dark-haired-hamlet:

cryoverkiltmilk:

dark-haired-hamlet:

I just discovered that Tolkien used thou and thee pronouns in his original drafts of LOTR to show how certain relationships changed from formal or hierarchical to more familiar, loving, and respectfully equal.

Apparently, the more notable you -> thee shifts occurred in interactions between Gimli and Galadriel, Eowyn and Faramir, & Frodo and Sam.

And in other news, this information has 100% ruined my life bc I now know we could have had informal pronouns in Lord of the Rings.  

“DENETHOR’S BURNING HIS SON, Y’ALL!”

This is by far the best addition to any post I’ve ever made.