Battle of the Five Armies. Today. Excuse Me As I cry.

You Mockingjay fans think you know pain.

You have experienced NOTHING.

*hisses*

N.O.T.H.I.N.G. 

No offense meant to any Hunger Games fans at all just allow me to be dramatic today because I'm emotionally unstable aight?!

Today the last Hobbit, last Middle-Earth movie comes out.

I have done an EXTREMELY long post over at AG In the Shire, but I'll be doing a shorter, more heartfelt (I.E. Cheesy) tribute here. 

I was first introduced to the Hobbit close to 3 years ago now, when my parents suggested that I read the book, because they had heard of a Hobbit movie coming out. 

I read through the book and loved it, and then went to see the movie. 

Seeing the book brought to life was just amazing to me. The world, the characters, the acting jobs.... 

It astounded me.

I ended up renting the first LoTR movie on my kindle, and then that same day, my mom was generous enough to allow me to pick up all THREE movies in a set at a local store.

I fell in love with each movie; each character, good or bad, was so real, so vivid, and just... perfect. Not exactly as I had imagined whilst reading the books... but... I didn't care. 

The Middle-Earth movies did so much for me.

Introduced me to the world beyond the screen.

I fell in love with the behind the scenes process; the way costumes, sets, and props were made.

I fell in love with the whole cast. Each unique in their own way; and utterly brilliant when all brought together.

I began to pay more attention to actors. 

I began to realize that there was so much more to movies. 

To everything.

I learned things from the Hobbit/LoTR movies. 

It sounds stupid.

But I did.

You learn things about people from the movies. 

That favoritism can be played to such an extreme harsh level.

That sometimes women have to fight to be seen as equal to men.

That sometimes you end up listening to people who want nothing more than to mislead you and use you until they get what they want.

But you learn that there's always hope. 

Always that little ray of light at the end of the tunnel.

All you have to do is fight for it.

Adam Brown, Mark Hadlow, Graham McTavish, Jed Brophy, Stephen Hunter, Aidan Turner, Dean O' Gorman, and Luke Evans in the back; these are some of the most important people to me from the Hobbit.

All of them do a tremendous job at making me laugh: It's easy to just snuggle into the couch and watch the Behind the Scenes videos when you're feeling down. The cast always can make you smile.

=)

Luke Evans and John Bell. I don't know what else to say about them, except that they're both brilliant and wonderful.

I feel like these people out of the cast have maybe done the most for me.

Martin Freeman is my idol; mainly because he's just himself. He doesn't care what others think and he speaks his mind, while still managing to retain respect for himself and being a kind person.

I think Andy Serkis showed me that being silly often isn't a bad thing. Quite a good thing actually. =)

Sir Ian McKellen taught me that it doesn't matter who you are as a person; there will always be people out there who like you for you, no matter who that is.

And Richard Armitage taught me that the key to life is happiness. And lots of chocolate ice cream. ;)

(Starting from top left row) Benedict Cumberbatch, Andy Serkis, Graham Mctavish, Luke Evans, Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood, Lee Pace, Cate Blanchett, Peter Jackson, Phillipa Boyens, and Evangeline Lilly.

I'm huge fans of Evangeline and Cate. 

Particularly Evangeline because she's just such a kind person, and she's also a children's author as well. 

Both ladies are extremely sweet & caring people.  ^-^

All the dwarf actors, plus a few others. 

I'm getting really sad and starting to question why I'm doing this. xD

Aidan Turner & Dean O' Gorman.

The two greatest friends throughout the cast.

I love it when actors do movies and then end up finding a best friend through their job. 

It's so perfect because they have no trouble at all playing Fili and Kili in the movies; they practically are brothers.

Plus it helps that both of them are both extremely amusing together. xD

All the dwarves and Peter. =)

The cast of the Hobbit. I could literally name all of them but I shan't.

Dean O and Aidan being adorable. 

*sigh* 

And I think that's about it.

I'm not one of those fans who has grown up with Lord of the Rings or the Hobbit.

Haven't been into it for a decade. 

But the movies, books, and cast mean so much to me. 

More than I think my parents, friends, and others even know.

I love each member of the crew, and through the actors, I've been led to other things that I now love.

I'm really kind of emotional about this.

I'm not ready for today; but I know if I end up crying, I'll be smiling at the end of it. 

A big thank you to Peter Jackson. 

To Fran Walsh, and Phillipa Boyens.

The director and writers.

To Martin Freeman, Sir Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Aidan Turner, Dean O' Gorman, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, James Nesbitt, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, Stephen Hunter, William Kircher, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, & Mark Haldow.

The company of Thorin Oakenshield.

To Lee Pace, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Liv Tyler, Bret McKenzie, & Craig Parker.

The Elves of Middle-Earth.

To Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Dominic Mohagan, Sir Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortenson, Sean Bean, Orlando Bloom, & John Rhys-Davies.

The Fellowship of the Ring.

To Christopher Lee, and Sylvester McCoy.

Two of our wizards of Middle-Earth.

To Luke Evans, and Benedict Cumberbatch.

The dragon-slayer and the dragon.

And a thank you to everybody and anybody in the cast and crew. 

You've done so much.

~Adi, The slightly weepy Halfling Writer