#tolkein

[iamchickenhearmesquawk]

Also I’m not the type of nerd to tell you the exact inspiration that the shire takes but it’s definitely not Norse. If anything’s Norse that’s like, the dwarves isn’t it?

[afen315]

Finno is pretty upset😔

[gaylittleeldritchhorror]

I've recently found a headcannon that Thranduil is blind- like completely, not half-blind like in canon. I like this.

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[luelennaqueenart2026]

Arwen and Aragorn✨

[mentallyabsent08]

Crazy how there are no good and faithful adaptations of The Hobbit

[pocketofviolets]

learned today that the underword in roman mythology is called dis. dis pater if we're full naming. and dis rules the afterlife and the dead. and idk much about tolkien's origins for naming and world building except that they are incredibly complex but i doubt this is the origin of dís' name. (and its been suggested here on good old tolkien gateway that her name actually comes from old norse where "--dís" meant sister. which does piss me off ngl because what do you mean she's named only in relation to thorin. but does check out considering a) the dwarves' names come from an old norse poem and b) as much as i love dís she is a real non-presence in canon. BUT I DIGRESS). BUT. but. i cannot stop thinking about the potential connection here. dís as the last in the line of durin left alive. dís who survives her brothers, grandfather, father, husband, sons. dís who returns home to bury her brother and children, who finally returns home only to be greeted by the dead. dís whose memory keeps the dead from becoming lost. dís who always remembers, who never ever forgets

[luelennaqueenart2026]

Thranduil and Luelenna ✨

[she-wrote]

What do you mean there's a whole damn cthulhu in the Fellowship of the Ring, lurking as a random side character-monster