I Finally Did It. Poor Lindir.

So my geeky brother gave me the idea for this a few months ago one night while we were watching The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and now that I have had a little free time and was in the mood to do it, I've done it.

Here it is. I regret nothing.

As I said, I regret nothing! Ahahahahaha. I feel like I should go to a Tolkien confessional and say, "Bless me, Father, for I have sinned; I have come to like Dwarves more than Elves," but it's true. It's amazing what AUJ did to me.

Now, don't get me wrong, I still adore a bunch of Elves from the First Age - Beleg, Fingolfin, Glorfindel, und so weiter. And Elrond is my second-favorite LOTR character. But, in general... yeah, Dwarves. They've just got so much relatable personality. How can you not like them?

Oh, and I also did this, as a reaction image:

I know, it didn't take much effort. But I got to cross it off my virtual to-do list.

In Pace Christi,

Elyse

Hobbit Group Shots!

First up, the Durins smiling (yep, all three of 'em!):

And now for some others:

Okay, oops, more Durins.

Can we take a moment to appreciate just how much Fili looks like Thorin here?

And everyone is happy. :)

Thanks for posting it, Luke Evans (Bard). I just love how messy Martin and Benedict both look.

I've run out of group shots, but here's an awesome gif of Thranduil cutting down orcs:

He uses double swords like his son uses double daggers. I seriously love whoever came up with that idea.

And, as a parting note, here is a gif of Thorin laughing:

I can't even bring myself to commentate on this one.

*flees*

In Pace Christi,

Elyse

DoS Trailer Screenshots

A mere hour after the trailer came out, screenshots were available.

The trailer was being discussed far and wide.

Analyses were drawn up. Potential timelines have been made. Speculations have been passed around like hot tamales. The trailer has been watched frame by frame to pick up on all the little details.

Likely, if I were to go look on Tumblr now, I would find gifs. I would find artwork. I would find gifs of the artwork.

THIS IS THE FANDOM TO WHICH I BELONG!

(From left to right: Richard Armitage/Thorin, Graham McTavish/Dwalin, William Kircher/Bifur, Jed Brophy/Nory, Mark Hadlow/Dori, James Nesbitt/Bofur. I especially like the glare Graham gives the camera. He's Dwalin, sure enough!)

Anyway, on to the lovely screenshots. No doubt, tomorrow there'll be plenty more on TOR.net, but for now, this is what I have:

(Oh, you want a link? Here's a link: http://www.framecaplib.com/lotrlib/html/episodes/indices/hbttrail/thumb09.htm Have fun! The screencaps from this trailer begin at the bottom and continue on into the next sections.)

Bard the Bowman, doing his epic thing. I particularly like his arrows - the centers have been hollowed out in a fashion reminiscent of the pommel of Aragorn's sword, Anduril. Who is the real Aragorn figure here - Thorin or Bard? You decide.

Guess who showed up for a brief moment just after Gandalf's epic ninja twirl with his staff? Plus, the flames around the Eye look like the writing on the Ring - awesome.

I dunno, I just liked the way Legolas's face softened here. And I'm not a Legoriel (as it has already been dubbed) shipper. I'm perfectly happy with them being good friends. (WHY must there always be a romance???!!)

Our king, people. Or, should I say, 'ladies'? XD

His Majesty looks quite good in red. I wasn't wild about it at first, since I loved his beautiful, beautiful royal blue so much. However, I'm changing my mind about that.

I also notice Bilbo has switched to blue. Hmm. Bilbo was a bit excitable in AUJ and wore red; Thorin was always serious and wore blue. Red Oni, Blue Oni. Even without prior knowledge of the book, I might have guessed that Bilbo's going to start taking over as the serious, responsible leader and Thorin will... well... going back to Erebor, facing the dragon that destroyed his home, and encountering all that gold that so drove his grandfather mad... it mightn't be pretty.

...uh-oh. And it looks like it's already started.

*pauses to reflect on how much Richard Armitage is going to ruin my life*

Argh. I'm doomed.

The gate to Beorn's house is looking mighty beautiful. The greens and yellows of the grass and trees are simply stunning. I love how much more realistic everything looks in this second trailer - looks like someone noticed the comments about the teal shading and went back and fixed it all. Nice.

Oh, and there are bear statues over the gate! :)

 

The bridge into Thranduil's realm in Mirkwood. Look at the leaves on the trees... the grass... the water... AUGH, the color!

 

 





 

I'm glad to see that Thorin will always have Dwalin beside him. After all, you need your buddy close to talk trash about the Elves, the Laketowners, etc. XD

 

Really, though, Dwalin's strength and loyalty are some of the best parts about him. The scene where he yells for Thorin and nearly falls from the hanging tree at the end of AUJ? That's Dwalin. And that's why I love him.

 

 

 

Trees in Mirkwood! Glorious trees! They may be poisoned and evil and dying, but still... glorious trees! Look at those branches, gnarling and twisting up to the skys. Look at that canopy of red leaves, like mottled stained glass. Gorgeous.

 

 

 

Look! Mirkwood guards! It's a totally new design of Elf armor, and it looks lovely. Tree branch motifs this go around, instead of leaf and petal motifs. I approve. Also, are they wearing masks over the lower halves of their faces? I suppose that could help if you're fighting poisonous creatures in Mirkwood and do not want to breathe fumes...

 

 

Thorin doing his Captain America leap off of ledge with flames following behind.

 

Seriously, I should start counting how many times Cap does this move in the movies he's in. It's at least three. 1 - When he jumps towards Bucky after confronting Schmidt/Red Skull for the first time, Captain America: The First Avenger. 2 - After he blows up a tank, Captain America: The First Avenger. 3 - After he blows up some other alien mobile, The Avengers. Possible case for 4 - falling out a window and onto a car after deflecting and alien grenade away from people, The Avengers.

 

Let's just call it the Cap Jump and be done with it.

 

Honestly, I'm surprised someone on TORn hasn't noticed this shot and started worrying about whether or not Smaug will singe Thorin's hair. XD Oh, the importan things we worry about.

 

In Pace Christi,

 

Elyse





So, I Found Some More Pictures

...Sigh... I really don't need to explain myself any more, do I? It's a very simple process. I go on Pinterest. I find funny / cute / cool pictures. I post them.

That's all there is to it.

I mean, it's not as if anything interesting is happening in my life right now (other than we did go to a major league ball game, and the drunk guy sitting in front of us actually got the wave going, which was fun XD).

I did mean to look up and post pictures from that ball game, but I have no idea what website it is that my sister is always showing me stuff from. You'd think I would glance up at the web address a time or two. Apparently not. So I haven't. Oh, well.

Doesn't c'est la vie mean 'such is life' in French? I'm not a fan of French, as I am a German sort of person, but the phrase seems appropriate here. Anyway, enough chitchat, I'm sure that's not what you're here for, anyway...

PICTURES!! OOH, SHINY!!

Thranduil in armor. YES, PRECIOUS, YESSSSS...

If you don't get the joke behind this, you need to go to YouTube and look up the channel 'Happy Hobbits'. It's run by two girls, Kelly and Alex, who call themselves Kili and Fili and teach you how to be a 'happy hobbit' on a farm by taking care of animals and doing little craft things. Anyway, they videoed their reaction to the Desolation of Smaug trailer and posted it.

Of all things, PETER JACKSON HIMSELF found their reaction video, PUT IT ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE, and then showed it to the actors above - Evangeline Lily (Tauriel), Orlando Bloom (Legolas) and Lee Pace (Thranduil). THEN he filmed their reactions and posted that video!

IN RESPONSE to that, the Happy Hobbit girls filmed their reactions to the cast reacting to the video of their reactions, and posted THAT.

Yes.

Yes, precious.

This is amazing. That is why the Tolkien fandom is one of the best fandoms.

They're bascially calling it Hobbitception now.

I love this cast, okay?

*rolls on the floor with hysterical laughter* Okay, okay, okay. *starts laughing again*

Aidan, you at least can carry off the evil werewolf look. (Why would you want to? I like you as a Dwarf much better.) Dean... hahahaha... Dean... you're barely trying. You're not meant to be a werewolf. Go back to majesty-in-training.

...Egads, just noticed how much Dean's beard looks like Thorin's in its general shape... egads...

MIND. BLOWN.

I wish I could find out who did this. It didn't link back to a Tumblr page, at least not to one that I, with my limited technological savviness, could find.

It's hysterical, though.

This was done by ramida-r on Tumblr. It's quite lovely. The blues of the sky contrast with the qhite clouds especially well.

I've noticed that a lot of fan artists are drawing the Dwarves' hair longer than it really is, but I ain't complaining.

Ooh, look, here's another one that's equally beautiful but also funny!

And, ooh, look, MORE!

I am SO not sorry. Not one bit. Not at all.

I doubt the artist is sorry either.

We're an unashamedly unapologetic fandom, aren't we? Haha. But I love the madness.

Oh, and apparently someone caught on to something in the TH:DOS trailer:

Hahaha. I don't actually want there to be a scene like that, because... well... I've long since decided Fili has better blond braids than Legolas... but, on the other hand... I'm having a lot of fun imagining that scene.

Hopefully, you are, too. ;)

And now I have the perfect reply to anyone who is trying to get me to do something stupid. Thank you, Mr. Armitage. Your amazingness just keeps increasing. XD

AHAHAHAHA.

Um, so when did this post turn into an RA tribute. I promise, that was not my intent!

However, I am not sorry. So not sorry.

Oh, look, something not RA-centric!

There's a reason TheOneRing.net is selling t-shirts that say "Peter's Dragon". Lol.

Martin, what are you doing?

"Sam, we're still in the Shire. What could possibly happen?"

Ridiculously Lovely Bofur

Accurate.

Heck, yeah.

I'll be back with more... soon... *grins evilly*

In Pace Christi,

Elyse