#greenwood forest

[chicotfp]

Made for amazing Michelle as a thank you gift for her Buy me a coffee donation. Thank you so much for your support!🥰❤

#thranduil #lee pace #the hobbit #lotr #lord of the rings #tolkien #elves #mirkwood #Greenwood #photomanipulation #when your ada is the king #and you behaved as irresponsible spoiled brat #so now you are on patrolling duty in the most boring part of the forest for the next 50 years probably

[silvantransthranduiltrash]

Silvans are used to fighting 360 degrees.

Because they move through the trees, fly through the air (curtesy of flinging themselves from one branch to the another) they know damn well that an attack can appear from all angles.

This results in their fighting style having more flips and and other such movements in order to be more aerodynamic.

Meanwhile the noldor, sindar, etc are more used to ground based combat because they usually fight in open fields and even of they are in a forest they stay on the ground.

What i’m saying is that the first time a silvan flips over and slams their sword down on a sindar/noldor in a sparing match, they have to take a second to go wtf.

#lord of the rings #lotr #silmarillion #the hobbit #lotr elves #thranduil #legolas #mirkwood #silvans #greenwood the great #silvans fighting from all over the place #their fighting style seems very flashy when they only fight on the ground in a clearing #but it actualy does have it’s uses in forests

[vox-anglosphere]

A carpet of snowdrops heralds springtime in a lush Dorset forest

#Dorset #woodland #English countryside #Wessex #walking #Thomas Hardy #springtime #snowdrops #rural britain #UK #atmosphere #English forest #leafy #Under The Greenwood Tree

[the-hearth-and-the-wild]

Maybe trees do have souls. Which makes wood a kind of flesh. And perhaps instruments of wooden construction sound so pleasing to our ears for this reason: the choral shimmer of a guitar; the heartbeat thump of drums; the mournful wail of violins - we love them because they sound like us.

Michael Christie, Greenwood

#book quotes #greenwood #Michael Christie #books and libraries #literature #trees and forests #nature #walking in nature #nature writing

[imladrising]

Riuwaka River

Riwaka, New Zealand

#perks of living in nz is the beautiful nature #and bc I am normal I’ll take a pic of the forest and be like ah yes just like in lotr #mine #lotr #New Zealand #nature #moss #goblincore #fairycore #fairy aesthetic #elf aesthetic #green aesthetic #nature aesthetic #nz nature #aotearoa #environments #greenwood aes #imladris aes

[house-durin]

Summer in Greenwood 

#lotr #lotr fanart #thehobbit #the hobbit fanart #tolkien #tauriel #legolas #thranduil #greenwood #mirkwood #elves #mirkwood elves #elf #elfcore #forest #fantasy #moodboard #my eddit #bilbo baggins

[coopsgirl]

Here's chapter 1 of my latest fic, The Shadow and the Sunrise. Ranyare, a member of the original eldar who awoke on the shores of Lake Cuiviénen, has survived into the Third Age and has lived hidden away from others in Fangorn Forest. Forced to come out of hiding, she meets the elves of Lothlórien and Greenwood. Much to her surprise, she and Thranduil become friends and together they will work through their pain and traumas to finally find peace and love.

I thought it would be fun to have a character that was one of the first of her kind still alive in the Third Age. Círdan is the oldest known elf in canon in Middle Earth but it seems like he was born to elves at Cuiviénen and was not one of the first generation to awaken fully grown on the shores of the lake. This will only be a few chapters and I hope everyone will enjoy it!

#thranduil fanfiction #thranduil fan fic #the shadow and the sunrise #tolkien tag #tolkien fic #greenwood the great #greenwood elves #fangorn forest #lothlorien #tolkien elves #elvenking #thranduil #lee pace

[hailtotehthief]

i miss you angels........

#thom yorke #jonny greenwood #thesmile #forest hills 7/7/23 #angels

[oldshrewsburyian]

Bad Medievalism Bingo (and the question of research)

I finished Lady of the Forest (characterization good, pacing uneven) and I have Thoughts about its approach to medievalism and medieval history. It may seem ungenerous to critique a novel that I finished (with a nice Robin Hood!) but I want to use it to think through some things because this really isn’t an unusual problem. The cheerful author’s note says that she uses history “like a crazy quilt, stitching together the truthful patches with the fictional ones.” But my impression as reader was of a sort of dark Ren Faire medievalism, featuring endemic violence against women, religious hypocrisy and incompetence, sadism, dirt, poverty, cruelty, bloodshed, sexism, prudery, witch-burning, village-burning, racism, anti-Judaism, Islamophobia, and violent homophobia. If I thought the Middle Ages had been defined by these things, I don’t know why anyone would read novels with this historical setting... though it would explain the low enrollments in the medieval history courses I teach.

The thing is: not only does the author discuss her approach to history, she also discusses the sources she uses: one popular overview of the Plantagenets, one classic (if decades-old) history ditto, a mid-century history of medieval English outlaws, and a trilogy of solid overviews of medieval English social history designed for general audiences which I know because I had and cherished them in high school. Yes I was very normal, thank you. She says that she’s more interested in exploring/interacting with Robin Hood’s long literary legacy than details of history, and that’s fine! Indeed, surely, desirable! What I really don’t get is why medieval history gets imagined like this. The most notable exclusion is of 20+ years of scholarship on medieval women, in favor of a depiction of women as despised and mostly passive objects.

I just... this version of medieval England is so unremittingly bleak. No one has any idea how canon law works (consent mattered to the validity of marriage, and mattered more than the presence of a priest! This undermines a whole plot arc!) Or, for that matter, how religious orders work. There are lots of hovels (I’m offended on behalf of Nottingham, which was a prosperous market town thank you very much.) Public health is depicted as abysmal (and I double-checked and yes, even 30 years ago when the book was written, there was published work debunking this old cliché, though much less than there is now.) This world is awful. I don’t really want to be here, even for the sake of hanging out with Robin Hood. And to clarify, I’m not usually a joyless pedant! I may be a pedant (ahem) but I like historical fiction! But not only do I not understand how this particular author got to this historical fantasy from the historical research she describes, I just don’t understand why writers or readers would choose this fantasized version of the past.

#fun with medievalism #or... the opposite of that really #historical fiction #i spent a lot of this book going: i hate it here and i want to go home (to the real 12th century) #or at least a less shitty version of it you know? #anyway #i love robin and marian #i support them #also #greenwood shenanigans™ #lady of the forest

[esculentevil]

Saw this picrew here and thought... Why not?

I’ve buried my inner wealth in fanfics and thor(i)n(duil)s ‘neath the stars and green borealis canopy wherein roams my deer, tunes, and visions...

What have you buried where?

#random humor #this is me #somehow i'm thranduil #greenwood #thorinduil #unholy forest god #flowers #stars #poemish #why not? #picrew

[this-forest-within-me]

Moodboard for my WIP, a Robin Hood adaptation featuring a female protagonist.

Forced off her lands by the despicable Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Sir Gui of Gisburne, Lady Robin of Locksley finds refuge in Sherwood Forest. From the depths of the greenwood, she plans her next move, but can a mere noblewoman defeat the men of rank who seek to dominate and destroy her?

A medieval adventure with a healthy dose of romance, this is the familiar legend with a twist, for who says there can only be one hero/heroine? Maybe the mantle of “Robin Hood” can be assumed by many.

#robin hood #robin of locksley #sherwood forest #nottingham #nottinghamshire #the sheriff of nottingham #genderbend #allan a dale #lady marian #little john #much the miller's son #will scarlett #guy of gisborne #outlaws #greenwood #wip

[silvantransthranduiltrash]

Greenwood forest is a legitamate Cryptid forest.

And as amusing it would be for the silvans to be in control of the weirdness, i think it’d be 10 thousand times more amusing for them to just vibe with it.

Some weird humanoid figure is seen wondering through the woods on the east side? Cool, make a note of it and be sure to avoid that stretch at this time of year.

You hear haunting whistles echo through the trees? Don’t answer. The silvans don’t whistle.

No one calls peoples’ names while they’re in the woods. If you hear your name called, run.

Don’t wonder off into the flower fields by yourself during the spring. The last elf who did disappeared, and a elf-like flower display lay up against the tree the next day. It’s safe to do in groups though.

Greenwood is weird, but it’s their forest. So while the orcs and spiders aren’t technically the most dangerous thing in these woods, they are intruders and the silvans want them out.

#lord of the rings #silmarillion #lotr #the hobbit #lotr elves #thranduil #legolas #mirkwood #greenwood the great #silvans #Greenwood the Cryptid forest #greenwood is weird #it’s elvs are weirder #other elves can sense that there’s Something going on with them but they don’t know what

[pedroam-bang]

The Tomorrow War (2021)

#2021 #gif #film #movie #science fiction #The Tomorrow War #Yvonne Strahovski #Colonel Muri Forester #Chris Pratt #Dan Forester #Keith Powers #Major Greenwood #Ryan Kiera Armstrong #Young Muri Forester #Betty Gilpin #Emmy Forester #J.K. Simmons #James Forester #Whitespikes #BCM #MK III #time travel

[late-nights-are-doing-me-harm]

“Relax, it’s only magic.” - Sarah Bailey, “The Craft”

#Hannah Hermione #Hannah Greenwood #Creeper #Creepercult #Creeper cult #Creeper band #Creeper UK #witch aesthetic #forest witch aesthetic

[imladrising]

Canaan Downs, New Zealand

#fun fact this is actually quite close to some of the lotr film locations #mine #tolkien #greenwood aes #lotr #environment #New Zealand #nature #greenwood #moss #goblincore #fairycore #fairy aesthetic #elf aesthetic #green aesthetic #nature aesthetic #nz nature #aotearoa #woods #forest #forest aesthetic

[rangers-are-cool-moved]

❝  will you sleep with me?  i know how that sounds i just mean—  i feel safe when you’re there.  ❞ ( lol halre from the prince)

  With sleep decidedly not happening that night, Halrë had been planning to do an complete sort out of his pack. But hearing Thranduil's voice made him pause, although not for long.

  Anyone else and it wouldn't have happened. the Prince was a different matter altogether. "I know what you mean, Thran." He cut in quietly, setting his pack down and going over to him.

@antleredthrone

#antleredthrone #~/ memories are some of the building blocks of life \~ :: halre #ask: answered #ask: i feel safe when you're there #prince thranduil #*|* the forest in more peaceful times *|* :: greenwood