#i'm gettin a lotr tat at the end of october and i'm excited about it!!!!

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I'm in the middle of LOTR special interest brainrot again so obviously I have to write a love letter about it hehehehoho. I first read the books when I was in fifth grade and every single time I've reread them (which is. at least 10 times at this point what the fuck) I've noticed something new or fallen in love with a different aspect! I think the best thing about having a special interest for so long is that as I've grown up LOTR has taken on different meanings for me. When I was 10 I loved the books because of the adventure and the fantasy journey, and I also think I was feeling trapped and frustrated because I was really starting to realize that I was Different from other people and that other folks didn't think the same way as me, and LOTR (really most fantasy. but especially LOTR) gave me an outlet for that. I wouldn't be that weird if I lived in a magical fantasy world with weird small people with hairy feet, would I? (also I definitely wanted Aragorn to be my dad. not in a weird way, in a I'm 10 And Feeling Misunderstood By Everyone way). Now that I'm an adult and going through Big Scary Things like a pandemic and impending graduation and job and aaaa, LOTR reminds me that there can still be beauty even in dark times (there is a REASON the scene with Faramir and Eowyn at the end of return of the king makes me go CRAZY!), and also even the smallest people can conquer danger. Also. hot men. Anyways!! LOTR makes me go bonkers like nothing else!!!! Just like...the messages of hope!! And that change doesn't always have to be bad!!!!!!! Aaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!