#first time reading lotr

[cottagecorefroggyfairy]

Got to the point where the Hobbits reached Rivendell and I feel so stupid cuz i've never realised that Galadriel was like Arwen grandma fuck my life

[aarchimedes]

for context: I read the hobbit first over the course of two years when I was like 13, but I'm only now starting to read lotr. having a blast tho!

anyways, reblog if you feel like it 🙌🏻

[vampiresinthedaylight]

some bits from the books I really like... I think they move each other <3

[chechula]

I did not have time to draw creatures for last goblin week, but I have time now. So, here are orcs of Moria and drums in the darkness ♥

[phantasymistart]

some first attempts at drawing lotr characters

[youdontknowhowtodiequietly]

fucking hilarious that it was bilbo that made up that rhyme about aragorn. like, in the movies its made to believe it's some long fore-told prophecy about aragorn but it was just bilbo's admiration of his friend

[vorbarrsultana]

unfortunately you can't convince me that t//rop gil-galad is a good adaptation of tolkien's gil-galad. he wasn't a politician with no qualms about concealing important information from his subjects and allies. he was a warrior king who grew up during the most devastating war middle-earth has ever seen. he was the elven ideal of knightly valour, the second verse of a lay about him has a description of his lance, and sword, and silver shield with countless stars of heaven's field. he was called gil-galad, the star of radiance, because of the starlight caught in his silver hair and it's bright reflection in his eyes. he was also called ereinion, the scion of kings, and artanaro, the noble flame, and finellach, the last spark of finwë's line on mortal shores. he was courageous, and wise, and unflinchingly honest with friends and enemies alike. he was the one who found out about the evil stirring beyond the sea of rhûn & warned the númenoreans about sauron's growing might more than 300 years before annatar even came to eriador, and had foresight to prepare for war in time of false peace.

tv series gil-galad is not fiery enough, not brave enough, not wise enough, not noble enough, simply not enough to be a good adaptation of the book character. and he wears the ugliest shade of gold for some reason, when his signature color is silver

[gramnel]

[ode-to-fury]

I've been seeing a lot of criticism of lotr on booktok by various people and I would just like to say I don't want to hear it. Are there problems with the books? Sure. Is Tolkien's writing a little flowery? Sure. Is it a little slow at the beginning? Sure. Is it a little complicated and hard to connect with the characters on the first read? Maybe that's a problem people can have, I can see it. Is the worldbuilding very intense and perhaps overwhelming? Could be, especially if you're going into it with expectations from the movies. Do I want to hear any of this? Absolutely not. I don't care. I love the characters I love the world I love the plot I love the women I love the elves I love the hobbits I love the heart it has I love what it is trying to say I love that a man came out of the trenches of ww1 which most people agree was hell on earth and lost friends and wrote a story about love and friendship and kindness being the most important things in the entire world and how you don't have to be perfect to make a difference you can just try your very best and ask for help I love that up until recently it was (and by most still is) considered the best fantasy book ever written because it is!!!!!!

[foxbloggr]

fireworks will serve as stars at the end of this day

[buggreawlthys]

The great doors slammed to. Boom. The bars of iron fell into place inside. Clang. The gate was shut. Sam hurled himself against the bolted brazen plates and fell senseless to the ground. He was out in the darkness. Frodo was alive but taken by the Enemy.

[end of The Two Towers/ March 13]

- [deep breath]

FFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDJSGSJCIFJDNSKSJDDBDK

[the---hermit]

Currently rereading lotr and i had completly forgot that on my parent's copy of the book from the 80s they translated trolls as "vagabonds". what the fuck.

[kazz-brekker]

coming to the lord of the rings books after having already seen the movies it was quite strange to finish reading fellowship of the ring and have it end with boromir still alive. i was like “huh that’s weird i KNOW that death isn’t something the movies invented.” and then i started the two towers and he died on page 2.

[butadailovehim]

reading lotr books and aragorn and legolas have such work besties energy you know? those bffs that go everywhere together, do everything together and you can treat them as a One Unit because telling something to the bestie no.1 equals to telling it to bestie no.2. im not kidding, no one can look galadriel in the eyes EXCEPT aragorn and legolas. okaayy WE WILL let the dwarf in but aragorn and legolas YOU'RE responsible for it. watch it in case it's gonna steal something or axes someone. like they get stuck on a project together because everybody knows they would do it together anyway.

[fistfuloflightning]

Cold be hand and heart and bone and cold be sleep under stone: never more to wake on stony bed, never, till the Sun fails and the Moon is dead.

—Fog on the Barrow-Downs

Another challenging prompt, this time from @for-the-writing-artist! (some inspo came from the Niki Sanders Theme, just the right amount of creepy)

[journeytodrawiii]

I recently rewatched the Lord Of the Rings movies and although I do love them dearly I must say I am ultimately more attached to the Hobbit series. I have also as of yet only read the hobbit and not lotr — a grave sin I know 🙇 — but I hope to once I have time. Anyway that inspired me to make this little Gandalf and Bilbo drawing. I love them both very much, two lovely little lads. Anyway… yeah :D. I hope y’all are well, stay safe and warm.