Just An Ambling Muse

To me it was on a par with Fili’s “if there’s a key, there must be a door!” revelation in the first Hobbit film.

Like, you don’t say?!

Slow Claps(TM) for the blond fellas of Middle Earth, who are always just a couple of steps behind the rest but always bring the right attitude.

The sunshine characters that bring a little bit of unexpected levity to a horribly insurmountable situation that would send most others spiralling into the darkest pits of despair… you stunning hunks of rocks!

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion💎

merperson: what’s a gender

marine scientist: like, are you a man or a woman?

merperson: i’m merfolk

marine scientist: no, like, what’s in your pants?

Merfolk: oh man, there are a lot of women here. Haha don’t worry guys, I got this :) *changes into a man to keep a balance because that’s culturally polite for merfolk*

hearing about this, i was immediately paranoid about reblogging literally anything from anyone i don’t talk to on a regular basis.

i think we should bring this back (with some amendments ofc) if we ever needed an "internet etiquette" for the younger generations, now is the moment to remind them. purity culture kills fandom

as well as the three laws of fandom:

Elrond: Alright, everyone listen up. We elves have 4 methods of dealing with Accursed Fucking Objects™, as demonstrated by my four parents. 

Number 1, the Elwing Method or Mom Method. This is to hide the accursed fucking thing away and keep it safe and close. This is highly not reccommended if the object can take over its user like the ring can, and Sauron will be searching for it, so this method is out of the question. 

Number 2, the Earendil Method or the Dad #1 Method. This is, send the accursed fucking thing across the sea or to some higher power. According to Mithrandir, the Valar will not take it and Tom Bombadil wants nothing to do with it, so this is also out of the question. 

Number 3 is the Maglor Method, or Dad #2 Method. This is to yeet the accursed fucking thing into the ocean. In this case, it is not a good idea as Ulmo will be very upset and we will still have to contend with Sauron. 

Woke: Starting with Biblo's Big Book of Baldfaced Lies. And if he wasn't physically in the room and paying attention when something important happened, you won't hear a gaddam thing about it.

I’m in the uncomfortable position of loving The Silmarillion and the Angbang ship but also liking Rings of Power. Seeing both sides scrapping and hating on each other… let me tell you… being in the middle hecking sucks.

Me trying to enjoy both fandoms:

The constant drama, anonymous hate, ship wars, witch hunts, hostility in comments, and general atmosphere of making fandom felt/ still feels like a minefield instead of a hobby and it just is too much.

I'm genuinely sorry to everyone who's still dealing with it, to this day.

You shouldn't have to defend your right to enjoy fictional characters. You shouldn't have to worry about getting dogpiled for a ship, a headcanon, an interpretation, or simply existing in a fandom space.

It's genuinely depressing seeing people treat harassment, hate, and constant fandom warfare as something normal. We shouldn't have reached a point where people expect this kind of behaviour every time they engage with a fandom.

Fandom is supposed to be FUN.

Dangers of working on a set.

he would spend multiple days walking overland to locations in full pack, sword, & armour when everyone else was travelling in trucks

refused to use any prop swords that weren’t actual steel

basically lived in the forest in-costume, sleeping rough under the sky, even fishing & foraging for his food when possible

often spent hours in the barn just bonding with the horses. He adopted the horse he rode, Uranus, after filming ended

repaired all his own gear by hand, which was often since he never took it off

had a tooth knocked out during filming but had the crew simply glue it back in place so they could keep filming

the instructor who taught everyone swordplay said Viggo was the best swordsman he had ever trained

carried his sword literally everywhere & practiced non-stop, resulting in the cops being called when locals reported “a wild man swinging a sword around his head" outside a gym in Wellington

an orc actor fucked up & accidentally threw a dagger directly into Viggo’s face, but Viggo just deflected it with his sword. They kept that shot

infamously broke 3 toes kicking that helmet but stayed in-character & sold his very real scream as part of the scene. They also kept that shot

Viggo insists on doing his own stunts; in The Two Towers where Aragorn is unconscious & floating down the river, the strong current pulled him underwater for so long that a rescue team had to go in to save him. Viggo survived by grabbing a boulder on the riverbed and pulling himself to the surface