I am here for The Elf-fuckers

Mainly Barduil. Sometimes I post fanfiction.

[thekenobee]

the funniest man on the planet

[gandalfthequeer]

the only time of the year this can be posted

[insomniac-arrest]

I don’t think any movie will make me feel the same ethereal sense of otherworldly sorrow and disembodied awe as that scene in Lord of the Rings where the loyal son is sent off into a doomed battle to please his vindictive father while Pippin sings a mourning song of his people

I was like 12 and high off this shit

[lotrlocked]

These movies CHANGED ME

[jaskierxyennefer]

This is one of my favourite parts of the whole trilogy. It’s haunting.

[ink-splotch]

And that Pippin takes actually a happy walking song of his people, because Hobbit songs are generally happy and about food and drink and gifts and things, and *transforms* it into a mourning song.

The song is from Fellowship, before all the heavy plot hits and they’re still in the Shire. It’s about walking, and how eventually all the bad things that scare or sadden you will fade away and you’ll be home warm by the fire.

And Pippin takes it, changes the lines, the key, and sings a song that is truly fit for Denethor’s great hall.

[fiddlepickdouglas]

Knowing Billy Boyd gave his own melody to it and everyone had chills after hearing him sing it. This is how you get actors involved with the story and character, this is how amazingly well these films were cast. Fans have been singing that haunting tune in echoing halls and caves and towers for 20 years now and it never loses its beauty.

[moonybyte]

Home is behind

The world ahead

And there are many paths to tread

Through shadow

To the edge of night

Until the stars are all alight

Mist and shadow

Cloud and shade

All shall fade

All shall

Fade

[photogirl894]

And even better: Billy Boyd composed the tune to the song and then performed it for Peter Jackson and everyone else while filming. They only did one take! That very first take is the one that’s used in the film! He’s just that good!!

[freenarnian]

Every now and then I like to pull up this video of Billy Boyd being endearing and silly and choked up about Boromir’s death scene, and then performing this song upon request:

[theoriginalsuki]

I sing it as a lullaby to my children but I use the original “away shall fade” to make it less sad because they’re just babies. uwu

[prismatic-bell]

Not even my fandom and I have chills.

[prismatic-bell]

You know what, I’m not done. Every aspiring writer should watch that scene and keep in mind the axiom “every person is the protagonist in their own mind,” because Denethor and Pippin are having TWO ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS.

Here’s the translation of how it goes.

WHAT DENETHOR SAYS: can you sing, Master Hobbit?

WHAT DENETHOR MEANS: I want entertainment and you’re from far lands. That’s a novelty here.

WHAT PIPPIN HEARS: I don’t care that I just sent my son to his death. Entertain me.

WHAT PIPPIN SAYS: yes. Well, well enough for my own people. But we have no songs fit for great halls.

WHAT PIPPIN MEANS: yes. But not for you. And our songs aren’t for people who engage in such cruelty.

WHAT DENETHOR HEARS: yes, but I’m embarrassed because mine are simple folk, and you’re very grand and regal. There’s no way I could be of any use to you.

WHAT DENETHOR SAYS: and why should your songs be unfit for my halls? Sing me a song.

WHAT DENETHOR MEANS: we’re all equals culturally. I’m a benevolent ruler, I don’t think your songs are inferior to those produced by my skilled musicians. Let me engage with your culture.

WHAT PIPPIN HEARS: I have literally already forgotten about my son. I’m more interested in entertainment and food, things you normally adore and which I’m making a mockery of by my actions. So sing to me songs of those things you love, entertainment and food. My son doesn’t matter to me and shouldn’t matter to you.

And then Pippin sings.

WHAT DENETHOR HEARS: what a pretty little song.

WHAT PIPPIN IS SAYING WITH THE SONG: fuck you for doing this to your son, who I love. Fuck you for doing this to me, as I mourn. Fuck you for making a mockery of the things I love, when it’s clear you don’t care for them any more than you do for YOUR SON. Your child, who you should want to protect. If you won’t mourn in these halls, by everything I hold dear I swear SOMEONE will.

Pippin can’t say any of this out loud. But his word choices are extremely deliberate. And so are Denethor’s! He does not see himself as a bad person! I don’t know enough LOTR to know if he’s a villain or just an asshole, but the important thing here is HE THINKS OF HIMSELF AS NEITHER. He’s a good guy who’s had to make some hard choices, that’s all. It’s the editing that tells you he’s not actually that at all.

This is a MASTERCLASS in “everyone is their own protagonist” and if this is the standard the movies rise to all the time I understand why y’all love them so much, because holy shit. That’s incredible.

[none-ofthisnonsense]

@lotrheritageposts

[lotrheritageposts]

LOTR Heritage Post

[elodieunderglass]

The best thing about LotR fandom is probably that it’s like a little ecosystem that does not require much new material to chew on. People regularly lift the lid and peek in and there is everyone feasting on a 24 year old adaptation like it’s a whalefall and they’re like are you STILL doing that? and we’re like yeah? Pull up a fuckin bone

[sparrows-corner]

and we’re just leaving this in the tags?!?

[persefoni-art]

Maglor

[meredithwestcost]

Every time I see this scene, I'm convinced Balin went grey not from old age, but from Thorin's antics like this

[silverhawk]

but the good news is:

[anymoretastelessdemands]

Now that IS good news

[depsidase]

[johannestevans]

The thing about every fantasy or sci-fi universe where sex exists is that some people in it are doing really fucked up sex stuff. The author doesn't need to depict it or even conceive of it. It's just the glorious nature of creation that perversion abounds. And that's beautiful

Ppl will read this post and think "oh well, we all know hobbits fuck nasty" and its like. Well yeah we do know that and that's not fucked up at all. I meant more centuries-long elven edging sessions or ent sadomasochistic sex games that involve tapping the bark for sap. But sure. Hobbits do fuck

For every giant spider in your universe there are dozens of men who have died trying to fuck it

Or, died while fucking it. Good for them

[thefabelmans2022]

in 2024 may you have pippin's good humour merry's confidence gimli's audacity and sam and frodo's middle earth shattering gay homosexual romance.

[southfarthing]

the lord of the rings is so honest. so raw. so sincere. so unabashedly from the heart. no snide fourth wall jokes, no attempts to alleviate the heaviness. it is is wholeheartedly earnest in its dedication to portraying hope and love and faith and loyalty and courage, and that is what makes it feel like home to so many of us. it’s true to itself. it doesn’t pretend to be cool and care less. it cares, a lot, and that is a rare, beautiful thing. it warms our hearts to care for a piece of fiction that was made to care about and be cared about

[silmarillion-ways-to-die]

Liberated from Bluesky.

[rohirric-hunter]

Hey does anyone have that painting of the Argonath but they’re dabbing? I don’t need it for anything but I do want to inflict it on all my followers again.

[a-simple-gremlin]

Here you go

[rohirric-hunter]

Thank you!

[bougiebutchbitch]

Someone do the same with the founders statues from Naruto

[disgustinggf]

[son-of-drogo]

-Bilbo Baggins at his 111th birthday party.

[sandmandaddy69]

[bennydemarco]

TOLKIEN SECRET SANTA  ⇝ happy holidays to @sexyleon!

Aragorn +  Famous Last Words by My Chemical Romance

[jace-targaryen]

the lord of the rings: the two towers (2002), dir. peter jackson

[lucrezia-borgia-archive]

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING 2003, dir. Peter Jackson