morwensteelsheen:

I think often about how when tempted by the ring gandalf and galadriel talk about the nebulous amorphous Great Deeds they would do while boromir talks almost exclusively about how he would save his people. like. dunno man, that’s the kind of shit that makes me want to fucking sob. boromir’s ‘corruption’ is still a desperate and all-encompassing desire to protect and defend. says a lot about a man, i think!

thinking about my elf OC today that I’ve been developing since I was six years old and now I’m taking a college level course and studying elvish language to further validate him

Hello friends, new and old! Welcome to my new blog!

It’s hard to sell oneself in merely a header, title or description, so I figured - for the sake of anyone who wanders into this place - that I would organize a bunch of fundamental information right here!

Who am I?

Who are you?You needn’t think of that now, unless of course, you’d like to.

My name is Jules, I use he/they pronouns, and I am a lifelong fan of Tolkien’s work and world. As a small child, my mother read The Lord of the Rings to me, and by the age of six I had seen the films. I read the books for myself between the ages of eight and ten, and have done so some times since. 

Tolkien’s work shaped me fundamentally from that starry-eyed chapter in my youth, everything from my fantastical adventures and ambitious in my backyard to my perception of masculinity, femininity, love, power and comradery. The young man I am and grow to be each day is very much indebted to the characters and stories of all The Professor’s work.

What is this blog?

Obviously, this blog is themed around an appreciation for anything and everything Middle Earth. 

In particular, though, I intend to post a combination of quotes from the novels and/or films, and brief observations or notations I find in the margins of my copies of the novels as I re-read them, perhaps with some fresh notes to join them. In addition, I am taking a class this semester in University entitled “J. R. R. Tolkien and Counterculture,” (with our dear @wilderlandranger) and will likely post some notes, food for thought, or even scribbles for assignments. 

There will also likely be memes. Maybe some of my own writing. 

I am very much going to treat this blog like a more organized version of a very disorganized Word doc currently festering on my Desktop called “Tolkien Diary,” if that adds any briefer explanation or flavor to what you expect. 

Additives and Addendums

If I find anything more noteworthy to add to this post of great importance, then it will be listed under this section! But, for now, good day!

heroineimages:

what-would-elrond-say:

It occurred to me on my last readthrough of The Lord of the Rings that one of the reasons I always found Boromir’s death so tragic was because he failed to protect those that he cared for. He attempts to take the ring from Frodo, driving him away, and then is killed in defense of Merry and Pippin. It was all for nothing, his struggle with the darkness and shadow, and his final stand against the Uruk-hai. 

But really, I think that Boromir’s death achieved something very important. I always questioned why the Uruks settled for only taking Merry and Pippin. Surely Saruman knew the composition of the Fellowship, and would have told his captains that there were four hobbits. It stands to reason that they would have simply rounded up all four just to be safe. Yet they only take two, leaving Frodo and Sam to escape. I think the reason is actually quite simple.

The Uruks are selfish, loveless beings. They have no love for each other, or anything else. They would always opt to save their own skin if given the choice. To their eyes, this great man of Gondor was protecting something important, something very valuable, if he was willing to die for its safety. Boromir’s death insured Frodo’s escape, because the Uruks could not fathom anyone giving their life to defend something so trivial as a friend. It was clear to them beyond a shadow of a doubt that these were the hobbits that their master wanted, and they had no need to look farther. Boromir sealed this with his life. He may not have saved Merry and Pippin, but his death was not in vain.

@lesbiansforboromir

jediheretic:

i love when tragedies are like “the love was there. it didnt change anything. it didnt save anyone. there were just too many forces against it. but it still matters that the love was there”

Did someone say “Boromir’s Last Stand”?

Gimli

- “Speak, or I will put a dint in your hat that even a wizard will find hard to deal with! ”

Arwen

- “ And to that I hold. I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone. ”