31 Lord of the Rings Memes to Celebrate the LOTR Theme Park We Just Made Up in Our Heads

OH. MY. GOD. It's happening. It's REALLY happening. Okay, no it's not officially happening, and yes, these are still just rumors based on vague whispers and the hopeful hearts of nerds everywhere—but still! It's happening. Shut up. Let me have this.

Word on the digital street is that Universal's brand-new theme park in Bedford UK (yes, Bedford, I don't know either) might be planning to skip Harry Potter Land and instead give us a Lord of the Rings land. That's right. A whole chunk of real estate dedicated to Middle-earth. It's poetic, really. England finally gets its own Universal park and instead of Hogwarts, we get Mordor. I'm crying.

I'm already mentally designing the Balrog roller coaster. I want a Shire-themed restaurant inside a Hobbit hole. I want a Minas Tirith 4D ride where you storm the gates of insanity with a flaming Denethor animatronic. I want overpriced One Rings, elvish "Lambes churros", and a Smeagol photo op that's just... a mirror.

While we wait for reality to catch up with our dreams, enjoy these 31 Lord of the Rings memes. They'll make you laugh, cry, and whisper "precioussss" to your phone screen.