middle earth tv show idea where a history channel narrator discusses artifacts from the first age based on their understanding of them in modern times & it occassionally cuts to a shot of feanor trapped behind glass who is desperately trying to correctly attribute the items
Thinkin about how Frodo says to Sam "All that I had and might have had I leave to you"....
Frodo gave up his future for the futures of everyone in Middle Earth, generically speaking. But the future that specifically should have been his was given to Sam. It should have been Frodo filling up Bag End with children. It should have been Frodo finishing up the book, getting elected Mayor a few times, sitting on the garden bench at Bag End, smoking a pipe, watching the summer clouds breeze by. "All that I had and might have had"...
being a fan of lotr but not doing the extending reading means seeing a post about lore and tossing a coin on whether it’s fake or not
anyone who’s read the silmarillion: *says anything about the silmarillion*
not dying a hero or living long enough to become the villain but a secret third thing (diminish, go into the West, and remain Galadriel)
There are multiple posts saying that Legolas is the Texan amongst the Fellowship of the Ring and you’re all wrong it’s Gandalf. It’s 1000% Gandalf. Gandalf followed a wild horse for two days to tame it and would regularly ride up to the Shire with a cart full of homemade fireworks. Gandalf's the Texan.
