#orithil

[aceofwhump]

Omg I'm so excited!!! I can't believe we are here. I mean, I know you said that you would focus on finishing the Cursed fic after whumptober, but that you are already finished? Amazing. Love that for you (and us). And yes, I am still checking at least once a month if there is a new Cursed fic that tickles my interest (which sadly there hasn't been one in a while so I have gone back to reading old ones), so I am freaking hyped for this. Please tag me so I won't miss the start of this. Did I mention how much i am looking forward to this? (Also, thanks in advance for writing this fic and feeding us)

Lol yeah I said I'd work on it after whumptober but I ended up working on it in between my work. I only had a little left to do and I actually managed to finish it a few days ago! Granted the last few chapters need reviewing and editing but I got time for that before they need to be posted.

I knew you'd be excited!!!! ❤❤ You're unwavering enthusiasm and patience is huge part of keeping me going!! I appreciate you so much! I really hope you'll enjoy it and I'll definitely tag you in it!

[thewanderingace]

hey! I saw you reblog that helium mac app post. Idk if that exist for pc (which would be awesome cause I don't use a mac either), but I use firefox, and it allowsfor any browser played video to be played picture-in-picture, so it's just there at the bottom right. maybe that helps

Oh really!? I didn’t know firefox had that ability! I really should try to shift over to firefox cause it seems so much better than chrome but dammit i’m so used to and attached to chrome. But thank you!! I’ll give it a try on those days when I really want to multitask. Chrome sucks with that. So much. 

[ginmo]

so I'm reading Feast for Crows for the first time and I just stumbled over the story of Ser Galladonof Morne, the Perfect Knight, and I'm getting so many Braime vibes? I mean, the knight who holds honor above all and the one who lost thier heart to them and gifted them a magic sword, like.....I need a minute

YES I’M SO HAPPY TO GET THIS IN MY INBOX

“Ser Galladon was a champion of such valor that the Maiden herself lost her heart to him. She gave him an enchanted sword as a token of her love. The Just Maid, it was called. No common sword could check her, nor any shield withstand her kiss. Ser Galladon bore the Just Maid proudly, but only thrice did he unsheathe her. He would not use the Maid against a mortal man, for she was so potent as to make any fight unfair.”

NOW there is a very clear Jaime and Brienne parallel to this tale with Oathkeeper being the “enchanted sword” that the Maiden (Jaime) gives to Ser Galladon (Brienne) after she lost his heart to him. Just like Brienne and Jaime are beauty and the beast with the roles and genders reversed, their genders and roles can be seen as reversed for this tale as well. (Although, it can even be argued that Jaime is somewhat of a symbolic maid, considering the only person he has ever been sexual with is his twin, and since there’s that delusion of being the same person then…) Oh and this story? IS TOLD BY BRIENNE. It’s introduced IN HER POV like………….

Anyway

“No common sword could check her, nor any shield withstand her kiss. “

Oathkeeper? Yessum. Valyrian steel is forged from magic and is known for being incredibly sharp and superior to ordinary swords.

And then Crabb responds to the story like

Crabb thought that was hilarious. “The Perfect Knight? The Perfect Fool, he sounds like. What’s the point o’ having some magic sword if you don’t bloody well use it?”

“Honor,” she said. “The point is honor.”

That only made him laugh the louder. “Ser Clarence Crabb would have wiped his hairy arse with your Perfect Knight, m’lady. If they’d ever have met, there’d be one more bloody head sitting on the shelf at the Whispers, you ask me. ‘I should have used the magic sword,’ it’d be saying to all the other heads. ‘I should have used the bloody sword.’ ”

And then later Brienne is all

“I should have used the magic sword.” 

“Podrick,” said Brienne. “There’s a sword and scabbard wrapped up in my bedroll. Bring them here to me.”

And

It wasn’t fair. She could not fight without her magic sword. Ser Jaime had given it to her. The thought of failing him as she had failed Lord Renly made her want to weep.

SHE (-cough-GRRM-cough-) EVEN FUCKING DIRECTLY RELATES OATHKEEPER TO THE JUST MAID -AKA THE SWORD THE MAIDEN GAVE GALLADON- I JUST………..!!!!!!

HOW. MUCH. CLEARER. DOES. HE. HAVE. TO BE??

Also

“Ser Galladon bore the Just Maid proudly, but only thrice did he unsheathe her. He would not use the Maid against a mortal man, for she was so potent as to make any fight unfair.”

Unlike the show, Brienne keeps Oathkeeper hidden most of the time, and only uses it against men in two separate occasions to defend herself.

As for what this little tale could maybeeee mean for her character (besides the obvious of Jaime and Brienne being a romance)? Let’s look at Brienne drooling over it.

When she slid Oathkeeper from the ornate scabbard, Brienne’s breath caught in her throat. Black and red the ripples ran, deep within the steel. Valyrian steel, spell-forged. It was a sword fit for a hero. When she was small, her nurse had filled her ears with tales of valor, regaling her with the noble exploits of Ser Galladon of Morne, Florian the Fool, Prince Aemon the Dragonknight, and other champions. Each man bore a famous sword, and surely Oathkeeper belonged in their company, even if she herself did not.

So here GRRM is setting her up to be like one of those heroes, and she even brings up Ser Galladon. SO it’s possible she’s going to parallel Ser Galladon WHICH MEANS there’s one theory that is all like-

“but Ser Galladon was no fool. Against a foe eight feet tall mounted on an aurochs, he might well have unsheathed the Just Maid. He used her once to slay a dragon, they say.”

[marshmallow-the-vampire-slayer]

I can't even be mad, because I'm just so fucking confused as to WHY Rob Thomas wrote that ending? I just don't understand the reason behind it other than Veronica shall never be happy, so let's torture her some more, which makes no sense. I thought Rob had better taste and I honestly believed we were all on the same page when it came to LoVe.

I don’t understand why either, and it’s the question that’s haunting me because the answer I always arrive at is that he wanted us to remind us that he could make us suffer. That’s the only answer that makes sense. This in no way helps Veronica develop her character further. We already knew she could pick herself up and continue living with the ghosts of tragedies past. We knew it, she knew it. She didn’t need to learn it again in the worst possible way. Who cares about Veronica out of Neptune solving cases around the country? I know I don’t! Veronica without Neptune, without Logan, without Keith, Wallace, Weevil… is not Veronica. That’s not the character we’ve loved for 15 YEARS. That’s the FBI season 4 pitch nobody liked and we were all so glad never got made, even when we desperately craved for closure. 

Rob has always said that Veronica, Keith, and Logan were the show, and we all felt the same way. And while I do think that Rob didn’t, couldn’t, wouldn’t kill Logan and he, in fact, set it all up purposefully banking on the fact that the show would get a season 5, I still cannot get over the fact that he played us so dirty only for shock value. And he did it giving us the bullshit excuse of “this may not be what you want, but it is what you needed”. BULLSHIT. I did not need to be mourning a character that I’ve loved for 15 years without knowing if he is really dead.

[significanceofmoths]

crimsonhall answered your question “What else should I watch with Toby Stephens or Luke Arnold?”

And Then There Were None (2016) is very good, but yeah, Jane Eyre and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall if you want some romance XD

orithil answered your question “What else should I watch with Toby Stephens or Luke Arnold?”

Jane Eyre

Thanks! I’ll take a look at all of these

[amuseoffyre]

orithil: ummmmmmmmmmm, his name is barringer, not thonpson, so....did I miss something?

Flint’s name before he went on a murdervengeancequest was McGraw. Blackbeard’s name before he became notorious was Edward Teach. Long John Silver’s name was just John Silver. Billy Bones used to be William Manderley. We have had multiple characters change their names either to hide their identity or to play a role. I don’t see why Berringer would be any different.

Also, take a moment to appreciate the parallels between his journey and Flint’s if this is the case: both motivated by love and vengeance and forced from their position by the death of a loved one, taking on a new identity to get their revenge.

[aceofwhump]

so, like.... just so you know..... like..... still eagerly anticipating your cursed fic.... like, a lot.... but I know real life is a thing, so, like, no pressure...just saying, I'm still out here waiting and happily doint so 😂

I'm actually THRILLED to hear you say that! Just the other day I was working on it and thinking that it's been so long now that I doubt anyone even remembers it. So I'm very happy to hear you're still excited for it! I'm so damn close to the finish line! SO CLOSE! I feel like I say that all the time but I mean it this time. I've got one final chapter left write and one to edit and then it's done. I thank you for your patience!!! <3

[aceofwhump]

ACE! TEEN WOLF MOVIE!! 2022!!! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!!!!

I JUST SAW!! I JUST SAW!!! OMFG!! I AM VERY EXCITED!!!

What do you think the chances are that Daniel Sharman will return as Isaac Lahey lol 😆🤞