#but like!!!!

[alkallier]

Flying free

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[ladybrohawkeye]

Someone tell me I don't need another muse

[scratching-quills]

also! cool fact i learned today!

сlair оbscur is the french translation of сhiarascuro, which is actually my favorite art style! It's also the style I trend toward for most of my (traditional) art. It's a bit harder for me to do digitally, but like.

[lazyrezi]

You know, tolkien was on another one when writing specifically from Sam's point of view.

I'm sorry, but "he longed only for his master, for one sight of his face or one touch of his hand"???? That shit is SO romantic I might die.

And while in all of lotr there is a lot of platonic love expressed between men (love to see it!) even physical touch there is such a stark difference between the way it is written for pippin and merry versus frodo and sam. Sam's devotion is on another level, and you might say that is because frodo is his master but like. If anything that explains it less!!! He is frodo's gardener and sure they are friendly but I don't know about you but I would not weep so hard for my employer or be willing to die for them.

This whole passage, btw is basically sam, rescuing frodo from the top of a tower, which even at the time of tolkien writing lotr was already established as very much, not a platonic move. Think of any other story where our protagonist (ignore that frodo is also our protagonist for a minute he is the love interest right now) goes up against an enemy, ready to die just to get to the very top of the tower in hope to save someone they love. That shit is not platonic. It COULD BE. It isn't, tho.

The thing is the way merry and pippin were written specifically is a great example of how platonic love is portrayed in the books otherwise. Let me tell you, the two of them do not long for each other's touch ONCE. Pippin thinks of merry often, and Merry wishes pippin were there with him, and they both hope against hope they will see each other again, and it is very sweet, don't get me wrong. But they way it is written inherently reads platonic, whereas any time we see Sam's perspective, it is fuelled with such an intense longing/devotion that is unexplainable by their circumstances.

At this point in the story it actually does not make any sense for sam to risk his life/the capture of the ring/the END of their quest for frodo who for all we know might already be dead. Sam has the ring he is just as capable of delivering it to mordor, yet he chases orcs and exerts a LOT of energy just to get a chance at rescuing frodo. WHAT EVEN IS THIS??? this is more romantic than any romance books I have ever read!

[bugpurity]

Never gonna watch hazbin hotel not bc of the vivziepop rumours (bc I haven’t reasearched enough to know if they’re true) but bc Adam is my biblical blorbo and I don’t want to watch him be horrible

[wildwren]

I’m sorry but LIKE!!!!! they loved each other for so long, they never spoke of it, they spoke only in small, invisible touches, they both tended plants, he did before the war, they shared this with each other, they loved each other but other matters were more pressing, he crawled into a tunnel, she killed an orc to save her son, nobody trusted her but she stepped up anyway, she made them listen, he fought his way out of a pit to get back to her, he made a deal with his enemy so he might see her again, she ran alone into danger with only a hand scythe, she had no choice, she didn’t know he’d be out there too, they loved each other so much but it was bigger than just their lives, he proposed anyway, he adopted her son, he held off an entire army for one (1) kiss, he almost lost her, he almost lost her again, she talked him through emergency surgery, she offered her neck rather than give up the weapon and he didn't give it up either, he loved her so much but it was bigger than his love, it was bigger than their lives, they survived anyway, they won but they lost, he fucked up, he failed, but they survived, they’re getting a fresh start, they’re getting married, they already are, they’re a family, they’ve been one since before the beginning, she’s guiding her people to a new home, she’s a healer-leader, he’s her protector, they love each other so much, it’s more than love, it’s beyond love, it’s a responsibility, screaming crying throwing myself into the sea NOBODY IS DOING IT LIKE THEY ARE

[thedeathdeelers]

yknow what peak love would be??

it’d be julie finding out that even though luke always saved the corner brownie pieces for her, they’re actually his favourite of a brownie too

but ever since she told him way back at the start of their friendship that she’s a fan of the slightly crispier sides mixed with the soft gooey middle, he always made sure to save them just for her

now THAT’s true love