#Tolkien

[elena-kukanova]

Turin finds Nienor

"The Children of Hurin"

watercolor on cotton paper, 50*31 cm

[twelfthadept-fics]

Watching LOTR yet again and while I lovelovelove the way Rivendell is designed, it's gorgeous and harmonious with nature and undeniably *Elvish*, one thing has always bothered me. There are no doors. Anywhere. At all.

What are you supposed to do if you need to have a pee? Or jerk it? Or hell, what if it's just hella windy outside? Or what about the wildlife? Is Elrond's dwelling just like infested with possums or what?

[lualuadraw]

heart of the mountain

[rokonrrc2]

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[kudriaken]

Finarfin`s family. Continuing with fanart portraits for elves from Tolkien`s universe.

[mrkida-art]

Frerin son of Thráin in the green valley of Azanulbizar

[wroniec]

The Door of Night

Manwë and Melkor

[rokonrrc2]

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I have never once wished for Tolkien to still be alive as much as I do in this moment

(Some more clips)

[metamorphesque]

The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien

[autistook]

LOTR + text posts

[thelien-art]

December; the 21st

Yule Game: Tilion x Arien

Where is the fruit and flower of Laurelin & Telperion? - extra point for naming which fruit and flower they are based on

Happy Winter Solstice and happy first Yule Day!! I thought this two would fit perfect!

Join the Advent and Yule calendar to win a drawing - rules here and all the other drawings here

[awlwren]

[id: screenshot from Fellowship of the Ring of the Nine Riders gathered beside the river, captioned, "Hey, She-Elf, looks like we've got all the horses."

Arwen, face fierce, replies, "Hey, Witch-King, looks like you're on the wrong side of the river."]/end id.

[id: tags: "#they also definitely don't have all the horses @as they are about to find out #:D"]/end id.

This meme is so niche but goddamnit it is *my* niche

[kudriaken]

Finwe`s family.

[irithyllians]

míriel þerindë

[cateyedronin]

"Goodness is worth fighting for, even if you lose... "

you know what gets me about lord of the rings? evil is defeated by people who choose to fight against it without possessing absolute, or even very much, conviction that they can actually win. all the converging story threads that lead to the happy ending are carried out by people who are far, far more convinced that they will fail than that they will succeed, who had only the frailest, most foolish hope, who had blind faith and frequently wavering hearts not peace or ease or certainty.

middle earth isn’t saved because no one faltered or came close to despairing or who sank to their knees in weary defeat. it’s not saved by pride or conviction or even strength. it’s saved because enough people do what they have to do even if they have to do it in the darkness. in the dust. with the ashes of hopelessness and bitterness in their mouths. because enough people took another step. Frodo, Sam, Gandalf, Aragorn, Theoden, Boromir, Faramir, Merry, Pippin. And many don’t. For every hero there is someone who gives into the “reasonableness” of despair—Saruman, Denethor, Grima, even Gollum—but enough. Enough people said “it doesn’t matter if we lose, I will keep fighting” and then they do.

And that GETS me. It is the most hopeful thing about the lord of the rings to me. There is so much that sums up its spirit, so many beautiful quotes and moments, but to me it’s never been the most famous of the quotes about hope and love that hit me hardest but a line from the films. Before the battle for minas tirith, one of the soldiers says “we cannot defeat the armies of Mordor” and Theoden answers “no. but we will meet them in battle nonetheless.”

And I—That is the spirit that leads to the conquering of evil when it comes down to it, when we’re talking about the part played by humanity alone in the fight against evil. Not the conviction you’re going to win, not farsightedness into a perfect future, not perfect inner peace or certainty. But acceptance of the real possibility of defeat, of that defeat being more the reality, the future, of your life than the victory, and then doing the damn thing anyway because goodness is worth fighting for even if you lose.