it fucks me up that tolkien only died in 1973. dude has the vibe of a victorian scholar who wrote all his manuscripts by candlelight but then you look him up and realise that he knew what color tv was. what the fuck.
Tolkien had personal beef with the Beatles
He actively encouraged Led Zeppelin to write songs based on the LOTR series and considered it an honor
When the current queen of Denmark was young, she made illustrations for his books and sent them to him under a pseudonym. He liked them and they were printed in the Danish version of the book.
WHAT
The Queen of Denmark drew LoTR fanart 😮😩
Well, it started as fanart, it became canon published artwork approved by the author.
Also he strictly forbade Disney from making any sort of cinema of his books.
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Not only did this dude see the moon landing, know what color TV was and hate the Beatles, but he knew Walt Disney was a piece of shit before anyone else, and all because of some dwarves.






















