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Illustrating and talking Tolkien lore, The Rings of Power; discussing pop culture, sci-fi, and politics at times. He/Him. For all artwork prints, IG bio 🔽 🇵🇸
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Sometimes I think this whole ‘Sam is the real hero and Frodo is not’ thing stems from people who actually cant comprehend the strength it takes to carry heavy and painful burdens you didn’t choose; like a disease, mental illness, trauma… and how heavy every step can be 1/2
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Everybody knows that Ask-i Memnu is the best Turkish soap opera. Especially the opening music 💔🌹🔥
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Tolkien, a Catholic man in love with a woman, living in England at a time when homosexuality is a crime, didn't have much reason to speak about the subject.
Although he had at least three queer people in his life with whom he shared good friendship and literary interests. 1/9
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Biblically accurate Galadriel
The size difference between Emilia Clarke and Gwendoline Christie is actually insane
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And that no matter how much you achieve, there is always a chance of relapse but that takes nothing from the progress you made.
Not that Sam is not a hero, but so is Frodo. I for one feel for him deeply as a character and see the toll his task took on the ring bearer.
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According to Tolkien, Sauron perceived Galadriel as his biggest enemy in the second age (as explained in UT). Not Gil-Galad, Celebrimbor, Glorfindel, Elrond, Celeborn or Cirdan, nobody in Númenor.
So the showrunners came up with a “how” and “why story” and tbh I love it.
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The Turkish Dub (oh yes me and the Turkish Dub praise are back at it again) is SO GOOD that it still shocks me.
İsmeti Betil, the voice actor, does not only sound so much like Ian McKellen but it feels like Betil enhances McKellen’s voice with an additional depth added
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It’ll forever be a funny universe clash where older Boromir is Ned Stark and younger Ned Stark is younger Elrond
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Nor was he scared of publicly praising these friends. This doesn't make him pro-queer rights - it would be a surprise if he was but the key point is that he was very different than his 100-year later contemporary die-hard fans who target people with hatred and discrimination 7/9
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Queer activism is unlikely for a heterosexual English man who was born more than a century ago
The world is different now in terms of what we know of what's humane, normal & deserves dignity - but the colours of human mind was no less admirable to Tolkien back then. 9/9
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Sitting on my bed waiting for the strength to start the day
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Mary Renault had already published her lesbian novel 'The Friendly Young Ladies' and a gay romance 'The Charioteer', living with her female partner for a long time by the time Tolkien expressed his pleasure of their exchanges and how deeply he's engaged in her books. 2/9
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He also had a close friendship with W.H. Auden, a poet whose gay lovers were not fully a secret, with contempt for fascism similar to Tolkien. He helped LOTR gain fame through his reviews and Tolkien wrote a poem to praise him, seeing him as one of his "chief encouragements" 3/9
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My favourite though is that famous video interview where Tolkien pulls a piece of paper from his pocket and reads a quote from Simone de Beauvoir, a well-known queer woman, an existentialist feminist, to explain the essence and the main theme behind his own works 5/9
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As an academic and an author, regardless of his beliefs or the fact that he did not endorse what went against that belief, he didn't care about the identities and sexual orientation of his friends and was personally and academically deeply involved with them and their art 6/9
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And then E.M. Forster, of three Tolkien probably knew the least in terms of private life. Forster allowed his openly gay romance 'Maurice' to be published only after he'd die. Nevertheless, Tolkien appreciated his mind to the extent that he nominated Forster for a Nobel Prize 4/9
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As if my day wasn’t bad enough I just learned that it’s the anniversary of Boromir’s death
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One of the best shots in the brief cinematic history of the Lord of the Rings
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It'd be a shock if these so-called fans consumed and appreciated any queer literature or had any queer friends in life. They're behind a religious man who was born in the 19th century and likely won't ever catch up with his outdated value systems in their lifetime 8/9
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If Sauron’s reveal was a Turkish telenovela
(Music is uncannily from Ask-i Memnu, meaning Forbidden Love)
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People are like delete this crap, Tolkien would hate it, it’s disgusting, you’re taking it too far etc etc
Guys deliver your complaints to Aragorn I didn’t do it
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Radagast leaving the White Council after Saruman called him a pot head
Sam Smith walks the runway at the Vivienne Westwood Fall 2024 show.
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Everyone’s fav Turkish Telenovela is back for a better and bigger season
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Tolkien wrote, when Annatar’s identity was revealed, Celebrimbor realized Galadriel was right & went on to seek her advice. It’s the last time they saw each other: a touching moment I always wished was described more in detail
This episode brought that sentiment to life for me
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This is your pop culture reminder that Sansa Stark was given a rape plot out of the blue to make her more “redeemed” in the eyes of the male audience as a badass surviver because she was considered too annoying for being a girly girl and making girly mistakes
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This is your reminder that Tolkien himself said that Sam loved Frodo, in a way, similar to how Celeborn loved Galadriel.
And this breaks my heart, while warming it. Happy pride.
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Ppl don’t care if Tolkien confirmed Orc families, they’re disturbed by a perceived humanization of the “other” who deserves disgust & death only, a concept that resonates with their sociopolitical lens which could manifest unpunished if only left untouched in a fictional universe
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I’m in awe watching people say things like TROP is “stealing” lines from the Lord of the Rings books knowing Amazon paid millions to have access to those lines so that they can bring Tolkien’s own wording into a story that he never wrote in a dialogue-based narrative format
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"Since you were robbed of Boromir, I will do what I can in his stead."
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I'll go through the
@TheRingsofPower
trailer and my thoughts in this thread, may not touch upon all but some I find interesting
3 fall on the ground and Nenya stops by Galadriel - like The One wanting to return to its master, it's implied that the 3 also have their will 1/
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I repeat myself I know but I need every single person who worked on this film to come together and make… drums ONE MORE TIME
✨ an animated anthology series of the silmarillion ✨
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When we meet Galadriel in the books, Tolkien says she was dressed in a plain, white dress
Surviving the last in-face temptation of Sauron, we see her like this for the 1st time. The story signals to us her growth, becoming the Lady of Light, closer than ever to her 3rd age self
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My message to the writers is, OK, you spent the first season creating an original seduction plot between Galadriel and Sauron based on lore bits, which IMO was really well done, but pls spend the 2nd season on the canonical seduction between Celebrimbor and Sauron. We deserve it.
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Going downstairs to pick up my food delivery after cancelling all Friday night plans
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A soldier at Helm’s Deep: That is no orc horn… Sent for the king, OPEN THE GATES
Haldir’s troop entering the fortress:
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"They sexualised Galadriel"
Arwen's cleavage from LOTR: "Am I a joke to you?"
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Elijah and Sean look like gay husbands more than any gay husbands I know
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Númenóreans thought the worst thing that could happen in life was die of old age. Eventually, drowning en masse became a more favorable option for them. Only the faithful survived by doing something we can still relate today: following a man 7’11’’ tall with generational wealth.
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For some lore clarity, Galadriel did refuse an invitation from the Valar. She decided to stay in the Middle-earth because for her, Sauron was an unfinished business - along with other motives too like wanting to rule a realm and being too proud to seek any pardon 1/4
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Me to me on Sunday nights while setting the morning alarm
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Let’s talk about the tiny gaze and the smile Cate Blanchett performs as Galadriel in this scene. This small moment, the acting, gives me chills because it’s a pivotal moment in her 8000 year long life.
What led her to this? 1/17
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I know, I really KNOW she could have performed her role as a sorceress lady, but when one has material from Tolkien about a woman of Amazon warrior disposition, physical strength, ambition, pride, self-willed character; this way of approaching Galadriel is creative and refreshing
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If Viggo returns for The Hunt for Gollum (since he said he's open to it if it makes sense for the film), I'd want him to be the narrator in prologue and epilogue of the story with small appearance.
And the film's young Aragorn should be played by a new actor in my opinion.
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Tolkien: And then Aulë the smith-God who lived in the heaven on Earth lit by two massive trees got bored and created a whole race called Dwarves
A fan: Science proves that Dwarves cannot be black because they would lack the melanin due to living underground
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This is peak warrior princess I don’t care how cliche it is, it’s giving
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Public service for those looking for a block list: Go to the replies
One of the best shots in the brief cinematic history of the Lord of the Rings
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The way TROP chose a depiction of Sauron that was very similar to Aragorn to make everyone think that he’s truly a man-king and everyone immediately ate…
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When you try to save the world like your parents did but you're not turned into a star or a bird because your gay uncles chose magic jewellery over ending the overseas vacation that's not making anyone happy anymore
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That rom-com would be called Beren and Lúthien
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Valar forgot about Sauron twice after capturing Morgoth
and because of that Frodo had to go on a traumatising hike across the continent... Then Valar offered him a rehab gift card like...
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Yes, Tolkien's works revolve around deeds of men most of the time and it reflects his private life
But where he writes women, their strength is unmatched
Melkor feared Varda most
Fëanor and Sauron's biggest adversary was Galadriel
Elwing literally saved the world
and so on
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If GoT is getting 4 animated series maybe it’s time that we get that… drums… you know what I’m gonna say next…
AN ANIMATED ANTHOLOGY SERIES OF THE SILMARILLION
George R.R. Martin says there are 7 more
#GameOfThrones
shows in development ⚔️
• 3 are live-action
• 4 are animated
This is in addition to
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(via
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Oh so shocking when such things happen in pure cinema, right?
Almost like when Earth was obliging enough not to collapse only around Aragorn’s host.
It's so cool that the sun was obliging enough to only shine on the elf army. Pure cinema.
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Galadriel giving up on the dagger, or what it represented, the vicious desire for violent vengeance, was beautiful in the sense that the dagger would create Nenya, which then Galadriel would use to preserve the beauty of her realm against the shadow of Mordor, but also +
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Practical effects and giant miniatures combined with CGI made visual aging of Lord of the Rings films very, very slow.
Today they still look gorgeous and more realistic than many others among its contemporaries. +
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This Halloween I wanna dress up as Galadriel in armour then gently lean toward people and whisper 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑒-𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑒
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I reckon the true seduction of Celebrimbor will happen when Sauron returns to Eregion and offers to make more rings, and although the Elven problems are resolved, Celebrimbor will desire for more and restart working with Sauron/Annatar/Halbrand against Galadriel’s advice 1/3
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Good morning. Here’s Frodo and Sam’s reaction to the story of Beren and Lúthien
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I’m just having fun thinking about the grumpy and completely confused Uruk who had to pick raspberries and grapes for Galadriel…
#TROPSpoilers
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The discourse around Glûg’s family was so toxic I forgot to acknowledge that existence of Glûg Jr makes Adar in fact a Grand-Adar
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I hope
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know that there is a small but passionate group of us (or maybe just me...) who want to hear Morfydd sing 'Galadriel's Song of Eldamar' as it ties perfectly to her arc that begins with refusing to return to Valinor & then deeply missing it
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This is a Morfydd Clark appreciation tweet.
She’s doing such a good job. The obsession, the fear, the anger, the arrogance and the power she channels in her performance is impeccable.
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When Fëanor knew that he was about to die, because of an ambush Morgoth set up to kill him, he had the foresight of death and cursed Morgoth.
Like his grandfather, so did Celebrimbor, cursing Sauron and foreseeing his utter destruction.
#TheRingsOfPower
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Morfydd Clark is 10/10 casting.
Young Cate Blanchett is surely the young Galadriel in another universe tho.
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Viggo returning as Aragorn would be this basically
My son, have I ever told you about the hunt for Gollum?
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Elrond and Elros, twin sons of parents who sacrificed everything, including their children, to save all who were in despair.
Brothers made a sacrifice too: One remained immortal and the other chose to age and pass away after a long life.
My new drawing
‘Farewell, Brother’
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Cast him as a Tolkien character
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Gore Verbinski we’re thankful to you for fulfilling the idea to its fullest extent
aragorn and arwen fighting uruk-hai together is the standard for romance
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One thing Peter Jackson did great with altering the books was pulling Arwen to the frontline, although in confusing ways, and hiring Liv Tyler for the role.
It really was a cultural reset…
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"Tolkien would've hated this!!!"
*Has retweeted pro-Trump content*
What a shocker
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The hair strands of Galadriel reminiscing both silver Telperion & golden Laurelin has other meaning beyond the Eldar belief that her hair contains light of the Trees, her heritage, or her relationship with her uncle and/or Gimli.
It’s also a take on gender, by Tolkien: A thread
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Halbrand is Sauron. I’m not saying this as something I know for a fact but as something that makes sense within the show’s own logic and lore (not of Tolkien’s but also fits in there to an extent). Why? A thread with
#RingsofPower
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#tropspoilers
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This scene does a lot of things in a brilliant way. One of them is conveying a feeling of distances, farawayness in Middle-earth that makes you understand the realities around time and physical costs travels will take, thus solidifying the stakes
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King movie was released 19 years ago. One of my favorite musical pieces from it is Howard Shore's The Lighting of the Beacons. The tension, followed by hopeful soaring notes and beautiful visuals, always captivate me.
#Tolkien
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*saruman takes gandalf captive in orthanc*
Manwë:
Aulë:
Manwë:
Aulë: I-
Manwë: Honestly wtf man
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People have to date Sauron before finding their Celeborn
It’s how growing up in dating life works…
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Éowyn & Faramir for me is overall a much better love theme than Aragorn & Arwen or even Beren & Lúthien.
Maybe it's not 'epic' but it's so beautiful in the way they both pass through darkness to find not only each other but also their own true selves and feel unburdened
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Glûg brought refreshing nuance to the history of Uruk in any Tolkien adaptation
The frustration of feeling stuck between devotion to a ‘father’ whose care required sacrifice & his desire to live and help his family tragically pushed him and his comrades into Sauron’s trap
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Because Isildur did want to shag and shagged indeed that’s how Aragorn happened
@TheRingsofPower
I fail to understand why who wants to shag who is a good addition to Tolkiens world.
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Ehm… Cate Blanchett as Galadriel and Charlie Vickers as Sauron.
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What the hell DID I JUST WATCH
The most Rings of Power episode of The Rings of Power
Goosebumps
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Adar just called Galadriel “Altáriel” (Quenya version of Telerin Alatáriel)
The name Celeborn gave her and she loved so much that referred to herself as Galadriel, the Sindarin version of the same name
Never heard her being called this name so I screamed a little
#TROPspoilers
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"...bound up her hair as a crown when taking part in athletic feats."
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To me the scariest character of Tolkien Legendarium is Ungoliant.
She is fascinating, horrifying and unique. The one and only god-like, and one of the very few female villains, too.
She made Melkor, who is mightier than all Valar combined, fear for his life and cry for help.
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He probably thinks he came up with a brilliant nickname while the real fun here is that his clownery went so far that it’s ironically and blatantly mocking Tolkien now
Yes, Galadriel, or Nerwen, was the *man-maiden* of Noldor. You’re not far off from the author’s vision
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I’m going to be honest, this is my favorite scene right now from the entire show, and one of my favorites, close to the top across all Tolkien adaptations.
Their exchange, both of them are crying, for loss and dread but also perhaps vain destruction of a legendary partnership
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