Now that I'm done with school, and am on vacation this week, I can finally work on projects I've been putting off for months. Look at the cute bookshelves in my room! (This room is my office/reading room/art room/writing room. It has pink walls!) I only had two shelves, but got another from IKEA, and finally was able to put out the rest of the books I had sitting on the floor. At some point, I'll arrange the books in some sort of order, but for now, this will do.
There's my Hannibal doll, my Legolas, my Jean-Luc Picard, my Ninth Doctor with a dalek, my little yarn nook. I am just going to sit here and grin at my shelves. Whee!
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2 days post-the wrath of the lamb. no i am not feeling better. yes i've rewatched the last 6 minutes over and over and over and over. no i can't stop sobbing to 'love crime.' no i have never ever before consumed a piece of television that has made me feel the way the hannibal finale has. hope this helps
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As an archivist, thinking about the right to be forgotten in a specifically archival context, and the idea that not everyone wants their stories or their records to be made available to anyone/for everyone; that often, what a community judges to be the best preservation for their own histories and culture is not what is beneficial to outsiders, especially outside academics.
More specifically, thinking about this in the context of Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit/The Silmarillion/other Legendarium books as “historical” texts. Thinking about maybe the “authors” not writing everything down because they understand the power of stories and how the telling of a thing grants a certain power over it, over how it is known and spread, and positions the teller as a figure of authority over what (and who) is depicted.
We already know that Bilbo is an unreliable narrator, that he changes things and leaves things out. There were a few posts and fics years ago, when the Hobbit movies came out, about Bilbo befriending a young Estel in Rivendell and deliberately leaving that out of his stories at Gandalf/Elrond’s request. What other things might he have left out, perhaps, out of respect for his friends in the Company and their desire to keep their culture and language private and closed?
Pengolodh compiling the Annals of Beleriand from which came the greater part of The Silmarillion - but he was in Gondolin for much of the First Age, and would have had to rely on other sources to give an account of the rest of Beleriand. Who did he talk to? What might they have said and not said, and what might they have requested he include or keep out?
Anyways, the Legendarium as an archive, something actively created and shaped by the different people in and around it, who both added things and left things out unintentionally or by design or on request.
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Hello! I was told that you needed help dealing with an evil plate?
-@bird-of-all-trades
YES CAN YOU PLEASE GET THIS PLATE AND MY ANCESTORS TO FUCK OFF
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WIP Wednesday
Tagged by @sheirukitriesfandom, thank you! I tag @nostalgic-breton-girl, @dirty-bosmer, and @boethiahspillowbook. : )
Have a morning-in-the-Worldwound snippet:
Isanna woke at dawn—or what passed for dawn in the Worldwound—out of habit rather than any clear indication of sunlight. She readied herself in all but her assorted plate armor and grabbed her scimitar, then crawled out of her tent and made her way to the small cliff at the edge of the camp.
She took a deep, cleansing breath and opened her heart to her goddess, then began the series of exercises that served both as practice and prayer, martial art and meditation. When she had gone three-quarters through the routine, she saw Regill approach from the corner of her eye, but gave no indication that she had noticed save to allow herself a small smile that lingered on her lips until she was finished.
“Good morning, Regill,” she said, sheathing her scimitar without looking at him. He moved to her side as she sat on her heels, and she turned to him with a smile to let him know she hadn’t minded him watching. “When was the last time you saw the sun rise outside of the Worldwound?”
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People were sending you random facts so i thought i'd contribute :)
Also australia once declared war against emus and lost.
-worm anon
I see. Your facts always differ a bit, don't they. That's nice I like that
What's emus-? Ohh shit wait, that's a bird isn't it?? What the fuck were they trying to do there and what were they expecting to happen.
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15 questions, 15 people
Tagged by @cricketnationrise. <3
1. Are you named after anyone?
Yes and no. My dad wanted name number one. My mom wanted name number two (which was after her favorite actress). They compromised with name number three, but my mom---and everyone else---called me by my nickname that my mom gave me, which was the actress' name, and worked as a shortened version of name number three. So I guess she won.
2. When was the last time you cried?
When I dropped my kid off at his dorm for the first time.
3. Do you have kids?
One. That's plenty for me.
4. What sports do you play/have played?
Nothing on a team. Does yoga count? I box. I'm also a certified battle ropes specialist.
5. Do you use sarcasm?
Fluently.
6. What's the first thing you notice about people?
Their eyes and then their smile.
7. What’s your eye color?
Hazel.
8. Scary movies or happy endings??
Scary movies with a happy ending---particularly of the feminist final girl ilk.
9. Any talents?
Writing.
10. Where were you born?
Chicago.
11. What are your hobbies?
Writing, reading, sewing, knitting, listening to music, writing papers (for real).
12. Do you have any pets?
Two torties.
13. How tall are you?
5' 6.5"
14. Favorite subject in school?
Grammar school - writing and science; high school - English lit and bio; my undergrad major was English Lit with a creative writing concentration and secondary ed minor. My graduate degree was in Liberal Arts, so at least I'm consistent.
15. Dream job?
Writer---but I do really like my job (I'm an educational administrator and occasionally do consulting work) which involves stuff I enjoy: writing, editing, working with people, ABAR/DEI, working with children, creating policies and procedures.
Inviting the following 15 people to play along, if they'd like to:
@mamashitty. @labelleizzy. @paperheartsandparachutes. @fragile-teacup. @theseavoices. @devereauxsdisease. @paolarq. @antiparse
@lttrsfrmlnrrgby. @annechen-melo. @evertonem. @zacharybosch. @teluete. @sakon76. @rembrandtswife
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TIME SENSITIVE QUESTION HOW DO I GET AROUND A PACK OF RHYDON THAT'S BLOCKING THE EXIT
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I’ve gotta admit today has been fucking horrific and I saw this and started crying
But like /pos lmao
Thank you beloved 🫶 ilysm and will be texting u tomorrow u know about what
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This is bad. We got Hoshi and Shinzo back out and locked Fuku in the basement. And put up one of the sofas against the door for good measure. I'm not sure how long it and Fuku can hold back... whatever the fuck's going on with her.
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