With The Two Of Us Togetherwe Can Make It To The End. Youd Better Believe We Will.

With the two of us together…we can make it to the end. You’d better believe we will.

the lord of the rings is so honest. so raw. so sincere. so unabashedly from the heart. no snide fourth wall jokes, no attempts to alleviate the heaviness. it is is wholeheartedly earnest in its dedication to portraying hope and love and faith and loyalty and courage, and that is what makes it feel like home to so many of us. it's true to itself. it doesn't pretend to be cool and care less. it cares, a lot, and that is a rare, beautiful thing. it warms our hearts to care for a piece of fiction that was made to care about and be cared about

and we know we aren't going to be punished or ridiculed by the work itself for loving it! no characters killed off cruelly, no plotlines abandoned, no shrugging of shoulders and "well real life is like that. get used to it." we have always needed escapism, and we always will. and middle earth will always be there to escape to

Porcelain weight in the form of a plum branch, made in Japan in the 19th century (source).

chinese gongbi style by 长安(xiaohongshu: 9471140599)

2022, oil on cradled wood panel

No one, not even you, can kill everyone

Keanu Reeves as John Wick in John Wick Chapter 4 (2023)