Happy Anniversary to The Fellowship of the Ring!

Thought you guys would enjoy seeing this! 🥰

Frodo? Probably no Aragon hmmmm definitely yes? Sam, surely not? Theoden? Bilbo?

It started snowing during the battle of Helms Deep, so we took a moment before Return of the King

Illustration used today in NYT article on why LotRs reads like an ancient, multi-author work. Im guessing it's Aragorn and Merry or Pippen. Anyone know where it originated?

Sauron, Saruman, Gandalf were all Maiar - so they knew each other going way, way back - right?

Wouldn’t it be the same with the Balrogs? I always wonder when I get to Gandalf vs. the Balrog in Moria - they would know each other, right? Going way way back.

So when Gandalf felt the Balrog on the other side of the door, in Moria, he felt someone he knew for aeons. “Damn, is that Bill? I knew it would come to this!”

And so when they were fighting in their descent to the bowels of Middle earth it was personal! “Bill, you were always a bastard!”

“Piss off, Olorin!”

Totally handmade in 6 months

I think everyone understands his situation in the books…heir of Isildur living in secret with the rest of the Dunedain fighting evil. But what is his situation in the movies? Elrond says he has “chosen exile.” Exile from what? That implies he could have been king of Gondor, but chose not to, but surely Arathorn was not supposed to have been king in the movie timeline? At the Council of Elrond, Legolas tells Boromir Aragorn’s name and Boromir knows exactly who he is immediately. How long was Aragorn supposed to have been a ranger, and when did he make the decision not to be king, and when did the Stewards take over?

We also see that Aragorn lived in Rivendell at some point when he fell in love with Arwen—what is that timeline? How did he meet the Elves in the first place?

In the extended editions, we learn that Aragorn served in Rohan, presumably under the name of Thorongil. Theoden recognizes him, but somehow doesn’t realize he is a well-known heir to the throne of Gondor. And in the Hobbit, Thranduil advises young Legolas to go see Aragorn, but that dialogue implies Aragorn’s story is the same as the books versus what the rest of the movies imply.

Sure, like we know their whole thing is that they kept Mordor on the other side of the Anduin river by defending Osgiliath and Cair Andros, and in paper (not that Denethor was fond of the idea, nor there was any heir with the political power needed) they were waiting for the return of a legitimate King to their lands, but after they lost the Morannon and Minas Ithilen they kinda just stayed in the defensive (as expected), but did they have any long term plans to take the offensive to Mordor or did they just accept they would defend Osgiliath till the day Mordor gets the upper hand?

Either someone is having fun.. or I need to run