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When ever I write a modern, non-magic AU of lotr, I always include just a touch of magic. Have something be a little mystical, because I, for one, always believe in magic and I think everyone else wants to a bit too.

“I guess I’ll just watch the fellowship.”

me 6 movies later, “oops”

Why is lotr so good? I’ve yet to meet a book that has the same level of plot, writing and characters. 

Rb if your account is safe space for

-LGBTQ+

-People from every nation

-All religions

-Dark skin people

-Asian people

-Uyghur Turks and Muslims

-People with mental disorders

-People with illness

-Neurodivergent people

How to find out if your new friend likes lotr

suggest that you should do something that, according to your friend, one does not simply do

(If friend identifies as something other than male) Say ‘no man can do _____’

if they arrive late say ‘you’re late’ (friend may claim they arrived precisely when they meant to or ask if they look horrible)

ask them what taters are

call something (preferably jewelry) ‘precious’

ask them what their favorite meal of the day is (both second breakfast or elevenses are acceptable)

I just want to grab the fellowship and burrito wrap them in blankets and keep them safe and far away from giant flaming eyes. like they’re my baby's and don’t deserve all the trauma they got.

They’re gay.

No I won’t elaborate.

Umm, so I was at a restaurant with my family last night and I found these...

There were a lot of other titles with different fandoms, but these were my favorite. 

I’ve been watching LOTR crack videos for the past hour and I can’t breath. Why is this so funny?

Real important message here guys, can we stop the anti-ship stuff? Just let people ship what they want to. It does’t matter if “it would never work” or if “they’re not gay”, just let people see love were they see it. The world wont end from a bit of extra love, but it certainly will with extra hate.

The elves always seem to blame man for evil and darkness. Always saying they’re weak and gullible. But it’s not the elves who continue to fight even after the walls breached, It’s not elves who charge into scores of orcs, who attack the black gate with no hope that they can win for the slight chance that it will help Frodo and Sam. I’m not saying the elves are not brave or did not help destroy the ring, they did. I’m just saying they have no right to call mortals weak. 

The elves lost hope and most sailed to Valar, the humans lost hope and charged to war.

I just read the Silmarillion. I am confused.

Kili: Oh, How would I know?

Bilbo: How would you not?”

Kili: Who am I? Karl Landsteiner, discoverer of blood groups?

Bilbo: You don’t know your own blood type, but you know who discovered them?

Bilbo: Kili, you’re bleeding out! What’s your type?

Kili, deliriously: oh I don’t know, I like brunettes- 

Bilbo: your BLOOD TYPE

Your right, time is precious. Nothing you do can get you more time, death is inevitable. All the more reason to live while you can.

Like Gandalf said,                                                                                              “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

As I write my Aralas fic I keep trying to come up with ways for Aragorn to become immortal. Even though my fic is set 60+ years before FOTR, and Aragorn won't die in cannon for another 190 years, I am forced to deal with his mortality compared to the elves. 210 years is a VERY long time, but when it is compared to an elf who has already lived over a millennium, it's basically moments.

I've tried to come up with loopholes, like Eru made Tuor immortal, couldn't he do that for Aragorn? Couldn't Legolas sneak him into the undying lands like he did with Gimli in cannon? Aragorn is technically part of Elros's bloodline, so theoretically shouldn't he be able to choose between mortality and immortality like Arwen?

But in the end I keep coming back to the same place. Yes, there are plenty of ways I can make him immortal, but maybe I don't have to. Maybe in the end Aragorn dies and he and Legolas don't get to be together in the undying lands, and maybe that's okay.

When characters constantly cheat death it cheapens it, it takes away its meaning. Aragorn, and the rest of the men for that matter, were given the gift of mortality, a precious, precious gift in the eyes of Eru. Why should he give that up?

Nothing can last forever, not in life and not in fiction. Shouldn't it be enough just to enjoy it while we have it?

the beacons are lit! this post calls for reblog! 

And the fandom shall answer!

Tolkien Fandom?

Out of curiosity, how many of us are there? Feel free to reblog if you read the books/watch the films :)

Modern lotr AU I may or may not write

The fellowship is in high school 

they all end up with in-school suspension for a week.

Gandalf is the teacher that watches them.

all become friends (also free the school from the tyrant of a principal Sauron, but whatever)

Frodo

freshman

Gay

He/him

has anxiety and depression

adopted by Bilbo, his rich gay uncle

best friend (and later boyfriend) is Sam

I don’t know what he did to get suspended

Sam

also a freshman

Bi

He/him

likes gardening

crushing really hard on his friend Frodo

Merry

freshman

Ace

he/him

trans

best friend with Pip

got suspended for setting off fireworks in class

Pippin

freshman

Pan

he/they

flirts with everyone

set off fireworks with Merry

stoner

Aragorn

Junior

Bi

he/him

substitutes sleep with coffee

loves horses

never washes his hair

adopted by Elrond

somehow ended up dating Legolas (has no idea how he manged to be so lucky)

probably smoking weed behind the school right now.

got suspended for pulling out a knife during school (the teachers have have no idea how he got it.)

Legolas

also a junior

He/they

Pan

has more hair produces than anything else (except maybe pictures of Aragorn)

captain of the school archery team

suspended for climbing school buildings

Gimli

Senior

what is gender?

Aro/Ace

spends as much time as they can in the art studio

got suspended for creating a real axe and bursting into a classroom saying “here’s Gimli!”

Boromir

senior

Bi

he/him

on the soccor team

a big softy

loves his little brother Faramir

pretty much adopts Merry and Pippin as so as he meets them

got suspended for starting a fight with the other jocks because he didn’t like the way they were treating people.

 also toying with the Idea of Arwen being a cheerleader and falling for Eowyn, who is in a biker gang, but we’ll see. I might add more characters later if I end up writing this but this is the basics.

Does anyone have any fanfics of the fellowship just like living together in a modern house? like, middle earth turns into earth and they’re immortal. So like legolas is still an elf and the hobbits are hobbits and stuff like that. And they gotta, like, pretend to be normal? please tell me if you do. thanks in advance.

You know what I love about Lord of the Rings? The characters are human. They make mistakes, they fail, some loose hope. But, in the end, they succeed, they get over their failure and triumph. They fall, but they get up, stand on their broken limbs, brush off the dirt,and they keep fighting. Why? They don’t have to, they could give in to the darkness, but they don’t, because they’re holding on to something. That there’s still good in the world.

“No we cannot. But we will meet them in battle nonetheless.”

“There was never much hope… Only a fool's hope.”

Out of all of the great lines in lord of the rings, both the book and movies, this two have stuck with me the most. Why? Because the entire series is based on hope, never much, but enough. All the characters don’t have hope that they will win, they know it’s next to impossible, but they aren't going down without a fight, and nether should you. It shows that you don’t have to have total faith in yourself, you can be certain you are going to fail, but you still have to try, you have to hold on to what ever hope you have, even if it’s only a fool’s hope.

Lets talk about the Fellowship for a second. They’re all kinda outcasts, all very different from the rest of their races or family. Lets dig a little deeper into each one, looking at both their movie and book selves.

Frodo: Frodo’s an orphan, his parents drown and he went to live with Bilbo. Bilbo was already thought of as weirdo by the other hobbits because of his adventure, so Frodo, they thought, must be just as odd. Also movie Frodo is much to thin to be considered pretty by hobbit standers and both Frodos are a bit to adventurous.

Sam: Not much to say here, as Sam is an exemplary hobbit. His looks are hobbity enough and he enjoys gardening. The two things that set him apart are, his desire to meet the elves, and, of course, his association with the Baggins.

Merry: Merry is a Brandybuck, which are not all that respectable to the hobbits of Hobbiton, they go out in boats after all. Also he and Pippin definitely are a bit adventurous for hobbits.

Pippin: Pippin is very curious, and curiosity leads to adventure. He is a Took, an outcast from the hobbits of Hobbiton. Like I said befor, he and Merry are definitely a bit adventurous for hobbits.

Aragorn: Aragron is a ranger, lives on the outskirts of civilization. As we see in Bree, people are a bit afraid of him, he’s just too odd, too different. Aragorn also lived in Rivendell, but he was a man among elves, also too different. He’s too human for the elves, yet to elven for the humans.

Legolas: Legolas is the prince of Mirkwood. His father is Thranduil, who, after the death of his wife, turns cold and distant. Legolas also associates himself with humans, unlike the other Mirkwood elves.

Gimli: Gimli is entirely respectable before the quest. I can’t really think of any thing to say about him. (edit: Milkywhoreos is corenct, Gimli is to diplomatic and poetic.)

Boromir: Boromir is respected and loved by Gondor, but his family life? He probably had to raise his brother and loves him more than anything, but his father is a big jerk.

Gandalf: Do I even have to say anything here? Gandalf is completely bonkers (But, like, in a good way.)

So, in conclusion? Each member of the Fellowship was practically alone before they found each other. They had small, broken or non-existing families, and/or were un-liked by others. Then they found these other alone people, and said “I didn’t really have anyone, and they all didn’t ether. But now we got each other, and I don’t care if you’re an elf, or a dwarf, or a hobbit,or a wizard,or a human, we’re now family.” They didn’t have family, so they found one.

In a lot of lotr Modern AUs, a lot of people make Aragorn the Mom friend and I find it outrageous! Like, Aragorn is totally the friend who: lives on coffee, never sleeps, smokes weed, dosn’t pay his taxes (if he has them), hasn't washed his hair is 3 years, skips class (If high school or collage AU) and probably has killed someone. Like, yeah, he cares about his friends, but his solution to most likely anything is murder and/or coffee. The real mom friend of the Fellowship is Boromir, he probably cares snacks every where and is, like, the only member of the fellowship who doesn't smoke pipe weed.

You certainly usually find something, if you look. But, it is not always quite the something you were after.”

J. R. R. Tolkien