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dagordagorath

#lotr #aragorn #viggo mortensen

callileon

meme redraw from my covid-induced lotr marathon back in august

#lotr #gimli #legolas #fanart

verkomy

treebeard and the hobbits

you can get a print here

#lotr

incomingalbatross

Someone PLEASE tell the Witch-King of Angmar that this little hobbit genuinely thinks it’s anyone’s guess whether or not he’s literate. PLEASE.

nimium-amatrix-ingenii-sui

To be fair, it is anyone’s guess. Literacy is not some sort of baseline qualification for kingship. Even if Angmar was a realm that put great stock in the written word (and we don’t know that), that doesn’t mean every single inhabitant is literate. Literacy is a specialist skill. Kings can afford to hire (or, in the case of Angmar, enslave) specialists if they need them.

Incidentally, if the Black Riders can read, we do not know whether they can read Shire-style Westron. Maybe they just know Sauron’s adapted Black Speech Tengwar mode and a little Sindarin on the side. WHO KNOWS.

Besides, at this point Frodo doesn’t even know who and what the riders are. For all he knows, they could be trained monkeys or enchanted clouds. He doesn’t even know if they’re sapient.

thedaughterofshadows

Also, I’m pretty sure at one point it is mentioned that the riders use their horses to see (just don’t remember whether this is before or after the above quote).

If that is indeed the case, and is mentioned prior to this scene, it is not unreasonable to assume that the riders cannot read by virtue of not being able to see the lettering.

phantomchick

Now picturing a rider holding a note in front of their horse and trying to make sure it doesn’t bite it

eruanna1875

Oh my gosh, the rabbit trail tracing going on here is delightful

readalong

It really is. And yes, it is completely reasonable for Frodo to have no idea whether the Black Riders can see at all, read, read his language, etc., and simultaneously, I find it hilarious to imagine the Witch-King of Angmar finding out about this Doubt. …Especially if he was literate in life but would not (for any of the available reasons) have been able to read the note.

paulgadzikowski

elodieunderglass

No the funniest part is that this is evidence of it being a far better and more secure idea to leave their buddy Fredegar literally holding the fort, because HE can pass the message on

Frodo: ok, so we need to give Gandalf an idea of our direction. Brainstorm. There are no stupid ideas

Sam: deputise a pigeon

Frodo: the pursuers might kill it - but good, good, keep it flowing

Sam: deputise a raven of Erebor

Frodo: better. Better. This is what workshopping is for

Merry: we could just leave a written explanation

Frodo: nice - just gonna note that the pursuit might be literate and they MIGHT get in and search the house

Pippin: find him first, shout in his ear

Frodo: tricky but bold, that’s it, keep going

Merry: write the message on a particularly fast-moving child - the Riders will have to catch it to intercept it but it will simply approach Gandalf naturally

Frodo: what’s good about THAT is that it’s a moving target AND intelligent enough to tell the difference between them, which we can’t expect from chickens etc. Who has a disposable cousin that’s especially small

Merry: all of us

Frodo: that we can get quickly

Pippin: just let Fatty tell him

Frodo: oh my god we could just let Fatty tell him

Pippin: Fatty’s very fast-moving

Merry: Fatty’s VERY fast-moving

Sam: Fatty remembers whole sentences at a time

Merry: Fatty can definitely tell the difference between Gandalf and strangers as long as the stranger aren’t wearing particularly misleading hats

Frodo: they won’t be wearing misleading hats

Fatty: what if they get in and search the house?

Frodo: no it’ll be a verbal message we’re gonna leave it in your brain

Fatty: oh my god we’ve thought of everything.

Frodo: I’m very happy with this. We leave at dawn.

Fatty: hey how did the black riders get our postcode by the way

Frodo: oh they caught someone and tortured it out of him with unspeakable cruelty until the message was yielded in broken but meaningful syllables which was enough for them to effectively hunt me across a continent

Fatty: haha nice 👍

Frodo: glad we came up with this imagine what would happen if we wrote things down

Fatty: yeah glad I could tip the decision

Frodo: thanks again for doing this Fatty - just remember that if the Riders come for you at the front door of this small isolated house, you can probably get out the back door and run

Fatty: okay

Fatty: yay 💖

#lotr #text

zhaan-deactivated20171022

the best lord of the rings thing ive seen is the headcanon that gimli is like Prince Tier of beauty for dwarves and is absolutely stunning and legolas is like, for an elf, absolute butt ugly like relatively and everyones always like gimli how could you marry such a shit tier ugly ass elf and gimli is like ach.. nae…i love him

#lotr #gimli #legolas

meyaoyu

studies from the fellowship of the ring

#lotr #fanart

shinraalpha

i love how Gandalf invested in Hobbits in year one and has been pushing them ever since. Thorin, i hear you need help with a breaking and entering. Can I recommend one of these little cunts? Silent as fuck, trust me. Elrond my dude i know you're skeptical but these four chucklefucks just transported a weapon of mass destruction all the way here. Theoden, you've gotta get yourself a hobbit man, I've got a spare one here. Denathor you big prick, take a hobbit - literally this is the bottom of the range but listen to him sing. Beautiful little bastard.

King Théoden 101 🥰

Imagine that. You're Aragorn. You're Isildur's heir. You inspire loyalty wherever you go. All who know you love you. Your people will follow you into the gates of hell. You're a deadly and valiant soldier, yet your hands also have magical healing powers. You save Middle Earth and become a great and beloved king.

You're own creator still says you're not good enough for Eowyn