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mein gott.... It's my 12 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

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you know what gets me about lord of the rings? evil is defeated by people who choose to fight against it without possessing absolute, or even very much, conviction that they can actually win. all the converging story threads that lead to the happy ending are carried out by people who are far, far more convinced that they will fail than that they will succeed, who had only the frailest, most foolish hope, who had blind faith and frequently wavering hearts not peace or ease or certainty.

middle earth isn’t saved because no one faltered or came close to despairing or who sank to their knees in weary defeat. it’s not saved by pride or conviction or even strength. it’s saved because enough people do what they have to do even if they have to do it in the darkness. in the dust. with the ashes of hopelessness and bitterness in their mouths. because enough people took another step. Frodo, Sam, Gandalf, Aragorn, Theoden, Boromir, Faramir, Merry, Pippin. And many don’t. For every hero there is someone who gives into the “reasonableness” of despair—Saruman, Denethor, Grima, even Gollum—but enough. Enough people said “it doesn’t matter if we lose, I will keep fighting” and then they do.

And that GETS me. It is the most hopeful thing about the lord of the rings to me. There is so much that sums up its spirit, so many beautiful quotes and moments, but to me it’s never been the most famous of the quotes about hope and love that hit me hardest but a line from the films. Before the battle for Minas Tirith, one of the soldiers says “we cannot defeat the armies of Mordor” and Theoden answers “no. but we will meet them in battle nonetheless.”

And I—That is the spirit that leads to the conquering of evil when it comes down to it, when we’re talking about the part played by humanity alone in the fight against evil. Not the conviction you’re going to win, not farsightedness into a perfect future, not perfect inner peace or certainty. But acceptance of the real possibility of defeat, of that defeat being more the reality, the future, of your life than the victory, and then doing the damn thing anyway because goodness is worth fighting for even if you lose.

[howlsophie]

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Evening - Ponyo dir. Hayao Miyazaki (2008)

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From up on Poppy Hill - dir. Goro Miyazaki (2011)

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Only Yesterday - dir. Isao Takahata (1991)

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From up on Poppy Hill - dir. Goro Miyazaki (2011)

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Yubaba’s house (part 1) - Spirited Away - dir. Hayao Miyazaki (2001)

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Only a few pages into Tongari Boushi no Atelier (Atelier of Witch Hat) and it's SO pretty..!! I know i said this about Shounen Note but this ,,, this manga is really truly the prettiest art i've ever seen. 

i also finished reading (up to date) Fumetusu no Anata e (To You, The Immortal) and tbh,, it's meaningful and fascinating but it's really a heavy read so I shouldn't have binged it in one night. I thought it was gonna be around the same mood as Koe no Katachi but it's heavier than that, whoops

I sort of went a bit crazy looking up these sort of serious, fantastical mangas so now i have 14 on my reading list

[25th]

Natsume Yuujinchou Roku → Nyanko-sensei + breaks

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natsume yuujinchou chapter 46.. broke me... ...

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i missed manga so i started reading Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare (now up to date!) and Natsume Yuujinchou (only at chapter 4)...

i love ooff it’s a really well done shoujo (not cringey and surprisingly realistic about relationships n people) !!!! and natsuyuu is surprisingly heartwarming, supernatural mangas aren’t my thing so i didn’t expect to love it as much as i do. 

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                                                Protecting the master… is supposed to be my job!

[allenswalkers]

                                           The scattering sadness, your song                                                   my lonely life that has no whereabouts

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man,,, i only ever found mangas in 2010-2014ish so all of the ones i like have ended (except for kuroshitsuji, snk, shounen note) and now i’m rereading parts of my favourites and i realllllyyyyy wish pandora hearts had gotten the attention it deserved. SUCH a good manga.

(also side note but oh god the latest kuroshitsuji chapter was horrifying.... i mean we all guessed ciel was r**** but i didn’t think the mangaka would actually get that explicit!?!??! that was truly the most horrifying thing i’ve ever seen in a manga)

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why does no one discuss w.i.t.c.h. anymore

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Shounen Note’s ★ Kawami Middle School Choir ★

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Something i love about this manga is how each of the background members are very much their own character - makes you wonder what stories they have to tell too!