#gremlinfaemess

[elvish-sky]

hello darling, if you're bored, tell me about your day in middle earth! what middle earth race are u? what would you do on your normal day? anything else?<3

hi love!!!! thank you for this ask, i think this is gonna be fun!!

so i’d be an elf, probably from Rivendell because they have lots of libraries (and an Aragorn).

i’d wake up, brush my super awesome flowy hair and get dressed in a really pretty gown (with knives concealed all over)

and then i’d go eat something delicious, but i’m not sure what. maybe fresh fruit? and then i’d go get dressed to train and i’d spend a few hours sparring and practicing archery. next i’d each lunch (hopefully with aragorn after sparring with him) and then go to a library or for a walk!

this was super fun to think about, thank you for asking!!

#gremlinfaemess #maiasasks

[idle-thyme]

hello my dear, 8 and 6 for the tolkien asks:) love u<3

Thank you so much! love you too!

6. Favourite LOTR or TH quote?

‘I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.’

It’s so simple but it sums up their relationship so well and on top of that it’s such a gentle acceptance of their death on Mt. Doom that it breaks my heart.

8. Favourite scene?

Oh boy, sorry about the incoming ramble-

Ok, so from the books, the chapter in Return Of The King where Gandalf, Denethor, Faramir, and Pippin meet together and discuss politics and the one ring. There were so many different dynamics and thought processes going on at once — Faramir having returned from Ithilien, knowing about Frodo and Sam and trying to tell Gandalf what happened without revealing too much to Denethor, but Denethor realising anyway, and with the fate of the ring, Pippin’s friends, and middle earth being uncertain, plus the death of Boromir hanging over them all — it was one of the most interesting scenes and I loved the entire thing. It also, incidentally, cemented my love of Faramir (he snapped and told Denethor to shove it! Good for him!)

From the films, the scene where Aragorn comes back to Helms Deep after being presumed dead and Legolas hands him Arwen’s necklace. I find it funny because Eowyn sees this happen and backs away as if she knows what it means, but if that’s so, then because she doesn’t know about Arwen (as far as I’m aware, forgive me if I’ve misremembered) she must be assuming that the necklace is from Legolas himself. And then it’s just... never mentioned again.

Have a good day/night!

#for the record I do sort of ship aragorn and legolas but in an it-would-be-a-fun-AU way #gremlinfaemess #tolkien asks #ask game

[thespiritoflife]

BEAUTIFUL PERSON AWARD! Once you are given this award you’re supposed to paste it in the asks of 8 people who deserve it. If you break the chain nothing happens, but it's sweet to know someone thinks you’re beautiful inside and out.💕

Thank you so much, my dearie🥺🥺 The same goes to you!! You're very beautiful🥺❤😍

I am sending you hug☺

#gremlinfaemess #ask

[gossip-girl-of-middleearth]

If you listen closely, you’ll hear me fucking dying and wheezing from an asthma attack-induced laughing fit

Tagging literally all y’all, I can’t —

@entishramblings @beenovel @messiambrandybuck @gremlinfaemess @claraofthepen @elvish-sky

Someone said in the comments Frodo towards Legolas was like, “Oh look! It’s…uh, Elfolas…? Gimli’s friend! :D!”

#they were indeed right #I’m fucking gone #this scene is a fever dream #this is the funniest thing I’ve seen all week #and it really shouldn’t be #lord of the rings #lotrdaily #lotr movies #the hobbit #elves #legolas #hobbit #lotr shitpost #silmarillion #mirkwood

[erosofthepen]

Currently looking up different estates and castles, and calculating the prices so me and my mutuals can all go live there. 

I need the following features to be included:

-A giant kitchen, so we can all bake and cook (specifically for @messiambrandybuck)

-Astronomy tower for stargazing for @lothloriien ( I associate you with stars, idk why)

-Greenhouse and Gardens, for @beenovel @bonesinmoss

-Cozy room with a lovely fireplace, hot cocoa/tea station, lots of cushy pillows and couches. This is for cuddle parties and group hugs for all of us.

-Giant window room for gazing outside when it rains for @gremlinfaemess

-Giant teddy bear for @an-adventureland

-Ball room for @thewhiteladyofrohan, complete with mirrors and golden designs.

-Beautiful Library for all of us, but also with a space specifically for @tolkien-fantasy to do her studies and practice her craft.

-Music room with surround sound/noise cancelling for @gossip-girl-of-middle-earth to escape and listen to elvis 

- @haunted-stranger-garden suggested a space for magical creatures, so i will have to find a way to incorporate that somehow.

-Near a body of water so @elvish-sky can fish for all of us

-Writing room/Study with giant desks and immaculate vibes for all of us fanfic writers to create our stories.

-Movie Theatre so we can all have lotr/the hobbit marathons.

-Stables so we can all get horses and ponies and go galloping dramatically across the landscape.

-Training Arena so I can teach you all how to fuck shit up with swords 😌. This can also be hand-constructed if need be.

I’ll update you with what i find. Btw, this is open to all mutuals, but i simply included the ones who were in this chain.

#i love you all and this is how i show it #well see how it goes

[beenovel]

Hey guys! I'm probably not going to be online very much in the next couple of days (maybe a week? Or month? we'll see how it plays out)

A family friend passed away over the weekend. I didn't know her all that well but the news of her death came on what was already shaping up to be a difficult day and hit me pretty hard.

College classes have also been kicking my butt lately. They're not necessarily hard, they just take a lot of time and I'm expected to do quite a lot in a short amount of time. The only real reason I'm stressed about this is I'm losing the teacher I've had for the last three years and I don't know her replacement/what this new person will expect from me.

I'm doing ok though. My medication is helping and I've found a good therapist. I just can't balance everything and I need to focus on my personal life.

If you see me online I'm probably messaging @messiambrandybuck or reading fanfiction.

Some tags so my moots don't miss this: @entishramblings @elvish-sky @tolkien-fantasy @thewhiteladyofrohan @luna-xial @ladylouoflothlorien @kumqu4t @gossip-girl-of-middle-earth @gremlinfaemess @lonikje @dat-pan-dwarf @cassiabaggins @claraofthepen

#personal #update

[wishingtobeinadifferentuniverse]

Hello : ) I am a new at this but I saw ur blog. It's amazing.

Please, would you recommend me some tolkien blogs? Thank you!

Aww I’m so glad you like my blog! I will tag as many creators as I can, but I also ask that anyone who sees this reblogs with Tolkien creators they know of as well!

@lady-latte @claraofthepen@midearthwritings @thewhiteladyofrohan @thespiritoflife @themerriweathermage @messiambrandybuck @moriamithril @gremlinfaemess @gossip-girl-of-middle-earth @hey-its-nonny @bonjour-rainycity @entishramblings @elvish-sky @errruvande @guardianofrivendell @idle-thyme @im-almost-me @incorrect-lotr-trash @love-letters-i-sent-you @laurfilijames @tolkien-fantasy @starryeyedrogue @fucking-with-elves

@padawansofthejediorder

[messiambrandybuck]

May all the residents of Clara's Castle share their heights? I'd love to make cloaks when I have the time and materials.

@gremlinfaemess @an-adventureland @thewhiteladyofrohan @tolkien-fantasy @gossip-girl-of-middle-earth @haunted-stranger-garden @elvish-sky @lothloriien @beenovel @bonesinmoss @fool-of--a-took

#i'm only half joking #if the castle/estate thing doesnt happen I still think it'd be cool if we all had some nice cloaks #ooo maybe we could have our own little broach/clip? Like the ones the Fellowship has #aidan talks #Clara's Castle

[midearthwritings]

Important please read

Hey friends, I'm making this post because Clara (claraofthepen) asked me to.

Her new account also got taken down for some reasons and she wanted to let you guys know that she won't be making any other account until she has gotten in touch with the Tumblr staff.

Until then, she will be on Discord for anyone who wants to interact with her : Claraofthepen#5192

Thanks for reading, and hopefully she'll be back soon.

@messiambrandybuck , @beenovel , @elvish-sky , @gossipgirlofmiddleearth, @tolkien-fantasy @an-adventureland , @tolkienblackgirl , @wishingtobeinadifferentuniverse @smexy-balrogs , @gremlinfaemess , @dat-pan-dwarf , @thespiritoflife , @guardianofrivendell , @kumqu4t , @laurfilijames , @lady-latte , @thewhiteladyofrohan , @tiefliing

#max talks

[thewhiteladyofrohan]

hey babe its claraofthepen apparently my other account got terminated as well. i feel like someone is tracking my blogs. i'm just going to stay on discord until i can get in touch with tumblr and find out what's happening. in the meantime, if you could help spread the word i would greatly appreciate it.

Bruh

At this point it isn't even a coincidence, someone is specifically targeting you and your blog. How. Dare. They.

All of your friends are here for you if you ever need them, and don't worry, I'm sure I'm due time this will all be fixed soon!

And in due time, whoever it was that keeps flagging you have will be caught soon.

I think some of you got tagged already but it's okay @beenovel @elvish-sky @messiambrandybuck @midearthwritings @gremlinfaemess @gossip-girl-of-middle-earth

#ladyanswers

[elvish-sky]

Some Main Musical Themes of the Lord of the Rings & an Explanation of Leitmotifs

Welcome to part 1 of who knows how many analyzing the Lord of the Rings soundtracks (I’ll get to The Hobbit eventually)! This isn’t exactly an analysis, more like me talking about cool things in each piece. Before I get started, I want to make it very clear that this is in no way complete or comprehensive, there are so many themes central to the movies, and I am in no way an expert. I’ll continue posting more analyses, this is just what I could fit in the first one!

So, I feel like to understand a decent amount of what I’m going to talk about here, you have to understand what a leitmotif is. It is defined as “a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation.” So basically any recurring few notes or bit of music in cinema is a leitmotif. (The Flight of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner is a famous example).

Howard Shore did a ridiculously complicated and incredible job creating leitmotifs for The Lord of the Rings, and I’m pretty sure there’s around 100 different ones (not counting the Hobbit films). The really cool thing that he did was not only create themes for characters, but also for places, cultures, and ideas! Here I’ll be talking about some of the main themes of the music in the movies.

The Main Themes of The Lord of the Rings, of which there are many so please don’t be mad if I forget some. There will be more parts to this soundtrack-analyzing series!

The History of the Ring. You probably know this as one of the three main-ish themes for the movies. It’s one of my favorites especially because of the way it’s weaved into other pieces. For example, if you listen to Gollum’s ‘music’ you can hear a distortion of the ring theme, symbolizing the effect the One Ring had on Gollum.

The Fellowship Theme. If you don’t know this one already then you’re quite possibly dead to me. This one is sooo cool because it starts off with that ‘bum, bum, ba da dum” which is known as the “there and back again” motif because it starts at one note, goes down, and then returns to the original. After that, you hear those nine epic notes. “Nine notes?” you ask me. “That seems familiar.” That’s because it is! Shore intentionally used nine notes to symbolize the nine members of the Fellowship! Another fun (or slightly depressing fact) is that after Boromir’s death we do not hear the full theme again until the Battle at the Black Gate, showing how the Fellowship broke.

The Shire Theme. The Shire theme has many different settings and themes, but is one of the most recognizable pieces of music in the series. It’s heard at the beginning of the piece Concerning Hobbits, in that lovely flutey sound, the hymn setting. This is restated in many different ways throughout the movies and is also used often to represent nostalgia. You also hear a little restatement of the ‘There and Back Again’ motif! Also, this is sometimes known as Frodo’s theme as well.

Lothlorien. This appears in the prologue for the first time when Galadriel is telling the story of the One Ring. It is ethereal and lovely and peaceful. Another very cool thing that Shore does through the movies is introduced here- whenever we hear a chorus/human voices in the music, they are singing in one of Tolkien’s languages. Here, obviously, they’d be singing in Elvish. When the Fellowship enters Khazad-Dûm, we hear men singing in dwarvish. This is also a very cool thing because it was a conscious decision between Shore and the filmmakers, especially Peter Jackson, as what is being sung is often lines/descriptions from the books that didn’t make it into the dialogue of the movie. It also includes lots of the songs that Tolkien had written in the books. This strategy gave the filmmakers an opportunity to really include everything of Tolkien’s they could, really making them his movies, and is one of the key reasons why the Lord of the Rings films are so good.

Isengard Theme. So epic. So evil. So awesome. The beginning is rather like the “there and back again” theme once more, which not only is super cool because duh, but also helps signify both Gandalf and Saruman’s leadership for each group.

The Realm of Gondor is a theme that is most often used to represent Aragorn and his heritage. It also ties a lot of Faramir’s memories to Boromir. We barely hear it in the first two movies, but it becomes the principal theme of Return of the King and plays in some of the most epic scenes, like when we see Gandalf riding up to Minas Tirith.

Moria. So again, the singing heard in this piece is in Khuzdul with some lines lifted verbatim from the books, which I think is super cool and really adds something to the atmosphere! The singing is only faint, hinting at the danger, until the Balrog is there and then it is aggressive. It is overall very dark, foreboding music, which I love!

Again- I am not an expert on music or composition or any of this- just a teenager who wants to share some knowledge!

That’s all for now, because I promised this like a month ago and here we are a month later and I really just need to post it. But there will be a part 2 that will go into a whole lot more detail at some point in time, never fear!

and i’d love to hear all your thoughts on this!

i’m tagging everyone who said they were interested! @gossip-girl-of-middle-earth @wishingtobeinadifferentuniverse @beenovel @themerriweathermage @the-reformed-ringwraith @anironnn @eru-vande @kumqu4t @cfjqueen @godblessthecactusess @starryeyedrogue @morrigan-of-beleriand @gremlinfaemess @fridaywormteeth @redfurrycat

#lord of the rings #the hobbit #jrr tolkien #music #lord of the rings soundtrack #lotr soundtrack #soundtrack #movie #movie soundtrack #soundtrack analysis

[lothloriien]

clara’s castle mutuals: i think i’ve found it

https://countrylife.onthemarket.com/details/10297699/

would this not be ideal??? i think we could pool together 1.5m eventually

@claraofthepen @gossip-girl-of-middle-earth @elvish-sky @messiambrandybuck @beenovel @bonesinmoss @gremlinfaemess @thewhiteladyofrohan @an-adventureland @tolkien-fantasy @haunted-stranger-garden

[idle-thyme]

If you get this, answer with 3 random facts about yourself and send it to the last 7 blogs in your notifications, anonymously or not! Let’s get to know the person behind the blog! 💙

Thank you for the ask!! Sorry this is super late. I hope you’re well!

1. I love brightly-coloured socks.

2. When I read a book and a line or a paragraph impresses me, I always bookmark it. I have lots of books with random pages bookmarked so that I can come back to them for inspiration or when I’m feeling down.

3. I’m chronically ill.

I’m going to tag people for this, let me know if you’d prefer not to be tagged in future! @lady-latte @messiambrandybuck @elvish-sky @errruvande @gremlinfaemess @hey-its-nonny @beenovel

#ask game #tag game

[gossip-girl-of-middleearth]

Elf Yourself Picrew

(link in title)

A fun picrew where you can turn yourself into an elf! You can also turn yourself into a hobbit or dwarf or maia, but the title wasn’t as catchy lmao

Am I pointing up at a more private branch for me and Rowan? Maybe. Mind yo business.

Tagging my lovelies! @elvish-sky @beenovel @gremlinfaemess @messiambrandybuck @entishramblings (Clara is here in spirit, we’re still on the missing account case)

Also followers and other mutuals, please feel free to do your own! I’d love to see your guys’ fantastical forms!

#shameless plug for Vaya’s main fic thanks to my thirst for the carrot-top lmao #it’s marketing baby ✨ #free of charge #also me finally remembering to link the picrew? more likely than you’d think #picrew

[erosofthepen]

@bonesinmoss @thewhiteladyofrohan @beenovel @messiambrandybuck @rowandor @gremlinfaemess @an-adventureland

there was a coffee shop I went to today, they had the most AMAZING hot chocolate in the world and so many lovely pastries and quiches and treats, and there were wildflower bouquets everywhere and it was so quant and cute, I want to take you all there and pay for us all to have breakfast and then take a walk through the forest trail nearby

[beenovel]

OK I JUST HAD AN IDEA. I will never have the time or energy to complete this but I really wanted to share it:

So it's a love story, told in letters. Could be friends to lovers or an established relationship, I haven't really given the actual story bit that much thought. BUT instead of being in book form, it's in actual LETTERS. Like, in envelopes, yellowed with age, tear-stains, the top of the envelope is split and/or torn open, some are more worn than others to show that they were carried around with the recipient for a while, the whole shebang.

Oh, and it's gay. Obviously. o b v i o u s l y

Tagging people I think would like this idea too: @claraofthepen @messiambrandybuck @tolkien-fantasy @elvish-sky @gossip-girl-of-middle-earth @gremlinfaemess