the lay of leithian makes a lot more sense if you imagine it as a
dungeons and dragons-style tabletop rpg game between a group of
dangerously eager players and an increasingly frazzled DM
“something about the orcs’ demeanor seems…suspicious”
“okay. sauron, roll for a perception check.”
“dude, come on, his nickname is literally ‘The Great Eye’, that’s not fair -”
“finrod, beren, roll for charisma”
*groans amid rattling of dice*
“the werewolf licks his jaws, which are dripping with gore and saliva. he tenses, as if to spring -”
“I FIGHT THE WEREWOLF”
“finrod, you’re chained up. you don’t have any weapons.”
“I FIGHT THE WEREWOLF WITH MY BARE HANDS”
*sigh* “roll for constitution”
“i use my musical abilities to seduce the dark lord!”
“luthien, you can’t just seduce the dark -nat twenty???
…alright, i guess you can seduce the dark lord.”
[some time later]
“luthien, i know it worked before, but this is the god of death, singing him to sleep just isn’t going to work this - nat twenty again, are you fucking serious -”
some cursed part of my brain that will never forget hearing m.i.a by paper planes for the first time: [gunshot] [gunshot] [gunshot] [gunshot] [cash register noise] AND TAKE YOUR MONEY
#feeling blessed the death cure gave us this #because in the other two movies minho is seen has calm and levelheaded #but in the books lashing out and having a temper is a key part of his personality #fighting is his first response #it’s who he is #and i’m so glad we finally got to see that part of him on the big screen #no matter how much it hurt
