#LOtR references

[artaxlivs]

Listen, I know all of you could make moodboards but I couldn't! I’m so old that I remember VCRs though so like, chill, okay? But I wanted one for another fic and finally decided to figure it out...I made five of them last night - hey, I said CHILL. 😅 I know, I'm late to the party and I've revealed that I am, in fact, older than 25 but I don't care. Look at my cute moodboard for my Steddie werewolf fic from last year!

In case you missed it, here's the link: Even Flowers Have Their Dangers

[incorrect-thuggory-quotes]

Meathead Huscarl: Berk calls for aid.

Courtroom: *Falls silent*

Thuggory: And the Meatheads will answer! Muster the ships!!

[drifting-dragon-incorrect-quotes]

Mika, to a group of greenhorn drakers, excitedly: Hunt them down! Do not stop until they are found! You don't know pain or fear! You will taste DRAKE-FLESH!!!

Greenhorns: YEEEEEAAAAH!!!!

Takita: Should we...do something?

Vannie: Leave it. He always like this when he's hungry. If it actually gets them motivated—even better!

[krossan]

This is the sibling rivalry I need

[gleafer]

Me, using my god given talent to capture likenesses as a way to make as many fictional characters kiss as possible.

And no one can STOP ME! Mwahahahahahahahpower! POWER!

Excuse me a cruel chuckle! Power mmhmmhmmyes-Prince John, probably

[diraxxer]

The portrait of the last sons of Fëanaro

It was supposed to look like a stained glass window

[deheerkonijn]

Legolas and Gimli in the Mirkwood jacuzzi. Full 🔞vers on my twitter and bsky. :)

[hes-a-plant]

Rewatching the part of FOTR where they’re in Rivendell and I noticed a few things:

We all joke about Elrond being super done with Gandalf after he recites the ring’s inscription in the Black Speech. But fun fact, if you pay attention you can actually see Elrond facepalm at this point. He is so done.

A bit after Frodo wakes up, we get a look at his bed. There is a statue of a winged elf(?) carved into the headboard. Elwing??

The pedestal that the ring is on? Fëanorian star carved into it.

I need Elrond’s shirt. The embroidery is so perfect.

Hobbits have gorgeous shirts made of linen (? That’s what it looks like, at least)

The collar of Sam’s shirt is clearly hand stitched, a neat detail separating him from the other hobbits, as the only working class one!

It is all the rage for elves to wear horrible velvet cloaks.

Boromir’s collar at 1:40:16. Wow? What? It’s very cool. He also has some very neat clasps that have the tree of Gondor on them!

At 1:42:05, there appears to be another Feanorian star on the ground surrounding the pedestal that the ring is on

There are lots of elf statues surrounding the Council of Elrond. I can’t make out anyone specific, but I’d be curious if anyone else can.

Legolas really likes jumping up and yelling at Boromir, lol

Wow, it looks like the number 8 is a recurring motif in Elrond’s decor. I wonder what that could mean. That’s certainly not a meaningful number at all.

Gandalf is really just wearing rags, huh. I’m glad Galadriel ends up giving him new clothes, but he could have used some a bit sooner.

While Frodo is staring at the ring, the black speech inscription is echoing in the background! Never noticed this before!

Elvish shingles are shaped like leaves

“On you who go with him, no oath nor bond is laid to go further than you will” and cut to Aragorn, who gives a grim smile to Arwen. Hmm. This one could be a stretch, but wouldn’t those two have grown up on tales of Oaths-Are-Bad?

Right as Frodo is walking through the gates of Rivendell, there’s a statue. Again, I don’t know if it’s supposed to be anyone specific, but one of y’all might be able to identify it.

Unfortunately it wouldn’t let me screenshot anything so I can’t share pictures

[ukiyoebirds]

Galaxia! The sword of the gods! The legendary...twig?

Joke is curtesy of @krazycat6167.

You may need to click the image for better quality.

At this point it's a mixture of laziness and amusement that I draw Galaxia as nothing more than a squiggle.

More instances of Galaxia the twig:

[celebrimborium]

The ships are leaving for Valinor. Go now... before it is too late.

[celestialowlryx]

The Dragon Prince | The Lord of the Rings

[incorrect-thuggory-quotes]

Thuggory: I'd never thought I'd die fighting side-by-side with a Hooligan.

Hiccup: What about side-by-side with a friend?

Thuggory: Aye. I can do that.

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Word List: Arwen

Carcanet - archaic: an ornamental necklace, chain, collar, or headband

Celestial - ethereal, otherworldly

Coalesce - to unite into a whole

Eidolon - ideal

Eyewater - archaic: tears

Fulgent - radiant

Gossamer - extremely light, delicate, or tenuous

Lambent - softly bright or radiant; marked by lightness or brilliance especially of expression

Lavaliere - a pendant on a fine chain that is worn as a necklace

Lilaceous - of or resembling the color lilac

Numinous - appealing to the higher emotions or to the aesthetic sense; spiritual; mysterious

Perenniality - the quality of being persistent, enduring

Pur autre vie - for another's life

Recherché - exquisite; rare

Rivière - a necklace of precious stones

Rosewater - affectedly nice or delicate

Salutiferous - producing a beneficial effect; remedial

Scintillation - rapid changes in the brightness of a celestial body

Troth - loyal or pledged faithfulness; fidelity

Venust - archaic: beautiful, graceful, elegant

More: Word Lists

[choochooboss]

"Not all who wander are lost" …but one can still lose directions! This particular warden seems to have arrived at an unfamiliar stop, or perhaps a forgotten one beyond recall? My second contribution for August Magma event!

[eloquentsisyphianturmoil]

Gandalf said ‘do not offer me that’, Galadriel said ‘I would be a queen, great and terrible,’ but Elrond said ‘get that the fuck away from me’ and this is nonsensical.

The other keepers of the elven rings were most challenged by the One, why not Elrond? Is his struggle merely hidden? Is it his Maia blood? Is it simply his mixed blood? Is that why Aragorn withstood, too?

Canonically the race of men are most easily corrupted, yet Elrond half-elven, who is almost 40% man, doesn’t notably bat an eyelash. Why?

[nando161mando]