knitmeapony:

istillliveinnarnia:

brigwife:

brigwife:

why is it not common knowledge that tolkien and c s lewis once went to a non-costume party dressed as polar bears

tolkien also used to chase his neighbours down the street in full viking warrior gear, and once convinced a class he taught that leprechauns are real

IS THIS TRUE BECAUSE THIS IS GOLD. PURE GOLD

Both facts well documented.  From this bio, for instance:

reblogging again cause I just remembered this:

Tolkien was not a good driver; on an early visit to his sister he knocked down part of a stone wall. However, he was brazen, speeding down Oxford streets with little concern for other drivers or pedestrians, crying “Charge ’em and they scatter!”

and it needed to be included