Got the idea from Peregrint who’s Tolkien collection is way cooler/bigger than mine. Looked like fun, though. I know that I always like looking at people’s collections, whatever they happen to be.
So, here are some of my Tolkien books. I’m missing RotK in that first set… and it really bothers me, because I really love those covers. :/
Fëanor - one of my many Tolkien love/hate relationships.
I plan on finishing this.
I know this picture dominated the LotR tag on my dash for a while, and I just wanted to post this in response. :B
Going to try to defend the name ‘Mt. Doom’.
(deep breath)
For starters, the word ‘doom’ has several meanings. The two important to this Tumbl are as follows:
1. Inevitable destruction or ruin.
AND
2. a judgment or decision
Tolkien tends to use both forms of ‘doom’ quite a bit.
“What shall we do with the Ring, the least of rings, the trifle that Sauron fancies? That is the doom that we must deem.” - Elrond
Now that we know that ‘doom’ can allude to a decision, we can relate that to Isildur’s decision to keep the ring after cutting it from Sauron’s hand at the end of the Second Age, AND Frodo’s decision to keep it rather than throw it into the fire at the end of LotR. So, we’ve got Mt. Doom: the mountain of ruinous choice, and Mt. Doom: the mountain of inevitable destruction… ‘cause it’s a big scary fuckin’ volcano in the heart of Mordor. Also, I always thought that Mt. Doom was kind of the layman’s term for it. Like, that’s what the men and hobbits called it. I know the elves called it Orodruin. It had a couple more names that I don’t remember.
It is a pretty funny picture, though.
I’m quoting myself… but I like using the quote feature. SO SUE MEEE
Middle Earth - The Land of Super-Literal Prophecies.
Because I am a huge dork, I’ve been reading through a lot of LotR posts here on Tumblr. :B Everyone is of the opinion that Eowyn is the biggest fem-BAMF in the trilogy. Guys, c’mon- Eowyn is cool and all, but we all know that Galadriel is the biggest fem-BAMF in Middle Earth.
