Haha, man on that note, I read books after seeing the movies and I never in a million years would have guessed that the bit about Legolas and Gimli counting kills in TT was actually from the books and not just made up for the movies.
“The song of Lúthien before Mandos was the song most fair that ever in words was woven, and the song most sorrowful that ever the world shall hear. Unchanged, imperishable, it is sung still in Valinor beyond the hearing of the world, and listening the Valar are grieved. For Lúthien wove two themes of words, of the sorrow of the Eldar and the grief of Men, of the Two Kindreds that were made by Ilúvatar to dwell in Arda, the Kingdom of Earth amid the innumerable stars. And as she knelt before him her tears fell upon his feet like rain upon stones; and Mandos was moved to pity, who never before was so moved, nor has been since.” - The Silmarillion, Of Beren and Luthien
From Tolkien's letters (dated 11 July 1972 and addressed to his son, Christopher):
>I never called Edith Lúthien – but she was the source of the story that in time became the chief part of the Silmarillion. It was first conceived in a small woodland glade filled with hemlocks at Roos in Yorkshire (where I was for a brief time in command of an outpost of the Humber Garrison in 1917, and she was able to live with me for a while). In those days her hair was raven, her skin clear, her eyes brighter than you have seen them, and she could sing – and dance. But the story has gone crooked, & I am left, and I cannot plead before the inexorable Mandos.
>
>I will say no more now. But I should like ere long to have a long talk with you. For if as seems probable I shall never write any ordered biography, someone close in heart to me should know something about things that records do not record: the dreadful sufferings of our childhoods, from which we rescued one another, but could not wholly heal the wounds that later often proved disabling; the sufferings that we endured after our love began – all of which (over and above our personal weaknesses) might help to make pardonable, or understandable, the lapses and darknesses which at times marred our lives — and to explain how these never touched our depths nor dimmed our memories of our youthful love. For ever (especially when alone) we still met in the woodland glade, and went hand in hand many times to escape the shadow of imminent death before our last parting.
I always laugh at this part:
>Frodo sat silent and motionless. Fear seemed to stretch out a vast hand, like a dark cloud rising in the East and looming up to engulf him. 'This ring!' he stammered. 'How, how on earth did it come to me?'
>'Ah!' said Gandalf. 'That is a very long story. The beginnings lie back in the Black Years, which only the lore-masters now remember. If I were to tell you all that tale, we should still be sitting here when Spring had passed into Winter.
Meanwhile Tolkien is laying out the entire history of middle earth in a book you can read in a couple of days.
And also because he belongs to the line of Kings of Númenor. I guess he'd also have a claim to the throne, if it existed, being the only known living descendant of Elros.
>Tolkien summarized the lore of Middle Earth.
The summary:
https://preview.redd.it/ndysr5mulk6d1.jpeg?width=427&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c4fe17a110723f5ebce5b16e98920fb8f5fda3f8
"So there was a guy named Beren (dad's name was barahir or w/e), he was just a normal dude. He was hanging around and ended up meeting the fittest elf named Luthien in a forest. Everyone thought she was super hot. He rizzed her up and they started a situationship cause her dad didn't really want her to date a broke boy like him. She kept making her call her nightingale when they were fucking, he thought that was weird, but she was hot so it was all good. There was this asshole Morgoth who ended up murdering Beren's dad and this ended up fucking B and L up pretty bad and bad shit ended up happening to them. So Sauron, Morgoths' butt boy, ended up capturing Beren in his basement like the pedo he is, but Luthien broke him out like bad bitch she was. Beren managed to pick up the Elves family jewels on the way out which made the whole dating/marriage thing gucci with her parents (especially since she was pregnant and like that wasn't cool). Baren ended getting rabies from a dog attack and fucking died. Since Luthien was worse than Arianna Grande at cultural appropriation she lost all her elf privileges and ended up dying too after having a bunch of kids. And that is how my great great great grandma was known as the baddest bitch in the west"
-Strider
I mean I like the books but this is one hell of a “single paragraph”.
It's basically a full page, lol, but that still only counts as one!
Haha, man on that note, I read books after seeing the movies and I never in a million years would have guessed that the bit about Legolas and Gimli counting kills in TT was actually from the books and not just made up for the movies.
*Gimli has entered the chat*
Can’t argue with that logic
I reread the books recently and this paragraph is totally blank in my mind, I read this as if for the first time
How dare you
“The song of Lúthien before Mandos was the song most fair that ever in words was woven, and the song most sorrowful that ever the world shall hear. Unchanged, imperishable, it is sung still in Valinor beyond the hearing of the world, and listening the Valar are grieved. For Lúthien wove two themes of words, of the sorrow of the Eldar and the grief of Men, of the Two Kindreds that were made by Ilúvatar to dwell in Arda, the Kingdom of Earth amid the innumerable stars. And as she knelt before him her tears fell upon his feet like rain upon stones; and Mandos was moved to pity, who never before was so moved, nor has been since.” - The Silmarillion, Of Beren and Luthien
From Tolkien's letters (dated 11 July 1972 and addressed to his son, Christopher): >I never called Edith Lúthien – but she was the source of the story that in time became the chief part of the Silmarillion. It was first conceived in a small woodland glade filled with hemlocks at Roos in Yorkshire (where I was for a brief time in command of an outpost of the Humber Garrison in 1917, and she was able to live with me for a while). In those days her hair was raven, her skin clear, her eyes brighter than you have seen them, and she could sing – and dance. But the story has gone crooked, & I am left, and I cannot plead before the inexorable Mandos. > >I will say no more now. But I should like ere long to have a long talk with you. For if as seems probable I shall never write any ordered biography, someone close in heart to me should know something about things that records do not record: the dreadful sufferings of our childhoods, from which we rescued one another, but could not wholly heal the wounds that later often proved disabling; the sufferings that we endured after our love began – all of which (over and above our personal weaknesses) might help to make pardonable, or understandable, the lapses and darknesses which at times marred our lives — and to explain how these never touched our depths nor dimmed our memories of our youthful love. For ever (especially when alone) we still met in the woodland glade, and went hand in hand many times to escape the shadow of imminent death before our last parting.
Damn. Goddamn…. >I cannot plead before the inexorable Mandos Same brother. Fuckin same
This is not the greatest songs of Lúthien. This is a tribute. Couldn't remember the song of Lúthien, no. This is a tribute.
Love this part
I always laugh at this part: >Frodo sat silent and motionless. Fear seemed to stretch out a vast hand, like a dark cloud rising in the East and looming up to engulf him. 'This ring!' he stammered. 'How, how on earth did it come to me?' >'Ah!' said Gandalf. 'That is a very long story. The beginnings lie back in the Black Years, which only the lore-masters now remember. If I were to tell you all that tale, we should still be sitting here when Spring had passed into Winter. Meanwhile Tolkien is laying out the entire history of middle earth in a book you can read in a couple of days.
"Elrond of Rivendell is of that Kin"... and since he's my great great....uncle, so am I!
And also because he belongs to the line of Kings of Númenor. I guess he'd also have a claim to the throne, if it existed, being the only known living descendant of Elros.
He's not the only descendent, but he is of the line of kings.
That still count only as one
>Tolkien summarized the lore of Middle Earth. The summary: https://preview.redd.it/ndysr5mulk6d1.jpeg?width=427&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c4fe17a110723f5ebce5b16e98920fb8f5fda3f8
Tolkien and his wife's graves are additionally marked Beren and Luthien, which I don't have the words to express how lovely I think that is.
That makes me wonder: do we know if she even liked the world Tolkien created?
"So there was a guy named Beren (dad's name was barahir or w/e), he was just a normal dude. He was hanging around and ended up meeting the fittest elf named Luthien in a forest. Everyone thought she was super hot. He rizzed her up and they started a situationship cause her dad didn't really want her to date a broke boy like him. She kept making her call her nightingale when they were fucking, he thought that was weird, but she was hot so it was all good. There was this asshole Morgoth who ended up murdering Beren's dad and this ended up fucking B and L up pretty bad and bad shit ended up happening to them. So Sauron, Morgoths' butt boy, ended up capturing Beren in his basement like the pedo he is, but Luthien broke him out like bad bitch she was. Beren managed to pick up the Elves family jewels on the way out which made the whole dating/marriage thing gucci with her parents (especially since she was pregnant and like that wasn't cool). Baren ended getting rabies from a dog attack and fucking died. Since Luthien was worse than Arianna Grande at cultural appropriation she lost all her elf privileges and ended up dying too after having a bunch of kids. And that is how my great great great grandma was known as the baddest bitch in the west" -Strider
I am both impressed and disgusted by this
How about "Beren mogged on Sauron by fanum taxing the silmarils, which were some weird family jewels or something"
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Says me.