Gabriel's gaze had only narrowed a bit more at the cheek, vaguely reminded of his boss who took a similar approach to things. He had no problem at all invading the Werecat's space when his other co-workers did not touch him at all unless it was for some actual decent reason.
A feather resting on his head was not an actual, decent reason in Gabriel's mind to simply take it off his head, and honestly, the explanation only pissed him off even more... until the guy thought better of his actions. Pretty late for that, wasn't it?
Oh, what the fuck--he .. he actually... wasn't bad looking and that was even more apparent now that he was smiling. Shit--not this. Not now. Face heating up, Gabriel's flickered down and away as he grimaced.
"Why would I want that? You do whatever you want with it. It's your feather now."
.. And soon after, Gabriel had a realization, and released the taller man's wrist immediately. Shit--he'd forgotten he'd take hold of it just that fast as his feelings had shifted to annoyance and frustration.
I now present, the ORIGINAL VERSION of Sam’s song in the tower of Cirith Ungol, the one he sings just before rescuing Frodo from the orcs stronghold.
I sit upon the stones alone; the fire is burning red, the tower is tall, the mountains dark; all living things are dead. In western lands the sun may shine, there flower and tree in spring is opening, is blossoming: and there the finches sing. But here I sit alone and think of days when grass was green, and earth was brown, and I was young: they might have never been. For they are past, for ever lost, and hear the shadows lie deep upon my heavy heart, and hope and daylight die. But still I sit and think of you; I see you far away Walking down the homely roads on a bright and windy day. It was merry then when I could run to answer to your call, could hear your voice or take your hand; but now the night must fall. And now beyond the world I sit, and know not where you lie! O master deer, will you not hear my voice before we die?
you can find this heart wrenching love ballad in book 9, page 26 of Sauron Defeated. This is a real fucking thing! This is a real thing Tolkien wrote down for Sam that was almost canon for the books! I will never, ever get over this!!
Like I said in the previous post, about the Rapunzel edit, I’m a history nerd x)
I’m not the first one to do this, but I wanted to have my try at historical accurate Rapunzel ^^ The creators confirmed that the setting of Tangled was in Germany, in the 1780′s. I used that information for my sources in order to create a historical design for her ^^
If you want to know how I made this design, why Rapunzel looks like this, and see my sources, keep reading ^^
First off, the most important part: the hair. In the 1780′s, women wore a hairdo called the hedgehog. What really inspired Rapunzel’s hairdo in my design was this self-portrait by Marie-Gabrielle Capet, painted in 1783. I thought the hairdo was very beautiful (needless to say the portrait itself!) and had a more juvenile look than a simple hedgehog, which would suit Rapunzel best (with a ribbon matching her dress).
Moving on to the dress. She isn’t wearing purple, because before the 1850′s, synthetic dyes weren’t made. Before, purple (called Tyrian purple) was made from the mucus of a snail. The extracting and drying in the sun process was very long and laborious. Therefore, it was a very expensive dye. For a long time, purple was worn by emperors, monarchs and clergymen. Which is why this color was associated with royalty. So there’s no way Rapunzel would be wearing a purple dress, given that she is a girl living in a tower away from the world, not yet knowing she is royalty, and I don’t see Mother Gothel spending a fortune on her dress.
So, pink was the closest color! And there were many dresses made in pink back then, especially since the color began to rise in popularity during the 18th century.
As for Rapunzel’s clothing style, she would not be dressed as a princess like in the movie. She is a girl locked in a tower and has never left it or been outside in society. So, I went for a working class style for her dress (with a few embellishments).
I wanted to make sure that even as a lower class woman, she would still be wearing pink. I found these two paintings that confirm she would!
For her jacket, there wasn’t much to change, since it is one of the elements of her original dress that are pretty historically accurate. The slashed sleeves weren’t: those are from the Renaissance. I also changed the cuffs slightly. I changed the lacing of the corset as well, based on these images from 18th century working class women from Strasbourg (a French city at the German border, close enough!)
And of course, a typical element of late 18th century dresses, the fichu, a kerchief or scarf that was tucked in the front of the bodice, meant to cover the decolleté for modesty. As I saw in some paintings, the fichu didn’t always cover up the whole bust and neck area, and was sometimes open. I decided to go with that look to emulate Rapunzel’s feminine, young and free-spirited personalty.
You can see it just a bit, but the back of her jacket has “flaps”. I thought it would be a nice touch to her outfit. You can see what these flaps look like here.
For the skirt, I kept the “parted” look from her original dress. However, I thought a cream colored middle suited her better than a darker colored middle. It compliments her white cuffs and fichu.
Then, I added a simple floral pattern to her skirt! I wasn’t sure I was going to add a pattern, since working class women usually didn’t have any embroidered on their dresses (or maybe stripes at the most). But then, the creators said that Rapunzel sewed her own dresses. So, since she is artistic, and likes decorating the tower, I figured she would probably add some floral decorations to her skirt as she sewed it too.
The length of her skirt is lightly above her ankles, a practical length for working class women who needed that extra mobility. And we all know how energetic Rapunzel is, so it made sense to have her skirt at that length.
I also kept her barefoot! Because...why would she need shoes anyway? She never goes outside (until Eugene finds her). And it would probably be a way to keep her inside the tower by not giving her shoes too. Plus, we know that she clearly prefers being barefoot rather than wearing shoes. (Also, here is an 18th century image of a woman outside with no shoes on, which shows that keeping Rapunzel barefoot is not totally unjustified!)
Voilà! Those are the sources that helped me create this design ^^
We’ve got you covered with what playlist to jam while you have people over shooting fireworks and grilling out. Happy birthday @indievisionmusic thanks for including us on this rad compilation! ・・・ Happy 4th of July and Happy 18th Birthday Indie Vision Music ! In celebration of this historic day, I have released 2 Samplers to all digital networks including bandcamp. Add “Family & Friends Sampler 2” and “Family & Friends Sampler 3” to your carts and streaming playlists. I’m really proud of these compilations and I think all 3 sound amazing. CDs will be in stock July 11th!!! #familyandfriends #familyandfriendssampler #familyandfriendssampler2 #familyandfriendssampler3 #newmusic #nowplaying #aidandeffect #hawknelson #grandpalovesrhinos #collington #bravedays #710split #atthewayside #slowcomingday #happy18years #happybirthday #happybirthdayusa #independenceday #happy4th #happy4thofjuly #indievisionmusic #punk #emo #punkrock #indie #independentmusic #billboard @_seventensplit_ @aidandeffect @collingtonmusic @bravedaystx @atthewayside @orionwalshmusic #bravedaystx #northtexaswhateverpunk #historicallyaccurate
Look at what just arrived on the mail!!! Can't wait to try all the historically accurate stitches and tecniques! Maybe I'll even finish my 1770s suit (finally XD). #sewing #18thcentury #early19thcentury #stitches #historicallyaccurate #costumer #handstitching
Something in my sketchbook from last year. Learn from my mistake: use fixative, don't do spreads across page breaks, and cut finished pieces out of your sketchbook. Otherwise you end up with janky bullshit. #sketch #drawing #viking #vikings #norse #warrior #warriors #art #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #instaart #illustration #historicallyaccurate
