The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne

THIS HAD BEEN DRIVING ME NUTS FOR FOREVER. 

So there.  Now I have figured it out. 

People who I suspect have thought about this less than me:

this absolutely 200% needs to be submitted to the Annals of Improbable Research or some other similar psuedo-academic publication, this is good enough to be published somewhere

everyone knows that the real way to show someone you love them is to find them a really cool rock. not a diamond. just a neat rock that you think they will enjoy

Not a rock THE  ARKENSTONE 

Why just one rock Why not three Why not the silmarils

#i’m pretty sure there’s an entire book on the topic ‘why not silmarils’  (x)

And one on why not the arkenstone

You’re right. Just get them a ring.

LMAO 😂😂

MY PRECIOUS

Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul,ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

y’all need Iluvatar

All that is gold does not glitter-

the crownless again shall be king

Chapters in The Hobbit requested by anonymous

A piccy of Gandalf, when he was known as Olorin, before he came to Middle Earth.

I’ve drawn Olorin before but it got deleted in the great December purge. I was never very happy with how it turned out, so I decided to have another go at it. Started by digging out my copy of the Silmarillion, which says:

It also says that he liked to hang out in the forests of Valinor, so I figured that I’d do that most unusual of things and actually put a background in.  Then I sketched the figure out, and took some inspiration for the face from pictures of Ian McKellen when he was young.  

Baruk Khazâd

make me choose: ravenhilll asked Teleporno or Aragorn

                       ~ From the ashes a fire shall be woken                           A light from the shadows shall spring                        Renewed shall be blade that was broken                             The crownless again shall be king

some of the shields of Middle-Earth [x]

YESSS

Me during this scene: “IF YOU DARE PUT ONE HAND ON HIM I WILL CUT YOUR TESTICLES OFF AND MAKE YOU HAVE BALLS FOR EYES!”

[[ Remember that the dwarves were never meant to be part of Arda.  Remember that Aule created them in hopes of having children to impart his craftsmanship and skills upon.  Remember that when Eru discovered them he commanded they be destroyed for being created before his chosen, his elves.  Remember the fact the among the first memories the seven fathers have was of their creator’s hammer, coming to strike them down.  Remember that they were forced to beg for their sheer existence.  Remember that and tell me that dwarves would share what culture they have wrought in a world that was not created for them. In a universe that allowed their survival only as an afterthought.  Tell me that they don't deserve to be secretive. Tell me that they can’t be deeply offended when someone takes their crafts, their language, their stories and takes them upon themselves.  Tell me that the greed of the Dwarves is unjustified. ]]

So my brother works at a McDonald’s that’s test running serving breakfast later into the day. They used to end at 10:30, and now it goes to eleven… apparently it’s a pretty big pain in the butt.

It used to be that when it came time for the switch from breakfast to lunch, they’d shout out “Ten thirty!” through the store so everyone knew to switch, but now that it’s “Eleven,” my bro says it’s just not as easy to shout, or to hear over machinery and such.

So he started shouting “Elevensies!”

So now it’s a thing and the McDonald’s in my hometown now serves elevensies.

OK BUT BEST PART OF THE STORY

There was a guy who didn’t get it. He’s like, “Whut? Why are you saying that? That’s not a word.”

And someone else shouts from behind the grill “You don’t know elevensies?”

And someone else shouts “Bet he doesn’t know about second breakfast either”

Tolkien died in 1973. Reverse it and you get 3791. Three rings for the elven kings under the sky, seven for the dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, nine for mortal men doomed to die, and one for the dark lord on his dark throne.

#did he do that on purpose (via thuringwethils)

I wish Thorin were living…