The Hidden City of Gondolin

I love to read, and write. I am a fan of all things Tolkien, especially the Silmarillion. I enjoy art, literature and mythology. Avid environmentalist here, but I post mainly about my favorite fandoms and authors.

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crop circles

[thebootydiaries]

everybody: aliens

nobody: corn is sentient

[tamascotchi-deactivated20190101]

the corn just did that

[deactivated3234killmykioff2k16]

[matou-en-peluche]

A selection of cat drawings I did in 2017 (and one butterfly!) - Matou en Peluche

Peace Kitten, It wasn’t me!, A good book and thou, Maxwell, Owen and Gordon, Taylor in the Botanics, and a blue butterfly.

[londoncallingsigh]

How would you describe your teenage self? (x)

[foreverlostinliterature]

Hello everyone! Just wanted to give you guys another head’s up that Book Depository is having some Black Friday deals all week! It sounds like everyday they have new and different discounts available, so I’ll reblog this throughout the week to remind you all not to miss out on anything! I haven’t had a chance to take a look yet, but I’m hoping to because there are some books I’d like to get people for the holidays this year. :)

If you do plan to purchase anything, it would mean so much if you purchased through my affiliate link, where I receive a small commission from your purchases at no extra cost to you! Every penny counts these days for me. Thanks for all of your support, guys!

[artist-turner]

The Burning of the Houses of Parliament, William Turner

Medium: watercolor

https://www.wikiart.org/en/william-turner/the-burning-of-the-houses-of-parliament-2

[artist-turner]

Melrose Abbey, William Turner

Medium: watercolor,paper

https://www.wikiart.org/en/william-turner/melrose-abbey

[wordsnquotes]

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

Aldous Huxley, Brave New World (via wordsnquotes)

[artist-renoir]

The Path, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Medium: oil,canvas

[ava-candide]

Aidan talks scything at the Graham Norton Show 01. June 2018

[irishscotlass]

Aidan asking who is not a fan of it? Lol

[ava-candide]

The Sunday Times Magazine Interview with Aidan 10. June 2018

Source: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-magazine-interview-poldark-heart-throb-aidan-turner-on-not-caring-about-his-looks-9hp8g9hrv?CMP=Sprkr-_-Editorial-_-TheSTMagazine-_-Unspecified-_-TWITTER

[irishscotlass]

He is just a lovely man

[ghostlywriterr]

University of Glasgow, Scotland.

[ghostcafe]

[fillejondrette]

Phases of the moon, Geomantie’ (Geomancy), Codex Palatinus 833 Germanicus.

[adeles]

Depression is a very serious illness.

[detailedart]

Berenice’s tresses, 1878 ; Ambrogio Borghi exhibited in the Exposition Universelle in Paris.

[consumptive-sphinx]

Concept: the Silmarillion, in the style of Lemony Snicket

[consumptive-sphinx]

“Stealing, of course, is a crime, and a very impolite thing to do. But like most impolite things, it is excusable under certain circumstances. Stealing is not excusable if, for instance, you are in a workshop and you decide that the Silmarils would look better in your crown, and you simply grab the Silmarils and take them there. But if you were very, very hungry, and you had no way of obtaining money, it would be excusable to grab the Silmarils, take them to your fortress, and eat them.”

[consumptive-sphinx]

“Finrod was an Arafinwean, a word which here means ‘lithe blonde twink who, for some reason, everybody in the entire world except for Celegorm seems to underestimate.’

Curufin was smitten, a word which here means ‘not Celegorm.’”

[consumptive-sphinx]

“Now, “in the dark” is a term meaning that one is not aware of something that is going on, and has very little to do with physical light, or the lack of such a thing. If it is a bright sunny day and you are sitting in a park and you have no idea that buried beneath your picnic spot is a treasure chest then you are in the dark not in the dark, and if it is the dead of night and you are traipsing through the woods and you are entirely aware that you are being followed by a troupe of ballerinas then you are not in the dark in the dark, and if you are sitting at your kitchen table working and you are so intent on your work that you do not even realize night has fallen then you are in the dark about being in the dark in the dark, until you look up and find yourself no longer in the dark about being in the dark in the dark. And immediately after Melkor extinguished the Trees, all of Valinor found itself very comprehensively in the dark.“

[consumptive-sphinx]

“Fingolfin was an optimist, a word which here means ‘attempting to make amends with his half-brother who has just threatened him with a sword.’

Fingolfin was an optimist, a word which here means ‘willing to trust his half-brother to bring him across an ocean in the boats they have just stolen together.’

Fingolfin was an optimist, a word which here means ‘about to cross an ice bridge, having previously turned back because such a thing was clearly impossible.’

Fingolfin was an optimist, a word which here means ‘about to charge an evil god and stab him with a sword.’

Fingolfin was an optimist, a word which here means ‘dead.’”

[consumptive-sphinx]

“If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats, or, in Finrod’s case, werewolves.”

[saltrat88]

[tomroughneck]

Meanwhile in Russia

[inzertbreaks]

annyi.

[marcommarco]

gente decisa

[captain-price-official]

The bigger vehicle has right of way.

[enrique262]

Russians cannot into chill.

[ravldazle]

This is what I call a satisfying video

[knighterrante]

@rokirovka blease tell me what these poor benighted motherfuckers are saying

[kittoforos]

@theminism tbf speakers 1 and 2 seem like pretty reasonable people… i can’t really translate much of what the benighted motherfuckers involved are saying since they’re farther away (and swearing is hard to translate) but here goes nothing lmao just for you

speaker 1: What, they can’t drive out of each other’s way?

speaker 2: It looks like they can’t drive out of each other’s way. There’s not enough space. And they’re fighting.

speaker 1: They should have just pulled off and let the excavator go first.

speaker 2 [interrupting]: Of course.

speaker 1: What the heck are they doing over there

speaker 2: What the heck

speaker 1: Woah woah what the heck okay wow

speaker 2: What the hell [gets out of car] Hey, hey guys! What the f[this is where the beep comes in] are you doing!

speaker 3: Don’t take pictures!

speaker 2: I’m filming!

speakers 3 and 4: [inaudible] Don’t take pictures! Put the phone away!

speaker 2: Guys, calm down!

[the reckoning arrives]

speakers 3 and 4: [general yelling] No no no! f[beep]! Wow! Wow! [yelling continues inaudibly]

speaker 2: Wow guys! [laughs] Fuck, dudes! Wow you messed up! [laughs] now that, man, is a fuck up! Motherf[beep]! Get ‘em!

[hroethvitnir]

Oh man, thank you so much for the translation.