#tolkien asks

A Tolkien Ask for You:

In your headcanons/AU/fics: who are Glorfindel's parents?

Happy Tolkien Reading Day! 📚

Ooh, this is a fun question! I like the idea that Glorfindel has both Vanya and Noldo parentage. I imagine that his dad is one of the Vanyar and is pretty chill. His mother is one of the Noldor and is, perhaps predictably, more hot-headed. She is not a follower of Fëanor, however. Glorfindel's parents are both very kind and tender with their son, and they raise him on the slopes of Taniquetil. Neither of his parents leave Valinor until the War of Wrath, at which point I imagine they both choose to fight.

If you could be the Middle Earth race you would like to be, which would it be?

If you were the Middle Earth race that your personality most matches, which would it be?

When did you first come into contact with Tolkien's work? Who or what introduced you?

What passage in Tolkien's books or in any of the films/shows/media speaks to you the most?

Ruthlessly rank the main projects of the Tolkien universe (the Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Rings of Power, the Silmarillion). You can break Lord of the Rings into three books for additional chaos, if you like.

Favorite character in all of Tolkien's work?

If you could download a Tolkien language into your brain and speak it fluently, which one would you pick and why?

Favorite of the Westron versions of the hobbit characters names (Bilbo Baggins = Bilba Labingi, Frodo Baggins = Maura Labingi, Samwise "Sam" Gamgee = Banazîr "Ban" Galbasi, Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck = Kalimac "Kali" Brandagamba, Peregrin "Pippin" Took = Razanur "Razar" Tûk)?

The place (and time) you would most like to visit in Arda? Why?

Favorite performance by any actor in the Tolkien film projects? Bonus: What's your favorite scene with them?

You can have four Tolkien characters over for dinner. Who do you choose and why?

Tolkien's work contains a lot of interesting themes: devastation of war, things lost that cannot be restored, rebirth/renewal, holding true to one's companions even when it is darkest, and others. Which is the most important to you?

What do you think it is about hobbits that makes them much better at resisting the evil of the One Ring than others?

You are dropped into the middle of the map in the Third Age (that's roughly between Mirkwood and Lothlorien) during the events of Lord of the Rings. Where you are headed first?

One of the most interesting things about the different cultures of Middle Earth are the crafts they value. Which craftspeople would you want to learn from the most?

In a similar vein, the peoples of Middle Earth fight in different styles. You have the opportunity to train in one of the armies - which one would you pick and why?

Tolkien's work is full of songs and poetry. Which is the dearest to you?

The magic of Middle Earth is barely ever explained. If you could gain just one of the barely-explained talents or magic abilities of a person in Arda, what ability would you choose? Would you hide it or use it openly IRL?

What piece of Tolkien media do you revisit the most? What about it captivates you?

11. You can have four Tolkien characters over for dinner. Who do you choose and why?

Absolutely, unequivocally, in this order:

ADAR

Thorin Oakenshield

Finrod Felagund

Nienna

The first three would be the meal. 😈😈😈 

[And then I'd just wanna chat with Nienna, one griefy bitch to another, afterwards :D ]

15. One of the most interesting things about the different cultures of Middle Earth are the crafts they value. Which craftspeople would you want to learn from the most?

Oh, for SURE the dwarves.

8. Favorite scene?

This.

And this one.

An also this.

Should I continue...?

14. Who would you join, The Fellowship or The Company?

The Company. Because Dwarves. Need to explain more? ;)

16. If you could be any race in Middle-Earth, which would you be?

How are you doing?

For the Tolkien Asks... 6 and 16! 🥰

Have a wonderful day! 😘

Hello lovey! I'm doing okay, this week has been a real mental drainer on me, but overall not bad! How are you?

Thank you for the asks!

6: Favorite LOTR or TH quote?

Currently it's this masterpiece:

"You've left the burglar behind again!" Said Nori to Dori looking down. "I can't be always carrying burglars on my back," said Dori "Down tunnels and up trees! What do you think I am? A porter?" (Pg. 90 of The Hobbit)

16: If you could be any race in Middle-Earth what would it be?

A Hobbit!

Thank you so much for the ask!! :)

13. What scene made you cry the most?

This is going to sound stupid but in the battle of the pelennor fields, where all the orcs are shooting at the rohirrim and some of the horses fall over? Yeah. I don’t know what made my brain go “random horses > every other named dead character” but there we are I guess

16. If you could be any middle-earth race, what would you be?

My first thought is men, probably because I’m already one I guess. I can see the appeal of being a hobbit too, but if I had to be any non-human race I’d go with elf. Specifically Sindar or Silvan, probably?

Zdarec! 😊❤️ And sorry for the late reply.

Lemme imagine that I'm Fíli (we're still kids, aren't we…? 😅).

Well, if we're, and are at home and Mum's too, I'd call for her, 'cause mums know best. If not, and Kíli's still in midst of his nightmare, I'd try to gently wake him up and calm him down... and now, how...

stay with him until he stops crying (he would be crying, I'm sure)

stay with him for the rest of the night, if he wishes

tell him a story, doesn't matter which, just to divert his mind from all those bad thoughts

get him something from the kitchen either to calm him down from all that crying or make him sleep (irl my mum used to warm us (me and my sis) milk, so maybe I could wake up anybody to do this for Kíli)

climb to our parents' bed or Thorin's together (depends where we're staying)

go outside for a while, if he wishes

next day, I'd try to tire him, wear him down, as much as possible - playing games, whatever, so when we get to beds, he just lies down and falls asleep right away