Autistically Consumes Tolkien Content

LotR side blog cause the return of my hyperfixation of old should not be inflicted on the unwary.

[psstwantsomecheese]

Kinda hard to explain but there's just something about the character deaths especially the Noldors' that make total sense in The Silmarillion. Like of course the Spirit of Fire who could never be truly content with what he had would burn to death whilst ensuring his sons would continue his legacy of vengeance. Of course Finrod friend to all no matter the divide bleeds out in a dungeon defending the love between elf and man. Of course Fingon famed for constantly taking risks eventually runs out of luck and gets buried in the mud like any other common soldier. They may all be doomed but the way it manifests in each character is calculated and perfectly tailored and the only way it was ever gonna end

[lemonomelette]

they haven't slept in years :)

[camille-lachenille]

"average high king of the noldor rules for 867 years" factoid actualy just statistical error. average high king rules for 213 years. Ereinion Gil-Galad, who ruled for 3521 years and didn't 1v1 Evil incarnate, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

[warrioreowynofrohan]

I’d say that all the comparatively longer-lived High Kings of the Noldor directly fought the principal Evil of their time (Finwë [I’m not going to get into Trees vs post-Trees timelines, but reigned for hundreds of years at least] stood against Morgoth; Fingolfin reigned over 400 years and dueled Morgoth; Gil-Galad as mentioned reigned 3521 years and fought Sauron, though not 1v1 because he was fighting by the side of Elendil).

Apparently not engaging in direct personal combat with the principal evil of the Age is associated with shorter and generally less sucessful reigns of Finwëan High Kings (Fëanor, Fingon, and Turgon).

[tanoraqui]

There’s a mathematical formula to be made out of this, or maybe a graph. X axis is years of high kingship; Y axis is power/threat level of what killed them…or should it be relative power/threat level of what killed them, for their respective era? If the former Gil-galad is definitely still the outlier. If the latter, less so.

[aragornsrockcollection]

Inclusion of Finwe changes the parameters in a way that really makes this theory shaky. Because if it’s not just “Kings of the Noldor in middle earth” then we have to consider the true winner by sheer time spent in power to be Finarfin. (Again not accounting for Finwe probably being king by far the longest but in tree time)

[phantaskicks]

Felt the urge to edit some tumblr/twitter shitposts with LOTR characters (feat. one Bilbo in The Hobbit)

I might post fanart when I have the time - but for now these were very fun to make, I hope you like them!

[cosynopsis]

this horse is depressed

[quixoticanarchy]

self insert? no. this is an elf insert. stuck an elf in where there shouldn't be one

[quixoticanarchy]

[joetamy]

He wants you to take it . . .

[faustandfurious]

Reading through some old plot notes for a half-finished canon divergent Silmarillion fic and realising that I sound exactly like Celegorm and Curufin

[pretty-hills-i-die-on]

I 100% adore the Lord of the Rings movies, but the fact is that the Arwen-Is-Dying-Because-Ring-Magic plotline makes zero sense by the lore (if I’m wrong please correct me I’d love to learn). Don’t get me wrong, it works great for the movie, brilliant, in fact, but it doesn’t really make much sense in book logic. Why would Arwen’s fate be tied to the Ring? If she’s mortal now she can’t Fade, and if she’s still Elvish there’s no reason why it should affect her more than anyone else.

BUT, I was watching the extended scene where Aragorn looks into the Palantir and Sauron speaks to him in Black Speech and shows him pictures of a dead Arwen and smashes the Evenstar (Which is a whole other The-Books-Call-Bullshit shebang), and I came up with my own in-universe explanation.

Sauron: *Chilling in Mordor*

An Orc of some kind: My Lord Mairon (Because THAT is what they would call him), the spies have come back from Rivendell.

Sauron: Show me.

Magic Evil Spy: *Shows Sauron the image of a mortal man of the race of Numenor making out with an Elf lady who looks suspiciously familiar…*

Sauron: OH HELL NO!

Evil Spy: Indeed, Master. The Heir of Isildur lives.

Sauron: Get rid of her, now.

Evil Spy: Right away, Mast- her?

Sauron: Yes! Yes yes yes, I don’t care what it takes, get her out of here.

Evil Spy: My Lord, but surely, Isildur’s heir-?

Sauron: Do not harm that man, you hear me? Do not lay a finger on him until she is taken care of.

Evil Spy:

Evil Spy: Are you sure-?

Sauron: Was there a dog?

Spy: A dog, Master?

Sauron: Yes, yes, a dog, a big one.

Spy: Not that I could see, no.

Sauron: Oh well thank Eru for that, at least.

Spy: Are you feeling ill, Master?

Sauron: No, and I’d like to keep it that way. Arwen annihilation is priority number one, ok? And don’t you lay a finger on her man until I say so, got it?

Spy: Alright then…

Sauron, still looking at the image: HE’S GOT THE RING OF FELAGUND!!!

Spy:

Sauron: KILL HER KILL HER KILL HER KILL HER KILL HER RIGHT NOW!

[chechula]

Legolas and Gimli, ink doodling with no sketching ♥

[izzythebestever]

took me 8 months and very approx 380m of embroidery floss, and I’m now finished. going to have it framed soon :)

[gazpachoridesagain]

simply in awe of this jaw dropping insane amount of perseverance

it’s beautiful

[grimhel-deactivated20221111]

I’m reading the Silmarillion for the first time. 

So here some random illustrations I had in mind. I think they are a bit static/flat but whatever, It’s was done quickly just for fun. Let share love with other fans.

Sauron in wolf form VS Luthien and Huan

And Feanor with the Silmarils

Thanks Davinarfel for touch ups (Feanor’s cloths for exemple) 

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[aragornsrockcollection]

Forgive me if my memory is failing me but I don’t think it’s ever stated that feanor could make the Silmarils float dramatically above his hands, but I super appreciate that every depiction of him holding them chooses to embrace the romantic vibe of floaty glowy rocks.

[everythingnumbs]

I remember a post from a hot minute ago that said ‘if you lined up all the grandkids of Finwe and asked me “which one of them killed a werewolf with their teeth?’ I’d have gone for Celegorm. I certainly wouldn’t have picked Finrod” and I wonder if the fact that they were once the same character so to speak (by which I mean Celegorm was king of Nargothrond) in early drafts carried over at all or if Finrod was simply always like that

[fadran]

Guys I just realized something

I’m reading Return of the King, and have just reached the chapter called “The Tower of Cirith Ungol,” in which Sam makes to rescue his master.

Something notable about this is that Sam has put on the Ring not once, but twice so far - and both times, his experience has been markedly different than Frodo’s.

Firstly, his vision is impaired. Everything he sees is somewhat obscured by a dark fog. It’s unclear whether this is an effect of the Ring entering Mordor, or if that’s just what it does to him specifically; after all, the Ring acts differently for each Wearer.

It’s the second effect that’s really interesting. You see, for some reason, the Ring improves his hearing. In both instances, he can hear orc-chatter from afar, as well as tumbling rocks and the foaming of Shelob. But what’s really wild about this is that the same never happens to Frodo.

Because the Ring reflects the Will and Strengths of the User, I can only assume this means one thing.

The One Ring empowers Samwise Gamgee’s eavesdropping.

[thesummerestsolstice]

See one of my favorite Rivendell headcanons is that even though it's a wonderful, peaceful sanctuary, pretty much everyone there could be incredibly dangerous if they wanted to be. Like, let's think about who lives in that valley.

Elrond Peredhel, resident healer and eldritch crime against nature, self-explanatory

Glorfindel, slayer of balrogs, self-explanatory

Erestor, probably Feanorian, definitely dangerous

Old Feanorian diehards, all of whom are probably looking for an excuse to commit morally justified violence

Old Gondolindrim/Iathrim, who, despite what they might tell you, are exactly as dangerous as the Feanorians

Garthaglir the Library Orc, who absolutely remembers how to use the giant battleaxe he keeps behind his desk

A strange, shadowy figure roaming the valley who I'm *sure* isn't Maglor Feanorian, but who is nonetheless a terrifying singer

Elladan and Elrohir, who have spent the last several centuries becoming nightmare fuel for Sauron's forces

Arwen, eldritch, bites

Bilbo Baggins, not to be underestimated, can defeat a grown man with nothing more than his scathingly polite commentary

Dunedain visitors, vaguely feral, highly trained

Aragorn, very feral, highly trained

Lindir, not actually dangerous, but if you upset him you are going to have problems with everyone else on this list

I actually really like the idea that a lot of the people who live in Rivendell are inherently kind of dangerous, because it means that they're actively choosing peace and kindness for themselves and I love that.

[aragornsrockcollection]

Disagree: Lindir is a bard in a world where all the most powerful magic is bard magic

[inimeitiel]

The Battle of the five Armies countdown - day 21 of 30

[inimeitiel]

Bonus: 

[inimeitiel]

This thing from 2014 is my legacy. It’s got an insane number of notes and it still gets reblogs and likes everyday. I see people tagging it as #aclassic and I’ve met people in real life showing it to me not knowing I did it.

I was looking at it and realised that today, after 10 years I’d have done it the other way round.

I haven’t been in the Tolkien fandom for literally all of these 10 years so I don’t know if it’s been done already but here’s my updated version.

It’s…much funnier to me now lmao