#genuinely I love how it’s NOT 1:1 and frankly maybe Gondor only looks Carolingian in the films

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I’m not there yet but. Tolkien rlly said what if the Carolingians and the Saxons were 🌟friends🌟 actually… what if they fought together against someone who may or may not be some kind of min-maxed Weland the Smith… what if the new king who Pippin the Short introduced to Frankia I mean Gondor loved horses a lot and didn’t start a holy war against the northern heathens and destroy their sacred tree trunk— hey wait a. Wait a. HE’s the one with the sacred tree trunk. The heir of Gondor. Aw man . We all bonded over horses and trees all along.