So I was just listening to fansongs after watching the fnaf movie and came to the realisation that "I Got No Time" by the Living Tombstone almost perfectly fits Astarion. I mean-
This makes me think about when he was turned. I know it's been 200 years but the fact that he never mentions *anyone* from his past suggests to me that he didn't have great relationships even before he died, which is why I like these lines so much.
Then there's the chorus. It reminds me of the nightmare scene at camp, even when he's "free" of Cazador the nightmares still persist, Cazador's influence never quite out of reach. Then of course there's the mention of waiting for the sun, his only protection against Cazador while the tadpole is in his head. And I mean I don't even need to explain the last two lines do I?
This is the verse that made me associate the song with Astarion in the first place. The rage, the unfairness, the isolation, the need to prove to himself that he's still a person. The second verse, especially the part about shrieking, makes me think of how Cazador told him his screams were sweetest, so the more he screamed the more he was punished.
So yeah... When I develop my art style enough to actually make fanart again, I'm DEF making an animatic of this.
ALSO I'd like to add: I love he appears in a ball of light.
Not darkness, not fire, LIGHT.
A vision of his pure, beautiful, Maiar form, an echo of the light he once possessed I suppose.
I love the transition too. He goes from someone angelic, with shining white armour that's pristine and meticulous. To something much darker, with harsh dirty grey metals and ragged cloth. And yet somehow, EVEN after having regained his dark form, that faint hue of light still remains...
I don't know maybe I'm looking too deep into this but nevertheless you can't tell me that ain't symbolic.
The scene “Battle between Aragorn and Sauron” that didn’t make it into the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Like seriously, we get it, you hate the hobbit, but can you just fucking let it go now and let people enjoy it??? I will never not be salty about this. Yes I get that the hobbit was done poorly, yes I get that it wasn't true enough to the book, yes I get that they used a lot of CGI, but good god can you just let those who like it like it?
I love the hobbit movies, not saying they couldn't have been better, but I still love them. (and yes, I watched the films before reading the book, that could be why.) And it's really annoying, and honestly hurtful, to see people constantly looking for a fight over it. If you don't like it, don't go after people who do, it's disgusting behaviour.
People literally search out trouble now. They insult those who do like it and deliberately force the idea that the hobbit was crap and therefore their love for it is stupid, as if their opinion is more valid. They think they're better or cleverer because they dislike the hobbit. Well newsflash asshole you're not. You're entitled to an opinion, but just because you didn't like it doesn't mean others don't.
I understand making your opinion heard, you have every right to hate those movies, but
_do NOT treat those who enjoy them as lesser fans
_do NOT pretend that you're superior to us because you hate them.
_do NOT force your opinion on posts/videos/articles about the hobbit when you know the person who posted them likes it.
And most of all...
DO! NOT! DELIBERATELY! LOOK! FOR FIGHTS!!!
(Also, I'd like to add, if you hate the hobbit so much, WHY ARE YOU WATCHING F***ING YOUTUBE VIDEOS OF IT HUH?! Seriously you know these people click on it just to be an asshole in the comments. Grow up.)
No one:
Literally no one:
Some attention seeker in the comments of a hobbit YouTube video: OmG WhO HeRe ThiNkS LoRd Of ThE RiNgS WaS BeTteR?!
So, as we know, Elves weigh barely anything compared to other species such as humans and dwarves etc. Now, say, by some mischance, you're forced to duel or battle with an elf. Obviously their skills will far outnumber your own due to their age and therefore advanced training, so you barely have any advantages. Except perhaps, for one.
I wonder if, during some battle somewhere, someone's just thought to like,,,,, pick them up??? And just, you know,,, YEET-
I gotta admit I feel bad for Melkor on this one. He just wanted to create something of his own, to not be constrained to doing the work or others, to be unique, and he got brutally shut down and humiliated for it...
All of the absolute f*ckery that's about to happen could've been avoided if Eru had just let his son play some jazz-
I have decided, for comedic purposes, to narrate my reaction to reading the Silmarillion as I go.
Though I am currently just over half way through the book, I will be adding commentary about my reaction to the first chapters too.
This is just a teeny insight into what goes on in my brain, which let me tell you, is almost as chaotic as the book itself-