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Fearless warrior of Durin's Folk.
Following his father.
His friendship with Legolas the Elf was one of the most heartwarming stories in the Lord of the Rings. To put it in context for the uninitiated, in Tolkien's legendarium the Elves & Dwarves usually didn't get along.
He met every challenge, even when it seemed entirely hopeless. One got the feeling that if he was going to go out, it would be on his own terms
Oh the feels.
John Rhys-Davies, who portrayed him on film, apparently had a reputation for really getting into the fight scenes. If he was supposed to hit someone, he actually did. Hard. It made for some brilliant scenes.
Gimli was totally spellbound by the Elf Lady Galadriel.
He asked for one hair from her "golden head". She gave him three, so Taken was she with him. Gimli would preserve the locks of hair as an example of beauty that he could pass down through his family.
He had no time for Legolas' theatrics in battle.
And once challenged him to a drinking game.
Which the Elf promptly won.
AreWeNotDoingPhrasingNow
onehugedeal
He would have been better to appear The Hobbits than Legolas
Galahad88
HERE'S TO DWARVES WHO GO SWIMMIN' WITH LITTLE HAIRY WOMEN!
SergeiBoobtitsky
IncendiaryDoomBunnies
Gimli and Legolas were so tight that Gimli was allowed to sail to the undying lands with his buddy
NomDeImguerre
Question: Didn't he go to the Western Island, and did he take the hairs, or left them to his heirs? Did he even have any children?
ArmBROgeddon
He did eventually leave, yep. I don't know for sure if he did have kids but I'm reasonably sure it was his intention to pass them down.
ReverseTrapTsukasa
Oh Gimli, you need to http://imgur.com/YNfGVVz
stanley2
I once met John Rhys-Davies. He pointed to my ginger hair and said "Looks like you've got some dwarf DNA in you!" Sweet guy.
charlieschocolatefactory
My name is John Rhys Davies, everytime I leave my Facebook logged in my profile pic becomes Gimli. I met him last year, He's looking old...
XLNerd
I delivered pizza and cookies to him once he said they were for the halflings leaf he's a brilliant guy and still says hi to me if I see him
killerqueen
I did too! I was dressed as an elf from Dragon Age (comic-con) and he mocked me for it! It was awesome!
ShirtlessKyloRen
Yes actually above 6 foot tall irl, the more you know
PuppermintJerryJr
Galadriel giving 3 locks of hair to Gimli is a massive FUCK YOU towards Feanor.
SometimesISayHistoryStuff
There's a reason why Gothmog is my favorite character in the Sil. Seriously. Fuck off Feanor.
AngronTheRedAngel
BellCranel
Thank you! Was waiting for that end-of-the-gif reaction.
CommanderStrax
He ended up ironically becoming king of the elves in Shannara
TheManFromNowhere91
Zlimeshili
Elf Dander
LimitDoesNotExist
How long is that gif?
ChaoticScholar
Training Day and LOTR mashup. Gold
rocketman89
Haha, I thought of that, too
m053486
That was great, thanks!
ComoSeIguana
IMissTashaYar
What a wild ride..
Therealcrotalus
Nice meta "catapult boy"
Latten
I am loath to admit I do not get it..
Therealcrotalus
Not sure who was the first to make this
Latten
Aaahahahahahahh oh that is beautiful. Thank you!
UmbralEntity
ELVES DON'T WIN DRINKING MATCHES WITH DWARVES!
WideAwakeNightmare
There is one dwarf in Moria who still draws breath!!!
TheOnlyWulf
*There is one dwarf YET in Moria who still draws breath!
TongueTiedLabourerfromtheLandoftheLittlePeople
... Pippin?
Preatorian
fuckinnnnn fearless!
pronoun
http://imgur.com/JC8T2c3
WGNoldoR
That's retarded. I absolutely love it!
Widgetboy
Baruk Khazâd!
MildlyShockedSirPatrickStewart
And they call it a mine. A MINE!
unpunnyfuns
Fewer. Mine fewer.
Ewanator
I did Nazi that joke coming.
Macewindow54
Let them come. There is one dwarf yet in Moria who still draws breath.
itsthehair
... Toss me.... What? I said toss me! Don't tell the elf.
LoTRFanatic42
Gimli is also the only dwarf to ever reach the Undying Lands.
Deaghaidh
Well, to sail there. Possibly when dwarves die their spirits go to a separate hall in the undying lands, where they live with Aule.
LegolasTheSonOfThranduil
Cool post about my friend
WoodNymph16
Omg I love your name!! Check out my description ;)
PuppermintJerryJr
I thought you're supposed to be Legolas Greenleaf? Well that makes more sense.
UtopianDream
Username checks out
CleverlyReferencedThing
I agree friend
GimliisloveGimliislife
I agree too.
UtopianDream
Username also checks out.
StatmanIbrahimovic
-since June 2014. Well colour me impressed
thorinsonofthrainsonofthror
Cool post about my buddy's kid.
MyWeeLadGimli
Cool post about my wee lad
SalmonTheMedic
"Legolas, what do your elf eyes see?" "The front page!"
CthulhuSaidGoFuckYourself
I see trees of green. Red roses too
pres2pond
They're taking the posting to Frontpagegard!
AdmiralLaLonzoghostpenis420YOLO
The red sun rises. Blood has been spilt this night.
thegreatbrandinocirca1984
enough about your mom's period
dasklaus
I really hate how he is the butt of jokes in the movies.
TheSassyDrBenHorrocks
Yeah in the books he's such a stoic character, in the films they just turn him into the comic relief.
DatsFooney
It's crazy how this guy is actually over 6 ft in real life.
stefanyo
He was such a good Da Vinci
Mewmus
iunderstoodthatvoyagerreference.jpg
1mazrim
Wasn't he the only one of the fellowship not to get a tattoo?
WhatAWorldWhatAWorld
Yeah, he had a terrible reaction to the glue for the makeup. Pain, itchiness, swelling, the whole lot. Really unpleasant for him overall.
ranivotz
I don't remember where but I read it's because he's Jewish and Judaism doesn't allow tattoos.
Asshats
Still a better love story than Twilight.
SalmonTheMedic
Ah shit, now I'm going to have to go and watch the Trilogy again. And I was going to be so productive today...
ClarityAndVision
If they're the extended versions, you'd better get started early in the morning to finish by evening...
SalmonTheMedic
Not extended ones sadly, while I can afford to lose a day of revision, I cannot afford to completely fail my degree...
ClarityAndVision
You have a good point there... I should probably finish up my bio presentation now...
SalmonTheMedic
Good luck my friend. If you get stuck- light the beacons
ClarityAndVision
THE EAGLES ARE COMING
geminimakeseleven
Fun fact, the whole reason Legolas won the drinking game is because he's from Mirkwood, and the Mirkwood elves were the hillbillies 1/2
geminimakeseleven
Of the elf world and drank a shit ton, according to Tolkien 2/2
Deaghaidh
There are actually 0 drunk dwarves in all of Tolkiens work. Totally unfounded stereotype. Every other race gets drunk.
ArmBROgeddon
This makes me happy.
Mentor397
The books were still better. That's all I'm going to say.
WholesomeCrackwhoresForSale
we knooow
SilmarillionWasAWESOME
Oddly enough, I don't think the books contributed more than the movies. Except Tom Bombadil!!
ICouldGoForSomePie
Good ol' Tom Bombadil. If he wanted to he could have pranced into mordor, slapped sauron across the face, and finished the quest
ArmBROgeddon
By far and away. Reading it is still the best way to experience it.
ABonkeysManana
Currently listening to the audiobook every morning on my way to class, Rob Inglis's voice is so captivating.
shhep
ESPECIALLY Gimly. Loved him in books. Half of the film, he's fucking comic relief. Like when they're chasing after uruk-hai. Fuck that.
ButtblasterMcAssmaster
Couldn't agree more. The movies do not treat him with the respect he deserves.
SamwiseTheBrave1
Oh, do you mean Gimley*?
Dreigiau
To say the books were better does not disparage the movies, for it is to say the Mona Lisa is more famous.
SamwiseTheBrave1
True, but in my opinion there are no better films and there may never will be.
Peregrine2976
Slightly disagree - they are different experiences altogether, and both are simply fantastic. The books are some of the best ever written...
ABonkeysManana
Excuse me, but the books are the best ever written.I haven't seen an example that proves otherwise.That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.
Peregrine2976
...and the films are some of the best ever made.
Fumbledpersonality
If I could in all seriousness high five you I would. +1
DiamondJB1911
Hands down my favorite LotR character. I even made a D&D character based on him.
bjarki
Same
TheJonatron
There's few D&D dwarfs that aren't mostly based on him!
strangledbyaturtleneck
Had a dwarf-gnome that was based on r.a. Salvatore's battle ragers. SO much fun to play!
PrincessDonaldTrumpBANNED
Shorties make the best crazies
PrincessDonaldTrumpBANNED
I always make my dwarfs insane with an identify crisis. My favorite was a fighter who thought he was a wizard. And he would magic missile
LennoxAvenueLadybugs
I loved doing stuff like that. My last character was a halfling barbarian who was raised by a tribe of half-orcs. He believed he was one too
Textuality
The last dwarf I played was determined to sample everything the world had to offer. She'd carve off bits of every monster and cook them. :)
Enoan
I am currently doing that while playing as an aquatic centaur (hippotaur, as I call it). He is a barbarian with 7 skill ranks in cooking.
PrincessDonaldTrumpBANNED
Skulls in with his club
NightDany
Holy shit that's amazing, I wish I knew how to play that shit!
PrincessDonaldTrumpBANNED
It's pretty easy to get into. If you can find a DM with an open group. Most players will be happy to help you learn
NightDany
The only local group I know don't accept new players, I think it's cunty.
technobass
So who's going to explain about Galdriel's hair and how huge of a deal that really was?!?!
MithridateEupator
Or you could just find one of the 200 copycat posts that talk about exactly that. next.
technobass
I was too lazy
Fumbledpersonality
+1 for laziness
DickDastardly404
"No but seriously, you do not physically have the correct neural pathways burned into your brain to possibly comprehend the significance"
PanEdaCat
Every damn time
DickMercenary
Well it is a small bit of trivia with amazing meaning that wasn't really explained in the movies.
Fumbledpersonality
https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/27210/is-there-a-hidden-significance-behind-the-fact-galadriel-gave-3-hairs-to-gimli-i
e54d
Lovely!
WholesomeCrackwhoresForSale
also pretty significant that he didnt ask for gold or treasure, when he belongs to the most greedy race
GlitterInTheDarkNearTheTannhauserGate
Not really greedy, like Yavanna said: "love first the things made by their own hands, as doth their father". The dwarves' father is Aulë >
GlitterInTheDarkNearTheTannhauserGate
> Who made dwarves because he was impatient to wait for the children of Ilúvatar to arrive
cleverbeans
Whatever Yavanna said is irrelevant, they have a reputation for greed and it's not just racism. Those fuckers are stingy and have gold lust.
GlitterInTheDarkNearTheTannhauserGate
What she described was their true nature, you are right about their reputation but that's more of a societal expectation really
LvAllen
Gold and jewels were their toys. Iron was their servant. They loved making stuff.
programEverything
I never liked the "NERVOUS SYSTEM" line in the Director's Cut. The comment seems out of place in that time IMO.
ArmBROgeddon
As another commenter pointed out, they would butcher their own meat & generally carve people up in combat, so they might have known a bit.
programEverything
that's a stretch IMO... but heck, it's fiction (and a movie) no need to put too much thought into it :)
Deaghaidh
IDK. Dwarves have killed a lot of orcs. "Hey Urist, look what happens when I twist my axe this way." Science!
Neurilax
Underrated comment +1
uristmcstouthorn
+1 for Dorf Science.
TheForbiddenSemicolon
#1 Interesting that he has such knowledge of anatomy. Makes sense though, since dwarves eat a lot of meat and are probably great butchers.
PoppinLochNessHopster
I don't imagine that part happened in the book?
MyWeeLadGimli
It did, but without the nervous system reference. Also for some reason the movie inflated their final tallies by one each.
Nepeta33
yes, it so did.
TheForbiddenSemicolon
I all honesty, I wouldn't know. I tried to read them as a kid. But, after 3 straight paragraphs describing a wall, I picked up Dune instead.
iSoulend
They're good walls, bront
ChaoticScholar
Good lad. Though you must build fortitude for the five paragraphs of GRRM describing grease dribbling into people's beards
Jormugund
Wait until you discover Robert Jordan....
Equinox13
So that was why I survived GRRM. I had endurance training from Tolkien!
HaberdasherInGold
Next up: Clark Ashton Smith.