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@finweanladiesweek day 3- Aredhel and Galadriel + motherhood

what I love about legolas is that he is an unfailingly untragic character. as the elves are fading from middle earth, his vibrant silliness is gradually taken over by ambiant melancholia - and yet never completely taken from him! when the fellowship is facing caradhras, he is untouched by the weight of the snow : ‘I go to find the sun!’ in that moment, they are all trapped by saruman, faced with an impossible choice - but legolas laughs! nothing can touch him. he’s a fae plucked out of mirkwood, borrowed from bilbo’s far gone whimsy. as the journey goes on, the tone of the story slowly switches around him - the trip to lothlorien functioning as an entry into the theme of noble decay that follows the story around. from that point on, legolas befriends gimli. their togetherness is brought along by shared feelings of isolation : ‘you comfort me.’ in the final book, legolas has fully entered the narrative of grief. he sings but it’s now fully elegiac. he’s saying goodbye to the world he felt so in tune with at the beginning of their journey : ‘west, west away, the sun is falling (…) I will leave, I will leave the woods that bore me.’ and yet, despite all this and because legolas remains this unfailingly untragic character, he still manages to escapes the doom of his people! he still manages to carve joy in his own tale! no matter what the mournful song says, he won’t be ‘lonely sailing.’ he’ll bring gimli with him in this ridiculous and happy nonsensical twist! because this is legolas and he is joyfully silly to the very end. and all of that happens completely in the background because he is utterly unimportant! unfailingly untragic!

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"For a while he abode with them and aided them in the making of language; for that was their first work of craft upon Earth, and ever most dear to their hearts, and the fair Elvish speech was sweet in the ears of the Valar." - J.R.R. Tolkien, Morgoth's Ring, "Of the Coming of the Elves"

QUENYA NEOLOGISMS by @outofangband

[ID: an edit comprised of seven horizontal banners, each bearing a word in more ornate white script, and its definition and etymology in smaller serif font below. Top to bottom, the images show:

1: Iridescent feathers. Text reads "Calilqua," and below it "iridescence" and in italics "'cal-' (shine, light) + 'ilqua' (oily)" / 2: Sun shining through the green canopies of trees. Text reads "Narollasë," and below it "the smell of leaves" and "'nar-' (relating to smell) + 'ollassë' (foliage) / 3: Ocean waves on a clear day. Text reads "Ëarwesta," and below it "sea breeze" and "'ëar' (sea) + 'hwesta' (breeze)' / 4: A pearl forming in a pale nacreous shell. Text reads "Marilquilëa," and below "pearlescence" and "'marilla' (pearl) + '-quilëa' (hued)" / 5: Tree branches bearing white flowers at night. Text reads "Lómelótë," and below "night-blooming flower" and "'lómë' (twilight) + 'lótë' (flower) / 6: Bare branches covered with snow. Text reads "Minyalossë," and below "first snow" and "'minya' (first) + 'lossë' (snow) / 7: Moss and small plants growing on the surface of a rock. Text reads "Taurecaila," and below "moss" and "'taurë' (forest) + 'kaila' (bed) //End ID]

witchtickles

The world is grey, the mountains old, The forge's fire is ashen-cold; No harp is wrung, no hammer falls: The darkness dwells in Durin's halls; The shadow lies upon his tomb In Moria, in Khazad-dûm.

20thcenturystarlet

New York City ballet production of Midsummer Nights Dream

thepeelingrenoir

The fact this isn't a painting is a testament to one of the greatest feats of set design and production I've ever seen.

thepeelingrenoir

My god just look at this! The lighting, set design, photography... I've just never seen anything like it.

sisaloofafump

This is from 1966 and you can see over a hundred photos on the NYPL digital collections website. It is absolutely gorgeous. These are just a few of my favourites.

Plus Puck's face here:

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Middle-Earth meme:

[2/3] races - men

#Into the queue pot!

witchtickles

There's such a fooled heart Beating so fast In search of new dreams A love that will last Within your heart I'll place the moon Within your heart

#Into the queue pot!

evcrgardn

ARAGORN & ARWEN in THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003) dir. Peter Jackson

gerroys

fangirl challenge = 4/7 sceneries ♥ lord of the rings

“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.”

thecryptkeeper

i know the way people talk about their pets now is probably how we’ve been doing it for all of history. a cat owner in ancient rome saw their cat lounging on the dining pillows and commented “he thinks himself to be the senator claudius 🤣”

library-seraph

The first attested cat in Japan was given to a young 9th century emperor and his diary about it includes such gems as 'I affixed a bow about its neck, but it did not remain for long.", "The color of the fur is peerless. None could find the words to describe it, although one said it was reminiscent of the deepest ink.", "When it lies down, it curls in a circle like a coin. You cannot see its feet. It’s as if it were circular Bi disk." and "I am convinced it is superior to all other cats.” Basically posting about how his void is the best little void and so good at getting really round

jessicas-pi

when I started The Count of Monte Cristo I was like "holy cow, this book is so big! the plot must be REALLY complicated!" and i've learned that while the plot is, indeed, complicated, a significant contributing factor is that alexandre dumas literally could not stop going on narrational sidequests

sophsun1

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) dir. Peter Jackson

#Into the queue pot!

sigmaleph

every day i am thankful to ancient humans for the domestication of the cat. fucking genius idea. agriculture was a good one too btw but you really outdid yourselves with the cat thing