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David Wenham as Faramir THE LORD OF THE RINGS: The Return of the King (2003) dir. Peter Jackson

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001)

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It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.

the lord of the rings: the two towers (2002) dir. peter jackson

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girls flirt by explaining tolkienverse lore in its entirety to you

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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

Aragorn + Book Quotes [5/?]

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Rings of Power Galadriel🧝🏻‍♀️

Hope you like them😄

Celebrating the season two trailer, the Haladriel Summer Celebration and the Haladriel Week prompt “Queen”

Enjoy the art that W.B had taken down from my Red bubble🥳

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" I would draw some of the great tales in fullness, and leave many others only placed in the scheme, and sketched. The cycles should be linked to a majestic whole, and yet leave scope for other minds and hands, wielding paint and music and drama. "

SCOPE FOR OTHER MINDS AND HANDS WIELDING PAINT AND MUSIC AND DRAMA

that Means that not only is rings of power implicitly approved by jrrt (if that even matters!) but that Tolkien also Explicitly wants me to reblog explicit aragorn/legolas/gimli fanart

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on worldbuilding, and what people think is going on

there is one facet of fantasy worldbuilding that is, to me, the most interesting and essential but i don't see it come up in worldbuilding guides or writing prompts or anything, and that is the question of:

what do the inhabitants of your world believe about how the world works, and how are they wrong? a lot of fantasy media will set up their cosmology, gods, magic systems, planar systems, concepts of the afterlife, &c., and proceed as though the inhabitants of the world know and understand them.

from someone whose entire academic career is focused on studying human culture in various regions and time periods, with a focus on belief systems (religion, occultism, mythology, folklore): that sort of worldbuilding is unrealistic and missing out on so much fun.

people are always seeking new understanding about how the world works, and they are mostly wrong. how many models of the solar system were proposed before we reached our current one? look at the long, turbulent history of medicine and our various bizarre models for understanding the human body and how to fix it. so many religions and occult/magical traditions arise from people disagreeing with or adapting various models of the world based on new ideas, methods, technologies. many of them are wrong, but all of them are interesting and reflect a lot about the culture, beliefs, values, and fears of the people creating/practising them.

there is so much more to the story of what people believe about the world than just what is true.

to be clear: i think it's fine and important for the author to have a coherent explanation for where magic comes from or who the gods are, so they can maintain consistency in their story. but they should also be asking what people in the world (especially different people, in different regions/nations and different times) think is happening when they do magic, or say a prayer, or practise medicine, or grieve their dead. it is a rich vein for conflict between individuals and nations alike when two models of the world disagree. it is fascinating how different magic systems might develop according to different underlying beliefs.

personally, i think it is the most fun to spawn many diverse models of the world, but give none of them the 'right' answer.

(bonus points if you also have a thriving academic system in the world with its own theory, research, and discourse between factions! as an academic, it is very fun to imagine fictional academic debate over the topics i'm worldbuilding. sometimes i will be working out details for some underlying mechanic of the world and start imagining the papers being written by scholars researching it)

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001)

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Maxim and Ismael's drinking game for season 2 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (drink responsibly)

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the rings of power summer celebration 2024 - week 1, characters ISMAEL CRUZ CÓRDOVA as ARONDIR

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HE PUT THE RING ON IM GOING TO THROW UP

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Ismael Cruz Córdova, Maxim Baldry and Nia Towle in The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power (season 2)

via IGN

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guys in the rings of power elrond wears feathery shirts because his mother elwing was a bird lady and even his armor (as shown in season 2 bts) has what looks like a feathers/wing motif. like he keeps the people he lost with him wherever he goes. sorry to its haters but rings of power is basically the coolest shit ever

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The weird old oak tree in the bluebell wood