Tag: tolkien

Tolkien Video Project Announcement:

diversetolkien:

Hello all! This is the first of many announcements for the Tolkien Video project I’m hosting. It’s the first time I’ve done anything like this, so it’s a learning experience for us all. 

The
Tolkien video project is a video project specifically aimed at people of color. The purpose of it is
to recreate scenes from movies and books written and inspired by Tolkien. This
includes all form of media produced by Tolkien and inspired by him.

*If you’d like to
make a fan video (your own story) than that’s fine too! It doesn’t have to align with canon. 

Requirements

  • All actors must be people of color, as well as directors and those who’re
    recording the movie. All players involved must
    be people of color. The entire idea behind this is exposure for Tolkien
    fans that are people of color.
  • You must be 18 YEARS OR OLDER to participate. 

  • A name and a bit about yourself. It doesn’t
    have to be too personal. Include the names of everyone participating as well, and their parts in the project (did the direct, edit, etc.). 
      
  • Give me a small description of the scene, trigger warnings if necessary, and a
    title.

  • When you send me the link or the file, save it as the fandom it belongs in
    (etc: Lotr, Silmarillion, The Hobbit) so that it will make it easier for me to sort them. 

  • You have till January 15th , 2019, to send me your video.
  • send all videos (links/files, etc) to

    diversetolkien@gmail.com (feel free
    to send questions there as well, but I’m also on tumblr and I’ll respond faster
    there).

Share this post! Also follow this blog for more updates and flyers! Everything will be tagged under #tkvideoproject. Even if you’re not a person of color, sharing this around would be awesome! 

At the end, I’ll compile the video into a
youtube play list and organize them accordingly! The link will be shared on this blog!

Tagging @visibilityofcolor @witches-ofcolor @diversehighfantasy @nerdsagainstfandomracism to spread this around! 

And again, follow the blog for updates and possible changes! This will be how I communicate!

*if you don’t have a tumblr, send me your email address and i’ll send a mass email of possible changes and updates*

definitelyoneoftheguys:

It began with the forging of the great rings. Three were given to the Elves; immortal, wisest, and fairest of all beings. Seven to the Dwarf lords; great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else desire power. For within these rings bound the strength and will to govern each race. But they were all of them deceived for another ring was made. In the Land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret a master ring to control all others. And into this ring, he poured his cruelty, his malice, and his will to dominate all life. One Ring to rule them all.

mishacolins:

How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand… there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep, that have taken hold.

trilllizard666:

bramblepatch:

garashirs:

garashirs:

honestly the funniest thing about the lord of the rings is how gandalf is literally a minor god sent to middle-earth by The Big Man Himself and yet literally nobody apart from the elves seems to recognise this or take him seriously

like yeah gandalf is pretty grumpy most of the time but how would YOU
feel if you were the fantasy equivalent of an angel and a bunch of
people who only come up to your knee were just like “oh fuck it’s that
spooky old wizard” every time you showed up for a friend’s birthday
party

I mean to be fair, he seems to actively enjoy the hobbits’ complete lack of awe, because what Gandalf loves most about hobbits is that they as a culture are 1000% unimpressed by any of the mythic-scale bullshit constantly going on right outside their borders. The thing Gandalf loves second-most about hobbits is their weed.

What gets on his nerves is the rest of the free peoples of middle earth, for whom he is constantly busting his ass and who consistently respond to his attempts to help with “why don’t you ever have any good news?” and also who don’t offer him any weed.

so we should offer demigods and arcangels the good weed is what you’re saying