#battle of the five armies

[thelordsoftherings]

[pippingender]

I never read the hobbit, but I HAVE read lotr and the silmarillion, but I just learned that the battle of the five armies, that part they made a WHOLE movie out of, is only 1 page in the book because bilbo gets hit by a rock and wakes up when it’s over. 10/10 no notes, that should have been the movie too

[verkomy]

you're alive full illustration on my patreon!

[tolkien-povs]

Just something about how Bilbo Baggins began his journey saying “Tea is at four” so that he doesn’t get roped into an adventure, but ends his journey saying “Tea is at four” so he can have one last adventure with whoever is left.

[itsthemxze]

I made this with newtmas but Thorin is also so baby girl

[sapphoismymuse]

thinking about bilbo struggling to find the words to describe what thorin was to him, then in the shire, settling on “he was my friend” because that’s all they got to be

that’s all they had time to be

[aberrantcreature]

Widower DILF Kings flirting in a tent. 👑✨

One is shameless (as usual) and one is confused (because a sexy ageless elf king is all but purring at him).

[messandahalf10]

Once again thinking about my favourite part of The Hobbit Trilogy: the part where Thorin, Fili, and Kili all survive their battle wounds and live happily ever after.

[stephpotterart]

The Triumphant Return

Final colour version of this piece, which has been living on my Patreon since July!

My Patreon is full of unseen art, and lots of perks only available there! Patrons also get discounts on commissions!

[thelordsoftherings]

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) - Dir. Peter Jackson

[all-things-dolls]

I’ve outdone myself once again. I’m in my Thranduil era, and I won’t be apologizing for it.

[glamdolf]

"I loved you in all the ways I could." - Sue Zhao

[verkomy]

thorin accepting his fate

[tolkien-povs]

Reading The Hobbit has a warm, cozy feeling to it, like sitting by a fireplace and downing a warm mug of hot chocolate. There are times when you want to cry, times when you want to laugh, times when you want to fight alongside Thorin’s Company. But at the end of the story, you realise that you will never experience that, because The Hobbit is fictional in reality, but so real in the heart and mind.

Reading The Lord of The Rings has a cool feeling, neither warm nor cold, but a comfortable one; it’s as if you’re sitting by a window, staring into the rain, and wishing you could go outside and relish in the rain but you can’t because it’s cold. There are times when you want to laugh, cry, dine with the Fellowship, fight with the Fellowship. But you can’t, because The Lord of The Rings is only a figment lodged in your heart, tucked away in a cozy spot.

Reading The Silmarillion has the feel of sitting in an enormous library almost abandoned, and fishing out an old, dusty book from a nook long forgotten, written about the history of the world. There are cases when you want to delve into that world and explore it, revel in it, fight it, love it, yell at the people in it. But you can never do that, because it is a history long past, existing only in the minds of very few.

Reading the old stories narrating the entire history of Arda has the feel of travelling back in time to the Library of Alexandria, reading and studying all the library can give. There are times when you want to cry, mourn, grieve, celebrate, laugh, revel in the world. But you can never, as that world, those people, are all part of your heart and mind, tucked away into the most precious part of you.

Reading the legendarium doesn’t make you want to be a part of that world because you love it. It makes you want to be a part of that world because the characters are normal people, like you, who got roped into an unlikely adventure, forever narrated in song, poems, ballads and laments.

They are simple stories, of simple people, in a simple world, where if you existed, you could have been one of those souls both fortunate and unfortunate.

Reading the legendarium makes you want to be part of it, because it makes you think you can survive it.

And certainly, if you have read this amazing mythological masterpiece, you absolutely can survive it.

[ohnonotnow]

Beorn was so hot in the book and I feel like we don't talk about it enough.

Like I'm sorry that's "a great strong black-haired man with huge arms and a great beard" (as Gandalf said) who loves animals, has a great wooden house, has a good sense of humor, is very protective of those he cares about (literally followed the dwarves all the way to Mirkwood from the distance to make sure his ponies are safe), is hella strong, a good host and later becomes a great chief who rules the wide land between the Misty Mountains and Mirkwood.

I'm sorry but if that isn't an ideal man right there then idk what is..

[theranilord]

I love how Thorin calls it "our" treasure to Bilbo while also saying "I will not part with a single piece". In his mind they're already married... Now, I'm gonna rewatch the whole series again and see if I can pinpoint all the things Bilbo did to bring Thorin to this conclusion. I might even make a list. :D