Random Amusing Things

Hobbit-related, of course. What else did you think they would be related to, hmm? I sort of have a one-track mind these days.

Which can be a bit of a problem, as I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY need to be working on my own stories. I know I have promised not to talk about them on this blog (1., it would be incredibly confusing for everyone; 2., no one would care; 3., I inflict enough of it on my family as it is; 4., have I mentioned incredibly confusing yet?) and I know I have once or twice broken that rule, so I don't need to break it again.

Because incredible confusion would result.

Incidentally, my stories lead me to doing such things as trying to find the right spelling of 'psychosomatic' and to look up the different divisions of the atmosphere. Because I try to ground my fantasy world in real life. Not sure how much success I have, but the attempt is made.

Anyway, that is not what I am here for. I am here to post pictures and stuff. It's what I do, after all, even if only one person says they care (we have our little gigglefests over pictures and stuff; I don't mind, come join the party, enough for more people), which I am extremely grateful for. I feel less like I'm talking randomly to myself.

I do that enough as it is.

I really need to move on to the pictures...

OOH, SHINY!!!!

Ori, what are you doing?

Face it, the Dwarves need the directions, even if they are coming from an odd little man in the strangest trousers they have ever seen. After all, if they leave Thorin to do the navigating, who knows where on Middle-earth they'll end up?

What? I thought this gif was funny. Don't you? XD

Also, I found some more funny stuff from HobbitCon:

Fan: What did you think about seeing your face on a plane?

Mark: Mine was on the door so it didn't really matter.

Stephen: That's because you're a DORi.

 

• Sylvester McCoy (about Matt Smith): ... And then a twelve-year-old stole my TARDIS.

 

Ahahahaha.

 

Fan: In the book, Fili and Kili are the youngest, but in the movie Ori is the youngest. Why did they change that?

Jed: They asked us not to shave for a few days and the person with the least beard growth could play the youngest.

 

Even more ahahahahahaha.

 

Seriously though if you look in the WETA Chronicles books pictures demonstrate that Aidan had a very nice beard before they started filming. I'm fairly sure someone referred to him as 'Irish Jesus' somewhere but I can't remember where.

 

 

The caption for this? "On a scale of one to Sylvester McCoy, how drunk are you?'

 

The picture comes with a bonus Dwalin head. Seriously, he seems to photobomb everything. Maybe it's because he's so tall. ???

 

 

JED, WHAT ARE YOU DOING???!!!!

 

The poor fan whose picture is being taken with these guys... the poor fan... She (I assume it is a she) is going to either be scarred for life, or scarred for life and glad she was scarred for life.

 

Oh, Jed...

 

 

Dean, what are you doing now???

 

Bored hobbits. What a sight.

I'm really not sure what they're doing here, or pretending to do, rather. o.O

Trashcans? Seriously, lol what. Trashcans?

Yes, you're adorable, Dom. Please stop playing it up for the camera before we all melt from the adorableness.

 

Jed. Again. Being more normal this time, thankfully.

 

...Wait, is he ever normal?

 

Well, being less... flamboyant... than usual. Yeah, let's go with that...

 

Oh, wait, here's some of him being his usual self:

 

Oh, look, I finally managed to get two onto the same level. Not sure how I did it. I'm not doing to try to squish them together, either, a la Tumblr, because I'd probably accidentally delete them.

 

I really have no idea what any of them are doing, especially the first three. Don't ask me. I'm clueless. It's in my job description.

Why, yes, I found someone's stash of HobbitCon pictures. Are you really surprised?

This next one might surprise you...

I have absolutely no idea why someone thought it would be a good idea to dress as a bunny to a LOTR convention. Do you?

However, the actors were gracious enough to imitate her, although some of them (looking at you, Dean and Stephen) don't seem exactly thrilled about it.

Of course, the moment has been preserved in all its infamy for all posterity. *cackles insanely*

Jed Brophy dancing, ladies and gentlemen. As viewed, in all likelihood, from someone's iPhone.

 

There were also gifs of Dean.

 

...Oh my.

 

I found a lot of gifs of Dean.

 

...Suffice it to say that this person has a Dean obsession.

 

Oh my.

 

I think I can fill an entire post with just Dean gifs. I mean, it's like you wouldn't believe.

 

Why, yes, I do go randomly lookin up stuff to blog and type out my thoughts while doing so. Don't you? I tend to do that a lot - type out my thoughts. I don't know if it helps me think or not. It's easier to do it with typing than with writing, though, since my typing is faster than my writing and can keep up with my thought processes better.

 

Whenever I send a letter to a friend (yes, I use snail mail), I really don't plan out my letters. I just sort of sit down and start talking. On paper. It's a sort of whatever-I-happen-to-think-of-and-write-down sort of thing. As I am very random, they are very random letters.

 

They seem to do their job, though.

 

Okay, this post should win an award for randomness. I think it's time for me to go to bed.

 

*checks clock*

 

Oh, most certainly.

In Pace Christi,

 

Elyse

Why I Watch the LOTR Commentary

Yes, I am one of those people who, after watching the movie a gazillion times, goes back to watch it again with the commentary. Sometimes the commentary can be boring. Other times, it's hilarious.

The Extended Edition LOTR DVD's belong in the latter category. The cast members are seriously funny. Special mention goes to Billy Boyd (Pippin) and Dominic Monaghan (Merry), who basically snark through the entire 9 hours of the three movies. I mean, honestly, they come up with the randomest things to say.

That is not to down other members of the cast, who add their two cents from time to time. Gollum and Smeagol (both voiced by Andy Serkis, naturaly) show up during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields and completely ruin a dramatic moment by breaking the fourth wall and talking about how Andy also did the voice for the Witch-king. Priceless! And then, if you stick around for the ROTK credits, Karl Urban, who plays Eomer (and also Bones in the new Star Trek reboots, for the Trekkies out there), says, "Where's the bathroom? Isn't that what people always say at the end of these movies?"

It's worth it.

So here is a collection of things to prove my point. With pictures, because pictures make everything better.

Aww....

And we would all like to say, "Thank you all so very much!"

In Pace Christi,

Elyse

Further Proof the Adorableness of the Tolkien Casts Is Over 9000

When I say casts I mean those of both LOTR and TH, as should be apparent. However, I will obviously focus more on TH because it is more recent.

I mean... just look at 'em.

Here they are at RingCon, being (mostly) serious for this picture. From left to right, Adam Brown (Ori), Jed Brophy (Nori), Mark Hadlow (Dori), Graham McTavish (Dwalin), Sylvester McCoy (Radagast - and, I looked it up, Amy - he is the 7th Doctor!!!), Stephen Hunter (Bombur), Peter Hambleton (Gloin), John Callen (Oin), and tiny Dean O'Gorman on the end (Fili), doing... whatever he's doing... presumably, peeking around John Callen.

Speaking of Doctor Who, the paper says the 11th Doctor is leaving and they are looking for replacements. I have only a passing interest in the show, but I read the article. It said the front-runners for the 12th Doctor are - get this - Rupert Grint and Russel Tovey.

You read that right.

Ron Weasley. And George from Being Human.

For those of you less familiar with BH, this is George on the left here:

I think I'd be able to take him more seriously than Ron, at any rate.

Oh, and that picture STILL counts for this post since that's Kili on the right. It's a small, small world.

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming!

This is the non-serious picture from RingCon. Dean... what are you doing??? Is Dwalin trying to choke Bombur? What is Oin pointing at??? What is Sylvester doing?? Nori appears to be considering something in the background.

Most importantly, WHAT IS DEAN DOING????

Dorks. Lovable dorks, the lot of 'em.

Picture says all.

Dean apparently wears that red plaid shirt to every convention, because I'm pretty sure this is HobbitCon in Bonn, Germany.

No, I absolutely do not have a desire to acquire such a shirt myself. No, not me. I am perfectly rational and sane. My sister has no reason to despair of me.

At HobbitCon, again, in another one of their panels, with Mark and Adam pretending to be Dori and Ori and acting out a scene from Ori's childhood. I really need to go to Bonn next year...

Really.

Again... Dean, what are you doing? Everyone else looks normal for the camera, so what's up with the weird face? You know, stuff like this has gotten your pics captioned as "Dean O'Derpman" on Tumblr.

Not that I would ever do such a thing, because I like the cast too much for that.

Bonus! Merry and Pippin eating noodles. These two are also adorable. They're like the Fili and Kili of LOTR. Either that, or Fili and Kili are the Merry and Pippin of TH, you decide. Does it make a difference? It's sort of like the chicken-egg debate.

Cool. Just... cool. Awesome, even.

On that note:

I wish I could find pictures like this for all the Dwarves, but not such luck. I've only ever seen ones for Thorin and Fili. You'd think with Kili's popularity someone would have attempted to do one for him, too, but apparently not. Sad face.

Is Jed Brophy wearing a Beecake shirt? I do believe that is Billy Boyd's band.

Small world!

Playing Captions Contest with this picture is an instant cure for any lousy day! My first thought on seeing this picture was: "Jimmy, what are you doing?" Then I thought for a moment, and said to myself, "Jed, what have you done?"

Seriously, Jed could have put a thumbtack down on the seat, which prompted this scene. LOL.

Let's play a game of Can You Spot the Three Funny Things About This Picture!! I'll give you a few moments to examine it.

Ready?

Okay, here we go!

(1) Dean in an Underarmor shirt, still with Fili's hair. I don't think I'll venture any comment here, just moving along...

(2) Dwalin with a beer. Seriously, Dwalin with a beer. What's amazing is how in-character he still seems!

(3) AIDAN HAS BARRETTES IN HIS HAIR. Why, Aidan, why??? A yellow one and a red one. Gosh, even I don't use barrettes unless one of my braids (when I braid my hair, which is very seldom) is particularly unruly, and even then I pick plain ones. YELLOW AND RED.

Is this someone's idea of a joke? To kill me with hysterical laughter???

Because I'm really ROFL at this point.

Oh, look, even Elrond and Galadriel can get in on the adorableness. I like Elrond SO MUCH more in TH than in LOTR. In LOTR he was grumpy and spent most of his time trying to separate Aragorn and Arwen (contrary to the book, I might add!). In TH, he takes out a patrol of orcs on wargs (look, his father killed Shelob's mother AND the largest dragon who ever lived... yeah, it's that kind of family), snarks to Gandalf ("You never are."), and is generally more like the Elrond, "as kind as summer", that we meet in The Hobbit while still being awesome.

Plus... Elrond in armor. I needn't say any more.

Irish adorableness. Can't beat that. Not a chance.

I notice how Aidan and Dean are always together in the group shots. I would also like to take a moment to point out that Aidan seems really to have gone to ground since TH:AUJ came out. Dean's been going to conventions and things, but not Aidan.

*checks Tumblr briefly*

Smart move, Aidan. Smart move.

Speaking of Tumblr:

Fun with captions! I suggest: "Dean Discovers Tumblr." That's certainly the look I would have if I discovered what creepy fangirls were writing about me - and, I promise, sooner or later I will do that threatened Guidelines for Sane Shipping and post it!

Before people get any weird ideas, I know this isn't what's going in this picture, and I know Dean knows about the creepy fangirls. When asked how Fili and Kili lost the ponies at HobbitCon, he replied: "Hobbiton weed. I don't want to say who gave it to us but he's tall and has a pointy hat. But nice try. It's not what you were thinking."

Poor darlings. For every nice fan you get, you get ten creepy Internet stalkers.

I'm totally doing those Guidelines soon.

In Pace Christi,

Elyse