carrying the world around his neck
"I see no hope of it now. But I've got to do the best I can."


wrathandruin-blog:

And the Fellowship of the Ring, though eternally bound by friendship and love, was ended.

xaragorn:

icons under cut, volume i ——

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wrathandruin-blog:

Keep it secret. Keep it safe.

fuck-yeah-middle-earth:

“Strangers from distant lands, friends of old, you have been summoned here to answer the threat of Mordor. Middle Earth stands upon the brink of destruction; none can escape it. You will unite or you will fall. Each race is bound to this fate, this one doom.”

bmeeker:

frodo, faint (and glorfindel)

some fellowship drawin’

It’s wonderful to see you, Gandalf!

Frodo: Because I have to believe he can come back.
Me:
Frodo:
Me: *tries not to cry*
Me: *cries a lot*
He almost welcomed the coming of night, for then the world seemed less pale and empty

—JRR Tolkien (about Frodo) - The Fellowship of the Ring (via fandomlisl)

sherlgreytea:

Somebody please tell me why my psych text book has an ENTIRE PAGE just on storyline of The Lord of the Rings…

remusjohnslupin:

Tolkien Read-Along
↳ Many Meetings

Frodo woke and found himself lying in bed. At first he thought that he had slept late, after a long unpleasant dream that still hovered on the edge of memory. Or perhaps he had been ill? But the ceiling looked strange; it was flat, and it had dark beams richly carved. He lay a little while longer looking at patches of sunlight on the wall, and listening to the sound of a waterfall. `Where am I, and what is the time?’ he said aloud to the ceiling.”

‘In the House of Elrond, and it is ten o'clock in the morning.’ said a voice. `It is the morning of October the twenty-fourth, if you want to know.’