FerithTolkien-esque

headcanon that in the early days of their captivity Elrond and Elros tried to kill maedhros and maglor multiple times (even if half-heartedly. They are still good kids) and like, expected to be either punished, killed or thrown out and instead they got constructive criticism back

maedhros, half awake at 4am: elrond, whichever imbecile taught you knife skills should be beaten to death because why the fuck are you and your safety scissors trying to stab the left side of a guy who has no right arm? why are you crawling through the sewer when the door is right there? looney tunes ass mf. please go stand in the naughty corner until breakfast and write out ‘i will not be completely incompetent next time i try to kill people’ 100 times, thank you.

See, I feel like this depends entirely on whether or not he was the one who invented AI in the first place.

A wizard neither underestimates nor overestimates the number of hobbits needed for an equation. He, er, always has precisely as many as he needs to.

I would like to remind people that masculinity and gentleness are not opposites. They are not mutually exclusive. You can be very masculine and gentle at the same time. No one is more or less masculine for exhibiting kind, gentle behavior.

You know what would make a GREAT plot twist? Fidelity.

And yes I mean in the context of romantic relationships, but not only in the context of romantic relationships. Or did AND ROHAN WILL ANSWER mean nothing to you?

one of my favorite bits in lord of the rings is something the movies didn't really try to do because it's entirely internal, but sam's carrying the ring and it starts trying to do its work on him, so he's having these intrusive visions of himself marching at the head of a vast and terrible army, and he just starts laughing because, me? samwise gamgee? sam gamgee the general sam gamgee the dark lord are you for real? man i just want to go home and do some gardening. and the ring gets frustrated and it starts trying to figure out other stuff that would actually tempt sam and it's finally like, okay, but hear me out: imagine if you could have...A REALLY REALLY BIG GARDEN

and then he's like, i don't know that sounds like a lot more work than a regular garden actually. why don't we just get on with finding mister frodo

I love how Gondor is compared to Ancient Egypt by Tolkien, it makes me wonder about its animals. I love the idea of the Anduin having crocodiles and hippos, all the more so if the Gondorians value them, not as gods but maybe as animals sacred to Araw.

The real reason Tarannon Falastur had a palace built in the Anduin: he wanted to be closer to his pet crocodiles and hippos.

Oh wow, this is incredible and very unexpected, I adore it. The Maiar! The tengwar! Nahar the biblically accurate hippo! Oromë/Araw and his horn!

things will work out + it’s still early + not everything is lost + trees

LOTR abridged