The Return of the King (2003)

Underrated Tolkien character of the day: This guy! He was manipulated and brainwashed by Saruman but pulled himself together with the help of his friends! He felt despair for the world of Men but vowed to fight for it until the end! He gave courage to his army in a time of darkness! Although he knew he was outnumbered, he helped turn the tide of the Battle of the Pelennor Fields! 10/10, stan Théoden!

I love the trope of "oh look, it's the king's most trusted advisor." And then it's just the least trustworthy person imaginable. Like in LOTR, you've got Grima Wormtongue slithering around Theoden's court giving bad advice and telling lies uninhibited until Gandalf and the gang show up. His name is Grima Wormtongue. Forget becoming an advisor, why'd they even let this guy in? How'd he get promoted to a position like that? Who looks at a devious little man with a name like that and immediately goes "ah yes, he seems like a trustworthy advisor" Saruman's magical influence doing heavy lifting here.

Lord of the Rings: Return of The King (2003)

Théoden 🐴

King Theoden

rewatching lotr and dear god theoden is so so sad and depressed he's so ready to die whether it's giving up, riding into glory and death to face tens of thousands enemies, riding into glory and death 2.0 ft. the single best war speech I've ever heard, just sitting out in the open after giving out a defeated sigh realising he's about to be nazgul dragon chum. like my man my dude my best buddy please fight to survive I'm begging you. I totally get why he's like that but I didn't really realise that that man is Depression™ at every inconvenience he's ready to go packed his things half way out the door

(reading lotr) maybe it's not a great idea to appoint a royal advisor to a man literally named Wormtongue of all people 😭

Farewell, Theoden King.

I DID IT APOLOGIES FOR MY UGLY LAUGH AT THE END

Leyendecker  redraw (kinda) for my au

Why would you ever hang out with someone named Wormtongue

Elijah Wood, Sean Astin and Bernard Hill at Comic Con Northern Ireland today!

When you're having a rake through old puzzles and find a poster puzzle for your favorite LOTR film