#countdown to hobbit day!

[i-want-to-see-mountains-again]

Day Twenty-two of my Birthday Month Art Prompt Challenge! Today’s prompt: Home

HAPPY HOBBIT DAY! Have some Bagginsheild to start our holiday off right. I have been DYING to do this one🥰💕 I decided to draw each of them with their homelands in the background but they look kinda sad, because the truth is, home is where the heart is😉😘💕

Happy birthday Bilbo and Frodo!💖

#the hobbit #bilbo baggins #martin freeman #thorin oakenshield #richard armitage #lotr #lord of the rings #frodo baggins #elijah wood #birthday #bagginshield #thilbo #fanart #art prompt #countdown to hobbit day! #happy hobbit day #bag end #erebor #home

[squirrel-holes]

#hobbit hole #and I shall call him frodo #a squirrel in a hole #countdown to christmas #a squirrel a day #squirrel nest #squirrel hole #squirrels #squirrel #science #asquirreladay #i science #likely a red squirrel #red squirrel #teeny little bear

[crazyworldofemmamarie]

Day 11 of Rammstein's Countdown to Halloween

Tonight, Split (2016, dir. M. Night Shyamalan)

Plot: Three girls are taken and imprisoned by a man with dissociative personality disorder somewhere in a underground cellar.

Okay, now I know he gets a lot of crap sometimes and I'll admit, the live action Avatar, The Last Airbender was a hit and miss, but I actually really enjoy Shyamalan's films. I think they are creative and very intriguing to say the least.

Now, Split is a part of a trilogy known as The Unbreakable Trilogy (or Eastrail 177) which a superhero thriller/horror story that fallows a man known as Mr. Glass who goes out of his way to make superheroes, just like the comic books.

Now, despite it being a part of something bigger and don't get me wrong, it's actually on of my favourite trilogies ever, other than The Hobbit/Fellowship, haha and I actually feel that Split can be its own stand alone film. Now honestly, I think that is absolute amazing when you can a film that is a part of a franchise, let alone, the middle part of one, and stands out from the rest that really says something and I think that's all thanks to the writing and acting done here.

The writing is so powerful and really you can see that this film was written with care. There are so many great lines in here it's just wow.

The set up and design for the film just scream thriller and help set the dark undertone for the film.

Finally, the acting from the leads alone is just wow. Really, every member did an amazing job.

Ana Taylor-Joy is such a convincing final girl and to be me, she fits as one of the best scream queens ever.

James McAvoy, I just don't know where to begin. I honestly think did does NOT get enough recognition for his work, especially for this performance. The fact that he can just switch characters/personalities so seamlessly and effortlessly just blows me away. He delivers ever line with such force and grace he honestly carried this movie.

I recommend this whole trilogy, but definitely take the time to look this one over, it deserves all the attention it can get.

#2010s movies #split 2016 #high thoughts #Rammstein's Countdown to Halloween 2023

[twistedtummies2]

The Price May Be Right - Number 11

Welcome to “The Price May Be Right!” I’m counting down My Top 31 Favorite Vincent Price Performances & Appearances! The countdown will cover movies, TV productions, and many more forms of media. Today we focus on Number 11: The Inventor, from Edward Scissorhands.

While Vincent’s role in this Tim Burton classic is rather small – he’s only onscreen for about five minutes, that’s less time than he had as Baka in The Ten Commandments – it is certainly a memorable appearance. This is not least of all because this was actually Vincent’s final theatrical movie, at least officially speaking. (More on what I mean by that later in the countdown.) Price actually passed away three years after the film was released; there’s actually a misconception this was the last piece of acting Price ever did, period. This is untrue: his ACTUAL last film was a TV movie called “Heart of Justice,” which I must confess I’ve never seen, and he also did some voicework for the cartoon show “Tiny Toon Adventures.” However, it’s perhaps not so bad that “Edward Scissorhands” gets so much credit, because it truly does feel like a swan song for the great actor. For those who don’t know, the plot of Edward Scissorhands is a sort of pastiche of both Pinocchio and Frankenstein. The kindly Inventor – who acts as a sort of combo of Dr. Frankenstein, Gepetto, AND the Blue Fairy all rolled into one – is only seen in flashback sequences that explain the main character’s origins. It’s revealed that, long ago, the Inventor was a humble tinkerer who made wacky food-processing machines up in his tower laboratory. Lonely and aging, he was inspired one day to take apart one of his machines and turn it into a real human being: he wanted a son. It’s not entirely clear how the man managed it, but he did, bit by bit, create Edward from the ground up, and raised him with kindness and sweetness galore. Unfortunately, there was one part the Inventor never was able to give Edward: his hands. In fact, in the ultimate heartbreaker, the Inventor died of a heart attack while in the middle of trying to give Edward the hands he had made for him. Helpless, Edward watched his father die as his lovely would-be hands were ruined at the same time, leaving the poor dear alone for many, many years, until a young lady found him in the tower…but that’s another story. Well…technically the same story, but that’s the extent of Vincent’s role in the proceedings. While the part is small, Vincent still manages to give – in the twilight of his life – a sensitive and surprising performance. The Inventor is memorable not simply because he’s played by Vincent Price, but because of the gentle-hearted and slightly humorous way Price plays the character. He’s an endearing figure in the film, as so much is learned about him and his relationship with Edward not through dialogue, but through their expressions, mannerisms, and the world in which they live. The movie is, in many ways, the kind of film Vincent was used to doing: a stylish, Gothic, but slightly off-kilter picture, with its roots in classic literature. And it is perhaps ironically fitting that – much like Christopher Lee would do with Saruman in “The Hobbit” Trilogy – Vincent’s final cinematic motion picture depicts him not as the villain, but as a good-hearted sage.   Tomorrow, the countdown continues as we move into the Top 10!

#list #countdown #best #favorites #the price may be right #top 31 vincent price performances #vincent price #actors #acting #film #movies #tim burton #edward scissorhands #the inventor #number 11

[fellowshipofthefics]

Only 9 MORE DAYS until the works for “An Unexpected Collaboration” (aka THAUC) are revealed!! We’re so excited that we had to start a countdown, so be sure and count down with us!

Who is your favorite character from The Hobbit?

✨ Participants, now is the time to start promoting your projects!! But be sure to leave an element of surprise for reveals! We can’t wait to see all the projects!

#the hobbit #thauc22 #the hobbit: an unexpected collaboration #fotfics

[darkficsyouneveraskedfor]

Finally got to read Who's the Boss 15, & what's the thing that stands out to me?? The mom, not Lloyd's treatment of the MC, no, it's the mom. Ugh! She makes me see red & just gets my blood boiling! As a mom, with a daughter about the same age as the MC (I was 21 when I had her. But also, hope you don't find it weird a semi-old lady reads your fics 😅😅). The entire time I'm reading their interaction, I want to beat the shit outta that woman!! & my heart absolutley breaks for the kids who have parents like this, because I know they exist.

I couldn't ever imagine treating my daughter like that! Don't get me wrong, I'm no "mother of the year", & was pretty shitty when I was younger, but still never treated my daughter like that!

I could go on & on about shitty parents, but won't 😊😊. But I will say, thank you so much for all your wonderful stories & sharing your amazing writing skills. I've loved all your stories (ngl, kinda miss your hobbit stories, too). Keep up the amazing work!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰 Wish you all the best!

I agree. Unfortunately, I meet more people with a narcissistic parent than supportive parents. But hey, I still meet lots with amazing parents. I think for me, growing up in the economic tier and area I did, it was more likely parents would be unable to sufficiently provide a decent childhood emotionally and otherwise.

I mean if I was a parent, which I will never be, my priority would be the child. I don't think it's ever fair to undercut your own child. But again, my resent over my treatment as a kid is my very reason for not wanting to be a parent. It's hard work and it never ends. You can't just countdown to 18.

Anyhow, thank you. And I appreciate the shout out to my hobbit days :) I look fondly back and never say never...

[lotr-sesa]

Two LotR SeSa 2022 prompters still need writers! Can you help us out?

There are still TWO prompters with unclaimed prompts: Princess of Words and Caiti. We'd love to see every participant get a prompt filled, so please have a look at their prompts to see if you can help out! ♥ Signal boosting is also welcome! Ideally, everyone has a fill when the fics are revealed, but with the deadline fast coming up, this requires quick writing. The unfilled prompts are all gen and/or het. Two are ensemble-focused ones (Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit) and one is character-focused (a wider span of LotR, The Silmarillion and The Hobbit). You can find the all the prompts here. We will consider extending the deadline by a few days if these prompts have not been claimed and filled by the original deadline tonight (23:59pm PST; you can find a countdown here).

#signal boost #lotr sesa #lord of the rings secret santa #prompt meme #writing prompts #prompt fills #lord of the rings #tolkien #lotr fic #fanfiction #fanfic #writing #AO3 challenge #ao3 exchange #help the mods out #final crunch before deadline #heeeelllpppp #silm fic #fic writers #hobbit fic #holiday prompt meme

[thetoxicgamer]

Every CS:GO Major champion ranked from worst to best

Not every champion is made equally. There is still a thin divide between good teams that just so happened to win a Major and the best of the best, even if you have to be pretty strong to even qualify for a CS:GO Major, much less win one. There have been 19 CS:GO Majors and 15 different champions. Ranking all these teams that accomplished the greatest feat in CS:GO esports was as entertaining as it was painstakingly difficult. Many arguments and rearrangements later, we have it: the ranking of every CS:GO Major champion, from worst to best. 15) Jame, qikert, FL1T, n0rb3r7, fame (Outsiders) The battle for last place was so fierce, we rearranged the bottom three multiple times before arriving at the conclusion that Outsiders is the worst-ever CS:GO Major champion. Four of the five members of this squad have never been in HLTV’s Top 20. This isn’t the end of the world by itself, but IEM Rio 2022 is the only trophy this lineup has ever won, and the only one three of the five members have won in their entire career. Outsiders becoming Major champions is the definition of lightning in a bottle, and for that, they sit at the bottom of our list. 14) JW, flusha, pronax, znajder, Devilwalk (fnatic) It pains us to have three legends of the game so far down, but the fact of the matter is that the Fnatic that won DreamHack Winter 2013 wasn’t a very good team. This is the only lineup besides Outsiders whose only title came at a Major. While undeniably a cool feat, it isn’t very convincing for a ranking like ours. The separating factor that kept fnatic from being dead last is individual skill, of which JW and flusha had plenty, even back then. 13) Skadoodle, RUSH, autimatic, tarik, Stewie2K (Cloud9) Love them or hate them, Cloud9 had the most memorable CS:GO Major win ever, and no one can take that away from the Americans. Memorable is not what we’re ranking, though, and a great champion Cloud9 was not. This roster fell apart immediately after winning ELEAGUE Major 2018, and none of the players found much success either before or after that magical week in Boston. Tarik’s dubious record of being the only CS:GO Major MVP to never appear in HLTV’s Top 20 doesn’t help C9’s cause, either. 12) Zeus, AdreN, HObbit, Dosia, mou (Gambit) Though usually crammed together with the flukey Major champions, we’re of the opinion that this Gambit lineup is the first truly great one to appear in our countdown. Zeus played in three Major finals and won many trophies with NAVI, AdreN played in one more Major final and also won some trophies after Gambit, Dosia was one of the best players in the early CS:GO days, and HObbit enjoyed an amazing career resurgence in his second stint with Gambit. The only factor stopping the lineup that won PGL Major Krakow from being higher on our list is Zeus’ love for NAVI, which prematurely cut Gambit’s solid run with three total titles. 11) Happy, NBK, kioShiMa, shox, SmithZz (LDLC) If Gambit didn’t convince you we’re firmly in greatness territory, the DreamHack Winter 2014 champions should. The French scene was as strong as it was chaotic in the first few years of CS:GO. For what it’s worth, all the shuffling of star power won France two Majors. Both winning lineups include the core of Happy, NBK, and kioShiMa, and both had very similar success, but one achieved just a little bit more to earn a spot in our top 10. Happy, NBK, kioShiMa, shox, and SmithZz won six tournaments in 10 months of playing together. Each player has made at least one HLTV Top 20, each has won at least 12 titles in their career. This is an immensely successful, star-studded lineup, and it’s not even in the top 10 of CS:GO champions. That’s the kind of competition we’re having here. 10) Happy, NBK, kioShiMa, kennyS, apEX (Envy) We’re already familiar with the majority of the lineup that went on to win DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca. The new faces are kennyS, who is top five all-time in MVP awards, and apEX, who accumulated over 20 trophies during his career—not exactly a downgrade from shox and SmithZz. This new lineup reached a Major final in its second tournament together—ESL One Cologne 2015, which makes them the first entry on our list that appeared in multiple CS:GO Major finals. Whether that’s a good thing is up to the reader. While that additional final appearance helped Envy to jump above LDLC, it also makes the Frenchmen the worst CS:GO Major multi-finalists, by a long shot. 9) ZywOo, apEX, dupreeh, Magisk, Spinx (Vitality) ZywOo caught the last train out of “Best player to never win a CS:GO Major” station by winning the last-ever such event. ZywOo’s individual greatness is reason enough to place Vitality in our top 10, but this is far from a hard carry. Magisk, dupreeh, and apEX had eight Major titles between them before ever playing a round with ZywOo. Spinx lacked that veteran pedigree before joining forces with the stars, but it was his arrival that propelled Vitality to three top-tier titles, culminating with a Major win in ZywOo and apEX’s home country at the BLAST Paris Major. ZywOo and apEX from Vitality lifting the BLAST Paris Major trophy, apEX holding the French flag in his left hand. 8) Twistzz, ropz, karrigan, rain, broky (FaZe) Karrigan is a magnet for great lineups, yet it is this one that finally got the legendary Danish IGL the Major title that had eluded him for nearly a decade. FaZe won the first three tournaments they participated in after the final piece of the puzzle, ropz, joined at the start of 2022. One of these three victories was at PGL Major Antwerp. A fourth trophy further down the line completed FaZe’s Intel Grand Slam and cemented this lineup’s legacy as one of the best to ever do it. 7) Xyp9x, dupreeh, device, gla1ve, Kjaerbye (Astralis) The Kjaerbye era Astralis is often glossed over due to Astralis’ future greatness, but we’ll give it all the shine it deserves right here. Though we call it the Kjaerbye era, it is actually gla1ve who joined last and it was that roster move that changed the team’s fortunes. This Astralis lineup finished top four in the first 10 events it attended, winning three of them. Among these wins was what was at the time the greatest CS:GO Major final ever at ELEAGUE Major 2017. Even the myth that Astralis fell off toward the end of this roster’s run isn’t entirely true. They slowed down a bit, sure, but if they didn’t, we’d be talking about them much later on this list. Overall, this lineup achieved 14 top-four placements in 19 tournaments, a remarkable display of consistency that gives Astralis a mini-title in our ranking—the title of best CS:GO Major champion that has never played in another Major final. 6) Snax, byali, pashaBiceps, NEO, TaZ (Virtus.pro) We all love the Virtus Plow, and their longevity alone almost got them into the top five. This lineup played together for over four years, won a dozen trophies and was always capable of knocking the favorites out of any event. They also narrowly missed out on becoming two-time champions in a crushingly close encounter with Astralis at ELEAGUE 2017. We’re beginning to run out of slots, and there are better, more successful lineups that won a Major, so we couldn’t push VP any higher, but No. 6 is more than respectable for the EMS Katowice 2014 champions. 5) Perfecto, s1mple, electronic, Boombl4, b1t (NAVI) Take what Astralis did after gla1ve joined, amp it up to 11, and you’ll get this NAVI lineup. The CIS giants weren’t just finishing in the top four of events, they were winning them. NAVI won six times and was runner-up once in its first seven tournaments with this roster. Thankfully, that second place did not come at PGL Major Stockholm, because s1mple would have probably believed he was cursed by a cosmic entity at this point. Similarly to ZywOo, s1mple by himself could drag any lineup to success, but neither superstar had enjoyed so much winning with any other lineup. NAVI completed the Intel Grand Slam and was one win away at PGL Antwerp from becoming back-to-back Major champions. That was their last tournament together. Had they won it, they would have more than likely broken into the top three. As it is, NAVI has to settle for top five. 4) FalleN, coldzera, fer, TACO, fnx (Luminosity/SK) Luminosity exploded onto the scene in 2016, won its first-ever title at the MLG Columbus Major, then followed it with two more trophies before switching to SK days before ESL One Cologne 2016, where they became only the second back-to-back Major winner in CS:GO history. This core’s winning formula was not lost with fnx’s benching and subsequent departure, but we don’t give bonus points for other rosters’ accomplishments, even if only one player was changed, so right outside the top three of CS:GO Major champions is where the Brazilians stand in our book. 3) GeT_RiGhT, f0rest, Xizt, friberg, Fifflaren (Ninjas in Pyjamas) It’s difficult to explain to someone who didn’t follow the scene at the time just how dominant Ninjas in Pyjamas were in the first 12 months of CS:GO. This team was averaging more than a title per month from September 2012 to September 2013, but there was one problem—there weren’t any Majors in that timeframe. The first ever Major was played in November 2013, where NiP were upset by the second-worst CS:GO Major champion ever. Then they lost in the final again at EMS Katowice. Had NiP not won ESL One Cologne 2014, they would have been on top of another ranking—the best team to never win a CS:GO Major. We’d bet they’re much happier to be the mere third-greatest team to win one instead. 2) JW, flusha, pronax, olofmeister, KRIMZ (fnatic) It’s funny how changing two players can take you from the second-worst to the second-best CS:GO Major champion. Snatching LGB stars KRIMZ and olofmeister was the best thing fnatic ever did, as this lineup accumulated a dozen trophies over its 18-month run and took over from NiP as the premier CS:GO team. The crowning jewels in this second Swedish dynasty’s crown were the successive Majors they won—ESL One Katowice and ESL One Cologne 2015. The latter would be this lineup’s final title before swapping pronax for dennis and winning five events in five attempts to begin their new era. We don’t need those additional titles to rank fnatic second, it will break our own rules, but it’s always fun to reminisce about this period in CS:GO history, so there you go. JW from fnatic holding the ESL One Cologne 2015 trophy while confetti is falling on the stage.Image via ESL 1) Xyp9x, dupreeh, device, gla1ve, Magisk (Astralis) We struggled mightily with most placements, but one thing we knew from the start was who would be No. 1. Astralis with Magisk is the greatest team to ever touch CS:GO, period. They won a staggering 20 trophies together, the most for any single lineup. Part of this unmatched run were not one, not two, but three Major titles in a row—FACEIT London, IEM Katowice, and Starladder Berlin. Point made, case closed—Astralis is the best team to ever win a CS:GO Major. Any sort of list is destined to make someone unhappy, but that’s the last feeling we want to leave you with. If your favorite team seems like it was hard done by yours truly, we offer the best highlights from every CS:GO Major as a means of truce. Read the full article

[lightcreators]

@moonshinemuses​

Automatically,  he  swallowed  back  an  faraway  recollection  of  an  instant  when  his  mind  had  broke  down,  when  weight  of  an  absence  had  returned,  when  he  found  again  suffering  an  ocean  of  nothingness  without  any  kind  of  breathing  exit  …  It  was  better  he  didn’t  recalled  to  himself  that  point,  for  didn’t  focusing  over  that  void  existing  inside  his  existence.  Firstly  acting  flattered  inside  an  gentle  amused  smile  concerning  that  sentence,  soon  enough,  it  changed  inside  an  thoughtful  one  filled  of  sadness  inside  his  gaze.  As  much  it  was  concerning  his  thoughts,  he  also  understood  she  was  speaking  about  his  heart  :  no  way,  he  was  going  to  expose  his  pathetic  destroyed  and  damaged  heart  in  public  …  this  vision,  in  any  case,  could  never  be  trivial,  and  would  be  a  fatal  countdown  for  him.  Persephone  would  understand,  through  him,  the  wound  imposed  by  his  metaphoric  twin  —  an  pain  intense  and  devastating  as  a  breach  had  been  created  in  the  heart  of  the  God  of  the  Underground,  which  continued  to  bleed  profusely,  which,  despite  the  years,  didn’t  subside.  It  was  also  a  reflection  of  Lelouch’s  shattered  heart,  mirroring  his  various  emotional  breakdowns,  where  void  he  had  faced  found  no  solace  —  something  he  had  faced  face  to  face,  even  the  day  he  had  deigned  to  cry  with  guilt,  and  never  recovered  from  it.  There  was  another  truth  that  he  wanted  to  preserve,  of  this  witch  that  he  had  helped  him  by  his  presence  to  become  one  in  his  case  (  it  was  a  little  more  …  complicated  with  his  metaphoric  twin)  in  this  reality.  It  was  glimpsing  a  witch’s  damaged,  shattered,  broken  pieces  of  a  heart  that  was  desperately  trying  to  hold  on  …  a  name  that  echoed  like  a  distant  whisper  that  touched  him  personally,  in  his  double  reflection,  for  having  understood  more  of  what  he  had  wished  …  but  which  unveiled  a  vivid  truth  to  be  perceived  by  anyone  else.  It  wasn’t  just  about  him.  Despair  of  this  Hobbit  holding  on  to  his  second  chance  would  explode  in  the  face  of  the  world.  Hidden  and  accumulated  despair  of  his  tutor  would  be  glimpsed,  in  all  the  horror  of  this  existence,  without  being  able  to  convey  any  lasting  consolation  …  He  would  become  himself  another  embodiment  of  that  void  that  Alice  had  portrayed  in  an  altered  appearance,  where  long  after  various  Hogwarts  they  had  temporarily  crossed  paths  at  the  time:  a  goddess  imprisoned  in  an  Nothing  card,  which  had  become  the  Void  herself,  which  had  lost  herself  in  her  feelings  of  distress  and  silent  agony,  wish  to  make  everything  disappear  …  she  had  freed  herself  from  this  ‘curse’  by  having  to  face  an  attachment  whose  words  or  any  thought  towards  her  had  never  been  enough  to  bring  her  back  to  reason  …  this  small  detail  was  also  one  of  the  elements  that  made  him  uncomfortable  with  her  presence.  His  domain  of  illusions  had  found  a  double,  coming  from  a  deity,  where  beyond  physical  resemblance  this  time  feminine,  similar  behavioral  characteristics,  found  himself  facing  a  perfect  reflection,  indirectly  reflecting  another  truth  of  Beatrice's  heart  …

Regardless,  one  day,  he  would  have  to  facing  himself  with  that  kind  of  period.  He  achieved  not  to  have  it  thanks  to  silent  support  of  his  tutor  who  always  managed  to  avoid  these  'circumstances’.  Compared  to  others  sensations  and  situations  he  could  catch  up  concerning  his  metaphoric  twin  inside  higher  spheres,  there  weren’t  no  gossip,  no  rumours,  no  real  noise  …  It  had  been  an  transformation  coming  from  within,  another  of  the  reasons  who  trapped  him  with  Hades  —  he  cannot  fool  him  inside  that  point,  for  had  already  witnessed  how  broken  he  was  feeling,  and  won’t  believe  another  time  he  might  be  'fine’  as  he  pretented  to  be.  He  could  projecting  all  brightness  and  joy,  all  sensations  of  lightness,  all  reassurance  sensations,  the  God  of  the  Underground  won’t  blindly  believe  it,  and  would  assuring  himself  if  there  was  nothing  wrong  mentally  or  emotionally  …  He  loathed  to  having  losing  an  trump  card  even  before  met  Hades,  however,  he  was  mostly  fairly  terrified  about  how  he  would  reflecting  what  happened  to  his  metaphoric  twin.  Inside  his  previous  life,  afterwars  what  happened,  the  wrapping  despair  closing  him  off  of  any  kind  of  social  life.  He  passed  his  whole  time  in  bed,  with  no  desire  to  wake  up,  perceiving  no  point  to  his  existence,  reflecting  about  everything  who  happened,  ans  slowly  been  eaten  by  that  despair  …  It  was  the  thought  of  Phantomhive  who  somehow  avoid  him  to  sink.  Main  concerned  wasn’t  happier  himself  with  the  truth,  but  cannot  denied  the  somewhere  positive  influence  he  had  at  that  time  —  even  if,  during  that  same  period,  he  only  cared  about  find  once  more  his  metaphoric  twin  and  wanted  to  becoming  legitimate,  without  Phantomhive,  he  wouldn’t  have  seen  the  point  of  staying  a  second  longer  in  a  world  that  it  had  abandoned  him  completely.  Phantomhive  had  sensed  the  risk  and  had  decided  to  stay  as  long  as  necessary  in  this  cursed  place  of  this  second  manor,  before  parting  ways  with  a  limited  guarantee  that  he  would  hold.  His  depression  at  the  time  was  nothing  compared  to  the  psychological  shock  his  metaphoric  twin  had  given  Hades  and  Lelouch.  He  had  few  details,  fragmented  informations  coming  from  the  worries  of  these  high  powers.  His  metaphoric  twin  had  suffered  of  something  similiar  to  the  curse  given  by  Claude,  only  it  was  coming  from  his  own  mind  …  and  was  like  'extinguished’.  Electricity  presented  by  his  usual  light  had  ceased  to  emit,  and  impossible  to  relight  him  —  he  had  become  a  rag  like  a  doll,  where  his  eyes  had  died  out  in  emptiness,  and  absolutely  nothing  could  bring  him  back.  His  soul  had  literally  shattered,  in  which  small  pieces  of  his  soul  had  either  been  lost  in  depths  of  his  being  or  had  shattered  into  tiny  pieces,  and  a  way  had  to  be  found  to  put  all  his  pieces  back  together.  The  day  he  had  felt  this  fragmentary  information,  he  had  turned  pale,  and  had  to  take  some  air  in  solitude  to  mentally  accept  the  shock.  The  God  of  the  Underground  had  literally  saved  his  metaphoric  twin  from  a  silent,  emotional  death.  Lelouch’s  guilt  had  taken  a  huge  shock,  where  his  efforts  had  been  for  nothing,  and  where  he  had  lost  all  hope  of  being  forgiven:  it  was  his  fault,  he  had  no  idea  how  much  the  state  of  his  metaphoric  twin  was  serious,  he  blamed  himself  for  having  been  dazzled  by  his  lies  of  illusions.  Hades  had  deigned  facing  the  fact  patiently,  until  mentally,  once  healed,  he  was  emotionally  troubled  that  he  had  never  been  same  again.  Unfortunately,  since  this  had  happened  to  his  twin,  on  reflection,  it  was  going  to  happen  again  …  even  more  spectacularly  …  his  metaphoric  twin  was  a  witch  connected  to  Purgatory,  living  mostly  in  higher  dimensions,  therefore,  could  reflect  several  'hearts’  in  this  violent  reaction  …  he  had  this  advantage  of  immortality  where  despite  almost-disappearance  of  his  soul,  there  was  no  carnal  envelope  in  physical  world  which  would  take  the  shock  (  although  that  theoretically,  that  was  him  )  …  he  was  mortal,  and  remembered  well  agony  of  Claude’s  curse.  He  had  survived  for  months,  slowly  dying,  only  to  have  bouts  of  this  curse  for  short  periods  but  increasingly  violent.  How  would  his  heart  react  to  a  surge  of  emotional  desperation,  in  a  long  crisis  that  would  never  end,  where  everything  suddenly  darkened  ?  How  would  he  bear  the  shock  if  his  soul  were  to  shatter,  if  even  that  was  recoverable  ?  Feeling  a  pallor  return,  an  embarrassed  laugh  betrayed  his  expression,  swallowing  the  thought  again.

❝    It’s  not  something  I  would  recommend.    ❞  He  admitted  slowly.    ❝  You  may  imagine  that  at  that  moment,  I  would  be  without  doubt  repairable,  that  something  can  be  done  for  the  pathetic  being  inside  me,  but  that  is  the  problem,  there  is  nothing  to  do,  you  can’t  really  heal  from  what  has  been  brutally  broken  …  I  held  on  for  years,  holding  on  to  hatred,  going  to  extreme  of  anger  because  the  opposite  effect,  of  let  go  completely,  was  going  to  turn  me  off  …  while  not  sure  to  come  back.  It’s  better  if  it’s  not  known  or  seen  …    ❞  He  reflected  sadly.  He  was  honestly  horrified  of  the  day  when  the  God  of  the  Underground  himself  would  have  to  interfering  inside  his  existence,  reacting  as  a  loving  father  and  physically  offering  his  hugs  that  he  had  always  refused  from  him  …  even  now,  even  with  an  established  bond  with  Hades,  he  didn’t  want  to  receive  physical  affection.  It  was  like  an  inscribed  fear  that  he  refused  one  day  find  himself  crying  in  his  arms,  to  express  all  his  despair  in  front  of  him,  and  to  realize   his  tenderness.  This  was  going  to  destroy  the  God  of  the  Underground,  emotionally  tormented  between  his  desire  to  give  him  his  affection  to  limit  damage  in  advance,  and  realizing  that   he  hadn’t  been  able  to  save  him  from  this.  Hades  had  taken  beyond  of  responsibility  for  tragedy  that  had  happened.  He  was  committed  to  'fixing’  his  metaphoric  twin,  wanting  to  dissolve  cause  of  gaping  hole  in  his  soul  …  for  being  dazzled  by  his  illusions.  Which  made  ground  between  them  heavily  undermined  despite  all  good  understanding  he  could  have  now.  His  metaphoric  twin  was  lucky  he  had  exposed  Hades  in  all  his  warm  demeanor  and  touched  him  where  no  one  else  could…  he  would  never  let  that  kind  of  thing  happen  again,  and  that  It  wasn’t  like  he  could  'play’  with  something  that  serious.  He  swallowed.    ❝  Of  the  point  as  far  as  my  heart  is  concerned.  I  could  probably  untie  my  words  one  day,  play  with  different  truths  in  front  of  me  like  a  childish  game,  but  not  my  heart.  Your  brother  accidentally  saw  it  once,  for  being  confused,  and  I’m  still  ashamed  of  it  today.  It’s  a  bit  of  a  problem  with  such  a  domain,  it’s  so  sharp  that  it  spills  blood  everywhere~    ❞  He  shrugged.

#moonshinemuses #ic :: draco malfoy #happy crying ! #post hogwarts tag #draco and persephone tbt. #long post / #harry potter / #( answered. )

[i-want-to-see-mountains-again]

Day twenty of my Birthday Month Art Prompt Challenge! Today’s prompt was: Wings

I love Eagles, I think they’re such a cute bird, and I am told my Uncle Terry loved them. That side of my family is predominantly Native American and his spirit guide was an eagle.🦅❤️

So how could I resist that great scene where the Eagles rescue Sam and Frodo from Mount Doom? I briefly considered the Eagles saving the Company from the cliff side in the Hobbit, or Gandalf using moths for messengers, but in the end this scene won out. I guess I just like drawing lava lol.

#lotr #lord of the rings #the eagles #mordor #mount doom #frodo baggins #samwise gamgee #elijah wood #sean astin #fanart #art prompt #two more days until Hobbit Day! #countdown to hobbit day! #omg I’m almost done! #birthday #day20

[syndromeblue-blog]

@vicious_nature On a countdown now for the “Moment of Impact” tour which starts with two shows in Belgium. Friday night we play at HELL in Diest Saturday night we play at ELPEE Music Club in Deinze Looking forward to seeing a lot of our friends. Been too long since we were last in Belgium. And the Metal Hobbit will be bringing the Precious! New merch for our friends. Have a great day all 🤘😉🤘 @vicious_nature #heavymetal #belgium #helldiest #elpeedeinze @muziekcafeelpee #positivevibes #livemusic #positivewaves #metalhobbit #wearetheroadcrew #merchseller (at Belgium) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjiWmTuDiys/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#heavymetal #belgium #helldiest #elpeedeinze #positivevibes #livemusic #positivewaves #metalhobbit #wearetheroadcrew #merchseller

[neverdoingmuch]

the countdown begins!! in 22 short days, it'll be hobbit day!!

#legal talks #lmao i accidentally ended up doing a hobbit birthday this year and all of my friends presents are arriving in time for my birthday #it was *definitely* intentional

[crazyworldofemmamarie]

Day One of Rammstein's Countdown to Halloween:

Time for another movie of the day/Rammstein countdown to Halloween and today we are starting with one of my favourite campy films of all time. BRAINDEAD (1992) dir. Peter Jackson or Dead Alive depending on what country you live in.

This is probably on of the bloodiest films you'll ever see. This horror comedy was made by the same mastermind who brought you the modern day Lord of the Rings/Hobbit trilogies, Peter Jackson, jammed packed with creative kills, zombies and a kung fu fighting priest.

The storyline is absolutely insane and just bleeds campy with the tale of a young man who must survive and fight off against the undead after his elderly mother goes to the zoo and is bitten by a wild rat monkey thing.

The sets are incredible, the visual effects will absolutely blow you away and everyone in this movie plays their roles to a perfect T.

The claymation and effects give off a very Tim Burton vibe and there is never a dull moment within this film.

This hidden gem is a perfect example of using what you got and just running with it and I absolutely can't get over the fact that this is a Peter Jackson film. Highly recommend just for the gore and effects alone.

#film #90s films #countdown to halloween #horror #90s horror #braindead #dead alive #rammstein's countdown to Halloween 2023

[twistedtummies2]

Christopher Lee: A Sinister Centenary - Number 3

Welcome to Christopher Lee: A Sinister Centenary! Over the course of May, I will be counting down My Top 31 Favorite Performances by my favorite actor, the late, great Sir Christopher Lee, in honor of his 100th Birthday. Although this fine actor left us a few years ago, his legacy endures, and this countdown is a tribute to said legacy! We’re in the Top Three! Today’s Subject, My 3rd Favorite Christopher Lee Performance: Saruman the White, from The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

Alongside his role as Count Dooku in Star Wars, Lee’s appearance in “The Lord of the Rings” was one of the roles that put him back on the map, after almost 15 years of relative obscurity. Throughout the late 80s and the 1990s, while Lee was still a jobbing actor, working steadily, his popularity and prominence had greatly diminished. When Peter Jackson cast him to play the evil wizard, Saruman – one of the main antagonists of the classic Tolkien fantasy novels – people were reminded of the power of this performer. This role, above all others, served as a reminder that Lee could still captivate audiences, and turn in a scene-stealing performance. Saruman was, once again, one of Lee’s favorite roles, and very close to his heart: he was actually a major fan of the Tolkien classics, and made a point of reading them annually. He even brought annotated copies of the books with him onset, at least in the original trilogy. It can easily be argued that, in the first two out of three films, Saruman was honestly the primary antagonist: I’ve always felt that the so-called character of Sauron is less a proper “character” and more of a force of nature. He’s an evil PRESENCE who’s malignant influence causes much of the mayhem in the story, but he’s never really a true FIGURE in the stories, or even in the films. Saruman and Gollum are the two most prominent physical antagonists in the books, and the ones who drive much of the conflict for the story. The same goes for the movies, which, in fact, expanded on Saruman’s role, giving Lee plenty of meat to work with. The reasons why Lee is so brilliant as Saruman are easy to explain: with his tall and willowy stature, and his grand and intimidating vocal presence, he COMMANDED attention each time he appeared onscreen. Even in scenes where he says little, or moves little, he somehow manages to dominate the sequence. Indeed, most fans agree that, of all the changes made between the theatrical and director’s cuts for “Return of the King,” if there was one change that SHOULDN’T have been made, it was removing Saruman’s death scene. While perhaps it could have been shortened for time, seeing Saruman get his comeuppance on the big screen would have been a treat, whereas NOT seeing it proves to be one of the few faults the third pillar has. This would quite literally be a role that would stick with Lee to his dying day: he reprised the character for the prequel Hobbit Trilogy. This wasn’t easy for Lee to manage, as he was very, VERY late in his life by that point, and in fact, much of his work in the third film had to be done by a stuntman. In both movies, he actually had to film his scenes separate from the rest of the cast, overseas, in front of a greenscreen: the travel would have been too much for him, by that point. Even with this in mind, seeing him as Saruman before his corruption is truly a marvel: all those years later, he still had the vocal power and charismatic presence to own the scenes he was in, and it gives us a new perspective on the White Wizard the original trilogy did not offer. Lee said that his favorite part of playing Saruman in the prequel trilogy was the fact that, in essence, he could say goodbye to the role by leaving it with him as a hero, not as a villain. What Lee perhaps did not realize (or perhaps he did, it’s difficult to say) was that this would prove to be one of his final performances. It was the last movie he did that was released during his lifetime: a year after “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” came out, Lee was dead. After so many years playing villains and bogeymen…Christopher Lee’s last character – one of the most iconic of those same roles – went out like a hero. The poetry of Saruman in this actor’s life is inescapable. Tomorrow, our penultimate entry in the countdown: I shall unveil my second favorite pick!

#christopher lee #sinister centenary #happy birthday christopher lee #top 31 christopher lee performances #may special #number 3 #top 3 #saruman #saruman the white #lord of the rings #hobbit trilogy

[fellowshipofthefics]

That’s right everyone!! Only 2 MORE DAYS until the works for “An Unexpected Collaboration” (aka THAUC) are revealed!! We’re so excited that we had to start a countdown, so be sure and count down with us!

What’s your favorite Hobbit quote?

✨ Participants, now is the time to start promoting your projects!! But be sure to leave an element of surprise for reveals! We can’t wait to see all the projects!

#the hobbit #thauc #the hobbit: an unexpected collaboration #fotfics

[haleths]

SHIREMAIDEN’S COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS | Twelve Days Of Tolkien [4/12]

↳ On the FOURTH day of Christmas, the Dark Lord gave to me…    Four happy hobbits    Three fearless hunters    Two evil towers    And One Ring to rule them all

   9   D A Y S   T O   G O …

#lotr #lotredit #tolkienedit #tolkiensquad #christmas #countdown #hobbits #frodo baggins #samwise gamgee #meriadoc brandybuck #peregrin took #lotrgifs #lotrdaily #12 days of tolkien #.mine