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edit: someone on twitter asked for them kissing
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More Reading Thoughts: The Steward and the King
New chapter, letâs go!
Dude Eowyn chill out lol
Eowyn: âIâm bummed because I tried to commit sudoku and it didnât work.â Faramir: âPlease donât do that. Youâre too pretty to die. But hey, if it makes you feel any better, we all might die anyway, so you might as well rest up if you wanna be able to fight.â Eowyn: âBut they want me to stay in bed. And my window doesnât look eastward :â-Câ Faramir: âOh! I can fix that! :-Dâ
AND NOW MERRY AND FARAMIR GET TO CHAT!! DUDE!!
First Bergil, and now Faramir!! This just in: All of Pippinâs friends eventually become Merryâs friends. When am I gonna get my scene with Beregond and Merry, huh??
(I probably wonât but a girl can dream)
Tbh I think the Warden ships Farawyn
Faramir: âIâmma give you my dead momâs cloak âcause itâs beautiful and sad like youâ
Faramir: âMan, itâs been great hanging out with you. I really hope the world doesnât end now, âcause I donât want to lose this.â Eowyn, a genius: âThis what?â
This whole scene plays out like a cheesy Bollywood movie. Itâs so over-the-top. I love it Xâ-D
And then everybody MAGICALLY STARTS SINGING AT ONCE
âAnd his duty was to prepare for one who would replace himâ đ John the Baptist is that you??
And here we see the healing power of love *throws confetti*
YOOOOOOO WE GET MORE GONDORIAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WAIT
Okay so we have trumpets, bells, harps, viols, flutes, and horns listed so far. Iâm gonna want to answer that ask more thoroughly at some point wonât I?? âCause I have didnât have this information before but NOW I DO
Heyyy thereâs somebody named Hurin! Hopefully his life has been better than the original one
(I canât imagine naming your kid after someone whoâs best known for having a son with the Worst Life Ever. Like, okay, sassing Morgoth to his face is pretty cool, but is it worth it?? Is it really?? Like the only thing worse would actually be naming your kid Turin. ⌠Theyâve done that too, havenât they?)
ELFHELM!!!
ELFHELM SURVIVED!!
ELFHELM OF DAD JOKES I LOVE YOU
Hahaha hi Ioreth
âThey are dear friends, I hear.â HECK YES THEY ARE
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW RIGHT YOU ARE IORETH
Listen one of my favorite tropes is when people in-universe acknowledge the bromance as An Official ThingTM, so this is PEAK. THANK YOU TOLKIEN
Faramir: âI give you my stick.â Aragorn: âNo uâ
Goodness GRACIOUS that is a whole paragraph of titles for Aragorn. What the heck. Who is it in my notes that always tags Aragorn as âlocal man has too many names, local authorities reportâ because you are RIGHT
âNow according to tradition, he should take the crown from his father, but given that his father didnât have the crown and is also very much deadââ
Faramir: âI give you the crownâ Aragorn: âNO Uâ
And now Frodo does the task of a ring-bearer in an actual wedding, which is to carry the shiny thing to somebody so they can give it to somebody else
âHEY! LETâS HEAR IT FOR CAPTAIN AMERICA!â
Woohoo King Aragorn!
WAIT
HOLD UP
âITS GATES WERE WROUGHT OF MITHRIL AND STEELâ??
YOOOOOO!! Thatâs a 100% METAL DOOR!! In a MEDIEVAL SETTING!! Even WE donât have huge metal doors for most things, and weâre in the modern age!
First of all, imagine how shiny! Secondly, IMAGINE HOW FREAKINâ SCI-FIâ
BEREGOOOOOOOOND
HELLO MY BOO IâVE MISSED YOU
âAnd the king said to Beregond: âBeregondâŚââ
Pffft
I must be slaphappy, âcause for some reason I find his name being written twice in a row to be very funny
Aragorn: âOkay so youâre not in trouble, but youâre also not allowed to be a Guard of the Citadel anymore.â Beregond: âđ¨âšď¸đâ Aragorn: ââŚBecause youâre gonna work FOR FARAMIR! GET PROMOTED ON, IDIOT!!â Beregond: âđ§ ⌠đ¤ŠđĽłđđđâ
Aww haha Aragorn and Eomer hug X-D
Eowyn, to Faramir: âIâll be back later, I promise.â Eomer, probably: âđđ¨đĄâ
Aragorn: âPls stick around, friends, I love you guysâ
Frodo: âPippin, you were wrong, Gandalf is keeping secrets again.â Gandalf: âexcuseâ
Aragorn, excitedly: âLE GASP!! A TREE!!â
Okay so lemme get this straight: Aragorn wasnât allowed to marry Arwen until he found a tree??
Right. Okay. đ¤Łđ¤Łđ¤Ł
Iâm sure this is very symbolically important and whatever but itâs almost 3 AM and I just think itâs the funniest thing Iâve heard all night
GLORFINDELLLLLL
GLORFINDEL HI!!
IâVE MISSED YOU FRIEND!!! 8-D
I guess all these other elves are here too but I donât really care ROFLOL
This chapter really is the epitome of Tolkien going âoh shoot I guess Iâd better include some romance in here huhâ
#eowyn#eowyn of rohan#faramir#meriadoc brandybuck#merry#elfhelm#ioreth#aragorn#beregond#eomer#eomer of rohan#frodo baggins#gandalf#glorfindel#mention of:#bergil#peregrin took#pippin#samwise gamgee#arwen#lady arwen#lord of the rings#lotr#my writing#assorted thoughts#in which lady glasses gleefully ignores the mushy stuff in favor of gushing about minor characters and metal doors#in case you ever wanted to know my general opinion on romance....*gestures above* there ya go
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Thoughts about the first two chapters of The Return of the King:
A rougher beginning than the last book, with lots of description that my visuals-challenged brain can't follow. It was tough going for the first several pages.
Then we get Denethor on the page. I was worried that my image of him was going to be too influenced by the movie version and become something too old and decrepit and creepy. Turns out that Tolkien's descriptions did most of the work for me. The palace is described with words like "dark" and "stone" and nothing that lets me get a little light in there to brighten up the mood, so the guy sitting there is also going to get dark, creepy vibes.
But he's also described as "proud" and man, does it show. It was tons of fun to watch Pippin endure his questioning while being like, "I have no idea what's going on, so I'll just keep talking." And then Gandalf praising him afterward and sympathizing by saying, "I hope you don't have to get between two such proud old men again," was a nice tension-breaker.
Pippin's POV is fun because he's the complete innocent. He apparently hasn't been paying attention to much, so he knows almost nothing about what's going on. He doesn't know how to act in Gondor, yet he's got a natural turn for courteous language, so it kind of makes sense that he's mistaken for a prince (even before we know about the pronoun-confusion mentioned in the appendix).
That guard's kid might be the first kid with a speaking role we've seen in the entire trilogy. It's fun to see that kids do exist, and heartwarming to see his father's pride and concern for him. In a city where all the men are preparing for war, it makes sense that Pippin needs a kid as a guide, because it explains why he can spend time watching all the troops come into town. But it feels just random enough to make me wonder how old Tolkien's kids were at the time he was making up this part of the story, and if this might be a teeny bit of kid wish-fulfillment.
It's fun that both Pippin and Merry's first instinct upon meeting a foreign ruler is to swear fealty to him.
It's also sweet to see Pippin and Merry both feeling out of their depth and missing each other. Especially in Merry's case, because he's the more experienced one, but he still feels out of his depth without his friend there.
Love that the Dunedan (and Elrond's kids) show up. Nice to see Aragorn get a nice surprise for once, and his delight here does a lot to humanize him, and remind us of his past.
The scene where Eowyn begs Aragorn to let her come with him was the most cinematic so far.
Now it's Aragorn's turn to have all the Christ parallels. He spends an agonized night alone before making the decision to go to the lands of the dead. There's a meal that's their last before going on their journey. He's got a female follower willing to follow him to his death.
I really struggled with the Paths of the Dead on first read. It feels so random and is so very creepy that I had trouble reconciling it with the rest of the story. Now all the Christ parallels made me realize this is the Harrowing of Hell, and I'm much more okay with it.
#lord of the rings#the return of the king#tolkien#if i read two chapters a day i will read mount doom on 3/25 and so far i'm staying on track
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The Road Less Traveled (Fellowship x Pregnant!Reader)
Synopsis: Left by a man who took you out of wedlock, you discover halfway through the Fellowshipâs journey that you are, indeed, pregnant. Not wishing for you to face motherhood alone, the Fellowship conspires, regarding whom gets to marry you and help raise your child, leaving you with a tough choice.
This was not at all how you saw your life goingâboth the man leaving you for another woman, and finding out you were pregnant with his baby on a perilous quest, miles upon miles away from the nearest dwelling.
You had been madly in love with this man, unaware he had eyes for another. Your copulating love was taken out of wedlock, a choice you knew had its risks, but Brander had a charming way about him.
You never would have thought heâd leave you. However, one morning, Brander announced the conclusion of your relationship with another woman on his arm.
Heartbroken and enraged, you threw all his clothes from your shack, and took to a horse. Riding swiftly, you headed to the one place you knew hearts were healed; Rivendell.
Upon your arrival, a council of sorts was taking place. One thing led to another, as per usual in your life, and you found yourself on another journeyâthis time with a higher purpose, and nine other guys.
Things were difficult, but honestly relieving. The fresh air cleansed your soul, as did the healthy relationships you built up with the nine malesâproving to you that they werenât all bad, right on time before you could curse the entire species of XY chromosomes out forever.
However, this was as far as the fun went.
It started with a tiredness the Fellowship brushed off due to your inexperience, and then the lateness of your period. Next, early dawns were spent throwing up in the woods, with whomever was on night-watch holding your hair back, usually Aragorn, Legolas or Boromir. Â
You wept slightly when a sparring match with Boromir resulted in a shield hitting your breasts, for they were very tender as of late. The final nail in the coffin was the snubbing of Samâs usually delicious bacon making you hurl.
Gandalf had taken to speaking with you privately, and asked, in the politest manner possible, if he could assess your womb to find confirmation of another soul.
Legolas approached slowly, crouched down by your side, and spoke responsively in the most apologetic of voices.
âThere is no needâI can hear their heartbeatâŚI am so sorry, Y/n.â
You broke down into tears quickly, and everyone soon knew your predicament that evening. You apologized over and over, and felt utterly mortified. How embarrassing.
They now knew the choice you had made out of wedlock, and were pregnant as a resultâsomething highly frowned upon in human society, and many others in Middle-earth, for that matter. You would no doubt be branded as a âwhoreâ upon your return to society.
You told them all about Brander that night, and opened up to them fully. Jaws were clenched, nervous glances were flashed, and brows were furrowed.
They now had an expectant, first-time mother in their midst, on their way to quite possibly the worst place in the world to take a pregnant woman. Adding onto this, their poor friend, whom they had grown quite close with, was in a horrible situation.
But perhaps it was one they could help with?
Driven by noble blood and true chivalry, the Fellowship started to discuss their options. Â
âItâs just awful, what that âBranderâ fellow has done to her,â said Boromir, discreetly nodding over in your direction.
You were sat with your head in one hand on a log by the fire, face contorted in misery. Your cheeks and eyes, as well as your nose, were all pink, due to a long while of crying.
Sam sat on one side of you, and held your hand. He reassured you with bright words of soothing promises.
âDonât worry, Miss Y/n! All will work out! Youâll see! Youâre bringing a new soul into this world! Thatâs nothing to be ashamed of!â Sam would say.
Merry, Frodo and Pippin were on your other side, rubbing your back and holding your shoulder.
âHeâs right!â theyâd agree, nodding profusely. âYouâll see! This is a wonderful thing. You just canât quite picture it yet, but you will!â
Gimli, Boromir, Aragorn and Legolas were all huddled in close, standing in a circle. They stood a little further off from the fire, but still caught its glow.
Gandalf was sat on a log himself, puffing away on a pipe. The affairs of human society were not his responsibility, but he offered guidance from a distance nonetheless. He already knew all would work out, but was the only one there oldest and wisest enough to realize so.
Legolasâ arms were folded over his chest, as were the three othersâ he stood with. âSheâll be shamed wherever she goes, and her child will be considered a bastard. Truly awfulâŚI feel compelled to help. What can we do?â
âWell, to avoid public slander,â Aragorn spoke up knowingly, âsheâd have to be married.â
âVery well and all,â Gimli whispered back, âbut were you perhaps not present when she said the scoundrel ran off with another filly?â
âHe was not whom I was referencing,â Aragorn mentioned. He threw a studious glance in your direction, and spoke again. âShe is a fine young lady, with a strong heart and homely nature. She would make a wonderful wife, and I feel it our duty as her friends to make sure she becomes so.â
âYou mean for us to marry her?â Legolas asked, incredulously. His head lowered in shock as he spoke, and a brow arched.
The guys, save for Aragorn, who overlooked it all, glanced between each other tensely, unsure if the alarmed glint in their eyes was competition or fear.
Boromir was the first to speak up.
âI will do it, in a heartbeat!â he said. âYou are right, Aragornâshe is a wonderful young lady, and deserves to be wed in time for her child. I will care for them both.â
âWell, now hold on a moment,â Legolas snapped, glaring across at Boromir. âWhy do you get to marry her? I am much closer in age to her than you areâŚfiguratively speaking, at least. I should be the one to marry herâwe get along best.â
âYou?â Gimli snorted. âYou will outlive her in the blink of an eye.â
âOh, and you wonât?â Legolas said back. âNone of us implied romance anyways, Gimli. Iâd merely be a lifelong friend and guardian for her and her child. Iâm the most suited out of everyone here to provide for herââ
âBecause youâre a prince?â Boromir interjected, narrowing his eyes.
âNot just because of that,â Legolas bit back, squaring up with Boromir slightly. âBut what of it regardless? What does it matter how I provide for her? I plan on renouncing my title and making a life of my own anyways. I might not get the chance for a child of my own, and I can help Y/n raise hers.â
âSheâs not some puppy, laddie,â Gimli snorted back. âYou both want to store her away in a little cottage or unit somewhere drab. I can provide her with culture! Dwarven culture! Her little one deserves to grow up in grand halls and eat ripened meat!â
Aragorn looked between the unfolding drama, and soon raised a hand before you could become even more distressed. Fortunately, you hadnât heard a thing of their hushed conversation.
âThat is enough,â Aragorn said. âIâd offer to marry her myself, butâŚwell, I do believe you three are better suited than me to provide a stable life for her. It is ultimately up to Y/n. All either three of you can do is offer your hand in marriage to her, and see what she says.â
Glares were thrown between the three potential suitors, as each wondered whoâd be the first to turn around and run towards you.
As it turns out, all three turned on their heels at the same. They nearly tripped over one another. However, they stopped almost immediately, for someone on the other side already had the same idea.
âIt is quite all right, Y/n,â Frodo said, down on one knee before you, and holding your hand. âThe Shire will accept you, and I can just say I fell in love on the road and married you immediately. I have a big house now left all to myself, with many rooms. You can have one to yourself, as can your child. Bilbo did the same for me when I was young.â
You were crying again, but this time out of happiness. Your other hand was placed over your chest, as you smiled down at the kind hobbit with a wavering lower lip.
âOh, Frodo, that is so incredibly kind, I can only sayââ
âDONâT SAY ANYTHING!â Legolas shouted, rushing forwards. He nearly shoved Frodo out of the way, and took his place holding your hand swiftly.
âY/n,â he began, sincerely, âIâve always felt that you and I have had aâŚspecial bond since beginning this journey together. I can provide you with a cottage in the forest, and true protection. Iâm an archer and an elfâyour child will learn many life skills with me as their parental guardian. And, furthering this, after youâve moved on from our world, your child will surely be left behind. I can ensure they are well-cared for up until their own departure!â
âOh, Legolas, I donât know what to...â you went to say, holding his hand with both of yours. You were truly starting to get overwhelmed with happiness and relief.
âOh, shove it, pixie!â Gimli shouted from behind Legolas. He, too, stole the snarling elfâs place, chivalrously removing his helmet as he did so. âLass, I know I may not be your usual type, or blonde, but I am asking for your hand as well. I can offer you so much in Dwarven society. The women are strong, and you will find ranks in them! Your child will be given an equal chance, no matter the gender, to be themselves! Life in the halls is a true marvelââ
âEnough, the both of you!â Boromir shouted next. He tugged Gimli by the beard and threw him away. âY/n, you and I are both humans. I understand you and our shared culture better than anyone else here! Please, nothing would make me happier than to provide for you as my wife. Not to mention, the child will look most like me, racially-wise.â
The hobbits all looked between each other with shocked smiles, intrigued by the situation, and Gandalf and Aragon merely shook their heads.
Legolas grabbed hold of Boromirâs shoulder and stood him up. âRace has nothing to do with it! If weâre really going to narrow this down to looks, I am the tallest! That is highly desirable in a husband! Y/n and her child will live a wonderfully secure and safe life with me. You need to back off.â
âWhy donât you make me?â Boromir bit back.
Before a fight could break out between the two of them, Gimli hopped into the middle and added his own string of harsh words.
The three suitors of differing races soon began to bicker between themselves, leaving you sat on the log very stunned indeed.
However, after a long while of listening to them argue over who gets to marry you, you put up your hand and silenced them. Although, it took a good few shouts until they shut up completely and curiously blinked down at you.
âBoys. Boys! BOYS!â Once the attention was on you, you spoke again. âI am so incredibly flattered by your equal devotion, it has truly made me feel better about everything, but...do I not get a say in whom I marry out of everyone here?â
Legolas moved his body slightly, so he stood facing you straight. âWell, whom do you choose, my lady?â
Frodo had backed off entirely, but shared a lipped smile with you, ultimately letting you know the offer was still on the table regardless. Boromir, Gimli and Legolas all stared at you optimistically, leaning forwards as they waited for your reply.
Stumped by so many choices, and considering you didnât even know this would be a part of your life plan up until five hours ago, you went with the smartest choice; waiting.
âThese are all very early daysâŚâ you began. âIâm very overwhelmed by all the offers, and still getting used to the idea of motherhood, and now marriageââ
You took a calming breath.
âYouâre all so sweet, and I truly appreciate your support, butâŚcould I perhaps sit on it for a while, and return with an answer at a later time? This is a very big decision, as you can all imagine.â
They quickly agreed, and nodded their heads vehemently.
âTake all the time you need!â they said reassuringly, in one form or another.
That night, they all waved sweet âgoodnightsâ over their shoulders to you, and even gave up their cloaks and packs to create what they deemed the perfect âmotherâs nestâ for you to sleep on.
It was all very sweet, and warmed your heart. However, although half the problem was solved, you were presented with another; who on earth were you going to choose to marry and raise your unborn child with?
Actually, the more you thought about it that night, as you fell asleep with nine friends protecting you as you slept in the middle, like a herd of animals keeping their mother-to-be safe, the more you realized you already knew exactly whom you wanted to live with.
#considering Iâm turning 20 this year this is my little gift to myself congratulating on avoiding teen pregnancy#I made it lads#it was one of my biggest and most irrational fears as a kid#lotr x reader#lotrdaily#lotr movies#fellowship x reader#lord of the rings#the hobbit#elves#hobbit#legolas#Legolas x reader#Boromir x reader#frodo x reader#Gimli#lotr imagine#turns out teen pregnancy is really easy to avoid
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Late in the Night | Part One
Prompt: Unrequited love/the love is requited, theyâre just oblivious (Content Challenge Day 5)
Pairing: One-sided ( or is it ;) ) Female Reader x Legolas
Rating: G
Word count: 1847
Warnings: None
Challenge participants: @game-ofthe-company @grunid @themerriweathermage @errruvande @the-reformed-ringwraith @awkwardkindatries
A/n Hello hello, and happy Day 5 of my content challenge! As always, you can find the challengeâs masterlist here and my personal masterlist here.Â
Iâm making these last three days into a mini-series, so hereâs part one! Also, for this story, Iâm going with the âgirl wakes up in Middle Earthâ plot, but LOTR doesnât exist in her world. So she doesnât know anything about the characters or their journey. She just kind of fell through a portal between worlds. Yâknow?
Translations (I think): Taur-e-Ndaedelos â Mirkwood // Eryn Galen â Greenwood
Readerâs POV
âAnd Miss Y/n, what will you do once this is all over? Will you go back home?â Pippin stops to let me catch up, bringing me into step with him and Merry.
I purse my lips, not wanting to give too much away. The others know that I have a bit of an, ermâstrangeâ situation, but they donât know that I havenât got a home in Arda. Weâve had at least ten variants of this conversation already, and each time, Iâve managed to avoid participating. It seems my hobbit friend, though, is done letting that slide.
I shrug, trying to seem nonchalant. âI havenât really thought about that muchâŚâ Just in case thereâs no âonce this is all overâ. âBut I guess I would find a human town somewhere and build a life. Iâve learned quite a lot on this journey, so maybe I could make a living as a guard or even a seamstress, seeing how often I mend your clothes,â at this, I throw a teasing look at Gimli, who blushes. Out of all of us, heâs the most prone to non-battle related injury, and I often find him trudging back to camp with a rip in his sleeve after simple tasks like collecting firewood or refilling his canteen.
Pippin ignores my joke, and now I realize that I have the concern-laden eyes of all four hobbits. âYouâŚwould not go back home? You wouldnât see your family?â
I sigh, avoiding Gandalfâs gaze. He said I was free to tell my companions that I am not of this world, but I havenât yet worked up the nerve. The stress of figuring out how I got here, why Iâm hereâŚitâs too much to burden them with on this perilous quest. I stifle a little laugh, my exhausted mind finding humor in the situation. Maybe thatâs what Iâll do âonce all this is overâ. Iâll tell them that Iâm practically an alien. Â
Lost in my thoughts as I was, my silence drew the attention of Gimli and Boromir, and now I have six sets of concerned eyes regarding me. Great. I try to speed the conversation along so we can get to someone else. âWell, I havenât seen my family in quite a long timeâŚI think they think Iâm dead, actually, and for all I know, they could be tooâŚâ This thought troubles me greatly, and I hurry to replace it with something else, forcing my voice to sound cheery and hopeful.âBut that only means that Iâm free to go anywhereâexplore any place I like.â
Pippin looks quite heartbroken at my words, and I scramble to think of ways to fix it. But before I can, he grips my hand tightly in his, and I feel Merry mirror his actions on my other side. They look up at me triumphantly, smiling brightly. âYou can come live with us, in The Shire,â Pippin declares, to which Sam nods earnestly. Frodo, as always of late, seems distracted, but offers me a distant smile.
A laugh of shocked joy escapes my lips, and I look between my valiant hobbit friends with possibly even more affection than before. âDo they even allow that? Big Folks moving into The Shire?â
âSure they do,â Merry brushes away my concerns, appearing quite assured of himself.
But Pippin only shrugs, seemingly having not a care in the world. âAnd if they donât, weâll just sneak you in.â
âGondor would be happy to host you as well,â Boromir adds, surprising me a little. We havenât talked much on this journey, so itâs nice to know that he sees me as enough of a friend to invite me to his home.
Feeling much better, I squeeze Merry and Pippinâs hands. âThanks, you guys. Really.â
{***}
We stop when it gets too dark for most of us to see.
âWe are too far from Rivendellâs borders for me to feel comfortable.â Aragorn shakes his head slowly as he considers our surroundings and the potential risk we face. âI would ask that we keep a double watch tonight, and for many nights to come. Y/n, Legolas?â
Legolasâthe only one of us who seems to have an endless supply of energyâjogs to a tall rock a couple hundred meters from camp, and begins to climb. Iâm a bit slower to follow.
In the past three weeks, Aragorn has put me on watch eight times, the most only after himself and Legolas, and definitely more than our other companions. Sam shoots me an apologetic look and quietly promises to bring us dinner as soon as itâs ready.
I grab my cloak and follow Legolasâ path, trying to keep my annoyance to a minimum. After all, itâs not the worst thing in the worldâŚstaying up most of the night with Legolas, just the two of us.
He hears me coming and turns around with a welcoming smile, lowering a hand to help pull me onto the boulder. His hand is so warm in mine, so solid, and I find myself wishing he wouldnât let go.
But of course he does, taking his hand from mine the moment Iâm settled next to him. I tuck my hands into my cloak, trying not to lament the loss. Regardless of my quickly-growing feelings towards my elven friend, he has never given me an indication that he sees me as anything more than that, a friend, and I need to respect that.
He fixes me with a raised eyebrow, somehow both looking at me and the landscape over my shoulder. âAre you alright with staying awake tonight? It has been a while since you slept fully.â
I freeze, caught in a sudden burst of happiness. He noticed that? Has he been paying attention to me?
Legolas continues, and the fledgling hope that perhaps my affections for him arenât as one-sided as I thought comes crashing down. âI could speak to Aragorn. It is no issue for me to stand watch alone.â
I briefly close my eyes, berating myself for my stupidity. Heâs not commenting on your well-being, he just doesnât want to have to be alone with you for the next five hours. He must somehow know of your feelings and wants to discourage them â because really, why would an elf want to be with a human?
I purse my lips, desperately not wanting him to know Iâm upset. âNo, itâs okay, thank you though. Iâll do my part.â My words come out a bit more cooly than I intended, but thatâs just as well. Best to seem unattached.
He nods, giving me a funny look, then turns to look back out on the vast expanse of trees.
Nearly an hour passes in silence, then Sam visits, bringing dinner with him. Aragorn had managed to find two rabbits, so we eat well tonight. I savor it, knowing we might not be so lucky tomorrow, or the day after next. As usual, Legolas chooses to eat standing, not willing to sacrifice his careful watch over our surroundings. Knowing heâs got it covered, I sit down on the rock with Sam, having a make-shift picnic. Still, I keep my daggers close and periodically take note of the sounds of the forest, just in case. Sam entertains us with stories from his childhood and of life in The Shire. At a tale of how he and Frodo found themselves running from a furious farmer in the middle of the night, even Legolas cracks a smile.
But eventually, the food is gone and Sam is stifling yawns, so he bids us goodnight, leaving me alone with Legolas once again.
I stand, brushing the dust off my leggings, and take my place next to him.
His eyes never leave the horizon, but I hear his voice, soft, quiet, and almost hesitant-sounding. âIs it true that you havenât a home to return to?â
Iâm a bit caught off guard. During that conversation earlier in the day, Legolas was all the way at the front the group, leading with Aragorn. I didnât know heâd heard that. âUh, yeah.â I nod, trying to project a confidence I donât really feel. âIt is.â
He goes silent, and stays silent for such a long time that I think thatâs all the conversation weâll have. But then, he speaks again, his voice steady and deliberate. âMy home, Taur-e-Ndaedelos, is not safe right now.â
âOh.â I blink. Is he opening up to me? I try to respond delicately, not wanting to accidentally discourage him from sharing his feelings in the future. âI am sorry. That must be very difficult.â
He waves off my apology, meeting my eyes for the quickest of moments and then turning once more to the landscape before us. âMy people get by. I only meant that, perhapsâŚwell, if we succeed, and the Great Evil is defeated, Taur-e-Ndaedelos will be safe, and might even be called Eryn Galen once more.â He shifts from one foot to the other, something Iâve never seen him do. âYou would be welcome there.â
A smileâthe widest one Iâve managed in a whileâspreads over my face, and try as I might, I am unable to reel it in. Because even after all this is over, when the time would come naturally for us to part ways, he wants me still in his life. Iâve always figured that it would hurt me to be parted from him, but I never dreamed that he would feel the same way.
Legolas seems to grow agitated by my silence, and turns to look at me with a measure of stress in his brow. But once he sees my reaction to his words, the lines in his face soften into a grin of his own. âGimli is similarly without a permanent dwelling. I have extended an invitation to him as well.â
Oh.
Of course.
I fight the urge to roll my eyes at myself, feeling incredibly stupid. Of course I would read into his words. He didnât mean anything significant by them, he was just offering me a place to stay, like he obviously would to any of his friends. Because he is a kind, good, and noble ellon.
Of course he doesnât feel the same way as I do.
I was silly to hope.
I try to keep the smile plastered to my face and not let him see my crushing disappointment. That would be horribly embarrassing, and Iâm not sure I could take the pity that would surely be on his compassionate face if he had to verbally express his disinterest.
âThatââ my voice sounds annoyingly weak, and I clear my throat to correct it. âThatâs really kind of you, Legolas. Thank you.â
Thereâs a question in his eyes, but he doesnât ask it, only nods once and returns to his watch of the forest.
For my part, I try to turn all of my focus to the task at hand, reminding myself that, even if he never loves me back, I am truly lucky to have such a wonderful friend.
A/n See you all tomorrow with part two! Likes, comments, and reblogs make my day! Also, let me know if you would like a tag.
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(I didnât finish my sentence lmfaoo. I meant I donât hate the movies portrayal of D B and Fâs relationship but I mightâve preferred it in the books ahaha sry my bad lol) yeah thatâs kind of an issue with create movies of book, ppl just assume itâs the same cause itâs an adaptation. The books are a Lot too, so ppl might not even wanna bother cause theyâre not easy to read vs watching an Adaption of them, so theyâll never know the og characters.
I only rewatch lotr recently after years of growing up with it and tbh I completely forgot that Gondor was a Thing, it rly is just kinda forgettable in the movies.
This is rly making me want to tackle the books lol. The differences are gonna be something to adjust to.
Apart from the Gondor dudes who would you say gets the biggest change? Or worse in your opinion
Oh no I do hate the dynamic of the steward family in the films jdahkjasd Honestly I think this portrayal of abusive parents being just ugly and easily identifiable as villains is somewhat regressive but No worries no worries.
ANd yeah... Gondor really is so forgettable in the films I-
BUT YEAH UM... I guess I canât say everyone can I um, lets start talking and see how many we get through.
Merry and Pippin got an absolutely tragic reduction in the films. In the books theyâre frodoâs friends long before the film, Merry is Frodoâs best friend, he loves Frodo so much he helps him move house and deals with his obnoxious family. Merry actually organises the whole trip, he figures out Frodo intends to leave on his own and secretly organises to go with him JUST because heâs his best friend. Heâs like yo, youâve got something scary youâve got to do Frodo? Donât know why you thought we��d let you do it on your own. Merry saves the whole quest by doing this! Frodo would have died before he even got out of the Shire if not for Merry.Â
Gimliâs portrayal, also a tragedy. Peter Jackson saw dwarf and immediately decided âcomic reliefâ, despite the fact that Gimli is more polite than Aragorn or Legolas, is a poet and has one of the longest monologues about art and culture in the whole book. It guts me thinking about it.Â
Eowyn has a severe reduction in her feelings and character, her monologue is sanitised away from a much more bitter and angry condemnation of her peopleâs culture around women. We got a more patronising image of her relationship with Merry too.Â
FRODO, oh god Frodo Iâm so sorry, Frodo was clever and masterful and adult and!! He was funny! And sarcastic, he was philosophical and cunning. Films tell you that Merry and Pippin were like thieves, NO Merry and Pippin were very upstanding young gentlemen and Farmer Maggot thought very highly of them both. FRODO is the criminal in this group who stole his mushrooms! Frodo asked questions and made plans and tried to figure things out by himself, he wasnât this strange melancholic ring box to be ushered places. Frodo saved the world by TAKING the ringâs power on mount doom after planning how to do that and cursing gollum to essentially drop the ring into the mountain of fire LIKE. Frodo had agency! SAM TOO fsfdgsdfgs I skip frodo and samâs scenes in the films but i love them in the books.Â
Aragorn and Gandalf are vastly different characters in the films in that theyâre likable. And this is... better for Aragorn I think. Although I miss him being a little more snarky and self important and sharp, but itâs better than Aragornâs likable which he thoroughly isnât in the books in my opinion. I MEAN... heâs- heâs very complex in the books and there are likable moments amongst him snapping at people and talking about himself. But for Gandalf I think it was a thorough detriment. Which hurts, love Ian Mckellen, thatâs my grandad, but Gandalf was like genuinely manipulative in the books and literally could not stand being wrong despite being wrong quite a lot. Constantly Gandalf will angrily and rudely snap at people who rightly critisise his choices (Boromir for one) and this is good because you donât want an infallible morally irreproachable dad for this whole adventure. Itâs much more interesting this way.Â
Eomer, miss him being a little more young and fiery and a little out of his depth but proud and confident even so. Like I know Karl Urban was exactly 27 in the films but he felt very world weary and kind of âIâve had itâ when heâd only just become Third Marshall like barely a year ago. AND OF COURSE, this is compounded by the way Theodredâs death is portrayed like... askjdas like oops! Our 18 year old prince just died in this lil stream in this small lil battle huh weird- NO!! Theodred was 41!! And had died in a MASSIVE battle against Isengard! He was assassinated in fact, the whole point of the battle was to assassinate Theodred because heâd been so influential to maintaining Rohanâs stability despite all Grima and Sarumanâs efforts. Eomer was a man whoâd just lost a mentor, an adopted elder brother! Anyway...
Um... honourable mention for Hama... our dear doorward... miss you being relevant and telling Aragorn to fuck off babe. Farmer Maggot, miss you being relevant and like the literal best. Haldir, miss you NOT being relevant dwarfist bastard but I love to watch you die. Galadriel and Celeborn, not enough she pegs him energy, not enough of her being scary and unknowable, not enough of her laughing. Bilbo! Iâm sorry they didnât let you go back to the Lonely Mountain thatâs miserable my guy.... Gollumâs alright... I think thatâs everyone who exists in the films and books both.Â
So this still ended up as everyone :)
#chats#when I say I could complain about every scene in the films I could not be more serious#Anonymous#asks
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* Bruce
* Nat
* Clint
* Phil
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* Peter
* MJ
* Logan
TWILIGHT
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NCIS/NOLA
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CASTLE
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ATTACK ON TITAN
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1. âDonât say goodbye...â
2. âNothing impossible, weâve all got that dreamers disease.â
3. âYou only love yourself, but that doesnât mean you can treat everyone like crap.â
4. âLonely? I guess you could say Iâm lonely, but sometimes lonely is better.â
5. âLook, Iâm not having this debate with you right now.â
6. âWeâve all got blood on our hands, be it our own or someone elseâs.â
7. âI really donât care what you have to say, it wonât make me come back. I know full well your words are as empty as your heart.â âWhat if I can prove theyâre not?â
8. âDonât fuck with me, otherwise someoneâs going to get hurt.â
9. âBad? I prefer morally incorrect.â
10. âStop living in your head! This is the real world! This is what a real bad guy is!â
11. âYouâre not listening to a word Iâm saying.â âI just donât care about what you have to say.â
12. âBite me.â
13. âWhy are you so horrible to me?â âIâm nicer to you than to anyone else.â
14. âIâve still got something left to prove.â
15. âYouâre the only thing thatâs been real...â
16. âIâll always find my way back to you. Always.â
17. âThereâs nothing in this I wouldnât do to protect you, okay?â
18. âIf I lose you... I... lose everything... youâre all thatâs left...â
19. âIâve seen my fair share of misery, heartache. I donât want that.â âThen let me show you happiness, and love.â
20. âShes/heâs a ticking time bomb, one wrong move and itâs all over.â
21. âJust one date, thatâs all I ask.â
22. âWe found you guys asleep on the floor.â
23. âI know what I want, and Iâm going to take it all. Whoâs going to stop me?â âI am.â âWonât be much of a fight now, would it?â
24. âStop pointing your gun at me.â âStop trying to arrest me.â
25. âEveryone wants something, nothing comes for free.â
26. âYouâre a monster!â âSo? Never seen a monster before~â
27. âI was always here! Always! Never once did you even think about me!â
28. âI can smell your fear, donât be scared, I wonât hurt you... unless I have to.â
29. âI feel like a monster.â
30. âNightmares? I am Everyone nightmare.â
31. âI would walk to the end of the universe then back if it meant I could have even one more second by your side.â
32. âYou donât believe in monsters do you?â âOf course not!â âI do~â
33. âWhat are you hiding from me? What are you so desperately trying to keep hidden. I want to help.â
34. âYouâre a fucking ass.â âI know.â âAnd I love you.â âI know.â
35. âItâs cold, are you okay?â
36. âPut a jacket on idiot.â
37. âShe/he lost her/his memory....â âstay with her/him... even if it hurts you...â
38. âThis is the end...â
39. âThe damage is done... itâs too late...â
40. âI would have done anything...â
41. âI would have loved you all my life...â
42. âMaybe in your next life youâll be safe... you wonât be in danger...â
43. âWhere have you gone?â
44. âRemember when we were kids, and I promised to always keep you safe? Iâm sorry I broke it...â
45. âH.. hold.. me...â âof course darling, youâre not alone, Iâm here, itâs okay... rest now...â
46. âWake up! Please!...â he/she sobbed, âjust wake up...â
47. âIf I could b honest, right here right now, Iâm nervous.â âWhy?â âBecause I... love you.â
48. âItâs always been us against the world, always.â
49. âItâs not my time... Iâve.. still got loads to do...â
50. âLook, Iâm sorry I lied. I canât take it back, but I can make it up to you.â
51. âI wonder if Iâll ever see her/him again.â âItâs been years since you have.â âIâll wait.â
52. âIâve got you, Iâm not letting go.â
53. âStop being stubborn and let me help!â
54. âAll this time I wanted to hate you, but I never could.â
55. âHow do you know he/sheâs still alive?â âI can feel it.â
56. âJust give me time! Please!â
57. âI miss the way the sun used to shine on you so perfectly.â
58. âHow do I tell him I love him?â âDonât, heâll only hurt you. You donât deserve that.â
59. âWeâre all broken in some way.â
60. âEverting seems so dull...â
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HeyâŚ
⌠Hey, wireless?
F YOU.
Okay. Thank god for common sense. I accidentally lost my post bc my wireless conked out.
HOWEVER!
I was wise, and copied the contents. so we have lost nothing but the tags. Which werenât that interesting any way.
So here we go!
In no order: (also, I apologise for any typos my fingers decided they wanted to type a mile a minute⌠DX)
Aw, Naohisa (still thinking Iâm spelling his name wrong) is giving them science lessonsâŚ
That Melto loves and Asuna doesnât get⌠XD Itâs okay Asuna, Iâm not sure I understand, either.
Meltoâs so starry-eyed, gods love him. XD
ASUNA.
Aw, Tyramigo. Itâs okay, Melto, he doesnât mean it meanly. ^^
Theyâre really cute though. XD
I guess Kou got the idea to see the world in his head from watching tvâŚ
But I feel like there are better places to get into the river than jumping over this railingâŚ
THAT LITTLE BLINK BEFORE HE SAYS â209â XD
Heâs clearly got no idea why thatâs shocking. ^^
UI DONâT JUST ACCEPT THIS! DX
I guess she decided that she couldnât really tell a 209 year old what to doâŚ
This episode officially made me conclude that Ui and Touwa are the smols. Theyâre the youngest of the siblings. Kou is next, then Melto and Asuna are like⌠Twins who are slightly older than him. No one can agree which one of them is older. Banba is obviously the eldest and stuck managing them. Maybe until Gold gets here. Unless heâll have to manage Gold, too.
Touwaâs fast, but Banba outweighs him⌠A for effort, though, sweetie. <3
To continue reading foreshadowing in everything⌠I wonder if Touwa commenting he doesnât think Banba can lose in one v one means weâre eventually going to see just that happen.
Or, potentially, maybe Banba did once lose to someone in one v one?
Or both?
Touwa, honey, I just want you to know I very much support the concept of you and the others just tackling your brother. Like Merry and Pippin w/ Boromir. Just jump him. He could use the hugs.
Banba gazes majestically off into the distance as he prepares to be angsty.
Banba: âPeople will always betray you.â
Me: âWho did this to you? SHOW ME SO I CAN STAB THEM W/ THIS FORK TEN MILLION TIMES???â
I so want whoever hurt him like this to be an absolute dickwad and I want to see them get their asses kicked, esp by some truly pissed off little sibs.
By Banba, too, absolutely. But I would kill for an ep where the kids find out what this person did and go on a roaring rampage of protectiveness for their big brother. TT^TT DX
Touwa definitely doesnât know what happened⌠DX I think he knew Banba was distrusting towards others and very much a loner, but he looks so sad and confused that I donât think he knew it went this deepâŚ
I wanna hug my little green gremlin son, too! DX I WANNA HUG ALL OF THEM!
Eh. Iâm sure sheâs fine.
Mook suit actors, the unsung heroes of any and all Sentai. XD
Hey, Green final slash! And Black again. ^^
XD Touwa. Banbaâs just like âirritated growl.â ^^
Iâm⌠Pretty sure Ui just insulted this guyâŚ?
Okay, hereâs the thing. I donât see nobody glowing green and losing life force. So⌠Did they just decide not to put that effect in, or⌠Or did the Minusaur actually come from someone else?
Like⌠Tall Cheese?
Ahem. Sorry. I mean Fita.
Though sheâs not glowing either⌠Augh. I dunno what Iâm saying.
Why would they chain up Ui, but not Kou?
Well done, Kou. ^^ Boyâs clever is a fight. XD
⌠What the heck was that boise and dramatic shot of her face? Where they just trying to remind us sheâs an idol? I think it happened when the brothers find her, too⌠Does it mean something? Hmm⌠I dunno.
Kouâs reaction is hilarious, though.
Uiâs neck is gonna hurt later⌠DX
Okay, but later the brothers wake her up just fine? I guess the effects were only temporary⌠Thatâs probably why they chained them up, so that they couldnât escape even when they woke up.
And⌠Kouâs sense ends here. Why didnât you call the others, you dork? XD
Hmm⌠I miss Tankjoh, but I kinda like the new guyâs musicâŚ
I think heâs meant to be a drastically different personality. Where Tankjoh was surly and serious, this guy is bombastic and childish.
These are the most badass children I have ever seen.
Actually, thatâs not true, but, theyâre up there.
Iâm wonder if itâs an effect of the brainwashing.
I love that girl in the lavender sweatshirt who just goes for the spinning kick. XD
Touwa probably bothered Banba until he agreed to bring her here. XD Which may have been easier bc Banba probably didnât want to have to deal w/ herâŚ
Melto thinking âoh, crap, sheâs pretentious, the only way weâre gonna get her to talk is⌠*sigh* okay, someone has to take this bullet, it might as well be meâŚâ
Honestly, though, I think the only other person who would possibly be willing to do that is Touwa, and probably not. Asuna wasnât taking well to getting ordered around, and Banba would never kneel to anyone (⌠Well⌠Actually, no comment). My interpretation is that Melto realises sheâs rather high and mighty, and that sheâll respond to an act of 'reverenceâ like that, and he knows no one else in the room is gonna be willing to do it w/out complaining. So he just steps in to save them all the trouble. Mom friend to the rescue.
Honestly, itâs very sensible of him. ^^
I need to write more w/ Melto⌠DX
Banba is the back modelling. Bc boy canât be in a single scene where he isnât posing in some way at every opportunity.
XD I WAS RIGHT. ^^
Sorry Short Cheese, Banba doesnât care if you think he has manners (I wouldnât be surprised if he tried to ditch her in the forest earlier XD). Touwa looks slightly miffed, but I think heâs less effected by it coming from you. The only one youâre offending is Asuna. And, actually, Iâd advise against that.
Hey, isnât Asuna also technically a noble?
Asunaâs like âFirst off, how dare you? Second, how dare you? And third⌠How dare you?â
XD This is even funnier bc of one of my casual ships. ^^
Melto hates this so much, but heâs willing to do it to find out whatâs happening. XD Poor baby.
Oh, okay. So the mind control is just his thing.
This is so vague I canât trust it⌠I mean, I guess most of it could be on the level, but⌠Hm. I gotta wonder if they were allowed to escape⌠And what exactly heâs got on them to have them still be doing this? (Bc next ep pretty much reveals theyâre trying to trick the team) Is Short Cheese mind controlled? Is Tall Cheese? They repeat her âI would risk my own life to save herâ twice this ep, so Iâm guessing Tall Cheese/little sisterâs life is still in danger somehowâŚ? I dunno. I guess weâll learn this weekend.
So⌠What, you can just teleport? Why didnât you do that when you were running before? SUSPICIOUS?
Also, Iâm not sure I trust these flashbacks either, bc theyâre from Short Cheeseâs point of view, and next ep indicates she wasnât being on the level w/ the team. I mean, sheâs holding that orange rock in a bottle⌠But⌠Did it come from her planet? Is it something they stole from the Druidons? Or is there a part of this story that was left out (actually, that much is obvious bc Short Cheese didnât mention the rock at all), where the Druidon gave it to her? Too many variables, even if I didnât know they were up to something.
I should note that itâs pretty obvious theyâre not actually evil and are being forced into doing this. Theyâre only here as guest stars and theyâre being promoted as being idols (exhibit A, the abrupt song sequence coming up), so I HIGHLY doubt theyâre gonna pull out the rug and make them outright evil.
And, anyway, the next ep preview practically confirms that. XD
Girl in the lavender sweatshirt is ready to kill something, I swear.
I also like the boy in the burgundy and white sweatshirt. XD Heâs paying such good attention. ^^
Asunaâs offended, Meltoâs somewhere else thinking about Wyzul, Banba doesnât care and Touwaâs in. XD
Touwa clearly here thinking âdear god, I know I never want to go through that⌠O_oâ
Honey, I am so sorry, but I make no promises. DX
Thatâs a very direct question, but no less then Iâd expect from Banba. Though also⌠Kinda odd? What are you trying to establish here, sweetie? Why are you asking this?
This line is very important, clearly. They repeat it twice. Pretty sure itâs to make us understand that whatever is going on next ep, itâs bc the sisters are trying to protect each other. Like I said, Iâm presuming that Tall Cheese is actually still in danger somehow.
WHAT WAS HE TRYING TO ESTABLISH W/ THAT QUESTION? And then he just accepts her answer? Iâm confusedâŚ
I really canât tell if heâs finding something odd w/ this, or if heâs accepting it bc heâs sympathising w/ her⌠DX Tatsuya is being unreadable too well! DX
And then she⌠Just starts singing? Like, I love this show, but⌠There couldâve been a better lead up to that.
Though I do love Naohisa reacting to the lights. XD
So⌠Was this just a random musical interlude, or⌠Was she doing something? I guess it was so that Kou could hear it and make the connection, but the execution could have gone a little better.
Banba takes that extra moment to pose. XD
Untransformed fight! ^^
I love how Banba just delays transforming to take off. :D
I needed to use a new emoticon.
Kouâs little âAh!â and pointing when the kids show up! XD
Girl in the lavender sweatshirt is going to cut something.
See, this is an effective use of the singing.
Uh⌠What. Melto, what does that⌠Whatever. Sentai logic.
Now he says âOkay, Tyra!â instead of just âTyra!â
SOMEONE TEACH HIM TOUWA AND BANBAâS NAMES!
Banba would be SO AWKWARD. XD
Oh, NOW you transform. XD Well, we wouldnât have had that beautiful weapon toss if you had before. ^^
See? We bring up the line again, and thereâs a weird sound cue? Does it mean anything?
Touwa sees the other smollest sib and must immediately go help her. XD
I do like the improve mobility of this mech. Donât get me wrong, I absolutely adored the clusterfuck of orbs that was the Kyuranger mecha, but⌠Itâs nice to seem something more dynamic once in a while?
Kudos the new suit actor, too. Whose name still escapes me⌠DX
Convenient train tracks. XD Sentai logic.
Actually, just Toku logic.
I love MirNeedle and his honk and his spinning attack. XD
Could you be more tsundere in one sentence???
Touwaâs just like âstages of realising your brother is a tsundere, stage 3: acceptanceâ
Kou doesnât mind, though. XD
I do think Banba is starting to kind of like the trio, but boy is very damaged and the concept scares him, so heâs trying to fight it as much as possible, even though itâs just kind of a slight, vague fondness at this point.
Like, eventually, heâs going to end up adopting them, itâs going to happen, heâs going to have at least four younger sibs, actually five. But weâre not there quite yet.
I would love a âweâre not each otherâs only family anymoreâ sort of thing from the brothers. Or maybe one of the trio telling them that. XD
One day, a Mosasaurus will be in that empty spot, I bet.
Melto and Banba on the same wavelength. ^^
So⌠The Minusaur host is dead now?
This is cute, but I already know thereâs more to this.
XD Oh, Banba. Youâre starting to like them, I know you are. Youâre not getting out of this. Though I do get why you really donât want that to happen.
Though I do think his getting emotional next week is a partially due to it. ^^ Like, yes, thereâs the fact that heâs mad at Kou for being too trusting, and that it might be dangerous for all of them/earth, but⌠I dunno. Probably overthinking.
But Iâm gonna wax on about that shot in the preview later, donât worry. XD
Or worry, if you donât want to hear my rambling. In⌠Which case why would you even be reading this.
Melto on point again. XD I really need to write more w/ you⌠DX
Though on the other hand, I guess thereâs a possibility that she could have read it in Naohisaâs papers at the house, or he said it to her. But she didnât seem interested in the research, and they could just ask Naohisa if he mentioned it.
Hm⌠Maybe theyâre waiting to update the ED until Gold gets here.
Why does Kou have the inflation Soul activated?
⌠That sounds like he knows way  more about economics than he actually does. XD
As far as the preview, I like the drama that seems to be happening. ^^ Maybe theyâll finally give us some slightly more concrete info on what happened to Banba. Or just⌠Anything about the brothersâ past? And what about that hooded person? The sisters are up to something, but theyâre obviously being forced into it somehow, Wyzul is definitely the sneaky type. Weâre also heading into May, which means DimeVolcano and possibly Gaisorg/Gaisoulg? Though he wasnât in any of the scans so even if his figurine is releasing, we likely wonât be seeing him until the very end/month after.
PleasedonâtbeGoldpleasedonâtbeGoldpleasedonâtbeGold.
There are so many better possibilities. DX I know who I want it to be (even though I donât strictly know âwhoâ that is XD), but there are other possibilities too.
And while I would like to see next ep, I am also curious about the arc coming after it. I really wanna know if my crazed visual analysis madness was right about it only being the kids who are trapped in Wonderland and Banba is trying to get them out. I wanna know.
Hm⌠Does anyone know where the ânewspaper summariesâ come from? Like, we got the ones from 5 to 7⌠Are we gonna get ones for 8 to 11 at some point?
I am an impatient baby. DX ^^;
Thatâs all folks! Virtual chocolate eclairs for anyone who read all that. But, actually, thatâs not all! I still wanna ramble about somethingânamely, and silly personal theory/hc of mine.
Bc of this face:
Okay, so. During that conversation where Banba did the whole âKindness can make one weakâ thing, I mentioned that I found Kouâs reaction interesting? Bc it mightâve been in his characterisation to get mad and insist that kindness does not make people weakâesp since he clearly still doesnât think that. But instead, he just looked a little hurt, and looked sad? Like⌠It seemed to me he was more saddened that Banba thought that way at all than being offended by the statement. Not âhow could you think that?!â but more⌠Like âthatâs so sad that youâve been made to believe that?â If that makes sense? That somehow, Kou caught on that Banba has this view bc he was hurt terribly in the past? And then thereâs this face here. Boy looks like a sad puppy. Itâs totally my skewed interpretation bc I had that thought before, but to me it looks like heâs looking at Banba like⌠Empathetically? Like he pities him? So now Iâm falling even deeper into the idea that Kou doesnât find Banbaâs distrust of others insulting of offensive in anyway, but is just sad for the fact that someone could come to think that way. Realises that Banba is like this bc he got hurt and is scared, and is just heartbroken by that? That someone could get hurt so badly that they lose faith in nearly all goodness in the world? I might like it if thereâs a moment where Kou proves heâs more thoughtful than he seems (like, he can be thoughtful, he has his momentsâthough he is still an impulsive, goofy doofus) by, like, outright asking Banba what happened to him. Thatâd def throw Banba for a loop, I think. This is, of course, just my overthinking and incoherent rambling. But I do like the idea. ^^ Last note: my god Tatsuya has pretty eyelashes! DX
#Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger#Ryusoulger Spoilers#my precious Dino Children#and that#kids#is why you copy the text of your posts#^^#as for the tagsâŚ#it was mostly just a repeat of what I had written up there#and I rambled about how I wanted to hug them all#so could they please hug each other#I would really love ifâwhen they all find out about what happened to Banba#they just hug him#XD#y'all need some comforting and affectionate physical contact#so HUG EACH OTHER#DX#I love five (5) beautiful colourful Dino Knights#Birthday Sentai#Dino Dragon Knights And Their Cat
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The final battle raged on at the Black Gate. Orcs by the thousands were fighting against the many people who wished to take them down not realizing that two hobbits had reached their destination.
Aragorn saved Gimli from a few orcs before spotting Legolas who looked like he needed a hand. He listened to his heart when it told him to go help the elf but then a sound echoed behind him.
He turned around and looked up to see a giant beast and prayed that Legolas could defend himself while he took out the big guy. What he didn't realize was that Legolas had already gotten rid of the pile up that had surrounded him and was calling out to Aragorn while said man was thrown to the ground.
Aragorn did his best to defend himself and got in a few slices here and there but the beast was still standing. His eyes widened as it leaned back getting ready to leave a devistating blow. He raised his hands and was about to close his eyes when he felt the ground shake.
He saw the orcs backing off slightly and it gave him enough time to stand and as he did so he watched the building that held the eye of Sauron crumble and fall. He looked around him as he watched the orcs scramble. He thought that they were safe now so he quickly turned to look for Legolas. His eyes had widened some more.
"LEGOLAS!!"
He watched as the confused elf turned to see what was behind him and then a blade stabbed into him. Aragorn ran with all his might ignoring the ground opening up and sending the orcs plummeting to their death. He made it to Legolas and took down the orc before dropping to the ground and holding the elf.
"FRODO! HE DID IT!"
Everyone cheered for Frodo but Aragorn felt he couldn't. Not when he had his dying best friend in his arms. He couldn't celebrate when he knew his world was about to end. Suddenly everything went dark and his body laid right next to Legolas. He didn't see or hear anyone around them shouting and rushing to their side. All he heard before his eyes closed was Legolas saying "I love you Aragorn. Always have, always will."
For what felt like forever Aragorn finally woke. He sat up and groaned as he felt pain on the side of his head.
"woah easy there Stryder"
Aragorn looked up and saw Frodo hop out of his own bed and realized exactly where they were. They had made it and was taken back to Rivendell. They had won and it was all thanks to the Hobbit in front of him. Speaking of people who he really wanted to see.
"where's Legolas?"
Aragorn noticed Frodo looking down as water left the hobbits eyes and he pulled him in for a hug. He knew that the elf surviving was a long shot but deep down he had prayed that the elf would have made it. He felt his own tears drop as he hugged Frodo tighter.
After a few seconds Sam, Merry and Pippin rushed in and joined the hugging pair followed with Gimli and then Gandalf. Aragorn didn't notice a pair of elves standing by the door until the group dispersed. He looked up and nodded at the two.
"Elrond"
Nods again.
"Thranduil"
Elrond was the first to speak. He looks at Aragorn and Frodo.
"how are the two of you? It was quite a battle"
Frodo holds his hand up and Aragorn notices a finger missing.
"well you know, missing fingers didn't stop me from doing what needed to be done. I just felt bad that there was nothing I could do to save Smeagol"
Elrond sat down on Frodos bed next to the Hobbit and patted his back.
"you can't save those who do not wish to be saved"
There was a moment of silence which was cut off by Pippin who walked up to the elf by the door.
"Never met you before. You remind me of Legolas. Hi I'm Pippin"
"Thranduil, king of the Woodland realm"
"ooh a king. There are so many Kings today. We've seen Gondor, it's a mess. Can we come see what your kingdom looks like? Did you bring some of that elf bread with you?"
Everyone groans at what Pippin says which causes the Hobbit to look around.
"what? What did I say?"
Aragorn watches as the amused Thranduil tries his hardest to not show any emotion as he raises a brow at the little Hobbit.
After awhile of everyone talking and catching up, Aragorn gets out of bed and heads out wanting to walk around the garden. He notices footsteps behind him and turns around. He bows as he notices it's Thranduil. He watches the elf stand next to him as they stare out into the garden watching all the little elf kids running around playing with the friendly creatures that roam the area.
"Legolas told me to give this to you"
Aragorn grabs the letter that the king held.
"he's really gone isn't he?"
"he used his last dying breath to sail to Valinor"
"your son was a good person my king. He died fighting and protecting what he believed in"
"I know. He did the elves proud. He did me proud"
"did you tell him that?"
"I told him that his mother wasn't the only one that loved him"
And with that Aragorn watched as Thranduil walked away.
It was 2 days later when the coronation took place and Aragorn was made king. Right after was his marriage to Arwen followed with a celebration.
Halfway during the celebration Aragorn left to his Chambers and sat on a seat next to the window. He took out his pipe and the letter he hadn't opened since receiving it.
"it's about time I open this letter"
He opened it and took a deep breath before reading it.
Dear Aragorn,
If you are reading this letter then that means I'm no longer on this plane of existence and have set sail to Valinor. As my time here has ended I wish to tell you something I could have never told you in person.
My father had given me a quest when I left Mirkwood. He told me to look for a Stryder. A man he knew would make a fine king one day. When I had set out to do it I didn't know what I would expect. It was a long adventure before I reached my destination.
When I first met this stubborn hard headed man I had begun to wonder if this really was the right type of person who would be king one day. Who knew you would prove me wrong. You became my friend, my comrade, a great leader and the best person I could ever think of that would do remarkable things as king.
It was when we were training in Rivendell that things took a different turn for me. I started developing strong emotions I hadn't felt since Tauriel. I couldn't figure these emotions out because they took a new turn. It wasn't until I lost you when I realized what it was that I truly felt. I had fallen in love. It was love that I felt all those years ago in Rivendell. It was love I felt when you came back to us after I thought all hope was lost. It took almost losing you for all the pieces to finally fit together. I put all my trust, faith and love in you hoping you would guide us to victory.
We are heading out for more fights because the war isn't over. Not by a long shot. I still need to find you and apologize for my moments of despair. Then again after what you said, there was a reason I was speaking elvish. I hope no harm is brought to us. Especially you my love.
Well I better finish this letter up. I still got letters to write for everyone else and an apology to a stubborn hard headed man I need to get out.
My father was right by the way. You will make an excellent king. Now go on and give your best. Do it for all those you have lost and all those that are still living.
P.s. if you receive this letter and I'm still alive, make sure the dwarf doesn't see this. I think he was one of the best friends, aside from yourself, an elf could ever have. I will never tell him that and he doesn't need to know. He will become a strong leader one day. Look after him for me will you.
- Legolas
"Oh Legolas Greenleaf you stupid elf. My stupid elf. I love you too. Always have, always will"
I rest my weary eyes as I rest back on the seat.
"I'll promise to keep fighting the good fight. For you and for everyone else my little elf."
My tears finally stop and I drop off to sleep as the celebration still rages on.
#lotr#did someone say sad?#did someone order angst?#are these tears?#no#and no#and absolutely not#aralas-ish#this is a mess#sorry not sorry#blame Endgame
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Everything wasnât fine.
It was absolutely futile to try and put up an everything is fine facade for Jamie. He had always been very intuitive, and wasnât going anywhere.
âYou need to stop feeling sorry for yourself. You fucked up, but everyone makes mistakes. You kissed someone, you immediately regretted it but didnât get a chance to clear the air properly before you got hit by a goddamn car. You lost your memory, and Iâm sorry, flippinâ the situation hereâ I donât care how hurt I was, if Caspar was in the hospital and couldnât remember shit, Iâd be right there by his side. How shitty is it to say you love someone and the moment they fuck up, youâre out? Real love is takinâ someoneâs good and their bad. Not lettinâ yourself get walked all over, but also not disappearinâ the moment things get hard. You didnât fuck Derrickâ
âActuallyââ
âWhen all this was happening?!â
âNo, after. After I got released.â
âOkay, thatâs⌠kinda fair game. Youâre broken up⌠anyway, as I was saying. What if you never got your memories back? He was just gonna forget about you like that?â Jamieâs brows were furrowed slightly.
âBut I did get my memories back, Jamie you donât understand. Iââ Ben was getting a little frustrated with this conversation. He didnât like the way Jamie was talking about Iago, but deep down, he knew that Jamie knew more about relationships than he did. In a way, Ben was jealous that Jamie was such a steadfast person. Caspar was very lucky.
ââYou fucked up. And youâre sorry, but heâs choosinâ to treat you like an emotional hookup. Heâs cominâ by, grabbinâ a few things, gettinâ his fill of seeinâ you miserable and hearinâ you say youâre so sorry, then goinâ off and not talkinâ to you again.â Jamie reached for another slice of pizza, shaking his head. âIf youâre breakinâ up for good, then do it. Make a clean cut and move on. You deserve better. I know you goofed, but you donât deserve that. Itâs not like you killed anyone or stole somethinâ or acted out of cruelty. Youâre still a good person, even if youâre tryinâ to be an asshole again, which by the way, itâs ainât workinâ so much now that your memories are cominâ back.â
Ben simply listened. Jamieâs heart was in the right place, but he couldnât agree. He took a long swig of his beer and looked at the other with furrowed brows. Maybe Jamie was right. âAre you sayinâ heâs gettinâ off on seeinâ me like that? I donât wanna hear this anymore, he isnât like that, Jamie.â
âLook. I like Iago. Hell, I tried talkinâ to âim and told âim to talk to me if thereâs anything he needs, but he ainât talkinâ to me, either. Heâs a great guy, but he seems dead set and beinâ done with you, and what heâs doinâ now is not good. If youâre not gonna have a relationship, then cut ties. You canât just love someone when theyâre good tâyou and say fuck it all when they make a mistake. Thatâs not love. Thatâs convenient. If you donât wanna be with Derrick, who has been there for you, make a clean cut there, too. Donât lead âim on or string âim along. Focus on your art. Donât hoe around expectinâ things to change. You were doinâ that before and you werenât happy, remember? The right person will come along, but youâve gotta decide if you wanna keep wallowinâ in your own self pity or if youâre gonna get up and move ahead like the Benjamin that I know and have always known.â
âCan we talk about somethinâ else? Hyde isnât eating. Iâm wonderinâ if itâs because she misses them. Iâm thinkinâ of takinâ her to the vet,â Ben said, looking to the puppy curled in a cute little ball at the end of the couch. âPoor girl. Dogs are more intuitive than we give âem credit for. Take her today, it might be the stress of everything thatâs goinâ on. It might help her to be around Merry and Pippin, I dunno.â
âIf she canât be without Jekyll, then maybe I should give âer back to Iago,â he said, the heartbreak audible in his voice. He loved her very much, but he needed to do whatever was best for her. Hopefully, this was just a passing thing and she would start eating normally again. They had been eating pizza, but now even Ben wasnât hungry anymore. Everything sucked, and he needed to pull himself out of this rut before he started getting really depressed. Ben didnât want to cut ties with Iago, who had been the only person capable of breaking down his walls and getting through to him.
But he was gone.
And now Ben had to carefully build himself up again. He couldnât do that if Iago kept coming around⌠So maybe he would listen to everyone and just fly solo for a while. Maybe he would start avoiding both Derrick and Iago. The thought was unnerving, but if it meant he could move forward with his life, then maybe it would be worth a shot.
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More Reading Thoughts: The Passing of the Grey Company
EYYYY MERRY!! Aragorn! Legolas and Gimli!! I missed you guys! 8-D
âSo four of the Company still remain.â Dramatic much, Aragorn??
ââAnd then whither?â said Legolas. âI cannot say yet,â Aragorn answered.â *hums to myself* And whither then, I cannot sayâŚ
Legolas and Gimli donât even wait to hear where Aragorn is going before they loudly volunteer to come with him. I love these dorks so much LOL
âBut do not look for mirth at the ending. It will be long, I fear, ere Theoden sits at ease again in Meduseld. Many hopes will wither in this bitter spring.â ďżźAaaaand Aragorn accidentally foreshadows Theodenâs death :-(
Literally Merry: âWelp, if I run now, Iâll die, so I might as well stay and fight.â
Aragorn, immediately, upon seeing an old friend again: ITâS HUGGING TIME
âMerry breathed a sigh of relief. âŚIt seemed that there would be no need to die in Theodenâs defense, not yet at any rate.â Whoa, Merry, thatâs pretty hardcore. Respect.
Yooo so these are all Rangers like Aragorn?? And Elrondâs sons are here too?? SICK.
All of Aragornâs old friends, in fancy foreshadowing language, at once: âHI WE BROUGHT YOU A FLAG AND YOUâRE GONNA HAVE TO GO WAKE UP SOME GHOSTSâ
Legolas calling Merry âMaster Sluggardâ for sleeping until noon Xâ-D Give me the Legolas and Merry roast battle STAT!
Tolkien quietly implies that Legolas and Gimli stood around talking to Merry while he got dressed. I donât have anything to comment here except that casual platonic intimacy is delightful.
Evidently, the Rangers are here because of Galadriel ex machina.
Merryâs opinion of Theoden went from âI want to talk to you about pipeweedâ to âI would die for youâ in like .005 seconds and I am 1000% here for it
âFilled suddenly with love for this old man, he knelt on one knee, and took his hand and kissed it. âMay I lay the sword of Meriadoc of the Shire on your lap,ďżź Theoden King?â he cried. âReceive my service, if you will!ââ
WOW thatâs like a high-octane shot of unfiltered medieval chivalry right to the veins. I think the buzz in my head is my entire British ancestry all waking up at once in a patriotic fit. HECK YEAH KINGS AND KNIGHTS AND CASTLES MAN LETâS FRICKINâ GOOOOOO
!!!!!!!!! HELLO??? All the Rangers wear their cloaks asymmetrically??? âPinned on the left shoulderâ it says. IâVE BEEN DRAWING ARAGORNâS CLOAK PINNED ON HIS SHOULDER THIS WHOLE TIME. The right-side one, not the left, but STILL. I DIDNâT FRICKINâ REMEMBER THIS PART. DID I RECALL IT SUBCONSCIOUSLY AGAIN???? HEEEEHHHH??????
Pippin, constantly: âI miss Merry :-(â Merry, constantly: âI miss Pippin :-(â
Oooh the Rangers have been guarding the Shire, and the hobbits didnât even know about it!! Thatâs so cool, man. Like guardian angels with mud-stained boots.
I have little to say about Aragornâs story of looking into the Palantir except that Iâm glad heâs had something to eat and I really hope he gets some sleep soon :-/
Ohhh so the Grey Company is Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and the other Rangers. The Three Musketeers and Co.
Eowyn: âPlease donât go.â Aragorn: âSorry, no.â Eowyn: âYouâll die.â Aragorn: âNo, I wonât.â Eowyn: âThen take me with you so that I can die too.â Aragorn: âEmphatically, no.â
Eowyn bemoaning the âpart of a womanâ is both startlingly modern and better than any more recent attempt Iâve seen to write the exact same thing. Eowyn doesnât want to fight just because sheâs afraid of seeming âlesser than the menâ; she wants to fight because sheâs afraid of living a purposeless life, of sitting around uselessly while the world is in peril and she feels she can help. Her motivation is a lot like Steve Rogersâ back in the first Captain America movie: âBucky, come on! There are men laying down their lives. I got no right to do any less than them.â
Aaaaand Tolkien once again proves that he can absolutely write suspense and horror if he wants to.
Gimli is an interesting choice for a POV character here. I guess it makes sense, tho; heâs neither a Ranger nor an Elf, so the fear of the Dead is going to sit heaviest on him.
âYes, the Dead ride behind. They have been summoned.â OHHHHH HOHOHOHO.
DUUUUDE. JUST. Okay so we all know that in the movie thereâs this huge confrontation where Aragorn argues with the dead king to help them, right?? That totally makes sense story-wise; itâs a âtrialâ he has to pass to get their respect. But thereâs nothing like that here. The trial is quiet, itâs understated; itâs simply the labor of getting through the Paths of the Dead and battling through that aura of fear to the other side. And you donât know that the ghosts are following you until youâre leaving. Imagine being on your way out of a place called the Paths of the Dead, finally coming out of that horrible cave and looking up to see the stars, and when you finally think youâre safe, you turn around and see an army of ghosts following in silent procession. CHILLS, MAN. Just. CHILLS.
And now the Grey Company includes the ghosts apparently!
I have nothing to say about the people running away from Aragorn and calling him âthe King of the Deadâ except that itâs funny and chilling all at once.
The Stone of Erech really said âŤď¸
#meriadoc brandybuck#merry#aragorn#legolas#gimli#theoden#eowyn#lord of the rings#lotr#my writing#assorted thoughts
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Monday, August 14th 2017
I spent the hours between midnight and three trying to pack everything that I brought to live on for ten months away from home and also everything that Iâd managed to collect over six weeks of living in London which included, but was not limited to, eight fairly large books, several new shirts, a pride sash, a very small toy minion that was once the top of a kidâs movie snack cup, and more baking supplies than most people would deem necessary for a six week stint in a foreign country. It was hardly adequate.
I then sent a message to my mother that said something along the lines of I am setting an alarm for eight in the morning, but if I donât have a message from you telling me to be out of the door by eight thirty, I am going back to bed and resetting the alarm for ten.
I sent that, and then went to sleep.
At eight, I woke up to a message telling me to go back to sleep, which I did.
At ten, I woke up and packed everything I forgot about the night before, and then hauled my suitcase, my backpack, and the three extra bags of things that I could not fit into my original luggage into the rental car, with my motherâs help.
I then proceeded to sleep for most of the five hour ride.
We got to the Lake District (my old enemy we meet again) in the evening, and were welcomed into the cutest B&B. It was adorable and brightly colored and the owner told us all about how she renovated the space with one of her sons, and how she was planning on writing the name of every lake sheâd swum in on the stairs.
Just look at this gorgeous bathroom.

It has a tub.
I mean, I didnât actually take a bath, because I donât like baths, but I could have, which makes it a far cry from the very tiny box of a shower that I had been using in my London residence, which was literally not big enough to stick both elbows out in.
The room was also adorable, and my own, so I didnât have to share with anybody, which was lovely.
We got dinner at a little restaurant that served excellent meat pies, and then my mother and her husband retired to their room to sleep, and I retired to my room to⌠well, not do that.
I actually was planning on sleeping, because despite the fact that Iâd spent most of my day asleep, I was still exhausted. Finals week plus traveling to a new country for a whirlwind weekend adventure does not lead to healthy sleep habits.
However, at about ten at night I discovered that the first Lord of the Rings movie was available on Amazon Prime UK, and that seemed like an appropriate movie to watch while still in England, so I figured I might as well.
To be clear, Iâd never actually seen the movie before, or read the books (I know, I know, a high fantasy book that Trixie hasnât read? Itâs a miracle! But seriously, I tried so many times when I was younger, and I could never make it past the first hundred pages because it dragged so much. I read the Hobbit, but the Lord of the Rings always eluded me. I might try to read them again, though, I think I could do it if I just powered through the boring beginning), and somehow I hadnât looked at the time stamp, so I was a full hour in before I realized Iâd committed to a movie that was four hours long (it was the extended edition, because of course it was) and by then I was far too invested.
I do believe I sent a message somewhere along the lines of WHO MAKES A FOUR HOUR LONG MOVIE AS THE BEGINNING OF A TRILOGY to friends that I knew had seen the movies before.
The rest of this post is going to be a ramble about my feelings on the first Lord of the Rings movie, so if youâd rather not read that, you can stop here, and I will certainly not blame you.
So first of all why, in every fantasy novel, do they introduce the people like the elves, who are perfect, and the dwarves, who are rich, and the humans, who are corrupt and definitely the first to fall in any here comes the evil scenario? People die soonest? Itâs not that I disagree that people are the worst, itâs just that I donât understand why everyone else canât also be the worst?
I'm confused. The Power of the Ring makes him a jedi?
It's very unclear what the Power of the Ring actually is.
Like.
Mind control?
Telekinesis?
And does it pass on like the elder wand? You gotta kill someone to get it?
I suspect these are the things that I would find out in the books, but if I read all three of them (and the Silmarillion, thanks, I do know some things), and I donât get a detailed description of what the rings are, what power they impart, how they got that power in the first place, how they were made (and if itâs hand waved as âmagicâ that does not count), and what, precisely, it means to have the power to rule them all, I will dig up J R R Tolkien to demand answers.
Moving on: Iâm sure Gollum was a super creepy character when he was first introduced but Iâve seen too many memes mocking the voice and the my precious line to take it seriously.
I understand why I loved the Hobbit more than LOTR: Hobbits spend their lives eating and reading and hating tall people, thatâs clearly where I belong.
I also hope that the books contain a detailed explanation for what wizards are, how they get their power, why theyâre all apparently old men, and what, exactly, their power set is.
Speaking of wizards, Harry Potter has negatively conditioned me to mistrust any old bearded wizard who says trust me, I'm your friend. Is Gandalf actually Sauron. I think Iâd have gotten that spoiled for me at some point, but honestly I have surprisingly little idea how LOTR actually ends. I assume they win. Hopefully not a lot of people die but I donât have high hopes about that.
Dementors on horses.
I realize that Harry Potter is basically a ripoff of LOTR, as most fantasy written since it was written is, but itâs my best point of reference for everything in life, so.
Okay, if your name is practically the same as the big evil guy, I feel like it should be a hint that you, too, are a big evil guy. Saruman, I am looking at you, dude. You were born to be very evil, and you didnât even need to sit on that super creepy big black throne to prove it, though the fact that you did that anyway just proves that youâre one of the super dramatic big evil guys. Good for you.
It's interesting that, typically, in these sorts of books, people use magic to have physical fights. They're just throwing people around, but using magic instead of muscles. If they'd just hit the gym more often they wouldn't even need the magic.
I say that as a person who absolutely could not throw someone across a room without the use of a lot of magic.
Small dark haired plucky protagonists that look like Daniel Radcliffe should stop having such blind faith in old grey bearded wizards.
Sam yells, "Those wraiths are still out there!" and I heard, "The racists are out there!"
Honestly it would not surprise me to learn that ring wraiths are racist. They seem like the type? You know, malevolent, evil, wear hoods, like to gang up on innocent people and make their lives miserable, undead, probably trying to kill someone you love at any given moment, it makes sense. Also were once in power and are desperate to get it back and failing hard. Also probably living in the white house right now.
Lord Elrond looks like he's about to throw up every time he looks at someone. Anyone. Every person. What happened in his life to make him this extraordinarily bitter person. Is that one of those things the books would tell me?
"I am ready to go home."
-Frodo, with two and a half hours left in the first movie in his trilogy that might as well be entitled Frodo Doesn't Get To Go Home.
I feel like people who say that humanity's greatest downfall is pride are missing some key aspects of our personality, because personally I do not want to rule shit, thanks, and I don't particularly want whatever mystical power that ring holds over other people, it's clearly evil, throw it away please, but also if I were at that meeting I would absolutely want to poke the ring. I don't want to have it, or put it on, I just want to poke it. Curiosity to the point go stupidity is a much more interesting fatal flaw, and a much more accurate one for our species as a whole.
Elrond is hilariously offended to find out people were eavesdropping on his super secret meeting concerning the fate of the world in an open-air pavilion area.
I also believe that Elrond is evil, along with Gandalf, and everyone else, in fact, I trust Sam and everyone else has an agenda. Sam and Frodo. Maybe Merry and Pippin but that is it everyone else is the height of evil and someone should protect these hobbits from the rest of the world.
Why is everyone in every fantasy movie ever so willing and eager to make their last stand?
You know, the first Harry Potter movie was released about a month before the first Lord of the Rings movie, and I'm pretty sure that audiences everywhere that year were getting super tired of watching small dark haired plucky protagonists that look like Daniel Radcliffe be attacked by trolls while their equally plucky though typically more reluctant friends rescue them.
what fresh hell is that minotaur on fire
YOU SHALL NOT PASS has much more gravitas when it's not a mocking parody, I have found.
I was three hours in and decided to actually get some sleep, and finish everything up the next day because they were super peacefully floating down a river on some elven boats and I suspect, from the course of the movie thus far, they were not going to remain peaceful for any longer.
All in all, so far it's not a bad movie. Is my personal opinion. I know the entire world was waiting to hear my judgement on what is arguably the most famous series ever written (that isn't Harry Potter), and I judge it not bad, so far. Shocking that this massive phenomenon that has inspired the adoration of millions is actually good.
#london#travels#movie review#all in all this was a highly unproductive day but I really enjoyed that movie#and also that car ride was the height of relaxing honestly#a fantastic beginning to my vacation's vacation
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Wrong End of the Ithilien Stick (Legolas x Reader)
Requested by: @elvish-sky
could i request a legolas x reader with angst- like she misheard something he said and they have a falling out- but with a happy ending?
A/N: Here you are!! Hope you enjoy :) bon appetit âď¸
They were hopeless â completely, and utterly hopeless. Most who wished to court did so at the first few stolen glances, but not Y/n and Legolas.
Apparently, a yearâs worth of peril on the road did nothing to invoke revelations. The Fellowship journey may have introduced them to one another, but it did nothing to bring them together. No, that was entirely up to them â the worst two to be left in charge of their own romantic fates.
Although, thatâs not to say they entirely went their separate ways in the aftermath. Y/n had stayed behind with Legolas, in Ithilien, where they sought to restore the trees.
The whole process was full of cleared throats, deep blushes and shy smiles. Gimli, on the occasions he would visit, rolled his eyes, and groaned aloud.
âYe still on yer dove dancing, are ye?â he taunted one day.
However, all the pair could do, was look away from one another. Y/n simply felt herself too inferior to his royal status, as to make the first move. Legolas, on the other hand, felt himself too high maintenance to even begin asking her if she minded his princely upbringing.
It was a vicious cycle, but one the four Hobbits sought to destroy, following their next visit.
âSo, we are all aware of our roles?â Frodo asked, as the four friends strolled across a wooden bridge, and into the Ithilien forest.
Frodo had enjoyed the distraction, and appreciated the time away from his cooped-up desk greatly. Any chance to rid himself of the journeyâs memories, was a chance heâd take.
âAye!â Pippin confirmed. âMerry and I are tackling Y/n, and you and Sam will handle Legolas.â
âBy nightfall, those two will be married!â Merry agreed, nodding resolutely.
However, stifling the Hobbitsâ laughter, Y/n and Legolas appeared from nowhere â greeting them by the creekâs bank.
âWhoâs getting married by nightfall?â Y/n sweetly asked, squinting under the bright morning sun.
âI donât mind a wedding,â Legolas added on, smiling down at Y/n. âIf itâs someone we know, perhaps we ought to go. Could borrow some cake?â
âI donât think theyâll be wanting it back, somehow,â Y/n laughed, sharing the Elfâs smile.
Watching as they grinned brightly, and laughed together, the four Hobbits nervously looked at one another.
Oh, how desperately they needed their plan to work. Y/n would shrivel from mortality, before they even had a chance to marry themselves!
âAlas, weâre being rude,â Y/n dismissed, immediately moving forwards to hug all her friends. âItâs been so long since our last visit to the Shire! Weâve missed you all so much!â
âLikewise,â Sam warmly replied, hugging her tight. âWe quite enjoyed the trek on over here too.â
âOh, really?â Y/n excitedly asked, pulling back. âLegolas and I have been working on the trail leading in all year! We finally managed to grow the petunias you sent over as well.â
âThatâs wonderful news,â Frodo smiled, now walking in tow with the girl and Elf, as they led them away. âSoâŚspeaking of news, has anything as of late occurred in Ithilien? Any news of courtship, perhaps?â
âFrom whom?â Legolas tightly asked, not at all liking Frodoâs sly connotation.
âOh, no one in particular,â he lied, sharing a smile with the other Hobbits.
âOf courseâŚâ Legolas dismissed, nonetheless answering, as he walked through the botanical gardens. âWell, not to our knowledge, noâŚoh, but a wonderful pair of deer mated recently! We are expecting fawns any season now.â
âSo are we,â Merry grumbled, rolling his eyes.
Having heard, with his Elven hearing, what the Hobbit said, Legolas confusedly glanced over his shoulder. Nonetheless, he merely only creased his features, before stealing a glance at Y/n. He then looked back up front, as they pressed on walking.
âWell, there is much ground to cover,â Legolas changed the topic, glancing up at the glittering trees. âWe ought to start here first, so that we can make it back in time to-â
âActually, Legolas,â Frodo interjected, coming to a halt, and causing the others to do the same, âwe were thinking, on the way over here, that we ought to maybe split the group in half, so that we might finish earlier this time?â
Blinking down at the Hobbit, Y/n and Legolas knitted their brows. They then unsteadily looked between one another, before Y/n herself piped up again.
âUh, sureâŚwe can do that,â she said. âAny reason why, though?â
âWell, we do want to see your restoration project, and permaculture,â Merry began answering, chewing on the end of his pipe, âbut, weâd prefer to spend some time with just you two as well. You know, at dinner and such. Donât forget, we need supper as well.â
Looking between one another once more, and silently communicating, the two taller friends discreetly shrugged.
âVery well,â Legolas sighed, returning his attention to the Hobbits. âFrodo and Sam, you two can come with me. Merry and Pippin, you join Y/n. Oh, and Merry? Discard the pipe â thereâs no smoking in Ithilien.â
Upholding both palms in surrender, Merry tucked the pipe away. As he and Pippin began following after Y/n, they both shared a sneaky grin with Frodo and Sam. They each all resolutely nodded at one another, before turning around to face back up front.
~
âOh! Oh! Look!â Y/n excitedly pointed out.
Looking upwards, both Merry and Pippin observed a courting pair of bluebirds. They flew around one another, and landed in a little brown nest, high up in a tree.
Grinning brightly, Y/n breathed in the soft spring air.
âOh, donât you just love this time of year?â she wistfully sighed. âThe courting animals, the romantic lighting, the little boats on the lake-â
âTHATâS IT! I CANâT TAKE IT ANYMORE!â Merry exclaimed. He clamped his ears tight, with both hands, and squeezed his eyes shut.
âMerry?â Y/n asked in concern, swiftly turning around to observe him. âAre you alright? Whatâs wrong?â
âWhatâs wrong? Whatâs WRONG?â Merry seethed, finally re-meeting her eyes. âYOU ARE, Y/N, THATâS WHAT!â
âI beg your pardon?â Y/n bit back, looking him up and down with narrowed eyes. âWhat did I do?â
âItâs more like what you havenât done,â Pippin elaborated, ever-so-casually. âActually, both you and Legolas, to be perfectly candid.â
Feeling heat rise to her cheeks, Y/n stammered over her words.
âI-I donât understand-â she tried to say.
âYes, you do,â Merry interjected, using a series of hand gestures to further his point. âYou like him. He likes you. Itâs been like this since Rivendell â BEFORE we all set out for Mordor, mind you! Somehow, destroying that little ring was easier than getting you two to admit your feelings!â
Y/n was at a loss for words. Had it all really been that obvious?
âYes, it really has been that obvious,â Merry piped up again, apparently having read her mind.
Slumping her shoulders, Y/n ran a hand along her face, and complained.
âThis is really humiliatingâŚâ she said. âDo you think Legolas knows too?â
âY/n, not to alarm you, but Iâm pretty sure all of Arda knows,â Pippin winced.
Finding a park bench, Y/n sat herself down in a flush, and groaned.
âWell, whatever am I to do?â she asked, as her two friends each took a seat beside her. âI ought to tell him, I know that much, but I just simply cannot muster the courage.â
âY/n, Iâve seen you slowly decapitate an orcâs head with a picnic knife,â Merry deadpanned, placing a hand on her shoulder. âI think you can handle telling your one true love how you really feel.â
Rolling her eyes at his choice of cheesy words, Y/n soon reeled them into her lap, where she picked at her thumbnail.
âAye, that is true, butâŚâ she pressed on, âwell, look at me, guys. Iâm a commoner, and no amount of true love is going to change that. Heâs a prince, at the end of the dayâŚwhat would everyone think?â
âWhat does it matter what everyone thinks?â Pippin encouraged, holding her other shoulder. âWe, the Fellowship survivors, know above all else just how short life is. You canât spend it worrying about what others will make of your happiness.â
Seeing the cogs turn in her mind, Merry squeezed her shoulder harder, and urged her to look at him.
âYou love him, Y/nâŚyou canât delay any longer,â he said.
Chewing on the inside of her cheek, Y/n creased her brows. It was true, she loved him, more than anything else. Why should she deny herself that, based purely on what others would think?
âYou know something? Youâre right!â she resolutely declared. She stood upwards quickly, and squared her shoulders. âI love him, and I shouldnât care what anyone thinks of my status! Iâm going to tell him â today!â
Whooping and hollering, Merry and Pippin also both jumped to their feet. They pushed her along, as she began jogging away, to where she knew Legolas would be.
âThatâs the spirit, friend!â Pippin cheered. âGo and tell him! And please make the cake red velvet at the wedding!â
Waving over her shoulder with a grin, Y/n pushed her legs faster, as to find Legolas, and finally reveal her heart to him.
~ In the botanical greenhouse, Legolas, Sam and Frodo all stood around â inspecting the many different pot plants.
âAnd this one is a young fern,â Legolas explained, holding a tiny plant up high. âI grew it myself from a seedling. Iâm hoping itâll soon have sprouts of its own, and raise a family, and-â
âOh my goodnessâŚâ Sam sighed, folding his arms, and shaking his head. âYou really are hopeless, you know that, right?â
âPardon?â Legolas confusedly asked, lifting his eyes from the fern. âMy apologiesâŚif you do not like ferns, I could show you the-â
âLegolasâŚI think you ought to sit down for a moment,â Frodo interjected, gesturing to a wooden chair in the middle of the greenhouse.
Furrowing his brows, Legolas warily glanced between the two Hobbits. They stood in front of the chair, and folded their arms â very serious, indeed.
Slowly, Legolas made his way on over towards the chair, and sat down.
Instantly, the two Hobbits closed the greenhouse curtains all around, save for one. The only window left open served one ray of sun, which purely basked Legolas, and Legolas only, as if he were under an interrogation spotlight.
Squinting his eyes, and craning his head to move out of the light, Legolas spoke.
âIs the chair really necessary-â he tried to say.
âRight, letâs cut to the chase,â Sam interjected, standing in front of Legolas with Frodo. âY/n. You like her. She likes you. Now, why havenât you courted her, and made beautiful children yet?â
Staring wide-eyed for a moment, Legolas parted his lips. However, swift in his archerâs mind, he soon sighed. Next, slumping his shoulders, Legolas responded.
âI suppose I havenât been as discreet in my fondness as previously thoughtâŚâ he mused.
âNot in the slightest,â Sam and Frodo said at once.
Twitching his lips to one side, Frodo softly stared down at his friend, and pressed on.
âLegolasâŚwhy havenât you told her of how you feel yet?â he asked.
Lifting his eyes, and wincing them, Legolas considered his thoughts. He knew how much Y/n enjoyed her freedom, and he knew how restricting a royal life could be. He loved Y/n enough to not impose such a confining lifestyle on her â that was why he held back.
Exhaling again, Legolas knew he could no longer hide his feelings from his friends, and responded.
At the same time, just outside of the greenhouse, Y/n ran up to the door. Stumped for a moment, as to why the curtains were all drawn back, she nonetheless moved closer. However, upon hearing muffled voices on the other side, speaking of her in particular, she halted, and listened in.
âAre you jesting, Frodo? Sheâs a commoner,â Legolas said in frustration, shocking the girl outside. âY/n and formalities simply do not mix. How could anyone ever love someone so different from themselves? NayâŚI wouldnât brew that situation.â
Having stumbled backwards in hurt, Y/n felt tears prick at her eyes. She raised both hands, and held them over her chest.
Before she could freely cry, she turned on her heel, and ran away. However, as she did so, she failed to hear the end of Legolasâ sentence, which defined the entire context.
âThatâs why I canât marry Y/nâŚshe deserves better than what I could give her,â he said. âI wouldnât wish for someone so free to be tied down to someone like me...Iâm far too different from her.â
âDoes Y/n not also get a say in the matter?â Frodo sincerely asked, studying his friend apologetically. âY/n loves you, LegolasâŚyou ought to at least give your courtship a chance, regardless of formalities.â
âAye, Frodo is right,â Sam added on, nodding at his raven-haired friend. âYou ought to at least speak to her. It canât hurtâŚwell, it can, but youâll never know until you try.â
Sucking on his lower lip, Legolas knitted his brows. He considered his friendsâ words, and mulled them over. It was true, he loved Y/n, and he was almost certain she him. Perhaps Frodo and Sam were right â simply talking couldnât do much harm, could it?
Nodding his head, Legolas met the Hobbitsâ eyes again.
âAye,â he agreed at last. âYouâre right, I ought to at least ask her!â
Swiftly standing, Legolas moved out from the chair, and headed towards the greenhouse door.
âWeâre proud of you!â Sam cheered, giving a mighty few claps of his hands.
âGood luck,â Frodo smiled, nodding at his friend.
Nodding back once, Legolas beamed bright, and headed outside.
~
Having run away far enough, Y/n now trekked angrily through the forest. Her jaw was set, and her eyes burning. How could he be so nice to her face, only to say such horrible things behind her back? She cared not, for she would maintain the entire other side of Ithilien, from now on.
She, a commoner, would not dare stay with someone who cares so little for her. However, she soon heard a bright voice calling from behind. Turning around, she spotted Legolas swiftly jogging towards her.
âY/n!â he called, wearing an excited smile.
The moment he jogged up to her, Y/n grew cold in her stance. She revered him with distrust, and anger.
This did not go unnoticed by Legolas, whose features dropped, and his mind wiped. He now sought to ensure she herself was okay.
âAre you alright?â he sincerely asked, brimming with concern.
Laughable, Y/n thought. How dare he pretend to care â right to her face as well!
âNever been better,â Y/n seethed, turning on her heel.
Stammering over his words for a minute, Legolas shook the odd mood in the air away. He followed after her, and shyly spoke â though, his words were hasty.
âThereâs something I have to tell you,â he began. However, Y/n wanted none of it.
âYou donât have to tell me anything, your highness!â Y/n snapped, turning around once more, and angrily pointing at him. âI heard enough earlier.â
âYou heard what I said?â Legolas repeated in horror, suddenly feeling his palms grow clammy â for more than one reason.
âEvery last word,â Y/n replied, glaring across at the Elf.
Shocked by her attitude, Legolas was simply at a loss. He shook his head at the ground in confusion, and spoke.
âI-I thought you would have understood?â he said, lifting his puzzled eyes once more.
âOh, I understand!â Y/n sarcastically started, rolling her eyes. âJust like you said yourself; how could anyone love someone so different?â
Truly hurt by her words, Legolas parted his lips. His eyes brimmed in anguish, as all his hopes were suddenly stomped on, and buried beneath the dirt.
âButâŚI thought that wouldnât matter to you?â he said in a small voice.
âYeah, wellâŚI guess you thought wrong,â Y/n replied, scrunching her nose in disdain.
Turning on her heels, Y/n stalked away. Where she was heading? She didnât know â all she knew, is that she could find some better and more loyal company, with just herself.
Left alone, Legolas stood in silence. What had just happened? She truly did not wish to court him, purely because of his royal status? Very well, then â he could do just as fine by himself.
Matching her anger, Legolas too stalked away, but in the opposite direction.
~
Sat down in the grass, and enjoying a picnic by the lake, Frodo and Sam basked in each otherâs company. Merry and Pippin were off who knows where, and doing God knows what. However, all tranquillity soon came to an end, the moment a furious Y/n stomped past.
Staring between one another, and blinking in confusion, the two Hobbits quickly dropped their sandwiches. They rose swiftly, and chased after her.
âHey! Hey, Y/n!â Frodo called, jogging to meet with her. âHave you found Legolas yet? Thereâs something you need to know. We spoke earlier, and-â
âYes, I know you all talked earlier,â Y/n snapped, now recalling exactly whom Legolas spoke with before. She halted, and glared down at the two friends. âYouâre all very good comrades, arenât you? Well, if you are all such good brothers in arms, how about you go find him instead, and leave me alone?â
Noticing that she made a move to stalk away again, along the edge of the glistening lake, both Frodo and Sam confusedly looked between one another once more.
âI beg your pardon, Y/n,â Sam tentatively spoke up, watching her leave, âbut I think you may have the wrong end of the stick here?â
âOh, no, I think I have the exact right idea,â Y/n seethed, rolling her eyes. âI hope you all had a lovely time, speaking about me behind my back â and just a commoner? Really? We canât all be from Bag End, Frodo.â
Confused, but only for a moment, the context suddenly clicked in Frodoâs mind. Racing forwards, he held Y/nâs hand, and kept her in place.
âWait! You DEFINITELY have the wrong idea!â he exclaimed. âI know what youâre angry about, but you have to listen! He wasnât talking about you in that regard â he was referencing his distress over taking you from your farming life, and placing you in royal formalities!â
âWhat are you talking about-â Y/n had gone to say, with a yank of her hand out of his. However, Frodoâs words quickly met her mind, and ceased her tongue.
Oh.
Oh.
Well, now that made more sense.
Feeling a wave of shame wash over her, Y/n bared her teeth in cringe, and winced her features.
âOh myâŚâ was all she could say.
~
A little further off, but still heading towards the lake, and Legolas could be found in the same situation â however, only a few steps behind.
âYou all come into our home, and plant ideas in our heads,â Legolas seethed, striding away from Merry and Pippin, âonly to leave poisonous weeds instead! I donât know what youâve all done behind the scenes, but youâve certainly made nothing better since your arrival!â
âPlease, Legolas! Just tell us what happened!â Merry begged, struggling to keep up.
âWell, thatâs just the thing, isnât it? I donât know!â Legolas exclaimed, rolling his eyes. âOne minute, the last time I was with Y/n, mind you, and we were happy! But the second I see her again, after she spent her morning with you two, and she turns like the tide on a wintery day!â
âThat just doesnât make any senseâŚâ Pippin whispered, creasing his brows. âWhen she left us, she was on her way to tell you all about how much she wished to court you, and-â
Halting in his tracks, Legolas paused. Snapping his head over his shoulder, the Elf questioned the Hobbit, who quickly clamped his mouth shut.
âWhat?â he pressed. âWhat do you mean she was coming to tell me of courting?â
Looking between one another, Merry and Pippin sheepishly bared their teeth. Figuring the cat was already out of the bag, Merry turned back first, and revealed their agenda.
âWell, we somewhatâŚnudgedâŚY/n, to tell you of her love for you,â he said. âLast time we saw her, like I said, she went to find you in the greenhouse.â
Knitting his brows, and mulling the new bouts of information over, Legolas responded through a confused shake of his head.
âBut that just doesnât make any sense,â Legolas continued. âWhat could have soured her perception, from her journey between you, and the greenhouse-â
The greenhouse.
Oh.
Oh.
Having caught his own words, Legolas immediately knew what went wrong. She had thought him to be insulting her status, and he thought her to be rejecting his.
Running a hand over his face, Legolas growled in frustration. Why must love be so hard? Surely, beyond courting, marriage and children, things would be easier, would they not? Well, Legolas wasnât so certain heâd find out now â not unless he tracked down Y/n in time, before their rift planted roots too deep.
âI need to find her,â Legolas frantically began, looking all around himself. âI have no idea where sheâd be â she could be on the other side of the forest, for all I know!â
âUh, I donât think so,â Merry interjected, staring behind Legolas with Pippin.
âHow would you know?â Legolas confusedly asked, though, his frustration edged his tone.
âJust a hunch,â Merry said again, pointing behind the prince.
Looking over his shoulder, Legolasâ formerly hardened features softened. Y/n stood in the near distance behind him, and anxiously stared in his direction â like a deer caught in the headlights. She chewed on her lower lip nervously, and waited by the lapping waterâs edge.
Catching both Frodo and Samâs eye, Merry and Pippin each awkwardly began stepping away, as did the other two Hobbits.
âOkay, weâre just, uhâŚgonna go now, yeahâŚgood luck,â Merry said, dragging his younger cousin away.
Swallowing his nerves, Legolas suddenly felt his knees buckle, and his palms grow clammy. Nonetheless, if he was old enough to court, then he was old enough to resolve relationship issues.
Breathing in a shaky breath, and releasing it through pursed lips, Legolas forced his feet across the grass, to where Y/n stood.
Feeling her own heart hammer, and sweat cling to her temples, Y/n shifted on her feet. She frequently looked between an approaching Legolas, and the lake beside her. Was love meant to be this scary? Would it always be like this? Or was this the end?
She figured she would soon find out, for the prince now stood before her.
Both said nothing. Instead, they merely stole glances, like so many times before, and looked at the rippling lake.
The sun basked them in a warm glow, and the wind blowing through the leaves nearby met their ears. Soon, however, a chilly afternoon breeze rolled through, and darkened the sky overhead.
With a shiver, Y/n wrapped her arms around her form. She rubbed up and down, as to bring the warmth back. She hadnât been wearing a cloak that day, for she figured she needed none. This was, of course, against Legolasâ advisement earlier that morning.
Sensing her cold, Legolas finally studied her again. With a sigh past his nose, he shed his own cloak. Next, stepping forwards, and accelerating both her heartrate and his, he wrapped the green material around her shoulders.
Immediately, the cold of the world was blocked out. It even appeared as though the sun above had made a comeback â breaking through the otherwise grey clouds.
He held her shoulders, as he adjusted the cloak, and secured it over her form. Y/n watched his features, as they creased in both concentration, and consideration.
âWhy would you do that?â Y/n asked, after a moment of quiet study â breaking the silence finally. âWonât you now be cold?â
Although he did not feel the cold the same way she did, Legolas used the moment as an advantage â a hoist to deliver his most inner thoughts, in a way.
âPerhaps, butâŚIâd prefer you to be warm,â he said, having initially jolted at her sudden words.
âWhy?â Y/n tightly asked. She knew why, but she wanted to hear him say it.
Swallowing down his nerves, Legolas slowly met her eyes. They brimmed with nerves, but also adoration â a combination of which Y/n shared. However, hers also bore eagerness, and anticipation.
âBecauseâŚâ he began in a small voice, swallowing once more. âIâŚI, uh-â
âYes?â Y/n whispered, leaning in closer.
Sighing, Legolas buried his nerves away, and did the most un-Elven thing possible. He swept Y/n into a tight embrace, and hugged her warmly.
Shocked for a minute, Y/n widened her eyes. However, she soon melted into his touch, and hugged him back.
âBecause, I believe a partner should ensure theirs is okay,â Legolas finally revealed.
âPartner?â Y/n repeated, in a very small voice. âAnd by partnerâŚyou mean?â
âSomeone I love dearly, and care about most ardently,â he softly replied, kissing the top of her head.
Stunned by his small gesture for a moment, butterflies fluttered in Y/nâs stomach. She then hid said nerves with humour.
âWellâŚthat is definitely hard to misinterpret,â Y/n attempted to joke. However, her joy overwhelmed her, and she squeezed the prince harder. âIf itâs any consolation, I love you tooâŚand Iâm sorry for my brash behaviour earlier.â
âAye, I am as well,â Legolas grinned, swaying her in the sun. âSoâŚthis may perhaps be an ambitious request, butâŚwill you court me? Royal status and all?â
âOf course,â Y/n grinned back. âBut, will you court me, commoner status and all?â
Smiling brighter, and closing his eyes contently, Legolas continued on hugging the girl by the shore. He then softly answered, whilst the sun basked them both in a placid glow â perhaps a tell-tale of the many good days to come.
âWithout question,â he said at last.
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return of the blog, part 6
âI canât believe I tricked myself into mandatory subheading/blurb thingsâ
THE LAST DEBATE
Iâm going to quickly try to guess what theyâre debating. It definitely has to do with Aragorn, if only obliquely, because heâs such a hot topic these days. It might be like âshould Aragorn reveal himself as the True King??â or it might be like âshould we march on Mordor to act as a diversion for Frodo and Sam?â or it might be like âwould it make marching on Mordor more likely if Aragorn revealed himself as the True King?â FIND OUT THIS AND MORE UNDER THE CUT.
No debate yet. Legolas and Gimli are off to see their hobbit pals; Gimli wants to berate them for being so much trouble (and hug them) and Legolas... I guess wants to smile benevolently but slightly creepily at them? Thatâs what he does, right? Anyway I think itâs rather odd that they need to âbeg leave to go into the cityâ (all the fightingâs done, isnât it? Maybe theyâre supposed to help shovel corpses?), and then thereâs this great description of how they look together:
Legolas was fair of face beyond the measure of Men, and he sang an elven-song in a clear voice as he walked in the morning; but Gimli stalked beside him, stroking his beard and staring about him.
Legolas is such an airhead, or he just doesnât care if he annoys anyone by singing. I love him. Gimli is 100% me though, from the fact that he âstalksâ to the fact that he is stroking his face and staring. Thatâs the ghoul aesthetic. I seriously do stalk everywhere. So they meet Prince Dol Amroth and tell him to go take council with Aragorn outside the city. Listen, Aragorn, itâs kind of pointless to pretend you arenât taking over rulership of the city if youâre just... moving war councils out to wherever you fancy and actually making it more inconvenient for everyone. Like, your symbolic gestures are a little half-baked.
Legolas and Gimli are talking while they walk like, âwhat IS it about humans?â âwell, itâs probably their high reproductive rate.â âoh yeah that makes sense. HEY SEAGULLS. GIMLI DID YOU KNOW.... I GOT A BAD CASE OF THE SEAGAYS...â â:(â Actually here Iâm condensing two conversations, like half an hour apart, into one. But in my defense Tolkien really did not make that clear. Legolas tells the hobbits about how they got from the Paths of the Dead to Pelennor. I didnât find any of it interesting except for this passage:
Pale swords were drawn; but I know not whether their blades would still bite, for the Dead needed no longer any weapon but fear. None would withstand them.
Itâs really fun how unclear it is whether they are just Super Scary and people are throwing themselves overboard to get away, or if they actually are exuding a powerful curse of suicide. Metal. Oh also the dead army didnât even make it to Pelennor. The stolen ships were manned by freed slaves and people from just, around the general region of Lebennin.
NOW we go to the debate at Aragornâs. Gandalf tells everyone that, as Denethor saw, trying to win against Sauron in outright battle is just completely impossible. So they need some craftier way to beat him! Specifically, they need a way to keep him certain that Minas Tirith currently has the Ring. And they need to empty Mordor of combatants so it will be safer for Sam and Frodo to travel through. Iâm looking at the map, and it canât be more than a weekâs walk to Orodruin from Cirith Ungol, if they donât have to take too many detours. Aragorn and co just need to stall for time. Gandalfâs plan is to do something so incredibly dumb that Sauron will assume âonly someone who possesses the Ring would be confident enough to pull a stunt like this!â So theyâre going to take about 7000 people and try to assault Mordor. But as Gandalf says, for what theyâre doing âthere are names among us that are worth more than a thousand mail-clad knights apiece.â
THE BLACK GATE OPENS
Merry is upset that heâs too injured to come on the suicide mission. But Pippin can go! To represent hobbits! Ummm dude Merry is probably more worried about his best friend dying? Maybe? Also werenât there supposed to be elves eventually. Maybe from Lorien. Iâm sure theyâre coming. Galadriel has a natural instinct for drama, so theyâll show up at precisely the most dramatic time.
The army rides for Minas Morgul, only to destroy the bridge so nothing bad can come out of it. Because they are goodies two-shoes they also wash off some graffiti on the way. They also regularly shout âARAGORN IS HERE!â really loudly, just in case it might incite someone to attack them. They look like real boneheads tbh. When they get to the Horrible Nightmare Desert a lot of people just canât go on because itâs so filled with evil thoughts and theyâre just mostly young teens who really donât belong here and want to go home. So Aragorn sends them to do murders in a more pleasant place, since thereâs still plenty of murdering that needs to be done.
Wait sorry one of the features of the desert that was just mentioned is âvomit of the maggot folk of Mordor.â WHAT IS THAT. THE MAGGOT-FOLK? The way that itâs described makes me imagine some kind of enormous burrowing worms, which is FANTASTIC. Please let me meet the maggot-folk of Mordor. Like I know thatâs not what maggots do but let a guy dream.
The army comes to the gate of Morannon and they shout âHEY. KILLING US UNPROVOKED IS ILLEGAL. SAURON COME OUT SO WE CAN ARREST YOU.â Sauron tells his thralls to do a really dramatic pause, and then... right... NOW do the drums and trumpets, yes, just like that, this is sick as fuck I bet theyâre terrified. Now weâll send out Ghost Rider (no seriously the Mouth of Sauron is described exactly like Ghost Rider) to taunt them. Ghost Rider is actually a human, a âblack Numenorean.â no JOHNALD black Numenoreans are just cool guys who happen to be black. This is an EVIL Numenorean. Hey remember how great he was in the movie? He did this cute dumb smile that was really charming. I remember watching a special explanatory video on how they made the gross open wounds around his mouth, I am enormously fond of him. THIS version is more obviously just a normal person. Aragorn like, stares at him sort of menacingly and he cringes and goes âIâm an AMBASSADOR youâre not allowed to hurt me!!â
Then he holds up Frodoâs personal effects and says âHey we are going to torture him until he is a horrible thing... UNLESS you cede all lands east of the Anduin to Sauron. This is some classic early WWII Nazi fuckery, honestly. First the lands east of the Anduin, then the entire south, then theyâll be spreading into Arnor, and when theyâve got the elves cut off and surrounded they kill them too. But Gandalf is like âuh hold on there is literally no single person who is worth that much. Fuck off.â And he takes Samâs sword and the mithril coat and whacks Ghost Rider in the face with wizard light. All very badass, until the gate opens and 80,000 orcs and Easterlings come out. Everyone points their pointy things outward. Pippin gets ready to die, hopefully ASAP so he wonât have to see too much carnage. He misses Merry. He kills one guy and almost immediately gets sat on by a troll, and passes out.Â
Also, eagles?
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