Sad news today; Our Tolkien fandom has suffered a death in the family. Our beloved Andrew Lesnie passed on at the age of 59 on Monday. Andrew was a vital part of Peter Jackson’s team on the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and most recently, The Hobbit Trilogy. He was an absolute visionary, who, like Peter Jackson, loved making films. You could tell how passionate he was about films because of his ever present smile and enthusiasm. He was a constant face in the behind the scenes footage, his trusty camera always rolling.
He was brilliant, he was an Oscar winner, but most importantly he was our family member. So today, hold those you love a little closer and let’s keep Andrew’s family and friends in our thoughts. Here on l-o-t-r & the-hobbit Blog, I want to dedicate this day to Andrew Lesnie’s legacy. Rest in peace, Andrew. We will always be thankful for your sheer brilliance and talent and I will most certainly miss your smile.
Hey Nonnie! Nope, I didn’t get it! gdi tumblr stop playing with the layout and actually fix the real problems ahhhh
Oooooookay, well – it’s another very personal thing, and Mahal takes that into account when you are remade. Some dwarves feel themselves to be younger, and others are okay with their age at the time of their death.
(and then there are those very few young ones who have no chance of being reborn, like Frerin.)
TBH, some of these dwarves ARE pretty crusty and creaky when they finally pop their clogs: Dain is 252 at the time of his death, and that is old.
So, those who are fairly unchanged at death so far are: Thorin, Fris, Hrera, Ori, Bifur, Fili, Kili, Vili
Those who have been remade as a slightly younger version of themself are: Oin, Balin, Thror, Thrain, Dain, Bombur
Personally, I think this is where the Seven Fathers Progenitors of the Dwarves come into their own. Say a Stiffbeard dies, and they are an orphan and their own parents can’t remember them/can’t be there for a variety of different reasons (who knows why, let’s put that aside for now though)…
The parent of the Stiffbeard clan, one of the original seven Dwarves made by Mahal in the days before the sun and moon and stars, would appear before that Dwarf and take them to their rooms. They would care for them, introduce them to other Dwarves, comfort them and help them adjust.
Slowly that Dwarf would make friends and build confidence. The Stiffbeard parent would then take a background role as the newly deceased Dwarf becomes less dependent upon their guidance.
Even after many centuries in the Halls, I don’t think the original seven would ever really abandon these lone Dwarves that they personally guide. They would appear to them often, and over and over, but always in that terribly unexpected and mysterious manner – and usually when their charge was in need of them.
Headcanoning on the fly again, but I hope it answered your question Nonnie!
We have compiled a list of Sir Terry Pratchett’s best quotes to remember him by. A fantasy author and creator of the Discworld, Terry was known for his uncanny sense of humor and quirky fashion sense.
Actor, Sir Tony Robinson remembers Pratchett as a “bit of a contradiction. He was incredibly flamboyant with his black hat and urban cowboy clothes.”
He also added, “Everybody who reads his work would agree Death was one of his finest creations – Terry in some way has now shaken hands with one of his greatest-ever creations.”
Whereas Pillip Pullman described his writing as pure humor. He said: ”There is nothing spiteful, nothing bitter or sarcastic in his humour.”
Read Sir Terry Pratchett’s best quotes below:
“Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.” — Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight
“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.” ― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man
“The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.” ― Terry Pratchett
“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.” ― Terry Pratchett, Diggers
“She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired from a distance, not up close.” — Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
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