at this point it would be REALLY hilarious if crowley does turn out to be lucifer. like. in addition to all of the evidence we’re talking about in this season, he did plenty of things traditionally attributed to lucifer in season 1. he showed jesus all the kingdoms of the world. he was LITERALLY the serpent in the garden of eden.
If he’s revealed to be Lucifer it would be so fucking funny like “uhhhh yeah we showed you this in episode 1. keep up”
Expanding upon my addition to @baggvinshield’s post about Erebor’s technology, this post reiterates some of the ideas in my commentary there, and will be part of a future series on my headcanons over the practical feats of dwarvish engineering - specifically regarding their penchant for living in mountains.
These are some the main points I’ve determined necessary for bare-bones water management of a society living in such a resource-isolated place like Erebor. Currently, this post serves as a rough draft and will be the basis for further elaboration in later posts in the #Erebor Engineering series.
[Edit 20 May 2017: Now on AO3!]
As mentioned in my commentary, the hypothesis that the River Running not only runs underneath Erebor, but is also the driving force behind Erebor’s ability to comfortably host potentially tens of thousands of people in architectural splendor as the capital of the Dwarven state is a completely viable one.
Behind every great city, however, is a great waste management system toiling away in the background. The best-made systems, in my experience, are the ones nobody notices - or better yet, double their function as a veritable work of art. In this case, I seek to not only give Erebor’s water system those two functions, but many more.
With the constantly-circulating water this is a closed system that, if designed and maintained correctly, can support multiple uses. Having not only a method of disposal for all waste, but temperature control, electricity production, food supply opportunities, and social spaces in an aesthetically-pleasing manner means that dwarves can expend more effort on doing other things.
Of course, something this extensive would require a lot of manpower (dwarf-power?) in order to keep things running smoothly. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, because it provides a plethora of job opportunities, and if this is both well-designed and well-maintained, then people can be spared to multi-task either different jobs or different parts of the system.
i went in my archive and clicked “find similar blog” cause i was like oh i wonder what amazing blog is like mine and it took me to rachel’s blog dsjflksajdf;ladf thank u tumblr for keeping me and my wife together
i just found a ff net account from when i was like 16 where i wrote a fucking self insert harry potter fanfic for my undying love for draco malfoy and please like just drag me for this now so I can live down this embarrassment (x)
I want everyone to know that it’s my wife’s @baggvinshield bday today. happy birthday to the baddest bitch in the game.
Rachel,
You’re such a beautiful person and your heart is so big and always in the right place. You’ve been such a huge supporter of all of my decisions that I’ve made since I’ve known you and I can only hope that I am doing the same for you in return. Anytime something goes dreadfully wrong, or I’m being super fucking salty, I go to you first and you always make my shitty days better. Thank the fucking universe the cosmos aligned and brought us to each other. You make me a better person and I can’t wait to see where our friendship takes us. I love you to the moon and back.