#paths of the dead

[aragornsrockcollection]

What if Gimli found the paths of the dead more terrifying than any of the others because as a dwarf underground spaces are usually comforting to him.

It is utterly horrifying to him for the same reason horror movies use lullabies to freak us out- the perversion of the familiar strikes a particularly deep note of horror.

The danger was action movie danger until the paths of the dead, when suddenly Gimli is in the literal uncanny valley- his every sense is full of how wrong this feels, except his eyes which perceive a tunnel, something that should feel like home.

Tl.dr The paths of the dead give dwarves cursed doll vibes.

#tolkien #jirt #lotr #jrr tolkien #gimli is my favorite #Gimli #gimli son of gloin #lord of the rings #the return of the king #paths of the dead #dwarves #dwarves are cool

[modernincorrectlotrhobbit]

Gimli, in the Paths of the Dead: I'm not afraid of ghosts!

Aragorn: That's the spirit!

Gimli: OH FUCK WHERE??

#source: twitter #incorrect lord of the rings quotes #incorrect lotr quotes #incorrect hobbit quotes #incorrect quotes #lord of the rings #the hobbit #gimli #aragorn #paths of the dead #gimli son of gloin

[autistook]

Paths of the Dead

#lotr #lord of the rings #the lord of the rings #legolas #legolas greenleaf #lotr legolas #aragorn #aragorn son of arathorn #lotr aragorn #paths of the dead #rotk #lotredit #lotr edit #tolkien #middle earth

[theworldsoftolkein]

The Paths of the Dead (PRINT) - by Beverly Arce

#tolkien legendarium #middle earth #the lord of the rings #tolkien #jrr tolkien #the dead men of dunharrow #the paths of the dead #paths of the dead #the men of the mountain

[tolkienillustrations]

The King of the Oathbreakers by Ted Nasmith

#LOTR #Tolkien #Paths of the Dead #Ted Nasmith

[katajainen]

And there stood Gimli the Dwarf left all alone.

His knees shook, and he was wroth with himself. 'Here is a thing unheard of!' he said. 'An Elf will go underground and a Dwarf dare not!' With that he plunged in. But it seemed to him that he dragged his feet like lead over the threshold; and at once a blindness came upon him, even upon Gimli Glóin's son who had walked unafraid in many deep places of the world.

I always feel for Gimli’s uncanny valley moment here: this here is a doorway leading into a passage beneath a mountain - it should be a familiar environment for him, even comforting.

Instead this whole place feels deeply wrong in ways he cannot even properly articulate, and he turns his anger on himself to be able to master his unease. That he finally crosses that threshold is probably the bravest thing he ever does.

#lotr #lotr newsletter #gimli son of gloin #paths of the dead

[mothdalf]

Tolkientober day 3:

It was made by those who are dead. And the dead keep it.

#inktober #tolkientober #day 3 path #inktober path #paths of the dead #third age fuckery #my art #dead men of dunharrow #lotr rotk

[katjaschmitt]

I had almost forgotten that there was this unfinished painting of the Paths of the Dead. It is *very* large (70 x 100 cm) and I have no idea whether I should finish it or not... I mean, who hangs something like that on their wall? (What did I even think when I started this??)

#paths of the dead #dwimorberg #stone of erech #grey company #the return of the king #the lord of the rings #lotr #lotr art #lord of the rings #tolkien #my art #women artists #traditional art #soft pastels #art wip #work in progress #art in progress

[tenth-sentence]

Then Legolas laid his hands on his eyes and sang some words that went soft in the gloom, until he suffered himself to be led, and Legolas passed in.

"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" - J.R.R. Tolkien

#book quote #lotr #lord of the rings #jrr tolkien #trotk #the return of the king #legolas #elves #arod #horse #paths of the dead #horse riding

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Over the land there lies a long shadow,

westward reaching wings of darkness.

The Tower trembles; to the tombs of kings

doom approaches. The Dead awaken;

for the hour is come for the oathbreakers:

at the Stone of Erech they shall stand again

and hear there a horn in the hills ringing.

Whose horn shall it be? Who shall call them

from the grey twilight, the forgotten people?

The heir of him to whom the oath they swore.

From the North shall he come, need shall drive him:

he shall pass the Door to the Paths of the Dead.

"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" - J.R.R. Tolkien

#book quotes #lotr #lord of the rings #jrr tolkien #trotk #the return of the king #malbeth the seer #prophecy #prediction #foresight #aragorn #numenoreans #paths of the dead #rohan

[lotr-calligraphy]

'Thus spoke Malbeth the Seer, in the days of Arvedui, last king at Fornost,' said Aragorn:

Poems in the Lord of the Rings [64/82]

#lotr #tolkien #calligraphy #egen #aragorn #62 #The Passing of the Grey Company #p. 781 #Over the land there lies a long shadow #Paths of the Dead #the poems #Ine's work

[celestinaquellette1972blog]

#journey #aiart #gimli #art #tolkien #john tolkien #digitalart #legolas #ai #paths of the dead #aragorn

[fromdarzaitoleeza]

Quotes by Sylvia Plath, The Journals of Sylvia Plath

#sylvia path #love #words #poem #poetry #typography #literature #book quotes #literature quotes #lit #english literature #academia #dark acadamia aesthetic #dark acadamia quotes #classic literature #writing #spilled thoughts #spilled ink #dead poets society #light academia #romanticism #romantic academia #chaotic academia #quotes #books and libraries #writeblr #book #poems on tumblr #quote #web weaving

[markscherz]

Look at this friend I made on my way home the other day! What a glorious creature! So gracile and smooth! Truly a peak being. What a privilege it is to share this time in Earth’s history with creatures like this.

#field herping #Herpetology #nature #wildlife #animals #newt #salamander #Lissotriton #Lissotriton vulgaris #newt newt motherf***ers #friend shaped #this is a bad place for this friend to be #I see freshly dead newts on this path EVERY DAY #hundreds killed per year #so every time I find one I gently move it away #my habit of saying ‘hello friend’ to every animal has been adopted by my two-year-old #and it is magical #he literally says ‘helo fren!’

[hailsatanacab]

"Well, this is a bad idea," Tim says, hands on his hips as he surveys the mess they’ve made in the cave.

"Nah," Danny replies, twirling his screwdriver in the air in what is probably meant to be an impressive trick to inspire confidence, except he fumbles it and it clangs to the floor loudly, "we good. If a younger version of myself hasn't come forward in time to stop me, how bad can it be?"

"Shouldn't it be the other way round?"

"What?"

"Normally, it's an older version of yourself going backwards in time to stop you, right?"

"Not in my experience."

Danny's grin is impossibly feral and a shiver runs up Tim's spine.

"This is definitely a bad idea."

#dpxdc #dcxdp #batpham #dead tired #dead tired ship #there is a more expanded upon version of this with actual backstory and context rotting in the recesses of my brain #but its only half on paper and the conversation made me laugh so #here: have some feral danny leading tim down a path to disaster #danny: this is going to go so well! i have such a good feeling about this!! #tim: this is going to go so poorly. i have such a bad feeling about this. #danny: 🥺🙏🙏🙏 #tim: i never said we weren’t doing it. i just reserve the right to tell you i told you so when it inevitably goes wrong #danny: leave that to younger me - he always makes very valid points in the form of fists to the face! #tim: can you stop talking please this is making me want to do it less #danny: no.

[pinkd3mon]

Galacta Knight lore

#kirby #kots #kirby of the stars #hoshi no kirby #Kirby meme #Kirby shitpost #lord hyness #Galacta Knight #aeon hero #i have faith Galacta Knight will soon become canon on mainline Kirby #it is to my believe they're already canon due to Kirby clash being canon in the magolor Epilogue #but that's not fair i want them in a mainline game #and i do believe star allies presented a path for that to be the case #i have faith in hal #Galacta is just too interesting of a character for them to just be dead #can you believe we only got lore of them after they died #friendly reminder that Galacta Knight was killed off because Kumazaki thought it would be funny that's so sick of him /pos