Elrond Peredhel; in Imladris

Elrond Peredhel, in the Second age, in the newly established Imladris which stood finished in S.A. 1700 Of the Sun (1697-1700)

[summeringminor]

sketch

[must-be-mr-boggins]

Rivendell Thorin was both sexy and deeply troubled, and I hope people perceive me the same way 🤘

[verkomy]

art trade with the amazing @chardysstuff 💛

[queerofthedagger]

One thing that's just been keeping me up for a week straight is that, while we tend to associate Elrond as the one incredibly skilled in healing - rightfully so - there is also that "little" titbit of how "the hands of a King [of Gondor] are the hands of a healer," which, infamously, is the line of Elrond's brother.

Which leaves just enough room to speculate that they may have both had a talent in healing, and in turn begs the question of just which part of their ancestry they got it from.

And the options there are all wild in their own right - on the one hand, there is Elwing's side which would make some sense due to Lúthien/Melian, but then in at least one version of the tale at the end of the Fall of Gondolin, it's said that Elwing and her people believed that the 'power of healing in their camp' came from the Silmaril if I remember correctly. Which implies that it's not a skill their line has been known to have an extraordinary talent in.

The alternative option is, of course, Eärendil. Now that means it comes either from Tuor, or it means Idril, which means through Turgon/the House of Fingolfin. And if I think about that too much I might just go insane because oh man the implications.

But also all the ancestral musings aside, just the idea that the line of Gondor's Kings is carrying forth Elros' own talent in healing as this permanent relic, reminder, and tangible leftover for Elrond, of something they shared and learned together? just. man

[ihobbit]

Today is April 27th. On this day (2941, the Third Age of Middle-earth) the hobbit Bilbo Baggins left the Shire with the company of Thorin Oakenshield and the wizard Gandalf. The adventure begins! 

[y97dgu]

Finally revealing my artwork for the second year of @thorinsspringforge!

A very special thank you to @xenomorphic-warrior, who partnered with me for this year, who wrote a melancholic and touching fanfic about Thorin, who wakes up as a ghost in Erebor after his death, watching as his loved ones live on without him. A presence follows him, however, and he learns he isn't the only apparition who haunts the halls of the Lonely Mountain...

Please check out the fanfic, which I have linked above! <3 And please check out the other contributions as well :)

[from-the-coffee-shop-in-edoras]

Lots of people talk about hair braiding in their LOTR fics, especially among the elves and the Rohirrim. But I don’t think we talk about it enough among the horses. If Rohan is a place that puts so much effort and care into their horses and they frequently braid their own hair, then they’re definitely braiding some manes and tails, too, right? And if the elves are putting decorative bells on their horses, how are they not taking this other obvious chance to ramp up their aesthetic game as well? I think they must be, and we just aren’t hearing about it explicitly very often. We ALL braided horse hair at the stable when I was young, and I refuse to believe it’s just a preteen girl thing. More LOTR horse braids!

[autistook]

Dom Monaghan and Billy Boyd on Merry, Pippin and the Ents, the Two Towers, Cast Commentary

[chardysstuff]

Art Trade i did with the amazing @verkomy 🧡🧡🧡!!

This was so much fun, and it was lovely drawing Mira ☺️