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[depsidase]

[tothechaos]

any tips for developing discipline? ive been going through life on a lackadaisical hedonist build but ive got a bunch of mysterious problems that i may or may not be at fault for

[str-ngeloop]

my serious answer to this would be moderate-high dose psilocybin followed by regular exercise and concentration meditation practice.

but you don't want to hear that. we're just playing around here.

[troubleontriton]

Psilocybin? Why psilocybin? Stimulants n such sure but I mostly associate that with having mystical revelations and Meaningfullness experiences.

[str-ngeloop]

The serious no-joke answer to this is because psilocybin and other psychedelics increase the entropic temperature parameter of the brain (see carhart-harris's well-supported entropic brain hypothesis) meaning that it dramatically increases neuroplasticity, flattens the habit energy landscape, making it easy to break existing habits and form new ones. For someone who's used to lackadaisical hedonism, going into a trip with the intention of cultivating discipline will allow a clean switch from old habits to new ones.

This effect is valence-agnostic, meaning it's as easy to form toxic new habits as it is beneficial ones. this is why my recommendation is coupling the trip with the establishment of an exercise habit and a concentration meditation habit, which are as far as I can tell the most effective habits to establish to train the mind-body into discipline in a healthy and sustainable manner while prioritizing wellbeing and personal autonomy.

Additionally, (but more speculatively) concentration meditation has been proposed to selectively lower the entropy of the brain, taking it further from a state of criticality, (Irrmischer et.al. Controlling the Temporal Structure of Brain Oscillations by Focused Attention Meditation. Hum Brain Mapp. 2018) meaning that the trip opens the door for positive change and then a subsequent concentration meditation habit, in addition to directly cultivating discipline, 'locks in' the positive habits gained in the period of neuroplasticity through a mechanism analogous to annealing.

but again, we're just playing around on tumblr.com.

[str-ngeloop]

it's like this. so, you get it

[i-post-hilarious-shit]

[kidzbopdeathgrips]

it's really funny how the entire world basically just blew the fuck up six short years ago and nobody wants to admit that that may have had some lasting consequences lmao

[maryqueenofmurder]

peole are pretending what??

[thememedaddy]

[havingapoemwithyou]

Superbly Situated by Robert Hershon

[aragornsrockcollection]

I feel like Bilbo would be fully willing to criticize the choices of first age elves to their faces entirely based on how well details of their stories could be put to verse in westron, a language that did not exist at the time.

“Your cloak was trimmed in purple!? No that won’t do at all! Do you even understand how hard it is to rhyme purple? It’s quite inconsiderate to preform song-worthy deeds in purple you know! Humph, I guess we must make do with metaphor, but I shall have to completely reconstruct the meter for this whole stanza so that it scans! Quite inconvenient. What do you mean?! Of course I have to describe the colors you wore, how else shall the listener picture the scene! Now, let’s go for a walk in the garden, and you can point out which blooms are closest in hue to your cloak-trim. What did you eat before the battle by the way?”

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON’T REMEMBER!?!”

Bilbo’s unrepentant willingness to scold fearsome warlords over the poetic potential of their outfits, and unforgivable inability to provide culinary details utterly delights Elrond, who is usually the only person in the room that realizes Bilbo is 100% messing with them.

Elrond gets as close to moping as he ever does when Celebrian insists that he can’t bring Bilbo to his first meeting with his parents in 6000 years, because “Love, the whole point of the exercise is YOU talking to them, not laughing at how confused Bilbo makes them! Bring him next time.”

[maryqueenofmurder]

"nothing rhymes with purple"

not in english, obviously. surely the best way to make an elvish poem would be to mercilessly switch between languages whenever appropriate for rhyme.

[20thcenturystarlet]

New York City ballet production of Midsummer Nights Dream

[thepeelingrenoir]

The fact this isn't a painting is a testament to one of the greatest feats of set design and production I've ever seen.

[thepeelingrenoir]

My god just look at this! The lighting, set design, photography... I've just never seen anything like it.

[sisaloofafump]

This is from 1966 and you can see over a hundred photos on the NYPL digital collections website. It is absolutely gorgeous. These are just a few of my favourites.

Plus Puck's face here:

[aworldofmaybes]

🎬 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗿𝗮𝘄, 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘆?

🎬 A World of Maybes presents: POWER RANGERS: WILD ACCESS (2026) — When Beasts Rise and Legends Awaken!

Imagine a world where the Power Rangers' strength doesn't just come from technology, but from ancient animal spirits. 🦁🐺🦅 What if the suit wasn't just armor, but a bridge to the wild energy of the earth?

What if the connection was this deep? What if nine strangers were chosen not for their skills, but because their souls mirrored the wild? Alex the Lion, Ethan the Tiger, Noah the Elephant, and the others… What if their greatest battle wasn't against an outside villain, but to control the beast within? 🌿

What if the scale of destruction was like this? Imagine a darkness that feeds on the earth's imbalance.

What if the Zords weren't just machines, but massive, living elemental forces that wake up with a roar that shakes the very foundations of the world? ⚡🔥 Every fight becomes a test of survival, and every victory demands a sacrifice.

The "Maybe" Reality: What if Power Rangers wasn't just a show we watched, but a gritty, cinematic epic where neon energy meets primal force? 🐾 This story explores the thin line between instinct and discipline, control and chaos. It’s about understanding the wild within us all.

Early Rating: 8.9/10 — A breathtaking revival that turns nostalgia into a legendary cinematic experience!

How would YOU feel? Which animal spirit would you want to be chosen by? 🐯🦈🦅 Let your imagination run wild in the A World of Maybes!

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 '𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝗳' 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀! 𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿—𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗔 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲𝘀. 𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸!

[maryqueenofmurder]

why are there so many power rangers-

IS THAT CAPTAIN AMERICA???

[junodoom]

it's wen ning's birthday today! everyone tell him happy birthday!

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[the-emblematic]

Tag yourself. I’m “sets low personal standards and constantly fails to achieve them”

[cqlfeels]

Not to go Blorbo from my shows on this but this deserves a CQL edit

[sweetteaanddragons]

hi!! so the time travel stuff you've been writing lately has got me thinking. so say morgoth gets himself yeeted back in time. i think there's really only one person he'd go after. not feanor, the Guy Who Died Five Minutes In Last Time. not fingon, not maedhros, not even fingolfin. question-who would you kill to ensure a child is never born? Their Mother. idril. she is his #1 target. no idril/no earendil/no valar last-minute rescue. so begins his hunt. (no pressure just love your writing!!!)

Okay, so, confession time: I initially misread this as Morgoth obsessed with killing Indis.

Which is a fun idea but it’s also a tricky one due to the nature of elves; killing Indis wouldn’t mean she couldn’t come back and have children later. It would have to be a repeated endeavor. A much more efficient way to keep her children from being born would be to stop her from marrying Finwe in the first place.

. . . Which would either lead to hilarious rom-com shenanigans as Morgoth tries to break her and Finwe up while promoting, I don’t know, some Maia he thinks he can control as an alternate candidate OR Morgoth acting as Miriel’s bodyguard to keep from dying in the first place.

This is the one AU where I can actually see Feanor and Morgoth on the same side. Huh. Was not expecting that.

Idril, though.

In some ways, Idril would be easier! Idril will come back too, but there’s a relatively narrow window in which she can meet and have children with Tuor; killing her has a good chance of preventing the birth of Earendil.

The question is when? He does, to his advantage, now know where Gondolin is, but his timing would need to be really good because otherwise he’s going to end up sending his army to a random spot of wilderness where Gondolin will someday be or he’s going to arrive too late and Idril’s going to have that secret tunnel ready to go.

. . . Actually, you know what? Ulmo picked the spot; Ulmo warned them when time was up . . . but I don’t think Morgoth knows this. There is no good time for Morgoth to arrive, but he does not know this.

Tuor is, in some ways more feasible. He’s mortal! He’s not living in a secret city for most of his life!

On the other hand, he’s one mortal, and Morgoth does not have his movements pre-Gondolin memorized, if he was ever aware of them in the first place.

He might try to catch Huor instead of Hurin so he could curse his line instead? I feel like the main difference this would cause is Beleg living and Voronwe dying though, and while I don’t think Morgoth would object, that’s not really helpful, either.

He could kill Turgon or Elenwe back in Aman? That still leads to the same problem as killing Indis, though.

. . . You know, that’s kind of a story in and of itself. Morgoth attempts to prune the family tree and is blocked by difficulties on all sides. A different sort of approach to preserving the timeline (and the souls within it) than I took in my last “Morgoth attempts time travel” story.

[lords-of-arda]

He doesn’t need to kill Finwe or Indis or Fingolfin or Idril or Turgon or Elenwe, though, just disappear them and torture them until they’re Orcs or otherwise too traumatised to ever take physical form again. That gives much more leeway in terms of when to act and who to act against, especially if he does something mischievous like snatching Elenwe or Idril when pregnant and raising the child as his own (aka with his preferred worldview).

[sweetteaanddragons]

This is true! But it does present its own problems.

With Idril, the problem is once again catching her; if he’s in a position where he can catch her, he’s in a position where he can kill her, and, as established above that would achieve his aims but be very difficult.

The others he has much easier access to in Aman. He can absolutely kidnap them there.

. . . and then what?

If we’ve reached the canonical point where he runs off to Beleriand anyway, then that problem’s solved but by that point, it’s too late, unless he grabs Idril, and Idril is (presumably) in Tirion while the Silmarils are in Formenos.

So he can either

A) Try to steal both and risk being caught by the Valar.

or

B) Steal Idril instead of the Silmarils.

Which would lead to an enraged horde of Noldor still united by Finwe descending on him immediately, probably via the ships Olwe lent them; well done, Morgoth!

If we’re before this point, then he either

A) Has to abandon Aman sooner than he did last time and face the same issues he did in the previous situation but with a less prepared army

or

B) Try to hide them in Aman somewhere.

Which.

I’m not saying he couldn’t.

I’m just saying it would be difficult.

Because the Finwions are a very large, very devoted family with a lot of resources that would here probably include the other Valar.

[lords-of-arda]

You’re not thinking maliciously enough!

Depending on when he “lands” there’s lots of opportunities to prevent Eärendil’s existence. Times when he might kidnap 1 or more ancestor or parent:

- Any time between the first elves awakening and Utumno falling, grab an ancestor and orcify them

- When they’re crossing the Grinding Ice, just grab or drown Idril and you’re done (or Turgon to prevent Gondolin from existing, assuming meddling old Ulmo doesn’t find another puppet)

- Before Gondolin is built, send the Balrogs and the werewolves and the orcs and what have you, then slip past the huge battles, then grab or kill Idril

- When the exodus to Gondolin happens, slip in as many mind-slaves as possible to either cause division for the eventual invasion, murder Idril, or wait for the time to strike DURING the invasion

- Smash Gondolin immediately or shortly after the Siege of Angband fails, to flush Idril into the open where she can be killed (if she survives the fall of the city)

- Capture Aredhel during her trip, make her an agent of his will (if possible), extract information about Gondolin and the minds of Turgon and Idril if not

- When men awaken and Melkor reveals himself to them, lead them further East before dividing them, and make sure to turn them against the elves for generations before doing the whole making them worship him/turn on each other (to make sure they mistrust the rumours of the Valar and the West from the start, maybe use elven spies for this)

- Infiltrate the refugees of Doriath if elven agents/mind-slaves, kill or kidnap Elwing

- Pre-empt Tuor and Voronwe by sending elf and human slaves decked out in similar gear as that Turgon left behind, either to murder Idril or poison the guards (who already kill humans who stumble onto the way to Gondolin) against Tuor and possibly Voronwe

- When Maeglin is captured, instead of sending him back to rule, either implant the command that he’s to kill Eärendil ASAP at the first opportunity, Eöl-style, or replace him with idk Sauron wearing his shape/shaped in his likeness

- When Gondolin burns, have a second Balrog and army waiting for them, either with the first so they’re overwhelmed, or a bit behind it so Glorfindel can’t kill both of them

- Same but have the army in the area they rested before moving to Sirion

- Besiege Sirion like he besieged Cirdan before the Gondolinrim can escape there, there probably isn’t enough military strength left in Beleriand to break the siege and the goal isn’t necessarily to take the town (though getting Elwing would be a huge plus), but rather to keep Eärendil as far away as possible (and as vulnerable to sickness, age, accident and enemy action as possible)

I don’t think Ulmo could warn against this, either - he needs to get his messenger to the armour, intimidate or convince them to do the job, wait for them to get to Gondolin, wait for Turgon to be convinced (he won’t be), AND wait for Idril to dig her way through miles of solid rock (or however long or short the Secret Way was). Melkor has months, if not years to launch his attack.

This is all written without breaks babey! I’m sure if we put our minds to it we can make the Silmarillion even worse!

[sweetteaanddragons]

(I realize that I’m currently only addressing one of the many scenarios you’ve presented, but it was the one that grabbed me, so here we are.)

If he attacks on the Grinding Ice - which you’re quite right, he could - he can either do this stealth style or massive army style.

Massive army style, anything could happen. If he ends up successfully grabbing Idril, though, one possible result is the Fingon Breakout Tour Now With Bonus Brotherly Bonding!

Morgoth was prepared for this. He was not idiotic enough to hang Idril up next to her cousin.

He was not, however, prepared for Fingolfin “Fight Me” Finwean. He assumed that would happen eventually. He just hadn’t figured out a way around actually fighting Fingolfin yet.

Morgoth wins, of course.

It’s just this time, Fingolfin is backed up by the Feanorians, who were, canonically, very prepared to ambush Morgoth at the first opportunity.

Morgoth has to be concerned with preserving his troop’s impression of his strength. Fingolfin . . . is technically also interested in this? Just. Not as interested as he is in getting his granddaughter back.

And his nephews are, of course, really not at all interested in whether or not everyone’s impressed by their half-uncle’s strength, and also, when you’re literally fighting Morgoth, everyone’s kind of impressed that you dared to show up in the first place.

It’s still not very honorable, but.

Look. I love the Feanorians. Deeply. 99.9% of my Silmarillion fanfic is dedicated to this.

I just. I’m not convinced that we have much canonical evidence for their dedication to fighting honorably, and if they do have any dedication to that concept I think that dedication would mainly be held by Maedhros “We’re going back for Fingon, right” Feanorian, and also would be mainly pragmatic in nature. “Let’s be honorable enough that our allies trust us” kind of thing. And “we are willing to lie to Morgoth” is lacking in honor, but I’m not convinced other elves would care overmuch in that one specific case.

At which point we’ve got enough chaos that knowledge of future events is . . . sketchy. At best.

(Naturally, a smart enough Morgoth can still turn this to his benefit. It’s just there’s a limit to how dark I’m willing to go, and “Morgoth successfully kidnaps and tortures child!Idril into becoming an orc” is pretty far past my personal limit. However, to get back to OP’s original thought, the above are excellent scenarios for anyone who does want to write this concept.)

[maryqueenofmurder]

I mean, in canon wasn't the main reason the valar stuck their necks out for the elves b/c earendil brought them a silmaril? all you need to do is not lose one to luthien! i mean ig this could cause. MANY problems if he didnt manage to kill her and through some series of events she had elven/maiar kids.

also earendil is super killable. show up at sirion really anytime after fall of gondolin and wreck the place. they had like no military defences, and were not... very good... strategically. (see: ppl willing to kill us over rock r threatening to kill us over rock. do nothing)

earendils only survival factor is that he left to go get milk.

suprising idril + tuor are actually once again the people holding back morgoths time travel plan!

interestingly enough, its worth pointing out that nobody has mentioned killing idril in the right timeframe may not prevent her & tuor from having kids... b/c tuor sailed to valinor and Didn't Die.

idril/tuor are sort of like reverse beren/luthien. anyway lol imagine morgoth killing idril and being like. welp thats taken care of. and ulmo frantically shaking tuor awake at some point in the timeline like: Wake Up You Need To Sail to Valinor. tuor: wha-

idril meets tuor upon her quick release from mandos, because she was How Old when she crossed the grinding ice?: heyyyyyyy

earendil, a half-elf who by the valars on decree would be mortal by virtue of having mortal blood, would totally be allowed back to bereliand! neatly solves the problem of if he'll die in valinor, or if theyll have to make him immortal too, and if he married what about the kids-

morgoth when earendil sails to aman(?), has kids w/ elwing, sails back to valinor b/c WOW this new place w/ his wife and kids is Major Messed up, and mayyybe the valar can help? he has this cool rock... :

you WHAT

[michaelgovehateblog]

I would like to wish everyone an uneventful new year

[michaelgovehateblog]

It’s only November and this is already getting notes again, you guys are really manifesting this energy early for the new year

[primarybufferpanel]

We would like to live in Less Interesting Times please

[sillyriceball]

I like my apocalypses one at a time please.

[probuccalfat1]

this community has weird dark vibes lately

[cellyhwondertainment]

its all rhe ******* and )****(

[probuccalfat1]

girl is this wheel of fucking fortune give me a vowel or something

[aerithkinfaker]

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[whitepeopletwitter]

[number-1-deaf-clint-barton-stan]

it’s been two years, but i think that an icon like her deserves to be known about by more people.

her name was freddie oversteegen and she, at the age of fourteen, along with her older sister truus who was 16 and their friend johanna “hannie” schaft who was 19, was a part of the netherlands most famous all female resistance cell which was dedicated to fighting the nazis and dutch traitors.

among other things, they are known to have blown up bridges and railroads, smuggled jewish children from concentration camps and, as the tweet mentions, seducing nazis and then shooting them with guns that they had hidden in their bike baskets. freddie is quoted as having said that they “had to do it.” and that it was a “necessary evil, killing those who betrayed good people.”

though freddie and her sister truus were both lucky and survived the war, hannie schaft wasn’t. at the age of 24, hannie was caught and around three weeks later was executed by nazis, only 18 days before the netherlands were eventually liberated. she was shot with one only wounding her, and, before the final shot, hannie is quoted as having told the executioners: ik schiet beter, which translates to “i shoot better.”

though she didn’t survive, hannie is recognized as a national icon and a face of the dutch resistance, with her story even being retold in a movie from 1981 called “the girl with the red hair.” along with this, truus also founded the national hannie schaft foundation in 1992, on which freddie served as a board member.

freddie, at the time of her death, was 92 years old and the last surviving member of the resistance cell, with truus having died two years earlier at the age of 92.

though these women and all that they did played an important part in the dutch resistance, they are often overlooked in history outside of the netherlands. it’s important that they are remembered and that their work to save people isn’t forgotten. it’s incredible what they did, especially given how young they were, and they deserve more recognition than what they’ve gotten.

[lameness-with-a-hint-of-sarcasm]

“I shoot better” Holy shit an icon

[savedfromsalvation]

This is the face of ANTIFA!

[lost-carcosa]

Freddie Oversteegen (6 September 1925 – 5 September 2018)

[youngromantics]

Am I my brother's keeper?

Natalie Diaz, A Brother Named Gethsemane//@filmnoirsbian //Supernatural 15x17//Jean Anouilh, Antigone, trans. by Lewis Galantiere//The Elektra Complex//The Other Boleyn Girl//Toni Morrison, Dance of Freedom and Desire