Merlin. Mordred. Morgana. Morgause.
Why are they so many m names in Arthurian legends? They're all sorcerers too. Someone out there thought 'What should I name the magic users? Wait. Magic. M... Holy shit, I got it.'
- CaffeinatedFlumadiddle
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the next level of did you know viggo mortensen broke his toe when he kicked the helmet and is actually also screaming in pain there:
did you know sean bean taped the script to his knee because they only gave him the script that morning and you can see him looking down when he says one does not simply walk into mordor
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I find it fascinating that they let Legolas go on the journey, because speaking in terms of politics, letting the only known Prince of Mirkwood go on a life-threatening journey to Mordor, presumably, without letting the king of Mirkwood know, is batshit insane.
Random elf: my Lord, are we sure about this?
Elrond: Yup. Because if he does die and the mission fails, Thranduil will kill us faster than Sauron will.
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Éowyn faces the Witch king of Angmar on fields of Pelenor. Inspired by Anato Finnstark.
@anato-finnstark instagram
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Have said it before and will say it again: If Frodo had actually been able to throw the Ring into the Fire by himself, that would’ve meant he was some kind of Superman. The point of Frodo is he’s NOT Superman. He’s a regular ordinary guy who volunteers to do the impossible.
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I also would like people to give more appreciation to the great thematic unity in all of The Lord of the Rings. The idea is “do what good you can with what you are given.” Usually your abilities and your chances seem horribly small, even though your responsibility is so enormous. The minutes, the little decisions, the days, the small towns, the small characters, matter the most. The fate of the whole big world of good and evil and languages and races and heroes and villains all hangs on what’s done by a little scholar and his gardener.
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languages, like people, have been made into the objects of politicized aesthetics—not only is this about the dichotomy between "melodious", "soft", "musical" &c. and "harsh", "guttural", "rough" &c. as generalizations applied to entire languages (even language families), but also (and more importantly) the fact that these descriptions track non-linguistic attributes like racialization and class at least as often as they track phonology. please think about who, historically and presently, is most likely to have their language(s) described in one vs. the other way.
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March 24th - Frodo and Sam reach the foot of Mount Doom
The night seemed endless.... Sam began to wonder if a second darkness had begun and no day would ever reappear. At last he groped for Frodo's hand. It was cold and trembling. His master was shivering.
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Mordor by Danny Ingrassia
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Regarding Feener and the ring:
I believe that Feanor is just such a hater that the Ring, even if it tempts him, ultimately will have zero way of controlling him. Because he thinks he is so much better and smarter than Sauron.
He gets the ring and the moment he learns of its origin he’s like what the fuck is this. This pathetic thing is made by SAURON? Lieutenant of MORGOTH??? Fucking pathetic. Amateur. My SON can do better (background pained Curufin noise). What a shitty excuse of a dark lord.
And then he puts it on and he feels that he is stronger but then his hater grindset immediately takes over because um… an artifact of SAURON? making HIM? FEANARO CURUFINWE, SON OF FINWE AND MIRIEL THERINDE, CROWN PRINCE/KING OF THE NOLDOR, CREATOR OF THE SILMARILS STRONGER? ABSOLUTELY not. he will NEVER EVER EVERRR use ANYTHING from the stink lord. Not when he can do better. Oh yes, he will simply make his own ring. FUCK you Sauron and FUCK your stupid ring and FUCK you earendil.
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