[fabulous-feanorians]

[screenshot] it was too perfect

[voyaging-too]

I know that the nitpicking over why the Fellowship didn’t just ride the eagles to fly directly to Mordor has been talked to death, there’s more than enough answers. The Doylist answer is that would stop the whole book from existing, or replace it with a wholly different book all about eagles. The Watsonian answer is that a) the eagles are a noble independent people not a taxi service, b) the quest is a stealth mission and huge massive giant eagles are not stealthy, c) Mordor has air supremacy and the eagles could only fly to Mount Doom after Sauron was defeated and the Nazguls all gone.

But just now, option d) occurred to me: do we really trust the eagles to withstand the ring? If it tempts Gandalf and Galadriel, surely it tempts Gwaihir the Windlord. Do we want to create the Dread Lord of the Skies? He would wear the Ring on his lovely sharp claw! He would fly higher and swifter than the winds of the world! He would build a magnificent nest from the broken timbers of Edoras! He would eat so many people! All elves and men would be forced underground!

[middle--earth]

[princealigorna]

[middle--earth]

Legolas + Gay in Infinite Craft is Gimli

Proof:

[barrelsofdwarrows]

Reason # 13687924 why I shouldn’t have photoshop open at 4.30am.

[ox24g]

An observation I have made on different types of Jirt enjoyers view of Sauron.

[embroiderycrafts]

[middle--earth]

Just heard this from downstairs because my mum is watching lotr (again. She watches it, like, every month)

[yea-verity]

[auroroboros1]

[cheaphalloweencostume]

this is what a hobbit would mug you with

[annabellesacres]

not idly do the leaves of lorien cut a bitch

[ceescedasticity]

Yeah, this is what an elf would mug you with – a Noldor would have made it themselves, probably, but it’d suit Sindar Aesthetic all right, too.

A hobbit would mug you with a brick in a sock, probably.

[bramblepatch]

Please, a hobbit would mug you with a brick in a potato sack, no self-respecting hobbit owns socks.

[wittyusernamed]

reblogging for the insightful and VERY TRUE statement there

[olorinscombatboots]

guys we need to talk more about the fact that the battle of pelennor fields happens on the ides of march. idk what this means but it means something

[everything-lotr]

[middle--earth]

fr lol

[ardashitposting]

The council of Chad

[middle--earth]

I need to know where the Gandalf Big Naturals meme came from

[mcpayne]

✨ Bookshelf Tour 1-29-25 ✨

*These shelves are always being updated and changed, so expect more updates in the coming months*

From Top To Bottom:

1. The Rings Of Power (to be updated soon iykyk)

2. Tolkien Himself (Artwork, Illustrated Editions, Letters, Poems)

3. History of Middle Earth (and miscellaneous books)

4. Alan Lee editions and First Edition Silmarillion

*if anyone wants close ups of anything, just lmk.

[valar-did-me-wrong]

do I see THE THREE ELVEN RINGS 😍

[mcpayne]

you doooo 🤭

[valar-did-me-wrong]

[iwanderbecauseimlost]

My eyes have been blessed by Eru. I'm working on my own shelf.

[middle--earth]

Im also kinda working on a shelf. Here it is so far:

[middle--earth]

I now have a side blog as one of my lotr OCs, @tookishbookwyrm, so if you want to you can check that out!