fellowship of the ring

Hi, Thought I would share my display case that my brother in law and I made a few years ago. I always wanted to have one for the Fellowship but could never find a display case large enough at least not with my budget. So my brother in law suggested we just make one. I am really happy with how it...

So basically, when Lord of the Rings was published.

I just found this video of a guy who is turning all of the Fellowship of the Ring movie into a giant Flipbook! Anybody can contibute. I have zero drawing skills, but I thought you guys might be interested, since I know that a lot of you are artistically inclined. More details in the video 👇🏻

Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Sam, Frodo, Gandalf

In Unfinished Tales, in an essay titled "The Elessar", Tolkien wrote that "Legolas probably achieved least of the Nine Walkers." The full paragraph is quoted below: I first thought the line seemed a non-sequitur but now that I reread it it's in the midst of Tolkien making a point about the...

Ignoring all real-world politics, which member of the Fellowship would you vote for (assuming that all of them were running for president)?

1. I was struck by the rhythm of the book: a period of hospitality and then a period of movement and action. The book starts with hospitality since Gandalf is welcomed in Bag End. This continues throughout the book. 2. I was struck by the importance of the three long dialogues (verging on the...

The Company draw up their boats at the foot of Amon Hen on the west side of the river under the shadow of the rock pillar, Tol Brandir. Aragorn calls them together to try to come to a decision that has been put off - west to Gondor or east to Mordor. No one wants to commit so Aragorn passes the...

Chapter 9 of Book II The Company are on the move now and now by boat on the great River Anduin. Even so, the Company seem reluctant to move quickly letting themselves go with the flow of the river: putting off the east/west choice. Only Boromir seems certain of what he wants to do. Hints at...

In The Ring Goes South it is Elrond who chooses the nine of the fellowship (acceding to Gandalf over Merry and Pippin) yet it is Gandalf who is the implicit leader, so shouldn't Gandalf be the one who chooses?

Here's where we can discuss my RPG campaign/fanfic outline. Do you think I should conjure up two more companions for the Decoy team? How do I get Frodo and Sam into Mordor if they're alone? Should they, perhaps, have a map? Or should Gollum be captured by the Fellowhip while in Tharbad or...

The second of my two Fellowship What If...? RPG campaign outlines. Here we have TWO Fellowships formed, one a decoy with Merry & Pippin, the other the true Fellowship with Frodo & Sam. Please provide Feedback on the Discussion page as I would very much like it. 25 October: At the Council of...

Here's where we can discuss my RPG campaign/fanfic outline. Do you think there might be another The Hobbit character (or adjecent there to) that might work better than my Gwarin son of Dwalin (a dwarf version of Sam to Thorin III)? Do you think I should revise the timeline so it matches up...

I have two of these but the outline for the first (based on The Hobbit) is presented here. There are, indeed, some moving around of dates towards the end but I was unsure how else to take the story for my RPG campaign. Please provide Feedback on the Discussion page as I would very much like...

I just learned of this; if there's a thread somewhere, I couldn't find it.

Was he drawn to the ring because he wore it for so long somehow?

Toward the latter parts of Fellowship of the Ring - as our heroes travel down the Anduin, they ultimately pass the Argonath. It is described as a fearful place - and here the rocky mass to each side of the river is carved into a pillar - a statue, Isildur on one side, Anarion on the other...

I'm doing a slow (and enjoyable) re-read of LOTR, after having done the same with The Hobbit. Just about to start the last chapter of FOTR, and this thought struck me: if Boromir had not tried to take the Ring from Frodo and spooked him into leaving (eventually with Sam) - how do you think the...

There are two choices that they would have made. What do you think would have befallen had they taken them? (In either scenario, we can assume that Boromir didn't try and grab the Ring, though he may, possibly, do so at a later time in either one. We can assume that he didn't by Rauros at...

I get that they said that they wanted to make sure that the Nazgul were not still lurking about nearby (a good idea) but they apparently spent about two months scouting and going as far as Mirkwood. In all that time, it was: 1.) Giving Sauron time to get stronger. 2.) They'd have to go through...