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A month ago when we first saw that the Elves have short hair in the new show I was like “ew not wtf this is an abomination” but then I cut my own hella long elven hair off irl and now look like Amazon Elrond and am nowlike

And am now accidentally all for the short hair elf thing

I’ve become my own worst enemy in this fandom

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favorite bits of the cast interviews in the LOTR special features:

  • Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, Elijah Wood and Viggo Mortensen all taking the piss out of Orlando Bloom for going on about a cracked rib too much, while Orlando Bloom desperately tries to wriggle out of talking about it (special mention to Elijah Wood’s “oh it hurts, babes, and I can’t ride the horse, babes” and Viggo Mortensen’s “they can be very fragile, elves, especially the…Mirkwood strain…”)
  • Ian McKellen commenting that “they never did find any suitable underwear for Gandalf…”
  • Dominic Monaghan going on and on about how Viggo Mortensen apparently had a crush on one of the Rohirrim extras (who like a lot of the Rohirrim extras was a woman in a fake beard) while Vigoo Mortensen just mutters “one could perhaps say something about Mr. Monaghan’s…proclivities…”
  • Dominic Monaghan’s imitation of John Rhys-Davies ordering food at a restaurant for the whole cast. “You have partridge? BRING THE PARTRIDGE!”
  • John Rhys-Davies talking about an incident with the Lothlorian boats and saying “if an elf and a dwarf are in a boat…and…the boat goes under…let us say that the blame was not placed on the elf” while Orlando Bloom splutters “he’s a big guy, man!” 
  • Elijah Wood talking about how the hobbit actors shared a trailer with Ian McKellen and sometimes they would hear inarticulate bellows of protest from his side when they played loud music in the mornings
  • Viggo Mortensen talking about how, while filming with those same boats, Kirin Shaw (Elijah Wood’s scale double) started telling him “if the boat tips over…save yourself…I can’t swim.” 
  • Elijah Wood describing how Sean Astin would try to direct the helicopters to land while they were on location, while the other three hobbits were screwing around and throwing pinecones at each other
  • Christopher Lee recounting how he had so much trouble going up some steps in Orthanc with his long robe that he stopped in the middle of the scene and said, “I cannot get up these goddamn steps, Peter.” 
  • Viggo Mortensen mentioning that he left a weekend rehearsal and went walking down the street still swinging his sword around, and promptly got the cops called on him

I swear I’m laughing so hard I can’t breathe

My fav LotR extra is Peter Jackson and Christopher Lee talking about how Peter was trying to coach Lee to be more vocal during his death scene, and Lee straight up was like, “That’s not the noise people make when they die to a knife in the chest. It’s *this* noise,” and while he’s demonstrating, Peter remembers that Lee was a special forces guy in WWII and back away slowly and lets him do this thing.

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Lord of the Rings Trilogy but it’s EVERY scene where two female characters interact

Meleth/Love

So I went a bit different this time and made my own silhouette. So happy with this!!

I just watched LOTR last week and you know I gotta draw my boyyyy!

“Whether by the sword or the slow decay of time, Aragorn will die and there will be no comfort for you, no comfort to ease the pain of his passing.”

Arwen, my beloved ❤️

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the legend of Orlando Bloom’s broken rib

Dominic absolutely roasting Orlando gives me life

Also Viggo explaining that Orlando is just a delicate ELF sbcjsnxjxs THE BOND OF THESE GUYS IS EVERYTHJBG.

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The Story Behind the Tapestry in Arwen’s Chamber

© Still from The Two Towers(2002)

In the second instalment of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, The Two Towers, a tapestry can be seen hanging on the wall of Arwen’s chamber in Rivendell. Depicted on the tapestry are two trees (their design very similar to those depicted on the Doors of Durin at Moria) as well as a ship gliding on an ocean beneath a lone star in the sky. Easy to miss perhaps, but the scene depicted here is actually a subtle reference to The Silmarillion, one of Tolkien’s other works, which largely deals with the history of Middle-earth and which has a particular emphasis on the Elves. 

Undoubtedly the two trees on the tapestry are meant to represent the Two Trees of Valinor. In The Silmarillion, the Two Trees of Valinor were the source of all light in the universe. The elder of the two was named Telperion, the Silver Tree, while the younger was named Laurelin, the Golden Tree. But notice how one tree is surmounted by a sun and the other by a moon. You see, when the first dark lord Morgoth destroyed the Trees, as detailed in the Valaquenta, the Valar managed to save from each tree a single fruit and blossom. These would ultimately become the sun and the moon. 

Now that we have explored the meaning of the two trees, let us move on to the next object depicted on the tapestry: the ship.

There is no doubt that the ship is a reference to the story of Eärendil the Mariner, who became the first mortal to set foot in Aman, the country of the Valar, located in the Uttermost West.  Together with his wife, Elwing, Eärendil crossed the Great Sea which separated the mortal shores from the Undying Lands, where at last he came before the Valar’s council and, on behalf of the free peoples of Middle-earth, asked them for aid in their fight against Morgoth (the same one I mentioned earlier).

It is important to note that at this point in time, the Valar had long since severed their ties with the mortals of Middle-earth and any attempt by a human to cross the Great Sea into the Blessed Realm was to be punishable by death. However, as Ëarendil’s motives had been selfless (having undertaken his journey not for himself, but for the sake of his kin), the Valar pardoned him and obliged his request. On top of this, Eärendil and his wife were granted an additional honour by the Valar. As both husband and wife were descended from the union of Elves and Men, they were given the choice to choose to which race they would be forever bound. Depending on their choice, this would render them either mortal or immortal. This same choice would also be passed down to their descendants, who became known as the Half-elven. Which finally brings us to why the banner is seen in Arwen’s room. You see, her father Elrond is the son of Eärendil, making Eärendil Arwen’s grandfather.

As we’re on the subject of Elrond’s family, did you know that Elrond also had a twin brother named Elros? The reason we do not see him, however, is that unlike his father, mother and brother who chose to live on as one of the Elves, Elros chose to live among the race of Men and eventually died of old age. This could explain why Elrond is so averted to the idea of his daughter remaining behind and choosing mortality; it would mean feeling the loss of his brother all over again. In those regards, the tapestry is actually quite appropriate to this scene in the film, in which Elrond voices his misgivings about Arwen’s choice.

But returning to the subject of Elrond’s father for a second, perhaps you may be asking yourself the following: if Elrond’s father Eärendil chose immortality, why is it then that we do not see him during the events of The Lord of the Rings?

You see, having stepped foot in the Blessed Realm of the Valar, Eärendil was not permitted to return to Middle-earth. After aiding the Valar in their war against Morgoth, his fate was to sail his ship Vingilot across the great skies until the end of days, bearing the Evening Star upon his brow and protecting the Sun and the Moon, (the last light of the Two Trees).

In fact, the light from the glass phial which Galadriel gave Frodo at his departure from Lothlórien came from that very same star. When Frodo finally has need of it in Shelob’s Lair, he exclaims: “Aiya Eärendil Elenion Ancalima!” (“Hail Eärendil, brightest of stars!”).

So there you have it: the intricate story behind a seemingly meaningless tapestry, which, at first glance, may just look like a simple movie prop, but ends up being so much more. It truly goes to show just how much passion was poured into The Lord of the Rings movies by the filmmakers. If you look hard enough, there’s meaning and symbolism behind everything — even down to the most random piece of fabric.

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