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modernincorrectlotrhobbit

Legolas: *sneaking into the room in a giant coat*

Gimli: What’s with the coat, elf-man? You got something in there?

Coat: *meows*

Legolas, sweating: …Drugs.

modernincorrectlotrhobbit

elesianne

The way Legolas and Arwen approach falling in love with a mortal is really, really funny to me because

Arwen: I will give up my immortality, and my chance to see my mother and father again, because I would rather die with you than live forever after you’re gone.

Legolas, building a ship: Hey Gimli have you ever heard of this little thing called breaking and entering because we’re going to do it to heaven.

fairmanor

The funniest thing about LOTR is Aragorn constantly overstepping the Elves’ personal boundaries. They come from a race where touching your heart is one of the highest signs of affection and he’s over here pulling them into bear hugs and slapping shoulders like a brawny middle-aged dad

willkill4pudding

LMAO wasn’t Aragorn raised by Elves? He knows what he’s doing

fairmanor

True, but the momentary panic in Haldir’s eyes here is hilarious

niche-pastiche

Okay but what this potentially says about Elrond and the rest of the elves he was raised by is absolutely heartwarming. Because IRL humans need a certain amount of touch and affection and hugs and stuff. It’s particularly important for things like brain development and while it varies from person to person it’s still more than what elf kids need

And it honestly looks like Aragorn is not only comfortable with this kind of physical affection, he’s used to it.

Which makes me think that instead of looking at young Aragorn, and asking him to be more like an elf to fit in with those around them. Elrond looked at this kid and and thought to himself “how can I be more like what this child needs to thrive”

Aragorn has been raised by Elves since he was only 2 years old. So if we’re going by Piaget’s theories of child development, that puts Aragorn, (who would have been called Estel at the time) in the pre-operational stage. Or somewhere thereabouts. So Elrond is raising this kid when he’s learning to talk. When he’s constantly asking “why?” about everything.

Young Estel would have grown up surrounded by elves and elf children and just by virtue of not being an elf, he probably would have had to deal with feeling less capable than those around him. He wouldn’t have been able to do things like run across snow, and didn’t have the ability to see as far as they did with their “elf eyes” and I am imagining all manner of bruises and skinned knees as he tries to keep up anyway.

And it would take some getting used to his new surrounding, but I can’t stop picturing the first time tiny little Estel runs full tilt across the room and hugs Elrond’s leg.

And instead of scolding him or asking him to be more like an elf to fit in, Elrond consciously sets aside his own discomfort in the face of what this child needs to thrive. And if what Estel needs is hugs, then hugs he shall have.

Elrond picking up itty bitty Aragorn in a great big hug, and being just as uncomfortable about it, but hiding it well because this child was entrusted to his care and he will not let the boy grow up feeling unwanted or unloved.

And so Aragorn grew up surrounded by elves, but he grew up to be someone who naturally and unselfconsciously displays affection.

I think that speaks volumes about Elrond.

He raised this kid from age 2 to age 20 (so the majority of his formative years and well through his teens) and it was around then that Elrond’s own daughter gets back form visiting her grandmother Galadriel and meets this boy for the first time.

So I have NO IDEA what the various stages of child development would be for an elf, but I doubt their exactly the same.

Sure, Elrond might seem distant now, but there is no way Aragorn became the guy who is constantly overstepping elves personal boundaries to display affection without Elrond choosing to sacrifice his personal boundaries for the sake of a child’s well being.

fairmanor

This is the best possible addition to this post

thespectacularspider-girl

Considering Elrond was born half-elven and was eventually made full elven by choice, while his twin chose to be human (and thus started Numenor) it makes sense, as Elrond didn’t grow up fully elven.

Elrond probably knows what it’s like to grow up as not-elven, around full blooded elves and knows what humans need. He’s probably the one elf remaining on Middle Earth that COULD comprehend what Aragorn needed growing up, as a human.

thebaconsandwichofregret

Aren’t children like, very deeply treasured by Elves?

What if Elves are incredibly affectionate with Elven children? And with Aragorn they’re like “well he’s only 150, we can’t stop cuddling him just because he got tall!”

itspileofgoodthings

I know that Peter’s Jackson Lord of the Rings trilogy technically has flaws but also....it doesn’t. It’s perfect.

byjoveimbeinghumble

‘Are these magic cloaks?’ asked Pippin, looking at them. with wonder.

‘I do not know what you mean by that,’ answered the leader of the Elves. ‘They are fair garments, and the web is good, for it was made in this land. They are Elvish robes certainly, if that is what you mean. Leaf and branch, water and stone: they have the hue and beauty of all these things under the twilight of Lorien that we love; for we put the thought of all that we love into all that we make.”

- Fellowship of the Ring, Chapter 8: Farewell to Lorien

This is how I think of Jackson’s movies. Yes, there are serious flaws - Gandalf’s de-powering, Gimli as comic relief, and Faramir, namely - but come on.

Remember when the guys making their chain mail invented a new method for quickly producing large amounts of it by hand? Remember Miranda Otto walking down the street, practicing sword positions? The guys who forged all of the swords - for leads and for extras? The men and women riders who volunteered to be riders of Rohan? The costume designers who designed the inside of Theoden’s armor (which no one would ever see) so beautifully that Bernard Hill said he felt like a king? The friendships between the cast, and their size doubles, and the stuntmen?

When they made that movie, they put all that they loved into all that they made.

septembersung

#just hundreds of people who went ‘sure let me try this’ #and they made something breathtaking #and then they made it 12 more times in different sizes ( @byjoveimbeinghumble )

phoxxent

Wait tell me more about that chainmail thing

byjoveimbeinghumble

“Kaynemaile has worked tirelessly to perfect the material science behind beautiful architectural mesh, collaborating with architects and designers on projects that embolden urban environments with positive buildings. The company’s patented polycarbonate mesh, inspired by 2,000-year-old medieval chainmail, was initially created for the armor and weapons seen in the The Lord of The Rings movie trilogy and is now used on major architectural projects around the world.

“The film’s art director and Kaynemaile’s founder Kayne Horsham worked with his team to construct each garment from plastic plumbing tubes, coating them in pure silver. Once filming wrapped, Horsham dedicated himself to creating a change to the liquid state assembly process to mass produce the polycarbonate chainmail for architectural applications — products that were light, but strong enough to protect the interior or exterior of a building. Now an industry-leading manufacturer, Kaynemaile produces mesh for everything from small interior screens to large scale exterior façades. Their mesh is easy to install and can be custom created for specialized applications.”

https://architizer.com/blog/practice/materials/kaynemaile-mesh-facade-systems/

Kaynemaile's patented mesh façade systems are incredibly lightweight and easy to install while bringing a bold look to any scale building.

byjoveimbeinghumble

YOU GUYS

toastedbuckwheat

Some sleeping Glorthelion doodles

catadromously

here are a few of Tolkien’s “Lady Ghosts,” characters only known by their relation to the main cast - Thorin’s sister, Boromir’s aunts, and Arwen & Aragorn’s daughters.

essenceofarda

Finally get to reveal my part of my collaboration with @lendmyboyfriendahand for @tolkienrsb!!

The Lamb Becomes the Wolf

Artwork by me, @essenceofarda! Written by the very talented Tehhumi / @lendmyboyfriendahand!!

Rating: G

Warnings: No archive warnings apply

Words: 4963

Luthien throws down Morgoth and becomes Queen of the North, with Beren at her side.

ophelie-letanneur-deactivated20

Manwë, Sùlimo, The god of winds and air, King of the Valar, husband of Varda and Lord of the eagles.

Varda, the goddess of stars and light. Queen of the Valar and wife of Manwë.

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earendil-was-a-mariner

There are two types of LotR fans

Those who have not read the Silmarillion and think Frodo is getting on that boat to live forever, and those who have read the Silmarillion and know that he’s off to die.

ambarto

There is the third type too, the one that has read the Silmarillion but is in denial

cycas

Personally I’m in the group of people who have also read the Letters, and therefore know that the warning sent to the Numenoreans in the Silmarillion doesn’t automatically apply to Frodo*, and that he will go to a period of healing (potentially a very long one) before dying, eventually, at a time of his own choice.

For example:

“ … the mythical idea underlying is that for mortals, since their ‘kind’ can not be changed for ever, this is strictly only a temporary reward: a healing and redress of suffering. They cannot abide for ever, and though they cannot return to mortal earth, they can and will ‘die’ - of free will, and leave the world.”

JRR Tolkien, Letter 154.

“ he went both to a purgatory and to a reward, for a while: a period of reflection and peace and a gaining of a truer understanding of his position in littleness and in greatness, spent still in Time amid the natural beauty of ’Arda Unmarred’, the Earth unspoiled by evil.”

JRR Tolkien, Letter 246.

* why would it, anyway? Frodo was invited! And the Valar are able to grant long life: they did that for Elros and his descendants. Plus, it would be 100% out of character for Elrond, Galadriel and Gandalf to assist Frodo in committing suicide.