Another Richard Armitage Challenge! Social Distancing Edition #20

Thorin Oakenshield Richard Armitage GIF from Thorinoakenshield GIFs

From tenor


Best Costume/Look?

No contest for me, Richard's best costume look is 

Thorin Oakenshield. 

MAJESTIC 

Another Richard Armitage Challenge! Social Distancing Edition #16

Saddest chaRActer death?

Thorin's Death

Breaks my heart every time 

Thorin's last battle and death

My King is Dead - Long Live the King

Another Richard Armitage Challenge! Social Distancing Edition #15

Favorite Quote of a ChaRActer?


"Loyalty, Honor, A Willing Heart
I can ask no more than that"

Thorin Oakenshield

Beautiful but Sad - New Thorin Video I Love

Beautiful new Thorin video by Eamane99

 Getting closer to Extended Edition time for BOTFA.

"East"

I set out to rule the world
With only a paper shield and a wooden sword.
No mountain dare stand in my way,
Even the oceans tremble in my wake.

The tide is brave, but always retreats.
Even the sand, it cowers under my feet.
My kingdom towers above it all,
While I sleep safe and sound in my cardboard walls.

Now I bear little resemblance to the king I once was.
I bear little resemblance to the king I could become.
Maybe paper is paper, maybe kids will be kids-
Lord, I want to remember how to feel like I did.

So I draw my sword with the morning sun,
I summon the moon as soon as the day is done.
The clouds march on, on my command.
Even the rain, it falls according to plan.
The trees bow down and give their leaves.
I humbly accept their offerings of peace.

The years wore on and changed my heart,
The leading role for a smaller part.

Now I bear little resemblance to the king I once was.
I bear little resemblance to the king I could become.
Maybe paper is paper, maybe kids will be kids.
But Lord, I want to remember how to feel like I did.
'cause I bear little resemblance to the king I once was.
I bear little resemblance to the king I could become.
Maybe paper is paper, maybe kids will be kids.
But Lord, I want to remember how to feel like I did.

I set out to rule the world
With only a paper shield and a wooden sword

Congratulations Richard Armitage - Saturn Award Winner June 2015

My congratulations and affection to Richard Armitage for winning the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, June 25, 2015.

(Yes, we all know he was the star of The Hobbit: BOTFA)

So very happy for him, so well deserved. 

The Saturn Awards are presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films

My favorite photo of the night (thank you Hannibal producers)

I don't really understand the significance of the flower crown, even after reading the explanation of why that RichardArmitageNet posted, but he look gorgeous wearing it, and I'm sure and I'm glad it made the Fannibals happy.

 

Seeing him smile makes me happy

 I also love this video:

My King Under the Mountain

Day 8 Richard Armitage 31 Day Challenge

Change the fate of one character: who and how?

I already posted long ago what I would do to change the fate of Lucas North.

 I feel a bit more reluctant to change the fate of another character near and dear to my heart, Thorin Oakenshield.  

But yes, with apologies to Tolkien, I would change Thorin's fate.

(What about Fili and Kili? I'm really emotionally torn here. I would save all of them, but I'm just going to dry my tears and talk about their uncle)

So here is my wish.

Let's think back on the final battle with Azog.  Remember when Thorin throws that ball-and-chain thing, what is that called, to Azog and he goes underwater.  I would have Azog drown and die, and the battle end there.

But we need a sad scene with Bilbo.  So right before Azog goes under the water, I would have Thorin momentarily lose Orcrist, and he is badly wounded by Azog.  When Bilbo finds him, just as we see in the film, Thorin thinks this is the end. He says his famous "last words" to Bilbo.  

But Surprise!  The eagles have heard Bilbo's plea, and they bring Oin to Thorin, and he saves the day.

Thorin, who is now King Under The Mountain, recovers after a long convalescence. 

The long recovery time gives Thorin time to think.  His heirs, Fili and Kili, are gone.  Thorin needs an heir.  He consults with Dain, Balin, Dwalin, and Bilbo about what he should do to find a future bride.  Dwarf princesses are a rarity and a treasure.

A call goes out to the Seven Dwarf Kingdoms for a suitable bride for King Thorin.  To Thorin's surprise, every single eligible dwarf maiden in the world of dwarves want to be his bride. 

Even eligible ladies from the world of Men and Elves apply.

  
Thorin feels he will never find the same true love he lost that fateful day Smaug came to Erebor long ago.  But he must choose.

What would you advise King Thorin to do?

World (London) Premiere A Success and Reviews Rolling In - All About Thorin

"In a film with universally strong performances and one that is supposed to focus on the titular Hobbit, the now complete trilogy is dominated by the mesmerising presence of Richard Armitage’s Thorin Oakenshield, whose story arc finally sees the heroic leader get his big moments in the spotlight. I really can’t say enough good things about Armitage’s work here – from the moment he first arrived in Bag End he managed to immediately capture what makes Thorin such a compelling and charismatic leader and his work in The Battle Of The Five Armies is excellent."

Read more: http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-hobbit/33190/the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies-review#ixzz3KiRXxkvF

Oh Thorin...

(Thanks to TheOneRingNet Message Boards)

At Last - Thorin's Poster

My King - Thorin in the BOFA Teaser Trailer Today

"The king has come unto his hall

Under the Mountain dark and tall.

The Worm of Dread is slain and dead,

And ever so our foes shall fall!"

Video from 

UpIsD0wnX

(Photo from RichardArmitageNet.com and my Thorin crop) 

The Hobbit 30 Day Challenge - Day 27

Best Fighting Sequence?

The Battle of  Azanulbizar

Thanks to screencapped.net and YouTube video clips by Andreas Mykras

The Hobbit 30 Day Challenge - Day 18

What Is Your Favorite Quote?

I would take each and every one of these Dwarves over an army from the Iron Hills. For when I called upon them, they answered. Loyalty. Honor. A willing heart... I can ask no more than that.

Thorin Oakenshield

From The Hobbit: AUJ

Bard the Bowman: You have no right to enter that mountain!

Thorin Oakenshield: I have the ONLY right!

From The Hobbit: DOS

Thorin Revisited in Pictures (Richard Armitage)

Lately we've only been getting new pics of the Elves or of Bard for DOS (The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug) and though I understand, or think I do, the marketing reasons for that, I'm still sad we're getting very little of new Thorin pic these days, or indeed any of the other Dwarves.  

So I thought this Sunday I would revisit Thorin as we first saw him in AUJ and because I love Thorin's hair and Richard Armitage's eyes as Thorin (and as RA!) I would post caps of some of my favorite Thorin moments (hair and eye moments especially)from approximately the first half of the first film (AUJ).  

Hope some of you will enjoy this as well.

Screencaps cropped and sometimes "doctored" by me originally from screencapped.net - not perfect, and I'm sure it will take forever to load all these caps, but moments to remember...