Always Reblog the Fabulous Thranduil

So someone on Tumblr saw that gif of Thranduil being fabulous. You know the one. Yes, you do - don't bother to deny it.

And this happened:

In which Thranduil is actually Emperor Kuzco. Bonus points for Fili's wide-eyed look of horror, Kili's look of, "Seriously? This is what Elves are like?" (he also appears to be covering Bilbo's eyes for him!! Aw, that's so thoughtful of you, Kili!), and then... just... Thorin's facepalm.

That facepalm. It just screams years of Thorin having to endure Thranduil's fabulousness with every diplomatic visit. It says, "Here we go again." I can't get enough of it.

And can we talk about how Legolas just gets Thranduil's cloak thrown on him and doesn't move? It's like he's used to it by now. The poor guy. No wonder Legolas getting embarrassed by his dad has become memetic in the Tolkien fandom.

I love this fandom so much, y'all.

In Pace Christi,

Elyse

Further Desolation of Feels, Anyone?

Friendly reminder that Thorin is all alone in this collection of brothers because his own little brother, Frerin, died at the battle of Azanulbizar at the age of 48.

48.

For context, Fili is 82 and Kili is 77.

You may now go cry buckets of tears.

If you want me to make it worse, I can share my headcanons with you: namely, I believe that Kili resembles Frerin a great deal and that that is why Thorin is so protective of him, and that Frerin was killed by Azog trying to protect Thorin.

You may now go cry even more buckets of tears.

In Pace Chrsti,

Elyse

Kings Under the Mountain

Prince Charming? Ha!

I love this fandom, okay?

Version #1:

*sigh* There's one problem for me, though. I have dubbed it the Kili Syndrome. While Aidan Turner is by all accounts (even mine) a perfectly cute guy and fine to drool over if drooling is your thing, when I look at Kili all I can think is he looks like a cute little boy. I want to pat him on the head, take him home, and feed him cookies. I can't think about Kili in a romantic context at all.

When it comes to Fili, I want to go play pranks on people with him. He'd be an awesome older brother. (Could I request Fili and Kili to be my older brothers? I don't have any...)

As for Thorin... let's just say I'd be too busy staring at my feet to do anything else. He's also safely out of my age range. ;) Some, however, disagree.

Version #2:

| Eventually, Thorin Oakenshield is going to live that down.

| Today is not that day.

| | He was also stuck in a tree!

Pardon me, I'm over here dying of laughter... Thorin will NEVER live that down.

In Pace Christi,

Elyse

Royalty of Middle-Earth

The gif set I found contained only those gifs. Now, while it contains very beautiful gifs, I have a few issues with it. Firstly, why did they pick *that* gif of Thorin? I would have picked something more like this:

Also, they left out Eomer.

THEY LEFT OUT EOMER.

*wails and flails with incoherent rage*

All right, I get it that he was not born a prince. He's only the son of Théoden's favorite younger sister and her husband. Theodred is the prince of Rohan. HOWEVER, when Theodred is killed at the Fords of Isen and Théoden falls in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Eomer becomes the King of Rohan. So he definitely qualifies as a king here, people!

Eomer has noticed your insult to his awesomeness. He is not pleased.

Eomer is judging you for your discrimination. I am judging you for your discrimination. To atone for your discrimination, I shall post all of my Eomer gifs. I shall also post my Eowyn gifs, as she becomes the sister of a king and marries Faramir, who becomes the Prince of Ithilien once Aragorn takes the throne of Gondor (and Arnor, which is completely glossed over in the movie, by the way). So she also definitely counts.

Rohan for the win!

One of these days, I am going to have to follow through on my threat and count the number of times Théoden shares a scene with Eomer, talks to him, or even mentions him, compared to the number of times he is seen with Eowyn, talks to her, or mentions her, in both TTT and ROTK. I'm sure it will be illuminating. Grr. My theory is that Théoden developed Eomer-amnesia in the movies.

I mean, I'm all for meaningful uncle-niece interaction. He practically raised her, after all. But I just want to shake Théoden and go, "YOU HAVE A NEPHEW, TOO, YOU KNOW!" I mean, Eomer did his best to save Theodred and brought him back to Edoras (at least in the movie) and you never even thanked him for the chance to say goodbye to your son! You never thanked him for saving your sorry hide at the Hornburg! You never even apologized for (unknowingly) banishing him!

You could at least say you're sorry, dude.

*storms off in a huff*

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

Let's Not Forget The Other Dwarves, Now

Because I think everyone needs to see dancing Nori.

With bonus Peter Jackson apparently thinking, "I don't want to know what they're doing behind my back, do I?"

More Nori dancing:

Also, dancing with Nori and Bifur:

And now, for Bombur dancing (sort of):

And now for Dean O'Gorman and someone who I presume is Stephen Hunter (Bombur)... sitting in an airplane or a bus, I'm not sure which. Probably a bus. Airplanes do not have windows that big, generally.

Also, Dwarves having too much fun in the Pelorus River filming the barrel sequence:

Bofur seems to have liked it:

Bofur in Laketown (I'm betting you anything they stay with Bard's family, and that will be hilarious since Bard's daughters are played by James Nesbitt's daughters... the potential!):

Bofur's ability to hang on to his hat and scarf is truly phenomenal. I'm wondering if he uses superglue... Nope, wait a moment. I think when Bilbo opens the door to the group of Dwarves at Bag End Bofur is in the front and falls flat at Bilbo's feet. I think his hat might actually come off there. Must check for it the next time I watch AUJ.

In Pace Christi,

Elyse

Kili Gifs, Anyone?

I really need to get a copy of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition soon. The pictures and gifs other people are posting of the behind-the-scenes material is just so tantalizing. However, from what I've heard and read on TORn, most stores are having difficulties getting the EE in stock.

Yeah, weird. I don't know why. It's not as if there's not legions of LOTR fans out there to buy them. O.o. So I may just wait and see until the fuss dies down. Then again, I really want to wait for the Special Extended Editions (because you know they're coming). Also, I wouldn't mind getting them on Blu-Ray. If nothing else, my laptop should be able to play them, and superior visual quality would be a nice thing.

But enough of the chit-chat. On to the gifs!

Why is it that all the gifs from the early camera tests are so adorable? Believe me, because I also have a gif of Bofur winking at the camera, and then one of Bifur, Bofur, and Bombur standing together and being a happy family. Somewhere there is also a gif of Bifur throwing punches at the camera, but I haven't saved that one.

I have no idea what Aidan is doing here. (Oh, and, look, it's when he still had his 'Irish Jesus' beard, too.) However, the first thing that comes to mind is, "You do the Hokey-Pokey and you turn yourself around/ And that's what it's all about."

I am fairly sure, however, that that is not what he's actually doing there.

 

Just your standard Kili adorableness here.

 



 Bonus Kili AND Fili here (oh, and Sir PJ, too):

Just... d'awwwww. I think I'm a gonna save this one.

And now for another member of the Durin line showing off his mad invisible spider slaying skills:

Pay attention, fanfic writers! Kili can use a sword like nobody's business! In fact, he uses the mad invisible spider slaying skills that have been passed down the line of Durin for generations!

Ahaha. Sorry, that Fullmetal Alchemist joke will never get old. Never.

In Pace Christi,

Elyse

Not At All Sorry For The Hobbit Spam

Looks like Bilbo with the map on the side of the Lonely Mountain. Can't wait to see the secret door!

It's Bard the Bowman and his kids (what happened to Mrs. Bard? Is she dead?). The boy is named Bain, and is canonically mentioned in LOTR/Appendices as having succeeded his father. The two girls, however, are thrown in for cinematic purposes. I don't mind, however, since I always figure that there must have been more children than just the lone son and heir. Plus, coming from a larger family myself, I always think that only children must get so lonely without siblings.

Although, that being said, siblings can also drive you crazy... Even so, wouldn't trade 'em for the world.

Bonus points: Bard's daughters are played by James Nesbitt/Bofur's girls. They look amazingly similar, don't they? (To each other, not to him necessarily.) It will be very funny if they run into Bofur in the movie... XD

I can't remember if I've posted this before or not. If I have, too bad. Here's Kili in Beorn's house or Laketown, one of the two. He appears to be giving someone a rather annoyed look. Not sure why. Guess we'll find out!

Is that Dale in ruins? Ahh, Thorin, what are you doing, wandering around in the snow dressed like that? Gloves or something would be of great use here. (I realize it's probably just a set picture, but even so...) Then again, maybe Dwarves are just naturally resistant to cold and heat. It makes enough sense.

On a completely different note, the red does look quite nice on Thorin, although I miss the blue coat. ;)

Five weeks exactly now, people!!!

In Pace Christi,

Elyse