tolkien hating the beatles with a passion and refusing to let them make a lotr movie
tolkien hating his crazy american fans and calling them his “deplorable cultus”
“jirt”
Not just the autobus hijack but ALSO the impassioned speech to the crowd
at the Martyr’s Memorial that followed afterwards (FËANOR IS THAT YOU?)
Tolkien performing Sheridan’s The Rivals with his buddies in school, with Tolkien playing Mrs Malaprop, “excellent in every way and not least so in make-up“ according to the school newspaper
Tolkien debuting at his school’s Debating Society with a motion “supporting the objects and tactics of the suffragettes“
Tolkien being a brutal rugby player because he made up for his lack of size and strength with absolute ruthlessness
Tolkien doing a “fair imitation of a frenzied Bacchic dance” while
wearing nothing but a sheet and sandals after his graduation ceremony at
King Edward’s School
Tolkien getting arrested when the police got involved in a town-vs-gown scuffle because he was small and scrawny
Tolkien being invited to do a special lecture at the Essay Club in 1920 but then not knowing what to talk about so he talked about the Fall of Gondolin, with the poor minute-keeper spending a week in the Bodleian to find out what the heck Gondolin was
In general, Tolkien’s awful procrastination habits
Tolkien attempting to put the Silmarillion together for publication but playing round after round of Patience/ Solitaire instead
So what you’re saying is that Tolkien was such a mad lad that if there’s a movie made about him, he should be played by Jack black
anyone else like knives but like. not in an edgy way. like i’m not trying to b threatening or anything i just like the unique designs of them and the cool smithing work that’s gone into them. idk.
