cakesandfail:

Discworld x Tolkien crossover where Vimes arrests the One Ring for being an accessory to murder

The Six Types of Middle-Earth Names

lotrfansaredorcs:

1. Characters whose Names are Secretly Insults: 

Samwise: means “Half-wise” or “Half-wit.” He is Stupid Gamgee

Faramir: Boromir’s name means “steadfast jewel”, but Faramir’s name just means “sufficient jewel.”

Sufficient.

Denethor took one look at baby Faramir and thought “eh I guess he exists or whatever” which is very in character

 2. Characters who Have Way Too Many Names

Examples include Aragorn son of Arathorn son of Arador heir of Isildur Elendil’s son, descendant of Numenor,  Thorongill,  Eagle of the Star,  Dúnadan, Strider,  Wingfoot, Longshanks, Elessar, Edhelharn, Elfstone, Estel, Hope, The Chieftain of the Dúnedain, King of the West, High King of Gondor and Arnor, and Envinyatar the Renewer of the House of Telcontar

Wait I’m sorry did I say “examples” plural

Cuz that was all one guy

3. Characters whose parents must’ve been prophets

-Frodo means “wise by experience.” His story is about becoming wise by experience
-A lady named Elwing turns into a bird (geddit)

4. Characters whose families were so lazy that they copy-pasted the same first half of a name onto multiple people

Théoden/Théodred 
Aragorn/Arathorn/Arador 
Éomer/ Éomund/Éowyn/Éorl
Elladan/Elrohir/Elrond/Elros/Elwing/Elenwë/Elendil/Eldarion (the laziest family) 

5.Characters whose Names are Expertly Designed so that Newbies can’t Remember Who is Who and Feel Sad

All the people mentioned in number 4
Celeborn, Celegorm, Celebrimbor, Celebrian
All the rhyming dwarf names in the Hobbit
Sauron and Saruman
Arwen and Éowyn

6. Name so nice, you say it twice

Legoas Greenleaf: Legolas’s first name means “Greenleaf” in elvish. Legolas is Greenleaf Greenleaf (thranduil really likes green leaves ok)

King Théoden’s name means King in Rohirric. Tolkien decided to name his king “King.” All hail King King



 this is what the fanbase means when we say tolkien was a creative genius with language

tolkien go

reytistic:

go outside. go on an adventure. find some people living in forests. watch your friends die. come home a changed person after witnessing the horrors of war. 

earendil-was-a-mariner:

“Dear diary, 

There was a family reunion. 12 people are dead.”

- The Silmarillion

Combine the completely useless guards from The Shannara Chronicles with the lack of railings in Middle Earth, put the Hogwarts school staff in charge and we have one of the greatest health, safety and security disasters of all fiction.

Reasons to Join the Tolkien Fandom

anthropologyarda:

- old. like really old. older than star trek old.

- immortal. existed for over half a century before anybody thought about making movies. will keep existing after people forget them.

- full of nerds. hardcore nerds who do good research. A+

- full of nerds. like actual climatologists and geologists. official nerds who publish in official journals about speculative science in a fantasy world. 

- high chance they will read your fanfic/meta. Tolkien is not an easy read and they probably have the patience/skills to get through your writing easy

- what is canon? we just don’t know

- appreciates my excessive collection of nature photos. Mostly trees and mountains.

- likes shiny things

- does not approve of keeping shiny things. sometimes approves of stealing them