Metatomatoes

Toy-collecting, fandom-loving, nerdy bi Oregon Trail millennial & inexpert crafter. Merthur forever but mostly RoP, Aubreyad, Silmarillion and Genshin Impact.

[catilinas]

eöl voice. inventing carbon fibre and then naming my son carbon fibre

[jomeimei421]

The windows have shattered, the paintings have fallen, the furniture is scattered, but we’re still here. We can fix many things.

[oh-cosmia]

They made me play yaoi chess in my open world game bruh

[victusinveritas]

[expressions-of-nature]

by Dave Mitchell

[torracat]

this is the money garf. reblog for untold pasta and riches to come your way

[peasant-player]

Ungoliant

Primeval devourer of light

[peasant-player]

Ungoliant

Primeval devourer of light

[oh-cosmia]

so-called “feeble scholars” when their roommate is within grabbable distance

[peatbogpirate]

this one's from last year but I just started my rotk reread and this scene makes me giggle every time

[dogmotif-deactivated20240505]

the main problem i have with america is that nothings old as hell there. i cant be so far away from a castle it damages my aura

[chillyfeetsteak]

man people really just say stuff on here huh

[lame-kid-on-couch]

Noooo haha don't spread racist ideals and colonizer propaganda by idolizing white european aesthetics above all else and denying the life and accomplishments of native peoples on their own lands

[brehaaorgana]

People have been living in the downtown area of Tucson, Arizona for at least 4,500 years. The greater Santa Cruz river valley has been occupied by humans for 12,000 years.

You see this?

That's not a river. That's the South Canal in Mesa, Arizona (Phoenix metro area).

This is a view of the East and South canals. At least half of all the Phoenix metro canals were originally built by the Hohokam (from roughly 200-1400 CE), and are still in use (restored) today.

Phoenix, Arizona actually has more miles (kilometers) of Canals total than both Venice and Amsterdam. No, really. Phoenix has about 180 miles of canals, many of which are built on ancient canal foundations.

below is an aerial view photo taken in the late 1930's of one branch of Phoenix's canal systems:

Also have the "Montezuma Castle," if you need a castle:

I don't need to look at some 12th century European castle to see age.

[runawaymun]

Don’t forget the continuously inhabited pueblos!!

The Taos Pueblo, Orayvi, and Sky City (Acoma) were all founded sometime before 1150AD and have been continuously inhabited since then.

There’s the Medicine Wheel in Wyoming - called Annáshisee by the Apsáalooke, who also say that it was there before they arrived. We don’t know how old it is. Oral history from several different indigenous tribes say it was built by ancient ancestors who lived without iron.

And then there’s the Serpent Mound in Ohio, which, by the way, is the largest serpent effigy in the world.

Radiocarbon dates it back to at least 300 BCE. (2300 years ago), so, you know — the time of Ptolemy and the Punic Wars, and was later repaired by indigenous people about 900 years ago.

This just scratches the surface. So, yeah, we have a lot of old as shit stuff here built by indigenous people. Don’t even get me started on South America.

[pansyfemme]

close your eyes and imagine freshly roasted root vegetables perfectly seasoned and crispy as far as the eye can see

[nighttimepatrons]

Sam trying to get Frodo to take one more step

[nighttimepatrons]

Sam psychologically tormenting Gollum

[crumbling-toast]

thought I was gonna get mugged by this goose

[runawaymun]

Can’t get over the disparity between my cats.

Malka? Knows how to open closets. She uses this knowledge to chase her brother into them, then shuts the door on him.

Patrick? (Orange) Does not know how to open any doors. Regularly somehow shuts himself in rooms. I know it’s not Malka doing it. I’ve watched him do this almost every day and then he gets rlly confused and cries.

[maryfitzroy]

[thegreatyin]

"how can m/f ships be good-" first of all through the power of bisexuality anything is possible so write that down. second of all if we start othering ships based on gender and nothing else we're no better than the opposition. third of all you need to watch more addams family

[runawaymun]

In case anybody else forgot (because I sure did) it’s US tax day. Go do your taxes before midnight.