okay but dwarves put SO much effort into their tombs already, carving perfect stone and inscriptions and making records to bury kin with kin and everything, let alone for Gimli son of Gloin Lord of the Glittering Caves.
The years of planning and amounts of paperwork and arrangements for the tomb of Gimli son of Gloin Lord of the Glittering Caves one of the Nine of the Fellowship one of the Heroes of Arda the Elf-friend and sturdy and possessor of the three hairs of Galadriel would be IMMENSE
and then Legolas rocks up in Gimli’s final days of life like: ok so I built this boat
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!
[Image description Tweet from @joelmuchai “When someone out of your league starts flirting with you.” Attached image is of a person sticking their tongue out at an uncomfortable-looking statue of Gollum from Lord of the Rings.]
[Comic of Aragorn saying, “You have my electrolytes!” Legolas, in a cool wheelchair, says, “And my wheels!” Gimli, holding up a pillow, screams, “AND MY NAPS!” Potsie, dressed as Frodo, holds a spoon and giggles. They are…THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE SPOON.]
Happy Dysautonomia Awareness month, everyone! I’ve been doing a little “spoonie spoof” series over on Instagram and, per the norm, have completely forgotten to post it here.
I’m going to try to remember to post more comics on Tumblr, but it’s just really difficult for me to remember it these days–so if you’d like to stay a little more up-to-date with my comics, I post them all first on my Instagram.
Nothing makes me smile more when writing Tolkien fanfiction than finding an opportunity to include some variation of the line, “One does not simply walk into Mordor,” OR, “When there’s a whip, there’s a way.”
