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[keikomivra]

the book of boba fett | ch. 1: stranger in a strange land

ming-na wen as fennec shand

[alivedean]

SAMBUCKY APPRECIATION WEEK | BUCKY BARNES APPRECIATION

↳ bucky + text posts

bonus:

[thorodinsson]

he’s chaotic, your honor

[astriiformes]

The Fellowship gets on the topic of their ages one night and Boromir comes to the dawning realization that he has absolutely no idea how old any of his companions are supposed to be at all

[astriiformes]

Boromir, pointing at the hobbits: I don’t know how your ages work

Boromir, pointing at Legolas and Gimli: I definitely don’t know how either of your ages work

Boromir, pointing at Aragorn: I thought I knew how your age worked but apparently I was wrong

Boromir, pointing at Gandalf: I especially don’t know how your age works

Gandalf: It doesn’t, but carry on

[elidyce]

Listen I will die on this hill. I don’t care what it says in the assorted apocrypha, if you go by the Actual Text of LOTR you can make a very good argument that Boromir is the youngest member of the group. 

The hobbits are the only ones given official ages in the text, and are between fifty or fifty-one and twenty-nine. Elves and dwarves notoriously age slowly, and Gimli is the offspring of one of Bilbo’s pals, so okay, we’ve established that he’s old enough to call the hobbits young, and Bilbo confirms for them that Aragorn is Pretty Old For A Bigjobs. Gandalf is, of course, eternal.

But we are never given any context for Boromir and Faramir’s ages, except that a) they are humans and, though Sons of Gondor, not much longer lived than most Bigjobs, and b) Faramir is A QuiteYoung Man. I was absolutely convinced, when I read the books as a youngun, that Boromir, being in ‘the flower of manhood’ iirc, was probably between 25 and 30.

And it would be Freaking Hilarious, okay, for Boromir to finally get around to actually asking how old this baby-faced hobbit carrying The Ring is, and get told ‘oh, he’s only fifty, but he’s very steady for his age.’

Boromir: ?!?!?!

And then Pippin and Merry start asking everyone how old they are because this is fascinating are we all official adults here except for Pippin or what.

Boromir: …. Pippin isn’t an adult HOW OLD IS PIPPIN.

Pippin is just 29, which is why everyone calls him Pippin, it’s gonna be at least another 20 years before he can make Peregrine work. Why, how old is Boromir?

Boromir, who would rather DIE than admit to being 28 right at this moment: …. 43. 

All the others, weighing up his apparent age compared to theirs: Sure, sounds legit. 

Gandalf, who knows for certain, does not say anything because he is absolutely certain that telling Pippin that he’s older than Boromir will be an unmitigated disaster. 

[legolaslovely]

BOROMIR is the BABY???????!!!!!!!

[mirkwoodest]

Love the take that Boromir’s canon age is just him being a fucking liar.

[sentrysvoid]

The Hunger Games (2012) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

bonus:

[medievalthymes]

peeta:

[stjepan-sejic]

yesterday was a funny day on twitter XD

https://twitter.com/GailSimone/status/1061786484028596224

[summeryewberry]

There’s been an update:

[summeryewberry]

Aaand another update:

[summeryewberry]

Update #3:

[summeryewberry]

Update #4:

[summeryewberry]

Update #5:

[summeryewberry]

Update #6:

[ruffboi-mags]

oh good we finally got there

[physibear]

THIS IS MY FAVORITE THING EVER

[moku-youbi]

It got better!!!

[soulsearcher33]

I……..I have a new ship…….dear god @rowdyhooliganism @clonesome

[rowdyhooliganism]

I ship it like FedEx 💖

[anelegantoffense]

@blackkatmagic you’ve probably already seen this but who wouldn’t want to see it again

[werepires]

The gaang learns how Zuko got his scar, it doesn’t bode well for Ozai

[igo-atla]

[tmnt-bucklover-deactivated20210]

[thatssroughbuddy]

Ok so I was looking at this pic again and realized something

Is Katara….

……carrying Zuko?

[221buckythesoldier]

[veeaziel]

every day i am percieved™️

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

There is a reason for this though!

The original tweet summarizes it pretty well. Fanfic tends to be popular among certain types of neurodivergent people (aka people most likely to read excessively as a child, and have burnout as an adult) for the same reasons that we tend to hyperfixate--neurochemical signaling (I hope I'm using that phrase correctly). What I mean is, for people who are really dependent on changes in dopamine/serotonin/neurotransmitter levels, who have low levels or wonky neural reward systems (perhaps the most common types of neurodivergence)...people like us rely on dependable external sources of those neurochemicals. In order to function, we spend a lot of our free time trying to level out our brain chemistry using things that can reliably bring us a steady stream of joyful moments (rewards) without costing too much of the mental effort that is already in short supply. 

significantly: the investment of reading has to be balanced with a steady "return on investment"--and this return has to start fairly quickly. because again, we don't have a lot of attention/energy to invest on tiring things. we have perpetual "low batteries" in that regard.

that doesn't mean these stories are “simple,” or that they lack complexity or value--only that the reward has to come in short regular intervals, and it has to have a low "upfront cost.” which is why fanfic stories are so perfectly formulated for neurodivergent readers--they are often beautifully written, but skip a lot of the upfront costs (of introducing new characters, of world-building, of getting the audience emotionally connected to the story elements).

the nature of fanfiction is that the reader has a pre-existing relationship with this world and these characters. that--combined with the shorter average length of fics--means that fan fics very quickly start "rewarding" the reader in a way that traditional fiction struggles to. that's not a bad thing! and maybe it's something more traditionally published writers should be paying attention to.

Fanfic, as a genre, has been uniquely helpful and accessible to many neurodivergent readers who would otherwise struggle to immerse themselves in stories. I'm glad so many of you have found a way to love and enjoy reading again! The important thing is that you are spending time inside stories you love--the way those stories are published or presented to the world is just one detail.

[midnightblue66]

How Maul stays looking so fresh 

[auradeestrella]

bo-katan: i need all of you to be completely straight with me

boba, looking at fennec, cara, luke & din: that seems a little difficult for everyone here

[ngrogu]

Luke: we’re not allowed to marry in the Jedi Order

Din: that’s bad for us

Luke: but I’m the last Jedi so I make all the rules.

Din: oh, that’s good for us

Luke: But based on old literature and teachings I’m not sure if, ethically, I should make it permissible.

Din: that’s…bad.

Luke: but I really like you

Din: that’s good

Luke: but if something were to happen to you or Grogu there’s a chance I’d go on a never-ending homicidal rampage fueled by the dark forces of the galaxy, the fires of my mourning sated only by death and suffering

Din:

Luke: that’s bad

[doiponderordoiwander]

Leia, listening to Poe gush about the stormtrooper who dramatically removed his helmet when they first met and how he was just so pretty Leia, I swear I’m gonna find him and marry him:

Leia, having a flashback to Luke gushing about the Mandalorian who dramatically removed his helmet when they first met and gosh, Leia, he was so pretty do you think I can call him and ask if he’s single:

Leia:

Leia: I see

[qbee-png-deactivated20210824]

All the Grogu Djarin and Mando happens between the Empire Strokes Back and Return of the Jedi. It happens Luke is Din's boyfriend, or similar, Vader finds out that HIS Son has a fucking MANDALORIAN boyfriend and is basically an ADOPTIVE FATHER (WHAT MAKES HIM A GRANDAD, AND HE IS NOT OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE A GRANDSON, WTF) to a BABY YODA OF ALL THE LIVING THINGS (WTF AGAIN), and turns the overprotective father figure on hunting down not only Luke, but Din as well, cause he wants to.... Talk!🥰🔪

[textsfromstarwars]

[coffebits]

Let’s all just pretend this is canon for a sec🍃🐸

[voidcenturyscholar-deactivated2]

Fire Lord Zuko passing a law that forbids challenging anyone under the age of majority to Agni Kai

Fire Lord Zuko waiting until the day he reaches the age of majority to pass this law, lest anyone think he is a coward

(No one. Literally no one would have thought that, but it’s generally regarded as a very classy move regardless)

[constallayetions]

Wait but also, until then, if anyone under the age of majority is challenged

Zuko fights it for them.

Which, especially in more rural towns (where Agni Kais are less of a public event and more of a fast and violent duel) is terrifying because you challenge your neighbor’s kid over a stolen chicken-fish and all of a sudden the Fire Lord is showing up???

But, those few who still challenge those who should be kids learn quickly to regret it.

[grayblebayble]

Okay but this implies that Zuko knows whenever someone challenges a kid to an Agni Kai and is there before the battle takes place.

Firelord Zuko: *wakes up in a cold sweat near midnight*

Firelord Zuko: *running down the palace hallways while still struggling to put in his pants, being chased by his team of bodyguards* I’M GOING TO HING WA ISLAND TO KICK SOMEBODY’S ASS SEE YOU IN A WEEK BITCHES

[enbyzukostanblog]

Random spirit: Why’d you do that to him? Isn’t it kind of a stretch for a mortal to be blessed like that?

Agni himself: I felt like it

[overlordofbisexuals]

@dead-fandom-society @evilkitten3

[yankee-doodle-danger]

how dare you leave this gold in the notes

[sayuki-hikari]

@contacting-u omg 😂

[official-lucifers-child]

tops wins the agni kai anyway

[marauders4evr]

Zuko and Toph are both unable to make it, so Katara shows up and just stares this overly buff firebender down like:

That town disavows Agni Kais from that moment on.

(Zuko later reads the town’s collective apology like, ”Katara, what did you do?” “Your father’s not the only one who can roast people.”)

[cyber-phobia]

i may have watched mandalorian