#théodred

[autistook]

February 25th - Théodred, prince of Rohan is slain.

#on this day #lotr #lord of the rings #the lord of the rings #lotr edit #lotredit #eomer #éomer #theodred #théodred #tolkien #middle earth

[myceliumelium]

ultimate horse girl (gender neutral)

they give me shrimp emotions

#théodred #And of course the absolute best boy Brego #rohan #lord of the rings #art #lotr #Brego

[from-the-coffee-shop-in-edoras]

To me, the most tragic element of Théodred’s sad story is how close he came to survival. When he was struck down by Saruman’s forces at the Isen, he had only the companies of Elfhelm and Grimbold to help him. But much greater aid was already on its way — Gandalf and the 3 hunters would soon arrive in Edoras. The healing of Théoden would release Éomer and the rest of the forces of Rohan to fully join the fray. Merry and Pip would help stir the ents into action. All of that miraculous help (unsummoned and unlooked for, as Tolkien was fond of saying) would come to fruition in less than a week if Théodred could have only held on that much longer.

He was born into tragedy, and he lived four full decades facing challenges and problems not of his own making. And then, when the solution to everything was finally just around the corner, he was denied the chance to see it. A lifetime of struggle, and he missed victory by a matter of mere DAYS. Just epically unfair.

#lotr #lord of the rings #théodred #theodred #rohan #the tragedy of what could have been #and what ALMOST was #👑🐎🗡️♥️

[brigdrawsstuff]

The Captain of the White Tower and the Prince of the Éorlingas ⚔️🐎

#Lotr #Lord of the rings #Fanart #Boromir #Théodred #I am so normal about them #Separated in life and reunited in death #Borodred

[brigwife]

I get that Aragorn is the first, obvious choice for gay Boromir truthers to pair him with. They have a deeply interesting dynamic on screen and in the book, and it's Aragorn ffs he's like the sexiest mf alive. And I'm not here to tell people what they can and can't ship because I'm not 14

But I do still wish more fans would broaden their horizons more and at least consider Boromir and Théodred, especially because it makes so much sense when you consider the characters and their situations. And it being canon doesn't even change the trajectory of the story, it only enhances the inherent tragedy of it

#I feel like a Jehovah's witness #Banging on doors and trying to get people to join my religion #I'm gonna have to make a powerpoint it's the only way #Lotr #Boromir #Théodred #Aragorn

[borom1r]

⚔️ 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒎𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔 ⚔️

Behold, an Ongoing Project! 📯

I've been wanting to compile this for a while, instead of frantically scrambling for references every time I sit down to write — I thought it would be fun to share! I'm mostly tackling this from the perspective of a fanfic author, and also as someone who's very into viking era-through-renaissance men's fashion and armor.

I think it's really fun to look at the decisions that were made strategically (to maintain actor mobility, for example), because they looked cool (Faramir's pointless hinged piece on his helmet), or because they were actually period-accurate (gambesons under chainmail, or worn as armor by themselves!). I'm also taking it as a chance to point out what these garments say about their owners!

I say this in the document itself, but there's no need to credit me if you reference/use the doc for your own writing ^_^ this is some of my favorite stuff to discuss, so just getting to share it is cool enough to me.

I'm purely focusing on human characters to start, because of the more solid real-world parallels, but I'm happy to add on to this if there are other characters you'd like to see!!

(@potatoflower7 + @rivers-for-me, tagging you both bc you interacted w/ the posts I made when I was just starting this!)

#lord of the rings #lotr #boromir #faramir #my writing #éomer éadig #éomer #eomer #théodred #theodred #éowyn #eowyn of rohan #eowyn #(they've been added but not finished— i wanted to talk about hair in rohirric culture) #waugh i havent even started on aragorn and there r 48 pages...... #some day i might turn it into a neocities site but thats just too big a project rn. i need this 2 stay Silly while i work on the text game #(other character tags to be added as their sections are completed) #Éowyn's wedding garb has been touched on briefly alongside Faramir! think I'll cover her coronation gown next just to get it out of the way

[thetempleofthemasaigoddess]

THE LORD OF THE RINGS HEADCANON 

While it is known that the Mearas only allow the Kings of Rohan to ride them, a less-known fact is that their heirs share the privilege, being the future sovereign. 

At eighteen, Théodred attempted to climb on the back of Shadowfax, confident in his ability to ride him in his position as crown prince, but the horse, usually gentle with the young prince who had fed him apples from his hands ever since he was a child, bolted violently and threw him to the ground, grunting in a threatening tone. Théodred was not hurt, but the event affected him greatly, a vague, menancing feeling he was never able to shake off.

Éomer never dared telling him that he also, while completely drunk and on a dare, had attempted riding the Lord of all Horses, and Shadowfax had docilely let him.

#The Lord of the Rings #The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers #Théodred #Théodred son of Théoden #Théodred of Rohan #Éomer #Éomer Eadig #Éomer son of Éomund #Éomer of Rohan #Bellona's stuff #Bellona's headcanons #Bellona's The Lord of the Rings headcanons

[2x4swrites]

Just tidied up 4K words of Boromir/Théodred fluff and smut.. been meaning to expand on that hair-bleaching scene from the Aran and Asmund retelling I posted + finally got around to it

It’s also very transgender, since that’s my not-so-secret agenda for all my fics (mwah ha ha)

(link in notes 💛💚)

#lotr #boromir #théodred #boromir/théodred

[northeasternwind]

Théodred leaping into the water to save Boromir only to realize that wait. Boromir once swam half the width of the Anduin in full fucking armor at the age of forty while I live in a fully landlocked country.

Boromir, dragging Théodred onto the shore: who's morosexual now dipshit

#théodred #theodred #boromir #borodred #lotr

[kylobith]

#Théodred #Lotr poll

[hammerhand-workshop]

Finished greaves and vambraces for my Théodred armor.

#lotr #lotrcosplay #cosplay armor #armor #théodred #cosplay #cosplay wip

[dreamicus]

I would like to once again mention that Tolkien knew exactly what he did when he wrote the lament for the rohirrim and opened with "Where now the horse and the rider / Where is the horn that was blowing" because Théodred and Boromir both died in the span of like, what, two days

#lord of the rings #lotr #théodred #boromir #tolkien #ramblings

[from-the-coffee-shop-in-edoras]

I’m (maybe?) almost done with a Théodred story I’ve been working on for a long time and, in looking back over some of my notes about his canon life, I couldn’t help clocking the many similarities between his experiences and those of LOTR’s other first son of a kingdom of men, Boromir. It’s not super relevant to my story, but I ended up with this running list and I’m just sticking it here because why not. None of this is groundbreaking stuff (and there are probably more) but so far I have that Théodred and Boromir both:

1. Were heirs to the leadership of their respective realms and held their land’s senior military positions (Second Marshal for Théodred—there being no First Marshal at the time—and Captain of the White Tower for Boromir).

2. Lost their mothers early (Théodred at birth and Boromir at age 10) and grew up in households run entirely by powerful fathers who never remarried.

3. Ended up taking on dangerous challenges at least in part because those fathers were both having their reason and good judgment manipulated by opponents (Théoden through the treachery of Gríma/Saruman and Denethor by the selective truths shown to him by Sauron in the palantír).

4. Got killed in a battle where their opponents were targeting them to the exclusion of others around them (Saruman’s forces at the Isen were told to kill Théodred at all costs even while “disregarding” others, and the orcs at Parth Galen fire their arrows “always at Boromir” while leaving Merry and Pip untouched).

5. Were trying to summon aid at the time they were struck down (Théodred is shouting “To me, Eorlingas!” to summon reinforcements when he’s fatally wounded. Boromir blows his great horn to alert the rest of the fellowship before he’s brought down).

6. Took massive injuries but lived long enough afterward to pass on last words in which they invoke the names of the men who will come to replace them as leaders and express the hope that those next leaders will achieve victory (Elfhelm and Grimbold believe Théodred is dead before they discover he’s still breathing just enough to say, “Let me lie here to keep the fords til Éomer comes.” Boromir, as we all know, lays there with those arrows in his chest long enough to be found by Aragorn, at which point he says, “Farewell, Aragorn. Go to Minas Tirith and save my people.”).

7. Died within hours of each other (Théodred on the night on February 25 and Boromir around midday on the 26) at the same age of 41 because, oh yeah, they were also born within months of each other.

8. Didn’t get a burial/funeral in keeping with their status and the traditions of their people because they died in awful circumstances far from home (Théodred dies and is buried by Elfhelm and Grimbold’s companies at the fords rather than in the barrows outside of Edoras with his ancestors. Boromir is sent over the falls by the three hunters instead of laying in Rath Dínen with the other kings and stewards of Gondor).

9. Mentored and protected little brother-type figures (Faramir as Boromir’s actual little brother and Éomer as Théodred’s cousin/adopted little bro) who would go on to achieve what they were unable to do themselves while alive.

10. Died unmarried and childless despite being extremely marriageable, in the primes of their lives and presumably expected to produce another heir. (There’s an explanation given for Boromir—he’s not into women and prefers fighting and arms—though there is none for Théodred.) (Like many other people, I have my own personal HC for Théodred’s romantic life, but that’s for another day.)

I’m not sure what to make of all that, but I find it interesting. We hear so often about contrasts between Gondor and Rohan—the different histories and heritages, the personality of cold, hard Denethor against kindly, grandfatherly Théoden, the magisterial stone and marble of Minas Tirith versus the rustic wood and thatch of Edoras, Gondor’s vast libraries and the Rohirrim’s oral traditions—but they’re so deeply linked as kingdoms and as individuals. By fate and by choice, they’re inextricably tied together, and I love the amount of detail that went into creating and including the subtle parallels between the first sons of each land as just one more way to see those ties play out.

#lord of the rings #lotr #boromir #theodred #théodred #rohan #gondor #oath of eorl #first sons #shared histories

[brigdrawsstuff]

They're (still) boyfriends your honour <3

#obsessed with them #boromir #lotr #theodred #théodred #fanart #lord of the rings #theromir #borodred

[brigwife]

Prince Theodred of Rohan 2978 T.A - 25th February 3019 T.A

#my beloved #lotr #lord of the rings #theodred #théodred #gifset

[frodogirl]

whatever you do … do NOT think about the possibility of boromir and théodred being besties….. and them both dying thinking the other survived them….. both of them dying before they had even heard of the other’s death….. PLEASE do NOT think about that !!!

#i’m giving myself a tummy ache #yo i’m gonna be sick i’m making myself so sad with this #anya.txt #théodred #boromir #listen don’t get mad at me if my lore is off i’ve been procrastinating reading the two towers #so i don’t really know anything #but ….. doesn’t this idea just hurt so much