Nerd life is so much better than regular life.

32. Texan. HP/LBD/LOTR/BBC/All-Around Geek.

[wendalee]

Thanks @tacvb and @visit_amarillo for arranging a tour of the @palodurocanyonsp! First time back in several years (RIP Sad Monkey Choo-Choo) and it was a nice little hike and drive through! #tacvb #amarillo #texasstateparks #hike (at Palo Duro Canyon State Park - Texas Parks and Wildlife) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxBBMRQj4YI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1c38sc2utpxog

[wendalee]

When in Amarillo, do as the Amarilloians do. @donutstop_amarillo #cherryfrosteddonut #donutstopbelieving https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw9nd8xDlVu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7p1tp8d0m1dw

[wendalee]

My month of April always feels like The Amazing Race. I see @philiminator standing in front of me going: TWO MAJOR FESTIVALS 40 PAGE MAGAZINE EIGHT SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS You are the winner of the month of April! And I stand there crying because without the following, I’d never make it: My cats and the snuggle time Hamilton Fun outings COFFEE My awesome friends and family AND my totes awesome co-workers who hear when I’m losing it and plie me with chocolate I love all y’all. And I’m glad this month is OVER. 😪 #work #grinding #onthegrind #dentonjazzfest #thinlinefest #dentoning #crawfish #actuallyhalfdead #whensmynap https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw59NmTjbN9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1q0cespgv8e9e

[wendalee]

#wendyreads2019: #11: “The Princess and the Fangirl” by @_ashposton. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌟. Clearly I need to go to more comic cons. That’s where all of the hot single nerdy men are hiding. #bookstagram #bookreviews #geekculture #geekerella #nerdculture #books #yabooks https://www.instagram.com/p/BwbDjJqDY5g/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cvobt2iwr4m0

[wendalee]

*screeching pterodactyl noises* How lucky I am to be alive right now... #hamilton #hamiltondsm #intheroomwhereithappens (at The Music Hall at Fair Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv-Vqdfjb5L/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13dvmmtlkuwmm

[wendalee]

[i made] chicken banh mi and homemade mac n cheese #foodie #cooking #morecheese #notbad https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv0LNbID9-g/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13dw4mdewut73

[wendalee]

@discoverdenton’s newest marketing assistant had some valuable input during today’s merchandise meeting 😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰 #miniatureschnauzer #miniature #dogsofinstagram #dogstagram #dogs #icant (at Discover Denton Welcome Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvfHalRjkIT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5lxju182ulxr

[wendalee]

#wendyreads2019: #5: “Geekerella” by @_ashposton. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌟 I CANNOT WITH THE SHEER ADORABLENESS OF THIS BOOK. Definitely read half of it in one sitting. I need more cute nerdy goodness! #bookstagram #bookreviews #books #nerdculture https://www.instagram.com/p/BvGbWwqj0Y6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1i8ai0pfhx374

[wendalee]

I was gone for just over two days. The way the cats are acting, it was two weeks. #StarKitty is already packing herself in my duffle should I decide to leave again 😹😹😹 #cats #catsofinstagram #tuxedocat #tuxiesofinstagram #snuggletime #moosetashe https://www.instagram.com/p/BuktpLLjpTC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lrm3wwkv74ov

[wendalee]

“We’ll be rich! We’ll be out! And St. Petersburg will have some more to talk about!” Even though Anastasia the musical cut one of my favorite songs from the movie (I’ll admit that talking bats and the undead might be slightly difficult to pull off in live theater” but the excellent staging, voices and music won me over. #AnastasiaDSM was fabulous 🥰🥰 #musicaltheatre #anastasiabroadway https://www.instagram.com/p/BuUA_m7DuU1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1p67kr6i49p30

[wendalee]

#wendyreads2019: #3: “The Life Changing Manga of Tidying Up” by @mariekondo. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌟 THIS WAS SO ADORABLE. And covered the finer points of her written book in a great graphic style. #bookstagram #bookreview #books #tidyingup #mariekondo #konmari https://www.instagram.com/p/BtkWUpaDBID/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12agr36c1gt0b

[wendalee]

Sat in today during @dentonbff a screening of @naturalhairthemovie. What a 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 movie. I know my own struggle to embrace my curls was a struggle and hearing the stories of these strong individuals who also have made a similar hair journey was so reaffirming. 🧡🧡🧡 (also jotted down several products that are made by small black-owned companies that I am also going to try! Always love seeing what’s out there and trying to see if it works.) #dentoning #dbff19 #curlygirl #curlyhair #curlyhairdontcare #embracingmycurls https://www.instagram.com/p/BtKderTj2M8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fqg6kyjgbtkb

[wendalee]

#wendyreads2019: Book 2 - “Can You Keep a Secret?” by @sophiekinsellawriter. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌟 This book sat on my shelf for years. I love this writer but other books just kept taking over. Read this for the #ONTDBookChallenge and LOVED IT. It was perfectly adorable, as only Sophie can deliver. 5 stars, will read again 😘 #book #bookstagram #bookreview #chicklit #books https://www.instagram.com/p/BtBbGNRDNbw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1uzky40k8c1dq

[invisiblechange]

[stagemanagerssaygo]

We watched this as little girls, not even realizing Mrs. Banks was speaking #truth, but it seeped into our subconsciousness, just marinating.

[brittany]

To be angry is to be human.

[jimtheviking]

Oh my…

Okay, so my friend Chloe just pointed this out, and it’s amazingly accurate:

“Because of the scarcity of Dwarf-women, their secrecy and similarity in appearance to males, and their lack of mention, many Men failed to recognize their existence.”

Okay, so?

Well, Tolkien was a philologist, and a Norsist, and that means he knew Völuspá well enough to pull the names of every dwarf from Dvergatal and he had a pretty firm grasp Old Norse grammar.

In fact, he grasped it well enough that he knew if you dropped an n from a name ending in -inn, it changes from the masculine definite enclitic to the feminine.

Well, what the hell does any of this mean?

Well, I give you the names of the Dwarves from the Hobbit, as they appear in Dvergatal (stanzas 14-16) and in the order they appear:

Dvalins,* Dáinn, Bívurr, Bávurr, Bömburr, Nóri, Óinn, Þorinn, Þráinn, Fíli, Kíli,  Glóinn, Dóri, Óri

Now, in the Hobbit, they’re named as follows:

Dwalin, Dáin, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Nori, Óin, Thorin, Thráin, Fíli, Kíli, Glóin, Dori, Ori.

Now, you notice something with the way those names got changed? That’s right, he changed the masculine -inn definite suffix to -in, which is feminine.**

That means that, at least grammatically, Dwalin, Dáin, Thorin, Thráin, and Glóin are female Dwarves.

Since we know Tolkien was meticulous about his grammar, this was done most likely as an in-joke (lol we’re so learnèd about Norse grammar that my comment on Dwarf women being indistinguishable from men is hilarious because of this grammatical funniness)

But there’s a not-inconceivable chance that the Dwarves were using the masculine pronouns in Westron because that’s what the Men who met them used, despite the fact that a third of the company was female, and hey, it’s kinda neat to think he wrote a bunch of Dwarf-ladies going on an adventure.

*-ins is the masculine Genitive definite article suffix in Old Norse

**He also dropped the double-r suffix, but -r as the root is still, in general, a masculine grammatical feature

[maybekatherine]

I’ve said it before, we know two things about the genders of the Company: that dwarf men and women are indistinguishable to outsiders, and that Bilbo is an unreliable narrator.

[crescendohowell]

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[squidbroom]

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