#Mount doom

[velvet4510]

It took the Ring two seconds to make both Isildur and Gollum claim it as their own.

It didn’t take much longer for it to make Bilbo do the same, as he kept it as the key “trick up his sleeve” during the Quest for Erebor and never considered harming it.

But in 17 full years and 6 months, it couldn’t make Frodo claim it. It took being inside Mt. Doom, the place where its power was absolute and drowned out all othere, to get Frodo to claim it.

Inside Mt. Doom, no bearer can resist the Ring. They will inevitably claim it there. But literally ALL of the other Ring-bearers who ever claimed it did so outside of Mt. Doom.

The Ring never needed to apply its utmost, Cracks-of-Doom-level pressure to make any previous Ring-bearer claim it. Frodo was the only one who resisted it so long and so well that it had to force itself upon him and break him just to get him to regard it as his own.

Frodo Baggins is the strongest mortal in the Third Age of Middle-Earth and no, I am not accepting questions at this time.

(Remember our beloved Samwise Gamgee never claimed the Ring, and didn’t have it long enough for it to really sink its teeth into him as deeply as it did into everyone else. I’m talking about those who actually claimed the Ring at some point in their lives.)

[artbyleav]

“Even darkness must pass.”

I am physically incapable of not making Frodo and Sam art

Also I couldn’t decide if I liked it more with the border or without, you can tell me what you think ⬇️

[atane-is-here]

@tolkienhorrorweek

Mordor & Barad Dûr

If one were to look upon the dark tower, wearing the master ring, it may become a shining beacon over the country filled with shadow. And one might feel drawn towards it. Like a great current pulling at the soul. Towards what is waiting there in the unseen world.

[autistook]

March 24th - Frodo and Sam reach the foot of Mount Doom

The night seemed endless.... Sam began to wonder if a second darkness had begun and no day would ever reappear. At last he groped for Frodo's hand. It was cold and trembling. His master was shivering.

[rad-world]

No...

... the Ring is mine.

Every time I remember this scene I feel a piece of me wither away (affectionate). I took some creative liberties to show the Rings power over Frodo, so his eyes reflect what he is seeing in his mind.

[riding-with-the-wild-hunt]

"They had come to the desolation that lay before Mordor: the lasting monument to the dark labour of its slaves that should endure when all their purposes were made void; a land defiled, diseased beyond all healing; unless the Great Sea should enter in and wash it with oblivion." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers, "The Passage of the Marshes"

@tolkienhorrorweek day 3 ⇢ mordor + "the pitiless land" || GEOGRAPHY OF MORDOR

[ID: an edit comprised of seven banners in muted natural tones.

1: A lake surrounded by mountains overhung with mist and trees giving way to gravel banks. White gothic-style text in the center reads "Lake Núrnen," and below that in a thin sans serif, "the lake of sad waters" / 2: A valley between dark mountains, with a dirt path leading through it. Text reads "Udûn" and "the dark valley" / 3: A rocky plain leading towards distant mountains that fade into a dark, smoggy sky. Text reads "Gorgoroth" and "the plain of deadly fear" / 4: An erupting volcano in the dark. Text reads "Orodruin" and "the burning mountain" / 5: Sharp mountain ridges with snow along the lower slopes beneath a cloudy sky. Text reads "Ered Lithui" and "the ashen mountains" / 6: Bare rock mountains beneath clouds. Text reads "Ephel Dúath" and "the mountains of shadow" / 7: Pale rock formations on an arid plain, with slopes rising in the distance. Text reads "Lithlad" and "the plain of ashes" //End ID]

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Mount Doom

Artist: Justine Jones TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[unproduciblesmackdown]

the interlude in rotk of frodo exerting all effort against the strains of woodwinds to drag himself a meter or so further up mount doom

[gandalf-the-fool]

[madcat-world]

Mount Doom Scene (1 of 4) - Marta Nael

[velvet4510]

Have said it before and will say it again: If Frodo had actually been able to throw the Ring into the Fire by himself, that would’ve meant he was some kind of Superman. The point of Frodo is he’s NOT Superman. He’s a regular ordinary guy who volunteers to do the impossible.

[artbyleav]

“Against the power of Mordor, there can be no victory”

Watched the fellowship again and the scenes between Gandalf and Saruman hit every time 😙🤌🏻

[aesthetic--mood]

The lord of the rings Aesthetic

[autistook]

Inspired by this wonderful post

The Return of the King, 2003

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Mordor by Dmitry Yakhouski

[illustratus]

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Illustration by Jonathan Burton