March 2012
February 2012
Hobbits
Johan de Meij
i’m excited about the hobbit coming out this year, and it always reminds me of high school band and “Hobbits” by Johan de Meij
“All was deadly still. There was no call and no echo of a song. Sorrow seemed to be in the air. ‘Victory after all I suppose!’ he [Bilbo] said, feeling his aching head. ‘Well it seems a very gloomy business.’ ”
—Lord of the Rings: the Hobbit: Quotes
“ ‘Back now to the Mountain!’ cried Thorin. ‘We have little time to lose.’ ‘And little food to use!’ cried Bilbo, always practical on such points.”
—Lord of the Rings: the Hobbit: Quotes
“The stars are far brighter
Than gems without measure,
The moon is far whiter
Than silver in treasure:
The fire is more shining
On hearth in the gloaming
Than gold won by mining” —The Hobbit -“The Last Stage” Elf Song (via aliveandunbroken)
Than gems without measure,
The moon is far whiter
Than silver in treasure:
The fire is more shining
On hearth in the gloaming
Than gold won by mining” —The Hobbit
“Bilbo was now beginning to feel really uncomfortable. When ever Smaug’s roving eye, seeking for in the shadows, flashed across him, he trembled, and an unaccountable desire seized hold of him to rush out and reveal himself and tell the truth to Smaug. In fact he was in grievous danger of coming under the dragon-spell. But plucking up courage he spoke again. ‘You don’t know everything, O Smaug the Mighty,’ said he. ‘Not gold alone brought us hither.’”
—J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit (via benedicts-pet-hobbit)
“Thag you very buch.”
—Bilbo Baggins (via how-what-why-huh)
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“I am Bard, and by my hand was the dragon slain and your treasure delivered. Is that not a matter that concerns you? Moreover I am by right descent the heir of Girion of Dale, and in your hoard is mingled much of the wealth of his halls and towns, which of old Smaug stole. Is not that a matter of which we may speak? Further in his last battle Smaug destroyed the dwellings of the men of Esgaroth, and I am yet the servant of their Master. I would speak for him and ask whether you have no thought for the sorrow and misery of his people. They aided you in your distress, and in recompense you have thus far brought ruin only, though doubtless undesigned.”
—The Hobbit; there and back again chapter XIV (via scarreddreams)
“There was the usual dim grey light of the forest-day about him when he came to his senses. The spider lay dead beside him, and his sword-blade was stained black. Somehow the killing of the giant spider, all alone by himself in the dark without the help of the wizard or the dwarves or of anyone else, made a great difference to Mr. Baggins. He felt a different person, and much fiercer and bolder in spite of an empty stomach, as he wiped his sword on the grass and put it back into its sheath.
“I will give you a name,” he said to it, “and I shall call you Sting.” —The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (via allshallfade)
“I will give you a name,” he said to it, “and I shall call you Sting.” —The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (via allshallfade)
“Sing we softly, and dreams let us weave him!
Wind him in slumber and there let us leave him!
The wanderer sleepeth. Now soft be his pillow!
Lullaby! Lullaby! Alder and Willow!
Sigh no more Pine, till the wind of the morn!” —A excerpt from song in The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (via juleahkaliski)
Wind him in slumber and there let us leave him!
The wanderer sleepeth. Now soft be his pillow!
Lullaby! Lullaby! Alder and Willow!
Sigh no more Pine, till the wind of the morn!” —A excerpt from song in The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (via juleahkaliski)
“Their clothes were amended as well as their bruises, their tempers and their hopes.”
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The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien
(via toneptunewithlove)
Announcing The Middle-earth March Madness Tournament! →
theonering.net
In the US, tournament frenzy hits every March with the onset of the NCAA’s Men’s Basketball March Madness tournament. We thought this year would be a good opportunity for the entire Tolkien community to participate in a special tournament of our own. So without further delay we are announcing the Middle-earth Madness Tournament! The goal is to settle, once and for all, which character is favored most by Tolkien fans worldwide. To start off the process, the staff at TheOneRing.net compiled a list of 46 finalists. We need to weed this list down to 32 total contestants. To do that, we are going to ask you to vote for up to three characters in the poll below. Voting will be open until Feb 29th at Noon ET. We will then compile the results and create our tournament bracket with seeding based on total votes. It should be noted, much like the men’s basketball tournament in, our Middle-earth Madness selection committee does reserve the right to adjust results a bit in the spirit of competition. (and like the men’s basketball committee, some of the decisions are sure to be controversial!!) So without further delay, let the voting begin!
“Well, well! it might be worse, and then again it might be a good deal better. No ponies, and no food, and no knowing quite where we are, and hordes of angry goblins just behind! On we go!”
— Gandalf, The Hobbit (via shaysasa)
“‘Go back?’ he thought. ‘No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!’ So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter”
—J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit (book 12)
“Knowing the truth about the vanishing did not lessen their opinion of Bilbo at all; for they saw that he had some wits, as well as luck and a magic ring—and all three are very useful possessions. In fact they praised him so much that Bilbo began to feel there really was something of a bold adventurer about himself after all, though he would have felt a lot bolder still, if there had been anything to eat.”
—J.R.R. Tolkien
(via Sami Husain)
(via Sami Husain)
Gandalf: I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.
Bilbo: I should think so — in these parts! We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!
“The Bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill for time out of mind, and people considered them very respectable, not only because most of them were rich, but also because they never had any adventures or did anything unexpected: you could tell what a Baggins would say on any question without the bother of asking him. This is a story of how a Baggins had an adventure, and found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected. He may have lost the neighbours’ respect, but he gained - well, you will see whether he gained anything in the end.”
—The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (via allshallfade)
“‘You are come to the very edge of the Wild, as some of you may know. Hidden somewhere ahead of us is the fair valley of Rivendell where Elrond lives in the Last Homely House. I sent a message by my friends, and we are expected.’”
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Chapter 3, pg. 46
“No great leap for a man, but a leap in the dark. Straight over Gollum’s head he jumped, seven feet forward and three in the air; indeed, had he known it, he only just missed cracking his skull on the low arch of the passage.”
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Chapter 5, pg. 86
