#the council of elrond meme

[gandalf-the-fool]

[silmarillion-ways-to-die]

[thethirdtreeofvalinor]

POV: You, a figurehead of a nation, have travelled to another land for a meeting as a messenger of your nation’s status of the captivity of a prisoner you were entrusted with. You were relatively calm before your presentation, your speech practiced, and your spirit as light as your feet on the ground. However, before you conceived to give your testimony, a friend of yours (who had diplomatic immunity in the land) drew all the attention in the meeting to himself. He regaled his hardships with traveling as a man set to govern one day. He spoke of the nearly two decades he had spent tracking your prisoner, a War Criminal in many of the other representative’s territories, at the behest of the wisest in your vicinity, a martyr of your generation. You learn of the struggle to capture the murderer that constantly evaded him. A priceless heirloom is brought up in the conversation, as how could it not be? It was the cause of the very meeting. Several nations were called upon to contemplate its destruction as none could escape its manipulation, its corruption greater than that of money could ever tempt. And it was your convict that held possession of it before his imprisonment. Your friends admits that he is glad that the fiend is in chains, not hounding after the nephew of a treasured comrade of a sovereign kingdom, a friend of its King before his untimely death in battle. You shake in your seat unnoticed as you begin to realize that maybe the daily walks for your detainee through the forest should not have existed. You are next to speak. Your tongue feels heavy. You are shitting your pants. You are Legolas Greenleaf, Crown Prince of Mirkwood.

[incorrect-lord-of-the-rings]

Frodo: I will take the Ring to Mordor

The other hobbits from their hiding places:

[thranduilofsmirkwood]

ELROND MEMES

LORD OF THE RINGS MEMES

THE HOBBIT MEMES

RELATIONSHIP MEMES

[zajin]

[imaginethisinuppercase]

‘For I am Saruman the Wise, Saruman Ring-maker, Saruman of Many Colours!'

I’m liking to imagine Saruman’s ring as being one of those multicoloured steel ones you can find everywhere online. You know, to go with the iridescent robes.

[tatersgonnatate]

[lesbiansforboromir]

Iconic elements of Film!Boromir's character that everyone remembers;

Very into Aragorn, has multiple meaningful scenes with him where he is clearly disarmed, awed, unnerved and yet eager for his approval and companionship. His acceptance of Aragorn's right to the kingship is treated as a vital part of his character arc and even his last words before his death are entirely about Aragorn.

Awkward, often stalling or stumbling over his words, says things that leave uncomfortable silences and often makes loud declarations of intent, very earnest in all his mannerisms and always says everything in a guileless way. Very upfront and open about his emotions, to the point of making Aragorn uncomfortable in his attempts to connect with him about his fear for Gondor's safety and his own inner turmoil surrounding his father.

Immediately ring-obsessed. He argues with Elrond about the Ring's usage and clearly is not swayed by further arguments, in fact is sent by his father specifically to get the ring and so is technically a traitorous element in the fellowship from day one. Eagerly ensures he has a place in the fellowship at the Council of Elrond and is blatantly suspicious with his treatment of both Frodo and the Ring from then on. No one in the fellowship trusts him and for good reason.

Kinda a liability! Doesn't really offer anything to the Fellowship other than another sword arm, and one that seems sub-par in comparison to his comrades considering his underestimation of the Hobbits and the multiple times he has to be saved in Moria. Has no real expertise or wisdom to offer, barring obvious declarations like 'this will be the death of the hobbits'. Indeed the one moment of apparent unique wisdom he offers 'one cannot simply walk into mordor' is so widely viewed as foolish advice that it's one of the most enduring memes of the internet to date. Only has one moment of apparent skill in his final stand against the Uruks where he kills about 5 by himself before he is hit by 3 arrows and rendered helpless. Very much characterised as 'the normal guy' and 'the himbo'.

Has a nice, supportive and loving relationship with Faramir, his little brother that looks up to him adoringly and with a sense that he could never measure up to Boromir and that Boromir is his better. Protective of faramir.

Hah that was fun and now, completely unrelated, here are TRUE AND IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT BOOK!BOROMIR!!

Has one (1) line of dialogue about Aragorn and his kingship that essentially reads 'Well I don't care about Kings but if mythic heroes from legend could come and help my people we'd be grateful (press x to doubt)' and then he NEVER! VOICES A SINGLE OTHER OPINION ABOUT ARAGORN! FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. This includes his very last words which don't mention Aragorn or the Kingship once.

Clear-spoken! Makes concise speeches full of relevant and important information when in an official capacity. Always has a tone of well-meaning half-humourous sarcasm, making casual and comfortable jokes at his own expense or sometimes lightly teasing his fellows. Otherwise restrains his disagreements to darkly humourous complaints, strained and weary reactions or clear unemotional declarations of his concerns depending upon the recipient. Takes the phrase 'you'll have to pry my feelings from my cold dead hands' entirely literally, NEVER reveals the true extent of his internal struggles until the moment he is literally dying. In fact is entirely silent whilst Aragorn is asked to describe Gondor and waxes so lyrical he doesn't even notice Boromir get up and leave.

Asks one (1) clarifying question at the Council of Elrond about why they aren't using the ring, accepts the answer entirely and never mentions it again UNTIL Galadriel tempts him with it in Lothlorien. Doesn't even WANT to go on the fellowship and is more dragged along by Aragorn with the pretext that 'Gondor is on the way to Mordor so we'll tag along.' Is utterly trustworthy and has no ulterior motive in arriving in Rivendell other than his search for an answer to his prophetic dream. In fact his whole behaviour and personality changes immediately after Galadriel's mental interrogation and he BECOMES awkward, unnerving and unsure in his speech all of a sudden.

Has a WEALTH of knowledge, experience and personal skill that he uses to save the fellowship multiple times. Saves them all from freezing to death on Caradhras through his preparedness, his arguing with Gandalf and his personal durability. Hacks the head off wargs when they are attacked in the night. Remains lucid whilst the fellowship is paralyzed with fear by the Balrog and stalls it's approach using his horn to allow them time to flee. Fights alongside Aragorn at every opportunity, including charging with him at the Balrog as Gandalf is fighting it. And not only that, he regularly is proven right in his advice (that is rarely heeded) and is well informed on both his own peoples history and Rohan's position, even against Gandalf and Aragorn's doubt of their character. Actually saves Merry and Pippin initially from the Northern orcs whom he drives away entirely before he begins taking them back to the others, is only stalled when they are ambushed by Uruk-Hai. Continues to fight on even with far more than three arrows in him and actually yanks a few out before collapsing against the tree. Definitely not a normal guy, nor a himbo, just exceptional in a more mundane way than everyone else in the fellowship (except the Hobbits).

Never mentions his brother a single time, somehow got him to stand and defend the bridge of osgiliath with him whilst knowing that it would likely kill them both so not all that protective. Faramir meanwhile cannot say a single uncomplicatedly complimentary thing about his brother and in fact cannot stop telling Frodo (a man he has imprisoned for half a day), about what a stupid, reckless and prideful man Boromir was and how he's far better in every single way.

WOW HAHA ISN'T THAT INTERESTING! COOL! Book Boromir is my favourite character by the way haha I'm suffering incomprehensible horrors :)

[naldoreth]

LOTR tag meme

LOTR themed tag game! Reblog with your own answers and tag three or more people you want to get to know better! I saw it in @legolas-fan-blog and had to do it C:

How old were you when you read/watched LOTR for the first time: 11 when I watched FOTR, 14 or so when I read the trilogy for the first time

Favourite LOTR character: Legolas <3

Books or movies: I love them both equally but the movies are my comfort piece

Favourite movie: The Two Towers

Which location in Middle Earth would you want to visit most: The Shire and Rohan!

Favourite scene: this is too hard! For FOTR, the Council of Elrond and Boromir's death, I'd say. For TTT, clearly Aragorn entering Helm's Deep like he owns it, or Legolas surfing down the stairs, or Aragorn tossing Gimli... And finally, in ROTK, I'm no man and You bow to no one.

Favourite quote: "Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer". (Also "PO-TA-TOES).

What Middle Earth race would you want to be: a hobbit. I'm already half hobbit as is.

Favourite LOTR ship if you have one: Legolas/OFC (my OFC, specifically). I'm also not aversed to Legolas/Gimli and I know for a fact that Frodo and Sam are an item (and Rosie knows it and she's ok with it). I also love Aegnor/Andreth (The Silm) and Galadriel/Halbrand (Rings of Power).

Tagging @lordbhreanna and anyone else that wants to do it! :D

[gandalf-the-fool]

[silmarillion-ways-to-die]

Excavated on Pinterest.

[thethirdtreeofvalinor]

i beg new tolkien fans to take a second before making fun of the hobbit movies, to first make fun of the way viggo mortensen says “it has no other master” in the council of elrond scene.

[concerningwolves]

Favourite moments in The Fellowship of the Ring

(it's only just occurred to me to keep track of these in my drafts now that the fellowship have entered Moria so I'm probably missing some, but anyway—)

Gandalf finding Sam eavesdropping and being like "come in then!" and bodily lifting him in through the window

Every time they call the Sackville-Bagginses the SBs.

Tom Bombadil sending the hobbits off across the barrow downs, and then having to come rescue them again like a day later. I know this was probably just Tom being Tom (or JRRT wanting an excuse to show off the barrow wights, which. Fair), but I love the idea of him and Goldberry deciding to let the hobbits have another attempt at this whole quest thing on their own first while they were still in his realm, and therefore within (relative) safety.

Sam throwing his apple at Bill Ferny and hitting him right in the nose, then going "waste of a good apple". King behaviour.

Sam then calling the pony Bill, presumably to restore the good honour of the name by bestowing it on a noble beast of burden.

The way Sam just. Followed Frodo into the Council of Elrond and nobody noticed him until he got himself noticed by breaking into the conversation.

The way Aragorn handles Boromir at the council. The cool, calm sass. The total unflappability.

When the the hobbit company are all chatting after the council and then gandalf basically sticks his head in the open window to join the conversation uninvited. I bet Sam wished he was tall enough to haul Gandalf inside.

"I go to find the sun!"

Honestly the whole implication that all the way up the pass, Legolas was like. Stealthing his ability to run clear atop the snow without any trouble? Was he just surreptitiously creeping along wondering if anyone was going to notice that he was miraculously not sinking into the snow?? Was he too busy being flabbergasted at how Not Light Footed everyone else was???

Gandalf threatening to knock on the doors at Moria with Pippin's head

The drums. The drums in the deep.

"curse the stiff necks of dwarves!" / "curse the stiff necks of elves!"

Celeborn going off about how he wouldn't have allowed Gimli into his land if he'd known about Moria, and Galadriel calmly interrupting him. The way he immediately acquiesced and apologised.

(And having listened to the Silm since my last reread, I now understand the weight behind Galadriel specifically choosing to use the hypothetical of "what if we were exiled and our land was inhabited by dragons?". Idk if that was intentional but lol. Lmao, even).

Sam repeatedly worrying about his lack of rope, finally getting some at Lothlórien, and having a nerd moment over it. I love him

Gimli eating an entire wafer of lembas and all the elves going "stop! Stop!" just like in the "he's already dead" meme.

"Are these magic cloaks?" / "They have the hue and beauty of all these things under the light of Lórien that we love; for we put the thought of all that we love into all that we make."

Frodo only taking off the ring after everything goes down at Amon Hen because Sam needed him

I repeat: Frodo only taking off the ring because Sam needed him.

[thranduilofsmirkwood]

Lord of the Rings Memes

The Hobbit Memes

Relationship Memes

[zajin]

This took way more time and effort to make than I'd care to admit