Lord of the Rings | The Persistent Platypus

When I was in high school, the Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings trilogy came out and everyone was hit with LOTR fever! I was swept up into the madness and LOVED every moment. I had all of the DVDs, regular ones and the director cuts (which are a million hours long). I have audiobooks and soundtracks. Figurines, two copies of each of the books and even two encyclopedias about Middle Earth. My bedroom walls were covered in movie posters (which I still have at my parents house!).

What I loved most about the story was that the smallest of all the races, was the hero. The ultimate underdog story. Hobbits are half the size of most of the creatures found in Middle Earth, yet they are the most resilient. They saved everyone! I always thought it would be awesome to be a hobbit! You would live a super chill life and only worry about gardening and drinking. Sounds pretty amazing!

Here is my opinion on who is the TRUE hero of the series. I think it was Samwise Gamgee! He followed Frodo across the entire country to help him destroy the ring, and in Frodo’s moments of weakness, he was there to carry him up Mount Doom so Frodo could complete his quest! Frodo couldn’t have done it if Samwise was not there beside him, encouraging him every step of the way. And of course, these lessons from the trilogy can be applied in our own lives, such as finding a great support group that will always be for you, even in your weakest moments. I actually wrote a paper about these themes in high school (I got an A of course because it was during peak of my devotion 🙂 )

And if you asked me which one of the three movies/books were my favorite, it would be hard to choose, but I have to say I do love Return of the King!

WELL! Now I want to go watch all of the movies! Too bad I have to work in the morning or I would pull an all nighter!!

You can’t talk about Lord of the Rings without throwing a little Game of Thrones joke in there! We love Sean Bean!

Over the past few posts I have opened up about some more personal issues in my life regarding my anxiety, so now it is time to let you know the lighter and more fun part of me! I can say loud and proud that I am a NERD! The most nerdy part of me is my love for all things Harry Potter! I have been reading (and many many times rereading) the books since I was in elementary in the mid to late nineties! So pretty much we are best friends. 🙂 I’m sure you’re all curious to know which book is my favorite, but It’s hard for me to pick one! I guess I could say that the 6th one (HP and the Halfblood Prince) is up there. I also have all of the audiobooks and I listen to them all the time. I’m fairly certain that my husband knows them all by heart now. 🙂

To carry on deeper into nerdom, I love superheros (but honestly, who doesn’t?) My classroom is decorated with superheros and I frequently wear my Marvel shirts to school. X-Men, by far, is my favorite! If you have never done this before, don’t judge too harshly, but when I was in high school, I wrote out fan fictions with several friends that involved X-Men! 🙂 It was pretty fun!

Oh! How could I forget?! Lord of the Rings is amazing! I have read all books and seen all the movies more times than I can count. I even wrote my senior thesis about the Christianity allegories throughout the series (of course I got an A on it!) I was really impressed with the Hobbit and I’m waiting on the edge of my seat for the next part to come out!

There are so many other nerdy things about me, and I fully embrace all of them! If you ever want to have a nerd discussion, just message me and I will happily engage in the discussion (I’m sure my husband will be grateful as well)

Nerd an Proud!