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hacked-wtsdz · 4 months
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Every time I read or watch Lord of the Rings I can’t help but think about how Tolkien had survived one of the bloodiest, most cruel, most dirtiest and darkest wars in human history, came back and wrote this:
“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”
And this:
"'I wish it need not have happened in my time,' said Frodo.
'So do I,' said Gandalf, 'and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.'"
And this:
"I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend."
And this:
“Many that live deserve death and some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be so eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the wise cannot see all ends."
And this:
“True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one.”
And clearly they were all written partly because he survived the war, because of what he’d seen and done and learned. But at the same time the unwillingness to lose faith, the courage and strength that this man had to believe in these things after going through hell! It makes the nihilists look so cheap, so uninteresting! People who’ve went through concentration camps and wars believe in humanity anyway, isn’t that proof that hope and love exist? And many, many, many of them did not return or returned broken and cruel and traumatised to the point when no faith in others was possible for them, and nobody can blame them. But there were many who refused to lose faith and hope. They have seen some of the worst that life has to offer and came back believing that we shouldn’t be eager to deal out death in judgement and should love only that which the sword defends.
No matter how many people say that humanity is horrible and undeserving of love, and life is dark and worthless, and love doesn’t exist I remember this and have hope anyway. Because there were people who have actually had all reason to believe in the worst and still believed in the good, so the good must be real. The good is real, even despite the evil, and we must trust in it.
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shittierpost · 1 year
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Frodo literally said: Gandalf, bestie, what the fuck am I gonna do?
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shut-the-doors · 1 month
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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.
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tezzzzza · 2 years
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“Don’t leave me here alone! It’s your Sam calling. Don’t go where I can’t follow! Wake up, Mr. Frodo! O wake up, Frodo, me dear, me dear. Wake up!”
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bluehourskyeli · 6 months
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Bilbo leaving The Shire:
He paused, silent for a moment. Then without another word he turned away from the lights and voices in the field and tents, and followed by his three companions went round into his garden, and trotted down the long sloping path. He jumped over a low place in the hedge at the bottom, and took to the meadows, passing into the night like a rustle of wind in the grass.
Frodo leaving The Shire, following Bilbo's steps:
'Good-bye!' said Frodo, looking at the dark blank windows. He waved his hand, and then turned and (following Bilbo, if he had known it) hurried after Peregrin down the garden-path. They jumped over the low place in the hedge at the bottom and took to the fields, passing into the darkness like a rustle in the grasses.
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apolonya · 7 months
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My dear LOTR and Hobbit fandom. My heart is still with you no matter how many years pass by❤️❤️❤️ September 2nd will be the 50th anniversary of Tolkien's death so I decided to do a mural in his memory in this year's Bulgarian mural festival in Staro Zhelezare🌺🦎
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— Frodo, The Shadow of the Past
Paintings by Alan Lee, Ted Nasmith, Weta Workshop, and Aza Mazieva
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gandalf-the-fool · 3 months
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stivaktis · 7 months
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an old fave
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booksdogsmagicandmore · 7 months
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There’s this exchange in Return of the King between Aragorn and Eowyn and it kills me that they cut it short for the movie:
'A time may come soon,' said he, 'when none will return. Then there will be need of valour without renown, for none shall remember the deeds that are done in the last defence of your homes. Yet the deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.'
And she answered: 'All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But when the men have died in battle and honour, you have leave to be burned in the house, for the men will need it no more.
Because on the one hand, Aragorn is right. Eowyn may yet be needed to defend her people in Rohan should the battle in Minas Tirith go south. And Eowyn does place too much value on the glory of battle.
But on the other hand, Eowyn is right. Aragorn asks none of his warriors to stay behind. Their best chance at winning is to save Minas Tirith, and in that battle every man counts. If they fail at Minas Tirith then the world of men will fall, and any battle left would be in vain.
Eowyn is being asked to stay at home because she is a woman, and thus society has deemed that her place is in the home. Notice that her brother rides openly to the battle of Minas Tirith. But she cannot, because even in Rohan, where the women learn to fight, they are only permitted to defend themselves in their homes, never to defend their people on the battlefield.
And ultimately, Eowyn proves herself right. Not only do women deserve to be on the battlefield, but they are necessary. The witch king would not have been defeated if Eowyn had done what Aragorn told her to do and stayed with her people.
And it kills me that Eowyn’s speech, her dressing down of the sexism of even Aragorn’s words, was cut out of the movie, so that our hero king can be perfectly moral and sympathetic.
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Meathead Huscarl: Berk calls for aid.
Courtroom: *Falls silent*
Thuggory: And the Meatheads will answer! Muster the ships!!
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blazemourn · 1 month
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My headcanon on what men of Arda can do with their gift that's given by Eru :
Shift realities :
Men's fëar are completely unbound to the world of Arda so I have this idea where when they die and exit the cycles of that world then they can try and live in new realities and timelines because of the fact that their fëa isn't imprisoned just like how the elves and their fëa are. I believe that they can enter a plane of never ending existence where there are billions and billions of alternative timelines and multiverses that they can enter into and even live there for as much as they want, some even being alternative versions of Arda itself.
Astral projection :
Again, this is because of their free fëa. I personally like to think that they are capable of transferring their fëa into another plane or space even if they're still alive but maybe in a little more strict way than compared to the men who have already died and exited Arda. Elves are extremely spiritual but I think their spirituality just means them thinking they are meaningful and being blissful and loving Arda. Not being able to actually enter another realm with their spirit. I also headcanon that when men are astral projecting their fëa freely starts to float and goes higher and higher but when elves try to do that their fëar get hit by an invisible wall and fall back to their hröar.
Control over their dreams :
Just like how everything goes back to men's different and interesting type of fëa I have this headcanon that because their fëa is completely free then they can control their dreams or travel to different places in their dreams if they are trained enough and know what to do. They can't be controlled by the Valar or anyone so I highly doubt that Irmo Lórien would be able to stop them from doing such a thing. I also believe that if they're trained, men can even enter each other's dreams and talk to each other or deliver messages when they feel the need to.
High emotional pain tolerance :
We all know that elves never forget anything and when it comes to emotional pain they overthink a lot because of it and suffer a lot, maybe even for thousands of years. Men on the other hand are extremely chill and easy going when it comes to emotional pain and it doesn't affect them as much and they may feel sad for maybe a decade if very deep, at least in Arda. I like to think that just like how elves are physically stronger, men are emotionally stronger and grief and sorrow doesn't kill them like it how it does the elves.
High level of inner peace :
Men are very chill and forgetful when it comes to emotional pain as I said. Because of this, I believe that they also have a great inner peace inside of them unlike elves who are still mourning for the sorrows of their last ages. This however doesn't mean that men are peaceful as we know that they're very ambitious and may even try to attack each other's territories. But inner peace and peace aren't the same and when talking about inner peace I mean the fact that men are usually unaffected by grief and regret and they forget it after a few years and their hearts aren't heavy like the hearts of the elves.
Hope you enjoyed!
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boromithril · 2 years
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"'I'd given up hope, almost. I couldn't find you.'
'Well, you have now, Sam, dear Sam,' said Frodo, and he lay back in Sam's gentle arms, closing his eyes, like a child at rest when night-fears are driven away by some loved voice or hand.
Sam felt that he could sit like that in endless happiness."
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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qmithril · 3 months
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When Tolkien wrote “But if all the fair folk take to the Havens, it will be a duller world for those who are doomed to stay.” and Madeline Miller wrote “And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.” and when Mitski said “And when you go, take this heart / I'll make no more use of it when there's no more you”
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nayafenix15 · 2 months
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Sauron:-Everyone ships me with a married elf, even better than in 2015 they shipped me with her elf husband, both are delicious, I'm bisexual now.
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caramelcuppaccino · 1 year
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my favorite quote ever from lotr books.
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