through the gates of horn and ivory

shore for short | she/her

[nimphelos]

númenórean pottery fragments dated between s.a. 3253-3319. discovered on the southwestern shores of gondor

[ukulelekatie]

You’ve heard of one shots, now get ready for none shots! It’s when you think of an idea for a fic and then don’t write it

[subliminamilly]

First time dad Fëanor interpreting infant Maedhros’s inarticulate utterances with great certainty:

Maedhros: nnnng AHHHH g g g

Fëanor, plucking him from his cradle: SO! You want your blanket refolded into a triangle and not a square. Admirable aesthetic judgement. It shall be done.

(With his other arm he refolds it with unnecessary geometric precision)

(Maedhros grabs for Fëanor’s circlet while drooling on his collar)

Fëanor: Ah! An eye for keen workmanship over fine raiment.

Maedhros: bBbbbBb (wriggling and kicking)

Fëanor: you desire to be borne aloft that you may inspect the proportions of the room by every angle!

(He grasps him under the arms and banks around the room a few times like a great eagle)

(Maedhros shrieks in delight)

Fëanor: as I perceived. You and I understand each other, my son.

[shoreghosts]

awhile back i had an idea for a children’s picture book about how to be a princess that upon closer examination turns out to be a 1:1 adaptation of Machiavelli's Il Principe. i mentioned it offhand to my mom, and promptly forgot about it. she really liked the idea though and wanted me to actually write the book, so now i’m going through it chapter by chapter and making little mockups. Here’s chapter iv

[ijustpressthebutton]

Stourhead, Wiltshire, UK

[shoreghosts]

*woman reading a book about the punic wars voice*: guys i think i picked the wrong team to root for

[shoreghosts]

my goat (hannibal barca) is washed :(

[shoreghosts]

*woman reading a book about the punic wars voice*: guys i think i picked the wrong team to root for

[nonlynear]

my high horse is actually awesome and fast like the wind

[caesarsaladinn]

join me in imagining a horrible alternate universe in which the silmarillion holds the same iron grip on national security analysts as thucidydes does today

[miilkdromeda]

i look up hannibal expecting my wonderful opresser from the punic wars hannibal barca and instead get some gay cannibal 😔

[rthwrms]

thinking about coptic mummy paintings and weeping

like. i know these people

[shoreghosts]

so excited for this!

[charnel-grounds]

Julia Soboleva, “The burial of a green giant,” 2026

[shawnfreki]

'The Others' stained glass by Harry Clarke from 'The Eve of St. Agnes', 1927.

#harryclarke

[zmpl]

i bet parasitic insects say shit like “have a lice day🤗” and “you’ve ticked me off😡”

[sevensongbirds]

The Knife

Do you guys like the Mistborn trilogy cause I did 😢😢😢😢😢

Ending so traumatizing I had to go back to traditional

Bonus:

He kind of has a big head but that works for him

[immortalenough]

LORD HURON FANS AND LORE GREMLINS ALIKE: FEAST!!

May You Live Until You Die, Ben’s art exhibit in Los Angeles. Open through August 2nd. :,)