The mariners thought it an ill thing that the Captain should depart thus ... when all was made ready and men prepared to weigh anchor Erendis came there, little though she loved the noise and bustle of the great harbour and the crying of the gulls.
[Unfinished Tales]
"Father!"
"I'm alright, Isil."
"A single arrow from you may yet turn the tide."
"No, Rían! Our enemy will not breach that wall!"
It is very easy to interpret their bonds with Sauron being not entirely platonic, given the wording here, and the depths to which they deluded themselves for him. Not to mention the Adar & Galadriel dialogue scene.
Namarië.
For in its presence, all darkness must flee.
Armies may rise, hearts may fail, yet still... light endures, and is mightier than strength.
But perhaps, the Elves need only remember that it is not strength that overcomes darkness...
But light...
Neither of us was strong enough.
There might not be anyone in Middle-earth who is...
"From the beginning, a part of me knew. A part of me saw.
But I wanted what he offered.
So I... I blinded myself to what he was."
"... So did I."
- Deor's Lament
Weland endured the agony of exile:
an indomitable smith wracked by grief
He suffered countless sorrows;
indeed, such sorrows were his bosom companions
in that frozen island dungeon
where Nithad fettered him:
so many strong-but-supple sinew-bands
binding the better man
That passed away; this also may
And the angel said unto them, be not afraid: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
- Luke 2:10
[Sauron] did not object to the existence of the world, so long as he could do what he liked with it ... Morgoth had no ‘plan’: unless destruction and reduction to nil of a world in which he had only a share can be called a ‘plan’ ... Sauron had never reached this stage of nihilistic madness. 1/3
"Crimson, for Númenor’s future, or white, her past?
... I’m partial to the red. Like the sun... rises a new monarch!
It will show the people you’re a new kind of ruler for a new day. They need change."
"The white. It is humbler."
😭😭
@bearmccreary.bsky.social Collab??? 🙂
Aurora has to be in the The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power on Amazon Prime or she will perish and die. #auroramusic
[The Nature of Middle-earth]
The Eastern Orcs, who had not experienced the power and terror of the Eldar, or the valour of the Edain, were not subservient to Sauron – while he was obliged for the cozening of Western Men and Elves to wear as fair a form and countenance as he could, they despised him and laughed at him...
"Not handsome enough" and they're talking about the most romantic looking, most windswept man I've ever seen
Young Elrond
Congrats to our peredhel for his two Bafta awards! ✨
(And how important is to have movies which talk openly about mental health/disorders/conditions 🙌🏻)
Commission for Natasja Costeris ✨
#robertaramayo #elrond #ringsofpower #trop #commissions
The Black Land earns its name.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power S01 E07: The Eye
I look forward to their Rings coverage as much as I look forward to Rings of Power itself
