brick by brick

26, bi, they/them, white | doesn't know how to be a person | lover of many shows and movies, including LOTR, ODAAT, Shadowhunters, and Legends of Tomorrow.

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You have bewitched me, body and soul. Pride & Prejudice (2005) dir. Joe Wright

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[ithelpstodream]

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There’s no word that can express how exhausting this is.

[positivity-in-recovery]

[arinashitabun]

Art by Hector aka shitty watercolor

[meraofxebel]

Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer

[filthyprotozoan]

we make fun of thorin getting lost in the shire but you know the nazgul also had to keep asking for directions to find bag end so maybe hobbits’ city planning is just wack

[that-catholic-shinobi]

The Hobbits have spent generations making their roads complex af to keep Gandalf out

[under-the-arch]

Theory accepted 

[ioannemos]

#which is why they’re always so sulky whenever he shows up………….#oh………….you found ur way back………………how nice…………….. (via @thisbrilliantsky)

[enjolrasapproves]

Which is also why Gandalf is always late

[ivanaskye]

but of course this is the absolute Least successful way to keep GANDALF of all people out, because-

it’s a challenge

that WON’T potentially kill him

which is really in short supply lately.

so while the hobbits think they are being hostile. what they are actually saying in Gandalf-speak is “please come back. we love you.”

[heyhosers]

Gandalf needs environmental enrichment

[milfsmackdown]

i have never heard anyone not sing that one line in little lion man by mumford and sons with absolute relish like everyone really enjoys just shouting you really fucked it up this time and i dont blame them

[archatlas]

Miniaturist Perfectly Recreates Historical Interiors at a Staggering 1:12 Scale

On his popular Instagram account, artist Chris Toledo shares ornate interiors and bathroom remodels. There is one distinct difference, however, between his handiwork and the type of thing you’d find on Pinterest. All of Toledo’s interiors are miniaturized at a 1:12 scale. If it weren’t for his hand cramming into the small spaces—or a full-sized toothbrush towering in the bathroom or a real head of garlic taking up half the kitchen—you’d never realize how tiny these places are; his details are just that impeccable.

[petermorwood]

Anyone who makes or ever made models from kits (raises hand) will appreciate the work involved in creating these from scratch…

Here’s his website and a Boredpanda article.

[elodieunderglass]

Bourgeois Householders Privately Troubled by Invasions of Silent, Giant Hand

[lizyerby]

[scum2000]

This is so rad

[ppaction]

Good point. 

[aevios]

[id= “What if moving away from masculinity does not mean moving towards femininity and vice versa?” in black ink on white paper. “what if” large white block text in a black cloud with white stars, “and” is medium large white text in a black circle with thin white stripes, “vice” is in medium large black text getting smaller as you go to the right directly on top of “versa” which starts smaller and gets larger going to the right. The question mark is large and spans the whole right side of the image /end id]

[sandandglass]

John Lewis on The Daily Show

[robertwire]

400% of mental illness is thinking this is probably just how hard life is for everyone and you just can’t handle it because you’re a whiny baby who isn’t trying hard enough.

[scretladyspider]

[roboco-san]

not to be a raging communist but I think every human being should have the right to expect a dignified life free from the fear of poverty, starvation, and homelessness

[higgsboshark]

The thing about knitting is it’s much harder to fear the existential futility of all your actions while you’re doing it.

Like ok, sure, sometimes it’s hard to believe you’ve made any positive impact on the world. But it’s pretty easy to believe you’ve made a sock. Look at it. There it is. Put it on, now your foot’s warm.

Checkmate, nihilism.

[cheskamouse]

This is a powerful positive message..

[pluckyredhead]

I’m literally reading a book right now (Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski) that says this is scientifically sound.

There have been studies done on rats and dogs where they develop learned helplessness in the animals by giving them impossible tasks. Eventually the animals stop trying, even when the task stops being impossible. (I.e. put a rat in a maze with cheese it can’t get to until it develops learned helplessness, then put the cheese somewhere it can get to it and it won’t even try.) But once they show the animals they CAN do something - i.e. physically moving the rat to the cheese - the learned helplessness goes away.

No one can move you to your cheese for you, but the book says DOING something - which they define as “anything that isn’t nothing” can help. Make a food. Work in the garden. Clean a thing. Do a favor for a friend. Call your elected officials.

Knit a sock.

If you feel overwhelmed by existential despair, do something. It doesn’t have to be big. It just has to be anything that isn’t nothing.

[adhd-informative]

This is really good advice for ADHD people because when executive dysfunction gets bad it’s easy to fall into this pattern of thinking. Do just one thing. It doesn’t have to be your homework, or a chore. It can be something small, it can be something you enjoy. But do just one thing to remind yourself that you can.

[femcassidy]

i think what’s wrong with me is that i don’t live secluded in a hut in the woods. i don’t bang enough rocks against enough things. i just haven’t forged any swords

[yourcalamity]

*grabs you by the scruff of your neck and takes you back to the rest of your littermates*

[zvaigzdelasas]

Thanks needed that

[babyanimalgifs]

This caterpillar looks like a walking gummy bear 

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