#lesbiansforboromir

[blood-choke]

HEY my god I actually havent finished the demo yet but on the off chance you're still working on this project I gotta say it's stunning. Like the themes, THE THEMES!! It's so unique and well obviously the fact I'm playing a butch lesbian in a game designed that way is going to appeal to me but I'm so enamoured with the setting and the vampiricism-as-queerness angle and the depth of history to it all and all the little hints of this working class past you had- it's all soo special! Made with me specifically in mind! One question, I've been seeing the heart symbols on dialogue choices, but I've also been playing it with a slowburn playstyle in mind in terms of all the relationships, is that locking me out of relationships or is that a valid way to play if that makes sense? Either way, cheers so much for sharing your work it's so viscerally satisfying and engaging to play

thank you so much!

in general i'd say there's not much of a slowburn in this game, but you're also not locked out of anything yet. you don't have to choose every heart option when they appear, though how many you do does change certain scenes and give you different flavor text. this game IS a romance game, all of the ROs are kinda interested in the MC, and eventually you will have to choose an RO (or multiple if you want to do the poly) and again depending how many times you've flirted with the character/s previously will result in some differences in the relationship at the start, but i don't really want to call any of it slowburn because overall the romances move very fast even if you haven't flirted that much.

hopefully that answers your question 😅

[lesbiansforboromir]

Just because this is all feeling a little more serious than usual, I'll be moving to lesbiansforboromir on bluesky at least initially if and when the worst should happen... :( kind of heartbreaking to think about though

[alatariiels]

THE LORD OF THE RINGS The Rings of Power Costume Design by Kate Hawley

[useless-englandfacts]

Lets not jump to conclusions... Boris also saw her the same day as Liz did, he could have done for her himself. Or maybe it was a co-conspiracy!

maybe he thought it would make people forget about the general mess of his exit from office?

[denethors-cervix]

☕️ tell me about.. The palantirs and where they were kept and who used them again uwu

!!!!!!!! aaaaaa OH oh absolutely! ok OK SO let’s see ... how about a list to keep things sorta organized and contained??

Gondor was specifically charged with four of the stones, which became known as the Orthanc stone, the Anor stone, the Ithil stone, and the Osgiliath stone

If I think about what they might have been called before this, I’ll lose it completely so... just gonna pretend their history began in Gondor for know

the first three (Orthanc, Anor, Ithil) were kept in towers, the Osgiliath stone seeming to be an exception, however!

there are important architectural considerations to a room that houses a palantir, and those elements mean that actually, all four rooms are remarkably similar

one of those features is a domed ceiling, which in Osgiliath means, YES yes y e s! the stone was originally kept most un-secretly (though with great reverence and ceremony) within the Dome of the Stars itself, positioned at the center of the dome at one point, guarded by an honor guard similar to the one that guards the White Tree as we see in late third age Gondor

given the power of the stones themselves, the domed ceiling need not be at the top of the building itself, though! Meaning that in a tower like Orthanc, the room that houses the palantir is domed, even if the top of the tower itself isn’t, and this is no way impedes the stone’s function

as for who uses them WELL! they have a reputation of being associated with the kings by the time of the late third age, but this is more like we would associate jousting with medieval times rather than a specific indicator of usage, meaning people think of them in association with the kings because the height of their common use was during the time of kings in Gondor and Arnor

In fact, it is the stewards who were the stone’s caretakers and masters for the majority of their history in the hands of Men, for even during the time of kings, it was very rare for a king themself to use the stone, relying instead on their stewards (who perhaps even at one point themselves relegated the task to subordinate users)

and YES YES YES Denethor was the most legitimate and skilled master of a palantir at the time of the events of Lord of the Rings, Tolkien himself wrote this as FACT, I go spare pondering this and how his impression of Denethor shifted over time, only Aragorn could supersede him by right though he was clearly no match for him in skill, best not think about how things might have been different if they’d only had time to work together BECAUSE!

this is already quite long and that will turn this into a real and actual novella at least, so I will leave it here for now but I hope everyone who sees this knows I could, in fact, keep talking for hours about this, as Erran can attest uwu

[adanedhel]

Tar Telperien with her Ship Captain/royal sea-woman captain girlfriend? :3

“never took a husband” okay but like, a wife???

[rennybu]

Tell me more... about Mahon's ease and stability... i love stable characters so much...

O MY God.. me 2... gguuhhh..

he’s the type of person who even FIDGETS confidently like. he just knows his body and doesn’t feel the need for any.. rigidity or cold formality.... he’s grounded! and for him that means attentive and warm! he’s in the moment! he’ll turn his whole body if a sound catches his attention, if his hand lands on your shoulder he’ll shake you gently and pull you closer, he’s an open book..! someone who wouldn’t push for a leadership role but inspires loyalty when he finds himself in one. he likes listening and observing.. for all the space he takes up and the confidence he exudes there’s like.... quiet around him.. 0 judgment zone... radius of mellow...... not in an uncaring or detached sense but in a “i know the limits of what i can do and i’m comfortable within them” sense....

this obviously wanes as his role as the inquisitor starts taking more of a toll but.... mahon when he’s healthy and safe? oh my god. the most soothing, uplifting, reciprocal and confident presence u can possibly find urself in

now im sad bc of how fucked up and overworked and tunnel visioned he gets as inquisition’s story presses on!!!!!! trying to keep up that outward ease but its tense, its tested, its tired........ wanting to stay that beacon of stability for others.. wearing himself out... weeps

[penny-anna]

L. favourite fic of yours?

HMM OK. OK. i can’t pick one single fic. so i am just going to cheat. and say my lotr daemon au. as a series. :3