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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
I have a question
Did anyone ever acknowledge the fact that the Prince of the Woodland Realm threatened the life of the new heir to the thrown of Rohan?
Is this why nobody mentions Thranduil? Because Legolas is a diplomatic disaster?
I completely forgot I had this I remember that I met him but I forgot I had a signed picture from him.
“Well, it can’t be helped. I wonder if it’s any good trying to finish my book? But don’t let’s worry about it now – let’s have some real News! Tell me all about the Shire!” - FoTR
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“Merry looked out in wonder upon this strange country, of which he had heard many tales upon their long road. It was a skyless world, in which his eye, through dim gulfs of shadowy air, saw only ever-mounting slopes, great walls of stone behind great walls, and frowning precipices wreathed with mist.” -RoTK
A Merry appreciation post
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Happy Twelfty-six Birthday to the Professor
I am (obviously) much in love with plants and above all trees, and always have been; and I find human maltreatment of them as hard to bear as some find ill-treatment of animals. - Tolkien to the Houghton Mifflin Co., 1955
And Happy 89th Birthday to my Grandpa! even though he won’t likely be seeing this
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THE LORD OF THE RINGS [1/?] → EOWYN
i am of the House of Eorl and not a serving-woman. i can ride and wield blade, and i do not fear either pain or death
Map of Europe in a Fantasy Tolkien Style
I’ve been making a few of these style maps recently, I did New EnglandandScotland previously for fun. Europe was a bigger challenge due to the scale of the place and the fairly complicated coastlines and water features. Particularly around Finland and Sweden (why you have so many lakes?). The whole thing took around 6 hours total.
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If you want more like this, let me know! You can download the high resolution version below for free, and likewise If you want to know how these are made click the other link below for a general outline:
- Download Full Resolution Version Here [Google Drive 19mb]
- Download Full Resolution (No Labels)
- How to: Making a fantasy style map [Via Medium]
Instead of trying to label everything accurately, this time I’ve stuck to some islands, most capital cities, and the main mountain ranges as it is supposed to be mostly a geographical map - the density of European borders don’t lend themselves nicely to maps at this resolution.
Fair to say there are some issues with text legibility in this - if I started again I’d vary text colour to stand out against mountain ranges - things are only really readable at around 100% zoom. I might come back to this later on and clean things up a bit.
Google drive links needed updating, should work now!
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