Gwydion's

ISTP and Ravenclaw LOTR, Hobbit, Jane Austen, Marvel, Harry Potter etc. Many movies and TV series that catch my attention. Feminism, sexuality, social issues, opinions Girl in her twenties, dreamer, cynic, rude, slightly hard of hearing

[lady-arryn]

You don’t even see me, do you? All you’ve got is stories in your head. Words. And I have to feel real.

(requested by @ladyhamilton88)

[ouroborosorder]

this is such a profoundly stupid thing to be mad about but. i periodically think about how banksy made one of my single favorite pieces of art of all time, and everything else he's ever done has sucked. man, how did you nail it once

[ouroborosorder]

It's this piece, titled The Banality of the Banality of Evil. Because on first glance, you're like. Yeah, okay, it's obvious what it's saying. Even nazis, even evil people can appreciate beauty, too. But then you learn its name, and suddenly the interpretation shifts a bit. The idea that evil is banal has in itself become banal. my first response to seeing a nazi on a bench is "oh it's about the banality of evil" and not "jesus christ there's a nazi on the bench."

and like. i dunno i think that's a really interesting way for a title to recontextualize a piece. it's finding nuance by tearing out the nuance you want to project onto it. it's not the greatest piece of art ever made, but i'd be lying if i said i didn't have a huge soft spot for it

[manwhorewednesdays]

Okay but I have to add to this

what I find really interesting is how the way this is drawn (especially considering who drew it) the art style seems extremely deliberate. This type of nostalgic landscape painting is very reminiscent of nazi art and specifically, Hitler's art.

Nazis were extremely judgmental of "entartete Kunst" (degenerate art). Bansky's usual work very well fall into this category! So for him to go for this style of painting in particular is another choice I find very interesting, because I can see some people react to this painting with some variation of "oh, I didn't know he could actually draw! I thought he is a hack but he is a real artist!" - and that is where they would agree with the Nazis.

I dunno I just find this piece very compelling

[ouroborosorder]

oh that is actually fascinating. in fact, to add on- a detail I omitted because I just kinda forgot to mention it. The reason there’s two signatures in the corner is because it was a painting in a thrift shop, Banksy adding the Nazi, and then returning it to the shop.

I think there’s something interesting about recognizing the lineage of this type of art and wanting to mess with it, subvert the intent, and explore the topic and legacy. It’s potent. I really like this piece

[pandalikeelf]

1954-2026

You will be missed. ❤️

[dracofidus-deactivated20200523]

If you EVER think Anthony Head is anything less than an angel then you’d best remember that I have always been a huge fan of his and we’ve always had a little contact over the years and he heard I’d come out as Trans and was having a hard time and that I was kind of sad that the photos I had from conventions with him were of me with long hair and no binder and they were all signed to “Sarah” and so he invited me to spend the day with him at his farm and he picked me up from the station and we just hung out and had lunch and he insisted on paying and took loads of photos and had them printed on photo paper the same day so he could sign them to Jay, along with other photos of him as Giles and Uther and he literally spent five hours chatting with me and got all of the pronoun stuff right every time and then he dropped me off at the station, gave me a final massive hug, waved me through the ticket barrier and insisted I message him when I got home so he knew I got back safe. (More HERE)

[alphacrone]

when i say i like hiking, i don’t mean “eight mile backpacking trip with special gear and an emergency beacon” sort of hiking, i mean a three mile loop to go look at pretty things and then a huge brunch after.

[alphacrone]

this is in no way a slam on hardcore hiking, it’s very fun, but i mostly just need to lower people’s expectations when i say hiking is a hobby of mine

[lawfulgoodness]

"No no, that's ranger hiking. I like hobbit hiking."

[ach-sss-no]

#you gotta be more specific man#Hobbits are specifically famous for two Really Long Walks

[teaboot]

Long Walks Georgs were outliers adn should not have been counted

[hatersmad]

thinking about that one wordless calvin and hobbes sunday strip thats just calvins dad ditching his work to go play in the snow... its going to make me cry

[hatersmad]

ohhhh my god

[faithful-grigori]

”#I LOVE that the comic keeps the lens on Calvin’s dad to the degree of not even showing Calvin’s excited face when his dad surprises him, #You can see the joy and excitement of the moment in his pose and reflected in his dad’s expression, #it’s a great little artistic decision, #I realized what gets me about it it’s the hat covering his dad’s head and hair so the dad just looks like Calvin. #you don’t HAVE to show Calvin! You already see him in the dad becoming a kid for a moment you only have to draw that once”

[frodo-of-the-nine-fingers]

childhood friends to complete strangers

[dimity-lawn]

[gorbling]

Im enjoying the longevity of tumblrs recontextualization style of humor. a seemingly innocuous post followed by like "posts that a gnome would make" or like "are you a phone"

[gorbling]

[hapalopus]

[hapalopus]

More from the notes:

[vexwerewolf]

I love this post

[karifaevt]

The horse thinks as it scratches an itch

[arwenindomiel]

@gondorweek Day 2 ✧ The Line of Stewards | insp x x Everyone in Middle-Earth is Brown [111/?]: Boromir

[gwydions]

One of my friends whom I like very much just finished reading The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune. And when I asked her how she liked it, she said that it was touching, it has a lot of thoughts about life and people. And what character she liked. And then added:

"I have nothing against homosexuality, but sometimes there is too much of it. Like it was nice, but too much in the epilogue."

I asked for clarification.

The ending was apparently all about it, their wedding, overly sweet sappy happyend.

And now I'm left sitting here reeling. She does not know I'm queer (I do not come out to anyone in my Czech life who doesn't already know). But now, when she said that "too much" argument, I stopped feeling like it is something I want to share with her. Will I be also too queer? Not enought? Will she be uncomfortable?

I will not be giving Asexuality 101 to someone, who is overwhelmed by queerness from one happy ending.

Maybe she would be a-ok with it. Ask questions, be open minded. But these comments close the window of opportunity and trust in a good ending.

I don't come out to people nor comment on my sexuality. I don't think I need to, nor do I want to. My queerness is heavily linked to English language, it is the language I have learned about what asexuality is. It is the language I share with my friends who are also queer. In English, with my friends, there is this huge unexpected freedom of expression that I miss in my native tongue. I am braver in English with myself.

P.S. She will read the second book too.

[lillathelegend]

[secretceremonials]

out: Cassandra of Troy speaking in mysterious metaphors and oracle verse

in: Cassandra of Troy talking like uncle Colm from Derry girls so she’s so boring that nobody takes anything in

[smolandweirdwriter]

im sobbing op

[sushi1056]

deactivated

So thoroughly nuked that there isn’t even any record of their original blog url

[ivys-garden]

The Forbidden Knowledge

[bisexual-engineer-girl]

not even any notes. I feel like I’ve stumbled upon a plot-advancing skeleton’s notebook

[hadimrska]

HATE when an american has an obviously slavic last name and i have to try and force my brain to pronounce it americanly. like who the hell is dejvid surny. vole to je david černý. s nim jsem chodila do školy

[penandinkprincess]

really we deserved gwaine knowing about merlin's magic because him and lancelot lowkey having squabbles about who gets to go with merlin on illegal magic fieldtrips would be so funny

merlin mentions needing to kill some magical creature, so lancelot shows up at their usual meeting point just to find gwaine waiting there, too

excuse you?? lancelot has been doing well-intended treason for a year now? this is kind of his thing??? HE is the treason buddy??

[nonsensefunsense]

The treason buddies would have such a good side adventure to Merlin like in between all the serious moments we just have them arguing about who gets to do treason with merlin this time

Lancelot: Its my TURN

Gwaine: yeah but it's a horde of goblins last time it was a fairy. Goblins are cooler than fairies

Lancelot: yeah well it's still my turn so idc

Gwaine: this isn't fair why do you get to have all the cool adventures

Lancelot: cuz I've been here longer

Gwaine: how is that my fault

Lancelot: it just means I have superiority

Gwaine: iT mEanS I haVe SupEriOrIty

Lancelot: don't mock me

Gwaine: doNt MoCk mE

Lancelot: merlin gwaine's mocking me

Gwaine: well he won't let me go on the cool adventures with you

Merlin: *about to die of a headache*

[tamilhobbit]

Some truly golden additions in the tags.

We were robbed. Gwaine should have known from the Perilous Lands quest, and we should have had shenanigans and loyalty. 💔

[queerofthedagger]

the fun thing about having a mental health crashout in your thirties is that sure yeah you're crashing out, but at the same time there's a part of you standing across the room smoking ben affleck style, going yeah yeah you're crashing out. you crashed out before you will crash out again can we wrap this up yet. and the most annoying part about it is that they're right, and that that does Not stop you from crashing out even a little. love and light on planet earth.