ameliawilliams:

What food have we got left? Let me see.

kingsbridgegifs:

Home is behind

The world ahead

And there are many paths to tread

Through shadow to the edge of night

Until the stars are all alight

Mist and shadow, cloud and shade

All shall fade

All shall fade

LOTR: The Return of the King

absynthe–minded:

every time I see the words “Tolkien ripoff” in reference to fantasy I laugh, because while there’s a lot of Tolkien ripoff in worldbuilding it almost never crops up in plot or theme or characterization

like

where are my stories about the decay of the world from the glory of days gone by?

where’s the motif of limb loss?

where’s the longing for the return of something worth following?

where are the bloodthirsty oaths that tear sanity to shreds?

where are the evil spirits who try and destroy the gods with steampunk V-1 buzz bombs (looking at you, The Lost Road)?

where’s my continent-wide dialectical shift ending in massive arguments over the proper pronunciation of a name? where’s my family drama centered around sparkly rocks? where are my dragons the size of mountain ranges?

lannisten:

_{The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)}

lannisten:

_{The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug + scenery}

lannisten:

_{Something moves in the shadows unseen, hidden from our sight. It will not show itself. Not yet. But every day it grows in strenght.}

lannisten:

As the great wealth of the Dwarves grew, their store of good will ran thin. No one knows exactly what began the rift. The Elves say the Dwarves stole their treasure. The Dwarves tell another tale. They say the Elf King refused to give them their rightful pay.

lannisten:

_{One ring to rule them all.}