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[werewolfetone]

Sometimes twitter is worth it

[swordbymyside]

[midiport]

im going to explode in the kiln

[herpsandbirds]

[dogpuppy]

[werewolfetone]

But if it isn’t clear I complain about that fantasy series because ultimately I like it and if that wasn’t the reason you definitely wouldn’t still be hearing about it from me

[werewolfetone]

Frankly I don’t think any mediaeval fantasy should be allowed potatoes because based on what they did to the irish population in the early nineteenth century I genuinely think european history would be radically different if they’d gotten potatoes any earlier but I could accept stuff like sweet corn or chocolate if western authors ever made any attempt to explain or elaborate on what it’s doing in what’s meant to be france in the 1300s instead of just dropping it on you like millions of people didn’t die for this throwaway line in a fantasy book

[werewolfetone]

Rereading acok as an adult is crazy why does he offhandedly say they somehow have sweet corn in mediaeval european westeros and then never mention it again

[werewolfetone]

It’s fiction I guess but this is also crazy from 2 angles because 1st of all putting new world crops in your europe without any attempt at even hand waving how they got there given where they came from in real life is kind of evil. yeah sure martin the sweet corn, which was cultivated by human hands in a rainforest, just mysteriously spawns into your mediaeval world without any outside influence. but if that’s too woke I’d also like to ask why if they have sweet corn why don’t they have anything that’s, like, derivative of it? the people who have had sweet corn that long in real life eat tortillas and popcorn and tamales etc but it doesn’t influence their cuisine at all like that in westeros… because he writes it as though sweet corn mysteriously just spawned in… curious…

[werewolfetone]

Rereading acok as an adult is crazy why does he offhandedly say they somehow have sweet corn in mediaeval european westeros and then never mention it again

[flintlockeds]

My lord I do believe the lady desireth to return to talking about thee behind thy back so wouldst thou please lock in

[loreleywrites]

you solve the mystery of what to have for dinner one night and you think "hell yeah case closed forever" WRONG there is a dinner mystery the next night too

[voiceofaboud]

THIS IS THE HARDEST DAY I LIVED IN GAZA

The dead and injured are everywhere, families screaming, and the sound of bombing still has not stopped.

[voiceofaboud]

[voiceofaboud]

Living inside a hospital while hearing explosions all day is my reality since I got injured.

[voiceofaboud]

To every kind heart, please donate even a small amount to help evacuate me for treatment. Please don’t leave me alone.

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[martindykewood]

please please share and donate to help my friend aboud!!

[knxfesck]

please donate if you can, small amounts still make a difference!

[flintlockeds]

My lord I do believe the lady desireth to return to talking about thee behind thy back so wouldst thou please lock in

[freak-went-void]

It's called a deadline because it's the line that if you dondidnt do it in time they kill you to dead

[maidthings]

hi welcome to my kitchen this is my box that makes things cold and my box that makes things hot and my box that makes things wet and my box that makes things full of EM waves and my box tha

[winged-void]

this one has 👍 bread

[ashenmind]

box that slowly turns bread into stale bread

[annabelle--cane]

sometimes someone I follow falls victim to severe Character delirium to the point where they stop even saying the character's name and just refer to them by an epithet like some kind of malevolent entity whom they don't wish to accidentally summon, so if the sickness sets in quickly enough and I don't pay close attention for a week I'm just Never going to figure Who this bastard haunting my friend Actually Is. and I'll spend months scrolling my dash occasionally seeing appeals to "that fucking horse" or "my evil grub."

[weepingwidar]

Mary Fedden (British, 1915-2012) - White Cat Lying Down (1992)