verymaedhros:

So, I was thinking

In Valinor, there would be NO safety codes. No OSHA. Nothin. Why? Because Ainur don’t have damageable-bodies like elves (yes, later on they became more linked to the earth and physical forms, but as of pre-first age valinor…yeah no they’re barely physical and it takes NO extra effort to fix/modify their forms). So, why have handrails? Why have safety features? They wouldn’t!

So, Valinor Architecture would be horribly unsafe and all. Bridges over chasms. If you fall, tough luck fucker. 

It would thus make sense if this became some what of a trend in middle earth too once the elves went over. Having no rails is CLASSY and VALINORIAN. It’s the THING TO DO if you want high, divine architecture!

verymaedhros:

Okay so let me start out with a few facts.

Elf souls:

• If they refuse to go to the halls, their souls (their fea) can stick around
  
• It is more susceptible to corruption and shit, basically they lose who they are very quickly and just become this malicious wandering thing
  
• Sauron can gain control of them quite easily
• These wicked versions of the souls are noted as being put into bodies occasionally

Orcs

• Originated from something (Tolkien couldn’t decide really) having to do with elves
  
• One version is that they’re tortured/corrupted elves
• One version is that they’re beasts/forms made by Melkor then animated like a “parrot”
• However they’re not just evil elves, their bodies are all fucked up too
• They reproduce in a human/animal/elf method, so their bodies are indeed biological
• If we’re going off Peter Jackson’s versions of them, not sure if this is also in the books, orcs can become immensely physically fucked up (head collapsed, head split in two, etc) and just generally a walking heap of deadly injuries and scars

So my concept for orc origin is that Melkor TRIED to make his own original beings, like elves or humans or dwarves, but couldn’t. He could only make Frankenstein’s monster-esque meat dolls. Sauron remedied this by taking the souls of dead elves, which once out of the body easily fall into an orc-like state in which they can speak, function, fight, etc but lose their old sense of self and take on a wickedness. Shove those fucked up souls into the meat dolls and there you go. Instead of making fresh meat dolls you can just reuse an actual corpse, which explains how and why orcs look so fucked up like mangled corpses. 

I was sharing this in a discord chat with my friends a few days ago and there were some interesting takes/additions on this, like what if one of the bodies used or souls used was slightly recognizable to someone who knew them pre-orc. 

verymaedhros:

lim-dul:

lim-dul:

i’m trying to remember the name of that one anime but the only thing i can think of is “my little alchemist” and that is definitely Not Right

LMAO

he certainly is little

WHO ARE YOU CALLING A LITTLE RUNT YOU JERK!!!!!!!

avelera:

One of the the craziest things about “The Hobbit” film trilogy is the fact that like in many mainstream films, the concept of “home” is romanticized, and yet unlike many mainstream films, the reality of “home” is shown to be incredibly toxic. 

Both Thorin and Bilbo glorify their homes in their minds, yet in both cases when they actually reach the home they’ve been dreaming about, they find them to be empty, desolate, and nightmarish. Their homes literally trap them in a downward spiral of corruption and bring them into proximity with evil objects of gold that subvert their inherent personalities and goodness as people. Their homes destroy them.

This is still wild to me. Sure there’s other, more artistic films that will deal with the idea of “home” being a toxic rather than a healthy place. But it is unusual to see the reality of their homes vs. the narrative about their homes that the characters believe to be true running so contradictory to one another in a film that isn’t otherwise too concerned with being intellectual. Even the books don’t focus on this message to that extent. Whereas in the films, there is a central theme that the idea of “home” as a fixation on a place is less healthy for us than the actions we take, and the people we choose to be with. 

And that is quite bold and unusual.

minhoruns:

favorite movie meme » two colors [2/2]

↳ orange

minhoruns:

favorite fandoms game » day two: movie

↳ pacific rim (2013)

iamnevertheone:

to boldly go where no one has gone before

elvenking:

I want you to live forever
Underneath the sky so blue

for thorinoakeshield 

timeladv:

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

fizzmouth:

boy have i been watching star trek