A Hobbit's Tale

Taylor, formerly newdisaster. I've been on here too long, I think I'm stuck, but so say we all. Cis pansexual (she/her pronouns), in case you're ever wondering. Feel free to come into my ask box and tell me about your day.

[bilbobagginsirl]

Idk man

Giving people a chance but not clearly misguided angels and demons? Just no one?

It was so close until the end for me

Sure, I was emotional towards the end, but it felt bittersweet

and. yes.

They Didn't Even Kiss.

[garkgatiss]

Look. I am tired of catching strays on this. If you're going to invoke the Secret Fourth Sherlock Episode in relation to your own fandom's unhinged post-finale copium behavior, you need to know your fandom history.

Specifically, you need to realize that the origin of the Secret Fourth Episode idea came from a BFI screening Q&A -- specifically a journalist (for RadioTimes, unless my memory fails me) asking the showrunners about the possibility of a Secret Fourth Episode. The Q&A where this hypothesis was first floated took place three days before the finale had actually aired. In response to this question, the showrunners laughed and denied it, but joked that the hypothetical episode could be called "The Lost Special", a reference to The Story of the Lost Special, a crypto-Holmesian detective story about a missing train written by Conan Doyle during the hiatus between The Final Problem and The Hound of the Baskervilles.

Again: the hypothetical fourth Sherlock episode had been given a title by the showrunners three days before anyone except a screening audience had even seen the third episode. The idea, outlandish as it was, had originated with a question from a professional media beat reporter. The answer to that question was one of the few tidbits from the Q&A granted immediate release and not embargoed until after the episode aired.

In the lead up to the finale, this was absolutely mystifying information to receive -- why on earth would a journalist be asking about a secret fourth episode??? After seeing the finale (first when a leaked Russian dub was inexplicably shared by official BBC accounts for some fucking reason, then the official broadcast), the idea that they were attempting to prime hardcore fans for some kind of insane media stunt became one possible explanation.

All this to say: I was there, Gandalf. I watched the premiere of Apple Tree Yard with the best of them, feeling like a lunatic before, during, and after. There was a thread of reasoning that led us there, however tenuous, and it turns out watching a random show that is definitely not a Secret Sherlock Fourth Episode while feeling like a lunatic is still a pretty harmless place to be led in order to rule out a tenuous hypothesis about a tv show.

But if your other fandom's finale debacle doesn't even have a hypothetical title for its secret episode direct from a showrunner's mouth announced three days before you have any reason to think there might be a need for one, your fandom has less a foundation than any Secret Sherlock Fourth Episode theorists did.

[garkgatiss]

They followed the line "What's the very worst thing you can do to you your very best friends? Tell them your darkest secret," with Sherlock speaking the words "I LOVE YOU" into the camera in the Season 4 trailer.

You are not us and will never be us.

[segamascott]

[bilbobagginsirl]

#i often forget that for most people thats not a big plus#(delirious with lust) he could be my father

[neottia-orchids]

Happy late Valentine's day! Today I bring you one of my niche sapphic ships, Imogen and Vee from Deep Space Discounts, a miniseries about employees working in a Space Supermarket, created by DeepBlueInk on Youtube.

The sci fi comedy series is 5 episodes and around 30 minutes long, and the vibes match that of Star Trek: Lower Decks. Yes, this is me trying to manipulate you into watching it 🥹

[deepblueink2d]

Everybody look at this absolutely gorgeous art by Orchi RIGHT NOW omg 💙🧡💙🧡💙🧡

[dankxsinatra]

[drtanner]

The cat is so stoked to be there??? What a little star. 💜

[cahootings]

Going out and talking to people who still haven't watched heated rivalry really is like. Well I was raptured and you got left behind idk what to say to you. I reached enlightenment last week and you're still living like this willingly? I'm sorry I have to go

[cahootings]

It's only been two weeks and this has already lost all meaning. Jimmy Fallon was down on all fours. They're doing 20 photo shoots per day. Helen Hunt is here. Hi Helen Hunt it's good to be raptured with you

[cahootings]

They're Olympic torchbearers

[bilbobagginsirl]

When they say "we're so fucking back" but we actually are

[lelif]

on being yourself

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[animentality]

[fox-moblin]

Wouldn’t leave my mind sorry

[garnetdawn]

Sometimes with art I am very proud of I don't even feel like sharing hah but here my most recent Character Design commission! For Kyril Magnus. An anthropomorphic black hole lady!

And a look into the concepting process!

I am open for custom designs like this! Click here for prices and information!

[do-you-have-a-flag]

The dash is feeling Tennant-y tonight, I see.

[do-you-have-a-flag]

i found this ancient post from my blog so if you want to know what tumblr looked like from an ipod in 2010……

[sigynpenniman]

WOW

[worddevourer]

[do-you-have-a-flag]

happy 15 years to this post

[orpheuslament]

what if no one died? what if we all left together? like we were supposed to. after he served the lamb. where would we have gone? in some other world? in some other world. he said he made a place for us.

[theyshutmedownagain]

[teaboot]

Jesus christ I love humanity

[eethok]

“Far over the misty mountains cold

To dungeons deep and caverns old

We must away ere break of day

To seek the pale enchanted gold.”

[jellogram]

Benson Boone sounds like the name of a guy in a folk song who gets gunned down for adultery and thrown in a river

[jellogram]

A cold mist blew through the streets of the town the night they gunned young Benson down. He'd laid with a woman who wasn't his wife and her husband decided he'd pay with his life. By the dark of the night and the light of the moon, into the river went poor Benson Boone.

[bilbobagginsirl]

[dropoutdottv]

👀

[bilbobagginsirl]

Me, forgetting about the first half of the episode:

......what the FUCK is Sam planning for season 8??!?!!!

[meangirlnurse]

going to start a "good plants for people with ADHD" masterpost based on what's survived me

[meangirlnurse]

i kept a spider plant alive for all four years of college which is remarkable because i barely kept me alive for all four years of college. highly recommend. not toxic to cats but may be hallucinogenic for them so that's hilarious. they grow little babies and it's cute. comes in a curly variety

both mini monsteras (monstera adansonii and raphidophora tetrasperma) are fabulous. mine grow like weeds

honestly their daddy is pretty robust too (monstera deliciosa)

pothos (epipremnum aureum). your mileage may vary on this one because i do inevitably murder them but they are supposed to be easy and they tend to droop when they need watering (helpful visual reminder). they come in a lot of fun varieties

heart leaf philodendron is really similar to a pothos but ime harder to kill

fittonia (nerve plant) is colorful and also tends to dramatically flop to the ground when it's been underwatered (but recovers quickly once you remember to water it). honestly i routinely forget about my mostly-fittonia barbie dream terrarium and it's thriving

ponytail palms. i toss mine outside in the spring/summer and after that it's happy for the rest of the year. cat friendly i think

syngoniums come in a crazy number of varieties in all kinds of colors and sizes, they're low light, and they're not fussy. this is the other resident of the barbie dream terrarium that i forget about all the time

aglaonemas are maybe a little higher maintenance than the others, but they're pretty and they can hang in there for quite a while. i had one for years that was very happy in my cubicle with no window

snake plants (sansevierias) are basically plastic plants but alive. i was shocked recently to learn that one of mine had grown babies because they basically do nothing (and need nothing) most of the time

ZZ plants are probably the ultimate ADHD plant. i forgot one in my antique booth for six months with no sunlight and never watered it and it's still happy as a clam. they come in a cute little mini variety called zenzi and a goth variety too

good luck and try not to kill them

[meangirlnurse]

#plants #i need them that doesnt need much light too because my apartment faces the north #and i live in sweden so half the year it's like .... yeaaaah not a lot of daylight #will research more

tbh i would consider most of these plants relatively low light plants! variegated varieties (the ones with lighter and darker patches) will struggle more but yeah. snake plants and ZZ plants would be my top picks for you probably

you might also want to look into grow lights! some of them are pretty cute and they can come with automatic timers

hope this helps!

[meangirlnurse]

#plants #i need some plants so bad!!! i definitely worry about my cat getting into them though #so maybe some of them hanging plants 👀

none of the plants on this list are super dangerous to cats (like lilies or sago palms – i would never bring those into a house with cats)

that being said, these three are completely non-toxic per the ASPCA Poison Control:

Spider Plant

FIttonia

Ponytail Palm

the rest of the plants may cause nausea/vomiting/diarrhea (snake plants specifically) or oral irritation/difficulty swallowing/vomiting (the rest of them).

i've kept all of these plants in a home with a cat, but not one who's very determined to eat plants. so it might be worth starting with those three and seeing how it goes

a couple of other cat-friendly, easy-to-care-for plants that didn't make the list for no real reason:

Peperomia obtusifolia (baby rubber plant)

Pilea peperomioides

i've kept both and an confirm they're pretty hardy. my Pilea is one of my longest standing plants at this point despite some hardcore neglect

anyway hope this helps and say hi to your cat for me

[siderealglimmer]

I have most of these plants in my cubicle at work, and several of them at home as well. One of them is a snake plant that I literally have not watered for an entire year due to issues with ADHD, depression, and some other stuff that I have had going on. It is a little bit, wrinkled, but the leaves are still firm, even though some of them are pulled over, and they are mostly still green. I’m gonna see if I can bring it back.

[wifegideonnav]

the emotion i just experienced is kind of indescribable

[wifegideonnav]

the funniest part of this post to me is that the reblog:like ratio is nearly 1:1. nobody’s just liking everyone who sees this video goes yeah i gotta inflict it on as many people as possible