Before I begin, I must tell you that this myTake is inspired by @ConsultantIsBack's Take, 13 Reasons Why You Should Date A Star Wars Nerd, after I jokingly asked him for another- Tolkien themed- myTake and he confessed his ignorance on the subject (don't worry, I understand you can't know everything! :P )
It's pretty neat, you should take a look at it. Y'know, if you're into that sort of stuff.
To stop some random person from breating really heavy and typing really fast in caps lock at me, I'll clarify that this Take is only semi-serious. I'm just a bit bored and I thought I'd do something that others can enjoy :)
So, this is why you should go out with a Tolkien nerd!
1. We are often prone to romantic gestures
2. We are adventurous
3. We are as loyal as they come!
Another big thing, in LotR especially, is loyalty. If there's anything that Sam taught us, it's that you should always stick with things, no matter how bad they get, and eventually, it will come out okay in the end.
4. Some of us can speak more than one language
If the person you're dating is a real hardcore Tolkien nerd, chances are they know a bits of the languages he created, making them bilingual! It's also gerat if you need him/her to take the piss out of someone: "Ishkhaqwi ai durugnul! >:) " Or perhaps for those long winter nights: "Nalyë melmë cuilenya"
(just don't say "elvish" to their face- Make sure to distinguish between Quenya and Sindarin ;) )
5. Most of us value old things and nature
Yet another HUGE theme running through almost all of his works in Eä is nature. We are often shown the consequences of interfering with nature, for exmaple in The Silmarillion, some important trees die, and (almost) all light in the world dies. How's that for consequences? And obviously, who can forget the Ents?
6. Patience
“Of the Three Rings that the Elves had preserved unsullied no open word was ever spoken among the Wise, and few even of the Eldar knew where they were bestowed. Yet after the fall of Sauron their power was ever at work, and where they abode there mirth also dwelt and all things were unstained by the griefs of time. Therefore ere the Third Age was ended the Elves perceived that the Ring of Sapphire was with Elrond, in the fair valley of Rivendell, upon whose house the stars of heaven most brightly shone; whereas the Ring of Adamant was in the Land of Lórien where dwelt the Lady Galadriel. A queen she was of the woodland Elves, the wife of Celeborn of Doriath, yet she herself was of the Noldor and remembered the Day before days in Valinor, and she was the mightiest and fairest of all the Elves that remained in Middle-earth. But the Red Ring remained hidden until the end, and none save Elrond and Galadriel and Cirdan knew to whom it had been committed.
Thus it was that in two domains the bliss and beauty of the Elves remained still undiminished while that Age endured: in Imladris; and in Lothlórien, the hidden land between Celebrant and Anduin, where the trees bore flowers of gold and no Orc or evil thing dared ever come. Yet many voices were heard among the Elves foreboding that, if Sauron should come again, then either he would find the Ruling Ring that was lost, or at the best his enemies would discover it and destroy it; but in either chance the powers of the Three must then fail and all things maintained by them must fade, and so the Elves should pass into the twilight and the Dominion of Men begin. And so indeed it has since befallen: the One and the Seven and the Nine are destroyed; and the Three have passed away, and with them the Third Age is ended, and the Tales of the Eldar in Middle-earth draw to then-close.”
I read all three-hundred and sixty-five pages of The Silmarillion, plus all the family trees etc.
I guess you could say I'm a patient guy.
7. We can role play as well as any Star Wars fan!
*insert wall of text about how Melkor could beat every Sith Lord at the same time here*
8. We can see the good in people, even when it's not curently on show
When Boromir tried to take the ring from Frodo, he didn't say "Hey fuk u git off ma ring". Nope, not Frodo. He said "You are not yourself". When Frodo told Sam to leave when they were approaching the end of their journey, did Sam leave? Nope. They both knew that it wasn't really them talking- it was the Ring. They didn't hold it against them because they know what they were really like on the inside- good people.
9. We appreciate the little things
Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love. "
If you show us small acts of kindness, it will not go unnoticed, don't worry. Little things that are done fore us definitely change how we feel towards you, and we'll definitely repay the favour!
10. Kickass wedding/Engagement rings
I myself own a gold plated One Ring, for when I'm in that "dominion of all life" kinda mood.
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