[gusu-emilu]

wen ning really was just like "oh you want me to save jiang cheng? sure, let me drug my superiors and carry him out on my own back! you want jfm and yzy's bodies too right? yeah i'll send them to you! you need a place to hide and someone to heal jiang cheng? don't worry, i'll personally row this boat all the way to yiling (while picking up jyl on the way of course) where my medical genius sister can shelter you all!" no hesitation. this man acts like he commits treason every day no biggie

[ozzamoon]

tags by @gusu-emilu

[ematothesky]

things about middle-earth that sound fake to people who haven't read the silmarillion

the earth was flat until some people pissed off god enough that he punched it round

the sun and moon used to be trees, but a big spider ate them

elves even being in middle-earth can be traced back to one (1) dude hating that people mispronounced his mom's name

sauron is a werewolf

elrond's biological parents are a star and a bird now

there's a sexy vampire lady

fighting a balrog barehanded is so cool it'll get you reincarnated right away even if there isn't a current big crisis going on (sorry gandalf, glorfindel just did it better)

satan got banned from heaven for playing his own music too loud

if you were intense enough in life, when you die, you might literally explode

[vigilantsycamore]

Tolkien's legendarium is about a lot of things and one of those things is myth giving way to history

We start, in the Days Before Days, wholly mythological. There are some events in the First Age texts that, in a real-world oral tradition, would be theorized to be memories of (pre)historical migrations, post-glacial floods, or volcanic eruptions, but for the most part we remain solidly in the realm of myth

The Second Age, if I'm remembering it right, is more legend than myth; history is starting to creep in there but it's still dragons and demons and magic and Atlantides. The Fall of Númenor is the Sack of Troy and the Plagues of Egypt, the chapter that closes the book on the Heroic Age - but myth is not ready to hand the reins over to history just yet

The Third Age has ring-wraiths and wizards and what remains of the balrogs and dragons and various immortals and the timescales are still claiming the kinds of numbers expected from the earlier portions of the Sumerian King List, but the fantastical is already leaving the world behind, and the "real history" is much easier to see beneath the layers of legend. This Age is where Middle-Earth's answers to the Siege of Jericho, Arthur Dux Bellorum, and Ragnar Loðbrok can be found

It is not long into the Fourth Age that last of the Elves leave Middle-Earth, that the Kings of Gondor have the same lifespans as ordinary Men, and certainly there is little left in the way of magic. It is no wonder that this is when Westmarch is compiled, when lore becomes text, when legend enters the historical record. History has taken over, though myth still has its place - Aragorn who is called Elessar certainly has a touch of that to him, much as he may belong to history

[pangur-and-grim]

wait should I read Lord of the Rings. are they good

[pangur-and-grim]

oh okay! thank you!

[frustratedasatruar]

Broke: Starting with Frodo's well substantiated and granular account, written by a major figure in events with the help of first hand accounts from many other major, important persons for crucial events he was not present for.

Woke: Starting with Biblo's Big Book of Baldfaced Lies. And if he wasn't physically in the room and paying attention when something important happened, you won't hear a gaddam thing about it.

Bespoke: Starting with the Noldor Propaganda Piece, so that you can be sufficiently biased by their more-politically-convenient version of the backstory.

[keyjamm]

This too is nieyao, to me.

[sceptixfakemon]

i really genuinely wish I could hit chatgpt with my bare fists and hear its pityful electronic voice fade into glitched robotic gibberish and choking beeps as I hit it before I smash it for good and it shuts the fuck up forever

[clementine-kesh]

for all his nobility and grace chakotay is also by far the senior officer most likely to sell a crew member (very possibly tom) to one direction

[respocked]

T'Pol: Captain. It is against regulations to sell Malcom Reed to One Direction. (she would look the other way if Archer did it)

Spock: It would be illogical to sell Doctor McCoy to One Direction.... Although perhaps it would be somewhat pleasurable. *whimsical flute*

Riker: Ha, we're not that desperate yet. But I got their contact information - start packing, Data! *wink* (he's joking, he wouldn't do it)

Kira: To sell- that's despicable! To do that, we'd be no better than the Cardassians! Let me talk to these One Direction, I'll show them where they can stick up their offer.

Michael Burnham: We're not selling anybody. We're a crew, and a crew solves things together. Hail the One Direction.

Saru: Well- if it's you think it's necessary, Captain.... Are you sure there's no other options?

Chakotay: Listen, Tom, I don't like it either. But you understand the situation.

[skeletomez]

[neatbay]

time to crack open my favorite cozy fantasy [flaying flaying flaying fingernails getting ripped off flaying flaying]

[jamiesfootball]

Huge shout out to all the people who read fics. Who actually take the time out of their busy days to open a fic and read it

Before I started writing in earnest, I did not understand how much writing was going to eat into my fic reading time. We joke about having too many tabs open, but I have a different problem: the amount of tabs I have open on new fics is way smaller than it used to be. My ao3 wrapped would be a sad affair. Unless I’ve subscribed to an author or come across something on my dash, I basically don’t see it

Which has really driven home for me how much fandom cannot just be creators. You have to have people who want to read fic and meta discussions and joke posts. You have to have people who want to look at art and gifs. It has to be mutual.

Community thrives on flow. You have to have that movement of people sharing things with each other for a community to exist

Thank you fic readers. You keep things flowing

[sentient-dildo-deactivated20260]

I ended up at a place called Crusher's Pizza & Wings, not realizing there was a theme...

That's right, folks. It was all Star Trek themed. Unfortunately the owner was wearing a Star Wars shirt, but nobody is perfect. I forgive him.

I ordered the Stargazer!

[ncc-42069]

Let’s be real, the “Enterprise” & “Defiant” pizzas are perfect.

The first is graceful, elegant, balanced. The second one is overpowered and built for one purpose only.

[bigblissandlove1]

I am definitely gonna need the Cerritos

[withered-rose-unbreakable-lotus]

Masterpost: Visual Kei movies & other types jrockers were involved

So, it came to my attention some of you want to watch more visual kei movies so I thought of listing what I know, in case you've missed any of those. Please feel free to add anything I've missed with reblogs or in the comments.

Thank you @kirk-goes-to-gallifrey for the three movie links! ^^ And thank you @waretamado for helping with the titles of Plastic Tree's movies! Btw most of the vkei only movies must still be available on YT guys, however not all of them will be on HD.

Visual Kei movies:

Seth et Holth (1993) (Hide) YT link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx_laJCEpew)

Moon Child (2003) (Gackt & Hyde)

Verte Aile/Bel Air (1997) (Malice Mizer) YT link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdd58pTaK8A)

Bara no Konrei/Bridal of the Rose (2001) (Malice Mizer) YT link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1d_cFRnxs)

BeatRock☆Love (2009) (Takeru ex.SuG)

Number Six (2006) (Alice Nine)

Yuku Pura Kuru Pura... Edokawa Puranpo no 「Ougon otoko」~「Visual bako no bijo」 (Plastic Tree) YT link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81Bb-3L4l2E)

Yuku Pura Kuru Pura... Edokawa Puranpo no 「Onan tokage」~「Bishounen wo kuu bijo」 (Plastic Tree) YT link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAha6vDCE0Q)

Yuku Pura Kuru Pura...Edokawa Puranpo no「Angura Kaijin」~「Remon no bijo」 (Plastic Tree) YT link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzt3ai5LSXc)

Ascendead Master (2009) (Versailles)

Onegai Kanaete (2011) (Versailles)

Oresama (2004) (Miyavi) YT link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcBvKQfVKNM)

Soundtrack (2002) (Sugizo) (I don't know if it's a vkei movie but since the theme appears to be music-oriented, I put it here)

Ochanomizu Rock (2018) (series) (Chiyu of Sug & Ryuji Sato of The Brow Beat) (it gives more jrock than vkei vibes but it's band-focused so maybe it's better I put it under this section)

Non Visual Kei movies jrockers acted in:

Kagen no Tsuki (2004) (this is a live action of a manga) (Hyde)

Aquarian Age: Juvenile Orion (2008) (live action) (Takeru of Sug & Alice Nine)

Paracelcus' Homonculus (2015) (this is an artsy film based off a photographer's exhibition) (Takeru of SuG)

Midori: the Camellia girl (2016) (live action of a manga) (Takeru of SuG)

Bunraku (2010) (Gackt)

Akumu-chan (2014) (Gackt)

Karanukan (2018) (Gackt)

Tonde Saitama 1 (2019) & 2 (2023) (Gackt)

Moshimo Tokugawa Ieyasu ga Sori Daijin ni Nattara (2024) (Gackt)

Furin Kazan (2007) (Gackt)

Mr. Brain (2009) (it must have been 1 episode or 2) (Gackt)

Tempest (2011) (Gackt)

Sengoku Basara (2012) (Gackt)

Time Spiral (2014) (Gackt)

BLEACH (2018) (live action) (Miyavi)

Hell Dogs (2022) (Miyavi)

Familia (2023) (Miyavi)

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) (Miyavi)

Kate (2021) (Miyavi)

Stray (2019) (Miyavi)

Unbroken (2014) (Miyavi)

30-thirty (2000) Hakuei

The Legend of the The Stardust Brothers (1985) (Issay)

溺れる魚 / Drowning Fish (2001) (Izam of Shazna)

Longinus (2004) (more of a short than a full movie I guess) (Atsushi Sakurai)

Other

REPO! The Genetic Opera (2008) (Yoshiki was involved with the music production of this film. Personally I learnt it years after I'd watched it)

Death Trance (2005) (It features many Dir en Grey songs in its soundtracks)

Hamlet (1998) (A rock opera version of the famous play, by Penicillin) YT link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hljXGPsUU1Q)

黒蝶の秘密 / The Secret of the Black Butterfly (2018) (It features a song Chiyu of Sug wrote, called Aiyoku no Hana / Flower of Lust)

I hope you can find anything you like and enjoy!

[medievaljournalist]

so you know that cursed sword that slowly drives whoever wields it mad & causes mysterious illnesses? you guessed it: scabbard was absolutely loaded with black mold

[sunderwight]

The concept of Lan Qiren being so aro/ace that he just completely skipped out on his family's Obsessive Love Fixation thing is just hilarious to me.

Man's just watching everyone else in his family spiral over some seemingly random person they've lost their minds about and he simply cannot relate. He definitely thinks it's some kind of curse and that he's personally managed to escape it through like, mindfulness or something? Keeps telling his nephews to meditate and be rational and follow the rules because he thinks attraction is some fake thing that poets invented.

[renfrees]

Guide to Friendmancing Fenris as pro-mage, without sacrificing your integrity.

I’ve seen many people still having impression that it’s hard to friendmance Fenris as a mage-supporter, and especially - a mage. A fair number even claim it’s impossible, without tossing your ideals in the gutter and bending to the templar’s will. Let me assure you - this is not close to the truth. Friendmancing Fenris can be tricky, but in fact, it requires nothing except a bit of common sense and some caution. Or as the saying goes - “pick your battles.” Hopefully this guide will help players to successfully navigate the deep waters of Fenris’ Friendship romance, while standing firm in their pro-mage beliefs. Let’s start:

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[itty-bitty-dancer]

This but with Halsin.

When Tav goes down in battle the Druid gets tunnel vision and his attempts to revive them and his roars of anguish are a spectacle that almost ends the fight entirely.

When he accepts defeat he sees red and wildshapes to slaughters the remainder of the enemies himself. Except he never turns back.

From then on, the townsfolk tell tales to their children about the sleeping beauty who is guarded by the great bear.

He loses himself completely. Spending the rest of his days patrolling the clearing where your body will rest for eternity, unchanging and permeated by so many healing potions that no matter the season, you are cushioned in a bed of green.

[depsidase]