I just discovered that Tolkien used thou and thee pronouns in his original drafts of LOTR to show how certain relationships changed from formal or hierarchical to more familiar, loving, and respectfully equal.
Apparently, the more notable you -> thee shifts occurred in interactions between Gimli and Galadriel, Eowyn and Faramir, & Frodo and Sam.
And in other news, this information has 100% ruined my life bc I now know we could have had informal pronouns in Lord of the Rings.
“DENETHOR’S BURNING HIS SON, Y’ALL!”
This is by far the best addition to any post I’ve ever made.
Tag: lotr
y’all remember boromir? that wild son of a gun loved
he lo
sorry i’m crying he loved
pip and merry and he gave his life for them
Thranduil: So, whose plan was it to send my son and a bunch of other kids to destroy the One Ring in Mordor?
*silence*
Thranduil: Let me guess, is it the same genius who send a bunch of dwarves and a hobbit to kill a dragon and reclaim a mountain?
Gandalf: …
Thranduil: Or is it the one who couldn’t manage to kick one mortal guy’s ass and led whole world to disaster?
Elrond: …
Thranduil: I guess it’s way too stupid to only one of you to come up with. You must have collaborated.
I’ve been watching the Hobbit movies nonstop lately, and my boyfriend got me a link to the extended editions, so today it’s been a marathon and the extra scenes are so golden I’m in love
Anyway I just took my sleep meds so its a toss up whether I remember this in the morning but anyway I’m naming my son
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien and nobody can stop me
So I’m currently at work with a cold that’s had me delirious and possibly hallucinating at times over the last few days- and we have the cutest collection coming in that reminds me of fae and hobbits and yesterday apparently I was putting stuff away in that section when I started giggling for no reason, and when I was asked why I just said “How awesome do you think it would be to marry a hobbit??” and continued laughing
Mom asked me if I was on drugs last night because while I was making pasta I started doing bits from Two Towers and talking about how Aragorn and Legolas were going to lay down Middle Earth’s greatest rap album
Mom: Tess what do you see?
Me: [reading the menu] Well, the uruks turn northeast. They run as if the very whips of their masters were behind them.
Mom: ?????
Me: (boyfriend) gave me the extended edition link for all three LOTR films
Mom: I dont like him, I want you to date the tall one instead
I really like our new rug because it reminds me of something
The best part of the huge pockets in my work vest is that I can conceal whole damn copy of The Hobbit
The Carving Witch 