Fog on the Barrowdowns is horror, for a start.
August 31, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Fog on the Barrowdowns is horror, for a start.
Lord of the Rings, Barrowdowns dot com, age 13 baybee
Ok im curious and I want to see something!
Everyone reply or QRT with the first fandom you read fan fic for, the platform you read it on, and how old you were at the time. I'll go first
Fullmetal Alchemist, Fanfic.net, 15
Everyone reply or QRT with the first fandom you read fan fic for, the platform you read it on, and how old you were at the time. I'll go first
Fullmetal Alchemist, Fanfic.net, 15
Exploring the World of FanFic.net: A Journey Through Imagination
Fanfic.net
February 27, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Lord of the Rings, Barrowdowns dot com, age 13 baybee
Tonight's Dragonbane featured foggy barrowdowns, a tent too precious to be used as a digging tool, too many too-tight tunnels, crudely-made ducks and not enough rope with @dampscot.bsky.social @madbeardman.bsky.social @amacdon6.bsky.social @jonac.bsky.social @ottomancer.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Tonight's Dragonbane featured foggy barrowdowns, a tent too precious to be used as a digging tool, too many too-tight tunnels, crudely-made ducks and not enough rope with @dampscot.bsky.social @madbeardman.bsky.social @amacdon6.bsky.social @jonac.bsky.social @ottomancer.bsky.social
"Barrow-Wight," 2024, pencil.
The Fellowship of the Ring, Ch. 8: Fog on the Barrow-Downs
"Cold be hand and heart and bone,
And cold be sleep under stone..."
#tolkien #frodo #barrowwight #barrowdowns #jrrtolkien #pencildrawing #graphite #sketchbook #fantasyart #art #tyrngorthad #analogdrawing
The Fellowship of the Ring, Ch. 8: Fog on the Barrow-Downs
"Cold be hand and heart and bone,
And cold be sleep under stone..."
#tolkien #frodo #barrowwight #barrowdowns #jrrtolkien #pencildrawing #graphite #sketchbook #fantasyart #art #tyrngorthad #analogdrawing
January 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"Barrow-Wight," 2024, pencil.
The Fellowship of the Ring, Ch. 8: Fog on the Barrow-Downs
"Cold be hand and heart and bone,
And cold be sleep under stone..."
#tolkien #frodo #barrowwight #barrowdowns #jrrtolkien #pencildrawing #graphite #sketchbook #fantasyart #art #tyrngorthad #analogdrawing
The Fellowship of the Ring, Ch. 8: Fog on the Barrow-Downs
"Cold be hand and heart and bone,
And cold be sleep under stone..."
#tolkien #frodo #barrowwight #barrowdowns #jrrtolkien #pencildrawing #graphite #sketchbook #fantasyart #art #tyrngorthad #analogdrawing
Post a picture of your most fragile miniature!
The barrow wight on the right has the most fragile arm I’ve ever come across. Even worse than the ankles on the horses of Riders of Rohan
#Nerdlings #MESBG #Warhammer #WarhammerCommunity #LOTR #Undead #MiniaturePainting #BarrowDowns #BarrowWight
The barrow wight on the right has the most fragile arm I’ve ever come across. Even worse than the ankles on the horses of Riders of Rohan
#Nerdlings #MESBG #Warhammer #WarhammerCommunity #LOTR #Undead #MiniaturePainting #BarrowDowns #BarrowWight
November 18, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Post a picture of your most fragile miniature!
The barrow wight on the right has the most fragile arm I’ve ever come across. Even worse than the ankles on the horses of Riders of Rohan
#Nerdlings #MESBG #Warhammer #WarhammerCommunity #LOTR #Undead #MiniaturePainting #BarrowDowns #BarrowWight
The barrow wight on the right has the most fragile arm I’ve ever come across. Even worse than the ankles on the horses of Riders of Rohan
#Nerdlings #MESBG #Warhammer #WarhammerCommunity #LOTR #Undead #MiniaturePainting #BarrowDowns #BarrowWight
It's really remarkable, how tight the story is. You want to writer your fantasy with ten thousand page books, fine. But the benchmark ain't that wordy. Anyway, I really enjoyed the reread and you know what? Tom Bombadil and the Barrowdowns kick ass.
January 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It's really remarkable, how tight the story is. You want to writer your fantasy with ten thousand page books, fine. But the benchmark ain't that wordy. Anyway, I really enjoyed the reread and you know what? Tom Bombadil and the Barrowdowns kick ass.
Lord of the Rings, on a little fan forum known as The Barrowdowns
Ok im curious and I want to see something!
Everyone reply or QRT with the first fandom you read fan fic for, the platform you read it on, and how old you were at the time. I'll go first
Fullmetal Alchemist, Fanfic.net, 15
Everyone reply or QRT with the first fandom you read fan fic for, the platform you read it on, and how old you were at the time. I'll go first
Fullmetal Alchemist, Fanfic.net, 15
Exploring the World of FanFic.net: A Journey Through Imagination
Fanfic.net
February 27, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Lord of the Rings, on a little fan forum known as The Barrowdowns
"The Wraith-lord" (2020)
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#witchking #angmar #nazgul #ringwraith #barrowwight #barrowdowns #undead #lordoftherings #lotr #lotrfanart #lotrart #tolkien #middleearth #fantasy #fantasyart #fanart #art #photoshop #dartxo
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#witchking #angmar #nazgul #ringwraith #barrowwight #barrowdowns #undead #lordoftherings #lotr #lotrfanart #lotrart #tolkien #middleearth #fantasy #fantasyart #fanart #art #photoshop #dartxo
February 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
"The Wraith-lord" (2020)
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#witchking #angmar #nazgul #ringwraith #barrowwight #barrowdowns #undead #lordoftherings #lotr #lotrfanart #lotrart #tolkien #middleearth #fantasy #fantasyart #fanart #art #photoshop #dartxo
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#witchking #angmar #nazgul #ringwraith #barrowwight #barrowdowns #undead #lordoftherings #lotr #lotrfanart #lotrart #tolkien #middleearth #fantasy #fantasyart #fanart #art #photoshop #dartxo
After a 2 week hiatus, 10yo and I returned to Middle Earth tonight. Whizzed thru the Barrowdowns with minimal creepy voices, and got safely back to the road thanks to Jolly Old Tom and Fatty Lumpkin
May 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
After a 2 week hiatus, 10yo and I returned to Middle Earth tonight. Whizzed thru the Barrowdowns with minimal creepy voices, and got safely back to the road thanks to Jolly Old Tom and Fatty Lumpkin
the barrowdowns is also, iirc, where we change narrators. or is that after rivendell?
July 10, 2024 at 7:02 PM
the barrowdowns is also, iirc, where we change narrators. or is that after rivendell?
Why the fuck do people send book parcels without waterproofing them?
This is the UK for fucks sake. Rain is our speciality.
(this message brought to you courtesy of an unnecessarily damp Bree and the Barrowdowns)
This is the UK for fucks sake. Rain is our speciality.
(this message brought to you courtesy of an unnecessarily damp Bree and the Barrowdowns)
December 30, 2023 at 6:12 PM
Why the fuck do people send book parcels without waterproofing them?
This is the UK for fucks sake. Rain is our speciality.
(this message brought to you courtesy of an unnecessarily damp Bree and the Barrowdowns)
This is the UK for fucks sake. Rain is our speciality.
(this message brought to you courtesy of an unnecessarily damp Bree and the Barrowdowns)
I think my most controversial Tolkien opinion is that I’m actually quite fond of Tom Bombadil. Though it’s mostly because without him you loose the Old Forest and the Barrowdowns. Spine crawling horror in what’s basically peaceful Oxfordshire countryside.
One of my friends confessed to struggling to read LOTR. In the pub. With his copy in his bag.
After five minutes of excited and voluble surgery we handed a somewhat abridged and filleted collection of Tolkien's writing back to him in loose chunks.
Tom Bombadil did not survive.
After five minutes of excited and voluble surgery we handed a somewhat abridged and filleted collection of Tolkien's writing back to him in loose chunks.
Tom Bombadil did not survive.
November 28, 2023 at 7:54 PM
I think my most controversial Tolkien opinion is that I’m actually quite fond of Tom Bombadil. Though it’s mostly because without him you loose the Old Forest and the Barrowdowns. Spine crawling horror in what’s basically peaceful Oxfordshire countryside.
Watching Paul Stanley’s YouTube video of his Middle-Earth set-up and Blightfang dragon whilst pondering a possibility for @andycruns.bsky.social ‘s Mayday build
GW’s Barrowdowns set, with hobbits, Bombadil, Goldberry & wights
GW’s Barrowdowns set, with hobbits, Bombadil, Goldberry & wights
May 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Watching Paul Stanley’s YouTube video of his Middle-Earth set-up and Blightfang dragon whilst pondering a possibility for @andycruns.bsky.social ‘s Mayday build
GW’s Barrowdowns set, with hobbits, Bombadil, Goldberry & wights
GW’s Barrowdowns set, with hobbits, Bombadil, Goldberry & wights
think that in the moment when it was written, the journey through the forest, the meeting with Tom Bombadil and Goldberry, followed by the Barrowdowns, do a good job of impressing on a reader with no familiarity that this world is deeply and inherently magical, in ways that are both good and scary.
June 18, 2026 at 1:16 AM
think that in the moment when it was written, the journey through the forest, the meeting with Tom Bombadil and Goldberry, followed by the Barrowdowns, do a good job of impressing on a reader with no familiarity that this world is deeply and inherently magical, in ways that are both good and scary.
tbh having just re-read it with 10yo, there's a lot to love in the Old FOrest, Bombadil, Barrowdowns sequence. Yes, Tom is a bit stupid but it really captures the transition from bucolic Shire to the dangerous and magical world outside so well.
May 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
tbh having just re-read it with 10yo, there's a lot to love in the Old FOrest, Bombadil, Barrowdowns sequence. Yes, Tom is a bit stupid but it really captures the transition from bucolic Shire to the dangerous and magical world outside so well.
For anyone interested here's the map that shows the journeys of the Company in this campaign. #TTRPG #MiddleEarth #TheOneRing (notice that the big cowards have repeatedly avoided the Barrowdowns and the Old Forest)
February 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
For anyone interested here's the map that shows the journeys of the Company in this campaign. #TTRPG #MiddleEarth #TheOneRing (notice that the big cowards have repeatedly avoided the Barrowdowns and the Old Forest)
Barrowdowns dot com, before they closed the fic section of the site. linked to it by a friend, though I can't remember if they sent it to me via email, aol instant messenger, or literally wrote down the URL. spring semester of 8th grade, baybees
meant to ask this yesterday & forgot. this was inspired by a tumblr poll
✨ where did you read your very first fic (lj, ffnet, a physical zine, etc.) & when did that happen?
✨ where did you read your very first fic (lj, ffnet, a physical zine, etc.) & when did that happen?
June 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Barrowdowns dot com, before they closed the fic section of the site. linked to it by a friend, though I can't remember if they sent it to me via email, aol instant messenger, or literally wrote down the URL. spring semester of 8th grade, baybees
Didn't realise there were so many! A couple of those were among my earliest rpg purchases, wandering amidst the Trollshaws and Barrowdowns.
February 4, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Didn't realise there were so many! A couple of those were among my earliest rpg purchases, wandering amidst the Trollshaws and Barrowdowns.
The Barrowdowns 💀
November 16, 2024 at 11:16 PM
The Barrowdowns 💀
dad wants me to ask if there’s scenes in the Barrowdowns in the EE
September 6, 2024 at 1:05 AM
dad wants me to ask if there’s scenes in the Barrowdowns in the EE
Hilariously, Barrowdowns is still there.
January 16, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Hilariously, Barrowdowns is still there.
I love to see the LotR appendices cite reliable sources such as “it is said” and “some say”
!['It is said that the mounds of Tyrn Gorthad, as the Barrowdowns were called of old, are very ancient, and that many were built in the days of the old world of the First Age by the forefathers of the Edain, before they crossed the Blue Mountains into Beleriand, of which Lindon is all that now remains. Those hills were therefore revered by the Dúnedain after their return; and there many of their lords and kings were buried. [Some say that the mound in which the Ring-bearer was imprisoned had been the grave of the last prince of Cardolan, who fell in the war of 1409.]'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xkn7cc6syz3pz56mzfn4zpp7/bafkreiak6ai5m3oqgflokzhcjwbyglax6qc7tygwqhx7kkaivd3hgmshma)
July 4, 2024 at 4:53 AM
I love to see the LotR appendices cite reliable sources such as “it is said” and “some say”
what most people, who haven’t specialized in intertextual analysis, don’t realize is that Tom Bombadil never leaves the hobbits after the barrowdowns, he’s always there singing silly songs and getting up people’s noses but everyone including the author just ignore him
May 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
what most people, who haven’t specialized in intertextual analysis, don’t realize is that Tom Bombadil never leaves the hobbits after the barrowdowns, he’s always there singing silly songs and getting up people’s noses but everyone including the author just ignore him
Like Gollum, orcs draw a LOT from Grendel of Beowulf. Compared to the warmth hungry wights of the Barrowdowns (who share more with the orcs of Old English than Tolkien’s flesh-and-blood bad guys) Grendel is slowly humanized through the poem—going from a “jotunn” to a “cursed man”.
April 28, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Like Gollum, orcs draw a LOT from Grendel of Beowulf. Compared to the warmth hungry wights of the Barrowdowns (who share more with the orcs of Old English than Tolkien’s flesh-and-blood bad guys) Grendel is slowly humanized through the poem—going from a “jotunn” to a “cursed man”.