#so you’re stuck w uh

i cannot imagine the whiplash of being a casual lotr fan— whether that’s in the sense of just having seen the films or read the books a few times— and then encountering the Silmarillion side of tumblr, where the important debates range from the topic of who this one elf’s dad is to whether or not bondage porn with sauron (the bad guy from lotr ???) and the guy who helped him make all of those rings is compliant with the laws and customs of the eldar.

do you realize how weird that sounds? and you thought that the debates over the eagles and whether frodo & sam were gay were intense.