drmanhattan: katsdisturbed: kamikazekatze: garrulus: jons-snow: no man will ever be as attractive as aragorn during his first appearance on lord of the rings: the fellowship of the ring (2001) i nominate aragorn opening those giant doors in lord of the rings: the two towers (2002) Can I also nominate Aragorn raising his sword and running […]

rosedewson: There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced […]

“ But as they came to the east end of the village they met a barrier with a large board saying NO ROAD; and behind it stood a large band of Shirriffs with staves in their hands and feathers in their caps, looking both important and rather scared. ‘What’s all this?’ said Frodo, feeling inclined […]

heartofoshun: Captain and Shieldmaiden by Achen089      ‘Then, Éowyn of Rohan, I say to you that you are beautiful. In the valleys of our hills there are flowers fair and bright, and maidens fairer still; but neither flower nor lady have I seen till now in Gondor so lovely, and so sorrowful. It may be […]

“ 6) Tolkien’s hero was average, and needed help, and failed. This is the place where most fantasy authors, who love to simultaneously call themselves Tolkien’s heirs and blame him for a lot of what’s wrong with modern fantasy, err the worst. It’s hard to look at Frodo and see him as someone extra-special. The […]

bouncingbumble: So we’ve got a small but powerful token, originally belonging to a powerful being, but taken by a flawed hero who didn’t know what he was getting in for, and who is defeated, losing the item into the water. This token comes into the keeping of an eccentric mortal for many years, giving them […]

“No one answered. The noon-bell rang. Still no one spoke. Frodo glanced at all the faces, but they were not turned to him. All the Council sat with downcast eyes, as if in deep thought. A great dread fell on him, as if he was awaiting the pronouncement of some doom that he had long […]

“ 6) Tolkien’s hero was average, and needed help, and failed. This is the place where most fantasy authors, who love to simultaneously call themselves Tolkien’s heirs and blame him for a lot of what’s wrong with modern fantasy, err the worst. It’s hard to look at Frodo and see him as someone extra-special. The […]

I was tagged by two of my favorite people on Tumblr: @of-a-toast-and-tea and @muchtoofullofsand, so I couldn’t very well refuse. List 10 favorite characters (one per series/fandom, and in no particular order) then tag (10) people: Mowgli (The Jungle Book – Kipling version) Kathleen Kelly (You’ve Got Mail) Jasper Palmer (Children of Men – Cuarón […]

notbecauseofvictories: THE HOBBITS Ruth Negga as Freyda Baggins Amara Karan as Peregrina “Pippa” Took Pooja Shah as Meriada “Merry” Brandybuck Bunmi Mojekwu as Samwise “Sam” Gamgee (part of the series YOU LOOK UPON A WOMAN, a project which reimagines Lord of the Rings with a cast of women of color) Reposted from http://ift.tt/1QLLOGN.

illinoisrbml: On this day in 1937, JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit was published for the first time. Tolkien had been grading papers in the late 1920s or early 1930s (accounts vary), when out of nowhere he scribbled the novel’s opening words “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit” on a piece of paper. […]

nealdanderson: Mad Max Fury Road.  Seriously the best film I’ve seen in theaters in over a decade. I haven’t felt so immersed and attached to characters since The Lord of the Rings trilogy concluded back in 2003. Absolutely beautiful looking film, spectacular visuals, great characters, and especially wonderful female characters in a genre lacking in […]

penguinteen: Today we welcome Bethany Hagen to the Penguin Teen Author Spotlight, and we couldn’t be more excited! Romance, mystery, and danger are all wrapped up into one adventure in Landry Park, where the elegant world of the gentry and the terrible consequences of nuclear technology collide. Before you dive in (like we know you want to!), […]

backofthebookshelf: SO I was reading the Smaug chapters of The Hobbit at work today (aw yiss I have the best job) (book discussion on January 26th, everyone in Chicagoland is invited) and I had a Thought. And then I checked the Internet, and the Internet agrees with me. There is a small, frightening, non-zero chance […]

http://windandwater.tumblr.com/post/68999710481: windandwater: I’ve read Lord of the Rings once a year for 13 years in a row (this is year 13). When I started reading it this time around I was on the train coming home, tired, super stressed about work, and too focused on racing home to care about anything. By the time I […]

arkhane: The Ring, You cannot pass, Welcome from Lothlorien, The horn of King Helm sounded, I am no man and The Return of the King The Lord of the Rings illustrations by Jian Guo Reposted from http://lies.tumblr.com/post/66375954076.

““Star Trek is about ethics, morality, optimism, cultural understanding and acceptance. It’s an earnest wish for a better future.”” – Lettered, in a very spoilery essay about why Star Trek: Into Darkness left her feeling cold and hollow and not a little bit angry. (This is my friend Joy, who is also my favorite writer.) (Above text […]

So, yeah; I’m a geek. And when I saw what they were doing at dvdtracks.com I couldn’t rest until I’d tried it myself. So now I have. I’m not sure that anyone else in the world is actually going to be interested in listening to this, but on the off chance someone will be, here […]

I found this by way of my daughter, which is kind of a weird “they get old so fast” experience. But whatever; it’s still really funny. If thou hast the Lord of the Rings fanboy/fangirl bug, go thou and readst these with great alacrity: The secret diaries of Cassandra Claire.

We’re getting closer! Woo! Ahem. Obsessive fanboy restraints applied. I wanted to share the following image, which apparently is a scan of the packaging for an action figure due to come out with The Return of the King, and which has been posted by the excellent obsessives at theonering.net: Dernhelm. Warning: I (obviously) don’t know […]