#rivendell
No, no really.
Rivendell elves are the vegan animal activists who usually gather every two Saturday night for their book club. They don’t drink and if they do they drink that exotic soda that their favorite fair trade shop imported from Guatemala.
Mirkwood elves are the hipsters who do Coen’s movies marathons, play Cure covers with cellos and get drunk on walmart wine.(But they pretend is Pinot Noir)
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!
For anyone who cares, I have finally decided to start a Facebook page. You can visit, like and share the page at the link below (or don’t, I’m not bothered what you do):
https://www.facebook.com/jamesrostrondesign
In honour of my swanky new page, I’ve decided to update a few of my more popular posts, starting with my Lord of the Rings route map. This post was the first one to really take off when I posted it nearly 4 years ago. Thank you to everyone who liked and shared it and followed me since I started this Tumblr page back in 2012.
…and if you want to see the original route map, you can still see it below:
http://jamesrostron.tumblr.com/post/43806042266/a-double-bill-of-lord-of-the-rings-posts-today
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CHAPTER 1!?! Pg (1-3)
Updates continue on in this thread
And so it begins
Costumes of the elf Arwen from the wonderful trilogy “The Lord of the Rings”. A total of 17 outfits were created, but several of them were not included in the film along with the scenes for which they were sewn.
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Oodles of Lord of the Ringsdoodles.
(except the weird face top right. unclear why that’s there)
More art @ Petrichorus.
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3 Elven Themes in Nature Ambience | calm & peaceful music with elvish co…
Looking back….
I spend so much time in these rocks as a kid but only last autumn managed to return there to take pictures. I do not feel as if I made the best use of the Location, so obviously I need to do it again. Also, never try to be a photographer while wearing all that armor…
Mornienna took the photo.
The walls of Caras Neldorath.
Would you stand before these gates as a friend, or as an enemy?
It is an immense team effort by the Lager der Elben construction team to put this stockade into place for each Epic Empires. The modules have to be carried to the location and assembled there, and after the event, they are again disassembled and carried to their storage location. My part in this was very small: During the original planning phase I gave feedback and Ideas to how it looks from the outside and what it should support gameplay-wise: Limited cover for defending archers and plenty of space where enemies can try to climb the wall.
The photo was taken by The Kelric View
Andewyn, the healer.
I tried to play with yellow and blue here, to create a contrast of warm and cold.
The character belongs to Yvycrafts
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The clothing and jewelry stick close to the character’s original wardrobe. Yvy is also the person behind Ayree - more than jewelry who crafts beautiful, delicate jewelry for LARP and everyday wear. Check out her Etsy store if you are interested!
