#Geoffrey Bache Smith

[gaygryffindorgal]

adam bregman as geoffrey bache smith in tolkien (2019)

#tolkien 2019 #adam bregman #geoffrey bache smith #*mine #fc: aramis avery #i made the 1st gif for the if they had a kid meme and then decided to make a whole set lol

[arda-marred]

Our memory of Smith is burdened with poignancy. He survived the entire five-month Battle of the Somme only to be hit by shrapnel from an exploding shell days after the battle had finished and miles from the trenches. The wound was so light that he walked to the casualty clearing station. Three days later he was dead from an infection, gas gangrene. His would seem just another of the innumerable futile deaths in that futile war but for the fact that it gave retrospective force to a letter he had sent Tolkien months earlier, telling him: ‘May God bless you, my dear John Ronald, and may you say the things I have tried to say long after I am not there to say them, if such be my lot.’ He was thinking of Tolkien’s invented mythology, of which Smith declared himself ‘a wild and wholehearted admirer’ – the first Middle-earth fan.

#Tolkien #Tolkien studies #Geoffrey Bache Smith #tolkien and the great war #tcbs fellowship #t.c.b.s. fellowship #tolkien's friends who died in wwi #g.b. smith #john garth

[tinuvielsblog]

That feeling when you just wanna give a bunch of dead people hugs. 😭😭😭😭

#tfw #tinuvielsthoughts #please I’m so emotional over dead people rn #Marilyn Monroe #Dean Martin #Geoffrey Bache Smith #jrr tolkien #eartha kitt #billie holiday

[vante1920pm]

ㅤㅤㅤ ›✭ tolkien ( 2019 ) !!

── fluff ( ✧ ) › ── angst ( ⚘ ) › ── mini series ( ﻬ꜆ )

( young & old ) JOHN RONALD TOLKIEN ! ✩

── nothing yet

( young & old ) ROBERT GILSON ! ✩

── nothing yet

( young & old ) GEOFFREY SMITH ! ✩

── nothing yet

( young & old ) CHRISTOPHER WISEMAN ! ✩

── nothing yet

© 2023, vante1920pm

#── ›★ zekes tolkien masterlist #tolkien #tolkien movie #tolkien 2019 #tcbs #john ronald reuel tolkien #robert gilson #geoffrey bache smith #christopher wiseman #tcbs hc #tcbs x reader

[crystalclaire]

To a Pianist by Geoffrey Bache Smith

When others’ fingers touch the keys

Then most doleful threnodies

Chase about the air, and run

Like Pandæmonium begun.

Rhythm strained and false accord

In a ceaseless stream are poured;

Then sighs are heard, and men depart

To seek the sage physician’s art,

Or silence, and a little ease,

When others’ fingers touch the keys.

When your fingers touch the keys

Hark, soft sounds of summer seas

In a melody most fair

Whisper through the pleasant air,

Or a winding mountain stream

Glitters to the pale moonbeam,

Or a breeze doth stir the tops

Of springtime larches in a copse,

Or the winds are loosed and hurled

About the wonder-stricken world

With immortal harmonies,

When your fingers touch the keys.

#poetry #geoffrey bache smith #english poet #english poetry #a spring harvest #poets corner #poetsandwriters #writers and poets

[frodolives]

I don’t understand why Tolkien bros use the whole "uhm frodo and sam’s relationship was actually based on the relationship between an officer and batman in WWI" as a gotcha against queer interpretations. Do they not realize that context just makes Frodo and Sam’s relationship seem even more gay

#i need to force gay wwi poetry down these people's throats. like tolkien's bff was geoffrey bache smith have they even heard of him hellooo? #there's a 99% chance tolkien's best friends were gay and in love with him and he just learned to think that's what regular friendship was #and that's why his books are like that #tolkien #lotr #samfro

[anragaire]

So I saw the first two episodes of The Rings of Power last night and here are my thoughts and opinions (potentially lightly spoilery depending on how many trailers/interviews/reviews you've watched/read). I'll add more as I think about it throughout the day/ watch it a million more times tomorrow.

Overall it is jaw-dropping in its achievement

The visuals are truly a remarkable feat - from the word go they stun you with their beauty and epic quality.

The sets, the costumes, the VFX - just *chef's kiss*

Gods bless Bear McCreary. The music brings SO much to the show.

Due to the fact they don't have the rights to the Silmarillion, they have to skirt around some First Age lore (they don't necessarily change it overtly, but more brush over a lot of stepping stones they simply can't access due to rights issues). I think, given their circumstances, they summarise the Silmarillion events really well. There were one or two other lore moments where I was like huh? but to be honest, they're so minor in comparison to everything else and they narratively worked.

Morfyyd and Robert somehow manage to both make Galadriel and Elrond their own whilst from the get-go making it clear that these characters are deeply linked to the ones we will see in The Lord of the Rings. (I particularly loved Robert's adoption of a lot of Hugo Weaving's mannerisms). They are truly wonderful, as are the rest of the cast. There was such overt glee in my audience as well for the dwarves. Disa and Durin IV are nothing short of spectacular. It is a crime that we have not had female dwarves onscreen before.

Being Irish, I was incredibly skeptical about the harfoots being these travelling pseudo-Irish folk. Nevertheless, they completely won me over. They're both different enough from the hobbits that they don't feel like a copy and paste job, but you can see some of the hobbit mannerisms there. Nori and her family are a delight. I would protect Nori with my life. Sir Lenny Henry is brilliant.

I was so confident as to who I thought the Stranger was, now I'm back to the drawing board with multiple theories.

They've already said this in a number of interviews, but I LOVE that they lean into the arrogance of the elves. The politics between all the various races is super interesting on screen.

There's one scene with Elrond in particular that just shows that the writers are invested in the lore and ethics of Tolkien's work.

The design of the orcs is so cool - I love how you can tell they began as corrupted and tortured elves from looking at them alone.

Still not entirely here for the 80s haircuts on the elves, and some of the background ones sometimes border on the hair options for Dragon Age 3 *shivers* but some do work to be fair. The real glory is Gil-Galad's luscious locks.

Finrod. My love. My life. That's all.

I love how they're setting up the Southlands.

I can understand why some of the reviewers were wondering about the plot, but if you know your lore, you can see the mechanisms falling into place pretty quickly. These two episodes are doing a lot of set-up which I'm fine with. There are a lot of characters and I want to care about them all so I'm glad we're getting to know them. The second episode moved with a lot more gusto.

The things in the trees - I won't say anymore, but we need to discuss them.

#the rings of power #TROP #lord of the rings #lotr #tolkien #I wrote my masters thesis on Geoffrey Bache Smith and his shared love of mythology and mythmaking with Tolkien so I am a Fan for context #finrod #harfoots #gil-galad #elrond #galadriel #the rings of power review #the rings of power spoilers #potential spoilers

[marietheran]

Fragment from Wind over the Sea by Geoffrey Bache Smith

    Only a grey sea, and a long grey shore,

    And the grey heavens brooding over them.

    Twilight of hopes and purposes forgot,

    Twilight of ceaseless eld, and when was youth?

    Is it not lonely here, beyond the years?

#makes me think of Tolkien's Maglor... #which. #G.B. Smith *was* one of those closest friends of Tolkien's #one of those who died in WW1 #this is taken from the (posthumously published) book of his poems that's on Gutenberg. #And it was Tolkien that arranged the work for publication #so like. it's hardly strange that they contain some (a lot?) of imagery similar to his #anyway #original post #poesis #the professor's mythopoeia

[cadavagerr]

You may have seen Anthony Boyle on your screens recently as Harry Crosby in Apple tvs 'Masters of the air' or as Kevin Maxwell in 'Tetris', but where have you probably seen him before?

Before he rose to fame in 2016, he was in an episode of 'Game of thrones' as a Bolton Guard in the episode 'The laws of gods and men'. But he doesnt stay for long as he gets his throat cut.

His rise to fame started in 2016 when he landed the role of Scorpius Malfoy in the play 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' for which he was nominated for an Olivier and won. He went from a small local actor from Belfast to suddenly the main actor in a play that the world couldn't stop talking about. He spent three years running around in a blonde wig at the Palace theatre in London and the Lyric theatre in New York where the play is still shown to this day.

After this, he landed small roles such as David Donnely in 'Derry Girls', a comedy which is set in the town of Derry in Northern Ireland which is his home country. His friend, the writter of the show, approached him and asked him if he wanted to be in the show and he accepted, being in it for two episodes.

In 2018, he was cast as Jack Argyle in the BBC drama 'Ordeal by Innocence' which was written by Agatha Christie. A show about a family of adopted children who must work out who killed their mother, unfortunately, the blame is landed on Anthony Boyle's character.

In the same year, he played Liam Farrell in the drama series 'Come home' where he starred along side Christopher Eccleston. A mother unexpectedly abandons her husband and three children and they try to figure out what may have caused this.

In the year after, he played the role of Geoffrey Bache Smith in the biopic 'Tolkien' about the life of JRR Tolkien. Boyle plays one of thr actors closest friends through their time at school and during the war.

In 2020, he was in 'The plot against American' featuring Wynona Ryder. Based on the 2004 book by the same name, the story follows a Jewish working class family set in an alternate America where they watch popularist Charles Lindbergh, an aviator-hero and xenophobe, become President.

In 2021, he played Brian Wood in the true story of 'Danny Boy', a soldier who is accused of war crimes in Iraq.

2022 was a quiet year for Boyle as covid had stopped the production of most tv shows and movies but in 2023, Boyle starred along side Taron Egerton and Toby Jones as Kevin Maxwell in the biopic 'Tetris' which revolves around the game Tetris, its origins and how it became one of the most famous video games in history.

However, in 2024, Boyle seems to have won the lottery with four projects coming out this year already. The first, 'Masters of the air' where he plays an air sick navigator in world war two with Austin Butler. The series which is made by Apple tv is set to be released over two months from January 26th to March 15th.

And if you're not already sick of seeing his face, his new show (surprise surprise, on Apple tv) is set to release on March 15th. Boyle plays the famous actor John Wilkes Booth in 'Manhunt' who assasinated President Lincoln in 1865 and follows the days after this as the nation slides to a halt in the search for the actor.

He is then set to play Jack Barak in the Disney plus show 'Shardlake' which is set on the book by the same name. Set in the reign of King Henry VIII in the 16th century, Boyle plays former Cromwell henchman turned law clerk and investigator for the main character.

Boyle is also set to feature in the New York times best seller book adaptation say nothing which is about the struggles and troubkes in northern ireland which comes out this summer.

These are just some of the many tv shows, movies and theatre shows that Anthony Boyle has and will star in. When he was just starting out acting, he said that he would take any role that fit his description (white male with dark brown hair) meaning he was in alot of embarassing but funny stuff. One where he dresses up as a mummy for halloween and must escape a group of killer clowns, one where he plays a man who is inlove with a pillow and one where he plays a convict on the run in Northern Ireland and has to wear a dress and a wig to escape authorities. However, if you lived in Belfast in the late 2000s, you could probably see him lurking behind big Tescos with a plastic bag on his head.

It seems that Boyle is turning out to be a very promising actor with lots of work lined up. Infact, he is set to record a new show which is set in Scotland. He said on the British talk show 'Sunday Brunch' that he is looking forward to it and has to talk in a Scottish accent.

#anthony boyle #harry potter and the cursed child #masters of the air #shardlake #derry girls #scorpius malfoy

[starspray]

15, 34, 36

15. What was the book you were most excited about before you started reading it?

The Grief of Stones, by Katherine Addison, definitely! I so love that world and I'm really enjoying the Thara Celehar books.

Second place goes to another sequel: A Restless Truth, by Freya Markse. Ladies falling in love on a steam ship amid murder and magical shenanigans? Yes please!

34. What’s a book you’ve recommended the most this year?

I think the only time I recommended a book to anyone this year it was The Grief of Stones, actually, and by necessity The Goblin Emperor and The Witness for the Dead.

36. How many books did you buy?

Three. The Witness for the Dead, Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard, and Geoffrey Bache Smith's collection of poetry, Spring Harvest.

(My library card sees a lot more action than my wallet!)

#meme response

[saint-of-ossaville]

The Angels of The Orders and Knights Templar: Part II of III

— The Azraels of The Order of Purity

- Geoffrey DeCantonna, the first Azrael of the Order of Purity, in Azrael Vol 2 #6 (May 2010; 2009, DC Comics) by Fabian Nicieza (W), Ramón Bachs (P), John Stanisci (I), Jonathan D. Smith (C), and Sal Cipriano (L).

- Henri Ducart, the successor of DeCantonna and an Azrael who has fought against an Azrael of Dumas, although he’d later jump to his death due to madness, in Azrael Vol 2 #6 (May 2010; 2009, DC Comics) by Fabian Nicieza (W), Ramón Bachs (P), John Stanisci (I), Jonathan D. Smith (C), and Sal Cipriano (L).

- Various Unnamed Azraels, these Azraels are likely of the Order of Purity and are from a variety of eras that come after DeCantonna and Ducart, in Azrael Vol 2 #16 (Mar 2011; 2009, DC Comics) by David Hine (W), Cliff Richards (A), Tomeu Morey (C), and Sal Cipriano (L).

- Abraham Arlington, predecessor of Michael Washington Lane (below) and later kept under surveillance due the Suit of Sorrows bringing on madness, in Azrael: Death’s Dark Knight Vol 1 #1-#2 (May-Jun 2009; 2009, DC Comics) by Fabian Nicieza (W), Frazer Irving (A), and Sal Cipriano (L).

- Michael Washington Lane, former GCPD officer-turned-Azrael, you may know his Arkhamverse counterpart, in Azrael: Death’s Dark Knight Vol 1 #1 (May 2009; 2009, DC Comics) by Fabian Nicieza (W), Frazer Irving (A), and Sal Cipriano (L).

[See Part I for the Azraels of Dumas]

#comics #dc comics #dc #entry #entry set #the order of purity #geoffrey decantonna #henri ducart #abraham ​arlington #michael washington lane #azrael #other azraels #other angels #fabian nicieza #david hine #frazer irving #ramón bachs #ramon bachs #sal cipriano #denny o'neil #joe quesada #adding denny and joe just bc they came up with az in general

[arda-marred]

The Last Meeting

We who are young, and have caught the splendour of         life,     Hunting it down the forested ways of the world, Do we not wear our hearts like a banner unfurled     (Crowned with a chaplet of love, shod with the sandals         of strife)?

Now not a lustre of pain, nor an ocean of tears     Nor pangs of death, nor any other thing That the old tristful gods on our heads may bring     Can rob us of this one hour in the midst of the years.

—Geoffrey Bache Smith, Spring Harvest (ed. J.R.R. Tolkien)

#Geoffrey Bache Smith #g b smith #gb smith #g.b. smith #spring harvest #wwi poetry #WWi poets #tcbs fellowship #t.c.b.s. fellowship #tolkien and the great war #Tolkien’s friends who died in WWI

[rachelillustrates]

Gnomevember 2023, eleven

“Poetry.”

As in, inspired BY poetry – specifically “Legend” by Geoffrey Bache Smith (one of one JRR Tolkien’s dearest friends, who perished in WWI. To my knowledge, Tolkien was instrumental in helping get his poetry published after his death*).

“Very fair the golden morning / As in yonder wood I strayed, / And I heard diviner music / Than the greatest harpers made, / For a sweet bird sang before me / Songs of laughter, and of tears, / All that I have loved and longed for, / As I measured out my years.”

I didn’t manage to get the bird into the drawing above, but the image struck me. Hard. Featuring a priest of the Gnomish god Fizzlebott, of my comic “Tock the Gnome” – since the poem is about a monk (as in those that live in a monastery) who seems to have wandered into Faerie, and their design is the closest to ye old monken dudes on Earth.

I highly recommend the full poem, which is available in his book “A Spring Harvest” – free to read here, as is the whole collection.

*Again, to my imperfect knowledge. If I am wrong please correct me in the comments.!

(Prompt list from kristileighgillustration of the ‘gram.)

~

Bonus art and stories ~ Prints, comics and more!

#gnomevember #gnomes #faerie #body posi art #drawing challenge #indie comics #queer comics #bonus art #tock the gnome #ooh shiny

[hexjulia]

i was experiencing visual hallucination as a withdrawal effect yesterday night but i didn't even realise until just now because i was so preoccupied with trying to box my hallucination into a shape that fit in better with the elaborate daydream collage I was constructing and I just fell asleep irritated by how hard it was to maintain a shape I could work with eventually.

Like ok girl good for me. maybe trying to make the shadow person you're suddenly seeing in the corner cosplay a gigantic murderous tolkien elf who looked a bit like Geoffrey Bache Smith in a WWI setting mixed with Napoleonic war elements and featuring minoan and Iribe influenced costuming is actually a valid response to your brain pulling tricks on you. Lmao. Idek. Oh well.

#only realised just now that yes i was literally hallucinating a shadow person #which sorry to be self-centred but is SO FUNNY to me. it didn't even occurr to me to be scared i was like.. ok but #now u need you to be more threatening. hold that pose.....raise sword. that's it--damn it stop turning into black goo or i wi DISSOLVE you #and then i got bored and went to sleep #gejdhwieb ok.

[crystalclaire]

April 1916 by Geoffrey Bache Smith

Now spring is come upon the hills in France,

And all the trees are delicately fair,

As heeding not the great guns’ voice, by chance

Brought down the valley on a wandering air:

Now day by day upon the uplands bare

Do gentle, toiling horses draw the plough,

And birds sing often in the orchards where

Spring wantons it with blossoms on her brow—

Aye! but there is no peace in England now.

O little isle amid unquiet seas,

Though grisly messengers knock on many doors,

Though there be many storms among your trees

And all your banners rent with ancient wars;

Yet such a grace and majesty are yours

There be still some, whose glad heart suffereth

All hate can bring from her misgotten stores,

Telling themselves, so England’s self draw breath,

That’s all the happiness on this side death.

#geoffrey bache smith #April 1916 #poetry #poets corner #writers and poets #poetsandwriters #english poetry #England #a spring harvest

[captainshorter]

My god i just watched the movie 'Tolkien' i fucking sobbed

#I'm in pain thank you very much #That friendship gave me marauders vibe #Tolkien #jrr tolkien #Geoffrey bache smith