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so many pointless arguments about which elf is the tallest, the most beautiful, etc, etc. it's simple.

the tallest elf is whichever elf Tolkien is talking about at the moment.

the most beautiful elf is always luthien and the second most beautiful elf is whoever tolkien is talking at the moment

#sir the man is already dead please don't drag him like this #like a corpse behind your chariot as you do donuts in the parking lot SIR #(gender neutral) #jrr tolkien #lmaooooo #silmarillion #elves #lotr

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The iron hand of Götz von Berlichingen (1480-1562), a knight and mercenary who lost his right arm in a siege [640×360]

#knights #history #prosthetics #badass dudes #gotz von berlichingen #poetry

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please stop reblogging sylvia plath poetry 

#this #literature #history #writers #authors #people #prejudice #bigotry

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"We'll fix it in post" is a phrase from the film industry, but it is inherently funnier when it's spoken by a writer because--tragic--you are also the post-production team.

#writing #movies #funny stuff #fix it in post

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#fuck. yeah. #jessica valenti #truth #abortion #women #pro choice #forced birth extremists #conservatives #republicans #christians #assholes #america #politics

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Pour one out for all of Aulë's other law-abiding Maiar who are never again going to be trusted with anything of importance for the rest of history

#lmaooooo #aule #maiar #saruman #sauron #lotr #dark lords #WHOOPS

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#oh this is ADORABLE #all the details! #i love little gollum and the balrog and the dead dwarves in the bottom under moria! #and the tower-tower-volcano in the bg ahhh #and the CHARACTER in all their faces!! #lotr #the fellowship

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Love the idea that Thranduil is still not thrilled about his son marrying a dwarf (old prejudices die hard for equally old stubborn elves) but as soon as the two land in Valinor, it is on sight for anyone who even looks at Gimli the wrong way. Like, that is his family line you're speaking about and to disrespect the dwarf is to disrespect his son and to disrespect his son is to disrespect HIM. No one's allowed to ask how it was possible for Gimli to even BE here in front of Thranduil without him being like " because he is my son's husband and the gods seem to agree that my son is a special baby boy who can do what he wants. You gonna disagree with the gods? Didn't think so, begone with your stupid fucking questions."

#also you gotta know that spite-king thranduil will immediately shift from irritated to FUCKING THRILLED #the minute he realizes that any of the High Elves are less-than-thrilled by gimli's existance and/or marriage #because sure he may not have been pleased himself initially but gimli IS charming and DOES clearly adore legolas BUT #the most IMPORTANT PART #is that a bunch of the noldor and vanyar are like ''ew dwarf'' and EVEN BETTER some of the noldor are jealous that the ONLY DWARF IN AMAN #is there with a WOOD-ELF and not one of their precious smiths HA HA HA HA SUCK IT KINSLAYERS #thranduil is having ten times better an afterlife than he expected to and it's all because of gimli #thranduil #gimli #gimleaf #lotr #aman #lotr headcanons

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If sometimes the graves of heroes in Middle-Earth seem to have something, some fate, some enchantment, laid over them, like in any good legend -- that flowers or grass will ever grow over them, or they shall never be violated -- what happens if it's the resting place of an elf and the elf is reborn? Does it last? That grave is not really theirs anymore, cannot be; one can't have two bodies. There cannot be a corpse there anymore, but even as a symbol it falls apart -- there is no need for a grave for the living.

If Gondolin had not drowned, what would have happened with Glorfindel's cairn once he was returned? What about Finrod's?

Was it the earth itself showing its love? Do the flowers that grew where Glorfindel was buried now grow beneath his window in Rivendell?

#glorfindel #graves #death #elves #elvish reembodiment #lotr #lotr meta

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I don’t spend a ton of time thinking about Gimli and Legolas, but I saw some lovely Gigolas art earlier this week that got me into that line of thought and I must say that the extreme parallelism here really is very satisfying:

Gimli to Legolas (Two Towers, The White Rider):

“You are a Wood-elf, anyway, though elves of any kind are strange folk. Yet you comfort me. Where you go, I will go.”

Legolas to Gimli (Two Towers, Helm’s Deep):

“You are a dwarf, and dwarves are strange folk. I do not like this place, and I shall like it no more by the light of day. But you comfort me, Gimli, and I am glad to have you standing nigh.”

It’s also pretty charming that the formula for light flirting in Middle Earth appears to be, “Hey, you’re a real weirdo, but I feel better when you’re around.”

#ugh they echo each other SO DAMN MUCH #it's subtle and yet it's also really damn blatant and it's above all beautiful #legolas at amon hen quoting literally the first thing gimli says in the book before the fellowship even leaves? #something that apparently stuck with him SO DEEPLY that it's been living in his brain the entire journey? #said before he and gimli were even friends? before they even really KNEW each other? #like are we meant thus to understand that ''faithless is he that says farewell'' is the FIRST THING that legolas really noticed about him?? #and everyone always forgets that gimli echoed legolas's ''stands not alone'' outside meduseld too! #but like...legolas especially doesn't have a lot of dialogue okay #so the fact that some of his most memorable lines are either quoting or quoted by gimli??? #HE WILL NOT PASS THE WIDE WATERS LONELY SAILING BECAUSE GIMLI WILL GO WITH HIM #BECAUSE GIMLI'S LOVE IS GIVEN TO THE MORNING NOT THE EVENING #AND IN THE END HE WILL NOT STAY IN A MIDDLE-EARTH WHERE ALL THE FAIR FOLK HAVE DEPARTED NO #HE WILL GO WITH LEGOLAS IN THAT GREY SHIP WHERE NO DWARF HAS EVER GONE BEFORE #THEY NEVER STOP TRAVELLING TOGETHER AFTER THE QUEST Y'ALL I AM NOT OKAY #this ship sails itself all the way to valinor #gimleaf #gimli #legolas #lotr

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if he was still alive I know in my heart that Terry Pratchett would have done a bit about Igors and Igorinas doing gender confirmation surgery by now. going into a lab full of bubbling vials and picking out a penis from a tank the way you pick a lobster. that one, please. you gotta be careful though because they'll really try to upsell you into getting two or three installed. people going to the clinic as pairs and just having parts swapped out for a discounted rate. maybe you actually just trade brains, that's even easier. Igorth have already been doing that thurgery for thenturieth.

#OH MY GODS #gnu sir terry #discworld #brilliance #fanfiction #samuel vimes #igor #transness #gender queerness #funny stuff

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#comics #brilliance #identity #parenting #doing it wrong #queerness

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you know i have never heard a convincing arguement as to why AO3 should not moderate the content that is posted to their website and i think a lot of the arguement against moderation on AO3 boils down to, terminally online people thinks community moderation is the same as government censorship and personally sending the cops to someone’s house to arrest them irl/

#if you've never heard a convincing argument against censorship it's because you've chosen not to listen #or maybe just chosen not to care #because at heart you want to censor everything that you dislike #because you think yours are the only opinions and standards that are valid and you believe all people should be forced to abide by them #your feelings do not get to dictate the lives of others #censorship #AO3 #fanfiction #doing it right

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started reading The Two Towers

#lmaooooo #yep #three hunters #lotr

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Happy 32nd birthday to my sibling @awesomepaste who requested Boromir and Faramir being happy for their birthday present. And why shouldn't they get to be happy?

#oh this is lovely #faramir #boromir #lotr

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I think Dior deserves a beard and almost completely round ears. Just some real human vibes coming off this guy if you ask me. Iconic how he told the Feanorians to fuck off (king shit) and forgot that the girdle was gone (less king shit).

Side bar, I think it would be very much the vibe if he wore golden ear caps sometimes for appearing more elven purposes. also I am so unwell about the Nauglamir getting the silmarillion glued into it.

#dior #oh that ear-cap thing is fucking brilliant #lotr headcanons #lotr #doriath #nauglamir

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#oh fuck you and fuck me too #okay FINE #i WILL then UGH #but i won't be HAPPY about it #putting this right back in the queue to fuck with us all again whenever that rolls around again #wips