#the ring is on a bible

[buglass]

Screaming, crying, throwing up—one of Elvis’s pinky rings, 1 diamond and 6 emeralds (size 6.5), that Colonel Tom Parker gave/sold to business and entertainer promoter Irwin Pate after Elvis died.

[peasant-player]

Everyone in the Tolkien fandom who spent hours to makes ellaborated charts, name descriptions, little drawings and every other thing to help get to know the characters better.

And get like 3 views

Know that I love you and hope your life is filled with kindness.

[youryurigoddess]

Is the ending of Good Omens 2 actually inspired by a teenage Terry Pratchett’s Pride and Prejudice and Lord of the Rings crossover fic? I don’t know, but a demon siege of Aziraphale’s bookshop during an Austen-inspired Regency ball and Crowley’s confession filmed as a parallel to Darcy’s first proposal make suddenly more sense in this context.

Here’s an excerpt from Terry Pratchett’s essay called “Cult Classic”, which was originally for a collection called “Meditations on Middle-Earth” (pictured) and was reprinted a few years ago in a compilation of Terry’s nonfiction work called “A Slip of the Keyboard”. Relevant section:

“Before l'd even heard the word ‘fandom’ I was writing weird fan fiction. I wrote a crossover story setting Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice in Middle-earth; the rest of the kids loved it, becaues a class of thirteen-year-old boys with volcanic acne and groinal longings is not best placed to appreciate Miss Austen's fine prose. It was a really good bit when the orcs attacked the rectory...”.

[galstelperion]

The strangest Tolkien fandom history rewrite I've seen lately from people who make hating the show their entire personality is this shift in pretending that The Hobbit films were just as lauded as the original trilogy.

[normalaboutmediaa]

Oooh the God and Jesus parallels between Mark and Mark S. Bro I'm not even Christian anymore but hello??

You create a whole new being, not of sex or love or mortal coincidence. You create a whole new person from a piece of your own self, a virgin birth heralded by a young girl's faith- fully separate but still inextricable from you- a being whose only purpose is to bear the burden and wash the sins of the reality you created, who will inevitably have to die. And you tell him to sacrifice himself for the good of all. For the good of a woman he does not know, for the fall of a company he owes his life to, for better or worse.

What if that carpenter's son had resisted the nails driven through his palms? What if he had been willing and able to do everything except climb up on that cross? What if he didn't want to go with dignity into the night on the orders of a creator he can never know or see or touch but nonetheless has been told he is the same as?

Mark S cannot count on his resurrection. So he will not be a willing sacrifice.

[itarille1]

You look upon a woman

Among the most memorable lines Tolkien wrote were the Witch-king's boast in the battle of the Pelennor Field: “No living man may hinder me!”

This is followed by what may be the most admirable lines ever delivered by a female character: 

“But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter...” 

And Éowyn, a woman (not a man) proceeded to slay the Witch-king, aided by Meriadoc Brandybuck, a hobbit (again, not a man). 

Together, Éowyn and Merry fulfilled an ancient prophecy concerning the Witch-king, that “not by the hand of man will he fall.” 

The idea of a villain or an evil whom no man could vanquish is an ancient one.  Much has been written about the “no man of woman born” phrase in Shakespeare’s Macbeth.  In that famous play, it is foretold that Macbeth may “laugh to scorn / The power of man, for none of woman born / Shall harm Macbeth”.

Finding a false security in this prophecy, Macbeth is shocked to learn that among the lords who opposed his tyrannical reign, there is one Macduff who “was from his mother's womb / Untimely ripp'd”.   

Tolkien, reportedly unimpressed by the solution Shakespeare devised for the fascinating riddle of “no man of woman born,” proceeded to write a superior one, i.e. Éowyn and Merry.

The idea of a woman vanquishing evil is even older than Shakespeare.  In the Biblical account of the Fall of man, it is the woman who is cast as the enemy of the serpent (representation of Evil).  The Bible includes these poetic lines—which Tolkien, a devout Catholic, must have been familiar with: 

Then the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, 

... 

I will make you enemies of each other: 

you and the woman, 

your offspring and her offspring, 

It will crush your head 

and you will strike its heel.”  

[rasticore]

Camael ripe for the "my pronouns are they/them not because i'm non-binary but because i'm Literally Everyone" joke

[ardenzia777]

give us the bible art oooooo

I've drawn these that i can show atm. the last 2 aren't done ngl but that's ok, they're still at least presentable Explanation of each piece below owo

first one was an idea of like a really peaceful Jesus holding a lamb and just a heavenly setting around, very old school, very renaissance, but wanted to be unique and make his halo a white hole that cascaded out stained glass light. Pearls to represent purity and Sapphire in his crown to signify the sapphire throne

second one was a sketch i put some more detail on, i just wanted it to show the somberness of a well aware sacrifice. unironically wanted it to feel demure. feel both dark and light. the dampness in the air before and after the rain. wanted to add black stars as well to show a hidden/veiled divinity. King of kings but is veiled in mortal flesh, appearing more grounded in our world than he really is. also was making connotations with wine and his blood as well.

third one i wanted to really pull inspo from Elden ring and take its symbolism into different context but the same context, which was inspired by how Elden ring does the same thing with Christianity. The symbolism of Marika crucified was for sure meant to be a reference to Christ, so i wanted to depict him crucified but with Marika's rune. Both crucified by their authority, and technically both done for the sake of saving the world. difference is one did it willingly to save those unaware of their burden, the other went unwillingly, likely kicking and glaring. I wanted to switch the crown of thorns for a crown of shattered runes. both still make you bleed, but i loved how runes represent power and strength, and how that could tie in to the symbolism of the crown of thorns, still being a crown. a sign of power. added some other crucifixes of the Elden ring style to represent the many others who have died before, though his is above them all, for he was the greatest sacrifice. Lastly wanted the view to shift from a broken battleground of the world, covered in the shattered runes of so many hurt people's suffering, to the boundless skies of the awaiting paradise. symbolism of Jesus sitting on his cross in anguish, but keeping his eyes on the future he was doing this all for. Bonus: made his cloth covering also swirl like Marika's, but for the effect of giving him a halo. This piece still isn't done, i'm excited to work more on it later.

PS: i know he was impaled through his wrists, i'm considering changing it to be more proper, but i also liked the hands look, but idk, we'll see Anywho ahhh, hope you like em owo

[alkeneater]

don't leave me

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

These are equivalent.

Actually, no they're not. We actually know who wrote The Lord of the Rings.

[8nigiris-spam]

IN HONOR OF THE ORIGINAL LOST PADPADAPPER GIMMICK.

[accidental-spice]

Behold!! My latest Redbubble uploads!! We've got a January birth flower Bible verse, a February birth flower Bible verse, and a Return of the King quote!!!

You can find any and all of these here!! Feel free to financially support me after I made a rash purchase that I don't regret at all (jk jk I'm doing fine. But please do check it out!!)

(And yes, my real name starts with J. Feel free to try and guess what it is, I think it'd be hilarious)

[szczurrr]

insane about the the fact that Boyd was all up in Don's neck in front of everyone

[i-28-29]

@ratcoon possessed me to draw meli doing the baldwin pose lol

[miyku]

Dragon age the veilguard artbook is mine aaaughhhhhh

[houroftheshirefolk]

I already loved Gollum as is (and frankly, he's right, Bilbo absolutely cheated), but ever since I found out he's a Cain character, I feel like I have no choice but to absolutely root for him. I loved the story of Cain and Abel ever since I was a child. This is so up my alley