And speaking of pronouns, flat-out my favorite part of the LOTR Appendices is when it’s revealed that the Gondorian dialect of the Common Speech differentiates between formal and informal second-person pronouns but the distinction’s been lost in the Hobbit’s dialect, so Pippin’s blithely been using familiar terms of address with the Lord of the City, and thus helps to explain both why the Gondorians are so ready to assume he’s a prince and why Denethor finds him so amusing to have around.
not what i expected from a post that began with “speaking of pronouns,” but an a++ show of the versatility and surprise daily available on tumblr dot com
So I was staring at my Middle Earth map poster for no reason today
and for the first time, I notice this blip down in the southwest corner…
THE FUCKING MENELTARMA’S STILL THERE
let me rephrase
the Meneltarma of Numenor, the giant mountain atop which was a sacred shrine to Eru, still stands above the waves despite the total destruction of the island by Eru.
as @samwise-po-tay-toe-gamgee so beautifully put it, HE SANK EVERYTHING BUT THE FUCKING SHRINE TO HIMSELF
Aw Yiss 