#and I like LOTR but I’m not like a ‘fan’

[freakylilnutjob]

Tagged by @canonsunkmyships, thank you!!

Fav color: it tends to change every few months or so but right now mostly loving purple, liking orange a lot recently tho

Currently reading: rereading and annotating I Was Born For This (it’s taking me forever cause I can’t find any time for it 😭)

Last song: THE LONELIEST by Måneskin

Sweet/spicy/savory: savory for like in general but atm sweet

Fav alcoholic drink: I love a good mai tai or an amaretto sour

Currently working on: finding a different job and some drawing and writing

Traditional or modern: really depends but mostly modern

Fav writer: Alice Oseman

Fav dessert: crème brûlée

Fav rapper: I don’t listen to rap on a regular basis enough to have a fav but I like Mac Miller, Post Malone, and Tyler, The Creator

Fav soccer/hockey/tennis player: does Roy Kent count? lol

Color of your bedroom: in my apartment it’s beige 🥲 but my room at my parents is black and white with red accents

Fav politician: I don’t really like any enough to have a favorite but I support the ideas of Beto, AOC, and Bernie Sanders

Loyalty or lust: loyalty

Pizza or pasta: pasta

Are you vegan/veggie: no but I’m open to it, I’ll eat that way sometimes but I def need do research if I want to make a complete switch

Favorite time period: 1980’s tbh

Love or hate: love

Last series watched: newest season of The Crown, but the last series I watched from start to finish (that’s more than one season) is The Vampire Diaries, I think

Classical or rock music: rock 1000000%, rock music is part of the fabric of my being, can’t imagine my life without it

Fairy or dragon: fairy!!

GOT or LOTR: LOTR

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[pondencee]

This one is for my lotr/Beatles fans who weep over the Beatles lotr movies that never came to be…

[lovestuckyhatemarvel]

Apologies, but I’m about to over analyze a very old meme in the middle of the night because I can’t sleep. And I’m about to talk about the lord of the rings movies more than the books because even though I’ve read the books, I’ve watched the movies more. Also, the meme is about the movies, so leave my tired ass alone.

So I kind of hate the fellowship at 100% vs 99% strength meme because I’ve seen people talk about it seriously and I think that’s a fundamental misunderstanding of the way the characters function in the story. Like I’m sorry but if you think any single character in the fellowship is more important than the others instead of just a personal favorite, you’re just textually wrong. And this is about to get long so brace yourself. But also if you hate long things, why the fuck are you here?

Aragorn and Sam are spectacular characters that are necessary to the success of the mission but not disproportionately to the whole. Because the whole is the point. The fellowship is the point. Even Boromir, whose direct actions are arguably the least due to dying early, has long reaching effects even after his death. If Boromir was never there, things don’t go the same and may not even go as well long term. Does Aragorn even accept his role as much or as quickly if he doesn’t have Boromir’s dying breath calling him his king? I’d argue no. However I will admit that this character is the one I have the least arguments for other than ‘trust me, bro’ and ‘that’s my baby, and I’m really proud’ while exhausted.

I feel silly even pointing out what Gandalf’s impact is since he’s the reason the journey can even start to begin with. Without him, Frodo gets a weird ring from Bilbo and then dies before he’s 50 because he treats it like a random trinket and is the easiest target the Nazgûl have ever tracked. Gandalf also saves the entire fellowship from the Balrog and is the reason King Théoden becomes available as an ally instead of being God’s crustiest hindrance. In general, the intricate removal of Saruman’s direct impact requires a wizard. Also, if he’s not there, who gets that world’s greatest grandpapa mug I made?

Legolas and Gimli are married so I’m talking about them together. Beyond the fact Gimli almost becomes Galadriel’s favorite side ho, the two don’t have a ton of solo story beats in the movies. However, what they lack in specific moments they make up for by being absolute monsters on the battlefield. Aragorn can’t do most of the shit he does without my gay uncles backing him up. There are literal battles that would have failed and in a war where they’re already outnumbered and outmatched, you actually can’t afford more loss.

Merry and Pippin are eternal besties so they’re also getting talked about together. Initially they’re treated as comic relief and at times even a hindrance in the movies, but they do step up. The Ents go to war because of Merry and Pippin. And the Ents are necessary for dealing with Isengard. Take them out and the war still has an orc factory that can just overwhelm the war with numbers alone. They also have direct impacts on Gondor and Rohan in ways I’m too tired to get into. Also, Pippin sings like an angel even when a gross old man is eating in grossest way possible. Talent. He has the range.

And now we’re down to the main crux of serious arguments I’ve seen. Sam and Frodo. Both of them ring bearers. Is Sam way more important than Frodo? Absolute not.

So Sam is arguably an amazing character, but don’t get it confused. Sam would have never volunteered to take the ring to Mordor, didn’t actually handle the ring’s direct influence well, and also would have gotten rid of Gollum.

Because psych!!! This next part is actually about how Gollum, Frodo, and Sam are three sides to a triangle you can’t remove any part of lest it falls apart completely! Take that, M Night Shyamalan, there’s a new mediocre and fully telegraphed twist in town!!!

Frodo has the initial willingness to take the ring to be destroyed and endures the ring better than literally anyone else. Basically everyone else either gives unhinged talks about what they’d do with the power before they ever touch it or they touch it for 10 seconds and go full Rick Astley. Frodo carries it for days and even wears it a few times before he sees Galadriel and is still capable of trying to give it away. That in itself is extraordinary and cannot be understated. Like that’s the willpower of a god. Put some respect on that.

Frodo, because of his connection to the ring and awareness of its impact, desperately wants to believe Gollum can be saved. After all, that means that he can be saved, and so he does everything in his power to keep Gollum around and get him better. This means they have a guide and when it comes down to it, the reason the ring is destroyed at all. Because Gollum is the one to ultimately, if by accident, destroy the ring. You need Frodo to carry the ring and get Gollum there, you need Sam to get Frodo there, and you need Gollum to destroy it.

And another plot twist that’s not a twist at all at all, but while there’s no part of the fellowship that you can remove and still win, the fellowship itself cannot succeed without 1246885356 other moving parts. Elrond, Arwen, Galadriel, Théoden, Éomer, Éowyn, Faramir, Treebeard, Grima fucking Wormtongue, and dozens of others, some who don’t even get directly named in the trilogy, are all important. They’re all necessary. And there are even more moving parts in the books. Pour one out for my very good friend, Forest God Tom Bombadil. He’s not dead, I just think him and his trees would like a drink.

The point of the whole goddamn thing is that no one can do this mission alone. None of them. Yeah, not even Sam or Aragorn. It’s a fellowship and it’s about that connection and that community. There are themes.

[thisgingerhasnosoul]

The Lord of the Rings, Daenerys Targaryen edition:

Sauron’s descendant, Saurah, is born around the same time the ring is found by Bilbo. Years later, she hatches a dragon egg: the son of Smaug, Smug, who she tames and rides (and breastfeeds, for some reason). Now a dragon rider, she decides to take back what was lost to her family. During her travels, she recruits the orcs—slaves created by Sauron. She benevolently frees them from the evil clutches of Saruman, and from there, the orcs follow her (of their own free will, we promise!) on her quest: reconquer Sauron’s old lands, Rohan and Gondor—and more than that, reclaim her birthright: the One Ring.

Oh and she falls in love with Aragorn, who ditches Arwen and the Fellowship for her and agrees to rule by her side with the One Ring as their power source because… they can use it for good, I guess?

[zuulbean]

i turn to tumblr whenever i must post art but have already posted on instagram… life is beautiful…

[rotenkehl]

Whimsy queen of the forest

[xyrw]

The second I need to draw a house my brain explodes and this scene’s sketches are not the exception

But nevertheless I enjoy creating these backgrounds because you know, Bard animatic things

The second Procreate Dreams is available in AppStore I’m uploading there all the materials I’ve done specially for it

To be honest it’s like one of my favorite projects because it’s not like I’m doing something for work or carrier, I’m literally back to the feeling of a hobby and a bit cringy scenarios. Love them though; feeling really nostalgic

[greenieart]

your LoD art made me remember how much I loved this series back when I was in high school. thanks for the lovely trip down memory lane, and your art is absolutely gorgeous

AWW THANKS SO MUCH!!! These books have been so much fun to read over the last several months and they’ve honestly single-handedly rekindled my own childhood love for reading and high fantasy. I’m happy to hear that you like my art and that my own enjoyment of this series has brought back good memories for you, I’m honored 💚

[caramelldraws]

One of my older OCs, Lavender uwu

Im hoping to draw her girlfriend soon too, could try to do matching bookmarks

[portraitofalonelydyke]

I ate 2 edible gummies and watched The Return of the King in theaters last night, and for some reason Gandalf and Pippin had such sexual chemistry to me in that state. What happens in Minas Tirith stays in Minas Tirith am I right?

[sailforvalinor]

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[frogs-in3-hills]

watching lotr around new year’s is my favorite tradition. and then getting ambitious & starting the books again thinking surely i’ll finish them this time but never getting more than halfway through fellowship </3

[ifeelfreewithoutmyshoes]

“Oh it’s almost Christmas, you know what that means? We have to watch lord of the rings”

- my mom

[sassytail]

My new name is going to be so fucking long and stupid I’m so proud of myself.

[crazynerdandproud]

So I got spoilers for Rings of Power and apparently Halbrand is Sauron?! Fucking what.

[morianar]

“The hobbit used too much CGI” don’t you dare disrespect my mans Richard Taylor and his team making fully anamatronic goblin suits ever again