Another One Bites the Dust

*Spoiler Alert!*
Don't read this post if you haven't read

The Hobbit and want to be surprised about

about Thorin's outcome.  Even though the title

pretty much gives it away.  Sorry.

I am SOOOO excited to see

the final Hobbit movie next week!

As in freaking out excited.

All the movie trailers,

interviews, and premier photos/videos

have left my Armitage-Tolkien

fangirl heart a-flutterin'.

Having said that...

I'm feeling anxiety over seeing it since

I don't know how I'll feel at the end.

I'm always sad when a movie series is complete,

(no matter how satisfying the ending) due to

it being THE END.

And in THIS case,

I know that the ending for our Thorin
isn't to live happily ever after. *sob*

I'm aware that Thorin dies...

and don't know that I'm mentally prepared

for another Armitage death scene.

~Let's review some, shall we?~

I'm not doing this to be morbid, 

but as a reminder that Richard plays dead

often, and does it well.

Heinz Kruger in Captain America.

Self-poisoning Nazi.

I didn't really care about this guy.

John Porter in Strike Back.
Killed by terrorists in the line of duty.

Sad. But I wasn't too gutted.

Lucas North in Spooks.
(Or whatever his real name is- John again.)

It is implied that Lucas jumped off a building

and we see Sir Harry looking over the edge all glum,

but a body isn't shown.  This is good for our tender

minds, but didn't give me closure. I kept hoping

He had somehow faked his death like Sherlock and

would suddenly appear in the final season.  But no.

Lucas was gone.  I didn't like his demise one bit.

I handled all the above character deaths okay...

but then there was Gisborne in Robin Hood. 

That's another story, folks!  Sure, we can all probably agree 

the script for Season 3 was nuts.  But this is GIZZY 

we're talking about here.... the bad boy with a soft core that we

learned more about in Season 3.  (Meg episode, anyone?)

This death scene broke my heart.

I shed some tears and was in mourning for a week!

  THIS scene is why I'm so worried about watching

Battle of the Five Armies.  I know Thorin's death scene

will be dramatic and that there will be sad music playing
in the background and his comrades grieving his loss...

Chances are, I will be sobbing into 

my popcorn with snot running down my face.

It won't be a pretty sight!!!

I guess the only solution will be to take a big box

of tissues and wear waterproof mascara.

So that we don't end on a depressing note,

let's gaze at a few pretty RA pics.

All better.