#guys!! we lorded that ring!!

[valkyurii]

how she sees me

how i see her

[theoneandonlynikki]

A thought if you will: I don't think Eowyn being a bad cook was intended to relate to her gender at all.

There's a far more logical explanation for it: she's a princess, and thus has never had to cook a day in her life. Of course her first attempt ever at cooking is going to suck. Yeah, a woman who fights and can't cook is definitely going to be read as a commentary on gender roles. But I feel like only the fighting part was ever intended to be applied in that manner.

This also leads to another thought: if Eowyn can't cook, I doubt many of the other royals can. Which includes Legolas, as he is a prince. And that's just a really funny idea, like they're out on the quest and Aragorn refuses to ever let Legolas make dinner. Which is honestly hilarious to me.

Gimli: I'm tired of Lembas, can we eat some real food?

Legolas: I could make--

Aragorn: Absolutely not.

[martanis]

we are SO back!! — charlie and morfydd @ SDCC 2024

[braxix]

Galadriel: So, what are you going to do going forward?

Elrond: I don't know what I want to do with my life.

Celeborn: Learn smithing and go work with Annatar.

Elrond: no

[dragon-ashes1485]

Recovery after s2 ep7

Have an Elrond smiling appreciation post because this elf has the most kind smile and we don't see it enough.

Literally all the above are from s1. S2 Elrond deserves his smiles, please let him have some next Thursday.

Bonus: Galadriel smiling

We don't see it enough

FINAL BONUS

Is that a Camnir loose in the wild, I see? Nice to see him smiling too, let us hope he comes to no harm in ep8.

[galadriel-blue]

The Adar is Celeborn theory is becoming my entire personality you guys have no idea how obsessed I am with that concept-

[samwisethesilly]

Hello to any Samfro fans that are looking for fics 👋

I am currently writing a fix it going back in time mcd fic that i promise will be a lot of fun and will hopefully put some feels out there x

If anyone would be interested in an AU where Frodo dies (stay with me here.) and Sam goes back in time to fix it all and maybe perhaps falls in love along the way then please lmk!! much love to everyone, keep yourselves safe during this depressing time 🫶

[glorfindel-of-imladris]

Erestor in The Return of Shadow

Today on even more obscure Erestor lore, here are all the Erestor mentions in The Return of Shadow.

The Return of Shadow is the sixth book in the 12-volume The History of Middle-earth series. It shows the early versions of what would later be The Fellowship of the Ring and as such, is the only other book apart from The Fellowship of the Ring and The Return of the King when Erestor, Elrond's chief counsellor, is mentioned.

In the first version of the text, Erestor was already conceived as a counsellor to Elrond. He was not yet chief, but he was still an Elf, although he was in the company of two Half-elves.

Christopher Tolkien lists early characters conceived for this chapter. Erestor pre-dates both Gimli and Legolas, and seems to have always been a part of the plans for the Council scene.

In a later but still pre-FotR version, Tolkien considered the idea of Erestor being Half-elven, exchanging him with the two Half-elves from the earlier excerpt.

There is a footnote from Christopher Tolkien however that said that even as an Elf instead of Man (Half-elf) in the first version, Erestor was nonetheless implied to be a kinsman of Elrond.

This detail about him being Elrond's kinsman is no longer in the published version of The Fellowship of the Ring. All the same, Erestor being as close as kin to Elrond remains to be a popular fanon, and this at least seems to be a sentiment early versions of the text share.

We now move to an early manuscript of the critical dialogues in 'The Council of Elrond' (early title being, 'In the House of Elrond'):

This exchange is largely the same as what we see in the published version in FotR. Erestor suggests to seek the aid of Tom Bombadil, who seems immune to the power of the Ring. Gandalf advises against this, and so Erestor proceeds to give alternatives:

In this version, the ideas of sending the Ring west to Valinor or destroying it also came from Erestor. In the published version, these lines were given to Glorfindel, although interestingly, the footnotes imply that Glorfindel has already been considered before, as well as Elrond.

As we will later see in the published version, Tolkien eventually distributes Erestor's lines among the other members of the Council. Glorfindel suggests sending the Ring West, but Elrond is the one who explains why this cannot work. Glorfindel then suggests destroying the Ring or casting it into the Sea. Lastly, the lines, "The journey to the Havens would be fraught with peril..." were later given to Galdor, who was then changed to be an Elf of the Havens instead of Mirkwood.

There is another interesting footnote in this section around Erestor's conversations with Gandalf. It's a nice detail, especially considering that the earlier dialogues and exchange of ideas were mostly between Erestor and Gandalf, showing familiarity between the two:

After this, the text progresses to a long dialogue involving Boromir and Glóin, which even touched on the history and the conception of the other Rings of Power. Similar to the published FotR, Erestor returns the discussion to the task at hand:

What's interesting for me in these early versions of the text is how Tolkien seems to have had a good idea of what purpose Erestor needs to serve in the text. The lines in the published version are more evenly distributed among Erestor, Glorfindel, Galdor, Elrond and Gandalf, but in the early version, Erestor is practically the outline on matters surrounding the question, "What do we do with Sauron's Ring?" and thus also moves the discussion along to a decision.

[modernincorrectlotrhobbit]

[chirpsythismorning]

When byler is trekking the UD together in s5 and one of them brings up how they’re like Sam and Frodo 😳

[skydaemon]

i never had a crush on legolas i had the relationship with him that a shy teenage girl has with a traumatised horse in a coming-of-age movie

[breadbrobin]

just rewatched the hobbit. actually everyone survives fun fact. don’t know why there’s so much fanfic out there where fili kili and thorin all die like??? guys come on be nice to them

[shadowpuppetteer]

So yeah, this was a real conversation I had with my sister. And now this metaphor lives in my head too.

[kwistowee]

I cannot breathe! x

[lizziestudieshistory]

Being flirted with at the cinema because I was being extra nerdy about Lord of the Rings feels like something that should not have happened...

[legend-had-it]

tbh I think most like media where homophobia isn't explicitly stated it doesn't need to exist, like especially if it's just to give characters trauma ab it