#doegred-main

[janiedean]

Tersite should be appreciated much more as a character.

strongly agree | agree | neutral | disagree | strongly disagree

tersite was the only braincell of that book excluding the hector/andromache family unit and even then it was coming and going and I will die on this hill

[atariince]

@doegred-main​ replied to your post “What do you think about the relationship between Feanor and Galadriel?...”

I made an experiment with hair in Uni and my lab partner and i had to ask a hair, to a blond girl with fine ones. It was a diffraction experiment and my parter had very curly hair, which made it impossible, while mine were a bit too thick for a good diffraction image. Result: we had to ask. XDDD

Aha! I hope the girl in question didn’t unfriend you forever for this bold resquest! :D

[forlorninquiry]

Masks surprise at seeing his clothes and appearance yet approaches him and nods his head politely without letting him out of his sight and keeping his hand inconspicuously near his sword. "Greetings, warrior. May I ask who are you and.. whose kingdom is this?" (apologies, doesn't really count as an advice but: for the lolz XD)

As was his habit in these recent years, Lan Wangji traveled often alone to the furthest villages of the Gusu Lan Sect territory and assisted whenever they requested it. Travelers along the road were not an uncommon sight, especially leading to the port towns along the river that flowed downward to the sea. It was on his return journey to the retreat of his Sect in the heights of the mountains stretching above that he came upon a stranger.

This man is different than any others he had encountered, and Lan Wangji spares a glance his way even as he was still distant from him and walking his opposing direction on the road. He was imposingly tall with hair a shade he had never laid eyes on before and dressed outlandishly, and carrying himself in an impressive way. There was something about this man that Lan Wangji cannot place - but it is the same feeling he has around the Immortal ones, the cultivators who achieved such a strong cultivation base that they achieved the highly sought status of immortality. 

Curious, but unwilling to disregard such a mysterious man as they cross paths, Lan Wangji calmly stops and steps to the side of the road to allow the man ample room for passage. He wears his sword at his hip even as he carries his own in his hand.

The question asked of him gives him plenty more of his own, but he does not ask them. His lack of common, customary greeting certainly marks him as a foreigner, and he cannot begin to imagine from where and what trade it was that brought him here. However, he is disinclined to make such corrections to a foreigner or hold it against him.

“Greetings,” he answers unobtrusively. “This is Gusu, of Suzhou. I am Hanguang-Jun, of the Gusu Lan Sect.” He pauses, watching the face and expression of the man before him. “You are unfamiliar with this region,” he conjectures. Even if he is lost, he seems like he could take care of himself. “What is your destination?” 

[fatalism-and-villainy]

Star Wars

1. Something /has/ to be done about the pacing and plotting in ROTJ. The plot is balanced between the overly long rescue of Han in Jabba’s palace, the jungle trek on Endor, and the rehash of ANH à la “bigger, better Death Star that for some reason still has the exact same structural weaknesses as the first one.” If not for the scenes with Luke and Vader, I wouldn’t rank it nearly as highly, even if it does give me the most nostalgia feelings. I’m not sure how to entirely fix the plot, but perhaps more dedication to the fucked-up situation on Tatooine and its connection to the Skywalker family history would be relevant. (I know they didn’t have the Anakin backstory at this stage, but hindsight is a benefit.)

2. Actually acknowledge the slavery and its effect on Anakin after TPM. My in-universe explanation for why it’s not brought up again is that Anakin has compartmentalized his memories and the Jedi don’t care, but slavery and agency are such important elements to Anakin’s story and the psychological circumstances of his fall that not bringing it up again is really inexcusable.  

3. Include the scenes from ROTS with Padmé, Bail, and Mon Mothma forming the rebellion. This is a no-brainer. Also, have Bail and Mon mention Padmé in that scene in Rogue One! 

4. Take out the needlessly grimdark scenes in the ST where the First Order wipes out the New Republic and picks off the Resistance ships one by one. We know the First Order’s evil, we don’t need mass carnage.  

5. More women who talk to each other, please.

[ultraviolet-eucatastrophe]

doegred-main replied to your post “Sometimes being in the postgrad office on a weekend can be a lonely...”

Ohhh, so you say "arancine" too? My Sicilian housemate would be proud of you and call you an ally against half of her fellow Sicilians! XDDDD

Ooooh is this a Sicilian thing?? That’s how it’s spelled on the whiteboard (though now that I think about it I’ve seen the spelling arancini too) and that’s super interesting + also helps me in sleuthing out who wrote this :’D (because like. there’s about 6 Italians in our office and though the desks are randomly allocated they somehow ended up almost all together in one small corner, which is improbable that it has become something of a meme/running joke around here...anyway, one of them is Sicilian so he’s now bumped up my list of people who might have done this very cute and good list :D)

[suspected-spinozist]

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This use is actually very interesting because in Italian “chaste” (casto/a) has a different meaning from celibate (celibe, used only for males) in both the common parlance and the religious doctrine, while in English the distinction doesn’t seem to exist dictionary-wise! I had no idea. For example the vote of chastity for Catholic monks/nuns is different from the rule of celibacy (as far as I remember from what i have studied in school).

Then again, there are inner politics involved in the religious debate that I ignore, still if I had heard from an English speaking person that X and Y had a “chaste marriage"I would have assumed they didn’t engage in intercourse at all. Again: the synonyms dictionary in Italian lists "celibe” as a synonym for “casto”, but the actual definitions are different. “Celibe” here is an unmarried man.

That is interesting. If someone said in English that a couple had “a chaste marriage,” I (and probably most people), would also assume that they weren’t having sex, but I happen to know that that’s not the technical definition. (Any native English speaking Catholics should definitely correct me if I’m wrong about this). Celibacy definitely isn’t gendered, but it has a stronger connotation of having taken a religious or otherwise principled vow. A single asexual person, say, wouldn’t normally be referred to as celibate. It would make sense to call them chaste, but in secular contexts it doesn’t really come up. 

[gultgull]

Maedhros+ D1 (that guy needs some happiness in fanarts! XD)

I totally agree, @doegred!

[canticleofmercy-a]

Malcolm Hawke?

What other character(s) could you see me roleplay as?

Y’all are determined to call me out this evening. 

Anyway… yeah, I’d write him. Not sure which of the three personalities I’d pick (to stay true to the canon that Hawke is similar to their father), or maybe I’d go for a mix of them to keep the statement true in every case… or maybe I’d model him after a specific Hawke… but yeah. Malcom is approved.