Wandering, but not aimlessly

"Dust in the air suspended . . ." Wordsmith, INFJ. Holmes/Watson, LOTR & Hobbit, Star Trek. Stavia_Scott_Grayson on AO3.

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Limerick of the Rings 💍

The ongoing saga of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings as told by a drunken bard, one limerick at a time, every few days as long as people ❤️ reblog & comment ✍️

(Who says epic poetry's dead?)

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There once was a hobbit from the Shire Whom a wizard once came to inquire    “If adventures you’d see    Why don’t you come with me? Your particular skills we require…”

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2 Gandalf said “You must carry this ring.  (It was truly some dangerous bling)    This gold ring of power    Your soul could devour  Though of all Middle Earth you’d be King…”

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3 “So to Mordor we need you to go  To the top of its high volcano    This precious gold ring     Into its heart fling” Frodo found it too hard to say no

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4 Frodo went on his way with a friend  (Sam the gardener stayed till the end)    And so the little crew grew     (Pipp and Merry came too) Because on hobbits you can depend 

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5 So our little crew got underway, (Though they should have gone yesterday)    A group of black riders    (Invisible fighters) Almost caught them, but they got away.

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6 Our merry band made it to Bree And found at the Prancing Pony     That beer comes in pints!    Making all their nights  (Because they are wee folk you see)

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7 At the pub they met up with a ranger (And Gandalf had said - trust this stranger) The man’s name was Strider (A real outsider) Who knew they were in horrible danger...

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8  At night ring-wraiths came into their room  And stood over their beds in the gloom    But our boys were prepared    (That's because they were scared!) And they'd fled in the night from their doom. 

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9 They ran till they felt they would drop And made it to old Weathertop    They could not ’scape their fate    Of fighting ring-wraiths (Because they never know when to stop)

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10 Then poor Frodo was stabbed with a blade Which was cursed from the day it was made      He was saved in due course    By an elf on a horse (It’s a good thing she wasn’t delayed!)

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11 His fever made poor Frodo shiver When the riders trapped them at the river    But without delay    It swept them away In a flood that Elrond delivered.

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12 To Rivendell they made their way Where Frodo turned out A-OK    And while he was healing     Elrond called a meeting  Since everyone wanted a say

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13 The council soon decided Mt Doom Was the best place the ring to entomb     (Since that way it otta    Melt down in its lava) Again Frodo the task would assume

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14 So three hobbits, two men and an elf A stout dwarf and then Frodo himself   And Gandalf of course   But nary a horse So the band then could move with great stealth

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15 Strider turned out to be Aragorn  (His father was the King Arathorne)    He did not want to rule   (Though some called him a fool) But leading the party he'd sworn

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16 So the nine called each other friend And vowed to be true till the end    Then the elves reforged    Aragon’s broken sword They got underway yet again…

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17 To the Misty Mountains they went Although they all knew the ascent    Just might kill them all    (From the cold or a fall) They all knew what failure meant…

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18 For the hobbits, it proved way too cold (Because barefoot is how they all rolled)    So they had to turn back    And take another track For their heroic tale to unfold…

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19 So now back down the mountain they hiked Gimli had an idea he hyped     Through the mines they should go   ( Moria don’t you know) For a dwarvish feast they were all psyched!

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20 When they reached the door to the mine Our adventurers found a design    Or rather a riddle    (Right there in the middle) Who’s secret they must now divine…

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21 The message said “Speak friend and enter” (Some nameless elf was the inventor)    They sat there and thought    (And got overwrought) But never considered surrender…

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22 It was Merry though in the end Who asked “What’s the Elvish for ‘friend’?” When someone said “Mellon” The door swung right open So down in the mine they’d descend…

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23 But the mines were as still as a tomb And they wandered the halls in the gloom Amid all the stones All they found were dwarf bones And a book that detailed their doom…

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The enemy turned out to be orcs (Everyone guessed that of course) Though fighters renowned The orcs cut the dwarfs down Since they overwhelmed them in force…

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25

But a helmet dropped down in a well

And clattered and clanked as it fell

They tried to be quiet

(Who wants an orc riot?)

Were they even still here? Who could tell?

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They waited in silence and dread With visions of orcs in their heads Suddenly, there’s a sound And the nine gathered round And prepared for the battle ahead…

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Worse than just orcs - they had a troll! (One they barely could seem to control) When the fight started The troll they outsmarted (Instead of it eating them whole)

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They killed all the orcs in the end (the ring bearer they had to defend) The troll almost got him Which would have been rotten And a fate that I’d not recommend…

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29 Circumstances were still very grave. But our band of brothers was brave Through the stone halls they ran (Though not much of a plan) They all had to get out of this cave!

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30

They came to the stairs and they climbed

But a bellowing came from behind

A balrog! (A daemon

Who wanted to eat them)

A fiercer foe you’d never find!

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When they crossed a bridge Gandalf stayed back To stop the balrog on their track    A fiery daemon     Could our wizard beat him? Then the monster came on the attack…

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High above the molten morass

Gandalf cried “You shall not pass!”

The fiery fiend

Bellowed and screamed

But the wizard remained, bold as brass

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Spitting spells of his magical craft

Gandolf struck the stone bridge with his staff

The balrog’s eyes flamed

The wizard remained

The one obstacle blocking its path…

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34

When the Fellowship had crossed the bridge

They turned to Gandolf to encourage

The old man to cross

(Since all was not lost)

But the battle was on a knife’s edge…

[artemisastarte]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[scribble-dee-vee]

Seeing a bunch of writing posts lately like “it’s okay if you only wrote a couple hundred words today :))”

As someone with a full time job, diverse hobbies, and a commitment to proper rest/self care, I would amend that. It’s okay if you don’t write anything at all on MOST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE. You’re still a writer if you’re passionate about creating stories and putting words on paper when time allows. Life is busy and full of possibility, and that’s beautiful, actually. Kill the hypercapitalist productivity demon in your head.

[artemisastarte]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[allieinarden]

*kicks down your door* GAUDETE GAUDETE CHRISTUS EST NATUS EX MARIIIIIA VIRGINEEE GAUDETEEEEEE

*yanks out a tambourine* TEMPUS ADEST GRATIAAAAE HOC QUOD OPTABAAAAAMUS CARMINA LAETITIAAAAE DEVOTAE REDAAAAMUS, GAU–

[english-history-trip]

It’s that special tiiime of yeeear…

[english-history-trip]

Strap in, folks, it’s drum-whacking time

[marta-bee]

Now imagine this being belted out by Arthur Shappey.

[artemisastarte]

I love this.

[schmergo]

When I walk into the mall and see Christmas decorations up the day after Halloween, I feel the same way Hamlet did when his mom married his annoying uncle so shortly after his father’s death.

[english-history-trip]

Thrift, thrift, Horatio! the Halloween Mars Bars/Did coldly furnish forth the Christmas stockings

[artemisastarte]

I bloody love this.

[block]

reblog if you need a hug

[northerlygale-deactivated202307]

Reblog to give the person you reblogged this from a much needed hug

[suzypfonne]

Before January 2025:

If you are a USAmerican in a relationship that might be affected by legislation that dissolves same-sex marriages, who may no longer be recognized as next-of-kin, especially if you have children, get your rights in writing!

Your marriage certificate may not be enough to prove you have rights to make medical decisions for non-biological children or for a same-sex spouse or partner.

Go to a lawyer, get it spelled out as clearly as possible that you have a voice in emergency medical and legal situations.

[irisbleufic]

For those of us who aren’t lawyers or well-versed in law generally, can someone clarify what kind of document, by name, people should be drafting with their lawyers? Is it a type of letter, or is there a name for this classification of document? I’m aware that it probably varies by US state, but a lot of people are likely feeling extremely lost right now and don’t know where to start on this. I definitely don’t. I live in a state that isn’t likely to nullify existing marriages or prevent new ones from taking place, but who knows what they’re going to try at the national level and enforce from the top down.

[suzypfonne]

Power of Attorney should cover most partners and spouses to ensure that they will be making each other's health care decisions in cases of serious illness. LGBTQ+ spouses and domestic partners must execute proper Health Care Power of Attorney documents listing each other as the highest priority agents for making each other's health care decisions in case of incapacity.

Here's a resource from GLAD.

[chaotic-archaeologist]

Survival During Turmoil

This semester I've been teaching an Ancient Civilizations class for college freshmen—that's how it's listen in the course catalog: Ancient Civilization. But that's not how I've personally been referring to the class.

I've been calling it Ancestral Civilizations and stressing at every turn that, while these civilizations no longer exist, they are not entirely gone. To call them dead or extinct or lost negates the fact that through every time of turmoil and collapse, people have lived.

People lived through the Bronze Age Collapse or the fall of the Mayan Empire or the dissolution of a Chinese dynasty. They got up in the morning and combed their hair and tended their crops and nurtured their children. They were uncertain then just as we are now, and nevertheless, they persisted. So will we.

The archaeological record is full of evidence of that day to day persistence, just like it will be full of ours. Everything you do is important—every moment of joy you snatch or quotidian defiance matters. Your life and your history matters.

Talk to your friends and loved ones. Make something. Come up with plans for the future. Keep living during tumultuous times. Persist.

[amethystineprose]

#and if you can't manage it through hope#manage it through sheer spite (@thewanderingarchaeologist

[slasheru]

hello again (bill clinton limewire voice) my fellow americans

There are a few states that actually have Shield/Refuge laws designed to help trans people fleeing from trans-unsafe states, which also guarantee trans folks access to healthcare. These states are:

California

Colorado

Illinois

Oregon

Vermont

Washington

Minnesota

New Mexico

Maine

Massachusetts

Rhode Island

Connecticut

Washington D.C.

Additionally, some states have "trans sanctuary" executive orders signifying safety for trans folks seeking healthcare. These states are:

Maryland

New Jersey

New York

Living as a resident in these states means you are protected by state's rights and state government to continue or begin receiving trans healthcare. These laws have been codified in their states so everything has been a-ok'd by their state governments.

Stay alive. You got this. I love you.

[thebluestcowboy]

We’re going to hear a lot of stupid bullshit over the next few days/months/years about how Harris/the Democrats failed to win over men, or young people, or uneducated voters, or those worried about the economy, or whatever….but the truth is this: this country hates women and minorities; its citizens understand fuck all about the economy; and the people are incredibly susceptible to outright lies, scams and fascist values

[artemisastarte]

You're not wrong.

[zeuwuse]

the reason why Neil Gaiman's news was so shocking for his fans was because it made us rethink all the men we consider safe.

and the possibility of those men not being actually safe is devastating.

[artemisastarte]

To be honest, very few men are safe. The only men I know whom I feel remotely comfortable around are gay.

That includes men in my family. They're like dogs: you never really know when they will turn and savage you..

[vikingofficial-deactivated20241]

[inevitablies]

November in the Sherlock Holmes Canon

[always-too-many-daisies]

I've noticed there isn't many gifs out there from the last season so here I go. I've just watched The Dying Detective today and I really liked Jeremy in it. He's amazing.

[artemisastarte]

I love Edward Hardwicke as Watson. (Love Jeremy too, obviously!)

[granada-brett-crumbs]

November 3 1933 ❤︎

[artemisastarte]

Going to reread SFISYF again in its entirety before I post the next chapter. Having major doubts though: I see so many flaws and glitches. The nearer I get to the end of it, the less certain I feel and the more I worry about disappointing people or letting them down.

Anyway, on the ferry to France now. Deep breath, and on we go.