24 The Lord Of The Rings Comics That Are Extra Sweet
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24 The Lord Of The Rings Comics That Are Extra Sweet
These hilarious Lord of the Rings comics show a totally different side to the books and movies, as imagined by talented fan artists. J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is one of the greatest works of fiction ever created. Decades after the books came out, they are still read and enjoyed by people of all ages. Tolkien’s works have always been special to me and I’m ever grateful that the Professor let us into his magic world. But as great as the books are, the fans have been knocking around the internet for a good long while! Even though The Hobbit films caused a spike in fanfiction and fan art, I can promise you that fans of the books and the films never stopped in between the two franchises. I know because I didn’t either. While many pieces of fan art are great tributes to a great literary masterpiece, some of them might show a side of the books that you weren’t prepared for! I’m not trying to devalue any of them, some of the works on this list are absolutely wonderful artworks, but they might ask questions about The Lord of the Rings franchise that you really don’t want to answer. The books are considered child-friendly, except for all the war and violence, so everyone in Middle-Earth stays just friends. But sometimes fans like to speculate what happens behind closed doors. The books can’t contain every detail of the lives of these heroes. Here are some comics from The Lord of the Rings that would make Tolkien blush. THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY Sauron s Night Out
via hapycow.deviantart.com When you’re a giant, flaming embodiment of a human eye, the dating field must be pretty tough! I don’t really know how much Sauron would enjoy a night out, given that he can’t drink being an eye and all, so it must all boil down to the social interaction. That poor guy. We all know that Legolas wouldn't be interested anyway! This joke may be rather silly, but the idea of Sauron a giant flaming eye in the first place is sillier! It is cool how much expression the artist manages to put into just one eye. I love the half eyebrow raise in the first two panels when he’s flirting and the anger in the final one! It’s hard to portray emotion in just an eye, but this is brilliant. Comic by . The Third Wheel
via ngoziu.tumblr.com Legolas and Gimli’s special relationship is, well, special. There are plenty of mentions of how extraordinary their closeness was and how they managed to become close against all odds. It’s all very sweet. But anybody who has hung out with a couple (or two best friends) and no one else knows how awkward it soon gets. You don’t want to talk about anything too personal, and any attempt to join in the conversation feels like intruding on their relationship. You can only sit there with a smile on your face and pretend you’re happy for everyone. Even though Aragorn has plenty of friends and a beautiful elf lady waiting for him, I imagine he felt a little left out when Legolas and Gimli became close. The three hunters indeed! Comic by . The Precious Ring
via pandyland.net And yes, this is where things get really awkward. The ring is incredibly powerful and it’s very easy to be seduced or corrupted by its power. But do you ever wonder if Gollum’s obsession with the ring reached whole other… slightly weirder levels? Maybe just once or twice when he got especially bored in that cave. Then maybe Frodo got the same idea. If, for no other reason, to freak Sauron out. Maybe the idea was to discourage him from finding them and spying on them again. After accidentally stumbling upon that, there is no way he’s going to want to look again whether Frodo is wearing the ring or not. Besides, after seeing that, I really don’t think that Sauron is going to want that ring back! Comic by . Looking Good Dwarves
via albinonial.deviantart.com Sometimes, you just need to give The Hobbit fandom a shoutout as well! There was some debate within the community when the film versions Fíli and Kíli were revealed. Some argued that they didn’t look enough like dwarves or were ugly by dwarven standards. While I do agree that Kíli should have had a bit more of a beard, I thought they looked like young dwarves who would grow up in time, looking a bit more like their uncle. Though his beard should have been longer! I absolutely love the idea of them being dwarf fashion icons or symbols for the young dwarves to swoon over! Even if the dwarves didn’t have magazines or locker doors to stick pictures on, I imagine younger dwarflings drawing them in their diaries and putting hearts around their names. Comic by . How To Lead Someone On
via kumama.deviantart.com Poor Éowyn! I hate that movies feel the need to inject romance in on every turn. Like audiences will get confused if there isn’t intense eye contact every few minutes. While Éowyn’s love for Aragorn is touched upon in the book, Aragorn never once gives her hope and lets her down gently, but firmly. In the films, however, he’s a bit of a jerk! The way she openly swoons over him, combined with the way he lets her do that and constantly allows them to engage in flirtatious moments is completely out of character for Aragorn and patronizing to Éowyn. Okay, so things didn’t go over exactly like this, especially not the next to last panel, but that is surely what it looked like to everyone else! Comic by . Who s The Elf
via mydurisekel.deviantart.com I’d never considered this before, but after seeing this I’m certainly wondering whether or not Éowyn ever thought this. I’m not suggesting there was something canonically going on between these two characters. I don’t know how Legolas felt but Aragorn certainly only had eyes for Arwen. Nevertheless, elves carry more feminine qualities in the same way that dwarves carry more masculine qualities. We don’t know if Legolas in the book looked at all like he does in the films, but he was lithe, with soft features and long, beautiful hair. It wouldn’t be unreasonable, or insulting, for Éowyn to make this mistake. I’m sure it was soon put to rest, and they never started making out in the hall, but maybe something in the back of her mind went off. Comic by . How To Look This Vanima
via mirimap.tumblr.com Let’s be honest: there were moments when you hated Legolas! Even when you loved him, you hated him. I have to wash my hair at least every other day to stop it from losing its volume, but Legolas can apparently go months without even washing it and it still looks perfect. I’m sure to wash my face and moisturize twice a day to keep blemishes away, while Legolas can skip across Middle-earth for days and stay in the heat of battle, and his skin will remain as silky-smooth and blemish free as it was in Rivendell. So, I love moments that portray him as not completely flawless and comics that show he needs to put at least some effort into looking so fabulous. Comic by . The Scruffy Hero Look
via pinterest.com Aragorn (or at least Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn) is very conventionally attractive. I assume he must be in the book as well to have two women, out of the four, to be interested in him. Which is pretty impressive for a man who never seems to have a bath! Don’t get me wrong, Aragorn has plenty of nice qualities. He’s kind, compassionate, brave and incredibly loyal- so why wouldn’t you like him. I also appreciate that there can’t have been many spas on the road he took from Rivendell. But no other member of the fellowship ends up as scruffy and as dirty as he does! Even at times when other characters appear to have bathed, he still has dirt on his hands and greasy hair. So, it must take someone special to convince him to shower! Frodo s Dream Fellowship
via what-if-comics.com This is one of those nerdy little things that you would get asked on a quiet night out. If you could choose your fellowship of the ring, who would you pick? While the original contained loyal friends, bold warriors and an awesome wizard, if you allowed your mind to open and get creative, you could dive across fandoms and come up with a pretty impressive line-up! I don’t know if I’d personally choose everyone on in this particular comic. There are some good choices there for sure, particularly Leia and Batman. But I’d like to make some room for Violet Baudelaire or Professor X. It certainly wouldn’t be the same adventure we’ve all come to know and love, but it would be the best field trip ever! Comic by . Un-Flattering Imagery
via drag0n24.deviantart.com This is a bit of a warning: things get worse for Legolas from here on out. I love Legolas, he is by far my favorite character. But fans have an obsession with putting him in damsel in distress scenarios or the ‘hurt’ one in hurt/comfort fics. It’s a little bizarre since the real Legolas is strong, brave and never lets injuries pull him down. Even when he hears the gulls during the Battle for Minas Tirith, he carries on and doesn’t let on until later. This obsession probably comes from his feminine demeanor, which is quite patronizing when you boil it down. While Legolas must have his tender moments behind the scenes, if he read some of the things that were out there, he’d shoot more than one arrow at the monitor! Unless it was his own monitor, because that’s just silly. Comic by . Embarrassing Family
via joyreactor.com Yeah, this is the kind of Legolas stuff you can expect to see. Given Elrond’s heritage, he probably wouldn’t be that embarrassed with his daughter’s love interest. Concerned for her immortality yes, but not necessarily embarrassed. Although that doesn’t mean he would appreciate teasing from the other Elven King of Middle-earth, Thranduil of Mirkwood. I can completely imagine Thranduil being this much of a jerk and making Elrond feel worse about the situation. But Elrond surely got his revenge when the fellowship returned home! Sure, his daughter is in love with a human, but your son now shares a great love with a stupid, smelly dwarf. And the son of your rival. Jokes on you, buddy! And there is no way Thranduil would have taken the news as well as Elrond did. Comic by Arven. Dreaded Love Triangle
via memecenter.com This is why love triangles are bad! Seriously, Jackson, no one wants them. For people who hadn’t read the book when they saw the film (which is fine, each to their own) this is what some of them saw. This comic may be quite funny, but it also takes me to some dark places. The film should never have put the emphasis they did on Éowyn’s attraction to Aragorn. Firstly, even people who hadn’t read the books knew he was going to end up with Arwen. They declared their love for each other during their second scene together. All this did was make film fans hate Éowyn or resent her for interfering with a relationship she didn’t know about or thought had ended. And Aragorn a jerk for leading her on! Dwarf Blankets
viavjohanirae.deviantart.com Take this to mean whatever you’d like. Bilbo is a very relatable character. As someone far too attached to their routine and home comforts, I probably would have whined far more than Bilbo did when he set off for Erebor. Although there probably was a lot more behind-the-scenes whining. This comic is both sweet and disturbing. For Fíli and Kíli, this is probably incredibly innocent. It can get cold in the wild and it’s perfectly normal to snuggle up to your buddy Pegg/Frost style, for sharing some body heat and completely platonic comfort spooning. But for a confirmed bachelor who lives and sleeps alone, avoiding being touched if he can, this is probably incredibly awkward and uncomfortable. Sleep tight, Mr. Baggins! Comic by . Meeting The Parents
via wheeloffortune-design.tumblr.com I often think that Legolas and Gimli tried not to include their parents too much in their affairs. While we can never know for sure how their families reacted to their closeness, it can’t have been an easy conversation. On top of the long-time feuds between dwarves and elves, both mocking the other for completely childish reasons and spreading offensive stereotypes amongst their people, there is also the family feud of Legolas’s daddy locking Gimli’s daddy in the dungeon. As much as we’d love to imagine Thranduil and Glóin putting aside their feelings for one another for their son’s happiness, it might be a tad optimistic. Especially if Legolas behaved the way he did during The Hobbit movies, although we have no reason to think he did. Comic by . Mr Elf
via shamusyoung.com Despite having few lines and having few moments in the spot-light, Legolas managed to claw his way into the hearts of filmgoers, gaining the reputation of the “hot elf.” This probably helped him get his super, cool elf scenes, like surfing down some stairs on a shield and taking down the Mûmakil all by his lonesome. But it still only counts as one. But while some fans screamed at his external attractiveness, others decided that he looked like a girl! This is probably all just jealousy since there isn’t anything wrong with looking like a girl and it’s only an insult if you decide it is. Although, I do remember a The Lord of the Rings game where one of the rules was to take a sip when Legolas looks better than anything with two X chromosomes… Comic by Shamus Young. One Ring To Break It All
via killthehydra.com You know, for a story centered around a bunch of magic rings, there are surprisingly little divorce jokes. Since The Hobbit films made (married) Galadriel and Gandalf make kissy eye contact at one another, I’ve wondered if Gandalf feels romantic feelings. The Istari (forgive me if I don’t get this lore one hundred percent correct) were made by Gods and sent to live on Middle-earth to help the people. They weren’t born of anything and have no need to procreate. So, can they procreate? Can they really have romantic feelings and desires if there isn’t some biological thing in their brain telling them to? Obviously, I have no idea. Gandalf needs to pull his wizard-socks up and go deal with his divorce himself. You’re supposed to be an ethereal wizard, stop putting everything on Hobbits! Comic by Kill the Hydra Your Fabulous Valentine
via gripgrep.tumblr.com One thing I miss about The Hobbit fandom is all the ‘I’m Fabulous’ Thranduil memes! I was disappointed by a lot of things in the film fandom, but Lee Pace’s portrayal of Thranduil was perfect. Everything about him screamed awesome, fabulous king! While his overly dark eyebrows are weirdly thick for someone with silky, blond hair, this Valentine makes them seem perfect, if just for this pun. Like the others, I wouldn’t recommend sending this to someone you are actually trying to woo. Unless they are a very specific kind of Lee Pace fan, they are unlikely to fall for your charms. Either that or Thranduil’s fabulousness is so powerful that you can’t look into his eyes without becoming enamored by his presence. Trouble With Lego
direman.com I’d never considered this until this comic, but maybe this is why they put off making The Lord of the Rings Lego for so long. I used to wonder why they had never thought of it. When I was a kid (and not) all I wanted was a Lego Helms Deep. Plus, think of all the Legolas puns! But you can’t really make a series about rings for some toys that don’t have fingers, can you? How would that even happen? Being the ringbearer is a tough gig anyway, but when you can’t even use the ring even if you wanted to… well, I suppose it makes the temptation a little easier to resist. But why would people without fingers make a ring in the first place? That’s what I thought… Comic by . Once You ve Had Dwarf
via hibbary.deviantart.com Legolas probably experienced a lot of dwarven firsts. Being the first ‘great love’ between an elf and a dwarf (yes, Hobbit film fans! They were, look it up! There is no argument to be had about this!) Legolas would have been the first elf to get up and close with dwarven culture. While Legolas is a tough cookie, he is also used to the way elves do things. So I don’t blame him for being a little nervous when Gimli starts cracking those big, tough dwarven hands! Gimli’s method of most things is to go at them full throttle with all his strength (I’m talking about war and stuff, here). His massages probably aren’t any different. But strong hands can hammer out the tension of war in a way elves never could! I’m pretty sure Legolas is happy! Comic by . Thranduil s Parenting Skills
via gimmethehobbit.tumblr.com When The Hobbit films came out, we learn where Legolas got his eternal fabulous from. I don’t even want to call this a modernization of the characters, I just want to think that this is how they interacted with each other and how teenage Legolas behaved alongside his grown-up Dad. If Legolas is short-fused, superficial, and shady, Thranduil only has himself to blame. Having said that, if I ever had kids (which I probably won’t), this is the kind of parent I would want to be. Nobody wants to grow up. So don’t! If your teenagers snip at you and yell at you for prying, then just snip right back! Thranduil might be teaching moody behavior, but he’s also mastering it! Nobody can outshade the King. Comic by .