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velvet4510 · 4 months

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It took the Ring two seconds to make both Isildur and Gollum claim it as their own.

It didn’t take much longer for it to make Bilbo do the same, as he kept it as the key “trick up his sleeve” during the Quest for Erebor and never considered harming it.

But in 17 full years and 6 months, it couldn’t make Frodo claim it. It took being inside Mt. Doom, the place where its power was absolute and drowned out all othere, to get Frodo to claim it.

Inside Mt. Doom, no bearer can resist the Ring. They will inevitably claim it there. But literally ALL of the other Ring-bearers who ever claimed it did so outside of Mt. Doom.

The Ring never needed to apply its utmost, Cracks-of-Doom-level pressure to make any previous Ring-bearer claim it. Frodo was the only one who resisted it so long and so well that it had to force itself upon him and break him just to get him to regard it as his own.

Frodo Baggins is the strongest mortal in the Third Age of Middle-Earth and no, I am not accepting questions at this time.

(Remember our beloved Samwise Gamgee never claimed the Ring, and didn’t have it long enough for it to really sink its teeth into him as deeply as it did into everyone else. I’m talking about those who actually claimed the Ring at some point in their lives.)

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fukutomichi · 4 months

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The Rings of Power - Season 2 / Behind the Scenes

#the rings of power #rings of power #trop #rop #ropedit #tropedit #galadriel #arondir #elrond #disa #durin #the stranger #isildur #adar #my gifs #a subterranean gif #trop spoilers #rop spoilers

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mithrilhearts · 1 year

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I was there the day the strength of tumblr staff failed.

#lotr #lord of the rings #lotr shitpost #tumblr #the bots are back in town #lotredit #razzyedits #razzy makes a shitpost #i can't stop with these #tolkienedit #shitpost #elrond #isildur

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thenotoriousscuttlecliff · 12 days

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Isildur's Bane

Durin's Bane

Gandalf's Bane

#lord of the rings #pippin took #gandalf #isildur #durin #lotr #jrr tolkien

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elladanns · 18 days

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and if they don't now, they will soon!

#the rings of power #rings of power #lord of the rings rings of power #trop #amazon rings of power #akallabeth #numenor #isildur #maxim baldry #the fall of numenor

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sluttyseacadet · 22 days

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Rings of Power + text posts (1/?)

#this was v fun to make #isildur #estrid #elrond #gil-galad #halbrand #arondir #sauron #annatar #disa #durin iv #rings of power #tumblr text posts #text posts #trop text posts #rings of power text posts

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armenelols · 1 month

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I don't recall the books ever specifying what weapons Elrond primarily fought with and while he is usually given a sword by both the movies and fandom, I think it would be incredibly hilarious if he came out with fucking Dramborleg. They are getting ready for battle and he brings out this huge ass axe his gramps once killed balrogs with. Sir, you were discussing poetry 10 minutes ago, where did that thing come from

#or was it balrogs? it's been a while since i've read it #but he 100% killed some firey things during the fall of gondolin so whatever #the comedic effect of this comes from the fact that literally no one would expect elrond to have an axe #he just doesn't seem like the axe type #i know tuor's axe went to númenor (so presumably elros had it) and later was probably lost in the downfall #but consider: i don't think it was said where in númenor the axe was?#so if elendil had it he WOULD take it with him #and if the royalty had it #isildur already commited fruit-robbery what's one more #or elrond just got it from númenor before the downfall whatever #i am not figuring out the logistics behind my shitpost (this time)#elrond #tolkien #silmarillion #lotr

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frodo-sam · 20 days

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