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"And the deeps rose beneath them in towering anger, and waves like unto mountains moving with great caps of writhen snow bore them up amid the wreckage of the clouds, and after many days cast them away upon the shores of Middle-earth. And all the coasts and seaward regions of the western world suffered great change and ruin in that time; for the seas invaded the lands, and shores foundered, and ancient isles were drowned, and new isles were uplifted; and hills crumbled and rivers were turned into strange courses." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, "Akallabêth"

@esotolkienweek day 1: lands ❃ REMNANTS OF BELERIAND

[ID: an edit comprised of four banners in various shades of muted, desaturated grey, brown, and green. From top to bottom, they show:

1: A lone boulder on a rocky outcropping amid sparse grass. White gothic-style text at the center of the image reads "Tol Morwen" in all caps, and beneath it, in a smaller white serif font, "morwen's isle" / 2: The shores of a mountainous, forested island beneath an overcast sky. Same format as Image 1, but the text reads "Tol Fuin" and "the dark isle" / 3: The ruins of a stone building overlooking a small, rocky inlet, looking out to sea. Same format as the previous images, but the text reads "Himring" and "the ruined fortress" / 4: A stone castle built out into a harbor. Text reads "Lindon" and "the last city"//End ID]

lionofchaeronea

If anyone's feeling sad today, here's a newly discovered species of octopus. Found in the waters off the Galapagos Islands, this little critter can fit in the palm of your hand.

walkingthec0w

tumblr is only for people who r weird and a bit lonely and had a strange interest when they were 12 that led them here. if none of those apply to you like genuinely what is there for you here

errriot

hawaii

kunosoura

I think it’s normal for people to be mad at each other sometimes even if they’re close friends or family or intimate with each other. Like I think that’s a normal and healthy part of relationships that can happen sometimes

kunosoura

“Why were you on Mad At Me island” because at the time I was mad at you and yet our friendship has weathered that without trouble

tiredragedemon

I went to Mad At You island because my feelings are my problem. I needed to stomp down the beach until I could sit and watch the sunrise. I built a sandcastle and did some thinking. Then I boarded the good ship You Matter To Me and sailed it all the way to meet you on the Let’s Talk Shore of I Love You Island.

cheaphalloweencostume

all movies are for children because the moving image is inherently juvenile. to be entertained by it even moreso

cheaphalloweencostume

did we like, all forget about telling jokes

cheaphalloweencostume

its gigglebait. its hehebait

targetedknowledge

frankiesbullshit

someone tell OP i did it, i spent about 3 hours on it

alphynix

It's Moon Day, so let's look at a dinosaur from the moon!

…Well, not literally. But Eoraptor lunensis' name means "dawn thief from the moon", in reference to it being discovered in the Valle de la Luna (Valley of the Moon) of Ischigualasto Provincial Park, Argentina.

Living during the Late Triassic, around 231-229 million years ago, Eoraptor was one of the earliest known of all dinosaurs. Originally classified as an early theropod, it's now thought to actually be a very early offshoot of the sauropodomorph lineage, closely related to other South American forms like Buriolestes and Pampadromeus.

It measured around 1.2m long (~4'), with leg proportions that indicate it was a fast runner. Its jaws contained both leaf-shaped and serrated pointed teeth, suggesting it may have been an opportunistic omnivore, feeding mainly on plant matter but occasionally supplementing its diet with smaller prey.

Unlike later dinosaurs it also still had vestigial palatal teeth on the roof of its mouth.

Eoraptor would have lived in a warm humid climate alongside several other early dinosaur species such as Herrerasaurus and Eodromaeus — but this was at a time before the dinosaurs had become the dominant terrestrial vertebrates, so other animals like rhynchosaurs, aetosaurs, rauisuchians, cynodonts and dicynodonts were also very abundant in the Ischigualasto ecosystem.

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avantegarda

video game and film fandoms will come and go for me but the Silmarillion fandom will never die. because that book came out like 50 years ago and we're all still trying to figure out what the hell is going on there.

hamletthedane

Average Silmarillion fan:

the-immortal-restless

I think people forget that Stratt amnesticized Grace with the goal that Ilyukina and Yao would be there to help him, y’know NOT DIE, and then THEY DIED before he woke up.

So like she gets the recordings and realizes Yao and Ilyukina are dead before he wakes up so he’s got no pilot, no engineer, and no memories.

And then you also have to remember that the EXISTENCE of these recordings and the fact they were accompanied by the Taumoeba means that an amnesticized Grace somehow managed to save earth without a pilot or engineer and shoddy memory that only vaguely gives him enough to work with as he works.

Like what the fuck man.