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Another reason we love Durin the Fourth ❤
Poor Durin and Elrond, trying to be the voices of reason, and getting Cassandra'd
They should have just LISTENED TO THE DAMN DWARF PRINCE
And again
And YET AGAIN
This headcanon is mine now, and I WILL be writing a fanfic that I'll probably only share brief quotes and snippets of to anyone.
I’m naturally very scared for the whole ‘madness running through the line of Durin’ thing, but we can add even more angst by imagining Durin succumbing to gold sickness and deciding that Elrond is one of his treasures 👀
durin really was like, 5 seconds away from calling annatar a bitch to his face lol
thinking a lot about the parallel in this ep between durin, who loves his father desperately and refuses to do anything to cause him harm or disgrace despite his father’s madness, and earien, who loves her father and tries to save him from physical harm not understanding that he would rather die than betray his faith and honor.
wait elrond and durin are going to see each other again right??? RIGHT?!?
Initial thoughts on the rings of power finale (spoilers):
- the dynamic between sauron and celebrimbor is by and large the best part of the season. I’m gonna miss charlie edwards so much 😭
- the balrog slayed (literally)
- WHERE IS MY ELROND/DURIN REUNION FUCK
- fuck kemen seriously don’t you dare threaten berek king of the horses i will fuck you up myself
- i love narrative symmetry/parallels and apparently so do the writers cause oh boy there were a bunch but adar’s death? perfect
more to come
elrond, hearing the name of his old friend whom he lost long ago-
“‘Durin, Durin!’ said Thorin. ‘He was the father of the fathers of the eldest race of dwarfs, the Longbeards, and my first ancestor. I am his heir.’” - j.r.r. tolkien, the hobbit
how must his heart have broken all over again.
elrond, hearing the name of his old friend whom he lost long ago-
“‘Durin, Durin!’ said Thorin. ‘He was the father of the fathers of the eldest race of dwarfs, the Longbeards, and my first ancestor. I am his heir.’” - j.r.r. tolkien, the hobbit
how must his heart have broken all over again.
the fact that we DIDNT GET A REUNION in the finale i’m-
wait elrond and durin are going to see each other again right??? RIGHT?!?
Prince Durin IV
This is a drawing I’ve made. Took about 8-9h.
Lord of the Ring: Rings of Power spoilers ahead, reading on your own risk:
So I just watched the first two episodes of the show and I am really enjoying it so far. So I was looking on Tumblr, tiktok and youtube for some reviews and some opinions because I wanted to know how other people think about the show. And I was really surprised to see that SOOOOO MANY PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE IT? like yes taste is subjective and stuff but some of those people use weird ass, relatively small things to justify their negative opinions. And in this post essay (because its longer than I thought) I want to explain a few of them and try to make sense out of this. And I also gonna leave my opinions here, just so u know.
(Quick note before this, I haven't read any ot the LotR books nor the hobbit nor any other book but i do get my needed information, just so u know)
Many people complain about how mainly Galadriel and Elrond aren't like the characters we know from LotR. And obviously their characters are different. I don't know how many years are between RoP and LotR but I guess a lot. And of course they wised up in those years. Especially after the upcoming war in the new serie (I assume there will be a war lol). No one, not even elves, are born wise. It needs time and experiences to gain the wisdom that Elrond and Galadriel have in LotR. And since they seem relatively young in RoP (I mean for elves yk) I think that they just aren't as wise as in LotR and that they simply CAN'T be like in LotR. Besides if they would be exactly the same they would be NO room for character development and that would make their characters seem flat which would be ungracious for those two amazing characters!
Young Elrond is kinda hot lol idk love him. I totally understand why he is described as "kind as the sun". Like look at the sweet little puppy on screen. Love him and I will protect him with my life and I will block everyone how disagrees. Because him being an absolute perfect little bunny is a fact and not an opinion!!! <3<3<3 (*3*)
The hair of the elves! Yes, I do that one. First of all I dont care about that hair. But apparently many people out there do so let's fucking go. Yes, the hair is short and I guess that Tolkien originally described them with long hair but idk. But like even elves are just a folk and after traveling from the valinor (?) to middle earth they got influenced from the looks of other folks. And I strongly believe that even elves do have changing beauty standards. I mean yes, we aren't elves but look at how the standards changes from 100 years back till now. And I think that elves also have changes in their standards but they simply "last" longer because they have way longer to live than any other species. And that's also why we just see longhaired elves in the hobbit and LotR.. change my mind
The costumes. Beside the fact that I think fashions standards change like beauty standards, the costume designers from RoP cant just steal/copy the exact costume of LotR. And this is because the costume designers of lotr, regardless of whether the rights belong to the film studio or not, still have the intellectual property. They sit down and did all the work. Also it would not be original if you just copy and paste it. It would be boring and flat. But nevertheless it must be said that the quality of the costumes could have been better. So at least what you see.
Durin IV (i guess) is amazing! I love him and the relationship he has with Elrond. He is amazing and this makes me love dwarves even more.
Disa (is this how u write it) is also amazing!! Except that we dont get so see any female dwarves with beards (so far) disa is everything. How she stands her ground against her husband and just how loving they are with each other. And I also believe that disa is a great example for good character work. Because one of my biggest fears was it that they create a male dwarf character and just let a female actor play it. But this is not what they did. They somehow gave it female traits (I'm not saying traits have a gender atypical speaking yk?). I just love her and the character work.
The storyline. I heard from many people the the storyline isn't canon and that this is like a fanfiction kinda thing. But honestly who cares?! Because this is a fucking fantasy book/movie series/ show. EVERYTHING in it is fictional and not real. It's just a good show so stop to search reasons to hate it.
I love the hobbit girl?! I forgot her name but she is amazing love her wow. She is such a cutie <3 (*3*)
I also love the black representation in the show. I mean I'm not black but I still love it. It shows the growth of the film studios. I mean back in the days it wasn't normal for black people to be represented in shows/ movies especially not as main characters or really important side characters yk. And yes again this is not what we used to when it comes to LotR BUT this just shows that not only new fandoms stick with the time but also "older" fandoms can change to be more inclusive.
That definitely wasn't all that I could say about the show but that were the most important points for me. But if u wanna know some more about my point of view, just ask. Thank you for reading this. Besides this is just my opinion and if u disagree that fine (except point 2, I will die on that hill). I love u all an I hope u have a marvelous day *kissies*