#haldir helm's deep

[autistook]

March 3rd: The Battle of Helm's Deep begins

Where now are the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?

[thranduilofsmirkwood]

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᪥❧❃𓇚❦❁᪥ꕥ᪥❁❦𓇚❃❧᪥

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[miss-mollys-ballet-blog]

*fans oneself*

[matchbet-allofthetime]

Brb about to cry myself to sleep about Haldir dying in the films and the emotional damage that had to have caused Celeborn in particular.

I can only imagine Celeborn and Haldir being friends and becoming close for centuries upon centuries, and perhaps even Celeborn himself (not Galadriel, but him alone) specifically choosing Haldir to be Marchwarden.

Because he would trust no other more with such a title and task.

And then off Haldir goes with a final goodbye, off to Helm's Deep to fight alongside the race of Men.

And Celeborn waits. And waits. And until all the bodies of elves from the battle get brought back home to Lothlórien, he worries.

And he sees Haldir's bow. Then his quiver, then his sword, and then- his body.

And all he does for weeks is cry. He ponders leaving his own kingdom for Valinor- but what use is it, when his people need him?

Even so, until time comes where he finally leaves Middle Earth- he is miserable and dimmed and lonely, even with Lady Galadriel by his side.

He is only made happy again when he crosses to Valinor, and there are countless familiar faces waiting, banners risen high in honour of his arrival.

And out from behind one steps Haldir, face softened and chin held high, before he dips it to his Lord, like he always had.

Celeborn has never found himself moving faster, and he hugs his beloved Marchwarden so closely Haldir can feel just how much he trembles.

[ghostofashina]

“long ago, we fought and died together.”

[fantasies-fairytales-n-fics]

[m1ssingmyself]

yo fr💀💀

[daily-lego-sets]

LEGO The Lord of the Rings:

The Battle of Helm's Deep

Set: 9474

2011

Pieces: 1368

[craig-parker-cravings]

Haldir's arrival at Helms Deep

Screen cap time 🤤😊

[inahandful-of-dust]

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (2002) Dir. Peter Jackson

[tathrin]

📽 action!: rank all six of the films (or three if you're a hater)

Answers for this LotR ask-game.

Ahh okay so at this point I have to confess something terrible: I still have not seen the third Hobbit movie. I'm sorry! I just couldn't do it. The fuckery of it all, especially in the second movie with Mirkwood and Thranduil and Legolas ("a lowly Silvan elf" what the FUCK what the fuck PJ WHAT THE FUCK), was just too much for me. Character-assassination is one thing, and I thought after Denethor I knew what I was going to be getting with Thranduil but NOPE! It was literal world building assassination and I just CANNOT.

Don't get me wrong, Lee Pace did an amazing job and actually seeing Mirkwood was amazing and it was genuinely delightful to see Orlando put those ears on again; but the OuTrAgE that filled my heart at the yeet-ing of what minimal canon we even have for the Mirkwood elves was just intolerable, and while I did mean to go see it, really I did, I just...couldn't actually get the motivation to go before it was out of theatres. I've heard the EE are better (less studio fuckery) so I'll watch them someday! Honest! I just...haven't. yet.

And as to the Lord of the Rings trilogy...man, I don't even know how to do this. In terms of which is the best film, or in terms of which one I enjoy watching most, or in terms of which on hits me in the heart hardest or...? I don't know if I can objectively rank my feelings about these movies even in my own brain because RotK ends with Into the West and I have FeelingsTM about the Undying Lands and Sea Longing okay. So the last scene of RotK at the Grey Havens is a fucking spear through the heart every time and I can't even describe the knot of feelings it engenders, and I think overall TTT may be my favorite but also it has Plot Issues that piss me off even more than the Plot Issues in RotK I think,...yeah, we're going to do this in terms of Film Crafting rather than personal favorites because I'm having too many feelings lmao. So! In order of most-well-done-movie to least:

Fellowship of the Ring

The Two Towers

Return Of The King

The Desolation of Smaug

An Unexpected Journey

[from-lothlorien-to-helms-deep]

I was chatting with @fluffylovesstuffs about Haldir who definitely survived Helm's Deep...

*Aragorn and Legolas went to visit Haldir*

Haldir: why are you two basically unhurt? 😒

Aragorn and Legolas: because we have more fangirls ☺️☺️

Haldir:🤬

[thranduilofsmirkwood]

Four of my favorites from last year:

[youjustwaitsunshine]

happy to report that i still desire aragorn carnally 🙏🙏🙏

[bookshelfdreams]

someone on my dash reminiscing about helms deep arwen, as if helms deep haldir wasn't bad enoug 🙄

[captainbogwitch]

the real reason I started writing “the hands that wield the sword” isn’t because I’m an LOTR nerd. That’s a modern myth. I’m not watching it right now, and it’s not even on my main study playlist.

It is, however, because people fundamentally misunderstand Éowyn as a character and I believe she deserves Justice.