Ainulindalë

Tasha, 22, history and historic preservation student. You should totally talk to me about those things. But more importantly Tolkien. Any aspect of Tolkien at all. Really. Especially the Silmarillion. Or music. Music is another thing. And not just in Tolkien. Music outside of Tolkien too. Or. You know. Just let me know if you’re having a good day. Or a bad one. Pretty much anything.

[glumshoe]

do Ents reproduce by sexual intercourse or by pollination

[glumshoe]

But if they reproduce through pollination how can they be sure they no longer reproduce? Maybe they’re anemophilous and are wind-pollinated and if they stand in a strong enough breeze an Entwife, somewhere, conceives an Entseed.

[glumshoe]

oh my god maybe the Entwives were bees

you are a mad genius

[glumshoe]

Ok, so, we have a few options:

1.) Ents reproduce exclusively through sexual intercourse, or something close to it

OR

2.) Ents reproduce via pollination and...

a.) are dioecious, with Ents producing only male flowers and Entwives producing only female flowers, and pollinated either by wind or by animals (or by hand?)

b.) have bisexual flowers, but which are so specialized that they can exclusively be pollinated by one specific species of pollinator...

The Entwives left the forest so long ago that the Ents no longer remember what they looked like. Treebeard says the Shire sounds like the sort of place they would have loved, with its gardens and flowers and agriculture. Hobbits have folklore of giant bees, named after bumblebees. Certain flowers only release pollen to “buzz pollinators”, like bumblebees.

Could it be that the Ents—who notoriously do everything slowly—failed to evolve quickly enough to compete with agricultural crops for the time and attention of their only pollinator species? Did the Entwives dump the Ents to evolve into regular bees faster than the Ents could even consciously process? DOES SAM GAMGEE THE GARDENER’S BOY KEEP ENTWIVES?!

I think we’ve done it. I think we’ve cracked the code. (Shut the fuck up, Jirt, no one asked you.)

[transfem-octopus]

It’s only in the movies that the Ents cannot remember the Ent wives. In the books they’ve described as having golden hair, red cheeks, and eyes like the Ents. Meaning the Entwives probably resembled the ents in appearance.

Likewise in the books the Ents were basically tree like giants instead of giant trees. As seen below

Peter Jackson reimagined the Ents as being giant trees instead of tree like giants so returning to the original question I propose a compromise:

Treebeard from the movies reproduces through pollination by the Ent Wives who are giant bees.

Treebeard from the books fucks. 

[glumshoe]

“Golden hair”?

“Red (butt) cheeks”?

Sounds like a rusty patched bumblebee to me.

[glumshoe]

[ten-thousand-leaves]

A very sweet anon asked for Curufin in Alqualonde. Here you go, dear anon. How can I say no to Curufin. My poor dear favourite kinslaying bb. Ok, Algualonde is VERY schematic. The media is a bit limiting. 

[nolikereally]

in all this excitement, let’s not forget the TRUE reason for the season

on February 14, 3019, Gandalf the White arose from death in his true form and set out once more to walk the stones of Middle-Earth

MERRY GANDALFMAS

[letters-from-the-sea-deactivate]

Demon horse saddlery tip of the day: add unnecessary metal rings all over ur horse’s tack so they are constantly reminded of what they seek

[eventingarab]

Also makes very charming jingly noises so your horse can be happy when chasing down things to kill.

[richararmitage-deactivated20150]

Happy birthday, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien!

Though you have been gone for a very long time, you will live on forever through your beloved stories. You have given us all - not only many beautifully told stories, that we will cherish for the rest of our lives - but you have also given us beloved characters that we hold dear to our hearts, that we consider, though they are not real, close friends. We will always remember you and will always be grateful to you for these stories. May you rest in peace, you beautiful man.

[erectiondisorder]

[alwendil]

Happy Birthday,  John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 

January 3, 1892

[faramireowyn-blog]

Today, 3d of January, was born a great man. Magnificent writer, who has created an amazing world called Arda. Kind father, splendid teacher. He will be remembered forever. Happy Birthday, J.R.R. Tolkien. Thank you for warmth, that you gave us with your books. Thank you for heroes, that make our life better. Thank you.

[luaen]

Everything about Luthien is on point.

[bonesturntodust]

[dwimmerlaiks]

a collection of first age christmaself tweets I really needed to have on my blog

[melkorwashere]

actually this is a request & I didn’t want to post it but I post it anyway because I think this is the best silmarillion related thing I ever draw in my life except for that melkor cover

[anunexpectedjourney]

The Edel-Silmarillion, created by Benjamin Harff, is a hand-illuminated version of JRR Tolkien’s Silmarillion based on medieval calligraphy. Harff, who designed this book for his exam at the Academy of Arts, Berlin, planned the calligraphy and illustrations for six months before completing the project over the course of another six months. There is only one copy of this book, making it truly unique. (x)

[thorinobsessed]

[curufinwefeanaro]

|| Absolutely inconsequential musings by Fëanor’s writer:

You remember the part in which Fëanor’s spirit is so fierce that sets his body aflame as it leaves it, yes? So I was considering how high that flame sprang, and how strong it was, because there were his sons about him and I could bet my collection of blings that at least one of them was holding him in some way. Like holding his body and such. Or a hand, or something.

…Did that flame slightly scorch any of them? Do any of them remember the heat or the faint burn?

[tosquinha]

You know what? I always thought he had ‘calmly’ burnt but after reading this, how could I ever have thought that? It was Fëanor dude, it must have been an EXPLOSION

[undoherdamage]

so what I’m hearing is that those idiots missed the best opportunity to weaponize their dying dad

[alwendil]

If I might please ask your opinion; THE DOWNFALL OF NUMENOR - Opera or Old Testament Epic?

Hm. Why not both?

To me, it does feel somewhat Biblical in proportions, and just in the kind of moral message it sends, the religious aspects of it… the invasion of a former enemy into the inner circle (the ‘devil’s’ seduction of a powerful man), the persecution of the ‘faithful,’ the desecration of holy places, the attempted overcoming of mortality (going against ‘God’s’ will, against nature?), ‘God’s’ reaction to man’s arrogance… 

But see, you’ve asked me if a part of Tolkien’s writing should be an opera. I’m going to say yes. Pretty much no matter what.

[tarionanarore]

once in Nargothrond by MatsumotoSensei

[nellyfg]

They’re taking the Hobbits to Isengard by the Dread Crew of Oddwood

This is possibly the best thing on youtube! It made my day … hell, it made my week ! So much awsome in those 2 minutes!!