#Gandalf the grey

[estethell]

Gandalf probably spent the entire journey back to the shire consoling Bilbo for the loss of his love

#the hobbit #lotr #tolkien #bilbo baggins #bagginshield #gandalf the grey

[moosalicious]

tag yourself i'm horse girl

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[winwin17]

I'm re-reading The Fellowship of the Ring, and here's something I just stumbled upon.

In the chapter following the Council of Elrond, the Hobbits are sitting around discussing what's going to happen next and who will be involved. Pippin makes his famous comment about how he should go because there needs to be someone of intelligence in the party, and Gandalf famously comes back with his remark that under those circumstances, Pippin definitely won't be chosen.

But I want you to notice this:

"'Then you certainly will not be chosen, Peregrin Took!' said Gandalf, looking in through the window which was near the ground."

And then a little later in the same scene:

"So great was Frodo 's delight at this announcement [that Gandalf would probably be accompanying them] that Gandalf left the window sill, where he had been sitting, and took off his hat and bowed."

So first of all, Gandalf is "looking in through the window," which implies he was outside, right?

And then he's standing up from the window sill and taking a bow, presumably now in the room with the Hobbits, right?

So that means . . .

Gandalf climbed in through the window. 😂😂

#idk why but this struck me funny #gandalf is always doing unexpected things #he's like the weird but cool uncle or something #lotr #lord of the rings #the fellowship of the ring #frodo baggins #pippin took #peregrin took #gandalf #gandalf the grey #tolkien #jrr tolkien #jrrt #tolkien books #lotr books #lotr humor

[bloodraven55]

never forget when saruman literally told gandalf "you've been smoking too much weed bro"

#lord of the rings #lotr #gandalf the grey #saruman the white #lotr gandalf #lotr saruman

[eldhuug]

You shall not fucking pass on his gig

#frikk art #lotr #lord of the rings #gandalf the grey

[robots-scare-me]

the con crunch sleep deprivation caught up to me at the con so i took a nap before the cosplay contest

#gandalf big naturals #gandalf cosplay #gandalf #gandalf the grey #lotr cosplay #lotr #lord of the rings #cosplay #wizard tittys #wizardblr #wizard tumblr

[beardedmrbean]

#lord of the rings #lotr #gandalf the grey #5k #10k #15k #25k #50k #75k #100k #125k

[hedgehogoftime]

Rereading the Lord of the Rings series recently, and it's so fascinating to me how much the series is a denial of the typical juvenile power-fantasy that is associated with the fantasy genre.

Like, the power-fantasy is the temptation the Ring uses against people It tempts Boromir with becoming the "one true king" that could save his people with fantastic power. It tempts Sam with being the savior of Middle Earth and turning the ruin that is Mordor into a great garden. It tempts Gandalf and Galadriel with being the messianic figure of legend who brings salvation to Middle Earth and great glory to herself.

The things the Ring tempts people with are becoming the typical protagonists of fantasy stories that we expect to see. and over and over we see that accepting that role, that fantasy of being the benevolent all-powerful hero, is a bad thing. LotR is about how power, even power wielded with benevolent intent, is corrupting.

And its so fascinating how so much of modern fantasy buys into the very fantasy LotR denies. Most modern fantasy is about being that Heroic power-fantasy. About good amassing power to rival evil. But LotR dares not to. It dares to be honest that there is no world where anyone amasses that power and remains good.

I guess that's one of the reasons its so compelling.

#Lord of the Rings #LotR #lotr #literature #fantasy #literary analysis #analysis #Galadriel #Gandalf #The One Ring #Sauron #Sam #Samwise Gamgee #Boromir #Gandalf the Grey #Gandalf the White

[laurenillustrated]

Frodo and Gandalf 🧙‍♂️

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[not-another-brick-ln-the-wall]

Lord Of The Kitty

#lord of the rings #lotr #gandalf #gandalf the grey #saruman #legolas #aragorn #thranduil #elrond

[hacked-wtsdz]

Every time I read or watch Lord of the Rings I can’t help but think about how Tolkien had survived one of the bloodiest, most cruel, most dirtiest and darkest wars in human history, came back and wrote this:

“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”

And this:

"'I wish it need not have happened in my time,' said Frodo.

'So do I,' said Gandalf, 'and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.'"

And this:

"I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend."

And this:

“Many that live deserve death and some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be so eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the wise cannot see all ends."

And this:

“True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one.”

And clearly they were all written partly because he survived the war, because of what he’d seen and done and learned. But at the same time the unwillingness to lose faith, the courage and strength that this man had to believe in these things after going through hell! It makes the nihilists look so cheap, so uninteresting! People who’ve went through concentration camps and wars believe in humanity anyway, isn’t that proof that hope and love exist? And many, many, many of them did not return or returned broken and cruel and traumatised to the point when no faith in others was possible for them, and nobody can blame them. But there were many who refused to lose faith and hope. They have seen some of the worst that life has to offer and came back believing that we shouldn’t be eager to deal out death in judgement and should love only that which the sword defends.

No matter how many people say that humanity is horrible and undeserving of love, and life is dark and worthless, and love doesn’t exist I remember this and have hope anyway. Because there were people who have actually had all reason to believe in the worst and still believed in the good, so the good must be real. The good is real, even despite the evil, and we must trust in it.

#tolkien #jrr tolkien #lord of the rings #lotr #the hobbit #jirt #silmarillion #beren and luthien #john ronald reuel tolkien #frodo baggins #gandalf #gandalf the grey #gandalf the white #galadriel #quotes #book quotes #lotr quotes #world war one #ww1

[alexa-crowe]

putting him on here where he belongs

#what do i even tag this as? #gandalf #gandalf the grey #lotr #like i want this to do numbers because it’s fucking gandalf’s big naturals cosplay #lord of the rings #gandalf's big naturals #greatest hits

[emprcaesar]

the way pippin was crying over gandalfs death as if gandalf didn’t tell him to go kill himself not even 20 minutes prior. this shit had me crying.

#it’s the way i’m not exaggerating either #tolkien knew he could make one the funniest fueds and did #these movies would be 10x better if they could say fuck #lotr #lord of the rings #gandalf #gandalf the grey #pippin #the hobbit #jrr tolkien #the fellowship of the ring

[curioscurio]

Gandalf x Hatsune Miku Collab

#artofcassafrass #lotr #gandalf the grey #gandalf #hatsune miku #miku #vocaloid #i just wanted to draw a cool miku jacket but had no one to put it on so uh gandalf

[alwaysahiccupandastrid]

The 4 Hobbits: *exist*

The rest of the Fellowship: We’ve only had the hobbits for five minutes but if anything happened to them we’d kill everyone in Middle-Earth and then ourselves

#lotr #lord of the rings #I’m right stop booing me #frodo baggins #samwise gamgee #meriadoc brandybuck #peregrin took #aragorn #king elessar #legolas #legolas greenleaf #gandalf the grey #gandalf the white #boromir #gimli #merry brandybuck #pippin took

[smolestboop]

I saw a bunch of amazing witch/wizard hat but it's styled as a giant mushroom and I think Bilbo would give it to Gandalf as a nice gift (Post ID below!)

[ID: a digital coloured comic of galdalf and a middle-aged bilbo, smoking together. bilbo looks up at gandalf and says, “Gandalf, old friend, I have something for you!”

galdalf replies, “I don’t recall telling you my birthday, Bilbo.”

on the next panel, bilbo, holding a box with a bow, says, “Ta-da!” he’s grinning widely with his eyes closed.

gandalf, now also smiling with his eyes closed, asks, “My dear Bilbo! Is it more of your Old Toby!”

bilbo replies, “Even better! Go on. Open it.”

on the last panel, gandalf is wearing a hat that resembles a giant red and white mushroom. there are sparkles on either side of him. he says, “What a lovely hat. Well, how do I look?”

bilbo replies, with emphasis, “Splendid!” /end ID]

#the hobbit #bilbo baggins #gandalf the grey #gandalf #lotr #they are besties for life #go search up mushroom witch hat and you'll find the most beautiful hats TvT #my art