Quill

header img by Noor Lakes. and yes, my profile picture IS coquette sauron.

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Hi! I'm Quill!!

I'm an adult, I use any pronouns

currently: Silmarillion / LOTR, The Locked Tomb series by Tasmyn Muir

Always willing to talk about: How to Train Your Dragon, Marvel's Agents of Shield, Hermitcraft/The Life Series

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Excerpt from my brain, circa 2am

Fandoms are all about love. Fandoms are a bunch of people gathered around a blade of grass in a field, a single blade of grass, and falling over themselves talking about how much they love it. There are an uncountable amount of recorded and published stories, and infinitely more unpublished, unknown stories that people tell to themselves, set in worlds and populated with characters they made up. And of all these characters and all these stories, a surprisingly large group of people all gather around this blade of grass and tell each other over and over how much they love it.

Shipping, is that whole culture in plural. To borrow my own metaphor, they put two (or three!) blades of grass next to each other on concrete and draw a chalk heart around them. Then gush about how beautiful those blades of grass are together. Nothing about the characters being shipped matters more than the fact that fans will make this a love story. They could be not from the same show, they could be (by reckoning of the original storyteller) totally incompatible. Doesn't matter, this is now a love story.

[littlefingies]

Sorry for us politics posting, but we have until May 22, 2026 to submit public comment to the FCC:

More info from GLAAD:

https://glaad.org/fcc/

They have some good tips about writing a comment and protecting your privacy which, fuck it, I'll just paste here:

Providing an email address is optional. If you have concerns about privacy, you may use your initials or public address in your local area, such as City Hall. Do not use a joke name. It diminishes the comment’s credibility.

Your submission does not need to be long. A single, well-reasoned paragraph is sufficient.

Do not copy/paste a template comment. The FCC values unique perspectives, and an original comment carries significantly more weight in the public record. You can explain why this matters to you without revealing private or sensitive personal information.

Here's what I said:

“Free speech is a fundamental American freedom. I do not need a warning about seeing queer people, much like I do not need a warning about women, veterans, or any other group of people.”

Here's the link to submit your comment by May 22:

https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/express?proceeding%5Bname%5D=19-41

[dreamsy990]

i saw someone say nobody needs to know what a .txt file is anymore. what the fuck is the world coming to

[dreamsy990]

unironically i think we need to bring back computer labs because APPARENTLY some people WERENT taught basic computer literacy and internet safety in school

[dreamsy990]

things about computers/the internet i think kids should be formally taught in schools because theyre important to know and the amount of soon to be grown adults i know who know NOTHING about any of these is quite frankly almost all of them (and resources to learn if you dont know these things, because its never to late to get better with computers)

how to troubleshoot by yourself when you have a technical problem

what common file types are

some very basics on how to use ""developer tools"" on your computer (because i cant think of a better way to refer to them) like task manager and command prompt (and their mac equivalents, terminal and activity monitor ofc)

how to read and understand a privacy policy and what your personal data is, as well as what it being collected actually means and steps you can take to keep it private

how to understand terms of service (hey. if you have trouble with reading legalese and worry about being able to understand these policies anyways, here's a site that gives basic summaries of privacy policies and ToS)

what a cookie actually is

internet privacy and your digital footprint!! seriously i dont know why we stopped teaching people that they shouldnt be putting their entire real identity online in a world where your online actions can ruin you irl

basic safety measures like antivirus software (and why you should use it or if the built in one on windows or mac is enough for you) and backing up your computer (also a mac guide)

common keyboard shortcuts (and on mac)

as an additional note: things i think everyone should know on computers and the internet but schools may bit hesitant to teach about for whatever moral/legal standards schools pretend to operate on

vpns and adblockers! (btw for most of these where you can pay for things im purposefully not recommending any specific software but seriously just use ublock origin for an adblocker)

how to not get a virus while pirating something

what a temporary email is and when to use one

red flags that you shouldn't trust a website (and how to quickly check the security of a site)

what javascript on a website does and how to disable it to get around paywalls

[dreamsy990]

ok one last addition! if you want to take it one level higher, i think learning the very basics of at least one programming language is good for people. it makes computers less scary and it makes you feel very cool, and a lot of people get discouraged about it because it seems overly complicated and hard to learn outside a formal classroom setting, so heres some resources for learning the very basics of python (because i consider it the easiest language to learn and knowing one language will make it easier to learn others)

an online compiler so you dont need to download anything or worry about running code directly on your computer if that makes you nervous

a basic video guide to introduce you to python and walk you through beginner steps

a guide to some syntax and commands you should know (this was literally my lifeline in my first CS class)

some performance tasks to give you things to code to practice and assess yourself

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False as Buffy the Vampire Slayer anyone??

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Okay which team are we voting for

The Good Team

The EVIL Team

Voting ended onApr 12

[warmfigure]

i am massively overdue for a very very good week where not a single bad thing happens and everything is easy

[unlettered-heathen]

reblog to give prev a very good week where not a single bad thing happens and everything is easy

[cheaphalloweencostume]

chatgpt didn’t invent the emdash and they can’t fucking have it. it’s mine.

[kaibacorpintern]

Not OTP nor NOTP but a magical third thing: I’m indifferent to your ship but your fanart fucking slaps

[shadowen]

This is an anti-despair checkpoint! You must share something you're looking forward to before scrolling on.

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WIP Word Game!!

@slashmarks tagged me with WAND, and all the below snippets are from my as-yet-unposted 'Sauron rescues Maedhros from the Thangorodrim to spite Morgoth' au.

W — "Well!" Says Curufin, leaning back in his chair. "That may be the most alarmed I've ever heard him, and the message is no less alarming." His eyes flick sharply to Maedhros, and his mouth twists into a frown so like Fëanor's expressions in the years before his death that Maedhros' steps falter. "Maedhros," he says, "sit down."

A — After Sauron had left, Maitimo and his brothers agreed upon an official story: Maitimo had escaped from the dungeons of Angband, and in pity Oromë had sent a hound to carry him swiftly back to the Noldor.

N — "Nothing happened," says Sauron eventually. His voice and face are even-keeled and steady, nothing about this statement outwardly indicates a lie, but Maedhros knows he is lying with the same absolute certainty he knows how the wind on the Thangorodrim bites.

D — "Do you believe me yet, Laurë?" He is so thin, so wrung out. He is so much more gaunt then when he left, and Makalaurë is willing to be tricked, if it means getting to hug his brother one last time.

Passing the writing inspiration, and the game, to @pearlescentpearl @lissomelace and @purronronner with the word CRAB

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His eyes water without his permission as they used to do so often upon his return.

Without a doubt the funniest way I've ever described crying. Someone tell Maedhros that he's got autonomous bodily responses, please

[nifrequerne]

I often wonder what happened to authors of unfinished fanfictions.

[everyoneinspaceisgay]

I hope they’re having a nice life

[ts-virgil-angst]

we absolutely are not and that unfinished fic haunts us to this day

[sensiblereblogifposts]

Reblog if that unfinished fic haunts you to this day

[georgedontdothat]

To-cat-ata in B by sympawnies

[papita474]

Ok but "the underworld" from epic musical,but its maedhros core. Hear me out,an animation like this using these parts of the song:

"all I hear are screams,everytime I dare to close my eyes,I no longer dream only nightmares of those who died, nothing is what it seems -- this land confusess your mind"

Thats angband time when Sauron used to spell illusions on him,and he would seen the burning of the boats,the kinslay of the teleri the death of his father,and his own men getting killed when he was captured

Then there is

"but when does a man become a monter? Five hundred fitfy eight men who died under your command,captain captain....captain!" And thats the guilt of the men who died during the nirnaeth,a battle he encourage to make,so he sees all the deaths before his eyes.

"I keep thinking of the infant from that night-I keep thinking of the infant from that night"

And its him tormented by the death of elured and elurin and then seing the same scenario with elrond and elros.

And then theres this line:

This life is amazing when you greet it with open arms (Polites)

Whatever we face, we'll be fine if we're leading from the heart.

No matter the place, we can light up the world,here's how to start.Greet the world with open arms,greet the world with open arms (Polites)

and its a memory of finno talking to him before both host leave valinor,and in the final line "polites" there is Nelyo watching from the boats how they leave behind the nolofinwean host.

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Hello anyone who follows me. I have changed my username to fit with my username basically everywhere else. thank you for your time

- formerly beautyisinkonpaper

[weird-things-first]

Sauron in Númenor. 26.8.2015. Probably no explanations needed.

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THE BLOOD RAIN?!?!