One of my absolute favorite things about Lord of the Rings is the character development and friendship of Legolas and Gimli.
They met and immediately resented one another because of the centuries-old bitterness between dwarves and elves. But once they become part of the fellowship, they learn how to work together.
The moment Gimli tells Legolas about Galadriel giving him 3 hairs from her golden head, Legolas is starting to think “maybe dwarves aren’t so bad.” And Gimli obviously doesn’t think negatively of all elves since he declared Galadriel as the fairest thing in all of Middle Earth. (I also love the implications of her giving him 3 hairs when she denied them to Feanor. See The Silmarilion if you’ve never read it. It’s worth the read.)
By the time they meet the Rohirim during their pursuit to rescue Merry and Pippin from the Orcs, Legolas’ instinct is to defend Gimli from Eomer’s threat.
The Battle of Helm’s Deep is another showcase of their friendship. One of my favorite moments from The Two Towers is their friendly banter when they await the battle.
I also love that they turn every battle into a friendly competition. I like to imagine how they got to that point. Did they both silently keep tally of their kills in the battle against the goblins in Moria? And then later discuss it? Perhaps as a coping mechanism to the grief of losing Gandalf on the bridge of Khazad-dûm? I can see it starting as banter between whether elves or dwarves are better fighters. And I can just see how from that point on, they have this agreement of “whoever kills the most enemies in the next battle is the superior warrior.”
And when Legolas takes down the oliphaunt in the Battle of Gondor and Gimli is just flabbergasted. He indignantly insists it still only counts as one. By that point, they are completely friends who would lay down their lives for the other without thinking twice.
And one of the many moments throughout the series that brought me to tears was their march against the Black Gate. They all expected to die there - a last ditched effort to distract Sauron so Frodo could destroy the ring. They were the diversion and they knew it. When Gimli says he never thought he’d die side-by-side with an elf and Legolas just smirks and counters “What about side-by-side with a friend?”
Gimli considers and you can see him really process it. That Legolas is his friend. After everything they endured together, how could they not be? I’ve watched these films at least 30 times and I always tear up when Gimli replies, “Aye. I could do that.”
If you’ve never read the books, please consider doing so. Their friendship is so fantastic. It’s truly one of Tolkien’s greatest acts of the trilogy in my opinion. Legolas even built his own boat and snuck Gimli into Valinor, making him the first and only dwarf to ever see the undying lands. The fact that they remained such close friends until the end of time just gives me so many feels. I stan one elf-dwarf friendship as the ultimate enemies to friends trope.
why I forgot this.. Anyways here's 💓Doki Doki 💓 (Metallica and Guns n Roses)
(AKA a playlist to put on to give a strip tease or lap dance to your partner and possibly seduce them or to just give you the power of strippers)
1) Strutter–Kiss
2) Heaven’s on Fire–Kiss
3) Let’s Put the X in Sex–Kiss
4) Rocket Ride–Kiss
5) Lick it Up–Kiss
6) Shout at the Devil–Mötley Crüe
7) Girls Girls Girls–Mötley Crüe
8) Merry-Go-Round–Mötley Crüe
9) Rattlesnake Shake–Mötley Crüe
10) Come On and Dance–Mötley Crüe
11) She Goes Down–Mötley Crüe
12) Wild Side–Mötley Crüe
13) Sticky Sweet–Mötley Crüe
14) Slice of Your Pie–Mötley Crüe
15) Big Guns–Skid Row
16) Poison–Alice Cooper
17) Bed of Nails–Alice Cooper
18) Feed My Frankenstein–Alice Cooper
19) Girls Git Rhythm–AC/DC
20) Whole Lotta Rosie–AC/DC
21) What Do You Do For Money Honey–AC/DC
22) Walk All Over You–AC/DC
23) You Shook Me All Night Long–AC/DC
24) Lay Your Hands on Me–Bon Jovi
25) Bad Medicine–Bon Jovi
26) In and Out of Love–Bon Jovi
27) You Give Love a Bad Name–Bon Jovi
28) Rocket Queen–Guns N’ Roses
29) When the Levee Breaks-Led Zeppelin
30) Crazy–Aerosmith
31) Walk This Way–Aerosmith
32) Love in an Elevator–Aerosmith
33) Pink–Aerosmith
34) Just Push Play–Aerosmith
35) Rock You Like a Huricane–Scorpions
36) Body Talk–Ratt
37) Wild Child–W.A.S.P.
38) Highway Tune–Greta Van Fleet
39) Killer Queen–Queen
40) Body Language–Queen
41) Dancer–Queen
42) Staying Power–Queen
43) Get Down, Make Love–Queen
44) Fat Bottomed Girls–Queen
45) Sex Action–LA Guns
46) Pour Some Sugar on Me–Def Leppard
47) Slang–Def Leppard
48) Comin’ Under Fire–Def Leppard
49) Women–Def Leppard
50) Cherry Pie–Warrant
51) Fire Women–The Cult
52) Need You Tonight–INXS
53) Turbo Lover–Judas Priest
54) Turn Me On–Accept
55) Gypsy–Uriah Heep
56) Unskinny Bop–Poison
57) Nothin’ But A Good Time–Poison
58) Foxy Lady-Jimi Hendrix
59) I Just want to Make Love to You–Foghat
60) Gotta Get to Know You–Foghat
61) The Stroke–Billy Squier
62) Everybody Wants You–Billy Squier
63) She Rides–Danzig
64) Do It Good–Tigers of Pan Tang
65) Drop Dead Legs-Van Halen
66) Still of the Night–Whitesnake
67) Gonna Raise Hell–Cheap Trick
68) Hot Blooded–Foreigner
69) Mony Mony–Billy Idol
70) Flesh For Fantasy–Billy Idol
71) Wild Child–The Doors
72) Satisfaction–The Rolling Stones
73) Brown Eyes–Fleetwood Mac
74) Feel Like Makin Love–Bad Company
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I will take her, protect her, and bring her back unharmed.
“You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.”
– George Lorimer
you can tell by the way i use my walk i’m a woman’s man
imagine feeling constantly down and stupid because of your studies THIS POST WAS MADE BY THE PHYSICS GANG,
DADDY UL VIBES
from Rob's So What! 17.2 interview (circa 2010)
(And like 4 sec later Lars entered the room snjsjsjssj)
One day i'm gonna post the whole interview bc it's too precious —scanned and not in shitty photos
Baby Yoda in THE MANDALORIAN 2x04 — Chapter 12: The Siege