klngfili:

Oh yeah, I love Tolkien’s books. The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and…*reads smudged writing on hand* The Salmon Riot?

cos-tam:

    ‘I am in fact a Hobbit in all but size.’

Happy Birthday J.R.R. Tolkien!

malmao:

Fuckboy: Tolkien–a conservative, Catholic, white man in the early 20th century who has been dead for forty years–would not approve of you shipping his two same sex characters.

Me: 

jaqens-hghar:

first and last lines

cogsworth:

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

adventurotica:

white-lady-of-greenwood:

roarandrainbow:

djezhofmacedon:

aprincesspill:

onvavoiir:

Date guys who are taller than you. Date protective guys. Date guys with a giant army of orcs and an unquenchable desire for the one ring. Date Sauron.

don’t date sauron.

#aim higher #date melkor

wow Silmarillion fandom it’s great to see you

yeah, we don’t appear much

Mostly in the appendices

thejabberwocki:

If you ever get frustrated with your writing, just remember that Tolkien once described Feanor as
“wounded with many wounds”

awildellethappears:

contemporaryelfinchild:

allonsymiddleearth:

Lord of the Rings is so complicated because we don’t just have canon vs not canon we have

• was-in-the-trilogy book canon
• contradicting from a different book canon
• movie-verse canon
• Tolkien mentioned it in a letter once canon
• Christopher Tolkien speculated canon
• fanon
• wikipedia accepts it as canon even though it’s not 100% sure canon

like how are you even supposed to keep track of all that

Don’t forget

• Tolkien changed his mind but you’re not sure which version you like better canon
• Early ‘mythology for England’ canon
• Tolkien implied it in a letter once canon
• Fan movie canon
• Tolkien never actually made up his mind so choose a headcanon

Also worth noting: 

• Christopher Tolkien changed his mind canon
• Omissions even from the HoMe that are only found in obscure linguistic journals or tertiary literature canon
• Changing language concepts canon
• Minor works canon

earendil-was-a-mariner:

Tolkien: This character is Feanor, which in my language means Spirit of Fire, which gets at his personality, creative spirit, and destructive tendencies. 

Also Tolkien: This character is Treebeard because he’s a tree with a beard.