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King Théoden 101 🥰
Tonight, we remember one who lent his enormous talent to telling the story we have all come to love. Hail, the victorious dead!
May the Simbelmynë cover his tomb as it did the tomb of the one he so accurately portrayed.
Bernard Hill Dec 17, 1944 - May 5, 2024
"My body is broken. I go to my fathers. And even in their mighty company I shall not now be ashamed."
Thank you for giving us the Theoden we needed, Bernard Hill. Join your fathers and rest in glory. ❤️🙏😔
THEODEN
Simbelmyne. Ever has it grown on the tombs of my forebearers. Now it shall cover the grave of my son. Alas, that these evil days should be mine. The young perish and the old linger. That I should live to see the last days of my house.
GANDALF
Theodred's death was not of your making.
THEODEN
No parent should have to bury their child.
Theoden, 5th May 2024
Rest in peace Bernard Hill.
"I go now to my fathers, in whose mighty presence I shall not now feel ashamed."
One of my favorite characters and he is such an underrated one, honestly the films would not have been half as good without his iconic moments.
“Alas that these evil days should be mine”
Waking up from a wizard coma to find out your kingdom is on the brink of a war and your son is dead would send be to coma
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) dir. Peter Jackson
You will live in our hearts forever 🤍
Rest in Peace, Bernard Hill 🤍🕊
"Poison Drawn from a Wound"
2022
...the whole hall became suddenly dark as night. The fire faded to sullen embers. Only Gandalf could be seen, standing white and tall before the blackened hearth.
-"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", by J.R.R. Tolkien
Another awesome Gandalf moment for my list of Two Towers scenes. This is a moment that I appreciate more in the films than in the novels. In the texts Tolkien gives conflicting accounts on what exactly afflicts King Théoden: wether he is merely ill and in despair, or being given bad advice by Wormtongue, or bewitched by Saruman, or a combination of all three. Consequently, it's not altogether clear what it takes for Gandalf to heal him: wether if it's his display of power at the hall of Meduseld, or his words of hope and encouragement to the king afterwards, or again, a combination of those two factors. I like in the films that there's no room for doubt that Théoden is under an actual spell, and that it takes, for want of a better word, for Gandalf to "exorcise" Saruman out to restore him to his strength.
Another thing that I really love about this scene is that, short of Sauron dragging him to thralldom in Mordor, this is a realization of Saruman's worst possible nightmare. In his heart he always knew that Gandalf always had greater inner power and wisdom than he, but up until that point he could always lord his higher station over him. Not anymore. Now Gandalf outranks him in every possible way.
Today, we mourn Bernard Hill (King Theoden). May he rest among the halls of his father 😔
“For he was a gentle heart and a great king and kept his oaths; and he rose out of the shadows to a last fair morning.” -J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings
Bernard Hill (1944-2024)
Rest in Peace