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owlsinleatherjackets · 1 year

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there are 4 versions of The Lord of the Rings: the books, the films, the extended editions, and the self-insert fanfic you’ve had bouncing around in your head since you were fourteen

#and then sometimes you start getting them mixed up #wait did i make up tom bombadil?#lord of the rings #lotr #lotr fanfic #lotr movies #lotr books #tolkien #middle earth #lotr canon #lord of the rings canon #lotr fandom #lotr extended editions #jrrt

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retellingthehobbit · 6 months

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Retelling The Hobbit Chapter 16: The Song of the Lonely Mountain First chapter / Previous / Next

To view full comic: Webtoon/A03 / Tumblr post with links to all chapters

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*crumbles into dust after finishing this* Thank you for reading! This The Hobbit webcomic adaptation thing takes a lot of effort to put together and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate every comment. I also really appreciate the people who’ve spread the word of this comic to their friends! <3

And finally, we’re at the Song of the Lonely Mountain! Within Tolkien’s canon, The Hobbit is an in-universe book that was “written” by Bilbo Baggins, who occasionally lies/embellishes/exaggerates things. The tonal differences between The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings are explained by Bilbo and Frodo/Sam being different kinds of storytellers, with different relationships to “the truth.” This idea is the core of how I’m adapting the novel! Bilbo is an unreliable narrator who is literally ‘drawing’ from his own limited experiences; the different art styles reflect the different perspectives of other characters. The “dwarf art style” in this chapter is inspired by stonework/metalwork in general— but especially by a mix of art deco, Celtic art, and European folk art.

The central tension of the comic is between Bilbo and Thorin, who each have wildly different ideas about what kind of story they’re in. Thorin is in a grand fantasy epic, while Bilbo is in a lighthearted children’s book adventure. The tragedy is, obviously, that only one side of the story ever gets to be fully told.

On a sillier note, a few years ago I had my first gay crush on a lesbian who sang while playing the piano. This chapter is dedicated to the piano lesbian. I hope they’re doing well, wherever they are. XD

I think I might need a bit of a break but I’m hoping for the next chapter, titled “Dawn,” to arrive on January 13th. And your comments/support really do help motivate me to get more done! ^_^

#lotr #the hobbit #bagginshield #the hobbit comic #retelling the hobbit #lord of the rings #thorin oakenshield #bilbo baggins #YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET #anyway *crumbles into dust*#the slowest burn bagginshield fic of all time???#it will become canon in approximately 84 years #i would say its the most high effort fanfic in the hobbit fandom but ive got lots of competition for that #god works hard but Hobbit fans work harder and etc etc #long post

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sigmalaussene · 18 days

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Guess what I did

my art

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one-time-i-dreamt · 3 months

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I was watching a Hobbit/Lord of the Rings documentary and they said Bilbo Baggins is canonically queer.

#dream #the hobbit #lord of the rings #lotr #bilbo baggins #bagginshield #thilbo #tolkien #hobbit #jrr tolkien #bilbo #queer #canon #documentary #doc

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silvantransthranduiltrash · 15 days

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What if Legolas was in Rivendell at the same time Thorin and his company were and just… decided to tag along for a bit bc hey, he was going in that direction (home) anyway, might as well have some company?

Just imagine

A dwarf: *comments about the elves’ vegetarianism after they’ve left rivendell*

Legolas: you do know they were fucking with you right? Elves are not vegetarian.

The dwarves: *suprise pikachu face*

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The company +bilbo+legolas: *getting chased by orcs Again*

Legolas: i though ya’ll said this was supposed to be a secret quest?!

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The group: *breaks into beorn’s house to hide*

Beorn: why are there dwarves in my hou- LEGOLAS WHY ARE YOU HERE?! I’M NOT HIDING YOU FROM YOUR SIBLINGS AGAIN!

Legolas: ✌️

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Gandalf: *leaves the group at the edge of mirkwood forest while speaking cryptically *

Legolas:

Legolas: i know you’re going to do something that’ll piss me off, i can feel it.

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Legolas, rolling up next to bilbo: so, thorin huh?

Bilbo: *chokes on his own spit*

Legolas: no, i get it. It’s the beard right?

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The dwarves: *get captured by the silvans*

Thranduil, to legolas after having interrogated thorin: i don’t suppose you’ll tell me what’s going on?

Legolas: nope

Thranduil: is this one of your whims again?

Legolas: mmmmaaaaybe

Thranduil: *sigh* nothing i do will change the situation, will it?

Legolas: given their head strong personalities, i highly doubt it.

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Bilbo: *gets the one ring*

Legolas: I pretended i do not see.

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Before the botfa

Thranduil: and you are sure you couldn’t have changed the outcome?

Legolas: knowing history and knowing how this world works, yeah, pretty fucking sure.

#a mix of book and movie canon #kinda ooc #legolas joings the company but nothing changes #he’s just commentating #lord of the rings #lotr #the hobbit #legolas #thorin oakenshield #bilbo baggins #incorrect tolkien quotes #incorrect lotr quotes #incorrect hobbit quotes #thranduil

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mrkida-art · 3 months

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(AU) The Witch-King Tar-Míriel

"No man can kill me." _________________________________________________________

@merilles made me feral about the idea of Tar-Míriel being the Witch-King of Angmar so I had to draw it

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shady-swan-jones · 2 months

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- you would make me a tyrant

- i would make you a queen

Concept art by Julien Gauthier

#rings of power #haladriel #if that's not romantic I'm eating my hat #lord of the rings #rop #it's not real we're in his mind and he's showing her a future as he HOPES it will be #the best thing about this is not just the togetherness but that we're seeing how HALBRAND imagines them together as king and queen #if anyone tries to say it wasn't romantic I'm showing them these EXTREMELY COUPLY CANON concept artworks #Tolkien #galadriel #rop spoilers #saurondiel #sauron

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captaincanonly · 29 days

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so… i finally got into this bullshit…… sobs in a corner

part 2 part 3

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chickentenderx · 18 days

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Legolas: I scare people lots because I walk very softly and they don't hear me enter rooms so when they turn around I’m just kind of there and their fear fuels me

#don’t mind me i’m just hyperfixating #lotr incorrect quotes #lord of the rings incorrect quotes #this is totally canon btw #lotr legolas #lotr elves #lotr #lotr memes #lord of the rings #the hobbit #the hobbit legolas #hobbit #legolas greenleaf #legolas #legolas incorrect quotes #the hobbit incorrect quotes

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matiasthecamilion · 3 months

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Sam loves Frodo so openly, he feels devotion and affection for him. He always is and will always be the perfect example of what Sam believes is kindness and intelligence.

Sam loves him so tenderly that he can barely keep it on his chest, that he can barely shut it up, and that he can barely allow him to leave his side.

Frodo loves Sam so deeply that he can barely say it, values him so sweetly that he can hardly imagine that he feels the same.

Frodo loves him so much that he wants to keep Sam away from him, he wants to prevent him from suffering any harm because of him, from dying because of him. He loves him so much that his voice and the refuge on his arms feels like the tenderest dream, what home means to him.

#lotr #lord of the rings #frodo baggins #sam gamgee #sam x frodo #samfro #they love each other #Sam and Frodo had differents ways to say I love you #Mister Tolkien we know they are canon

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tathrin · 5 months

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The Extremely Serious and Scientific Legolas Fandom Hair Colour Poll:

What colour hair do you picture in your head for your personal mental image of Legolas of the Woodland Realm? (Not necessarily which one you think is more or less "canonical"; rather just what you see in your head when you're reading something.)

Ideally, you can also share when and how you were first exposed to Lord of the Rings in the tags or reblogs, and what you think most influenced your mental image.

No I'm not procrastinating from writing stuff, go away.

#personally i've pictured him and his dad both looking just like saaski from eloise mcgraw's ''moorchild'' since my first read of the hobbit #(and it'll take a lot more than his silhouette against the stars to pry that image from my cold dead and re-embodied hands lol)#that's just too good a visual to give up ESPECIALLY with all the gimli ''hands shall flow with gold'' stuff that comes in later #but i was around in the 2000s for when the fandom divided into two very distinct and passionate camps on this question #with the fact that he'd been often illustrated with blonde hair and occasionally with dark getting subsumed by Movie vs Book Snobbery wars #where everybody had to be Very Certain And Concrete In Their Canon Arguments about which was his One True Haircolor #so i'm curious what the general consensus (or if there even is one) is now #but i don't expect an actual answer from the ten people following my blog who will see this poll so instead let's do something silly with i #because what else are tumblr polls for?#polls #legolas #lotr #lord of the rings #lotr polls #fandom polls

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serendippertyy · 10 months

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happy pride to my two absolute FAVES frodo is soo trans/bi/demi and bilbo is sooo gay/ace these are headcanons I've thought extensively on whether it be canon tidbits or fanfics that influenced me lol either way they r so REAL I love love themmm 🛐🛐💖💖

#mostly was inspired by canon cause these hobbits r SO LGBT #ALSO TALLER THAN AVERAGE FRODO + SHORTER THAN AVERAGE BILBO >>> 🥰🥰🥰#lord of the rings #lotr #the hobbit #frodo baggins #bilbo baggins #my art

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retellingthehobbit · 6 months

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(Link here) Picture me with a conspiracy stringboard, a copy of the Unfinished Tales, and several essays about how LOTR/The Hobbit are meant to be flawed translations of ancient texts written by biased authors, and gesturing wildly as I explain how we can reinterpret The Hobbit as a funky little gay metaphor actually. we can do it. I believe

#the hobbit #retelling the hobbit #bagginshield #lotr #lord of the rings #dont you hate it when your first crush is actually super problematic.... aint that just the way #this is queerbaiting because at this rate it wont be canon in my comic until 84 years have passed in real life #this is bury your gays because thorin will still die in the end #there are obviously huge changes in my version vs ‘fanon bagginshield’#my version of Thorin is going to be a mix of book and film #somber and sympathetic like film Thorin #but a lot more haughty and self importsnt like book Thorin #just because I think it’s funnier

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gwaedhannen · 2 months

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I'd like to think that when Galadriel got coup'd and removed from power in Eregion, she threw down her crown (or equivalent) and looked right at Celebrimbor as she did.

#silmarillion #the silmarillion #lord of the rings #lotr #tolkien #galadriel #celebrimbor #finrod (implication of)#eregion #character meta #stormthinken #annatar thinks it's the funniest shit ever but can't say a thing #and the left-behind (hostage?) Celeborn cuts his hair and starts wearing black cloaks #I dunno if people have just decided they don't want to use this quasi-canon but I barely ever see the coup in fics

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from-the-coffee-shop-in-edoras · 2 months

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Why am I inexorably drawn to the Tolkien characters who are so minor that they’re barely canon? Who knows! Why do I like to make it so hard on myself to find people to discuss my favorite little dudes with because most of my favorite little dudes only exist in the story for a handful of lines? I wish I understood this about myself!

Is this my way of saying that I have just spent a ridiculous amount of time thinking DEEPLY about Guthláf, Théoden’s banner bearer, who I believe is mentioned a whopping 3 times in the entirety of LOTR and 2 of those 3 are just places where his death is noted? It sure is!

#lotr #lord of the rings #tolkien #rohan #guthláf #théoden #barely canon favorites #blink and you’ll miss him #which would be a tragedy #is this the first post on the guthláf tag???

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verkomy · 7 months

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“sam nodded silently. he took his master's hand and bent over it. he did not kiss it, though his tears fell on it.”

#damn that's gentle #I forgot for a second that I'm reading a canon book #not a fanfic #frodo baggins #sam gamgee #samfro #lotr #lotr reread #tolkien reread #the lord of the rings #the two towers #tolkien #text

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