UnnamedElement (she/they/ella)

Here are my thoughts on the first episodes of RoP, foregrounding ethnicity, colonial politics, & gender. You can read on tumblr or dreamwidth! Shout outs to @feanaaro, @srwestvik, and @itariilles who are “cited” :) unnamedelement.tumblr.com/post/694644467… unnamedelement.dreamwidth.org/11256.html

@shrikeseams My dads side garden between the houses growing up, near the slate walk. Under the hastas, beside the river rocks, within a few yards of the hose: garden snails. And then, also, fall leaves. And the ocean.

QUICK POLL: when I say 'snail' what kind of background/environment do you think of first?

Having intense overwhelming feelings about Tolkien again. There should be a meme for this.

i hate british people wtf do u mean u met david tennant at the grocery store

(Funniest part is it’s a massive football day so everyones running around in university gear & here we are, in cloaks. The best part so far has been when a jock stopped us w “not idly do the leaves of lorien fall!” And then proceeded to actually know why 33 was significant lmao)

Lo! I’m alive! I’ve just turned 33 and am therefore celebrating my hobbit coming of age by eating every hobbit meal in hobbit style with my queer hobbit wife all day long. That seemed like an update this account would appreciate.

@notkinging Mucho de elfos, cada día

elves in silmarillion

@srwestvik Gosh I love this for you

I was there, Gandalf. I was there when the lights went down and the choir softly sang “Mélamar, eldamar, kene kala lessen” for the first time. Happy TROP London Premiereversary to all the beautiful souls that were there that night 🥹

btw "less evil shall we do in the breaking" means that maglor sees both things as an evil. pursuing the oath's goals and not pursuing them. only, not doing so is the lesser evil of the two.

@srwestvik 🤣

This is my best edit yet I think. Our boys 🫶

*it thus mildly (( —Twitter always autocorrects “thus”. Like. Bro. I use it constantly, this is not a mistake ))

2/ JRRT’s process. And it this mildly irks me. Because I like correct-ish information. Even when I know the person is just genuinely ignorant. (And I mean that in the least judgemental way.) But these days I’m too tired to pull out sources & quotes to add to the conversation when

1/ Sometimes I see someone who casually enjoys Silm (which is such a hilarious thing to say — 6 years ago I’d be like ‘there is nothing casual abt Silm’ lmao) say something on tumblr that’s just technically incorrect if you’ve read the drafts & academic attempts at reconstructing

4/ this has been a post. I am rambling. (And I am slowly reintegrating myself back into Tolkien land. It’s been an interesting year.)

3/ it’s already being wildly reblogged. And then I also remember I don’t want to be an asshole or a gatekeeper and maybe people want to discover all these nuggets and Easter eggs on their own time, as part of their own journey?? But honestly, mostly — I’m just lazy lmao

@arnorionforgil I am sure she will treasure the time you spend together forever, regardless of whether she ends up loving Tolkien as much as the likes of us. Enjoy your time. Reading LotR with my father as a kid are some of my fondest childhood memories! Do the voices 😆

@unnamed_element That is such a touching gesture. I’m about to begin reading Lord of the Rings with my daughter who turns nine next month. I hope we treasure our connection over story the way you and your father have.

The last handwriting I have from my dad. I asked him to copy a sentence from my favorite #Tolkien excerpt into my notebook, so I could keep it forever. He introduced me to LotR when I was 8, & we shared that our whole life together. I will put it in a frame for my office.

Long day on the road, long night off the road 🍁

the answer to everything with me is usually “i’ve read the book but i never watched the movie/show” which makes me sound so pretentious but in reality it’s just that my specific brand of adhd is very conducive to reading but not to watching things

I enjoyed this interview so much!