#AROD

[graceofgondor]

Of all the lotr horses why does absolutely no one talk about Arod??? LIKE- HES THE GOODEST BOY.

He's the unofficial third wheel when aragorn isn't around, he loves to trot, and legolas calls him his friend in the books!! Like please I love him so much you guys give him some love.

[bigbluefishi]

everyone’s favourite elf guy legoland

[bugstuff4ever]

headcannon that gimli flirts with legolas through how he touches him while they ride arod.

-when they first get on the horse, gimli (uncomfy) loops his fingers through lego’s belt loops and that’s IT! nooooo unnecessary touching! yikes!

-then they’re riding through rohan and they’re TIRED but legolas still takes the time to check on gimli and tease him while they ride,,,and it’s kinda hot? so gimli holds the elf’s hips while they ride. feels good for both of em. lego notices the change immediately and he loves it.

-next they’re reuniting with the wizard and merrypippin and riding to war and everythinghappenssomuch. gimli and lego are caught up in the chaos and lean on each other heavy to keep grounded. the rest of the fellowship notices how they’re always whispering/finding a way to touch each other. gandalfs like WE’RE AT WAR THERES NO TIME FOR FLIRTING but they just laugh. the fellowship’s suspicions are confirmed when they mount their steeds and see gimli fully pressed up against legolas with his arms wrapped completely around the elven torso, with lego leaning back into the hold. despite the circumstances, they are smiling :)

-by the time they ride for the black gate, they are head over heels OBSESSED with each other. if they aren’t married the elven way yet, they will be soon. the tension…..is high. gimli pets legolas while they ride, lego turns around to kiss the dwarf whenever they slow down, and no one wants to know what devilish things gimli’s whispering to cause the elven ears to flush such a deep crimson. everyone is surprised that arod hasn’t bucked them off with the sheer amount of PDA happening on his back. disgusting.

-when it’s all over and they finally get married the dwarven way (official ceremony and all that), arod is the ring bearer. bless that horsey!

[kindlythevoid]

“Gimli was lifted up [onto the horse] behind his friend, and he clung to [Legolas], not much more at ease than Sam Gamgee in a boat.”

-The Two Towers pg. 35

Friendly reminder that the one time Gimli got onto a horse for the first time and hated it so much that he was compared to Sam in a boat, who had multiple paragraphs dedicated to how much he hated boats.

[ebaeschnbliah]

We both have need of haste ...

... Eomer said. 'My company chafes to be away, and every hour lessens your hope. This is my choice. You may go; and what is more, I will lend you horses. This only I ask: when your quest is achieved, or is proved vain, return with the horses over the Entwade to Meduseld, the high house in Edoras where Théoden now sits. Thus you shall prove to him that I have not misjudged. In this I place myself, and maybe my very life, in the keeping of your good faith. Do not fail.'

'I will not,' said Aragorn.

There was great wonder, and many dark and doubtful glances, among his men, when Éomer gave orders that the spare horses were to be lent to the strangers; but only Éothain dared to speak openly.

'It may be well enough for this lord of the race of Gondor, as he claims,' he said, 'but who has heard of a horse of the Mark being given to a Dwarf?'

'No one,' said Gimli. 'And do not trouble: no one will ever hear of it. I would sooner walk than sit on the back of any beast so great, free or begrudged.'

'But you must ride now, or you will hinder us,' said Aragorn.

'Come, you shall sit behind me, friend Gimli, said Legolas. Then all will be well, and you need neither borrow a horse nor be troubled by one.'

A great dark-grey horse was brought to Aragorn, and he mounted it. 'Hasufel is his name,' said Éomer. 'May he bear you well and to better fortune than Gárulf, his late master!'

A smaller and lighter horse, but restive and fiery, was brought to Legolas. Arod was his name. But Legolas asked them to take off saddle and rein. 'I need them not,' he said, and leaped lightly up, and to their wonder Arod was tame and willing beneath him, moving here and there with but a spoken word: such was the elvish way with all good beasts. Gimli was lifted up behind his friend. and he clung to him, not much more at ease than Sam Gamgee in a boat.

'Farewell, and may you find what you seek!' cried Éomer. 'Return with what speed you may, and let our swords hereafter shine together!'

'I will come,' said Aragorn.

'And I will come, too,' said Gimli. 'The matter of the Lady Galadriel lies still between us. I have yet to teach you gentle speech. '

'We shall see,' said Éomer. 'So many strange things have chanced that to learn the praise of a fair lady under the loving strokes of a Dwarf's axe will seem no great wonder. Farewell!'

With that they parted. Very swift were the horses of Rohan. When after a little Gimli looked back, the company of Éomer were already small and far away. Aragorn did not look back: he was watching the trail as they sped on their way, bending low with his head beside the neck of Hasufel.

JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers,  The Riders of Rohan

[andywayswhatever]

ohhh yeah. yankees yaoi

bonus rizzo kevin hart livestream meme

[theworldsoftolkein]

Legolas Riding Arod

[aspenrockymountainhigh]

Legolas and Arod

"Then Aragorn led the way, and such was the strenght of his will in that hour that all the Dúnedain and their horses followed him. And indeed the love that the horses of the Rangers bore for their riders was so great that they were willing to face even the terror of the Door, if their masters' hearts were steady as they walked beside them.

But Arod, the horse of Rohan, refused the way, and he stood sweating and trembling in a fear that was grievous to see. Then Legolas laid his hands on his eyes and sang some words that went soft in the gloom, until he suffered himself to be led, and Legolas passed in."

JRR Tolkien, The Return of the King, The passing of the Grey Company

#lordoftherings

[edwinspaynes]

"I am growing old with him." They had been Thomas’s words from many years ago, and Alastair remembered scoffing at them at the time. He had not fully grasped the implication; he had believed age to be some issue that needed rectification, a dreary future problem that he did not yet wish to combat. And yet, in that moment, he wondered why he had ever feared getting older. How could it be a tragedy, to love someone for so long?

- A Ribbon of Dream

[axiserpent]

Meteos March day 28: Sleeping Friends

An Arodian naps with a furry friend from another world.

[graceofgondor]

look at him. he's so happy to be there.

[dreamlesson]

A humble tribute to the horses in LOTR

[beanziesdad39]

Doing more backyard sports art with A-rod and Derek Jeter

[doubledaybooks]

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