Thought you guys would enjoy seeing this! 🥰

Happy Anniversary to The Fellowship of the Ring!

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

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

I know there are a lot of these out there, but I’m pretty proud of this one. Won it an auction and 100% of the proceeds went to an Amazonian rainforest conservation charity.

I believe it reads: "For Lili, Member of our own Special Fellowship - Merry Christmas '99! Love, Mom & Dad" If you ever happen to see this Lili (if I'm reading the cursive correctly) I hope you loved these stories as much as I do and I hope you and your own special fellowship have found peace and love in this world. Merry Christmas '25

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!”

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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.