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Women!!!

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Everything is like “QUEER history” and “List of QUEER young adult books” or “Top 10 QUEER movies” and queer this and queer that and for the love of god please just say LGBT.

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Rereading the Lord of the Rings series recently, and it's so fascinating to me how much the series is a denial of the typical juvenile power-fantasy that is associated with the fantasy genre.

Like, the power-fantasy is the temptation the Ring uses against people It tempts Boromir with becoming the "one true king" that could save his people with fantastic power. It tempts Sam with being the savior of Middle Earth and turning the ruin that is Mordor into a great garden. It tempts Gandalf and Galadriel with being the messianic figure of legend who brings salvation to Middle Earth and great glory to herself.

The things the Ring tempts people with are becoming the typical protagonists of fantasy stories that we expect to see. and over and over we see that accepting that role, that fantasy of being the benevolent all-powerful hero, is a bad thing. LotR is about how power, even power wielded with benevolent intent, is corrupting.

And its so fascinating how so much of modern fantasy buys into the very fantasy LotR denies. Most modern fantasy is about being that Heroic power-fantasy. About good amassing power to rival evil. But LotR dares not to. It dares to be honest that there is no world where anyone amasses that power and remains good.

I guess that's one of the reasons its so compelling.

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Customer: BYE BYE BRO DMV: WHAT THE FUCK. Verdict: DENIED

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yet another reason for Nora to be the actual canonical Sole Survivor, beyond the whole "reversal of expectations" like how the Obvious Action Hero Protagonist character died at the end of Act 1 of Executive Decision

“HEY gamers, DID YOU KNOW that the character you play in Fallout 4 is CANONICALLY a horrific war criminal?? Great vibes!!”

#fallout #fallout 4

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TUMBLR IS SO BORING WITH ALL YOU NERDS AT DASHCON

♥

((you all better come back with some amazing tales))

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“The highly anticipated Criterion Collection release of ‘Goncharov’ has cinephiles buzzing. Directed by the legendary Scorsese, this cinematic gem is a must-have for collectors, offering stunning visuals and insightful commentary. Available now on DVD and Blu-ray.”

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do you think elves would like doomed by the narrative jokes or would they think they're cringe

the funniest answer to me is that elves would take much longer to get sick of jokes and memes than mortals do, so elves remember every canned tumblr phrase joke as something new and fresh. which would make them incredibly difficult to be around in a very mundane way

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I'm kind of at a point where the "queer spaces" i feel safest in are the ones that have a pet cishet dude or two hanging around

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Zoozve, my beloved

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drew beautiful OLs today

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take a break while watching this little bunny cross your dash

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