Lord of the Rings 30 Day Challenge - Days 11 & 12

My apologies for missing yesterday.  I'm sure you were all desperately waiting at your computers for my next post, but I simply did not have time to get online. ;)

Day 11 - BROTP

Again, the whole OTP/BROTP fad is really not my thing.  For those of you who don't know, BROTP refers to a set of best friends who are destined to be best friends forever.  I find it to be kind of cheesy and lame, but, hey, I'll go with it.  That being said my favorite BROTP is Legolas and  Gimli, closely followed by Merry and Pippin.  Legolas and Gimli win on this one because their friendship is so unusual and unique.  It's obvious during Fellowship that dwarves and elves do not mix well together.  If you read more into their history, there's some seriously bad blood there.  So what I love is seeing their friendship develop and move past all the grudges and feuds that have made their people enemies for so long.  I always find it so amusing when they're in battle and yelling out how many orcs or Uruk-hai they've each killed.  They truly have a friendship to last the ages.  Going back to the books which delve more into their friendship, after Aragorn's been crowned and peace has been restored for the most part, the two of them go travelling across Middle-Earth together exploring different places.  The culmination of their friendship is when they sail to the Grey Havens together, an honor that that had never been and never again was extended to a dwarf which truly tells you what an incredibly friendship they had.

Day 12 - Favorite Location

The Shire.  As much as I love and admire places like Rivendell and Lothlorien, the Shire has always been the place I would most want to visit and live in.  I've gotten weird looks when I've told people this at times, because, you know, the Shire just isn't that exciting or glamorous.  And it's not glamorous, which is part of why I love it.  Don't get me wrong, Rivendell and Lothlorien are gorgeous and I would have no qualms about visiting those places or staying there for a while, but I feel like I would be totally out of place there, a fish out of water.  That's why I love the Shire so much.  I'm a country girl, I like a simpler life so I identify with hobbits more than any other race in Middle-Earth.  I feel like the Shire is one place where I could actually fit in and be happy.  I like open spaces, I like simple but elegant styles and designs, I enjoy gardening and cooking, I like animals, I like running around in the grass, I love going around barefoot, basically I feel like I'm a hobbit stuck on earth in a city when I belong in Middle-Earth in the Shire.  So, naturally, the Shire must be my favorite place.