#it would be a waste of time

[nerdishpursuits]

Quite frankly this entire mindset around Rings of Power: “it’s not made the way I wanted/expected it to, following the books to a T, so it should be canceled - if I can’t/won’t watch it, no one should, let’s spread the hatred and boycott - there’s but one way to tell this story” is … disappointing. To me, it is.

No adaptation is going to be the way I envisioned. Not a one. Regardless of the company that buys the rights. Someone will always cry “Wolf”. And you know what? That’s alright. If I can enjoy a new take on a favorite series and find joy in the way someone else brings it to life? I will. Or I’ll, quite simply, not watch.

At the end of the day I’ll always have the books and my own imagination for that undiluted, “unspoiled” version. Another interpretation doesn’t bother me. Especially when it’s everything I’d want to see in a story of this caliber: mythical and whimsical, like a much beloved fairytale. With female characters not there for decoration only, held to the stereotypical standards of “women only need to be/do this in order to be palatable, lest they not be women”. Women who are not only mentioned in passing, simple tokens in a 1000+ compendium dedicated to men.

And I’m happy to be free of the gratuitous gore and endless violence of other, much-hyped franchises. Yes, it’s different than canon. Yes, we all rightly hate Amazon. Yes, there’s countless aspects one can be nitpicky about. And so on and so forth. We could sit and complain forever.

But you know what? I’m not going to let sheer hatred ruin my love for this show. I’m not going to get mired in this bottomless pit of complaints. I’m going to focus on what I REALLY enjoy: a young, brash, and quite relatable Galadriel (Cate is ICONIC, but I find Clark’s portrayal just as engaging with glimpses of the enigmatic and formidable Lady of Lorien in the Third Age; and yes, I do love me a fearless, sword-wielding elleth with a rather “swashbuckling youth”). Then there’s charming, witty Disa and the dwarves which I feel are portrayed to perfection. Durin and Elrond are a riot together and their dynamic a joy to watch. Arondir and Halbrand feel like well-established Middle Earth characters to me and I find them a welcome addition. Nori and Poppy are a delight and the Harfoots in general are a source of pure joy. Bronwyn is also a character I’ve quickly grown fond of. And I look forward to seeing what they’ve done with Numenor. Not to mention the exquisite cinematography and fantastic music score.

So, for me? There’s a lot to enjoy. Which is what I plan to do. It’s just sad you can’t go into the tags for this show and not find hate-filled comments clinging to the thread like fungus. Is there nothing that can be enjoyed these days without hateful rhetoric? I just want to stare at pretty pictures, okay?

#rings of power #lotr: the rings of power #don’t fill my inbox with hate messages btw #I’ll never reply #it would be a waste of time #about this blogger trash

[labradorite-princess]

I want to write a book.

#shut up nicki #no one cares #no one will read it #it would be a waste of time

[comradekatara]

2 kinds of grad students (both massive nerds)

#id in alt text #avatar the last airbender #atla #sokka #zuko #zukka #<- seems like i may as well tag it. considering #sokkaxzuko #(secretly this is sokkaxsuki tho. just look at sokka’s hoodie) #modern au #art #mart #if you’re wondering why there’s only one pile of graded papers it’s because sokka saved that paper for last #bc the handwriting was so illegible #(and zuko is responding even tho sokka isn’t talking abt his work bc he’s touchy. bc he knows he isn’t ocean vuong) #also before anyone’s like ‘shouldn’t sokka be the one writing poetry?’ YES sokka also writes poetry but it’s like. #silly little rhyming poems #he would never do an mfa art is a hobby to him and he thinks getting a degree in it is a waste of time #but he doesn’t tell this to zuko bc zuko wasted so much time suffering in undergrad trying to pursue a ‘respectable’ degree #so sokka’s just like ‘okay. well he deserves this’

[inkskinned]

one of the things about being an educator is that you hear what parents want their kids to be able to do a lot. they want their kid to be an astronaut or a ballerina or a politician. they want them to get off that damn phone. be better about socializing. stop spending so much time indoors. learn to control their own temper. to just "fucking listen", which means to be obedient.

one of the things i learned in my pedagogy classes is that it's almost always easier to roleplay how you want someone to act. it's almost always easier to explain why a rule exists, rather than simply setting the rule and demanding adherence.

i want my kids to be kind. i want them to ask me what book they should read next, and i want to read that book with them so we can discuss it. i want my kid to be able to tell me hey that hurt my feelings without worrying i'll punish them. i want my kid to be proud of small things and come running up to me to tell me about them. i want them to say "nah, i get why this rule exists, but i get to hate it" and know that i don't need them to be grateful-for-the-roof-overhead while washing the dishes. i want them to teach me things. i want them to say - this isn't safe. i'm calling my mom and getting out of this. i want them to hear me apologize when i do fuck up; and i want them to want to come home.

the other day a parent was telling me she didn't understand why her kid "just got so angry." this woman had flown off the handle at me.

my dad - traditional catholic that he is - resents my sentiment of "gentle parenting". he says they'll grow up spoiled, horrible, pretentious. granola, he spits.

i am going to be kind to them. i am going to set the example, i think. and whatever they choose become in the meantime - i'm going to love them for it.

#writeblr #i was doing a lot with high school students. over and over again #other teachers kept asking me what i was doing differently - why the kids listened to me. i am not particularly foreboding #and i have a pretty firm personal policy of never reacting in anger #godhelpme. #i was always kind of taken aback #because in general the kids were pretty easy. i explained i needed to keep everything “PG-13” because this was my workplace #and it was kind of their workplace #too. besides #i love swearing #and since i couldn't swear #neither could they - so if they were going to say “fuck” or become violent #they needed to choose a really specific time #because we only get “the one”.. sure enough - nobody wanted to waste the one very specific “fuck” utterance. kids listened. #i think just because - that rule makes sense. the kids understand that i don't want to be unfair to them #that censorship is stupid #but that i'm under these rules too so like let's ride it out together #also i look young and tbh between me and u nobody wants to make the nice english teacher cry #the way these kids defended me to their friends was really genuinely so heartwarming bc the Grouchy Frat Boy #would be like MISS RAQUEL DOESN'T DESERVE THAT KIND OF AN ATTITUDE BRO DON'T TALK BACK TO HER

[raycatzdraws]

ribbonwood

#linked universe #linkeduniverse #lu hyrule #(also zelda 1!!! but idk how people would feel about me tagging it since I used Jojo's design?) #(ya'll can always tag my gen loz art as LU (or as any linkverse honestly if it inspires you to think about your favs) and vice versa) #(I want to inspire you to think and create! If you see my gen loz art and want to add that to your headcanons or it changes how you think?? #take it! play with it! invite me to play as well haha!) #(not ocs but like- gen stuff??? ye go for it) #mom walked in and looked at the comic I was working on #so I started rambling about my plans with it and what my peers are working on and how cool it all is and how I want to have more of that #and she said “what a waste of time” #so I got loosey goosey with it :\ #nice exercise to just draw w/o doing guides or being careful #did this in like under 15 minutes! >:D #but anyways #I haven't slept yet so gn! #.. he's holding stuff in the wrong hands!!!! a #look up ribbonwood / redshanks trees! If Hyrule was a tree- this is it #I imagine zelda 1&2's landscape to be california chaparral!!! I'm really passionate about it!!!!! #check out the california chaparral institute's website -> chaparral -> chaparral types #it's Hyrule's Hyrule!

[uncanny-tranny]

Hey, if you have speech impediments, you are so amazing.

If you stutter or have a lisp or misspeak easily or you have a flat affect or a limited verbal vocabulary or if your voice is AAC or if you just have a difference in your vocality, you are so incredibly important and amazing.

Just know that your voice is yours. Nobody will ever be able to truly take it away. Your voice is part of you, and you deserve to make it as true to you as you deem fit. I hope you have the space to grow with your voice and whatever about it makes it unique.

#positivity #disability positivity #partially because so much of voical differences arise from disability #i've developed a really annoying lisp-ish issue #and it's hard to be positive about it because it makes me feel like i'll be treated as lesser because it's a 'childish' affect #but i literally can't help it unless i spend 110% of my focus on it. and i don't have that amount of energy #but it makes me think about others and especially those who have it more intensely than i do #and i just want to uplift everybody because vocal differences are neutral at worst #man my dad always tells a story about this coworker he had who had a stutter like you wouldn't believe... #...and he was fucking BRUTALIZED for it... 'c-c-c-c-CAN YOU GET TO THE POINT?!' is how people would talk to him... #...and obviously that made his stutter twice as fucking worse and i can't imagine the shame and humiliation that followed... #...i hope he learned that those assholes were a fucking waste of time and that he doesn't have to deal with that... #...like i'm sorry but there is no fucking need to be that sadistic toward somebody who is obviously already anxious and worried

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Does

Does Barnaby

Does Barnaby tell the others to get off his lawn when he's angry

psh, who do you think he is, an old man? he'd Bark, like any lively young dog

#serves them right for (playfully) arguing right outside of his house smh #hes got sensitive ears yall... probably... i wouldnt know... #i bet ya could hear that woof everywhere in the neighborhood #and feel it. its gotta be deep as hell. bass boosted boof #legend has it that a Single Can fell in howdy's store #scribble salad #welcome home #welcome home puppet show #many thoughts about barnaby and barking #id imagine that if asked if he can bark hed be like 'yeah but its a waste of effort / who has the time for That' #i doubt he ever really does it... #cause that would take effort and really when would he be in the mood to be able to do it #its like. i dont get how some people can just let out a real good yell/scream on command #if im not angry enough i Physically Cannot raise my voice in that way. just dont have it in me #and id also think that barnaby has a thick skin. takes a lot to make him That Peeved yk yk #but when he does bark. oof. thats gotta be the loudest shit ever #everyone runs out of their homes like 'what happened??? is there a thunderstorm??? did a fuckin Bomb go off??' #meanwhile barnaby is slamming his door behind him and frank & julie are speedwalking away from his house with ringing ears #thoughts thoughts thoughts Musings

[prideprejudce]

also not sure how I’m feeling knowing that thousands upon thousands of dollars and manpower have been spent on a rescue mission for four days straight when the submersible probably imploded as soon as contact was lost and has been sitting on the ocean floor this entire time lmao

#oceangate #titanic #the titanic #the titan #i mean of course they have the right to be searched for but……god what a WASTE of resources #someone said the company might have known they imploded the entire time but we’re leaving to the coast guard to find out #which at this point i would believe lmao

[booigi-boi]

Found my old VHS collection. Don't remember recording this show at all. Anyone got any info? Googling doesn't work :/

Sorry for bad quality. For some reason the recording is all fucked up

#starkid #team starkid #hatchetfield #tnoy karaxis #tinky #lords in black #unreality #fake screenshot #yeah I'm taking a part in this lol #doesn't matter that I don't know how to draw fake screenshots #it was really fun tho 10/10 would reccomend #also a nice time wasting drawing #my art #art #art post #digital #digital art #fan art #fanart #sketch #drawing

[fdelopera]

IS THIS THE BEST YOU GOT, BITCH???

Accusing Jews of "BLOOD MONEY"??

You dumb fucking Jew-hating bigots have GOT to come up with some better material.

This is LITERALLY the charge made against Judas and (((THE JEWS))) for "killing Jesus."

Even though, no, we STILL didn't kill Jesus. The Romans did. G-d, you're dumb. Catch up!!

This is a TIRED blood libel charge.

And that's the best you got, Xiran???

Fuck off, you Jew-hating idiot.

Come back when you've got something original. But you never will. Because (let's say it all together, kids) Jew-hatred makes you stupid!

#jew-hatred makes you stupid #jumblr #Xiran Jay Zhao is a Jew-hating idiot who would rather waste their time harassing Jews on the internet than make their deadlines

[lordzuuko]

We all got that 4th Secret Ending which is the real happy ending, right? When Pinocchio remembered who Romeo was? :') Print

#lies of p #promeo #carmeo #pinocchio #romeo #my art #there was obviously no way i would NOT draw for this game #i am obsessed with it and it's my GOTY i don't care what anyone says T_T #the amount of time i spent on the puppet string is insane it was almost removed but i salvaged it because no way i would let it go to waste #we might be a tiny fandom but i adore this game and i just needed to express it <3

[chanrizard]

[shoves seungmin and han out of the picture] that's my beautiful wife NoNo

+ bonus:

#beautiful girls all over the world i could be chasin' but my time would be wasted #they got nothin' on youuuuuuu baby nothin' on youuuuuu baby #bystay #staysource #createskz #linosource #dancerachasource #stray kids #lee know #usersun #userlau #usertsu #melontrack #meltracks #usersemily #dreamytag #userbeepls #le mie creature #my heart is minho shaped

[disteal]

Crucial advice but if you have a post that randomly pops off and invites swarms of angry ppl doing dumb discourse in the replies or tags then cut her off babe. Mute her, delete her, whatever. She broke containment and she’s not your baby anymore. It’s no longer a random thought sharted onto your blog at 1am for 6 people who know wtf you’re talking abt specifically, you are now OP to these people and they’re firing off weird takes that are so offputting. Spending your precious hours getting mad at random posters from outside containment is not enriching for you. Take her round back and put her down. Peace and love on planet earth.

#dis.txt #i see this mistake all the time like the endless arguing in retweets it’s not cute #it’s giving waste of time #i pop into that celebrity post every 6 months to blow a raspberry in the replies and then i LEAVE and i FORGET #otherwise i would go NUTS

[viro-lil-goat]

#the amazing digital circus #tadc #tadc fanart #tadc comic #fanart #tadc jax #tadc gangle #tadc zooble #tadc kinger #tadc ragatha #tadc pomni #the amazing digital circus pomni #tadc comic: armed #finally finished took 20+ hours #in total #rlly should stop being such a perfectionist. next pages would be most likely less detailed i dont want to spend so much time on each page #overdone human fellas on the first page so gonna turn that into portraits so that its not wasted #thinking of doing a version in Ukrainian but lettering took me long enough already #drew one ship fanart of pomni x ragatha and then went straight to pomni x existential crisis #already started drawing the aftermath #my art #tw implied self harm #tw implied violence #tw breakdown #tw mental breakdown #tw implied dissociation #tw implied psychosis

[theartthatleavesthemark]

i think blackbeard took one look at jack rackham and concluded he was charles' side piece and that was the only possible reason he had brought him onto his crew in the first place. and nothing either of them ever did gave him reason to question that conclusion.

#black sails #blackbeard: flint and i share a sincere confusion why charles would ever have wasted any time on you #also blackbeard (and flint): charles has a thing for conniving self-obsessed schemers this is not surprising at all

[willowser]

oh. kirishima is that guy that tries to go on date after date after date and it just. never works out.

so genuinely into it, even has butterflies ! but he's at home getting ready and buttoning up his shirt and he takes a last look in the mirror and — he just wishes it was with you.

his date that night is so great and lovely and funny, but there are little moments when he looks at their face and feels a deep ache in his heart because he shouldn't want for someone else while a wonderful individual is sitting right there in front of him. but he does. thinks about what you would order to eat, to drink, if you would let him hold your hand on the way back to the train station, if you'd let him kiss you goodnight. just a small one, even.

and it doesn't help when he returns to work the following monday, just for you to gently knock on his office door, all bright-eyed and curious.

"so...how did it go? are we hearing wedding bells yet?"

his date was great. 10/10. he laughed and he joked and he blushed at their flirting and even texted them afterwards to make sure they got home alright. just as he's done with all the previous ones.

"nah," kirishima rubs the back of his neck and smiles lamely. hopes you read his disappointment as how the date didn't go and not over who it wasn't with. "plenty of fish in the sea, right?"

"aw, kiri, you'll find someone that's great for you soon, i know it!" you frown at him and he feels the back of his eyes sting, his chest grow heavy with all the things he wish he could say to you.

"yeah, no, you're right!"

but he just can't.

#he's literally sitting there having a great time and then his date goes to the bathroom #and he disassociates for the next 5 minutes wondering how different it would be with you #and then when they come back he tries to smile and laugh and go right back into it #but he actually feels SICK bc this person doesn't deserve to have their time wasted :( #but he can't stop thinking about how much he wishes it was you WAAAAHHHH #Bye #✿ willow writes #✿ thoughts: kirishima