#Helms Deep

[gandalf-the-fool]

#the lord of the rings #the lord of the rings memes #lotr #lotr memes #gandalf #merry and pippin #denethor #faramir #gondor #gondor meme #gondor has no king gondor needs no king #can you sing master hobbit #denethor and pippin #gandalf and pippin #shadowfax #the fellowship of the ring #the two towers #the return of the king #denethor tomato #jrr tolkien #tolkien meme #middle earth #aragorn #boromir #boromir and faramir #helms deep #frodo baggins #sam gamgee #legolas #gimli

[beardedmrbean]

#lotr #lord of the rings #helms deep #the two towers

[bedroomdoorclosed]

#aragorn #lotr #lord of the rings #helms deep #two towers

[emilybeemartin]

Boromir Lives AU: Helm's Deep

This is going to make more sense if you read my illustrated dissertation on Boromir's hair length and emotional stability across the trilogy.

There's a reason Boromir had to die in canon and it's because there's too much opportunity for CHARACTER DEVELOPMENNTT

Also

Temporary crisis

Gimli's pissed

Legolas makes a shirt that says I slapped Boromir at Helm's Deep and all I got was a blunted arrow.

Hey, it worked, though. Bad luck for the uruks who happened to be first through the breach of the Deeping Wall.

"GONDORRRRRR"

Boromir Lives: Whump-Time After Pelennor

Boromir Lives: GO TO SLEEP

Boromir Lives: Aragorn's Coronation

Boromir Lives: Faramir and Eowyn's Wedding

#sorry sorry sorry but i knew if I didn't say it somebody else would #boromir lives au #boromir #legolas #gimli #aragorn #helms deep

[autistook]

The Lord of the Rings, the Two Towers

#lotr #lord of the rings #the lord of the rings #aragorn #helms deep #lotredit #lotr edit #eomer #tolkien #middle earth #Frodo Baggins #samwise Gamgee

[elladanns]

I'll never forget what we lost 😞

Helms Deep Arwen forever in our hearts ❤️🥲

#lord of the rings #arwen evenstar #arwen #arwen undomiel #helms deep #battle of helms deep #rohan #the lord of the rings #lotr #the two towers #lord of the rings the two towers #aragorn #elrond #the silm fandom #liv tyler #viggo mortensen

[tolkienosaurus]

#tolkien #lord of the rings #lotr #lord of the rings movies #gamling #helms deep #imrahil #cirdan #tom bombadil

[thranduilofsmirkwood]

Backgound LEGOLAS can really multi-task.

This is one of my favorite scenes. Legolas is trying to eavesdrop on Aragorn and Éowyns conversation while guiding scared civilians with a gentle hand.

Fucking legend.

#legolas #éowyn #aragorn #orlando bloom #miranda otto #viggo mortensen #lord of the rings #background legolas #helms deep

[laedevolta]

#tolkien #lotr tolkien #lotr #legolas #gimli #helms deep #ttt

[dancingbluelight]

source!!

#the lord of the rings #lotr humor #lord of the rings #uruk hai #lotr memes #memes #funny #helms deep #battle of helms deep #halloween #halloween candy

[gandalf-the-fool]

#lotr #lord of the rings #lord of the rings memes #lotr memes #lotr meme #lord of the rings meme #lord of the rings post #lotr post #aragorn #meme #drums drums in the deep a shadow moves in the dark we cannot get out they are coming #helms deep #mariah carey #all i want for christmas is you

[whiteladyofithilien]

Legolas' Cave Trauma

So it occurred to me that it seemed a bit weird that Legolas, who arguably has spent hundreds of years in a freaking cave palace, would be as anti-cave as he is in the books when Gimli goes off about the wonder of the Glittering Caves in Helm's Deep. So I had to reconcile these two facts. I consulted with the council of Elrond (aka my Tolkien friends) and one of them was like "just cause he lived in the caves doesn't mean he liked it. Thranduil had made the cave palace as a stronghold against the evils of the world outside his realm" while my thoughts was just "Legolas has cave trauma after Moria".

Because as we all know Legolas absolutely loses his shit when he sees the Balrog, like full on screaming Elvish meltdown.

So I combined the two theories to run along this line... Legolas was never a fan of caves, growing up on stories of the evil things that dwelt under the mountains he probably was not a huge fan when that's where his dad decided to repair to as the world grew more perilous. I picture little Leggy being especially scared of the Balrogs in stories told to him as a child. We gotta remember Balrogs are an extremely ancient and distant myth for even a lot of the elves, especially the "less wise" elves of Thranduil's folk. Most peoples are convinced that the last of the Balrogs perished in the War of Wrath, heck even people like Elrond may think this. So for Legolas this is his childhood monster under the bed, the Elvish Boogeyman. Balrogs shouldn't exist. They're just a scary story you tell kids to make them behave or to exemplify the valor of the elves of old who slew them. Some legends may say that some survived in deep places of the world but no one believes them any more, except maybe for little elven princelings but they grow up and grow out of it and after hundreds of years living in their dad's cave palace they're just an embarrassing memory of childhood fears.

But then Moria happens and it's his nightmares coming and standing before him more terrifying than he even imagined as a child and then striking down the most powerful being he's ever known. And it's just terrorizing and traumatizing and while the time in Lorien helps to settle his nerves he's none too eager to ever step foot underground again.

Especially to unknown caves.

Especially to a place underground that Gimli is a excited about.

The last time this happened he saw the terror of tales of long ago come to living reality in front of his eyes.

This may even be part of the reason why Legolas won't repeat the laments for Gandalf. "The grief is too near" and so is the terror. He doesn't wanna think about his living nightmare again, especially so soon. Of course he heals somewhat from his Cave Trauma and his friendship with Gimli helps I'm sure, after all they probably talked about it while they were hanging in Lorien becoming besties. And in turn seeing Legolas willingly go underground to take the Paths of the Dead encourages him to follow. He's just seen his bestie face his fears and now he must do the same.

#the glittering caves #spelunking #cave trauma #lord of the rings #tolkien #jrr tolkien #lotr #thranduil #legolas #legolas of the woodland realm #glittering caves #helms deep #legolas and gimli #lotr gimli #gimli son of gloin #gimli #balrog #balrog of morgoth #morgoth #moria #khazad dûm #bridge of khazad dum #i do not desire the speech of living men

[melian]

Peter Jackson’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy is a very sexy group of movies but today I’m thinking about Karl Urban’s portrayal of Éomer, son of Éomund, and about his line from ‘Two Towers’ where he sits atop his steed Firefoot, surrounded by thousands of Eorlingas, all of whom are prepared to charge the forces surrounding Helms Deep, and he raises his sword high against a backdrop of radiant light and says, “Rohirrim, to the king!” and honestly?  That was like.  SUPER sexy of him. 

#lotr #karl urban #the lord of the rings #lord of the rings #eomer #rohirrim #rohan #peter jackson #two towers #the two towers #helms deep #forth eorlingas bitch

[theworldsoftolkein]

The Lord of the Rings Sign Post - by C.L.V Moore

#tolkien legendarium #middle earth #jrr tolkien #the lord of the rings #the fellowship of the ring #tolkien #the shire #the forest of fangorn #fangorn #helms deep #the misty mountains #the hobbit #misty mountains #rivendell #the watch tower of amon sul #watch tower #amon sul #kingdom of rohan #rohirrim #rohan #riders of rohan #the riddermark #barrel rider #lake town #mordor #nazgul #gondor #gandalf #weathertop #lothlorien

[lotrmemes]

#lotr memes #lord of the rings #rings of power #lotrdaily #eowyn of rohan #theoden #hobbits #helms deep #eowyn #cooking #bad cooking #funny #memes

[autistook]

March 4th - Gandalf arrives at Helm's Deep

#lotr #on this day #lord of the rings #the lord of the rings #eomer #éomer #gandalf #Gandalf the white #the two towers #ttt #helms deep #tolkien #lotr edit #lotredit #tolkien edit #middle earth #jrrt #rohirrim