#lord of the rings gifs

[jkl-fff]

Lord of the Rings AU where that worked:

While it was a longshot, I do appreciate that Gimli did try chopping the Ring up with an axe first. It was worth a shot, and they'd have all felt like bloody idiots if they took the Ring all the way to Mordor only to find out it could have been chopped up by an axe all along.

[inthiskingdomwewillendure]

Thranduil & Gandalf Part 2 4k

[hobbitinnumenor]

this may sound petty, but...

I truly don't mean it that way. Really no judgement, just observation. People have various reasons for what draw them and what's feasible for them. Not my business, you do you, be blessed. I don't like gatekeeping, and that's certainly not my goal here. But here goes:

There are LOTR fans, and there are *Tolkien* fans. One is not "better" than the other, but there is a distinction.

The former love the Jackson films, may or may not have read the books, may or may not have read the Silmarillion. They're not particularly bothered by things like, say, character assassination of Faramir and of Isildur. (To note: overall, I LOVE the Jackson films. But, the more lore I learn, the more I see where they fail.)

The latter are at least *interested* in the deeper lore, if they haven't yet gotten into it. They are interested in things like the scholarship and the classic art. They know about the Valar and Ilúvatar. They love realms like Númenor, Harad, Lindon...and want more of them. They at least would love to join the Tolkien Society, if it may not be in the cards financially, etc.

When it comes to adaptations, they may certainly have their critiques, but they're super excited just to have all they can onscreen...and they'll definitely at least watch it. LOTR fans, in this frame, may not even give them a chance (I know *several*). Their vision of Middle Earth is Jackson's. That's okay. But it is that.

(Pssst "The Rings of Power" and "War of the Rohirrim"? By and large, from what I've seen, Tolkien fans ~ again in the above described frame ~ actually overall like them a good deal).

All I ask of LOTR fans: please be honest about who you are and aren't. Acknowledge what you do and don't know. And, in the name of Eru, don't be toxic and gross. Then I actually AM judging, sorry not sorry.

That is all. Thank you for coming to my nerdy Tolkien TedTalk. 🤓📖📚💍⚔️✨️

[arwenindomiel]

Tolkien South Asian Week (June 16th to June 22th, 2025) is 1 week away!

About:

We are back after three years! I started my Everyone in Middle-Earth is Brown series five years ago to imagine Tolkien characters as people like me. Tolkien South Asian Week (TSAW) stemmed from there and is a fandom-wide event to celebrate South Asian peoples, cultures and lives through Tolkien’s Legendarium.

Guidelines:

Reblog this post

Tag your entries with #tsaw25 and mention me @arwenindomiel;

Everyone is free to participate, you don’t have to be South Asian;

Creations of all kinds are welcome: edits, gifs, art, fic, meta etc;

you can post whenever you are ready, including after the event;

NSFW and incst are not allowed;

AI generated posts will not be accepted.

Prompts:

Here are the suggested prompts. You can interpret them however you like, combine them or even disregard them. 2021 and 2022 prompts for further inspiration.

Day 1 (16th): Ring bearers | Love | Courage is found in unlikely places Day 2 (17th): Kingdoms | (Im)mortality | Home is behind, the world is ahead Day 3 (18th): Home | The Ages | More fair than Mortal tongue can tell Day 4 (19th): Artefacts | Songs and Tales | No living man am I Day 5 (20th): the Fellowship | Lineages | The doom lies in yourself Day 6 (21th): A people | Oaths | The stories that matter Day 7 (22th): Free form | World building | Worthy of remembrance

Please reblog this post and happy creating!

[dopaminetreasurehoard]

I may have reblogged this before but it's too wonderful to pass by.

I just want to help my friends.

[moon-beam95]

Gimme them Elrond fics

Watching Rings of Power and obsessing over Elrond. There are too few fics for him and reader. So if anyone fancy writing some, hmu.

I want soft Elrond

I want jealous/possessive Elrond

I want everything and anything in between Elrond

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Erwin Beekveld - They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard 2005

"They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard" is a video that was published on August 16th, 2005, by Dutch musician and photographer Erwin Beekveld, as a Flash-animation on the website Albino Blacksheep. In 2006, it was re-posted to Youtube, where it gained over 12.5 million views and 38,900 comments in the first seven years. The two-minute video composed of multiple fragments from the film trilogy The Lord of the Rings became an internet meme, and has obtained a cult status mostly among fans of this trilogy. It is built out of scenes from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. In the video, actor Orlando Bloom is seen playing the elf Legolas, who repeats the line "They're taking the hobbits to Isengard!" He is occasionally interrupted by Gollum (played by Andy Serkis), and also by Marton Csokas as Celeborn, who repeatedly inquires the whereabouts of Gandalf.

The dialogue is rhythmically set to a techno version of music originally composed by Howard Shore for the movies' soundtracks, and contains among others the leitmotif of the song "Concerning Hobbits". The song caught the attention of participants of a discussion forum sponsored by the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics, in which the dactylic quality of the song's prosody was discussed at length. (Read it here!)

In the book Fan Fiction and Copyright: Outsider Works and Intellectual Property Protection, "They’re Taking the Hobbits to Isengard" is mentioned as an example for the amendment on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, an American law concerning the author's copyright on digital media. The amendment from 2010 made it legal, under certain conditions, to use fragments from movies and television shows in personal videos. Musicologist Michael L. Klein (Professor at the Temple University of Philadelphia) mentions "They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard" in his book Music and the Crises of the Modern Subject as an example of a meme and mash-up as the pinnacle of creativity in the postmodern age.

In 2013, after Orlando Bloom finished filming his final scenes on the set of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, director Peter Jackson published a video in which Bloom, dressed up as Legolas, sings along with "They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard". In the next five days, the video received more than 6.9 million views and 7,200 comments. In an interview for Rude Tube in 2013, Beekveld says people love or hate him for making the video, due to its catchy tune, and that it made him very happy to see Bloom sing along with his remix eight years later, which he states is the ultimate recognition. On 30 March 2022, Beekveld died of lung cancer at the age of 52.

"They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard" received a total of 82,5% yes votes!

[treffyfrinn]

Frodo Baggins Anemia Moodboard

[ramblings-of-lola]

Mark 10:41-45

41 When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John. 42 Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 43 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. 45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Frodo…I swore to protect you.

[keirahknightley]

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

🎬 Peter Jackson

+ IMDb trivia (FotR trivia)

[sillylotrpolls]

Getting back to serious topics today.

[fantasyinallforms]

Tonight, we remember one who lent his enormous talent to telling the story we have all come to love. Hail, the victorious dead!

May the Simbelmynë cover his tomb as it did the tomb of the one he so accurately portrayed.

Bernard Hill Dec 17, 1944 - May 5, 2024

[jkl-fff]

Celtic? Or C-elf-tic?

Seriously, though, very cool designs!

1/3 of the Fellowship

The Dwarfs are very clearly inspired mainly from Old Norse, so that's the main reference for Gimli's dress. There's also some other influences, like some Bronze Age Mediterranean influences and Iron Age Eastern Europe.

To me Tolkien's elves are very high Middle Ages and Gothic, but for Sindar I mixed in plenty of Celtic and especially Irish influence, and based Legolas' dress heavily on Irish léine.

Boromir's dress I based on mostly Byzantine but also some Medieval Arabic influences as I did for Faramir.

[atdawn]

I think you have strength, of a different kind. One day your father will see it.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: The Return of the King

[autistook]

Rest in Peace, Bernard Hill 🤍🕊