The world is indeed full of peril and in it there are many dark places.But still there is much that is fair. And though in all lands, love is now mingled with grief, it still grows, perhaps, the greater.

ladyofrohan:

LORD OF THE RINGS ETYMOLOGY ↣ Frodo Baggins

FRODO: Germanic; ’frod-‘, meaning ‘wise and experienced’. Frodo in Westron is ‘Maura’, the element ‘maur-’ also means ‘wise and experienced’. In Sindarin his name is ‘Lorhael’, which translates as ‘old-wise’.

BAGGINS: Translation from the Westron name ‘Labingi’, stems from ‘laban’ meaning ‘bag’. Associated with Bag End the residence of the Baggins family in the Shire.

♚ The adventures of Legolas and Aragorn : The Council of unfortunate events

It'll be spring soon. And the orchards will be in blossom. And the birds will be nesting in the hazel thicket. And they'll be sowing the summer barley in the lower fields... and eating the first of the strawberries with cream. Do you remember the taste of strawberries?

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a-balrogofmorgoth:

dwarfadventures:

#when i first saw the kite i thought ‘man what a shitty smaug’ then i realised it was a kite and felt ridiculous

 #apparently smaug thought the same thing because it’s the first thing he set fire to 

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thranduilings:

Diva Legolas | Part 31: The Necessary Filler Part (nr 2)

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samgagmee:

kanikkers:

all of this still doesn’t excuse tolkein from using the eagles as a deus ex every time his main char’s were in trubbs he couldn’t think them out of

just sayin’

well i mean the eagles in middle-earth are LITERALY FROM THE GODS so yeah I’d actually say that was the point

that’s why tolkien used them only in inescapable situations he was making a point about faith and divine intervention and happy endings brought about by grace even at the brink of catastrophe

it’s not that he couldn’t think them out of trouble, he deliberately put them in catastrophic situations with absolutely no escape (on the side of a volcano? yeah irl they would have probably evaporated if they were that close to that much lava). the choice he made was to have the gods save the heroes in the end instead of letting them die

obviously you don’t have to like it but my point is tolkien knew what he was doing and had a reason for it

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fellowship of the ring + colours abound

tolkien-inspired-art:

The One Ring by ~Kinko-White

eomering:

Saruman rose to his feet, and stared at Frodo. There was a strange look in his eyes of mingled wonder and respect and hatred. […] He walked away, and the hobbits made a lane for him to pass; but their knuckles whitened as they gripped on their weapons. 

PARTS OF THE BOOK THAT WEREN’T IN THE MOVIE

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captainoftheblackwind:

“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.”