I love all kinds of things I don't trust.

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[alinaastarkov]

THE TOWER: change, upheaval, revelation // TWO OF CUPS: union, partnership, tension // THE MAGICIAN: willpower, creation, deception // SIX OF SWORDS: transition, healing, new beginnings // THE HANGED MAN: sacrifice, surrender, wisdom // ACE OF SWORDS: clarity, confusion, truth Happy International Elsbeth Day! @gcladriel (insp.)

[sailorsally]

I will never be over them holding hands 24/7 [the excerpt is from Brad Sundberg's FB post]

[samia-escorcio]

I finally managed to finish this drawing. It was inspired by the rumors about the 3rd season of Trop, with a more fantastical touch from my imagination.

[neonlacrima]

Why do I keep seeing unrelated stuff from haters in haladriel tag 🤦‍♀️

And they call haladriels obsessive ones…

[boarwinds]

Thank u rz & tb

[sabrii738-deactivated20250622]

NAHHH not ppl tryna justify shipping Alucard with Maria😭😭😭😭

Saying he’s gonna wait for her to be grown up like that’s still predatory oml

That doesn’t change the fact that they met when Maria is 16-17 years old and Alucard is 300+ yrs old.

[little-gremlins]

Some shipps: JUST EXISTING

This fucking fanbase

Yes, sure, let's cry about how AluMari is unhealthy just because is show they were shown near each other, when Maria was 16, in game, when she was 17, and when they are started their relationship when she was 18

But yes, sure, shipping Alucard with his friends it's ok, it's absolutely normal and healthy when 3 persons sleep with each other. And let's not forget about fact, that two of this trio(i am saying about Trevor and Sypha) ARE PARENTS, there is NO HEALTHY PARENTHOOD when someone has family, and someone third is in this "triangle"

And let's guess, if i am scroll some posts, i would see odes of love to damned awful disgusting son of a bitch Olrox. Yes, him and Mizrak are healthy shipp too, yes, sure

[macabre-sonata]

Also in game canon he literally was asleep for 300 years. He didn't mature what so ever so he's more comparable to a 20 year old

[megala-theia-praxidike]

Book!Lucy Gray was glad that Coryo killed Bobbin & could not care less that he shot Mayfair (Even wrote a song abt how she loves him after). She even targeted Coral for attempting to murder Coryo. You think she'd wouldn't understand why he tattled on Sejanus? She loves all sorts of dangerous things, she desn't mind that the snakes kill to survive, she understands why it does it, it's natural that a snake bites when threatened but trust is everything to her more than love.

[lynchlightman]

[samia-escorcio]

Happy New Year my Friends!

Some Sauron and Galadriel sketches. Part 2.

[darklinaforever]

Why do some people always try to put Galadriel on the same level as the other characters who were betrayed by Sauron when it just has nothing to do with it ?

First of all, no, Sauron did not encourage Galadriel to do everything he wanted. In fact, the opposite happened, and unlike the others, the beginnings of Sauron's relationship with Galadriel were quite sincere, without the aim of manipulating her to get something from her. He originally wanted to stay in Numenor.

Oh, and honestly, at this point, who can compare Sauron stabbing Galadriel to Celebrimbor or Mirdana's death? Literally, Sauron stabbed Galadriel with the crown of Morgoth specifically to bind her to his very being. Always keep it with him. Nothing to do with Celebrimbor and Mirdana.

[hopeforchanges]

Institutionalized Misogyny: Why Women Are "Difficult" (and Why Galadriel Deserves Grace)

Can I get something off my chest, friends?

First of all, much like Tolkien, I believe in the inherent good of all people. And I have met more kind, compassionate and assertive people than I have met the other group.

But. I have to say this either way.

Institutionalized misogyny thrives on control—especially controlling how women express themselves. Here’s the catch: when women defend themselves, they’re labeled “difficult.” You can be the calmest, most articulate person in the room, but if you dare challenge someone, you’re suddenly “too much.” Too loud, too angry, too aggressive, too bitchy and snarky and defensive. Because heaven forbid you don’t smile politely and instead dismiss someone’s dumbass opinion.

It’s systemic. When men disagree, they’re assertive. When women disagree, they’re trouble. And this double standard bleeds into how we view fictional women, too.

Galadriel’s unapologetically herself. She is unabashedly unashamed of who she is even though she fucks up sometimes. She lets pain, grief, and rage cloud her judgment and inadvertently coaxes Satan out of retirement.

And yes, she should face the consequences of those actions. But let’s be real: men in similar situations get treated like heroes on an “arc.” A guy screws up? It’s a redemption story. A woman screws up? She’s irredeemable. She’s the problem.

Galadriel isn’t perfect—and that’s the point. She’s grieving, angry, flawed, and still standing. And that makes people uncomfortable because women are expected to apologize for existing, let alone for messing up. When men fail, they’re given room to grow. When women fail, they’re told to go join Hillary Clinton in the woods and never show their faces again.

Yes, Galadriel should be held accountable. But treating her like she is the villain rather than a victim of her own humanity (or elf-ness, whatever) is the exact reason women are held to impossible standards. Let’s allow women the same grace we allow men when they screw up.

Let them be rude, let them be angry, let them feel. Women don’t have to be picture-perfect role models 24/7. They’re allowed to act human in the face of tragedy. Treat them with compassion, not contempt, for their flaws.

And by the way, this is not the fourth wave of feminism hatred post to grab pitchforks and crucify men. In fact, I am ashamed and heartbroken to even say this out loud, but it is mostly women (at least in my life) who I have seen (and both experienced) perpetuating misogyny and unnecessary competitiveness.

This is a post coming from a place of love, calling out a HUMAN, institutionalized behavior, not just male behavior, that hurts women and therefore hurts storytelling which I deeply care about.

Thank you for listening and keep being awesome.

[galaxyspeaking]

—Although her light was blinding, he could not tear his eyes away, nor did he wish to.

[elena-gilbert]

I thought I knew better, I thought it would get better I figured somehow by now, I would have got it together And if you put your, put your heart in it, heart in it Then we'll do more than just get by together

[arobinsonart]

I want the parts of your hand-grenade heart that beat slowly with anger and fear.

I want your quiet, your screaming and thrashing, the salt on your lips and the hands that God gave you. And I want your violence, your silent sedation, your moon eyes, your telescope, morbid fixation.

And I want your pyro, your born-again virgin, your hands on my insides, your fingertips crawling. And I want your Jesus, your suicide mission, your lips on the microphone, soft disposition.

I want your secrets, your clementine fields, the ropes that you climb up, the parts that won't heal. I want your safe word, your passive resistance, the sickness you foster, your favorite addictions.

And I want your nightmares, the ghost in your doorway, your paralyzed sleep and your.. I want you, butterfly, I want you, sailor.

I am your lover and I am your jailor.

—select verses from “Spiracle” by Flower Face

[wildwren]

[miurgen]

I have many names 🥺👉👈

[fatcatlittlebox]

I know Charlie’s interpretation of Sauron may be disappointing, specifically how he characterizes him in the context of his connection to Galadriel. But he’s said this many times before and seems to be committed to his vision. The thing is, he’s not wrong either.

I’ve written meta about this before: whether or not Sauron loves Galadriel. From his standpoint, the answer is no. I don’t think that means what he feels is not love. It’s just exactly what he said: it’s the anyone’s interpretation. We, as viewers, project what we know as “love” onto Sauron’s actions and words because that is our cultural, religious, personal and educated definition of it. That’s the humanized version of it. He’s also saying we’re NOT wrong either.

But Charlie (and I’ve noticed this is his method of acting) fully looks at it from Sauron’s point of view. He builds a psychological world behind his characters and he is insistent on preserving that mindset. So from Sauron’s perspective (and Charlie’s now), he doesn’t equate what he experiences to our human concept of “love”. It’s not that he isn’t capable of it. But does Sauron know? We know he is because this is Tolkien and it’s the governing principle of all his writings. But “love” is just not something he intellectually values even though that is exactly what is happening. His emotional self is bleeding through. Why is that?

Mairon is immortal. He believes he has a 300000 foot view of Middle Earth and all the Children of the Iluvatar. He was created to serve Eru and Aule. The fiber of his creation was not built for love even though all beings are hardwired for it. His drive, his nature, as described by Tolkien, is to enact order, execute perfection, maintain efficiency. None of that fits with love. Love is messy, emotional, unpredictable and absolutely not what he sees as his purpose. In fact, his master created a whole other race of creatures, the dwarves, to “love.” That’s how not suited for love he is. He was already in existence and Aule said “…..how about somebody else?” Oof.

So as far as he is concerned, love is for the lesser children. So Sauron can rationalize, “Okay, the dwarves were made for that and I was not.” Now even if what he feels, as an ancient, primordial entity, is attraction, lust, desire, affection, longing, obsession, possessiveness — all circumscribing facets of love — Sauron would never call it that. He’d probably say his only weakness is being in Middle Earth too long that he’s become influenced by the locals’ rudimentary emotions. He’s older than most of known creation, knowledgeable and ingenious, but fixed on this idea of himself. He has rationalized that love is not what he was programmed for even though that unnameable urge seems to override his programming as far Galadriel is concerned. So I can agree with Charlie on this, because it is in keeping with how he’s cultivated the psychological background of Sauron. I wouldn’t expect him to change his tune. There is nothing in Tolkien that overtly suggests he, Sauron and Sauron alone, has loved anyone or can appreciate it if he did. Maybe Halbrand, whom Charlie has said he considers a different personality, but not Sauron. Charlie seems devoted to what he has found in the text and unless the show writing charts a character arc that provokes some enlightenment or self-awareness of his ability to love another, I wouldn’t expect him to say any differently.