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Made for amazing @thranduilofsmirkwood as a tiny thank you gift for her PayPal donation. Thank you so much for your kindness and support, especially now when things are very difficult. It's a huge help❤

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hir-nin-thranduil · 3 months

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#thranduil #tolkien #lotr #the hobbit #leepace #lasbethil #theelvenking #elvenking #elves

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hir-nin-thranduil · 4 months

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how it feels "trusting the process" as a writer/artist

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hir-nin-thranduil · 11 months

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) dir. Peter Jackson

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(source, 11/30/22)

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hir-nin-thranduil · 2 years

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youtube

#thranduil #tolkien #lotr #the hobbit #the elvenking #theelvenking #elvenking #thehobbit #legolas #Oropher #sindar #elves #Youtube

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hir-nin-thranduil · 2 years

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Stop Selling “Rings of Power” Book Covers

From the petition:

HarperCollins, Amazon, and, as a rights holder, The Tolkien Estate have unjustly co-opted Tolkien’s “The Lord of The Rings” with covers from promotional material for Amazon’s “The Rings of Power”. This show is not an adaptation, rather, Amazon is making something new within a pre-established framework designed by Tolkien which Amazon is using creative license with. Mostly, this show contains vastly more content from modern showrunners, writers, producers, and corporate executives. For example, many of the show’s characters, Disa, Halbrand, Arondir, Bronwyn, Theo, Eleanor Brandyfoot, Sadoc Burrows, Poppy Proudfellow, Adar, and more, are entirely original Amazon creations involved in their own originally embellished stories. That’s nine characters, a whole fellowship of original Amazon characters we know of from just the prerelease promotional material alone. Whatever anyone’s stance or opinion on The Rings of Power, it is a separate entity entirely from “The Lord of the Rings”.

There is a concern about the use of these book covers in question. With the likely inevitability of The Rings of Power’s iconography being incorporated into wide cultural use online, in videos, posts, communities, memes, in art, in stores, on posters, t-shirts, merchandise, games, book covers, theme parks, or whatever else may come, dressing Tolkien’s own original work, here meaning the bodies of text which contain his Legendarium as can be found in such texts as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, The Silmarillion, The History of Middle-earth, and elsewhere, is inappropriate as it aids in dominating the cultural consciousness’ acceptance of Amazon’s creation as part of Tolkien’s actual body of works. It would be a tragedy to have his works scrubbed and colored over like a palimpsest, conflating and confusing them with Amazon’s upcoming original series.

To quote Christopher Tolkien, “Tolkien has become a monster, devoured by his own popularity and absorbed into the absurdity of our time. The chasm between the beauty and seriousness of the work, and what it has become, has overwhelmed me. The commercialization has reduced the aesthetic and philosophical impact of the creation to nothing. There is only one solution for me: to turn my head away.”

The request in this petition is to solicit HarperCollins, Amazon, and the Tolkien Estate with these conditions:

Request that all Amazon tie-in covers for The Rings of Power be discontinued entirely

That all e-book covers of The Lord of the Rings with Rings of Power iconography immediately be restored with different cover images, and that The Rings of Power tie-in covers be here entirely discontinued as well

All printing and propagation of these covers by Amazon, Harper Collins, the Tolkien Estate, or any other body responsible in handling Tolkien’s works cease entirely now and henceforth

All future promotional material or iconography for The Rings of Power remain entirely separate and never be used on or in the published texts of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, The History of Middle-earth, and all subsequent publications of works by J.R.R. Tolkien containing information on his Legendarium

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hir-nin-thranduil · 2 years

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*sigh*

Tolkien: Elves are the most stunning and beautiful species. The men say they are “mighty fair to look upon.” I regularly describe my male and female elves with the words beautiful and fair. They take great pride in their hair, they love hair of “exceptional loveliness”, they loved their hair so much that some didn’t even tie it up in battle and got dragged off a cliff by it. SO BEAUTIFUL. SO FAIR. LOVE THEIR HAIR.

Rings of Power: say no more

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hir-nin-thranduil · 2 years

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The short haired male Elves thing makes me so angry. Of all the races in Middle Earth, The Elves: “immortal, WISEST, and fairest of all beings”, would not be the ones enforcing outmoded, and very “human” gender stereotypes. All this does is enforce the indoctrination into a broken system that supports sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and overall bigotry. Elves are more enlightened than this.

Plus, imagine how incredibly hot and badass that POC playing an Elf would look if they had long hair or dreads? And what’s wrong with staying true to the BELOVED versions of characters like Elrond as they have already been established by Peter Jackson?

#amazon #LOTR #lord of the rings #rings of power #elves #tolkien #lotr #amazon lotr #transphobia #nonbinary #sexism

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hir-nin-thranduil · 2 years

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https://chicotfp.tumblr.com/post/685507231732629504

#the elvenking

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hir-nin-thranduil · 2 years

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What better way to relax and relieve stress than to draw a close up of Lee Pace😊

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DonMarshall72 on TikTok

#Thranduil #the elvenking #elvenking #tolkien #LOTR #the hobbit #mirkwood #eryn lasgalen #lord of the rings #thranduil

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Just out of curiosity, I took photos of my own copy of The Hobbit. There is indeed NO mention of Thranduil’s hair color.

It says exactly what @whispers-of-eryn-lasgalen said.

All evidence points to Thranduil most likely, even “canonically”, having white/silver hair. Peter Jackson wasn’t perfect, but he and his fellow creators did their homework.

Thranduil's hair is white.

Talk to anyone who has studied art or photography, they will confirm that the color white reflects light. For example, if you wear a white shirt under a black light, it glows. Does this mean the shirt glows when it's under natural light? Of course not. Under a red light, it looks pink...under a blue light, it looks bluish....and so on. In order to see the true colors, one should always use natural light; in other words, outdoor light.

Thranduil's hair under natural light is white.

Thranduil's hair under golden light, from say, torches or firelight...(sort of like in several scenes in the films) only appears golden for this reason. This does not mean he has blonde/yellow/gold hair.

If you were to wear a yellow shirt (or any color) it does not magically turn white…ever. Only Pure White takes on colors from the light around it.

Thranduil's hair is white.

Legolas, on the other hand...well, his hair is slightly golden, but it’s more of a platinum blonde. Not gold like Galadriel’s signature locks.

But here's a hint....if someone's hair, or shirt, or dress, or shoes, whatever it is...if anything appears white at any point, under any type of light, it's white. White absorbs color....color does not absorb white.

THRANDUIL’S HAIR IS WHITE.

#Youtube

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hir-nin-thranduil · 2 years

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Thank you, @whispers-of-eryn-lasgalen! Well said. Perhaps it was in one of the many language translations of Tolkien’s work that someone snuck in the word “golden” in reference to his hair. I did not recall reading anything about the color of his hair, and I just re-read The Hobbit a couple months ago. Thank you again, I believe I read:

“In a great hall with pillars hewn out of the living stone sat the Elvenking on a chair of carven wood. On his head was a crown of berries and red leaves, for the autumn was come again. In the spring he wore a crown of woodland flowers."

I’m also attaching screenshots of your point for emphasis:

Thranduil's hair is white.

Talk to anyone who has studied art or photography, they will confirm that the color white reflects light. For example, if you wear a white shirt under a black light, it glows. Does this mean the shirt glows when it's under natural light? Of course not. Under a red light, it looks pink...under a blue light, it looks bluish....and so on. In order to see the true colors, one should always use natural light; in other words, outdoor light.

Thranduil's hair under natural light is white.

Thranduil's hair under golden light, from say, torches or firelight...(sort of like in several scenes in the films) only appears golden for this reason. This does not mean he has blonde/yellow/gold hair.

If you were to wear a yellow shirt (or any color) it does not magically turn white…ever. Only Pure White takes on colors from the light around it.

Thranduil's hair is white.

Legolas, on the other hand...well, his hair is slightly golden, but it’s more of a platinum blonde. Not gold like Galadriel’s signature locks.

But here's a hint....if someone's hair, or shirt, or dress, or shoes, whatever it is...if anything appears white at any point, under any type of light, it's white. White absorbs color....color does not absorb white.

THRANDUIL’S HAIR IS WHITE.

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hir-nin-thranduil · 2 years

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I thought it was clear through my use of gifs that I was referencing the films. I mean, I highly doubt that Lee Pace was Tolkien’s inspiration for The Elvenking.

But hey, let’s discuss!

It appears Tolkien hadn’t even flushed out the character of The Elvenking enough to give him a proper name at this point. Probably because The Hobbit wasn’t meant to be part of The Legendarium Tolkien created. It was meant to be a children’s book.

Thingol, as you probably know, had silver hair. Even Tolkien himself based The Elvenking loosely on Thingol when writing The Hobbit. Thranduil’s hair in The Legendarium is never actually mentioned.

So even though the original post is obviously referencing The Films, because a lot of people seem to get confused when his hair appears to change, it “canonically” doesn’t matter.

Thranduil's hair is white.

Talk to anyone who has studied art or photography, they will confirm that the color white reflects light. For example, if you wear a white shirt under a black light, it glows. Does this mean the shirt glows when it's under natural light? Of course not. Under a red light, it looks pink...under a blue light, it looks bluish....and so on. In order to see the true colors, one should always use natural light; in other words, outdoor light.

Thranduil's hair under natural light is white.

Thranduil's hair under golden light, from say, torches or firelight...(sort of like in several scenes in the films) only appears golden for this reason. This does not mean he has blonde/yellow/gold hair.

If you were to wear a yellow shirt (or any color) it does not magically turn white…ever. Only Pure White takes on colors from the light around it.

Thranduil's hair is white.

Legolas, on the other hand...well, his hair is slightly golden, but it’s more of a platinum blonde. Not gold like Galadriel’s signature locks.

But here's a hint....if someone's hair, or shirt, or dress, or shoes, whatever it is...if anything appears white at any point, under any type of light, it's white. White absorbs color....color does not absorb white.

THRANDUIL’S HAIR IS WHITE.

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hir-nin-thranduil · 2 years

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Thranduil's hair is white.

Talk to anyone who has studied art or photography, they will confirm that the color white reflects light. For example, if you wear a white shirt under a black light, it glows. Does this mean the shirt glows when it's under natural light? Of course not. Under a red light, it looks pink...under a blue light, it looks bluish....and so on. In order to see the true colors, one should always use natural light; in other words, outdoor light.

Thranduil's hair under natural light is white.

Thranduil's hair under golden light, from say, torches or firelight...(sort of like in several scenes in the films) only appears golden for this reason. This does not mean he has blonde/yellow/gold hair.

If you were to wear a yellow shirt (or any color) it does not magically turn white…ever. Only Pure White takes on colors from the light around it.

Thranduil's hair is white.

Legolas, on the other hand...well, his hair is slightly golden, but it’s more of a platinum blonde. Not gold like Galadriel’s signature locks.

But here's a hint....if someone's hair, or shirt, or dress, or shoes, whatever it is...if anything appears white at any point, under any type of light, it's white. White absorbs color....color does not absorb white.

THRANDUIL’S HAIR IS WHITE.

#thranduil #tolkien #the hobbit #the elvenking #lotr #leepace #theelvenking #hair #white hair #Thranduil’s hair #Thranduilshair #STOPGIVINGHIMYELLOWHAIR

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