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sometimes we just need someone to pay enough attention.
for the longest time i had been trying to read The Lord of The Rings. everyone had sung the praises for it, over and over. i'd seen clips of the movie and it seemed like it could be fun, but actually reading it was fucking horrible.
my parents had the omnibus - all the books squished into one big tome - and in the 4th grade i started sort of an annual tradition: i would start trying to read TLR and get frustrated after about a month and put it back down. at first i figured i was just too young for it, and that it would eventually make sense.
but every time i came back to it, i would find myself having the exact same experience: it was confusing, weird, and dry as a fucking bone. i couldn't figure it out. how had everyone else on earth read this book and enjoyed it? how had they made movies out of this thing? it was, like, barely coherent. i would see it on "classics" list and on every fantasy/sci-fi list and everyone said i should read it; but i figured that it was like my opinion of great expectations - just because it's a classic doesn't mean i'm going to like experiencing it.
at 20, i began the process of forcing myself through it. if i had to treat the experience like a self-inflicted textbook, i would - but i was going to read it.
my mom came across me taking notes at our kitchen table. i was on the last few pages of the first book in the omnibus, and i was dreading moving on to the next. she smiled down at me. only you would take notes on creative writing. then she sat down and her brow wrinkled. wait. why are you taking notes on this?
i said the thing i always said - it's boring, and i forget what's happening in it because it's so weird, and dense. and strange.
she nodded a little, and started to stand up. and then sat back down and said - wait, will you show me the book?
i was happy to hand it over, annoyed with the fact i'd barely made a dent in the monster of a thing. she pulled it to herself, pushing her glasses up so she could read the tiny writing. for a moment, she was silent, and then she let out a cackle. she wouldn't stop laughing. oh my god. i cannot wait to tell your father.
i was immediately defensive. okay, maybe i'm stupid but i've been trying to read this since the 4th grade and -
she shook her head. raquel, this is the Silmarillion. you've been reading the Silmarillion, not the lord of the rings.
anyway, it turns out that the hobbit and lord of the rings series are all super good and i understand why they're recommended reading. but good lord (of the rings), i wish somebody had just asked - wait. this kind of thing is right up your alley. you love fantasy. it sounds like something might be wrong. why do you think it's so boring?
#thanks for reminding me this happened#writeblr#warm up#i don't think this story translates well to the page#IRONIC!!!! :)#but yeah man i read the Silmarillion before i read the hobbit#the omnibus didn't explain what it was and i figured - you start at the beginning and then you read from the beginning#that's how books work#how was i supposed to know#EDIT IN THE TAGS: hi i think i worded this in a confusing way#the omnibus had ALL the stories in it - the silm#the hobbit#and all of LOTR#they just put the silm in the front so i thought logically it was the first book#that's how an omnibus usually works after all - the first book in the series is the first book in the tome#to be fair i GUESS the silm takes place “before” the hobbit????
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The funniest part of the LOTR movies is Legolas. This man has like five lines total across all three movies but sometimes they'll zero in on his face during a big scene and he's having the BEST reactions. It gets better when he's in the back of a shot judging everyone around him. Orlando Bloom was doing the MOST
#all of his lines go hard too#comes with being an elf ig#lotr#lord of the rings#legolas#legolas greenleaf#orlando bloom
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#the lord of the rings#the lord of the rings memes#lotr#lotr memes#the fellowship of the ring#the two towers#the return of the king#aragorn#frodo baggins#sam gamgee#merry and pippin#gandalf#legolas#gimli#boromir#mordor#barad dur#mt doom#sauron#orcs#ring wraiths#one ring to rule them all#gollum#smeagol#lord of the rings#lotr meme#lord of the rings memes#lotr post#lord of the rings post#meme
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Retelling The Hobbit Chapter 16: The Song of the Lonely Mountain First chapter / Previous / Next
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*crumbles into dust after finishing this* Thank you for reading! This The Hobbit webcomic adaptation thing takes a lot of effort to put together and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate every comment. I also really appreciate the people who’ve spread the word of this comic to their friends! <3
And finally, we’re at the Song of the Lonely Mountain! Within Tolkien’s canon, The Hobbit is an in-universe book that was “written” by Bilbo Baggins, who occasionally lies/embellishes/exaggerates things. The tonal differences between The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings are explained by Bilbo and Frodo/Sam being different kinds of storytellers, with different relationships to “the truth.” This idea is the core of how I’m adapting the novel! Bilbo is an unreliable narrator who is literally ‘drawing’ from his own limited experiences; the different art styles reflect the different perspectives of other characters. The “dwarf art style” in this chapter is inspired by stonework/metalwork in general— but especially by a mix of art deco, Celtic art, and European folk art.
The central tension of the comic is between Bilbo and Thorin, who each have wildly different ideas about what kind of story they’re in. Thorin is in a grand fantasy epic, while Bilbo is in a lighthearted children’s book adventure. The tragedy is, obviously, that only one side of the story ever gets to be fully told.
On a sillier note, a few years ago I had my first gay crush on a lesbian who sang while playing the piano. This chapter is dedicated to the piano lesbian. I hope they’re doing well, wherever they are. XD
I think I might need a bit of a break but I’m hoping for the next chapter, titled “Dawn,” to arrive on January 13th. And your comments/support really do help motivate me to get more done! ^_^
#lotr#the hobbit#bagginshield#the hobbit comic#retelling the hobbit#lord of the rings#thorin oakenshield#bilbo baggins#YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET#anyway *crumbles into dust*#the slowest burn bagginshield fic of all time???#it will become canon in approximately 84 years#i would say its the most high effort fanfic in the hobbit fandom but ive got lots of competition for that#god works hard but Hobbit fans work harder and etc etc#long post
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Bilbo 'Not Like Other Hobbits' Baggins
#the hobbit#bilbo baggins#my art#bagginshield#i love him the girlboss to end all girlboss#i spent way too long on this hfdjgdkg#lotr#thorin oakenshield#smaug the dragon#smaug
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Some unposted Tolkien art I've been collecting over the years 💫
Huan and Lúthien | Yavanna and Aulë | Celeborn and Galadriel | Fingon | Galadriel but Art Nouveau | Vairë, the Weaver | Lórien and Mandos | Some Hobbiteses
#I don't think I want to tag all of these characters#So let's leave it be#Can you see how my art style just changes so much#I've been trying to go back to my traditional art style though#It's been way more fun for me#tolkien#silmarillion#lord of the rings#lotr#illustration#artists on tumblr#my art#artwork#art
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
#lotredit#boromiredit#tolkienedit#lotr#lord of the rings#boromir#peregrin took#pippin took#meriadoc brandybuck#merry brandybuck#sean bean#billy boyd#dominic monaghan#filmedit#filmtvdaily#filmtvcentral#mari's stuff#possibly my favourite lotr scene of all ❤️#dad/big brother boromir you will always be iconic to me
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the four hunters 🗡🌿
extras + rambles below cut
yipeee i finally finished this illustration 🎉🎉
this is my personal take on the hunters gang (we will ignore that boromir died). honestly, i had a lot of fun thinking of the designs.
had to bring back my aragorn with his silly braid and blue hair ribbon. he's a ranger for most of his life, so he'd definitely go for practicality and what he's already familiar with—so no armour nor gambeson. he probably had a small fight with elrond before they left for the quest; where elrond tried to make him swap his gear for better, newer ones and aragorn just adamantly refusing because he's a lot more familiar (and more comfortable) with his own. which is why he's wearing tattered and worn rags. his red tunic is the only new thing he allowed elrond to swap to a new one. boromir definitely got exhasperated and somewhere down the line, he loaned aragorn his pair of arm bracers.
boromir (and faramir's (not featured here)) design changed a lot since the past years. it's a mash-up of both movie!boromir and lore accurate book!boromir. his hair is a lot darker and he has more of a storm blue-grey eyes as a nod towards his elendil ancestry. his clothing is heavily based off the movie. as for his cloak; since he's The son of gondor and denethor's favourite, i think he'd definitely get the fortune of wearing a fur cloak. the clasp has the white tree engraved on it.
gimli is by far my favourite. i always wanted to draw my take of gimli in his regalia. as a dwarven royalty, i think he'd groom his hair and beard really well, and he would've put on a lot of accessories to show his status. but since he's on a quest, he's not fully decked out in jewelries—wearing very practical clothing: gambeson with chainmail underneath. also, i like the dwarven fighting style they did in the hobbit movie where they go around and knock people off with melee. so gimli got hefty arm bracers and knuckle weights to really punch the shit out of some orcs.
for legolas; i think despite being an elf, he has the factors of being (1) mirkwood elf and (2) lowkey autistic coded. so he doesn't dress "like an elf"—not that the company would've known, with how limited their interactions with elves in general already. this meant that he dressed too casually despite going on a life-or-death quest. very light leather armour to support his speed and agility. he's not even wearing boots; just a pair of tree-climbing canvas shoes that he wrapped tightly. god knows how he survived this far. he's mostly a right handed archer—but since he lived for quite a long while, he taught himself to shoot with left hand too for emergencies. since his left hand isn't as stable as his right hand, he has a left-shoulder-pad.
THEY ALL HAVE SCARS because who doesn't get scars when you're literal warriors be fr. legolas' are more faded out though, because he's old as fuck.
close-ups:
fin.
#lotr#tolkien#my art#lord of the rings#jrr tolkien#jrrt#lotr aragorn#lotr legolas#lotr boromir#lotr gimli#aragorn#boromir#gimli#legolas#aragorn son of arathorn#boromir son of denethor#gimli son of gloin#gimli gloinson#legolas greenleaf#legolas of the woodland realm#the fellowship of the ring#tfotr#lotr tfotr#i wrote all of this at like 1 am mb lads
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the next level of did you know viggo mortensen broke his toe when he kicked the helmet and is actually also screaming in pain there: did you know sean bean taped the script to his knee because they only gave him the script that morning and you can see him looking down when he says one does not simply walk into mordor
#sean bean#boromir#lord of the rings#the lord of the rings#lotr#one does not simply walk into mordor#one zoom to rule them all#viggo#viggo mortensen#viggo my fav actor of all time
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“Not all men” yeah, you’re right. Aragorn, son of Arathorn, Gimli, son of Gloin, Legolas, son of Thranduil, Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, Peregrin “Pippin” Took, Meriadoc “Merry�� Brandybuck and dare I say Boromir would never.
#lotr#lord of the rings#tolkien#the fellowship of the ring#aragorn#aragorn son of arathorn#gimli#gimli son of gloin#legolas#Legolas son of Thranduil#frodo#frodo baggins#samwise gamgee#pippin took#peregrin took#meriadoc brandybuck#merry brandybuck#boromir#not all men meme#‘not all men’ yeah you’re right the fellowship would never.
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You know, the great thing about the LOTR and Silmarillion fandoms on here is that you can ask an obscure question and get the most detailed, well researched, citations-all-included, emotionally resonant answer from an account with a name like “GollumsBigBooty” or “Orgy-of-the-Valar”.
#tolkien#lord of the rings#lotr#silmarillion#the hobbit#knowledgeable weirdos#said with all due affection#as someone who is also possibly quite a weirdo#though maybe not the most knowledgeable kind
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there are so many different kinds of love, and literally every single one of them can be found in lord of the rings. good night
#above all else it’s a story about LOVE! if you don’t get that then i’m gatekeeping lotr from you#it’s literally the epitome of: why? love.#sorry but i have to get unreasonably emotional about lotr at least once a month for character development#lotr#tolkien#tp
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dori and nori enjoying their tea
you can get a print here: inprnt!
#nori knows all the secrets#nori#dori#thorin’s company#the hobbit#lotr#tolkien#fanart#my art#verkomy#verkomy 2024#prints
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Imagine the fellowship showing each other pictures and paintings of themselves as children
Everyone cooes over Gimli with the tiniest little beard and mini axe, the Hobbits all sleeping in a little pile of curls and tails, Aragorn in formal elven clothing but his hair is still as messy cause they couldn’t style it even if they tried, Boromir holding a baby Faramir cause he refused to part with him after he was born
And then Legolas shows the ugliest fucking thing any of them had ever seen, looking like a fleshy newborn bird with enormous eyes and ears, and he’s proudly boasting over how he’s seen as one of them most beautiful elven infants in millennium, and the rest of them are afraid to say anything because What The Fuck
#Aragorn knows that elves are extremely ugly and weird looking as babies#And he also knows that Legolas is in fact one of the prettier ones#The rest of them are just questioning if it’s some sort of prank#Gandalf fucks with them by showing a picture of a mushroom saying that all wizards grow from them#lotr#lord of the rings#lotr headcanons#the fellowship of the ring#the fellowship headcanons#legolas greenleaf#aragorn son of arathorn#Samwise Gamgee#frodo baggins#merry brandybuck#pippin took#Boromir#gimli son of gloin#Gandalf the gray
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Then an old wife, Ioreth, the eldest of the women who served in that house, looking on the fair face of Faramir, wept, for all the people loved him. And she said: ‘Alas! if he should die. Would that there were kings in Gondor, as there were once upon a time, they say! For it is said in old lore: The hands of the king are the hands of a healer. And so the rightful king could ever be known.’
#aragorn#lotr#tolkienedit#lotredit#lord of the rings#anduril#ring of barahir#filmedit#*lotrq#*#tw blood#“i am normal about this man and all his hand closeups in film and book” is what i would say if i was lying
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"The very highest."
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
#lotredit#faramiredit#tolkienedit#lotr#lord of the rings#faramir#david wenham#denethor#john noble#samwise gamgee#sean astin#filmedit#filmtvdaily#filmtvcentral#mari's stuff#protect faramir at all costs
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