A Brave Little Hobbit Whom We All Admire

isaia: choking

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:12:32 -0400

isaia:

choking

michimichelada: J.R.R. and Christopher Tolkien.

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:40:26 -0400

michimichelada:

J.R.R. and Christopher Tolkien.

Gandalf the Thief

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:31:56 -0400

Gandalf the Thief

LOTR meme: five races Dwarves[04/05] “Since they were to...

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:23:04 -0400

LOTR meme: five races

Dwarves[04/05]

“Since they were to come in the days of the power of Melkor, Aulë made the dwarves strong to endure. Therefore they are stone-hard, stubborn, fast in friendship and in enmity, and they suffer toil and hunger and hurt of body more hardily than all other speaking peoples; and they live long, far beyond the span of Men, yet not forever.”(✖)

Behind the Scenes of The Hobbit Cast singing Misty...

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:23:41 -0400

Behind the Scenes of The Hobbit Cast singing Misty Mountains

“He [Richard] was really nice, and really friendly, really deep voice. Which actually proved to be a little bit tricky because when we had to sing the Misty Mountains song— I’m not a very good singer— and we had to match Richard. And Richard’s voice is so deep that a lot of us couldn’t get the bass notes. And so people like Mark Hadlow— who played Dori— went really high. And if you listen to the song and you can hear that, ‘AAAAAAHHH’… that’s Mark Hadlow doing his best.” -Dean O’Gorman [x]

excerpts-from-tolkien: He sped towards the hillock green,the...

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:55:18 -0400

excerpts-from-tolkien:

He sped towards the hillock green,
the lissom limbs, the dancing sheen;
he leapt upon the grassy hill
his arms with loveliness to fill:
his arms were empty, and she fled;
away, away her white feet sped.
But as she went he swiftly came
and called her with the tender name
of nightingales in elvish tongue,
that all the woods now sudden rung:
‘Tinúviel! Tinúviel!’
And clear his voice was as a bell;
‘Tinúviel! Tinúviel!’
His voice such love and longing filled
one moment stood she, fear was stilled;
one moment only; like a flame
he leaped towards her as she stayed
and caught and kissed that elfin maid.

As love there woke in sweet surprise
the starlight trembled in her eyes.
A! Lúthien! A! Lúthien!
more fair than any child of Men;
O! loveliest maid of Elfinesse,
what madness does thee now possess!
A! lissom limbs and shadowy hair
and chaplet of white snowdrops there;
O! starry diadem and white
pale hands beneath the pale moonlight!
She left his arms and slipped away
just at the breaking of the day.

—J.R.R. Tolkien, The History of Middle-earth III: The Lays of Beleriand, “The Lay of Leithian”, Canto III

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Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:24:38 -0400

ladyarlawyn: Now come the days of the...

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:57:17 -0400

ladyarlawyn:

Now come the days of the King!

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Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:59:40 -0400

sigridhr: Scans from: Hammond, W. G., & Scull, C.,...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:40:12 -0400

sigridhr:

Scans from: Hammond, W. G., & Scull, C., 1995. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator. Harper Collins: London

Facsimile of a page from the book of Mazarbul.

Tolkien apparently aged it himself, including putting genuine burn marks on it and puncturing holes for where the binding would have attached. He was extremely disappointed it didn’t make it into the published version of LotR.

amber-and-ice: disforvitin: The first four stanzas of the...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:06:02 -0400

amber-and-ice:

disforvitin:

The first four stanzas of the Hávamál, written in Tengwar (English mode). Last year’s Jul present to my manbeast… or the rough draft, anyway. :]

O_O

weweremadeforeachothersherlock: kvothetheraving: i’m out of...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:50:22 -0400

weweremadeforeachothersherlock:

kvothetheraving:

i’m out of control

(karaoke track here)

GO HOME, THE INTERNET HAS BEEN WON.

fangorn-f0rest: “If I should return, think better of me,...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:28:11 -0400

fangorn-f0rest:

“If I should return, think better of me, Father.”

Art by Ben Curtis

fangorn-f0rest: Goldberry by The Brothers Hildebrandt

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:21:08 -0400

fangorn-f0rest:

Goldberry by The Brothers Hildebrandt

jrrtolkienmasterofmiddleearth: One of the first working maps...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:52:13 -0400

jrrtolkienmasterofmiddleearth:

One of the first working maps for The Shire, found as a frontispiece to The Return of the Shadow, book six of The History of Middle-earth, and book one of The History of The Lord of the Rings.

fangorn-f0rest: It’s talking Merry ! The tree is...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 02:15:40 -0400

fangorn-f0rest:

It’s talking Merry ! The tree is talking !

ohdeartonks: Lord of the Rings Meme: Six Relationships [5/6] →...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:23:49 -0400

ohdeartonks:

Lord of the Rings Meme: Six Relationships [5/6] → Eowyn & Faramir

jrrtolkienmasterofmiddleearth: Tolkien’s working maps for...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:22:18 -0400

The Second Map - The West

The Second Map - The East

jrrtolkienmasterofmiddleearth:

Tolkien’s working maps for Gondor and Mordor during the writing of The Lord of the Rings, found in The War of the Ring, book 8 of The History of Middle-earth, and book three of The History of The Lord of the Rings. For full descriptions and commentary by Christopher Tolkien see pages 433-439.

erindizmo: Mr. Franco, that was ill-advised.

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:31:04 -0500

erindizmo:

Mr. Franco, that was ill-advised.

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Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:47:03 -0500