Phîþ sui Faelivrín

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[golwenlothlindel]

Ðð-these symbols are the letter "eth". They make the "th" sound as in "the".

Þþ-these symbols are the letter "thorn". They make the "th" sound as in "thanks".

Ðis is a Proship blog. If you cannot Ship and Let Ship, DNI. Shipping fictional characters is not the same þing as condoning similar relationships in real life. Ðis blog supports self-shipping wiþ fictional characters.

Peredhil are canonically eldritch and some manner of genderqueer. I will not be convinced oðerwise, have a nice day. When I discuss Tolkien characters I am talking about ðe book version of ðe character unless I specifically say oðerwise. I use ðe format "version!character". "movie" means Peter Jackson's adaptations, "trop" is Ðe Rings of Power. Eg. movie!Aragorn, trop!Galadriel.

My Rings of Power and Love AU has noþing to do wiþ ðe show: it's my Lovecraft brainrot bleeding into my Tolkien brainrot (evil!Ossë, good!Mairon).

Criticism of a character is not meant to shame ðose who find ðat character comforting or loveable. Indeed, I will be assuming ðat your blorbos are your blorbos because ðey are wildly problematic. Criticism of a work is not meant to shame ðose who enjoy it. Calling out your faves is not "þought policing". If you cannot deal wiþ people pointing out ðe very real problems wiþ þings you enjoy ðen DNI.

By default I will reply to your ask in English. Si vous voulez je donne la réponse en Français incluissez le tricolor (🇫🇷) aussi, s'il vous plaît. Pardon my occasional grammar mistake, it is my second language.

I occasionally go on political rants. I will always tag ðem with #politics. If you don't mind hearing my political philosophy generally, but don't want my takes about current events on your dash, you can block #current events. Just in general, I try to tag everyþing appropriately because I completely understand ðe need to avoid a specific subject for ðe sake of your mental healþ. If you see me mess up on ðis: please, please, please do tell me!

I will follow muns wiþ at least one Tolkien muse. For ðe moment, I only do Tolkien roleplay. I do not know ðe lore of very many franchises well enough to roleplay, and ðis particular muse is very tied to Tolkien's world.

Ok, because ðis is apparently not obvious: TERFS/RADFEMS DNI. ANTISEMITES DNI. Get lost before I give your genocidal asses a Glasgow necktie. Even if you are not "a terf" or "an antisemite", if you put ðat shit on my dash I will come for you.

Also on ðe list of things ðat are apparently not obvious: ðis blog is not curated for your comfort. Complaining about what I reblog will be laughed at. Keep hammering ðe same nail, and I will block you. I do not crave your validation, and I do not exist for your pleasure. I will do what I believe is right, and I do not care what you þink about it. If you are unable to say anyþing nice, you have the option of saying noþing at all.

I stand with Palestine. Standing with Palestine is not anti-semitism, I stand with Palestinian Jews too. What I am against is settler colonialism, and that is what Zionism is. Anti-Indigenous content of any kind will get you blocked, because Indigenous people have been the only reliable allies of trans people in my experience. And despite how religious Palestinians are, that includes them. It's almost like if you're not hunting in scripture for a reason to hate people, then you won't find one. I would also like to take this opportunity to remind the Left that there is no argument for Palestine, for Aoteorea, for Landback in the US, which does not also apply to Ukraine... or Scotland and Ireland. The support for Ukraine among European liberal democracies does not indicate an alignment of principles, but a self-preservation instinct. The Russian Communist Party is, and has been for a long time, a hypocritical pro-imperialist agent. Centering them instead of The People is failing the world.

Signal: golwenlothlindel.27

[in-a-mellow-tone]

Fuck it, post lamb stew slow cooker recipe

[in-a-mellow-tone]

[in-a-mellow-tone]

How high was I last night?

How much lamb stew did I want to make??

1,814¾ lbs of Lamb????

[beemovieerotica]

>960 cups beef broth >2 bay leaves

the unfathomable power of bay leaf

[golwenlothlindel]

Uh hmmm... I have never seen a slow cooker large enough to fit these quantities. And I do not think these ratios are correct either, even if you could somehow find an industrial sized slow cooker. That's not even close to an adequate amount of herbs (and why so much parsley for so little rosemary? Actually WHY PARSLEY???) 540 cups of red wine and 960 cups beef broth (why tf beef? That seems too strong), comes to 1,500 cups of liquid, but that's way too much for 1,000 lbs of meat. And in the time it would take to cook that amount of meat, these vegetables would dissolve into sludge. Also if potato, why flour? Potato starch is a perfectly adequate thickener.

This recipe is AI nonsense, and will not produce lamb stew. Following is an actual recipe for lamb stew from a printed book (The Fannie Farmer Cookbook), and which I have made before. Each serving of this makes a perfectly adequate meal for an adult, a child under ten should eat half a serving. If you need more servings, scale up this recipe by multiplying by the number of servings beyond six that you require (e.g. if you need nine servings multiply by three). To make in a slow cooker: take the liner out and use it as your "heavy pot", then put the liner back in the pot and set for three hours on high (twice the listed time). I have done this and I promise it does work, I know it sounds nuts. "Shortening" can be any sort of fat, all are equivalent: olive oil, lard, butter, Crisco, etc. If you have leftover frying oil or bacon grease, this is a good use for it. See the notes below for recommended additions and substitutions:

If you want to use wine and broth, use 1/2 cup wine and 1 1/2 cups VEGETABLE broth (and if you cannot use low salt broth then use water, too much salt will cause you issues in cooking). Wine isn't strictly necessary, but it does make the lamb extra tender and delicious. I like a sweet white or rosé for this recipe, red wine or sherry is much too strong. If you can't find any good firm turnips, then use 2 potatoes. I recommend adding at least half a clove of garlic to this (this author never puts in adequate spices and aromatics), I add two cloves when cooking for my family (but we like garlic a lot more than most people outside East Asia). Add the garlic with the lamb cubes. 1/2 tsp fresh rosemary, and 1/2 teaspoon fresh mint is a suggested addition as well: double that if your ingredients are dry. If you use bay, just one DRY leaf (personally, I don't though). If you want celery, substitute it for half the carrots.

[nonbinary-wrath-month]

I don't know who needs to hear this, but do not ever, ever, ever let someone guilt you into not transitioning. "But you're so pretty! You'll ruin your lovely body!" "But you're my [son/daughter/boyfriend/girlfriend/mom/dad/etc.]; I can't see you any other way!" "But we need more [badass butch lesbians/women in STEM/etc.] to show women that they can do anything!" "But we need good men like you to promote healthy masculinity!" <- None of these are reasons not to transition. Transition is for you, not for others. Other peoples' indignation or sadness over your transition is not your burden to bear, and other peoples' expectations for you are not moral obligations you must fulfill. Do not live to fit inside a prescribed role in somebody else's life. You must live for yourself. Please transition.

[starlightxraven]

Nobody needs AI to search the Internet, court says in ruling against Google

Google AI Overview court loss in Germany could spell doom for AI search industry.

[appalachian-werewolf]

"Google AI Overview court loss in Germany could spell doom for AI search industry."

It fucking better.

[mrsjdavis]

Like to charge, reblog to cast?

[newbarktownalumni]

[aeiou142857]

Sharp Glance

[sleepynegress]

Okay... so this is right up my alley. More weird whimsy and quirk in the romance genre... and more jaded suffer-no-fools women, instead of the creepy age-gaps, please and thank you

[umber-cinders]

I WILL WATCH THE FUCK OUT OF THIS! Monster romance books prepared me for thiissss!

[golwenlothlindel]

Finally, a decent movie out of Hollywood.

[artigas]

there's something to be said, i think, about modern fandom's increasing fixation with paratext versus canon -- whether that's something as substantial as entertainment articles, actor interviews, comments from showrunners, bts footage, and deleted scenes or something as insubstantial (and often misleading) as an actor's body language while they do promo, unsubstantiated rumors of displeasure or friction between the cast and/or the writers, and full blown conspiracy theories ("there's a secret unaired episode that will make everything right" is a popular one right now). maybe it's obvious to say that this probably stems from an audience that is fundamentally dissatisfied or disinterested in the story they're being told and instead privileges the story they've convinced themselves they've been told by virtue of their fandom experience. in other words, that there's a kind of enmeshment that happens for some of us where the meta-analyses, headcanons, and fandom chatter (which often takes a kernel of truth from canon and runs with it to often fascinating but not always legitimate readings) becomes blurred with what is actually canon to the media we're enjoying. at least, i can certainly trace where this blurring of boundaries has shown up with me in my long history with fandom, particularly when i was coming of age.

i think it's uncomfortable, but often necessary to recognize when we're watching a show or a film or reading a book or playing a video game with different expectations or desires than the story ever promised to fulfill. simply, you can't draw blood from a stone, you know? and I think this idea, however simple, is often very easy to forget when you're in fandom because fanworks are innately transformative. in fandom, we draw blood from stones all the time. we re-imagine characters, relationships, universes in whichever way we deem fit so that we can experience wish fulfillment. but as the fourth wall between fandom and the creatives behind media becomes thinner and thinner, the boundary between what is the job of storytellers (to tell a story), what is the job of the audience (to receive the story or opt out), and what is the job of fandom (to connect with one another over shared imaginative and transformative reception of the story being told) is getting muddied to detrimental effect. coupled with the rise of hyper-individualism and the increasing commodification of fanworks into traditionally published forms, this is where we get a real wave of entitlement from fandom -- this sense that the storyteller owes something to us by virtue of our fannish devotion and that perceived failure to meet our desires is worthy of a host of outrage and abuses. i think this is where paratext comes in and why the notion of what is or isn't canon feels perhaps more debatable now than ever before. i think it's born from a blend of hyper-individualism effecting how we think and behave as audience members, the increasing sense of entitlement that is borne out of such individualist thinking, the vanishing of the fourth wall between fandom and the mainstream as well as the creators of media that fandom enjoys, and a growing inability to accept the story you're being told on its own terms (and go happily and exclusively to fandom to remedy the urge for something more). because, really, what paratext offers is a sense of legitimacy -- usually when it conveniently upholds what you privately wanted in the first place. if the show you love isn't giving you enough to substantiate your ship, you can get your fix through an actor's interviews, their exposure to fanfiction and fan art, and their perceived approval of the ship. their opinion, by virtue of their literal proximity to the show, legitimizes your own. if the movie you love doesn't do enough with a character you find interesting, a scrapped plan for what the character might've done or a deleted scene might do the same. etc etc.

And while I think it's fine to find the perspectives of actors and showrunners interesting, I do think you get into messy waters when you consider these things just as legitimate as what makes it onto the page or screen -- because, factually, that just isn't true. and if you step outside of fan spaces, you often see this disconnect: i'm sure we have all had the experience of talking to a friend, a parent, or a coworker who "isn't online" and is completely flabbergasted by fandom discourse or simply never would've come up with a popular fanon interpretation or critique if you'd given them a hundred years. because casual viewership (which is almost by definition never going to seek out actor interviews, articles, social media stories, and what an actor likes or doesnt like on instagram) is receiving only the text: the story that, by virtue of the many forces that constrain, edit, and transform the myriad intentions of every person involved in the project, finally and actually made it to the screen. and i dunno, i wonder sometimes if there's something to envy in that.

[arofili]

thank you SO MUCH to the wonderful @astral-aromance for this Russingon icon commission <333 they are truly stunning, I love them so much!!

[artanaros]

was quite happy to see all three of them today 🤍

[winwin17]

Whose hair should we dye while they're asleep?

Fingon

Hurin

Thingol

Aegnor

Aredhel

Ecthelion

Beren

Isildur

Voting ended onAug 1

[cyprozombiegirl]

new version cause tumblr staff hate trans women

[oppiedrwz]

wip prob not going to finish

[golwenlothlindel]

there is a space between trans and woman

Interesting.

Transgender folks ONLY sound off: what are the proper abbreviations of "transgender woman" and "transgender man"?

It's transwoman, transman-it's a prefix it is needs to attach to another word

It's trans woman, trans man-"trans" functions as a standalone abbreviation

Both are acceptable

I'm not transgender/see results

Remaining time: 3 days 4 minutes

To be perfectly clear: I do not have any opinion on which is the better form. If I did this would be an essay about why this asker was wrong. I simply want to create a public record of the COMMUNITY's opinion on the subject. I do not approve of people trying to dictate the use of language, and I especially don't approve of anyone dictating how groups of people can describe themselves. Also, it must be pointed out that if what the asker says IS the majority opinion of the community then a legitimate linguistic change has taken place because "trans-" was in former times definitely and absolutely only a prefix.

Obviously, TRANSPHOBES WILL BE PROSECUTED (I will screenshot you, block you, then post the screenshot and mock you in front of all my followers).

[pocket-deer-belly]

hello cis guy who likes drawing himself really feminine and is surrounded by transfemininity and people constantly call you a great ally. put a they in your pronoun list. put it somewhere more private first and see how you feel about it. remove any "guy" or "boy" or any other gendered terms from your online name and see if it stops feeling awkward. ok?

[golwenlothlindel]

And it's literally okay if you go back to "he/him" and gendered naming. You'll come back to it with a new understanding and appreciation of it, and that's good for you and everyone you'll ever meet for the rest of your life. If you are just a femme cishet man that is literally fine. And anyone who tries to tell you girls won't like it is lying to you.

Also, if you do decide on "he/they" you don't also need to identify with the labels "transgender" or "nonbinary". You could try out genderqueer or genderfuck, or you can just not have a label. Labels are like clothes, if you try to squeeze into one that doesn't fit it will just look and feel bad.

[pocket-deer-belly]

can you fuck right off? i don't think people like me need another asshole telling them it's ok to be a femme guy, i don't think you fucking understand transfems at all.

[golwenlothlindel]

This post is literally addressed to cismen. I didn't think I needed to add a disclaimer saying my advice wasn't for transwomen when YOU had already dictated the post's audience.

Anyway, I'm happy to oblige with the fucking right off. I don't need trolls in my life.

[andromaex]

people: why does everyone act like ao3 is for queer people???

because for a very long time queer people looked at mainstream media, saw the crumbs they were being offered, and said "fine, i'll do it myself."

fanfiction became one of the few places where queer stories could exist in abundance instead of as a side plot, a joke, a tragedy, or a character who mysteriously disappeared after one season.

ao3 isn't a queer-only website. anyone can use it. but it was built out of fandom spaces that were heavily shaped by queer creators and readers, so of course that influence is everywhere.

it's not that ao3 belongs only to queer people.

it's that queer people helped build the house, decorated half the rooms, and have been hosting the party for years.

[golwenlothlindel]

It is also because AO3 refuses to censor ANYTHING and is nonprofit. When various countries have proposed to censor the site or else ban it, AO3 has said "this is what we are, take it or leave it". This creates an environment on AO3 specifically (as opposed to ther fanfiction sites) which is friendly to the queer community. Other sites need to make money and do engage in various forms of censorship. They are inherently less friendly to queer writers and readers.

[ulmondil]

Finduilas Faelivrin

[pocket-deer-belly]

hello cis guy who likes drawing himself really feminine and is surrounded by transfemininity and people constantly call you a great ally. put a they in your pronoun list. put it somewhere more private first and see how you feel about it. remove any "guy" or "boy" or any other gendered terms from your online name and see if it stops feeling awkward. ok?

[golwenlothlindel]

And it's literally okay if you go back to "he/him" and gendered naming. You'll come back to it with a new understanding and appreciation of it, and that's good for you and everyone you'll ever meet for the rest of your life. If you are just a femme cishet man that is literally fine. And anyone who tries to tell you girls won't like it is lying to you.

Also, if you do decide on "he/they" you don't also need to identify with the labels "transgender" or "nonbinary". You could try out genderqueer or genderfuck, or you can just not have a label. Labels are like clothes, if you try to squeeze into one that doesn't fit it will just look and feel bad.