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In the end we had pieces of the puzzle, but no matter how we put them together, gaps remained. Oddly shaped emptiness mapped by what surrounded them, like countries we couldn't name. What lingered after them was not life, but the most trivial list of mundane facts. A clock ticking on the wall, a room dim at noon, the outrageousness of a human being thinking only of herself.

kills me how the girls were trapped inside their house the way they were. and then everytime they got out they were just seen as objects of either sexual desire or made people uncomfortable.

me when “that girl didn’t want to die. she just wanted out of that house” literally sums up the entire plot

#that movie made me deeply anxious the whole #time #it was great #wonderfully written #might have to read the book now #౨ৎ ask #the virgin suicides #౨ৎ

I was going to reblog a post about a character I hate (I agreed with op, it wasn't about that) but I realized that I wouldn't have been able to reblog it without insulting that character in the tags. It's easy to not be a dick on Tumblr see

#it was about anders #i just hate that slimy disgusting guy that can't take a rejection and is awful with every other companions #WONDERFULLY WRITTEN #but i hate his personality i feel like i need to take a shower after talking to hin

from "Sculpture worth suffering for" written by Heather King about Andy Goldsworthy's Film "Leaning Into the Wind"

#wonderfully written #his art is very dear to me #andy goldsworthy

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 119/? Fandom: How to Train Your Dragon (Movies) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III/Astrid Hofferson, Heather/Fishlegs Ingerman, Ruffnut/Magnus the Good|Historical Character, Camicazi/Merida Characters: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, Astrid Hofferson, Stoick the Vast, Gobber the Belch, Snotlout Jorgenson, Fishlegs Ingerman, Ruffnut Thorston, Tuffnut Thorston, Original Characters, Magnus the Good, Einar Thambarskelfir, Wulfhild of Norway, Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Heather (httyd), Spitelout Jorgenson, Astrid Hofferson’s Mother, Astrid Hofferson’s Father, Mildew (HTTYD), Berkians (HTTYD), Toothless (HTTYD), Stormfly (HTTYD), Barf and Belch (HTTYD), Meatlug (HTTYD), Hookfang (HTTYD), Thornado (HTTYD), historical characters, Harald Hardrada, Harthacnut the Dane, Yaroslav the Wise, Viggo Grimborn, Ryker Grimborn, Johann (How to Train Your Dragon), Dagur the Deranged, Merida (Disney), Camicazi (How to Train Your Dragon), Big-Boobied Bertha (How to Train Your Dragon), William the Conqueror, Fa Mulan (Disney), Valka (How to Train Your Dragon), Valka's Bewilderbeast, Cloudjumper (How To Train Your Dragon) Additional Tags: Alternate History, References to Norse Religion & Lore, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Depictions of Norse Culture, Depictions of Polyamory & Polygamy, First HTTYD movie is Canon, All other HTTYD Properties are a Buffet Table of Ideas, Mature Rating is for Violence And Related Content, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Implied/Referenced Underage Sex, Book 1 (ch 1-31) is rated Teen, Book 2 (ch 32-68) is rated Mature, Book 3 (ch 69-ongoing) is rated Mature, The Past Isn't A Friendly Place, Additional Warnings In Author's Note, due to ongoing harassment only registered users can comment Summary:

Take History. Add Dragons. Stir until a Genius makes friends with them and things explode. Take the resulting stock of Hiccup and tamed dragons and set it to simmering in 1040 AD, in the Scottish Hebrides. Add more Kings, Emperors, Romans, Vikings, Conquerors, Spies, Warriors, Thieves, Knights and Nobles, to taste. Take cover, and sit back to watch the fireworks.

In Real Life, 1040 was the tail end of the Viking Age; Europe was 50 years from the First Crusade; the Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches have not yet formally split, William the Conqueror is a frightened teenager in Normandy, the Byzantine Empire is collapsing after a revival under one of their great emperors, and the great Viking Harald Hardrada is a Varangian mercenary there, while the Caliphates are having a rough time from the new Seljuk Empire and their own internal tensions. The most corrupt Pope in history holds Rome, the Reconquista of Spain is underway after the collapse of the Caliphate of Cordoba, and the Norse religion is a pale shadow of what it once was, hanging on around the Baltic Sea, Iceland, Greenland... and the Hebrides.

And into that heady mix, there is now Hiccup and Berk.

Yeah, history won't know what hit it.

#an amazing work #goes beyond fandom #wonderfully written #and #researched #please read #hiccup horrendous haddock iii #hiccup #hiccup haddock #astrid #toothless #how to train your dragon #the main cast #ocs #fishlegs #stoick the vast #thebean394fanficrec

I just finished fma and I have a lot of emotion

#I’m still upset they fridged maes #and I wanted greed and ling to stay together:(((#but overall it was absolutely incredible #wonderfully written #a classic

Celebrations of winter solstice among the Avvar

Winter Solstice, also known as the Longest Night among the Avvar, is the day when Hakkon’s grip over the Mountains becomes the strongest. Yet it also marks the moment of change, a reversal of roles.

During the day, everyone is bound to be outside, basking in what little light reaches the surface. Offerings are made to the three chief gods, as well as the local deities. First thing come the morning, the augur prepares an offering to messengers of the Lady of the Skies. Birds that remain in the Mountains during winter are presented with a mix of grain and white fat, in hopes that they will feast on it and gain strength, which they then would share with the sky and the sun, as until the Winter Solstice, the source of light had been growing weaker and weaker.

A gift to Korth is made as well, usually a painting on a cliff, somewhere near an entrance to the deepest caves, through which the Avvar ask him to preserve the Stone, his domain, in perfect steadiness through the rest of winter, keeping avalanches away from settlements. Then, the local gods are appeased, each in a unique manner, as every spirit yearns for something different. Last but not least, an offering is made to Hakkon, a plea to convince him to restrain winter within its boundaries, and once the time is right, draw his breath back into his lungs, retreating to the highest peaks until the next season of ice.

Once the sun sets, everyone has to hide inside a shelter, most often in the Thane’s hall, as it’s usually the biggest building in the Hold. During the Longest Night, the Veil is at its thinnest, so the local gods might not be able to protect everyone against the less benevolent denizens of the Land of Dreams. Thus, the people flock together to shield each other against evil. A feast is held, during which blessings, wishes, and small gifts are exchanged. Skalds sing about gods and heroes from the dawn of times. The community is tight-knit over the entire year, but during the Longest Night everyone becomes even closer.

- Submission by @ammocharis Dear Scholar, Your research into Avvar customs has been gladly received, and will be filed under ‘Thedosian Customs,’ in the library. The information is well written and concise, and I hope it will prove useful to the researchers that visit the collection. Kind regards, [An unintelligible scrawl of a signature]

#library submissions #thedosian customs #fan codex #many thanks for the submission!#wonderfully written #submission