Eryn Lasgalen

I first read the Hobbit in 6th grade and was immediately hooked. Within a week a watched all three LOTR movies. And that was when I saw him...the most beautiful and majestic being I had ever laid eyes on. That was when I knew I loved Legolas, son of Thranduil

[tenrose]

[penny-anna]

Gandalf: So, Mippin and Pippin -

Pippin: erm, that’s Merry and Perry, Gandalf

Gandalf: oh yes sorry, Merry and Perry -

Gandalf: …

Gandalf: PEREGRIN TOOK

[penny-anna]

just to be clear when i say he never lives this down, it’s not just merry and pippin who never let him live it down, the entire fellowship refuses to drop it

Gandalf: has anyone seen my pipe?

Legolas: *entirely deadpan* have you asked Mippin and Pippin

[penny-anna]

Gimli: *laughing uproariously*

Gandalf: Gimli you can’t talk, you can’t even tell them apart

Gimli: that’s not true!

Gandalf: alright, then. which is which?

Gimli: …

Merry & Pippin: …

Gimli: -_-

Merry & Pippin: ??

Gimli: *points tentatively at Pippin* …Merry?

Merry & Pippin: OHHHHHH

[teniente-lesaro]

I like to imagine Legolas calls they MerryAndPippin one word. Both of them. Every time.

Legolas: So you have become fast friends with MerryAndPippin.

Faramir: I mean really just Pippin but I’m learning more about Merry every day!

Legolas: Thank you for protecting MerryAndPippin during the battle of Gondor.

Eowyn: You mean Merry? Just Merry.

Pippin: Hey Legolas!

Legolas: Hello MerryAndPippin.

[penny-anna]

Counterpoint: when there’s only one present, he calls them ‘MerryOrPippin’

[catchaspark]

According to Know Your Meme, on August 18th, 2005, Erwin Beekveld brought forth this work into the world. HAPPY TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY, THEY’RE TAKING THE HOBBITS TO ISENGARD.

[timefortigers]

sheds a single tear

[catchaspark]

every august 18th my notifications break and i go, fuck, tumblr has failed me once again, but it hasn’t. it hasn’t failed me. it’s just the taking the hobbits to isengard-iversary. happy 12 years

[andthwip-deactivated20220219]

underappreciated characters:

tolkien → gimli

[penny-anna]

Consider: Hobbits unused to carrying swords, initially VERY unclear on when it’s appropriate to whip em out

Merry and Pippin have a disagreement over, idk, whether cake or pie is better and both draw their swords like ‘HAVE AT THEE’ 

meanwhile Aragorn in the background like, boys please, please boys those are sharp

[penny-anna]

Frodo: *napping*

Boromir: hey Frodo wake up we need to talk-

Sam: he’s having his nap sir

Boromir: Sam please this is important

Sam: *draws his fucking sword* HE’S HAVIN HIS NAP GO AWAY

[penny-anna]

Frodo is slightly more sensible & very polite

Frodo: *sees Aragorn with his sword drawn* oh is there trouble. should i get out my sword

Aragorn: …no that’s alright

Frodo: are you sure it’s no trouble

Aragorn: Frodo if i want you to draw your sword I’ll. I’ll say so alright

Frodo: ah, alright :) just say the word

[penny-anna]

Boromir: *grabs Sam’s sword* ok I’m confiscating this till you learn how to use it appropriately

Sam: *does not let go*

Boromir: *pulls harder*

Sam: *still does not let go*

Boromir: *slowly dragging Sam across the ground* HOW ARE YOU SO STRONG

[penny-anna]

Frodo: *waking up* WHAT… is going on

Boromir: *holding sword like 6 feet up in the air w Sam dangling off it* um

Sam: I’m handling it Mr Frodo go back to sleep

[mothdogs]

@average-beets

[diwhitney]

The road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began

prints available here!

[swayer-of-dale]

MIDDLE-EARTH + Scenery [PartⅤ] THE HOBBIT/THE LORD OF THE RINGS

Random Gif Edit- 43/?

[atheistj]

Protective Legolas is super underrated. There are a lot of scenes where he’s very protective of both Aragorn and Gimli, though there are more of them with Gimli.

In the Moria scene, the cave troll goes after Gimli twice and knocks him down twice. Both times, Legolas immediately shoots it. 

When the three of them are chasing after Merry and Pippin, Legolas constantly looks behind him to make sure Gimli is still there.

Obviously he threatens to kill Eomer for threatening Gimli.

He kills the warg that was going after Gimli. Yeah, Gimli wanted to kill it and Legolas may have done it partly to bug him, but still.

It’s Legolas that Gimli wants to stay close to when they’re in the Paths of the Dead.

The way Legolas is protective doesn’t get as much focus as the way Sam or Aragorn are protective, but it’s still there. Legolas has few people he really loves, like Aragorn and Gimli, and the way he looks out for them is apparent if you’re looking for it.

[nimium-amatrix-ingenii-sui]

Ah yes, Ainulindalë, or the Eruvision Song Contest as I like to call it

[sindar-princeling]

don’t you EVER assume you understand how much I love lotr because you’ll always end up underestimating me, when I read lotr for the first time I would braid my hair in those Legolas-style braids every day for the next couple of weeks

[notanotherjaneausten-deactivate]

uhhhh quick question, how do i actually become a part of the Tolkien fandom? Is there like an initiation?

[sindarinarcher]

Develop an unhealthy obsession with Tolkien’s works so that you become known as “the person who can’t stop talking about LOTR” whereupon you turn to the internet to find your fellow crazies. You’ve found us. Welcome to the madness

[zvaigzdelasas]

me, looking at the current state of the world, crying:I wish none of this had happened…

Gandalf, materialising in my conscience, smiling kindly: So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world, besides the will of evil.

[bronweathanharthad-moved]

y’all are still out there giving Frodo a hard time for trusting Gollum

Frodo and Sam are in a bind. They are hopelessly lost. They do not know this area of Middle-earth at all. If they hadn’t encountered Gollum, most likely they would have wandered aimlessly until they died or were taken captive. So they desperately need a guide.

Nobody knows this place better than Gollum. He knows that there is more than one way to get to Mordor. He knows of paths that the Enemy doesn’t use. He knows the dangers of each area and how to avoid them.

No, he cannot be fully trusted, but Frodo knows that. He doesn’t want Gollum to swear on the Ring due to its treacherous nature, and for quite a while he keeps a wary distance from Gollum; he won’t even let Gollum touch him. Frodo isn’t naive.

The films offer multiple explanations for Frodo’s rationale. Most of it boils down to “We cannot do this without a guide, and Gollum is our only chance.” Yes, there is more to it than that - I could write an essay on the “because I have to believe he can come back” line - but he does not act solely from intuition and emotion. There is a very practical reason for following Gollum, and the films acknowledge that.

And the decision to pity Gollum (as Bilbo did) and trust him ultimately leads to Middle-earth’s salvation, so…

[asgardian--angels]

So I was staring at my Middle Earth map poster for no reason today

and for the first time, I notice this blip down in the southwest corner…

THE FUCKING MENELTARMA’S STILL THERE

let me rephrase

the Meneltarma of Numenor, the giant mountain atop which was a sacred shrine to Eru, still stands above the waves despite the total destruction of the island by Eru.

as @samwise-po-tay-toe-gamgee so beautifully put it, HE SANK EVERYTHING BUT THE FUCKING SHRINE TO HIMSELF

[easterlingwanderer]

Proof number 19877408771^10 that Eru Sucks

[behindbookshelf8-deactivated202]

smash that reblog button if you love Frodo Baggins

[gayestfanboy-deactivated2018123]

This post needs so many more notes, it makes me want to cry

[vardaaa]

Aragorn and Legolas just make eye contact like “can you believe this shit” and honestly that’s a mood

[sindarinarcher]

So I started watching Shadowhunters and I think I’m addicted...