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THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003) dir. Peter Jackson

“Gentlemen, we do not stop till nightfall.”

Probably one of my favorite random things about LotR is the fact that

a) Pippin did a Gollum impression in the books

b) Pippin had never MET Gollum before that point and never would

c) yet it was an ACCURATE impression, as it startled and was recognized by the orc he was speaking to

d) the only possible explanation for Pippin Took’s accurate Gollum impression is this: Bilbo, while telling stories to the eager children, must have imitated Gollum perfectly

Which also kind of drives home how weird it would have been for both Frodo and Sam to suddenly be travelling with what was basically the equivilent of like... rumplestiltskin... from their childhood bedtime stories.

We couldn’t resist.

“A Reading from Homer,” 1885, by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. "The Park Bench,“ 1946, by Horace Pippin ”Japanese Footbridge and the Water Lily Pool, Giverny,“ 1899, by Claude Monet. ”Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross (The Gross Clinic),“ 1875, by Thomas Eakins.

hot take: Pippin is the only one of the hobbits who is ‘team Arwen’ in the ‘who is the most beautiful woman in the world’ argument

Pippin, after being formally introduced to Arwen for the first time: hey Merry. do you think if I asked nicely enough she’d marry me instead?

Merry: Pippin. *lays a comforting hand on his shoulder*

Merry: I think it is worth a shot.

Pippin: got it *wanders away*

Frodo: why would you do that

Merry: I want to see if he’ll really try it

#PIPPIN: IF I BEAT STRIDER IN ROCK PAPER SCISSORS CAN I MARRY YOU INSTEAD? #ARWEN: UHHHHHHH #PIPPIN: GREAT! BRB

Aragorn accepts the challenge knowing full well that, as he can literally read minds, it is impossible to beat him at rock paper scissors.

Aren’t you forgetting the minor detail that Pippin would likely never think of which one he will throw?

consider: Aragorn accepts the challenge assuming he’ll win easily. Pippin wins immediately.

Arwen: well, now I must marry him. we ageed.

Pippin: :D

Aragorn: Arwen please

Arwen: I love my tiny fiance

I love it

Elrond: I don’t like it either but you agreed that if he beat you in fair combat then he could marry Arwen

Elrond: so now my daughter must marry this hobbit

Arwen: I’m comfortable with that

Aragorn: please this isn’t funny

Arwen: you should have thought of that before you accepted the challenge, I’m engaged to Pippin now.

Pippin: listen I know this isn’t actually going to end with me marrying you but this is still the best day of my life so far

Also consider Pippin giving Aragorn the Shovel Talk. He’s fully accepted that he’s not going to marry Arwen, but he’s also like

Pippin: I accept she can take care of herself, but she shouldn’t have to!! I also accept she has two brothers, but they’re also YOUR brothers, so they shouldn’t have to pick sides. So, BE GOOD TO HER, OR ELSE!!

Aragorn:  Or else what? Not that I’m not going to be good to her, I just want to know the Or Else

Pippin: That’s for me to know and you to NEVER find out!

Aragorn: Gandalf, I am kind of scared of the Hobbit?

Gandalf: Well, he’s a Took, they’re all like that. Just do what he says, you’ll be fine.

tbh the funniest part in the fellowship of the rings is when pippin drops the helmet down the well in balin’s tomb and we’re just listening to it drop while everyone stares at him and he flinches at every clang and then when it’s over gandalf goes after his whole life i die every time

anyway i was reminded that pippin canonically named his son faramir so now all i can think about is the conversation where he tells faramir about this

im just seeing pippin like, “if he has even half of your good qualities i will be the proudest father in middle earth”

faramir: [blatantly holding back tears]

Harry Potter could have taken a page out of Pippin’s book