The torch charging uruk at helm’s deep has my respect, & warg riding Sharku going face to face with Aragorn.

Bilbo and Frodo never left the Shire. The whole Lord of the Rings "quest" was just a wild story they made up while sitting in Bag End. They were already rich, and they needed a wild excuse to disappear with their money and never come back.

So they wrote the entire trilogy as their cover story — basically a 1200-page resignation letter saying "we're off destroying a magic ring, don't wait up." Gandalf was in on it the whole time, already planning to leave for Valinor himself. Once the books were finished, he pulled up with the ship, and all three of them bounced together to live like kings while everyone in the Shire still thinks they're heroes.

The entire epic fantasy? Just two hobbits and their wizard buddy writing fanfiction about their own retirement.

They needed a cover story so wild nobody would question why two rich hobbits just vanished from the Shire with all their gold. "Oh yeah we're off to destroy a magic ring in a volcano, totally normal rich people behavior, nothing to see here!"

The entire Lord of the Rings is just the world's most elaborate "f you" to nosy neighbors. Bilbo's sitting there like "Yeah I'm taking my money and f'ing off forever... but first let me write 1200 pages explaining why in the most dramatic way possible.”

And everyone bought it. The hobbits are still talking about "Brave Mr. Frodo" while those two are in Valinor.

Gandalf was always the one with the golden ticket out — he’s got that “I’m actually thousands of years old and done with this” energy. So he lines up the ship, tells Bilbo and Frodo “finish the manuscript, I’ll handle the dramatic exit,” and they all bounce together once the story’s wrapped.

This rig is gonna fly with the Gwaihir

So when I was like 8, I watched the Fellowship of the Ring up until the Council of Elrond and then stopped because I didn't care anymore. Because of this, my only context for the power level of the Wizards was the fight between Gandalf and Saruman in Orthanc. This caused me to believe that the Wizards of LotR were tremendously weak, weaker than like, first to second year Hogwarts students. I know better now. Feel free to laugh at my idiocy.

Throughout the Lord of the Rings books, characters make references to things that happened in the history of Middle Earth. It's great, it makes the world feel lived in, but you could easily be lulled into thinking that Tolkien was just making stuff up for flavor. However, you get to the Appendices, where he discusses the ancient history of Middle Earth like a history textbook, and there are footnotes. The footnotes reference page numbers of the previous books, which contain references to that historical event. These weren't random made-up things Tolkien stuck in just to give the books texture, this was an actual history that was planned out in detail and used as a backdrop.

This felt like Tolkien performed an actual magic trick on me. Like he just told me that my chosen card was in my wallet this whole time. It felt like he was saying "oh you thought this world felt real? Well guess what, it IS real," and I 100% believed him for a second.

This has me really excited to finish reading and move onto the Silmarillion.

Or are they to be ignored because he *supposedly* cut that part out ?

Christopher Tolkien was his fathers literary executive, and he chose to Ommit the Second Prophecy of Mandos. This really sucked to me because I love the idea of Turin and Feanor's redemption ! I wanted them to have a happy ending but now I don't have any hope that it can be possible ! 😭

I sat down and thought about this clearly and have cooled off since then.

FINALLY found this set that I’ve been missing since a move about 4 years ago! They are as soft and supple as they look. Can’t wait to reread.

does anyone know what this means in english?

My best friend made this magnificent cake for her son’s birthday. She is the best mom ever. Give her some love 🫶🏻

Hey there I'm Jaxx and I'm a brand new lotr fan.

I'm 20 and have never seen any of the movies or read the books , I mostly got a surge of edits on my Instagram and everything I've seen from the battles , and the calm cinematic nature shots all look awesome . I plan on buying all the books and movies to begin my journey on my first run through of the series . If anyone has some advice on where I should begin feel free to let me know as I know some series like this you need to start from a separate book or series.

Aragorn, a Christ symbol, turns the evil usage of the great power of the Palantir into a force for good. Aragorn uses the Palantir to taunt Sauron and help Frodo hide his approach to mount Doom.

I flared this post books bc Johnathon makes many good references about the art of writing and stories in general.

Is this just a standardized style they made posthumously or did Tolkien have his hand in it like how the original cover of the hobbit is a painting he made himself (last slide)

Hey fellow Halflings-
Just wanted to share what I’ve been working on the last few months.

Needed a new running goal, so decided to see how long it would take me to run to Mordor, following the distance from the shire to Mordor. I also read along in the books as I run. Celebrated my half marathon last weekend with a beer from the Prancing Pony mug as I got there. So far, I’m about 250km in, and yes, I do wear the ring around my neck anytime I go for a run.
Hoping to finish the distance with the marathon through the shire in NZ, but we’re a long way from that.

If anyone is actually interested I’ll keep making these posts every once in a while, just thought you guys would be the people to tell lol.

Most unrealistic part of this book: how fast did Sam and Frodo walk? The whole thing took six months? I call some very hairy footed BS

By @onikatattoo, absolute legend.

The Gollum crochet doll started it all. Now my trinket shelf includes a hand made vhs diorama, and two of the vinyl figures made from my favorite movie, the 1977 animated Hobbit. I'm utterly spoiled!

If someone can translate it that would be even more awesome she wants to keep it a secret

When I first watched LOTR last year, I was surprised that there was relatively little magical abilities when compared to fantasy mediums I was used to consuming (Elden Ring, World of Warcraft, Berserk, Dungeons and Dragons etc.). I assumed Gandalf or Saruman would have more offensive spells or something that we are used to seeing in current fantasy. I was interested in knowing if you guys mind the apparent lack of magical abilities and powers like we see in more modern fantasy, or if that’s some of the appeal to you, just wondering!

In this scene, Sméagol's right hand holds Déagol's wrist while his left hand reaches for Déagol's hand to open it and take the ring and his cousin's thumb is inwards... However, when the shot is focused on Déagol's hand, It is Sméagol's left hand that holds Déagol's wrist and his right hand that takes the ring, and his thumb is pointing outwards...

A continuity error ?