“If None Can Release Us,” Said Maglor, “then Indeed The Everlasting Darkness Shall Be Our Lot

Talking about Sam Gamgee just reminded me that if we’re going to look at LotR/Hobbit parallels that Bilbo is actually Sam, with Thorin as Frodo. 

Bilbo/Sam parallels:

- Both were brought along as an afterthought because Gandalf had a nagging feeling that the Quest would fail without him.

- It’s not “their” quest, they’re mostly observers of someone else’s nobility and drive, but when disaster strikes they take charge and are ultimately responsible for the quest succeeding at all. 

- Both see themselves as “just” hobbits, somewhat pastoral and “average” compared to the epic heroism they’re witnessing. 

- Both bear a great deal of affection for a certain dark haired, blue-eyed person who is the focus of the quest, sob at the thought of losing them, and are generally in awe of their nobility (yeah of course I included Bagginshield and we are absoLUTELY treading into movie canon now because book Bilbo has no awe for Thorin at all, lol, not to mention the Thorin/Frodo parallels are visually striking only in the movie)

- Both are incredibly resilient against the Ring, able to take bear it and cast it off with barely any resistance (Frodo couldn’t even throw the ring into his own fireplace before the quest even began). 

- Both followed their companion across the world, with only mild complaining ;)

i wish ao3 allowed people to give kudos per each chapter. These 100k word NOVELS need more love than 200 tiny digital hearts ☹️

winter art compilation ❄ ✦ prints and patreon ✦

I love the hair braiding trope, but there is some serious debate about whether it's dwarves who have the hair-braiding customs or elves, so I'm here to settle that once and for all.

Legolas, hoping they just seem friendly and doesn't know dwarves have the same hair customs: Hey Gimli, could I help with your hair?

Gimli, hoping he just seems friendly and doesn't know elves have the same hair customs: Uh, sure!

Aragorn, who knows that hair braiding is romantic for both elves and dwarves: ......... WHat

I love him

accidentally bought a copy of sir gawain and the green knight marked up by a middle schooler

sorry sorry. but the fact that. sansûkh. is free??? to read???? online????? HALF A MILLION WORDS of the best writing i have ever read??? characters that each have depth and MEANING? the retrograding of the hobbit movies so that the dwarves are more fleshed out?? the mix of both the movies and the books (especially for gimlis lackluster personality in the films). i’m rereading it even though i first read it maybe 4 months ago and im still in awe that someone can write something so beautiful. so spectacular. like this is the bible for depressed gay middle earth fans. and this isn’t even considering the sheer amount of RESEARCH PUT INTO THIS?? christ almighty. i need everyone to pause right the fuck now and read this fic regardless of whether you ship bagginshield/gimleaf at all or not. i promise you, you will come out of this a changed man 😭

Some unposted Tolkien art I've been collecting over the years 💫

Huan and Lúthien | Yavanna and Aulë | Celeborn and Galadriel | Fingon | Galadriel but Art Nouveau | Vairë, the Weaver | Lórien and Mandos | Some Hobbiteses

If JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis could text:

One of my fav things about Gandalf is, he can & canonically does Full Name hobbits when he’s angry like he’s their mum or something