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im elladan and i like to draw

[rubysapphrald]

i would eat human meat if they told me i could. genuinely my only moral objection to it is doing it nonconsensually/killing someone for it

[rubysapphrald]

if i knew someone. and they got their arm or something amputated. and they were fine otherwise, and could talk to me. and they said. dude. you could eat my arm if you wanted. i would do it. literally in a millisecond

[penny-anna]

Can I please ask for your top five theories on why the Ringwraiths become so much more powerful over the course of the LotR trilogy? By the end of the books a single Ringwraith holds an army of 6000 men in paralysing dread from a height of a mile, they're dismaying hosts of men, etc. And in the beginning, they're easily defeated by "jumping behind a tree," "pretending to be in a different room," "getting on a little boat," "man with a stick on fire," etc.

hmm ok

1) their power depends on how physically close they are to sauron/mordor

2) they consciously weren’t unleashing their full power early in Fellowship bcos it didn’t seem worth it when they were just dealing w hobbits

3) they just woke up from a REALLY long nap and it takes them a while to fully come ‘online’

4) their power just waxes & wanes sometimes

5) hobbits are their One Weakness 

[elodieunderglass]

YES okay adding more

6) they have essentially no bodily power - in addition to their sight, their abilities are also mostly derived from their mounts, so when they were on basically-dragons, one of them could force an entire military city to its knees just by flying over it; mounted on horses,they were Quite Intimidating in Bree, and eight of them gave Glorfindel a run for his money; on foot they could be defeated by Farmer Maggot's barking dog

7.) They kindly levelled up as the heroes did so it would be fair

8.) Sauron explicitly gains power throughout the series and possibly has more to share with his minions

9) the Shire exerts a dampening effect on all attempts at majesty... genius new theory in which the Ring is nearly harmless, Gandalf known mostly for his fireworks, the Witch-King of Angmar is reduced to interrupting tea parties, etc because the land is just not very magical at all

10) Bilbo wrote the first book and a half and could not resist making chase scenes into slapstick comedy, Frodo wrote the rest and didn't even bother trying to hide his moods

[elanorpam]

I'm pretty sure the wraiths were laying low because the Shire was constantly watched by the Rangers, of which there were far more than nine, each of whom was a Diet Aragorn also something something tom bombadil, yeah

[botanikablue]

I like theory 9. It also has implications on why hobbits in general have an odd take on things with no obvious purpose, aka manthoms. It becomes a giant game of hot potato to avoid getting cursed.

All of which could be attributed to the nearness of Tom ‘Anti-materialism’ Bombadil.

[elodieunderglass]

At the beginning of The Hobbit when Bilbo recognises Gandalf as "Gandalf who gave the Old Took a pair of diamond cufflinks that only come off when they're ordered" (and are never referenced again despite being a fairly startling item, in a universe where intelligent jewelery is something to be highly suspicious of). In the framework of theory 9, these cufflinks could be immensely powerful items - haunted, precious gems that obey the will of their owner! - who have an ENTIRE series worth of their own lore, which were recovered during the hinted-at adventure of the unrepentant Gandalf and The Remarkable Belladonna Took, and delivered to a place of perfect safekeeping, where they would never cause any problems at all. The Old Took just has magic diamonds what of it? And just like Mad Baggins became a local fairy tale and Frodo never received recognition in his homeland, we will never ever ever know what exactly happened there.

[earhartsease]

If I might suggest

11) Sauron's connection to the Ringwraiths is like wifi, and the signal in the Shire is like half a bar because it's bloody far and there are mountains in the way, and the rings at Imladris and Lothlórien (and on Gandalf) are like strings of Elven fairy lights that interfere with the wifi signal - so the Ringwraiths' awful wailing screams heard in the journey from the Shire are them unsuccessfully trying dial-up modem

[elodieunderglass]

Hnnnnnnng every single one of these takes is so GOOD

Galadriel: you're back early

Gandalf, loading gun: bag end is a Faraday cage

[wiggymythwinter]

Actually, the Wi-Fi thing makes a lot of sense, have you ever been to deep rural England? Phone signal and wifi is fucking terrible there

[elodieunderglass]

Regrettably, I really, really have

[ratherinterestingmilkshake]

… the diamond cufflinks are two of the Silmarills. The third is in Beladonna Took‘s wedding ring

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

Something about Cassie that's never really brought in either the books or analysis? She UNDERSTANDS the Yeerks better than any of the other Animorphs. She knows their ideals, she's met Yeerks she sympathizes with, she has a Yeerk morph. And it has both.a good and bad effect on her. Because she probably sympathisez with them more than she probably should, but she also understands the Yeerks better than the other Animorphs. It's why she tried just contacting the Peace Movement when they tried to bomb the Yeerk pool, why she let the Yeerks take the morphing cube etc. She knows the enemies way of thinking better than anyone else.

That's it exactly. Being able to understand your enemy's individual nuances, being able to understand why they want what they want... that's not a blessing. Because it makes it damned hard to fight the war, even one that desperately needs fighting.

Cassie has to save the Earth. She knows that the only way to prevent the extinction of bees and horses and redwoods and dandelions is to stop the yeerks before they can wipe out every Earth species except for humans. But she knows, too, why yeerks are doing this. Why the Council of Thirteen thinks they have no choice but to raze Earth, why individual yeerks both sympathize with their hosts and yet keep on kidnapping more. That paradox can't be resolved — either the yeerks get as many eyes and hands as andalites have, or Earth continues existing. Both can't occur, and there is no solution where no one gets hurt. There's not even a solution that's just or fair.

[wallkett]

It makes the enemy be seen as not as monstrous as your side of the war makes them seem. It's not a two sided thing. It's more like a sphere of contradiction and pain. Both sides of conflict are part of even more sides of conflict.. Everyone thinks they deserve what they want. Some are willing to die for it. Every species wants freedom. Even the Yeerks want to be free to experience the world. There is no way to make everyone win. In fact there is no way to make anyone win. Everyone involved comes out damaged.

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

And that's part of why we all like stories where individuated, complex characters kill faceless mooks: they're deeply satisfying and rewarding. Buffy kills vampires, Indiana Jones kills Nazis, Neo kills robots, Luke Skywalker kills white plastic armor. Those can be unambiguously "cool" and satisfying because we don't have to ask questions about what the other side wants and why people are dying for that cause. We don't have to be ambivalent or troubled; we can just cheer for the heroes and go home.

[stargaze-sunflower]

the plot holes in my writing are so my characters can breathe

[teitho]

Hi there! Just wanted to let you know the entries for April/May Crossroads still haven't gone up, and wondering if they're still going to be posted?

Hi thanks for the ask. We’ve had some technical issues we have been trying (and are still trying) to resolve. At this point, after some discussion, we are planning to post those stories when we are able to fully access the site. We will skip the June/July challenge. We will extend the deadline for May/June—stories will be accepted for this challenge until July 31.

We will use July to get to resolve the tech issues that have come up and hopefully proceed as usual with the posting of the May/June stories at the beginning of August and a new challenge posted then as well for August/September!

thank you so much for your patience!

your Teitho mods

[elladrawn]

Thanks so much! I figured something was up but I feel really bad asking because I feel like such a nag. Please know, any asks or emails I send come from a place of simply being overly enthusiastic about participating.

[elladrawn]

Summer Ensemble

[thyinum]

Commission for @elladrawn

Elladan and Elrohir are enjoying winter evening and sparklers 🎇

[elladrawn]

Festive Elladan & Elrohir

[elladrawn]

I was so obsessed with the twins' undercuts from my last post I decided I had to do my usual Elrohir and Elladan with the same hairstyles.

[elladrawn]

I have to admit RoP Elrond is... Kind of adorable. I had to try my hand at RoP style Elladan and Elrohir. That is.... short haired and blond.

[citrusro]

I'd love to see your Elladan and Elrohir 🥺💗

Which is which? You decide 😌

[elladrawn]

[elladrawn]

[elladrawn]

It's my friend's OC, and I adore her.

[thenerdyalchemist]

🎉🎉🎉 Commissions Open 🎉🎉🎉

Please dm if your interested or have any questions :3

BONUS: I can do sketches like these for 20 :D

[mynameiseyyyyyy]

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Celebrimbor has the sexiest fucking voice

[poetry-protest-pornography]

Being friends with content creators and artists/authors is such a strange thing, because you can be moved by a piece of art, and absolutely enamored with a story–sobbing into your pillow at 4am because you can’t put it down–and then, just randomly remember that the person that created this incredible thing, is someone you send shitposts to at one in the morning, and exchange recipes with, and flail over your faves with, and talk about all your ridiculous ideas with.

Knowing the people whose talent brings you such joy is such a surreal and beautiful experience. Getting to hold in your hands something that was created by someone you know and care for is amazing.

But also, there chance to know that that incredibly talented person is a fellow Disaster Human is the most comforting thing?