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I need my own Thorin Oakenshield. The looks, the attitude, and the heart 😭 God if you can hear me, send me one on my front door. Probably make him 5'9+ (edited)

they looked up astonished for they had heard no sound of his coming and they saw a figure standing at the rail looking down upon them an old man swathed in a great cloak the colour of which was not easy to tell for its colour changed when they moved they eyes or when he stirred

lord of the rings John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (edited)

Tolkien Shelf

Had to play a bit of book Tetris, but it’s a LOT more organized now.

I can't believe my ignorance

I can believe for like two decades I thought "Tolkien" was actually name "Token" I always that it was funny that he was named Token in a school of all whites. This is why we need DEI, even as an African American my ignorance is just deplorable and I'm sorry.

First attempt at drawing with invisible ink

Oh my god, they were so oily...(I'm still getting the hang of invisible ink, maybe I need to dilute it?) Drawing with a glass pen, black ink. The plot is based on the book by Professor Tolkien. Watercolor paper, black ink, one hour of work. (edited)

Hmm

"Torment in the dark was the danger that I feared, and it did not hold me back. But I would not have come, had I known the danger of light and joy." —J.R.R. Tolkien