No Frigate Like a Book

Rose | Taurus | Queer It's Rude To Ask a *insert Weird Gender Noise* their age but I'm an Adult... theoretically a dreamer | a reader | a word weaver "Wherever I’ve lived my room and soon the entire house is filled with books; poems, stories, histories, prayers of all kinds stand up gracefully or are heaped on shelves, on the floor, on the bed. Strangers old and new offering their words bountifully and thoughtfully, lifting my heart." ~Mary Oliver

[a-ramblinrose]

Hello My Dears!

dreamer | reader | word weaver

Call me Rose! My gender is a *insert weird noise here* but I’m fine with she/her/they. Really just be polite and it’s all good. Can Poet be a gender? Hmmm must think on this. This blogger is 30+ because the passage of time is a trap no one can escape from. Except vampires but  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ who wants to drink blood?

 I’m an avid bookwyrm with a massive hoard of a TBR Pile and an even larger library of books I’ve loved. Discovering fanfiction only increased my consumption of words and my fic bookmarks are a vast labyrinth to get lost in. 

This blog is a mix of books and miscellaneous fandoms run 90% by queue to give some verisimilitude of functionality/organization to my chaos. I do tag. Mostly basic tags with a rare creative tag from the early days but my tagging system is pretty self-explanatory.

Feel free to ask questions please! I love to talk books!!!

Current Reading Tag || Original Posts || Reading Journal || 2026 Reading

And under the cut is a list of authors & fandoms that show up on my blog, well a smattering of them anyway!

Favorite Authors:  Terry Pratchett, Ursula K. Le Guin, Neil Gaiman, Becky Chambers, Ben Aaronovitch, Robin McKinley, Megan Whalen Turner, Tamora Pierce, Phillip Pullman, Tanya Huff, Eiichiro Oda, Hiromu Arakawa, T. Kingfisher, Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, J.R.R. Tolkien, & many many more

Favorite Poets:  Mary Oliver, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, John Keats, Rumi, E.E. Cummings, Leonard Cohen, Andrea Gibson, Billy Collins, Ocean Vuong, Richard Siken, & many many more

Random Fandoms:  Batfamily, Star Wars, MDZS, TGCF, SVSSS, BNHA, ASOIAF, Discworld, Sandman, FMA, One Piece, Sailor Moon, The Magicians, Studio Ghibli, LotR, The Silmarillion, Clamp, Black Sails, The Queen’s Thief, & many many more

"Wherever I’ve lived my room and soon the entire house is filled with books; poems, stories, histories, prayers of all kinds stand up gracefully or are heaped on shelves, on the floor, on the bed. Strangers old and new offering their words bountifully and thoughtfully, lifting my heart."

― Mary Oliver

[officer-lahit]

...get caught!

[zevampirex]

Stargazing with the boys

[skinofalien]

[thecrowsinkwell]

Arwen + Aragorn <3

[phantom-september]

Elfbruary Day 8: Arwen the Smith

I noticed in my recent reread that the banner Arwen makes isn't described as embroidered or woven. It's described as "made" and "wrought." Words Tolkien uses for things made through smithcraft. And the materials mentioned for the banner are metals, not any specific cloth.

And then I remembered both the brooch she left for Aragorn in Lothlorien and that it isn't mentioned who reforged Narsil. Arwen is associated with smithcraft, so why not her? :)

[maedictus]

Evenstar ✨️

[caramelldraws]

Another Arwen c: Probably still not what Tolkien had in mind but I stole some aspects I liked on a re-read.

[masterelrond]

@lotr20 | Day 6 ↳ Healing: Aragorn in the Houses of Healing

Aragorn went first to Faramir, and then to the Lady Éowyn, and last to Merry. When he had looked on the faces of the sick and seen their hurts he sighed. 'Here I must put forth all such power and skill as is given to me,' he said. 'Would that Elrond were here, for he is the eldest of all our race, and has the greater power.'

[masterelrond]

you all get it

[evankart]

Elf lords

[vixies-art]

Elf headcanons part 2 I guess lol

During the War of the Last Alliance, Sauron was TERRIFIED of Elrond. I mean his great grandma literally killed him with a dog once, of course he's gonna be put off when he sees her image in him. Especially once Gil-Galad is killed (and Celebrimbor's body brought forth) and Elrond is enraged. Sauron is on the battlefield and he sees this elf, dark hair moving as if it's magic like the only being to ever kill him, wearing a Feanorian star and pure rage on his face. An elf that's from Turgon's line, the line Morgoth's end came from as was foretold. And he's wearing Vilya, crafted by Celebrimbor, taken from Gil-Galad's hand. A ring that gives him power, and amplifies what he likely already has. Sauron looks at Elrond, and he sees Luthien, Turgon, Celebrimbor, and every Feanorian.

Here's a visual I made to show what Sauron sees lol

[physicsandfandoms]

Hello Tumblr, Wētā posted what seem to be new BTS photos from the FotR Last Alliance scenes on Facebook and I am not seeing these in Elrond and Gil-galad's tags here yet so I am bringing them to you!

[thelien-art]

The Herald and King

Elrond & Gil Galad redraw of @justdrowthings post here

[phantom-september]

Elfbruary Day 10: Rankin/Bass Elrond I've always liked the Rankin/Bass design. :)

[sesamenom]

the "what-to-do-about-the-ring" chapters, but from the perspective of elronds oath-related trauma

all text from Fellowship of the Ring (council of elrond + the ring goes south), except the snippets of the Oath, which i believe is from the Shibboleth of Feanor

inspired by this post

[tamilhobbit]

Oh, this is beautiful. Oh Elrond. 💔

[a-ramblinrose]

It's my 14 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

[a-ramblinrose]

JOMP BPC || March 7 || Remember The Fallen: Boromir from The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien