Like a Tree Beside the River of Truth

Multi-fandom. Doctor Who, Marvel, LotR, HP, other fandoms. Currently very deep in Baldur's Gate 3 brainrot. Feel free to ask me about my OCs. Sidebar image: reyskywalkred.tumblr.com

[thedascaptured]

[worm-dark]

Wild strawberries and a rose miner bee for National Be Nice to Bugs Day 🍓

[sersi]

Captain America: The First Avenger Deleted Scene

[team-cap-for-the-win]

Pictured: a golden retriever before and after he’s told that he’s a good boy

[fenharels-chewtoy]

Caught staring at his Vhenan

[pronouncingitwang]

at some point in your life you will be boiling fruit, water, sugar, and lemon juice in a pot to make a syrup or jam. the instructions will tell you to simmer for a certain amt of time. your timer will go off and you will look at the pot and go, "hm, this doesn't look thick enough. maybe i'll let it go for another 10 minutes." this is the devil speaking. it's only so liquid right now because it is at boiling point. it will thicken when it cools down. learn from the follies of my youth and do not let this happen to you

[yokowan]

at some point in your life you will be making a sauce or a stew in which you need to add cornstarch to thicken it. and you will prepare a slurry of starch in cold water and think "this looks like way too little starch to thicken this amount of liquid." this is the devil speaking. cornstarch instantly polymerizes at 95°C and if you add too much it will turn into an impossibly thick goop.

[le-jardin-inculte]

at some point in your life you will be making some sort of cream based dessert that requires gelatin to thicken it. and you will soak some gelatin sheets in water and think "this is too few gelatin sheets for this amount of cream." this is the devil speaking. it will thicken in the fridge and if you add too much you will end up with milk jelly

[shithowdy]

at some point in your life you will be baking cookies. you will take the sheet out after twelve minutes as the recipe instructs and the cookies will still be glistening and soft. "these don't seem cooked enough," you will think to yourself, "i should place them back into the oven until their edges are nice and golden." this is the devil talking. this is how you get dry, overdone cookies. the cookies will continue to bake on the warm sheet for several more minutes and then harden up after sitting on a rack for a while. trust the process. trust the process.

[whitachi]

at some point in your life you will be adding a small pasta to a soup and you will think "that is not enough small pasta." this is the devil talking. the pasta will absorb the stock and expand. this is how you end up with a soup that is a solid mass of soggy ditalini.

[araceil]

At some point in your life you will be adding garlic to a dish and you will think "that is not enough garlic." These are angels speaking. They are correct. Add more garlic.

[hungry-hobbits]

"get ready for video games to become unaffordable" video games haven't been affordable for the last 10 years

[codes-and-stuffs]

i do think we should normalise being like. platonically enamoured with someone. perhaps i love and admire you dearly and there's nothing romantic about it

[tragicburnout]

i feel like there is a sleep in me that needs to be slept but each time i sleep i don't sleep that sleep

[spoiltoranges]

ARAGORN, SON OF ARATHOR

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003)

[asofteredge]

hey everyone, just curious:

what is everyone's criteria for blocking people?

[paperplateprose]

writing is easy! first you must explain something you do not understand, you must express the turmoil within a person using dots and lines, you must craft a living world using hands that were never made to. and then you die

[narcissene]

affirmations:

- it’s fun to be awake & in an upright position

- consciousness is a gift

- i CAN do this anymore

[fireheartedpup]

People talk about how Lucanis isn't actually the one who's impressive and say he's only able to get a shot a Ghilanain because of Spite... But his handling of the Spite situation is deeply impressive to me.

He doesn't just hold out for an entire year, he makes a deal that means his worst concern is shared custody of his body. Most mages can't even do that.

Calivan says, "It was supposed to take a week, at most!" Thedas has five day weeks (we think).

There are three records that we are able to access (one note just says it goes on for pages and pages.) Prisoner 36 succumbed after 9 days. Prisoner 20 succumbed after 18 days.

The longest we have a record of anyone else holding out is 100 days, and after that time they were taken over by a demon of passivity.

He and Spite aren't just working together. He's already learned how to move in order to take advantage of Spite's wings. That takes practice, collaboration, and patience.

He's mentally and physically strong enough to hold a demon back while Spite is furiously trying to stab someone at point blank range.

Basically? Outside of the Avvar, what Lucanis has done is basically unprecedented. He's also experienced and talented enough to adapt to an entirely new fighting style within the span of one year.

[wingedblack]

Add on to this that he is living through the most stressful time of his life *outside of the fact that he has agreed to share his body in exchange for living another day (and getting revenge on the Venatori)*… this man is literally fighting against the end of days while constantly being subjected to the level of suspicion and prejudice that he is going to turn and murder everyone—and not only by his team, by his family *and* the Crows he is technically supposed to be leading from here on out, all the while facing his *own* serious doubts and fears.

The level of determination required to go through that while maintaining his semblance of self—much less the relative normalcy he projects—AND succeeding in his mission? This man is impressive on levels I can’t even describe. And that’s not to mention the blow to his hope and vision for the future when his cousin betrays him or his loved one gets taken and he thinks they’re dead. (Regardless of your Rook romanced him.. he feels that way if Neve is taken and they are together.)

All that, and he maintains his sanity, sense of self, adapts his fighting style to actually succeed in his mission, and continues to nurture the team with his compassion and thoughtfulness. Lucanis is underrated and under appreciated.

[jace-targaryen]

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001) dir. peter jackson

[myceliumatter]

i wish there was more social existence you could participate in laying down. I wish there were cafes that were two little futon beds parallel to each other with a low table in between so you could eat and drink while lounging. I wish there were group activities like painting or glazing clay or theaters that were designed to have beds and bed-height tables instead of chairs. I wish there were beds alongside benches outside for anyone to use. I wish air mattresses or roll-out beds were as common as cheap shitty chairs at things like barbeques, beaches, and concerts. so much life would open up to me and be enjoyable if I could lay down instead of sitting or standing for prolonged periods and completely wearing myself down with pain.

[artgalore]

fenris my beloved!!

[bereft-of-frogs]

There’s that post that’s like ‘everyone should get into a tiny niche fandom at least once’ fully agree, that was really fun -- but I would like to add that everyone should get into a fandom where their opinions run counter to major fanon because it really teaches you about sticking to your guns and trusting your interpretation of the text without having to rely on peer validation

because WHAT are people talking about sometimes