LOTR BLOG PARTY LAST DAY = POSTPONED

Apparently I have terrible luck with Blog Parties. Yesterday I had something really, really fun and fabulous planned out but before I could do my fun and fabulous thing we got a freak wind storm and the electricity in the neighborhood got knocked out. So I had no internetz. And no way to blog.  Which was upsetting.

So today I was going to do the REALLY fun, fabulous thing and then blog about all the fun I had, but unfortunately this type of fun requires going outside and dancing around in fun clothing.... And guess what? It is dumping rain. DUMPING. Like, Dumping, dumping, like Zeus has buckets and buckets of water and is letting lose his fury on our poor little town.



WHAT IS THE ATROCITY

It's windy too. And horribly cold. And horribly wet. So... now I can't do my fabulous post.

I am so upset. I really wanted to do this fabulous post. I was so excited to show how fabulous I was.

I thought about doing the fabulous thing in-doors but it just wouldn't be the same and I want this to be epic. I've put a lot of work into this, I want it done right. So, you know what? I hosted this blog party and made it possible, so I'm going to bend the rules a little bit. I'm going to do my fabulous post on MONDAY

It had to be done

I wont do any posting between now and then, that way I will still have a row of LOTR posts one right after the other and I wont break my pattern.



I shall go now. I thank you for your patience. See you on Monday! Peace out y'all!

TO DEATH AND DESTRUCTION AND THE WORLDS ENDING!

*slides off car*

 

 

 

Bella

LOTR BLOG PARTY DAY FIVE - GUEST POST

This post is late. I know its late. I am really upset that it is late. But I really had no control over it. My stupid electricity was knocked out yesterday so I couldn't get to my interenet.

DEVASTATION!

Anyway, I decided it is better late than never, so I'm just going to do my last Post today. Cause I do what I want. Boom!
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LOTR BLOG PARTY DAY FIVE - GUEST POST 

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LOTR BLOG PARTY DAY FOUR - GUEST POST

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LOTR Blog Party Day Four - Favorite Character - Guest Post

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LOTR Blog Party Day Four - Favourite Character

Today I get to choose my favourite character and tell you about him.

You can pick more than one. I have decided to do the couple different characters I am going to talk about today. two of them are the ones who hold a very special place in my heart.

Faramir, Captain of Gondor.

I loved Faramir from his first introduction in the book, as well as his first introduction in the movie. When I was watching The Two Towers, I had almost finished the book so I saw Faramir and knew exactly what to expect. HE WAS FARAMIR CAPTAIN OF GONDOR AND THERE ARE NO TRAVELERS HERE, JUST SERVANTS OF THE DARK TOWER. I clapped for him as needed and then settled down to eek out over his existence.

“Here was one with an air of high nobility such as Aragorn at times revealed..."

First off, I think Peter Jackson cast Faramir perfectly. I love him in the books but I also love him in the film adaptation, something that most people will hit me with pillows (or rocks) for. *hides behind my epic shield* DON'T KILL ME! Faramir struck me as an incredibly sad and broken character. He is half out of his mind with grief. He has just lost his brother and Osgiliath, the City Boromir had only just recaptured, is under attack and they are losing. He sees Gondor failing and he has no where to turn for comfort so he is forced to lock his feelings deep down inside and he is sick with the weight of it. When he meets the Hobbits and realizes what they are carrying he sees relief. The Ring could be used for good and finally Men would have the advantage over Mordor. Unlike his brother though, Faramir sees in time what the Ring is and that it is unable to accomplish anything but evil and he lets Frodo and Sam go at the risk of his own life.

For those who think Peter Jackson ruined Faramir.

I love So much about Faramir. He is such a sad character. He has a father who seemingly hates him. He has a kingdom that is falling apart with no help from it's Steward. He is sensitive and empathetic and is very aware of the grief and pain at large in the world and it effects him horribly. He tries to help others who are suffering and he is very kind to people, even those he isn't sure about and will give them the benefit of the doubt. I love how kind he is and I love his deep humility. He get's down on one knee to talk to Sam so that they will be on eye level. He praises Pippin for giving his service to Gondor and gives him confidence. He comforts Eowyn when she needs it most. He is there for his people when no one else is and he stands when anyone else would run. He doesn't let the evil of Mordor cloud his heart or his judgment.



Boromir would not have brought the Ring. He would have reached
out his hand to this thing and taking it, he would have fallen.

HE IS AN INCREDIBLY GOOD SON. His father is an awful, terrible person but Faramir never speaks out against him and he never ever talks with disrespect or anger. Instead he tries to please him and do his will. He does his very best and better and still Denethor will not be proud, but he keeps going anyway. He loses his brother and instead of giving up altogether he tries to do the work of two sons. He give his people hope and strength and the will to fight. He struggles to be enough for himself and for Gondor and for his selfish, arrogant father who will not see what a stunning, brave son he has. He isn't corrupted by the ring. He is tempted but he fights the temptation and overcomes it. He is one of the very few people who is able to have that kind of resilience and it stuns me that someone under such an emotional burden anyway was still able to say no to those whispers of power.

  "So this is the answer to all the riddles! The One Ring that was thought to be have perished from the world ... A pretty stroke of Fortune. A chance for Faramir Captain of Gondor to show his Quality! Ha!" He stood up very tall and stern and his grey eyes glistened.

  

..... "Alas for Boromir. It was too sore a trial.'" 

He was a captain that men would follow, that he would follow, even under the shadow of the black wings.”

He is so gentle. He is quieter than Boromir was, and was more in love with stories and song than battles and glory. He loves reading and writing and studying and finds comfort and peace in books and learning, especially when it was ancient lore and stories of elves and enchantments.


     "It once belonged to a young boy of the city. A very foolish one who wasted many hours slaying dragons instead of attending to his studies." - Farimir (The Return of the King)


He is different from the other men in Tolkien's books. He is a little like Aragorn with a quiet sense of duty and what is right. He keeps his own counsel but he isn't afraid to take other people's advice and he will actually listen and consider what you say, which is something that is very rare in people. He has a gentle, sensitive soul and is always trying to ease everyone else's suffering. Even when he is grieving and burdened with the sorrow of Boromir's loss he takes care of everyone. And there is never anyone to take care of him. He always ends up alone. That is why it is so wonderful when he meets Eowyn. He finally has someone he can be happy with and he deserves that.

I love Faramir.  He is my hero. If there was one character from Middle Earth I could meet I would pick him.

I also really love Merry. Merry is cheerful and adorable and sweet and he has such a good heart. He protects and looks after Pippin and he goes along with Frodo and the fellowship even though the Quest for the Ring is dangerous and he could end up dead. He doesn't even hesitate. He hurts me because all he wants to do is help, and he always ends up being left behind. He has to watch everyone he cares about go riding off into danger and he can't do anything to help or make things better. He thinks that he is just a silly hobbit and he can't do much of anything. He couldn't even keep Pippin safe properly and that was the one thing that he was supposed to do. Look after Pip! It hurts me that he doesn't see himself as the hero he is.

MERRY.FACE.

I wanted to talk about Boromir too, but I realized there is too much I want to say about him so I'm going to the wise thing and wait and do a post just for him because it makes me sad how much hate/dislike he gets.

That is my vent. Tomorrow is our last day losers!!!!!

TO DEATH AND DESTRUCTION AND THE WORLDS ENDING!

*slides off car*

Bella

LOTR Blog Party Day Three - GUEST POST!!!

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LOTR Blog Party Day Three- Favorite Dwelling of Middle Earth - Guest Post

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LOTR Blog Parth Day Three - Favorite Dwelling of Middle Earth

 

Day Three!!!! You get to choose a favourite dwelling of Middle Earth and explain why you love it or why you think you would be there.



The road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began

This is the easiest question of the whole party. My favourite dwelling place is The Shire. Why? I can tell you in three short sentences. .

It is simple.

It is beautiful.

It has Hobbit Holes.

I just love the Shire. I love the people. I love the peace. I love how green and warm everything is. I love that is always smells like summer and I love that it has little rivers and streams to jump in and I love that it is weighted with years of history and is so pure even the darkest shadow can't touch it until the very last moment. Also, where Hobbits get to live is brilliant. Hobbits holes are the best. They're cute and clean and warm and there are no stairs you have to climb. It is always full of food and comfort and it has a lovely round door that you can go in through and drop your cloak on a hanger. I would want to live in one. It would be so pleasant.

Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell,
nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat

I think with my personality (as much as I love Rohan)  I would end up being a hobbit. I love food and I can eat almost as much as a normal hobbit on a good day. I love sitting in the quiet doing absolutely nothing. I love visiting with friends but still having my own space. I love peace but I also have a deep sense of adventure hidden away down in my heart. I love to feel relaxed and unstressed and there is no place better for that than the Shire

Because I am a hobbit from a well-known well-respected family I would have a lovely little hobbit hole in which my large, noisy family would often visit and spend all of their time baking, cooking and making music. It would be all warm and round and welcoming and I'd always have chocolate in the pantry and biscuits in the cupboard and tea in the spices box. We would stay up late into the nigh exchanging all sorts of tales (for many of my family would be the Tookish type) and we'd sing songs, even write them. We'd be a queer bunch to be sure. The Sackville-Bagginses would not be pleased of course, but their opinion doesn't matter anyway.  Most of Hobbiton would think we were odd - a bit too Tookish altogether to be honest - but they would keep their thoughts to themselves because our food and our courtesies would be so fine and so polite that all the Hobbits would want to be in good standing with us (except the Sackville Bagginses)

I would be the Hobbit no one would quite expect, nor no what to make of. The type of Hobbit who loves to read as much as the next person but doesn't much like sitting still and who acts respectable for her family, but is just the sort who would run off on an adventure at the drop of a hat. Most others hobbits would whisper about me behind their backs, talk about my queer family and how reckless I was - darn near unnatural for a Hobbit! Everyone would wonder about me but not many would really dislike me, and all would know how much I loved tea and reading and especially writing. "Ink all over the hands, papers stuck to tables and chairs. What a Hobbit. What a Hobbit...."

I have fantasies about my life in the Shire. Don't judge me.

I'm am fire. I am deeeeeeeeath!

That is my statement! Until tomorrow losers!

now you mean that you want to get rid of me, and that it won't be good till I move off.

TO DEATH AND DESTRUCTION AND THE WORLDS ENDING!

 

*slides off car*

 

 

 

Bella

LOTR Blog Party Day Two - Favorite Movie/Book

Today you get to choose a favorite movie or book (or both, if you are into that) and talk about it!

As Shocking as it may seem, my favorite book is The Two Towers. I know! That isn't the book most people choose; it's too boring, too slow, too flat, whatever. Yeah. I'll admit the first time I read LOTR I didn't like The Two Towers as much as the other two. It was really hard for me to get through it and I really struggled with the Ents. I think my biggest problem is that I'm a really fast reader and when it comes to Tolkien you have to take your time or you miss things. So when I read the trilogy again last summer I took it at a slower pace and I enjoyed it a lot more. The Two Towers went from being my least favorite to my FAVORITE. Why? There are a coupe different reasons. First off, you get to meet all the coolest characters and it is in this book that you get to spend the most time with them. You are introduced the to the freakin' Riders of Rohan!! HOW COOL ARE THOSE GUYS??? I want more of them, I want a whole book dedicated to them! (I ought to see if I can get one....) You get to meet Eomer and Eowyn, and let's be honest, they are brilliant. Eomer isn't in the story much but you love him by the time you finish a paragraph. And Eowyn. Eowyn! There is so much that is amazing about her! Tolkien did a really good job writing a strong, reckless female character without making her annoying or ridiculous - something most writers get wrong. She is graceful and beautiful but also fierce and wild. She is a lady - a lady with a noble, valiant heart but she is a lady none the less. I love her. And her fight against the Witch-King? OH MY GOSH. It was so epic. I looooooove that scene so much.

"No man can kill me!"

You meet King Théoden. And I don't care what you say, he is one of the best Kings every written on paper. I love how he is brought back from the darkness by Gandalf, like a sinner is brought back through grace. I love how he leads his people, giving them hope where there is none and giving them inspiration when he himself  has no comfort. I love how he rules and how he leads. Théoden is not just a simple King who sits on this throne, he is a man, a mighty warrior and fighter who is loved by his people and that is how it should be.

 GANDALF THE WHITE IS INTRODUCED. GANDALF THE WHITE IS A BADAPPLE

This is no place for a hobbit!

 (That gif is from ROTK, but oh well.)

 I love Gandalf is any form to be quite honest. He is one of my favorite characters in the trilogy. He is so cool, even when he is just Gandalf the Grey. But I love how much Gandalf the White grows. It's like al his best qualities are strengthened and he is everything he can be and more. Anyway, you get a lot of him in the Two Towers, and that pleases me.

FARAMIR!!!!!!!!!

Yeah. I'm not going to lie. Faramir is the biggest reason The Two Towers is my favorite book. JUST. FARAMIR. That man is so very brilliant. He is my favorite one of my favorite characters. You gonna hear lots about him in the future. Promise 8-D  (Day Fooooour)

Finally, in The Two Towers you get a lot of character development. For filming purposes, Peter Jackson saved a lot of the character building for the third movie, which is fine, but the point is most of the story arks in the books actually happen in The Two Towers. A lot of my favorite arks happen, and a lot of the friendships grow and strengthen the most during that time. (LIKE FRODO AND SAM. JUST. THEM.)

Anyway, that is why the second book is now my favorite. I have dumped so much on you I don't know if I should talk about my favorite movie.... you know what? Whatever! It's my blog and its my party! I never get to do this!

My Favorite movie is The Return of the King.

I wish the ring had never come to me

As I said before, Peter Jackson moved a lot of the character development and friendship building into the third movie, and that is why I like it the best. It was also closer to the books then the Two Towers was as a film. (Again, I don't mind most of the changes. There were some I hated didn't like, but I understand why he did a lot of them.) Peter Jackson gave everything he had to that last LOTR film. The way he wrote the script was stunning. It takes my breath away. I love how he was able to weave lines from the books into the movies, even if it wasn't  a direct quote and I love the subtle scenes/quotes he would add as a nod to Tolkien and his work. He made mistakes when he did the second movie but when he got to The Return of the King everything came around in a full circle and there is almost nothing wrong with it. It was a practically-perfect adaptation of the story and I will always be thankful to him for being so generous and giving the fans what they wanted to see, even if he himself didn't approve. (something he should have done with The Hobbit.)



Home is behind, the world ahead.

That is my vent! I hope you all enjoyed that long, luscious post. It was tons and tons of fun!!!!! Stay tuned for Day Three my friends!!!!!!

TO DEATH AND RUIN AND THE WORLDS ENDING!

 

*slides off car*

 

 

 

Bella

LOTR Blog Party Day Two - GUEST POST!!!

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LOTR Blog Party Day Two - Favorite Book/Movie - Guest Post

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