More shirtless Bofur cause uh, he's- *sweats* good anatomy practice...

That’s it, the Professor is truly the King of Sass

The letter didn’t come from the Nazi party, but from the publishing house which had expressed an interest in the German translation of The Hobbit. Tolkien’s response really is a thing of beauty, though, so it deserves to be quoted in its entirety:

25 July 1938                                              20 Northmoor Road, Oxford

Dear Sirs,

Thank you for your letter. … I regret that I am not clear as to what you intend by arisch. I am not of Aryan extraction: that is Indo-iranian; as far as I am aware none of my ancestors spoke Hindustani, Persian, Gypsy, or any related dialects. But if I am to understand that you are enquiring whether I am of Jewish origin, I can only reply that I regret that I appear to have no ancestors of that gifted people. My great-great-grandfather came to England in the eighteenth century from Germany: the main part of my descent is therefore purely English, and I am an English subject - which should be sufficient. I have been accustomed, nonetheless, to regard my German name with pride, and continued to do so throughout the period of the late regrettable war, in which I served in the English army. I cannot, however, forbear to comment that if impertinent and irrelevant inquiries of this sort are to become the rule in matters of literature, then the time is not far distant when a German name will no longer be a source of pride.

Your enquiry is doubtless made in order to comply with the laws of your own country, but that this should be held to apply to the subjects of another state would be improper, even if it had (as it has not) any bearings whatsoever on the merits of my work or its suitability for publication, of which you appear to have satisfied yourselves without reference to my Abstammung.

I trust you will find this reply satisfactory, and remain yours faithfully

J.R.R. Tolkien.

(Letter 30)

The Hobbit wasn’t published in German until 1957.

This might just be the politest “fuck you” ever written.

W.h.a.t.

Not just “I wish I had Jewish ancestors, but I don’t,” but also “you do realize that’s not what ‘Aryan’ actually means, right,” and “you guys are making it pretty hard to be proud of my German heritage.”

Nazis: Are you Aryan?

Noted linguistics freak Tolkien: Are you?

Ok @bettythedwarfqueen, sorry it’s late, mere seconds after i posted that question the power went out. For the rest of the day. So i only got to see the prompts about 2 hours ago :}

Dude that's ADORIBLE!! And don't sweat the time, really only matters if you enjoyed drawing it (plus I could never do that even if I had a month)

Snuggle times

If you could sleep snuggle with any dwarf, which would it be? You can pick up to two (one on each side). Please be aware when I ask questions like this it is to help me determine which story to work on next.

Replies=more story

I would have to snuggle with Fili, though I think he would have to get rid of some knives at night so I don’t get poked with something sharp hehe.

Hahaha! Fili seems a popular choice. I think a lot more smoochin’ than sleepin’ would be goin’ on with him though. ;)

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@fountainsofsilver you know I gotta go with Dwalin and Thorin!!! 

@everyjourneylove You can’t go wrong with either! Though I think Dwalin would roll over in his sleep, put you in a vice grip, and not move again, trapping you in the same position all night. 

Bofur and ori ^.^ funny nerds to to chat with before a nap