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Now this is a story all about how

The Elven race got moved around

And it’ll take a couple hours so just sit tight

I’ll recount a tale of Eru Ilúvatar’s might

In Cuiviénen awoken and raised

But Valinor was where we spent most of our days

Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool

And forging Yavanna’s light into our most precious jewels

When a couple of Ainur who were up to no good

Launched a devious attack on our luminous wood

Fëanor’s dad got offed and he made a rash vow

He called upon the Noldor: return to Middle Earth now!

The Valar begged and pleaded with the Elvenfolk to stay

But half of us packed our bags and went to Alqualondë

We got in one little fight, some of us slew our kin

So Dread Mandos appeared to denounce our sin

Well some turned back but the rest kept marching

Till afar in the distance we saw a torching

When we knew the ships burnt, quoth Galadriel:

If we wanna make it home we have to go through Hel

CARAXË,

turned out that Fëanor’s fate had been grim

And his eldest was imprisoned on Thangorodrim

But the bad blood was gone when my cuz rescued him

He just flew up the peak and gave his limb a trim

I made friends with the dwarves, I found bros among men

If the orcs liked to sing I’d have made friends with them

I established Nargothrond, I was finally there

To sit on my throne as the Prince of Beler[iand]

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from @messbrewster’s IG story

[random-jot]

The best interaction that ever happened in middle earth

[dotishere]

@gandalfwho draw this please

[gandalfwho]

[aredhel-of-doylkien]

But when they were landed, Maedhros the eldest of his sons, and on a time the friend of Fingon ere Morgoth’s lies came between, spoke to Fëanor, saying: ‘Now what ships and rowers will you spare to return, and whom shall they bear hither first? Fingon the valiant?’

Then Fëanor laughed as one fey, and he cried:

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xbalanque-benereb.deviantart.com Another #Athelstan , I think I had never painted him as a monk

[glumshoe]

I think LotR could have ended much differently if Frodo had just turned to Sam and said, “Hey, look, I realize you hate Gollum and don’t trust him at all, but could you please give him a chance? Genuinely be supportive of him? I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I am Projecting Heavily on him and my hope and sanity kind of hinges upon believing that he can be redeemed. I thought I was being really obvious about that but maybe not.”

[robotsareonlysometimesright]

Tolkien agreed with you! He wrote:

“If [Sam] had understood better what was going on between Frodo and Gollum, things might have turned out differently in the end. For me perhaps the most tragic moment in the Tale comes in II 323 ff. when Sam fails to note the complete change in Gollum’s tone and aspect. ‘Nothing, nothing’, said Gollum softly. ‘Nice master!’. His repentance is blighted and all Frodo’s pity is (in a sense) wasted. Shelob’s lair became inevitable.”

“Sam could hardly have acted differently. (He did reach the point of pity at last (III 221-222) but for the good of Gollum too late.) If he had, what could then have happened? The course of the entry into Mordor and the struggle to reach Mount Doom would have been different, and so would the ending. The interest would have shifted to Gollum, I think, and the battle that would have gone on between his repentance and his new love on one side and the Ring. Though the love would have been strengthened daily it could not have wrested the mastery from the Ring. I think that in some queer twisted and pitiable way Gollum would have tried (not maybe with conscious design) to satisfy both. Certainly at some point not long before the end he would have stolen the Ring or taken it by violence (as he does in the actual Tale). But 'possession’ satisfied, I think he would then have sacrificed himself for Frodo’s sake and have voluntarily cast himself into the fiery abyss.”

“I think that an effect of his partial regeneration by love would have been a clearer vision when he claimed the Ring. He would have perceived the evil of Sauron, and suddenly realized that he could not use the Ring and had not the strength or stature to keep it in Sauron’s despite: the only way to keep it and hurt Sauron was to destroy it and himself together – and in a flash he may have seen that this would also be the greatest service to Frodo.”

[toosmallortootall]

This video never fails to make me cry, also it’s definitely a huge inspiration for my thesis….

[constellationsofwords]

I’m glad Sydney Carton is one of the few characters from nineteenth century literature who has maintained a fanbase of teenage girls

[yeoldefandoms]

I love this but “few?” I mean like, I agree and would die for Sydney Carton, but here are a LOOOOT of 19th century lit characters who still have ungodly amounts of fangirls. 

Off the top of my head: Mr. Darcy, any Austen male lead tbh, all of Les Amis from Les Miserables (Enjolras, Grantaire, Joly, Jehan, Bossuet,etc ) as well as side-characters like Montparnase, Mr Rochester from Jane Eyre, Anatole Kuragin and Pierre Bezukhov from War and Peace (mostly get introduced through the musical adaptation tho), Basil Hallward and Dorian Gray, Mr. Darcy again, I’ve seen a surprising amount of Moby Dick fanart, and of course Sherlock Holmes and John Watson…

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From @vlavla’s Periscope, 07.10.2017

[georgeblagdennet]

No Postage Necessary - Teaser Trailer

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[killiandonnellynet]

Killian in one more production shot from Les Misérables.

[fysw]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer (Official)

[bandathebillie]

I wish Peeta was here - the old Peeta - because he would be able to articulate why it is so wrong to be exchanging fire when people, any people, are trying to claw their way out of the mountain.

[alyruko]

soggy kidnap dad for day 2 @feanorianweek !

[jennybeantime]

The tapes are marked with the year of the Games and the name of the Victor. I dig around and suddenly find one in my hand that we have not watched. The year of the Games if fifty. That would make it the Second Quarter Quell. And the name of the Victor is Haymitch Abernathy.

[thranduils]

On inventing the “One ring to rule them all” verses

JRR Tolkien, part 3/?

[sindar-princeling]

I just can’t help but smile back at the last gif