Marisalla Halfelven

An OOC blog for my D&D druid

[captainsblogsupplemental]

I actually… love this

[solitarelee]

[captainsblogsupplemental]

[tastefullyoffensive]

Is your dad Ron Swanson? (via blooper2112)

[edgebug]

this is the money axe of good fortune, reblog to receive money and axes

[steakandcheeeese]

I read this in a Ron Swanson voice in my head before I even got to the comments

[swellio]

take your time, they said.

the words will come to you, they said.

[physicalturian]

OOF

[vanrambling]

[whatareyoureallyafraidof]

[chwhore]

[blackqueerblog]

FACTS!

[heathenvampires]

Additions: if your viral load is suppressed by medication to the point it’s undetectable, it’s considered untransmittable, even without condoms. Children with HIV+ carriers are usually given medication when they’re born, to make sure any of the virus doesn’t take hold (which we also do to adults who fear they’ve been exposed, it’s called PEP ((Post Exposure Prophylaxis)), which is a month of medication and must be started within 72 hours of exposure).

(There’s also PreP - Pre Exposure Prophylaxis, which is taking medication if you feel you are at risk of being exposed to HIV, whether through sexual partners or sharing injection needles)

This is why we need universal free healthcare - so people can go on and have happy, healthy lives despite the HIV diagnosis. Nobody should die or live in fear when the treatment is so damn simple and effective.

[sanicdahegehog]

SOMEONE WHO DOESNT WATCH WRESTLING EXPLAIN THIS

[renegade-jade]

Violin Exorcism

[mercilessmime]

When a party of bards attacks the warrior

[bixbiboom]

[systlin]

genuinely curious here, what did you like about Rogue One? i discounted it out of the fact that it made kyle katarn non-canon and that the two leads were very flat.

The sheer desperation of it. The fact that they all know it’s a suicide mission, and do it anyway, because it gives the rest of the galaxy a chance. Just that thin little sliver of hope, but it’s hope. It’s a chance, however slim.

The fact that they all know that they’ll die, and do it because it’s the right thing to do, and they go out spitting in the eye of a dark sorcerer wizard who seems all powerful, because fuck you man. We might just be ordinary folks, but ordinary folks are capable of extraordinary acts of bravery. And so they die, but the die giving the rest of the galaxy a chance, and they die having flipped the double bird to Sheev Palpatine and sown the seeds of his destruction.

That force-assisted shot that Luke nuked the death star with would have been impossible without the extraordinary bravery and stubbornness and sacrifice of ordinary folks, and I liked seeing that.

[systlin]

Also, that scene where Vader just fuckin wrecks that team of rebels in the hallway, and we see him as the rest of the Galaxy saw the Jedi-Killer, as a horrifying, unstoppable and implacable machine of death that walks through foot soldiers as if they’re not there…or worse, as if they’re just sport.

It’s one of the few times we see how truly terrifying the prospect of facing a jedi or sith would be from the perspective of an ordinary soldier.

And then you realize that it was Vader holding that blast door shut, and that he left that little gap on purpose, because Vader hated the death star and hated Palpatine, and there was that little flicker of Anakin still inside the sith lord, leaving the rebels just a chance. One he could of course deny perhaps even to himself, but a chance nonetheless.

[no-thing-2-sea]

Also he turned his life support off for a minute so he could be totally dark and quiet for the drama™ of surprising everyone in the dark hallway

[systlin]

Listen he is a Skywalker that entire family lives for the drama.

[explorerrowan]

[marisalla-halfelven]

@rementhil-the-necromancer

[mossy-jasper]

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[thirstyforthexp]

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[owlmylove]

tumblr will never die because we’re all too incoherent and petty to leave. someone will just pirate the source code and start running “tunglr” and we’ll all move over like the chucklefucks we are

[owlmylove]

every time web developers try to “rebrand” or “repurpose” this website we just sink our heels deeper into the quicksand of our own absurdity

[owlmylove]

look what im saying is there was a story abt a group of artists whose house was demolished in order to make room for a new shopping mall and, once it was constructed, they fueled their rage and pettiness at being displaced into finding an unused room in the building, renovated it into a condo, outfitted it with a fully stocked kitchen, china hutch, AC, TV and gaming system and then proceeded to live in the mall undetected for years. that creativity? absurdity? sheer stubborn pettiness? thas tumblr babey!!!!

[marisalla-halfelven]

@rementhil-the-necromancer

[femmefaramir]

older lotr illustrations sometimes depict éowyn wearing ridiculously small armour. apart from the problem general sexualisation of the only female character (who really does anything), there’s another hilarious thought:

éowyn pretended to be dernhelm, a man. to fit in, she must have worn men’s armor. so the armor in the illustrations is normal for rohirrim.

therefore, all the rohirrim rode to war just like that:

[hobbit-hole]

there’s a thundering sound in the distance as the rohirrim ride into war but rather than hoofbeats it’s the collective sound of all their cheeks clapping

[delicatelytoobear]

the artist for this particular piece is Frank Frazetta and to be fair to him this is how he drew the orcs armor 

so the rohirrim comment is probably not that far off

[adhd-trash-mammal]

That’s a man who just straight up had a problem with the concept of wearing pants into battle, and I respect that

[cumaeansibyl]

male or female

hero or villain

sea or land

even in the snow

I guarantee you Frazetta’s Rohirrim were 100% pants-free

[missmollyetc]

Good Old Frank. That man loved bodies and hated clothes so much

[yekkes]

I love seeing like… animals that are vicious predators being huge babies. That is my favorite genre of animal photo

[yekkes]

Inside every animal is the capacity To Be Bæbey

[yekkes]

Look at these vicious absolute Babies

[allofmystudentsrunaway]

oh gods it was parents evening again tonight..

other parents: how did you do that?

Me:do what?

Other parents: your teenager is eating a salad..

Me:i never forced him eat, now he will pretty much eat anything…except chicken casserole which we both agree is gross

Other parents:we don’t get it.

Me: our only rules are bed at eleven on a school night and don’t hack any important government agencies.

Other parents: you don’t restrict screen time?

Me: you know 95% of kids will self regulate, given the chance?

Other parents: thats not true

Me: have you tried it?

other parents:…but, now he’s reading 1984

Me: he has had a university reading level since he was 12, what am i going to do censor his reading material?

other Parents: what if he reads something you don’t approve of..

Me: i fail to see your reasoning…

Me: you know he cooks too..it’s our mother/son time, we talk about his friends…

other Parents: he talks??

[greenbergsays]

That “he talks??” bit gets me

Yeah, kids talk. If your kid doesn’t talk to you, it’s because of one of two reasons:

You’ve created such a hostile/unwelcoming home environment that they don’t feel comfortable enough to talk

You have signaled to them somehow, some way, that you don’t care about what they have to say. That what they have to say isn’t important.

Kids are not stupid, not at any age level. They pick up on shit and they remember and then when they grow to be teenagers, they know who they can talk to about stuff and who they can’t.

My 13 year old nephew is not particularly affectionate with his mother and he rarely talks to her about anything important, but there are times I can’t get that kid to stop hanging off me and he has those serious conversations with me, like when we discussed his friends coming out to him as bisexual.

It’s not even that hard to make a kid feel loved and welcome. I don’t even know what my nephew is talking about half the time with his games, but they’re important to him, so I let him talk and I make appropriate noises of shock and sympathy when they are needed.

He watches a lot of YT channels, so we’ve discussed the importance of regulating your media, because I don’t want motherfuckers like PewDiePie shaping his world view.

He reads anything from Stephen King to manga and he does that because I’ve been reading him books since he was a baby. I do it with all of my nieces and nephews; when they get school-aged and old enough to read on their own, our “us” time is going to the bookstore and letting them pick out a drink and a book.

Because reading is important to me and I want it to be important to them, too. Now, it’s not something I suggest, it’s something that my nephew asks for.

“I finished my book, Aunt [Dessie], when can we go to the bookstore again?”

And when I tell him a date, I make sure to keep it.

Saying, “You can talk to me about anything” and “you can rely on me” is all well and good, but words are just words. You have to mean it and you have to show them that you mean it.

Otherwise, when it gets to those important moments in their life, they’re gonna shut you out rather than let you in.

[penny-anna]

One of my fav things about Gandalf is, he can & canonically does Full Name hobbits when he’s angry like he’s their mum or something

[penny-anna]

important follow up Qs:

1) does it frustrate Gandalf that he can’t do this to Bilbo & Frodo with the same impact bcos they don’t have nicknames

2) does he do it to non hobbits

Gandalf, in the distance: ARAGORN SON OF ARATHORN

Aragorn: oh shit I’m in trouble

[stevviefox]

I think when Gandalf is pissed with Hobbits he reverts to the extremely formal  Mister Baggins!

[penny-anna]

you’ve cracked it, that’s absolutely what he does

[fallenangelvictorious]

you know how mad he is based on how far back into your lineage he goes, consider:

Mild: Meriadoc Brandybuck! (last name only, you’ll probably live)

Mad: ARAGORN SON OF ARATHORN! (now your ancestors are involved, bad)

Murderous: THORIN, SON OF THRÁIN, SON OF THRÓR! (you are maybe about to meet your ancestors, via Gandalf… and not glorious battle) 

[shaelit]

The scary thing about Gandalf is he’s been around long enough to have met your entire lineage, so the recitation has more oomph.

[aethersea]

“I knew your great-great-great-grandfather and he, too, was a bitter disappointment, but not as much as you are in this moment”