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The Hobbit: A Tolkien fan’s rant

I know no one will see this but I really need to put this out there. J.R.R. Tolkien did not create his legendarium for girls to feign over characters that are brothers and are mostly kin.  Also do not use the quote Not all those who wander are lost unless you know what it signifies. Tolkien abhorred popular culture and did not want his universe (Ea) to become some mickey mouse fan club where girls fangirl over characters and ship their brothers. His work was of scholarly attributes there is much more to the books than in Peter Jackson’s films I think its good that we can be introduced through the medium of film as I was when I was eight years old but please stop and read the books and become immersed into his legendarium. You can totally ship Beren and Luthien though that’s okay


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excerpts-from-tolkien: It was evening, and the stars were glimmering in the eastern sky as they passed the ruined oak and turned and went on down the hill between the hazel-thickets. Sam was silent, deep in his memories. Presently he became aware that Frodo was singing softly to himself, singing the old walking-song, but the words were not quite the same.         Still round the corner there may wait             A new road or a secret gate;        And though I oft have passed them by,             A day will come at last when I        Shall take the hidden paths that run             West of the Moon, East of the Sun. And as if in answer, from down below, coming up the road out of the valley, voices sang:                A! Elbereth Gilthoniel!               silivren penna míriel               o menel aglar elenath,               Gilthoniel, A! Elbereth!        We still remember, we who dwell        In this far land beneath the trees        The starlight on the Western Seas.  —J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, “The Grey Havens” Read More View Larger

excerpts-from-tolkien:

It was evening, and the stars were glimmering in the eastern sky as they passed the ruined oak and turned and went on down the hill between the hazel-thickets. Sam was silent, deep in his memories. Presently he became aware that Frodo was singing softly to himself, singing the old walking-song, but the words were not quite the same.

        Still round the corner there may wait
             A new road or a secret gate;
        And though I oft have passed them by,
             A day will come at last when I
        Shall take the hidden paths that run
             West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

And as if in answer, from down below, coming up the road out of the valley, voices sang:

               A! Elbereth Gilthoniel!
               silivren penna míriel
               o menel aglar elenath,
               Gilthoniel, A! Elbereth!
        We still remember, we who dwell
        In this far land beneath the trees
        The starlight on the Western Seas.
 

—J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, “The Grey Havens”

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