Aqun-Athlok

Sam | Trans/genderqueer, he/him they/them | Pansexual | 17 | Capricorn | "and my axe" | Hufflepuff | WITNESS ME | feminist | weeb trash | East Coast, USA | Intensely lazy, highly impatient, dwarvenly stubborn | icon by Keepers-of-the-tor |

[wlwocprincess]

Can they not advertise 50 Shades literally everywhere??? The movie is 100% about sex like?? Children exist, Straight People??

Y'all say that the LGBT community pushes agendas everywhere yet so far I’ve seen hetero sex on billboards, ads, commercials, buses, etc.

[jessthecheesewitch]

Because at the end of the day, for some reason straight people genuinely believe that BDSM sex between a white heterosexual couple is more acceptable than a gay couple holding hands in the background of a Disney channel show.

[stormcrows-archive]

are you a lace or velvet person?? mountains or fields?? paperback or hard cover?? rose bush or fruit tree??

[bruhita-deactivated20190224]

how is the “annoying orange” doing??? is he okay?? has he calmed down

[alexander]

hes the president now

[shoomlah]

Always here to support the National Park Service and the great work they do. ❤️🏞

[angrylildwarf]

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[selkieonthewaves]

Okay, so if you’re only familiar with the movies, then you don’t know this, but in the Lord of the Rings books when Boromir dies, Legolas and Aragorn sing a song at his funeral (no Gimli doesn’t sing). Now when I read the books, I fell in love with this song, because it’s a beautiful poem, and you should go read it. 

Well I was thinking about it again today, and one thing that still impresses me, is that canonically, Aragorn and Legolas come up with this on the spot. There doesn’t appear to be any moment in which they sit down and write this, they just sing. And it can’t be a standard funeral song because it specifically references Boromir and their journey

Now the real reason the poem is so nice is because Tolkien was a poet and loved to fit as much poetry as he logically and illogically could into his works, and naturally he had plenty of time to revise this death-song and made it beautiful, but I came up with an in-text explanation as well.

So I’ve decided that clearly this is a well practiced skill for elves and people raised by elves. They obviously spend evenings sitting in halls coming up with spontaneous poetry which they then recite to the crowds. I am adamantly convinced this happens. Seriously, read up on Tolkien’s elves and tell me I’m being unrealistic.

But to the point, thinking about this, I decided that naturally most of the poetry we see from the elves is beautiful and flowing and elegant because that’s the style they’re familiar with. But if introduced to other styles of poetry, they likely could do quite well

So what I’m saying is, elves would be really good at freestyle rapping

[argumate]

damn, I was yelling Elvish rap battles! before I got halfway through the post

[sometimesophie]

YES. ALL OF THIS. 

I only have two tiny things to contribute to this post: 

If you are like me and love the Lament for Boromir, you absolutely need to go listen to this version by @everywindintheriver. She does a lot of setting Tolkien poetry to music, but this remains one of my absolute favorites; it’s quite beautiful and haunting. 

Elvish rap battles are 100% canon. In Silmarillion version of “The Tale of Beren and Luthien,” there’s a bit where Sauron captures Beren and Finrod Felagund while they’re on a quest, and “Felagund strove with Sauron in songs of power” or, in other words, they literally had a contest where they sang poetry at each other and tried to destroy each other with their words, so. Elvish rap battles definitely definitely happened. 

[sarkyfancypants]

People will say Junkrat is the new Jared Leto-like bad guy with a crazed super edgy fandom like the Once-Ler once had.

But in truth Junkrat is probably as villainous as this guy

[lesbianprince]

[blows a kiss] for every autistic member of the lgbt community

[joshanddrake]

[constantlyconfusedchris]

#remember that one time icarly decided to break all the rules and throw a random confused Drake in the middle of one of their scenes? #because i sure do

[dismalboii]

i cried so much

[the-movemnt-deactivated20170912]

#DontNormalizeHate PSA shows parallels between Muslim registry and Japanese internment

[flamingbluepanda]

REVLOGGING AFAIN CAUSE THERES SO FEW NOTES

[ubercharge]

hey.

[ubercharge]

hey.

[sunnychespin]

We did it again people, reblog to get some divine intervention and never miss a saving throw again

[ubuyo]

this is the palutena of crits, reblog in the next 30 seconds to roll nat20s without fail forever

[mymodernmet]

On April 8, 2014, Philadelphia Zoo welcomed three new little ones to their home as a Black-footed Cat named Aza gave birth to an adorable litter of kittens. The first ever Black-footed Cats ever born at the zoo, the kittens— named Drogon, Rhaegal and Viserion—are little, black-footed felines native to southern Africa.

[ravynalexa]

Important.

[rehamiltom]

Is Elizabeth Warren a modern day Hamilton? What can you possibly say that is SIXTEEN PAGES? I’m assuming that’s typed too.

[bananaleaves]

Here’s the letter in question

[lulabo]

That 16 pages includes works cited in the footnotes sourcing every claim she makes about the current state of education in the US, DeVos’s background, and and progress made under the Obama administration. This is not just a letter excoriating a candidate for an opposing view; it’s also a letter that plainly lays out the responsibilities the Secretary of Education will have and the implications of those responsibilities. The footnotes offer links to press releases, newspaper article, and government documents as evidence for Senator Warren’s claims.

Esstentially, this is Senator Warren saying: I did my fucking homework and you can read it for yourself right here; what are you gonna do for our students?

[lionelgayheart-deactivated20180]

critical role stuff from twitter over the past few days!! two keyleths and a shaun

[aroace-tanuma]

So how ‘bout that Aro/Ace Jughead Jones?

Bonus:

[amuzed1-deactivated20241106]

A movie about three black female mathematicians is beating Affleck and Scorsese at the box office

"Hidden Figures,” set during the height of NASA's space race, dominated the box office for the second weekend in a row.

“Hidden Figures” topped the box office for the second weekend in a row. The movie is on track to earn more than $25 million at the box office from just the holiday weekend, after garnering nearly $23 million the weekend before.

The success of “Hidden Figures” comes as debates over racial diversity and gender pay equity dominate Hollywood. And its stars have pointed to the film as proof that movies helmed by black women are not inherent commercial risks.

“I have been told my entire career ‘Black women can’t open films domestically or internationally.’ Well anything is possible,” star Taraji P. Henson wrote on Instagram after the movie’s opening weekend, when it took the No. 1 spot at the box office. “Most importantly this proves that PEOPLE LIKE GOOD MATERIAL. HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GENDER OR RACE. Agreed?!”’

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With “Hidden Figures,” what audiences are saying is “give us more, we will go,” Silverstein said.

“It’s a feel-good movie, an upbeat movie, a movie about STEM that stars three black women: This is like the anathema to what we think most Hollywood is, which is these big tent-pole movies,” Silverstein said.

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When such movies do well, it may cause decision-makers to rethink what it takes to appeal to a broad audience.

“This illuminates the need for diversity and inclusive storytelling all year long,” Silverstein said. “There is a market for these [films], and if the movie’s good, it will sell.”

[effyeffa]

when you go back to daydreaming after having been interrupted and your brain does a previously on of your fantasy