Mellon

having a crush as an adult is so embarrassing i’m literally too old for this. i should be busy with my blacksmith apprenticeship or something

Do you ever lie awake wondering how the heck Gimli knows what a nervous system is

Clearly dwarves have medical knowledge far more advanced than that of the other races.

His Majesty Dr. Gimli, son of Gloin, Neurosurgeon, M.D.

gimli trying to explain his studies to legolas, a flat-earther

#*scroll down* #*remember that middle earth is canonically flat for elves and round for everyone else* #*scroll back up & smash that reblog button"

tired: legolas took gimli to valinor with him because they were bffs/in love/etc. 

wired: legolas took gimli to valinor to prove the world was flat after arguing with him about it for decades

Sorry it’s what to elves

So, in Tolkein lore, the world was originally flat, with most of the land in the middle (hence Middle Earth).  But the Numenorians (men who were rewarded with their own Atlantis-equivalent island for service in the first big war against Melkor, but eventually Power Corrupts etc) tried to invade the uttermost west which was basically Elf Heaven.  To put an end to that sort of thing, the creator of the world Bent The World and made it a sphere…but left elves able to treat it like a flat disk.  So elves can sail west and reach Elf Heaven, but a man or dwarf or hobbit who sails west will eventually wrap around to the east coast of Middle Earth.

This is why Legolas can see for such great, almost impossible distances. The Earth does not curve for him.

Legolas said fuck the horizon

God I fucking love high fantasy

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: The Two Towers (2002) dir. Peter Jackson.

I love the implication of Dwarves knowing neurosciences, because if anyone is going to discover that in a fantasy setting, it is definitely the people that solve issues via axe to the head.

Gimli has a thorough knowledge of the nervous system and is dating Legolas, a flat earther 

Welcome to Fandom First Friday! What is #FFF? The first Friday of every month, the OTW celebrates one aspect of fandom. This month’s theme is Enemies to Lovers! Join us by tagging your favourite Enemies to Lovers quotes, fan art, meta, you name it, with #Fandom First Friday.

Who doesn’t like a mix of unresolved tension, secret pining, and character development? This month is all about the Enemies to Lovers trope, be it canon or fanon. Do you have a favourite couple that had a rocky start? Is your OTP supposedly hating each other while, deep down, hiding their love? Do you like it when love blooms for an unlikely pairing? Be it in an Alternative Universe, in a fic that retells a relationship, or in the original media itself, the Enemies to Lovers trope is filled to the brim with emotions. So let’s celebrate these intense character dynamics!

We want you to help us celebrate #FFF! Tell us about your favourite Enemies to Lovers stories, fanworks, and posts and why you love them. You can do so by reblogging this post, by making your own original post and tagging it with #Fandom First Friday, by mentioning @transformativeworks in a reblog, or by sending us an ask or a submission. Spread the love!

Would love to take an opportunity to give a shout-out to one of my favorite fanfiction ever, Sansukh written by @determamfidd , with an incredibly written depiction of Enemies to Lovers trope developed between a certain elf and dwarf, amongst the war against the darkness, meddling ghost relatives and valar, with a lot of found family feels and sassy hobbits, and a good dose of dead dwarf king pining for the love he never realized in life, which he rectified in death, sort of.

Nobody has a more peak college experience than Gimli Gloinsson.

Like.

He goes on this great study abroad deal, his parents are proud, he’s already so cultured and has such a way with words-

And here their perfect son, with the golden tongue, and the classic dwarven beauty comes home with this skinny elven redneck on his arm and three hairs in a special locket on his jacket like “so I decided to major in Elven Studies and this is my boyfriend Greenleaf Greenleaf. We’re moving close to a forest so we can look at the stars together.” While Gloin sobs LADDIE NO and wonders where he went wrong.

#…….to be fair he also shows up having founded a new city#AND won the contract for a major security upgrade to the palace#so in a professional sense he’s nailing it!

legolas: oh he’s nailing it in an unproffesional sense too

“DISTRESSED GLOIN NOISES”

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) dir. Peter Jackson

The rest of the elves in the undying lands: the fact that any elf can fall in love with a human is sad and somewhat puzzling. We mourn Luthian and Arwen who dared to choose mortal life. That such a union is possible is both wonderous and sorrowful. We solemnly welcome the ringbearers though, the only ones who are not elves welcome in the undying lands due to the great burden they carried for the salvation of the world

Legolas showing up late on a half sunk raft holding up Gimli: HEY EVERYONE I MADE IT! MEET MY DWARF GIMLI! WE TOTALLY GOT MARRIED!

The other elves: (⊙_⊙)

Galadriel: this is hilarious. I love it! I completely and utterly give my full approval!

The other elves:   щ(゜ロ゜щ)

“Meet my dwarf,” like there are many dwarves he could have brought but this one is his.

Legolas: I don’t know why everyone’s so shocked I can’t possibly be the first elf to do this.

Other Elves: YOU ARE DEFINITELY THE FIRST ELF TO DO THIS, YES!!!

Legolas: …Oh.

*whispered conversation with Gimli*

Legolas: Well tough beans if you want your own dwarves you’ll have to sail back for them yourselves.

Galadriel: *cackling in glee*

@thebibliosphere

There is nothing I don’t love about this.

(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003) dir. Peter Jackson

lotr meme ≡ ¼ bro/otps But when King Elessar gave up his life, Legolas followed at last the desire of his heart and sailed over Sea. We have heard tell that Legolas took Gimli Glóin’s son with him because of their great friendship, greater than any that has been between Elf and Dwarf.

One of the best things about Gimli going to Valinor is the way it happened. Like if he’d been invited to go along on one of the swan boats by Galadriel or something that would be reasonable, still completely unheard of but it makes sense that someone like her could talk the Valar into letting him in. But no, he goes with freaking Legolas. Legolas, who was eloquently described in one post as “the baby gay dudebro redneck of the elves.” Legolas, who missed all the boats to Valinor because he was running around having adventures, and then when he decided to finally go, having never seen the ocean in his life, went “I’ll just build my own boat how hard can it be” and presumably just showed up to Valinor 15 decades late on what I like to imagine was a barely seaworthy disaster of a boat and some random dwarf in tow like “this is fine right?” in the ugliest Sindarin accent ever to grace its white shores.

The implication being that the Valar, when confronted with this situation, all shrugged wearily and said “sure, why not.”