Barduil Forever

This blog is dedicated to Barduil, with occasional Thranduil and Bard/their actors solo posts. Hobbit OTP, not even ashamed. Fanart, fanfic recs, etc

[snarkleharkle]

[aniseandspearmint]

TURN ON THE SOUND. YOU CAN'T MISS THIS. THIS IS FANTASTIC.

[saltseashark]

lay down your sweet and weary head for a tale thats now 67 20 years old <3

[itspileofgoodthings]

you know what gets me about lord of the rings? evil is defeated by people who choose to fight against it without possessing absolute, or even very much, conviction that they can actually win. all the converging story threads that lead to the happy ending are carried out by people who are far, far more convinced that they will fail than that they will succeed, who had only the frailest, most foolish hope, who had blind faith and frequently wavering hearts not peace or ease or certainty.

middle earth isn’t saved because no one faltered or came close to despairing or who sank to their knees in weary defeat. it’s not saved by pride or conviction or even strength. it’s saved because enough people do what they have to do even if they have to do it in the darkness. in the dust. with the ashes of hopelessness and bitterness in their mouths. because enough people took another step. Frodo, Sam, Gandalf, Aragorn, Theoden, Boromir, Faramir, Merry, Pippin. And many don’t. For every hero there is someone who gives into the “reasonableness” of despair—Saruman, Denethor, Grima, even Gollum—but enough. Enough people said “it doesn’t matter if we lose, I will keep fighting” and then they do.

And that GETS me. It is the most hopeful thing about the lord of the rings to me. There is so much that sums up its spirit, so many beautiful quotes and moments, but to me it’s never been the most famous of the quotes about hope and love that hit me hardest but a line from the films. Before the battle for minas tirith, one of the soldiers says “we cannot defeat the armies of Mordor” and Theoden answers “no. but we will meet them in battle nonetheless.”

And I—That is the spirit that leads to the conquering of evil when it comes down to it, when we’re talking about the part played by humanity alone in the fight against evil. Not the conviction you’re going to win, not farsightedness into a perfect future, not perfect inner peace or certainty. But acceptance of the real possibility of defeat, of that defeat being more the reality, the future, of your life than the victory, and then doing the damn thing anyway because goodness is worth fighting for even if you lose.

[heathyr]

Source: Skull from perplexing ritual site reconstructed

[navigatorsnorth]

@taibhsearachd​

[mothdogs]

Intrigued about his process, I visited Oscar Nilsson’s website. His “about” page says this:

“The hyper-realistic reconstructions of O.D. Nilssons´ are made by the sculptor and archaeologist Oscar D. Nilsson. With assistance from specialized craftsmen and scientists we provide museums worldwide with 3D and 2D reconstructions of historical findings. Lectures are also given at universities, conferences and museums. Expertised in the human face, O.D. Nilsson also creates sculptures like portraits, characters, scale figures e t c. ‘The human face is a motif that never ceases to fascinate me: the variation of the underlying structure as well as the variety in details seem endless. And all the faces I reconstruct are unique. They are all individuals.’”

You can read more about him and his work here!

Why reconstructing faces from the past is like building a time machine

"I've always been fascinated with faces, for as long as I can remember. I can be very absorbed by some faces on the subways and will try to

[ratfriends]

jongerry v jontim in my head: fight

[oceluna]

[aanakin]

“I was making decisions based on fear. I was altering my personality and the photos I’d put up on social media and the emojis I’d use—every little thing. It was a full-time job. What that does is keep building shame, without you even realizing it. Honestly, I didn’t come out to inspire others. I couldn’t actually process anybody else’s thoughts, because that’s what was keeping me afraid. I did it for myself, but then, once I realized the effect it had on other people, it became this beautiful thing. And I can go anywhere now and be me. I’m a better actor, a better musician, and a better person.”

[drawsshits-inactive]

lee pace just came out you guys im crying

[drawsshits-inactive]

[luxury-loki]

Loki taunts Thor over Jane’s mortality in ‘Thor: The Dark World’ (2013) // Requested by: @marvel-madness-mishmash (still open for more requests)

[feanope]

Because it is this time of the year again (soon)

Art-credit: @nevui-penim-miruvorrr - thank you for allowing me to blemish your art with that crack

[dismisses]

I can't believe it's already 2017

[dismisses]

Guys I’m crying omg I was drunk please stop reblogging this

[4lienmatt]

They want it to stop…..we reblog it to the extreme

[dismisses]

No no no lol please don’t

[soft-grunge-lesbian]

Forever reblog until 2017

[dismisses]

O my god no

[eigendefinition]

i cant stop laughing 

[troyeisart]

until 2017

[infinite-angels]

only 3 more years.

[natforprez]

I already added this to my queue, I don’t even know if i’ll still be on tumblr then

[agirlnamedally]

I’ve been waiting all year

[secularbakedgoods]

I know I’ve talked about this before, but I’m really sick of seeing writers who should know better say things like, “Tragedy is more compelling than stories where characters have a nice day and nothing bad happens!” without understanding why.

Tragedy is an effective story element when it’s a deviation from the norm. A character’s peaceful existence is disrupted by a catastrophic event that throws everything into chaos. The character now has to either develop so they can cope with the new status quo, or find a way to put things back the way they were. There’s a good story in that.

But when a character’s life is an unrelenting cavalcade of misery, another heaping dose of shit isn’t all that interesting. At that point, a compelling deviation from the norm would be said character having a nice day where nothing bad happens. And modern fiction is chock-full of misery porn, so by this logic, it’s no wonder the coffee shop AU is such a popular fanfiction trope.

Derek Hale getting a dog and putting his life back together is way more interesting than Derek Hale’s life getting worse for the 26th consecutive episode. Creators like to hold up “everything is fine and nobody dies” as a sign that fanfic is bland and badly written, but if anything, it’s an indicator that mainstream fiction is bland and badly written. 

[perenniallyfascinating]

But when a character’s life is an unrelenting cavalcade of misery, another heaping dose of shit isn’t all that interesting 

[ifitwerentforthatmeddlingkid]

I can think of precisely one time in which a series of unfortunate events made for a truly compelling story and that’s when Lemony Snicket wrote it

[numenor-archive-deactivated2018]

a great run-over of tolkien’s mythology that’s only 5 minutes long! if you’re writing a fic for lotr/the hobbit and plan to reference the silmarillion even though you haven’t read it, watch this!

[oakenskeld]

Bombur got lines! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

[s-u-w-i]

Túrin (in various stages of life - Mormegil, Neithan, Thurin, Gorthol  ) :3

uggh…would like to color it but the biggest one looks so ill DX

[germantolksoc-deactivated202211]

Túrin Turambar (F.A. 464–499) was a tragic hero of the First Age whose life was dominated by the curse of the Enemy. His deeds became the tale called Narn i Chîn Húrin (“The Tale of the Children of Húrin”).

Source: tolkiengateway.net

[numenor-archive-deactivated2018]

47/64 days to BOTFA