Strength of a different kind
Strength of a different kind
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lemmeurs:

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king under the mountain ๐Ÿ—ป

so many of you liked the wip sketch of this i posted a while back so i am finally here with the full piece!! i will be posting two more different color schemes versions in another post so be sure to check them out too! (repost)

ylieke:

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Maedhros and the crown of Noldor.
After being taken prisoner to Angband and saved by his friend from the Second House, Maedhros relinquished the Kingship of the Noldor to Fingolfin, head of said House, thus alleviating the feued (somewhat) between the elves.

frogofalltime:

etherealspacejelly:

amaritheartist:

wickedkhaleesi:

spacevinci:

fuckyeahsexpositivity:

peppermintfeminist:

katodown:

agnellina:

grantaire-put-that-bottle-down:

hey there LGBTQ kids who are also Christian/Jewish! If you feel like you’re disobeying God, questioning your faith, or feel wrong and dirty for loving who you love, there’s this fantastic site I found today called hoperemains that accurately and thoroughly combs through scripture and its (many) mistranslations, validates your orientation, and basically let’s you know that you’re not pissing off God. It’s insanely thorough and after reading through every page on the entire site it’s super helpful. Go check it out!

No no no! Jewish LGBTQ kinderlach! Go to Keshet

hoperemains is completely from a Christian perspective, and not pluralistic or interfaith at all.

If you reblogged the first post from me please reblog this amendment so the Jewish peeps can access this resource too! 

Trans Jewish kids, you can go to TransTorah as well!

Muslim LGBTQ kids, you can go to iamnotharaam! It’s run by a mod squad of different genders and orientations, and they take submissions from everybody!

–BB

MAY ANYONE WHO REBLOGS THIS BE ELEVATED TO THE EQUIVALENT OF SAINTHOOD IN THEIR RELIGION BLESS ALL OF YOU OH MY GOD.

REBLOGGING THIS AGAIN BECAUSE IT’S SO FREAKING IMPORTANT TO ME AND ALL MY FOLLOWERS TO READ THAT DEAL WITH GRIEF AND GUILT WHILE BEING LGBTQ AND RELIGIOUS

Here’s an updated link for hoperemains, since the old one wasn’t working for me.

@frogofalltime

this is very important. we are not haraam. thank you

remusjohnslupin:

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โ€œThe world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.โ€ โ€• J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

frodo-baggins:

“I want to see the wild country again before I die, and the Mountains; but he is still in love with the Shire, with woods and fields and little rivers.”

ynartistic:

the women in Lord of the Rings

wanted to try something different >< 

deheerkonijn:

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Autumn travels are for gettin cozy with yer elf by the fire ๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ

southfarthing:

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one thing about me is i will paint another hobbit hole

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In Summers That Have Been (7.5ร—11", watercolour and gouache on watercolour paper)

arsillanola:

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Good Omentober drawing challenge Day 29

I would stay forever if you say, โ€œDonโ€™t goโ€
But you wonโ€™t, but you wonโ€™t, but you won
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What happens when my brain is on the vault tracks of 1989. I painted second panel Crowley about a month ago, but abandoned that project. Seemed like a good fit now <3

Following these prompts (sometimes)
My other drawings in this challenge

Also thanks for @peregrintook for telling me to art today, you a real one

skarchomp:

*watching the scene where aragorn kicks the orc helmet* i heard that behind the scenes this went perfectly as planned and everything about it was normal

middle-earth-mythopoeia:

But I can’t talk about climactic sentences in Tolkien’s works without mentioning what is, in my opinion, one of the best things that has ever been written in the English language.

And in that very moment, away behind in some courtyard of the City, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he crowed, recking nothing of wizardry or war, welcoming only the morning that in the sky far above the shadows of death was coming with the dawn. And as if in answer there came from far away another note. Horns, horns, horns. In dark Mindolluin’s sides they dimly echoed. Great horns of the North wildly blowing. Rohan had come at last.

This is unparalleled. This gives me chills every time I read it. It may be my favorite quote in all of Tolkien’s works, except that choosing a favorite quote would be an impossible decision to make. It’s so inspiring. It’s so moving. It’s so heroic. And obviously, it’s a moment of pure eucatastrophe. Rohan had come at last.

And the moment that Pippin hears the horns of Rohan:

When the dark shadow at the Gate withdrew Gandalf still sat motionless. But Pippin rose to his feet, as if a great weight had been lifted from him; and he stood listening to the horns, and it seemed to him that they would break his heart with joy. And never in after years could he hear a horn blown in the distance without tears starting in his eyes.

I LOVE LORD OF THE RINGS SO MUCH

airyairyquitecontrary:

robinsherman:

spoopy-kanaya:

bundyspooks:

In New Zealand, there is a man legally known as ‘The Wizard’ who is an educator, comedian, magician and politician. Some of his political ideas include:

  • Abolishing old-fashioned gender roles
  • Travelling to find the “center of the universe”
  • Replacing God and the Church with Wizardry and the World Wide Web

“Wizard, The”

This is The Wizard, reblog in 35 seconds to reveal the secrets of the center of the universe and abolish old fashioned gender roles.

The Wizard of New Zealand is not just legally named “The Wizard” so he can appear on his driver’s licence that way.  He is actually, literally, officially, the Wizard of New Zealand and was appointed to that role by Prime Minister Mike Moore in 1990.  

aspiringwarriorlibrarian:

You know, it’s kinda funny how much of high fantasy centers around kings and nobility and courtly intrigue considering that the archetypal high fantasy, Lord of the Rings, had the rather explicit moral of “saving the world is up to this backwater hick and his gardener because no politician, least of all inherited nobility, would have the ability to see past their own ambition and throw away a weapon”. Oh sure, Aragorn is a great king and all, but there’s a reason he’s over there running a distraction ring while the hobbits do the real work. Sauron loses because he gets distracted by kings and armies and great battles (i.e. typical high fantasy stuff) letting Frodo and Sam sneak through his back door and blow it all to hell.

Just saying, maybe old Jirt knew what he was saying when he said that the small folk doing their best and holding to each other was more powerful than a dozen alliances and superweapons and we should respect him for it.

VIT