Because its what I talk about 90% of the time, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Disney is all I really care about. Truth is, though, there are actually a lot of other fandoms that I belong to, and while I might not always talk about them as much, many of them mean as much to me as Disney does.
I have loved Lord of the Rings since the first film came out. I was only 7 when the first movie came out (2001), so no, I hadn’t read all the books before seeing the films, but I have read them all now. The movies were a HUGE part of my childhood, and once we had them on DVD, me and my sister would watch them at least once a month, if not most weekends – all extended versions, for any other fans who care about these things. As well as the story itself, we became obsessed with all of the behind the scenes features on the DVDs (there are two discs worth for each film), which we’ve watched way more times than is probably considered normal.
The last Lord of the Rings film, Return of the King, was actually the first film I ever cried at. I was 9 years old at the time, and I wasn’t crying because the end of the film was sad, I was crying because I was sad that it was the last Lord of the Rings film, and there wouldn’t be any more movies; this was way before any of The Hobbit films had been announced.
I also LOVE musicals. Its probably the only thing that makes me wish I lived in London because I could quite easily go to a show every night. I saw a lot of musicals as a young kid because my parents have always been musical fans, but it wasn’t until I was about 11/12 that I really got into them. I’m super lucky to have seen a lot of musicals on West End, and even a handful on Broadway, and my all time favourite musical is Rent, with other favourites including Avenue Q (which is actually the musical I’ve seen the most times), Wicked and Spamalot. I’ve also seen a lot of the classics, like Phantom of the Opera, Les Mis, and I even saw Cats when I was very young.
And even though I’ve actually seen more musicals than I can even remember sometimes, I’ve still got a list as long as my arm of more shows that I would love to see, with the top of the list being Legally Blonde and Hamilton.
I’m also a Potterhead, I love building Lego and doing sudokus and I’m a sucker for a crime/detective show on TV (I’m patiently awaiting the return of Death in Paradise). Disney is a huge part of my life, but I am more than just a Disney fan.
What a lovely blog post Lottie! You always have the best content x
I’m obsessed with musicals! Love ’em!!
Firstly, where did you get that set of Lord of Rings books? … Or can you get me the ISBN number? Please. 😍❤ My set got water damaged and I’ve been looking for the perfect set to replace it and, this is it! … Can you tell I love LOTR as well? I also love Star Wars, Harry Potter and building Lego. Did you hear about the new Hogwarts Lego set being released?
They were from Waterstones but I don’t think you can get them anymore, I just googled it!
That’s a shame if you can’t get them anymore! Thanks for letting me, I’ll see if I can hunt them down on E-bay. 🙂
I love musicals and Lord of the Rings too. Anything fantasy is good for me!
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I really liked this post, I really liked getting to know different parts of you as an individual! Great post Lottie!
(PS: I wrote a post talking about my favorite bloggers, and you’re mentioned in it xx)
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