#lotr book 1

[shut-the-doors]

The fact that Tolkien fought in the First World War can be clearly seen in his books. He felt. I'm from Ukraine, so I know something about war. And every description of such events in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings hits the heart.

But one phrase from The Hobbit struck me the most. Usually in movies and books, good triumphs over evil, and the heroes immediately celebrate the victory among the ruins, but not in The Hobbit.

“Victory after all, I suppose!” Bilbo said, feeling his aching head. “Well, it seems a very gloomy business.”

Because Tolkien knew that behind every victory there is a mountain of human sacrifice and grief. He felt it, I feel it too. And it hurts me.

#the lord of the rings #lotr #the hobbit #tolkien #war #the hobbit quote #lotr quotes #bilbo baggins #the hobbit bilbo #quotes #book quotes #world war 1 #ww1 #ukraine

[sandinthepipes]

Me shaking Peter Jackson by the shoulders like a stuck vending machine: IF THEY'RE NOT GAY WHY EVERYTHING ELSE? WHY PETER? WHAT IS THAT?

#i have OPINIONS about the artistic choices in the hobbit movie #i just wome up from a bagginshield dream #and then laid there for like 20 minutes staring at the ceiling replaying all the events from the movie #like thorin right the middle of his gold madness gifts bilbo the second most valuable thing in the entire mountain #a fucking CHAINMAIL SHIRT OF MITHRIL #IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GOLD MADNESS #and then what whas all that talk in the tunnels where they look at each other like they hung the moon???????? #thorin the eagles?????????? #HE WAS-?????????????? #absolute madness from mr peter Jackson that's what I'm saying #and it's not like you can say 'oh but the book' #the book doesn't even have 1/10th of that whole homoerotic shit #lotr is full of homoeroticism but the hobbit? certainly not between thorin and bilbo #mr peter jackson please i am begging on my knees can you please explain your artistic choices to me becauae I'm loosing sleep over it #bagginshield #the hobbit #thorin x bilbo #bilbo baggins #thorin oakenshield #thorin #bilbo

[philtstone]

we as a society simply do not talk enough about how aragorns literal first act as king was to kiss a strange woman no one had met with full tongue in front of the whole ass kingdom and her dad

#possibly the greatest acting choice in cinema shoutout to ms tyler and mr mortensen #i have at least 1 tumblr friend who i know will appreciate this post. catherine where r u #phil.txt #this is not technically part of my lotr read but these text posts are all somehow related to that so i will tag it thusly #phil reads lotr #lord of the rings #movie h8ters dont see my vision. which is that the movies captured the books perfectly #in SPIRIT.

[queerofthedagger]

okay okay look. i know we just had a lord of the rings rewatch but..... what about another lord of the rings rewatch?? 🥺👀

#mona rambles #lotr #i'm clowning i have 70k words to edit by the end of the month for the steddie bang + 3 bingo fills + 1 rare pair fest fill to write #also black sails is eating my brain #AND i want to start rewatching merlin #and finally watch the witcher s2 + s3 #and have about 5 books to read #but also. have we considered. that I'm missing aragorn :( #so #also legolas. and aragorn-and-legolas #sigh #it really IS brainrot season it's terrible and great and greatly terrible etc etc #*mine

[wholesome-supervillain]

begging someone to write or rec a lotr modern au that’s not also a real world/human au. i want urban fantasy. i want to explore how the different cultures would translate into a more modern world. i want legolas to carry around a glock

#in canon everything is already so ancient #i want to play with this idea by making the non-ancient parts more familiar to the reader #moria is an ancient underground city with electricity and wi-fi (but very poor cell reception) #that inn they stay at in book 1 is just some motel #etc etc #lotr #lord of the rings

[incorrect-thuggory-quotes]

Thuggory: I'd never thought I'd die fighting side-by-side with a Hooligan.

Hiccup: What about side-by-side with a friend?

Thuggory: Aye. I can do that.

#httyd #httyd books #incorrect thuggory quotes #incorrect quotes #book 1 #how to train your dragon #lotr quotes #lord of the rings #lotr references #lotr #httyd books fandom #httyd book characters #httyd books references #httyd books funny #httyd books humor #thuggory the meathead #thuggory #hiccup the third #hiccup haddock #httyd hiccup #hiccup horrendous haddock iii #hiccup horrendous haddock the third #pretty much sums up their entire relationship #lol

[simplytolkien]

Goldberry by Greg and Tim Hildebrandt

#lotr #book 1 #the adventures of tom bombadil #goldberry #art

[astriiformes]

I'm the one who organized our bookshelves because I'm autistic and neurotic about everything being in the right spot and Scribe mostly does not care as long as she can find things, but I did consult her when I was devising the system and my favorite moment was when I was putting together the shelf that goes:

Poetry ----> Epics/Medieval Lit ----> Tolkien -----> Languages

And at one point I told her "I put the one C.S. Lewis book next to the Tolkien section since it fit the theme so they can be friends" and she was immediately like "What?? Do we own by C.S. Lewis??" because our household consists of:

Me, has weird Narnia trauma, Jewish now

Her, grew up extremely non-religious and hisses like a cat at Christianity

(The answer was an anthology of his academic writing on medieval and Renaissance literature, which makes perfect sense for us, but it was her initial deep and utter confusion when I mentioned it than made me laugh)

#one (1) book by mr clive staples can stay. but it's on thin ice #also yeah there is a whole tolkien section. it is not with the other fiction because a lot of it is non-fiction and/or language-related #and obviously our copies of the hobbit/lotr/the silmarillion belonged with tolkien's essays and the academic grammar of sindarin #which is ALSO why the tolkien section serves as the bridge between the old and middle english epic poetry and the languages section #it's a SYSTEM i did a very good job coming up with the system #i am normal and care a normal amount about normal things #elf nesting

[cornerful]

Often they floundered, stepping or falling hands-first into waters as noisome as a cesspool, till they were slimed and fouled almost up to their necks and stank in one another's nostrils.

Makes you long for the neekerbreekers, doesn't it? 🥲

#book 1 save me #save me book 1 #lotrn301 #lotr newsletter

[smalltownfae]

Ok, somehow I always saw the mlm ships floating around for LotR as just friendships, but now that I finished my reread of the Fellowship of the Ring I can say that Sam 100% has a crush on Frodo. So far, no idea if it's reciprocated even though Frodo cares for him, but there are no doubts about Sam's feelings for Frodo.

Blushing while taking his hand, "without even HIS Sam", he would die if he didn't go with Frodo because he wouldn't be able to bear it, "And I'm coming with you" and he was the only one that knew exactly what Frodo was feeling and what he was going to do and that is how he was able to find him even though Frodo was invisible... hello?

Legolas and Gimli didn't do much, but Gimli is very much into Galadriel for sure.

Also, consider this: Gandalf and Saruman. A friend told me the ship exists but I have never seen it, but let me tell you that the potential is there in Saruman's "everyone is dumb but us" speech.

#andy rereads lotr #tomorrow I start the two towers #I thought I would be able to stop the reread after book 1 but I was fooling myself #new books? never heard of them #lotr #tfotr

[mihrsuri]

I will say re Tolkien and food? He is actually very realistic about it (obviously special Elvish Way Bread and the world is distinct from ours in several ways but it’s very grounded). Also I adore what Tamora Pierce does in Tortall/Emelan with things like ‘fantasy version of instant noodles and dehydrated meals’ - also taking into account they have magic.

#things I am pondering apparently #lil and her ridiculous aus #listen I love reading about caravanassi i love these details #lil the tolkien dork #book: tamora pierce #LOTR has one (1) stew and it was an all day thing

[glitteringaglarond]

'Well, here is the strangest riddle that we have yet found!' exclaimed Legolas. 'A bound prisoner escapes both from the Orcs and from the surrounding horsemen. He then stops, while still in the open, and cuts his bonds with an orc-knife. But how and why? For if his legs were tied, how did he walk? And if his arms were tied, how did he use the knife? And if neither were tied, why did he cut the cords at all? Being pleased with his skill, he then sat down and quietly ate some waybread! That at least is enough to show that he was a hobbit, without the mallorn-leaf. After that, I suppose, he turned his arms into wings and flew away singing into the trees. It should be easy to find him: we only need wings ourselves!'

I love Legolas so much 😂

#lotr newsletter #legolas #also fun fact I misread this the very first time I read the book and thought that it was saying #that legolas; after questioning why the Hobbits cut the rope; was very pleased with his own line of questions #and sat down to eat some bread himself #the rest of the paragraph didn’t make sense after that assumption so I reread it and saw my error #but the mental image of Legolas asking a bunch of questions & then getting a snack because his job is now finished continues to delight me #my op #newsletter march 1

[marnz]

The point of an adaption is to capture the message and spirit of the original work. An adaption is not an AU. An adaption is not fanfic. An adaption is a translation, and while it cannot be a 1 to 1 translation, the spirit must remain. Otherwise you are doing your own thing. And if you want to do your own thing, please just own that! Watchmen (2019) did not claim to be an adaption to the comic or the disasterfail 2009 movie, it was positioned as a remix, and it was wildly successful and thoughtful about the original material while also having its own storyline. If you want to remix the material then by all means do so! Just be honest about what you’re doing.

#currently #watchmen #i have feelings about this #are the LOTR movies a perfect 1 to 1 adaption? no! do they capture the spirit and intent of the books? yes! #trying to think of other really good adaptions. #anyway. i just work here etc i am not a professor i did not go to grad school

[ayrennaranaaldmeri]

GO BACK TO THE SHADOW AND TAKE THIS GARBAGE SHOW WITH YOU.

#anti trop #anti-rings-of-power #keep the elijah wood slander out of your rancid fucking mouth. #also lmfao the fucking elrond actor #who is elrond where is he from #it's not like they went to his house in both the hobbit and lotr or anything #you've been alive for 2 decades you could've picked up a book if you were that curious #tired of the dickriders for this show and their constant need to dunk on better things #the BEST case scenario for this fucking garbage is that after its over it will still die forgotten in the fucking sludge #PJ's LOTR movies and Elijah Wood's name will outlive this garbage. #you see how quickly people forgot got?? you see how it just vanished? and that show tried. #didn't have your 1 billion dollar budget but no one was wearing a long sleeved t-shirt with a chainmail print. #(also if you're going to whine about white knighting while you too are white knighting save us both the trouble just block me) #this is in the anti tag use /tagged instead of the search function. #go yell at the staff it isn't my fault search is always broken

[volerigold]

Probably one of the first screenshots I took that inspired this account, got to love the Lord of the Rings reference from Rio’s Book 1 story.

#otome #Lord of the Rings #LotR #lotr reference #lord of the rings reference #voltage otome #voltage games #court of darkness #court of darkness rio #rio voleri #rio voleri book 1 #court of darkness screenshot