Am I The Only One Who Finds The Council Of Elrond Incredibly Funny? The Fact That When Something Goes

Am I the only one who finds the Council of Elrond incredibly funny? The fact that when something goes wrong, everyone in Middle Earth immediately goes to Elrond for advice, whether an elf, a dwarf, or a man, is just- well. We all know who has all the brain cells in Middle Earth and surprisingly enough, people of Middle Earth seem to know it as well.

So maybe they should start actually listening to him.

Gollum escapes? -> Elrond

Nazgul are being annoying and knock on your door ten times a day? -> Elrond

Sauron's ring has been found? -> Elrond

You have a weird dream? -> Elrond

Saruman is being a dick? -> Elrond

Most of those people don't live even near Rivendell, but evidently, Elrond is just a to-go person when you or someone else fucks up.

Then there's Bilbo chilling on a visit.

The whole crew! It’s been way too long since I’ve last drawn atla fanart so here it is <3

I do think one important piece to add back to OP's post is - Pay attention to nuance *in real life.* Someone liking fiction that has zero nuance doesn't mean that they ascribe zero nuance to their real lives any more than people liking fictional villains makes them villains in their real lives. Sometimes people get exhausted of the gray spaces they inhabit every day in the real world with real people, and fiction is their pleasant escape from that reality for a while. A way to de-stress that harms zero real people. And this, too, is as valid as any other story preference.

Nuance is far more important as a tool for remembering the equal humanity of someone who loves the kinds of stories you hate, then it is as a tool for writing The Best Kind Of Literature.

(Though it can, of course, make for some damn good literature, too!)

90% of arguments about media could just be solved by saying “different people like different things in their stories” and leaving it at that

sometimes you just gotta stand on a balcony and think about your husband 😳😳😳

(i dont think its very visible but psssst their rings have the fire nation and water tribe symbols on them)

I start all my posts and messages with “and” and “also” because thanks to ADHD I do not experience the linear progression of time and every thought leads into the next one it is an interconnected web of existence and you are all the mosquitos on which I feast