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Me to the trop fandom:

You are the Durin to my Elrond!

I was really worried in the beginning that we wouldn't be able to just enjoy the show...

#we stan Rings of Power! #this fandom literary feels like the friendship between Elrond & Durin #everybody tells you its “wrong” and that you “don't belong together” #but you know in your heart that its right #that here you will find love & light & warmth like no where else #things i like #tv shows #the rings of power

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What do you think Sauron’s opinion of Elrond was?

There’s a line in Two Towers (I think) I was going to look up to answer this, except I got lazy, where Gollum says Sauron hates something and Frodo responds like “What doesn’t he hate?”

So I’m going to go out on a limb and say Sauron hates Elrond.

But to actually contribute something not obvious to the conversation, I think of all his biggest adversaries, he is most likely to underestimate Elrond.

Elrond’s influence is huge but we only see him give his advice to those who came to him voluntarily, he hides away but not so well he can’t be found in need. He’s a healer, not a warrior or a king, and he doesn’t have the ambition Galadriel has.

Heir of Luthien? Hate that. Uses his power to influence events mainly by being a well of knowledge and a safe place to weather storms? Sauron doesn’t understand that.

Elrond ultimately defeats Sauron by raising children with love, helping those in need, not seeking power and giving solid advice. He puts together the fellowship, but doesn’t even put his name on it, he helps everyone there see what has to be done by letting them suggest options and showing them how those ideas are infeasible, and making sure everyone has the whole story. He takes advice as well, he sends Pippin instead of Glorfindel at Gandalf’s suggestion. He gently refuses to let the fellowship swear an oath.

One of my favorite moments from the council of Elrond is when they’re like “Who will do this task” and Elrond goes quiet. It is NOT because he doesn’t know who would be best for it. But he knows Frodo has to choose on his own, he cannot force him, or what little hope they have will be gone. The MOMENT Frodo says he’ll do it, Elrond says he is the only person who can, but he doesn’t lay that on him until he is committed.

If everyone had rolled up to Rivendell and Elrond had just said “you nine go drop the ring in Mt doom” and sent the same exact people? The fellowship would have failed, because the understanding wouldn’t have been there. Elrond handled that council to perfection, and that is the kind of passive power based in understanding that is sooooo vital to the downfall of Sauron, but which Sauron does not value or comprehend.

The people that scare Sauron are people who want the ring. He is 100% confident that without the power of the ring, he cannot be beaten, and the fact that middle earth would fall to darkness even if Galadriel or Gandalf took it is pretty weak recompense for him if he is defeated.

Elrond never even entertains the idea that he would take the ring (at least in our view). Every bearer of an Elven Ring (and Aragorn) is offered it. Gandalf first when Frodo first learns what it is, and he tells us what he would do with it and why it would be a bad idea. Galadriel most famously, and she had literally dreaded the idea of the ring coming through Lothlorien because she knew she wanted it, and famously refusing it was a trial for her.

There is no moment when Elrond is DIRECTLY offered the Ring by Frodo. But the entire first half of the book the goal is “get the Ring to Rivendell” where Elrond will know what to do with it, and it will be safe. In the beginning the hobbits have no concept of going further than that- so basically the idea is “put the Ring in Elrond’s power” for the first half of the book.

And Frodo arrives half dead to Rivendell, completely alone and vulnerable, and Elrond heals him, and never is there even discussion of whether Elrond could have taken it from him then, or if he was tempted to. The only thing Elrond says on the topic of the Ring being given to him is that Rivendell cannot keep it safe from the Enemy.

Taking the Ring to Minas Tirith clearly the equivalent of giving the Ring to Denethor. Galadriel clearly fears that the Ring coming to Lothlorien will be her downfall because it will be in her power and she knows she wants it.

Elrond is never shown even considering taking it. The Ring staying in Rivendell would be bad according to him because they could not withstand Sauron’s full force bent towards extracting it. Even in this scenario where the Ring remains in Rivendell, Elrond discounts a possibility that he would be tempted to use it to keep Sauron out.

Sauron is physically incapable of thinking of someone like that as a threat, it is his biggest weakness, and that’s why the plan Elrond facilitates is the one that ultimately takes him out.

#loooove this!!!! #analysis #the lord of the rings #jrr tolkien #books #things i like

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Hellelil and Hildebrand (The Meeting on the Turret Stairs), Frederic William Burton, 1864

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I am literally begging, BEGGING modern media to portray healthy relationships. enough cheating. enough infidelity. enough disrespect. show me people who love each other, proper communication, and a strong mental as well as physical connection. I want plots about people who are madly in love with each other and STAY madly in love with each other. please. I am losing my mind.

#thinking about that every time I come across Die Bergretter or Lena Lorenz or Der Bergdoktor #Germans will know what I´m talking about #its actually disgusting how these shows treat love & relationships #HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS ARE NOT BORING!!!!! #tv shows

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Jane + THE socks

#<33333 #the socks Lisbon gave him! #things i like #tv shows #the mentalist

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blue bird countdown -`♡´- ↳ [8/100] days of Jane and Lisbon

+ bonus:

#the cutes thing is that we see him always wearing them #what a detail #the mentalist #tv shows #things i like

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Did I finish watching Rome? Yes.

Was it a good show? No.

Did it have things I liked? Absolutley.

How would I rate it?

Costumes, hairstyles, set design, historic feel: 9/10

Acting: 9/10

Writing: 4/10 (10/10 for everything related to Lucius and Titus, but 3/10 for all historic events)

#the writing in this show was so frustrating! #I didn't care at all for most of the historic characters #no really- Octavian & Marc Anthony & Cleopatra were the only #ok as were Brutus & Cicero & Caesar #but the rest? #all the drama about Atia or Servillia? #who cares #they could easily have cut every scene with Octavia #the writers really did dirty all the historic women on this show #I will never forgive them for not putting all the drama on Fulvia #why didn't they include Fulvia?!!! #if it weren't for Lucius and Titus I wouldn't have finished watching #rome hbo #tv shows

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"Nice characters are boring" to YOU. I love characters who no matter what, will always have genuine love for humanity in their heart. Characters who dance and laugh and sing with sincerity. Characters who believe in others, and are willing to extend a helping hand to people when no one gave them the same luxury. Characters who have gone through so much but believe, no matter what, that humanity and life is something beautiful and worth protecting

#sounds like Patrick Jane #he is literary like that #tv shows #things i like #the mentalist

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The Last Voyage of the Demeter, 2023, dir. André Øvredal

#the last voyage of the demeter #movies #things i like #underrated movies

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Miniature English Bedchamber of the Jacobean or Stuart Era, 1603-1688

Narcissa Niblack Thorne & Unknown Artisans

c.1937

Art Institute of Chicago (Reference Number: 1941.1187)

#inspiration #things i like

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Why am I like this

#me currently (not)writing my PotO fic #the scenes just look too perfect in my head #I could never write Christine & Raoul being so adorable without filling 50 pages #in my head everything is already there #also- did you know the Franco-Prussian War was going on during the main events? #all the drama happens while Paris is under siege! #of course as a history nerd I have to include that #its nice being a writer #things i like #phantom of the opera

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Tagged by @fictionadventurer (kinda, but I feel like doing an ask-game. Also, I did have tea with sugar for breakfast ;) ) Thank you!

Last Song: "So long, London" by Taylor Swift. Wanted to listen to the whole album, but didn't have enough time yet.

Favourite Colour: Purple!

Last Movie/TV Show: "TopGun: Maverick" with my mum, as well as "Kafka" on German TV (this show was such a surprise)

Sweet/spicy/savoury: I enjoy more savoury, but sometimes I can't get enough chocolate <3

Relationship status: Surrounded by loving people <333

Last internet search: Most popular opera and ballets in 1874, because I currently write an Phantom of the Opera fic and of course want to have it be "up-to-date"

Current obsession: For the moment my brain is free of any specific obsessions, the PotO fic as well as some illustration projects take up too much energy to focus on anything else. I am sure though, in a day or two something might catch my fancy and hold my brain hostage for a while again XD

Tagging: Anyone who enjoys their hobbies!

#ask game #things i like

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'Jolly Roger' by Chris Dunn

#peter pan #inspiration #things i like

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It’s almost as if nobody wants to admit that they might not be prepared to do the work it takes to love somebody. And it can be laborious. To be intimate with someone who is flawed (which is the standard) requires us to expose our own flaws. We don’t talk about the heavy responsibility of that. We don’t talk about how we’re too lazy or too cowardly sometimes. We instead accuse love of being elusive. It isn’t. It is omnipresent. It asks us to be better people. And sometimes we flat out refuse.

#exactly #so true

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The Return of the King in 4k

#analysis #things i like #books #the lord of the rings #movies #jrr tolkien

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Elrond be like: I am 4/8 human, 3/8 elf, and 1/8 angel. My mother is a bird and my father is the planet Venus. My twin brother was the first king of Atlantis but somehow I seem to be more famous than him. I am one of three ringbearers, the other two being the female version of Feanor and a guy who loves fireworks. My foster father is a crazy homeless guy who likes music and his whole family is dead. My many-greats grandnephew is in love with my daughter. No one can tell my sons apart. I like waterfalls and am both a glorified innkeeper and a top-notch doctor. I am the voice of reason no one listens to.

#lol #XD #the lord of the rings #jrr tolkien #things i like #books #movies #tv shows