To make this better, gonna take this as an excuse to bump some fanart, here are a few artists who draw LOTR and/or the Hobbit you should check out (in no particular order): 

• @phobso – #Silmarillion
• @melkorwashere – #Silmarillion  #Desolation of Smaug, etc.
• @coconutmilkyway (warning, some NSFW but it is amazing!), #lotr, etc.
• @flywo – #tolkein, etc.
• @evankart – #tolkein fanart, etc.
• @kibbi – #the hobbit, #lotr, etc.
• One piece from @prosinac
• … Add more Tolkein fanartists in the comments, I love that stuff.

Adding some choice commentary from the tags bc it all made me smile really big, all headcanons accepted:

@we-called-it-our-conversation:

#yay!#I bet Louis loved Silmarillion most of all!#well in my head he did anyway#and I think Armand would be a fan of Melkor#as would Lestat if he bothered to read#feels#Lord of the Rings#J. R. R. Tolkien#Interview with the Vampire

@benevolentlyevil:

#awh#vampires#vc#armand#louis#lestat#armand and louis are my boys#…..#louis probably reads silm#he then got armand to read silm and oh my#GUESS WHO ARE FEANORIANS FANS#louis probs loves feanor#but not as much as he loves maedhros#louis likes the noble tragic ones right?#do you think louis and armand argues about elves?#like#elves are immortals but doesn’t drink blood and bound to arda until the end#louis probs also feel v empathetic with the whole world weary elves shebang#then he had a sad for months#good lord imagine louis reading silm#throw me your headcanons

^louis probs also feel v empathetic with the whole world weary elves shebang#then he had a sad for months

@princess-of-gondor:

i-want-my-iwtv:

Louis knows the LOTR trilogy by heart and he’s read all the books. He likes to try to sneak quotes in when possible:

The whole coven agrees that they’re all beautiful films, they’re modern classics in a way. The LOTR movies are watched more often at coven gatherings than the Hobbit movies, but more because of the story and characters than the cinematography Louis has a not-so-secret crush on Aragorn that everyone likes to tease him about!

Louis knows all kinds of obscure trivia, and has debates about them with Armand, who has also read them all. Lestat, feeling left out of these discussions, tried to read the books and fell asleep repeatedly. He mispronounced the names of characters and places a few times and refuses to try to read them again for fear of further ridicule. 

Armand is very into the hobbits themselves as creatures and has gone to New Zealand with Daniel more than once to check out Hobbiton.

This post feels like someone out of the blue bought me something I’d wanted for a long time but had no money for.

#two of my favorite things#this makes me feel so sentimental#like I’m choked up#the vampire chronicles#the lord of the rings