favourite characters: lady bhumika

“trade is dwindling,” he retorted immediately. “the merchants beyond our borders are frightened of us.” of you, he did not say. of the power in you. but she heard it. oh, she heard it.

Legolas Greenleaf + book quotes 

Long have you hunted me. Long have I eluded you. No more.

The first pages of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales.

Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001) dir. Peter Jackson

“You can trust us to stick with you through thick and thin – to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours – closer than you keep it yourself. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We are your friends, Frodo.”

hobbit hole 1/3

“But you always have to watch Tolkien with water. He never uses it unmeaningfully. Pools and lakes mirror stars, and hold hidden things. The Anduin has contrastin banks and, moreover, reeks of history. In a way, it is history, and the Fellowship is going with the current, to break up in confusion at the falls of Rauros. It is worth pointing out that when Aragorn later uses the same river, he comes up it, against the current, changing a course of events that seems inevitable. The other water is of course the Sea. This has been sounding dimly in our ears throughout the book, but in Lothlorien it begins to thunder. Does it suggest loss, departure and death? Certainly. But since water is always life to Tolkien, it must also be eternity.”

— Diana Wynne Jones, ‘The Shape of the Narrative in The Lord of the Rings.’

Hamlet Act 2 & 3 [inspired by mmorrow]

“I would have followed you, my brother, my captain, my king.”

favourite books: the fevered star by rebecca roanhouse

the great city of tova is shattered. the sun is held within the smothering grip of the crow god’s eclipse, but a comet that marks the death of a ruler and heralds the rise of a new order is imminent.

the meridian: a land where magic has been codified and the worship of gods suppressed. how do you live when legends come to life, and the faith you had is rewarded?

as sea captain xiala is swept up in the chaos and currents of change, she finds an unexpected ally in the former priest of knives. for the clan matriarchs of tova, tense alliances form as far-flung enemies gather and the war in the heavens is reflected upon the earth.

and for serapio and naranpa, both now living avatars, the struggle for free will and personhood in the face of destiny rages. how will serapio stay human when he is steeped in prophecy and surrounded by those who desire only his power? Is there a future for naranpa in a transformed tova without her total destruction?

Tolkientober. Day 7: light

Annatar:)) ISN'T IT, CELEBRIMBOR?

I waited, so can he. I waited half my life. She had played the dutiful daughter, the blushing bride, the pliant wife. She had suffered Robert’s drunken groping, Jaime’s jealousy, Renly’s mockery, Varys with his titters, Stannis endlessly grinding his teeth. She had contended with Jon Arryn, Ned Stark, and her vile, treacherous, murderous dwarf brother, all the while promising herself that one day it would be her turn.

His sister liked to think of herself as Lord Tywin with teats, but she was wrong. Their father had been as relentless and implacable as a glacier, where Cersei was all wildfire, especially when thwarted. She had been giddy as a maiden when she learned that Stannis had abandoned Dragonstone, certain that he had finally given up the fight and sailed away to exile. When word came down from the north that he had turned up again at the Wall, her fury had been fearful to behold. She does not lack for wits, but she has no judgment, and no patience. (AFFC, Jaime II)

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When asked about ideal casting choices, he [George R. R. Martin] formally endorsed the idea of Nicole Kidman playing Cersei. He says she has the perfect look for her. But it would never work, because where are you going to find a guy that looks like her to play Jaime?

“She’s pushing at the edges of womanhood. She’s "obsessed with masculinity,” equating “maleness” to freedom. “She is a person who feels at odds with the way that she is read by the world. […] It’s like she has a doppelgänger. The doppelgänger is herself born male, who has access to all the things that she craves and feels to be hers. […] In some ways, they’re [of] the same fabric, and yet the rules are completely different [for them].”

- Emma D'Arcy for Entertainment Weekly

Game of Thrones 1.07 // House of the Dragon 1.07