Love, Not Wisdom

Hi, I'm Nanna. This is where I obsess over all things Tolkien. And other things. I only follow people who tag their posts; tumblr savior is my bestest friend.

[dorwinionwhining]

I understand that some of you are here to honor Tolkien’s memory, but I am here to horrify his ghost.

[urbanspaceman-deactivated201908]

Franz Kafka, on writing…..

[toastbutteregg]

[eccentricmya]

What I see when I edit my writing:

What I see after I’ve posted it:

[prokopetz]

Level 1: Porn with plot

Level 2: Porn with social commentary

Level 3: Porn with troubling philosophical implications

Level 4: Porn with maddening revelations of humanity’s place in the cosmos

Level 5: Porn with math

[mirkwoodstock]

@montosmadman Level 3 sounds like a summary of your bibliography

[skywalker-of-tatooine]

Last night I had a dream that I was invited to some kind of sith or empire dinner party and after I got there I ended up wandering into the kitchen and Palpatine was straight up cooking a chicken with force lightning

[geistygeist]

The Dark Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be…unnatural.

[trilllizard666]

it’s not a recipe the Jedi would tell you…..

[jonswno]

a hard pill to swallow: if an audience can pick up on where the story is going, it’s a good story.

[bumblebeebats]

A kinda related note i hope you don’t mind me adding on: one of the most life-changing bits of story advice i ever received was actually in a class on “Revenge and Vengeance in the Ancient World,” if you can believe it. The professor was talking about how everyone in ancient Greece knew all the Greek myths back to front and told them over and over again - and someone asked why they would keep retelling the same stories if they already knew they ended.

She explained that basically it wasn’t the ending that was the most suspenseful or exciting part, but how you got there. This is why The Iliad spoils its own ending in the opening lines. This is why we have so many different retellings of Shakespeare, of Arthurian legends, of fairy tales. 

There are no truly original stories or truly unpredictable endings. So, IMO, it’s better to focus on how you as a writer/filmmaker/artist/whatever can bring something new to the body of the story rather than trying to shock and mislead your audience. 

[heartofoshun]

OMG! Why plot is overrated and I could give a flying fuck about spoilers. “ it wasn’t the ending that was the most suspenseful or exciting part, but how you got there.”

[fishadee]

When you’re around your friends and they talk about “““weird kinks”””  and you gotta play super cool.

[llittle-lluna-deactivated202012]

I’m still laughing about this tbh

[kukomitzu]

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[little-smartass]

when u meet someone who also ships ur rare pair otp

[omar-little]

good omens + angels in america

[lousysharkbutt]

pour one out for noobsmasher69

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[thewowsignal2026]

[red-athame]

Congratulations on the quote of the year, Madej.

[why-bless-your-heart]

Personally I always felt like Hobbits age at roughly the same rate as exceptionally healthy humans and that the reason they don’t come of legal age until 33 is because have you met people in their 20s because Tolkien did

[why-bless-your-heart]

Funny: Pippin is an idiot because he’s not an adult yet.

Funnier: Pippin is an idiot because he’s 28.

[godzillasflyingpizza]

jolkien rolkien rolkien tolkien, an actual college professor: none of you are fucking valid

me, a 29-and-a-half year old: i mean, but is he wrong

[antpainting]

[heartofoshun]

Hey I was wondering if you could help me find a Silmarillion fic. I found it a few years ago and then I lost it and can't remember the author or the title. I remember that the narrator was an unnamed scholar who had written three studies on child rearing in Middle Earth and then decided he wanted to interview the followers of the Feanorians and get their perspective on the history of First Age Beleriand. Thanks

I don’t recognize that scenario at all, but reblogging this in case someone else recalls reading that story.

Silmarillion Fic Search? Feanorians, studies on child-rearing, First Age Beleriand

[ceciditangelo]

oh, you’re my best friend oh, you make me live