Silly Octahedron With Eyeballs

I didn't know I was supposed to write something here lmao

[katajainen]

Pippin "actually you're not required to follow orders if they're patently insane" Took inspiring others:

At the door he turned to one of the servants who had remained on guard there. 'Your master is not himself,' he said. 'Go slow! Bring no fire to this place while Faramir lives! Do nothing until Gandalf comes!' 'Who is the master of Minas Tirith?' the man answered. 'The Lord Denethor or the Grey Wanderer?' 'The Grey Wanderer or no one, it would seem,' said Pippin.

[---]

'But, Beregond, if you can, do something to stop any dreadful thing happening.' 'The Lord does not permit those who wear the black and silver to leave their post for any cause, save at his own command.' 'Well, you must choose between orders and the life of Faramir,' said Pippin. 'And as for orders, I think you have a madman to deal with, not a lord.'

[frodosrings]

who is your favourite character in the lord of the rings novels who doesn’t appear in the films?

glorfindel

ioreth

beregond

tom bombadil

elladan + elohir

imrahil

goldberry

nob

fatty bolger

bergil

barliman butterbur

quickbeam

Voting ended onJan 23, 2025

so so sorry to all the underrated faves i couldn’t fit on here (farmer maggot and halbarad) not sorry to lobelia though queen you need to relax

(i know butterbur was kind of in the films, but he got way way way more depth and dialogue in the books and was like a flushed out character rather than a quick cameo)

[the-yapperrrr]

Ioreth is amazing because she's excitable and incapable of shutting up, which is just like me fr fr

[anh3-donia]

insane goodwill pickup

[male09-offical]

HOLY SHIT

[cat-mermaid]

OH!!

OH!!!!

THE LAMPS!

Those are the suns! 7 suns! Thats why theres light in the darkworld, thats because of how important those 7 lights are to Asgore's flowers!

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[cyphir-spacerobot]

Victor Frankenstein after achieving the impossible and building a fucking person from scraps of the dead: Oh god, ew, ew it's ugly! Yucky! Yucky! Gross! Ew! Ew! Yucky! Yucky! Gross! Ew!

[holly-warbs]

Sketchbook drawing from a moment in Verőce, Hungary.

[aphractal2]

mourning my emotional support tree

[the-yapperrrr]

[psyduckz]

[sugar-petals]

scientists want you to know ✅

[the-yapperrrr]

all scientists should give me their email because what do you Mean prototaxites are maybe a fifth kingdom of life that we didn't know existed and you discovered this in February and NOBODY TOLD ME??? scientists you need to Tell me these things when they happen

[ooliecat]

some snatcher and hatkid stuff because i've been playing through deathwish

[the-yapperrrr]

heeheehoo

[deny3verything]

imagine being eomer. you’re out hunting with the guys when three randos seemingly materialize from thin air, and then procede to tell you that

a) garden gnomes are actually real (and they are personal friends with at least 2)

b) they had passed through the “cursed forest,” and the “monsters” there are actually so cool that one guy is about to physically fight you for disrespecting slender man

c) two of your good family friends have died tragically

d) one guy pulls out the actual nemean lion skin and declares himself to be the descendant of hercules, with indisputable proof right there in front of you

and so naturally, not only do you believe the three insane strangers you just met in the middle of nowhere, but you also give them your police friend’s cop car, ONLY under the condition that they bring it back!!! because otherwise you will probably be actually killed lol byee. what a normal day

[audible-smiles]

a page of this pop sci book about fungus I’m reading may interest a few of you:

Galadriel is a mycologist!

[audible-smiles]

charmingly, the author sometimes refers back to this digression without mentioning that Sam Gamgee is a fictional hobbit rather than a real research scientist

[the-yapperrrr]

YES YES

[necoash]

I looked then and saw that his robes, which had seemed white, were not so, but were woven of all colours. and if he moved they shimmered and changed hue so that the eye was bewildered.

“I liked white better,” I said.

I’m sure this is exactly how Tolkein imagined this scene while writing.

[teddywesworl]

i do write for attention, actually, because that's a normal reason to create art

[teddywesworl]

did you hear about that actor performing a play in front of a crowd? clearly only doing it for attention

[teddywesworl]

im trying to say something and im not gonna say it in an empty room

[imagionationstation]

I do it for myself in the sense that I control my own stories, but I’m not collecting all these words on a page so that I’m able to understand the full scope of the characters/situations.

I already know it. That’s for you.

[halftametigers]

when people ask me what i love about lotr i can't quite explain it in a normal way. its not the wizards and the dragons and the wilderness. its not the frightening thrill of moria, or the glory of helms deep. its not the ethereal magic of the elves or the pride of the growing civilizations of men. in fact out of every fantasy setting it is to me the most innocuous, the most irrelevant because what i love about lotr is the love. its the humanity. the hope. it is about goodness and fellowship. it is a manual on how to live right, with your friends by your side and your songs in your ears and a constant reminder that the best thing about going anywhere is coming home