A Fool's Hope

Welcome!  I'm Malina, a very chaotic dramatic kinda hippie-ish adult (21+) Christian lady. Thoroughly Gryffinpuff, if you want to know.  Polite; lover of honor; storyteller and imagination enthusiast; learned to emote from Shonen Anime; learned turns of phrase from LOTR and Dickens; lives a Musical life (constantly singing); Everything Defense Squad.  No blog theme, but mostly lots of fandom, pretty art, positivity, and cats.  Enjoy my blog! :)

[crimeronan]

sometimes i have strong opinions but they're also so inane that halfway through writing a post i'll be like "yeah, this is Absolutely not worth the energy it's taking" and delete everything. but then the opinion is still in my head. and i still want to share it. so within five minutes i go "you know, i bet i can phrase it more succinctly this time" and anyway. you all see where this is going. sometimes i do this four times in a row before i give up on the specific inane opinion and instead write a vague post about the concept of opinions as if that'll satisfy the urge to post the entirety of my inner monologue online. may or may not be relevant to what you're reading right now. and now all our lives have been enriched. you're welcome

[noeiilyn]

Happy Birthday, Yugi!! 🥳🎂🎁

[the-prairies-calling-out]

"Why do you buy books when the library is right there?"

Because publishing houses will not continue printing paper books if libraries are their only customers.

Also, I like being able to read at my leisure and generally have books at hand.

[its-the-blob]

#public libraries are good because they let people access books they might never otherwise read#private book ownership is good because it's Yours#physical books are good because they last a long time and again it's Yours#ebooks are good because you can fit a whole library into the physical space of a single book and they're cheaper to produce#audiobooks are good because they're accessible to people with eyesight or visual reading issues and leave your hands free#in conclusion: all books are good and people should enjoy them however and whenever they can#(lest it be misunderstood I agree with you completely OP I just also really like books in general and it got away from me)

YES. all books. every kind

[blip-blip-blop]

𖤓 the sunshine of camelot 𖤓

getting back into drawing after a long time, i feel like i've been in a limbo for years and just couldn't make myself pick up a pencil. everything that i drew in the last couple of years seemed so forced and stopped bringing me joy, but lately i've started to pick up my sketchbook more often and trying to just doodle for the sake of creating something and it feels really good, and it gives me hope that maybe the darker days are coming to an end.

[cheetyuwu]

Can’t remember last time I have drawn so many characters on one canvas 🫢

But here they are

P.S. I meant Rlain to be much bigger but nvm I’ll fix that on my next artworks

[dragonflauz]

thanks for the tag @choatic-bumblebee-agenda <33

Rules: make a poll with 10 of your favorite shows, they can be just 10 shows you loved watching or your top 10 tv shows of all time, and have your followers choose their favorite then tag 10 people.

pick a favorite

DuckTales (2017)

The A-Team

MacGyver (1985)

Doctor Who

Phineas and Ferb

Milo Murphy's Law

Carmen San Diego

Severance

Race To The Edge

The Chosen

Remaining time: 4 days 15 hours

no pressure tagging @araluendunedainofluna @nightskylonging @residentmiddlechild @theragamuffininitiative @choasuqeen @pacertestman @always-at-number-seven @sidequestsaturn @cakeyouareoh @swinging-stars-from-satellites and im so sorry if you already got this one

[sidequestsaturn]

pick a favorite!!

Derry Girls

All Creatures Great and Small 2020

DuckTales 2017

Abbott Elementary

Gravity Falls

The Good Place

Over the Garden Wall

Bluey

Only Murders in the Building

The Artful Dodger

Remaining time: 5 days 9 hours

thanks for the tag!! im no pressure tagging @gracefuldisasters @paranormal-taters @thetreasurechest @no-brain-only-brainrot @nowandforalways @bookwormswillruletheworld @windmilltothestars @ceterisparibus116 @captaingondor @novelmonger

[windmilltothestars]

pick a favorite!!

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

M*A*S*H

X-Men '97

Merlin (2008)

Daredevil (2015)

Doctor Who

Horatio Hornblower

Call the Midwife

Teen Titans (2003)

Kimi ni Todoke

Remaining time: 5 days 16 hours

Awww, thanks or tagging me, dear friend!! <3 Hard to think up AND to narrow down a random selection of 10 shows I like, haha! Anyway, I shall take the liberty and make bold to no-pressure my dear friends @nerdy-catfish @starrysketcher @magnetocerebro @catkin-morgs-kookaburralover @dog-of-ulthar @scioscribe @skeleton-richard @warrioreowynofrohan @crystalandrock @axonsandsynapses to join in the fun if you so desire!!

[depsidase]

[hexen-ein-mal-eins]

The Lady of Stars 🌟✨

For tolkien women‘s week day seven: stars @tolkienwomensweek

[lux-astralis]

a few reminders because i’m tired and angry

fandom is a hobby, not a form of activism

adult women aren’t inherently creepy for being in fandom and having hobbies apart from raising babies and doing taxes

the vast majority of people pushing back against the worrying trend of instigating harassment over fictional characters and relationships aren’t incest supporters or pedophiles, actually

liking a m/f ship doesn’t make someone a dirty heterosexual invading your space

preferring gay ships doesn’t make you ‘’woke’’ and good

no one owes you a disclaimer that they are a good person who recognizes that their favorite fictional villain’s actions are evil and that they don’t condone those actions irl

liking a fictional villain is in no way comparable to advocating abuse/murder/genocide/etc and you’re a fucking idiot if you believe that

just because a woman is attracted to a fictional villain doesn’t mean she’s promoting toxic relationships or going to end up in a toxic relationship. assuming women can’t tell fiction and reality apart stinks of internalized misogyny 

some rando’s a/b/o fanfics have none of the level of influence that popular tv shows and movies spreading propaganda have

no one owes you a detailed description of their traumas and mental health problems

abusive relationships are not the same as enemies to lovers ships

y’all need to chill the fuck out over people, relationships, actions and events that don’t actually exist and learn how to enjoy and discuss them like normal people

fandom is a hobby, not a form of activism

feel free to add more

[lazydreamer19]

THE WAY I SPED TO HIT REBLOG-

[kyonkyon69]

THIS.

[hollyyy555]

Lord of the Rings BTS, Pt. 2

[songbird-is-crying]

i think peak historical fiction is when there is a random ass major historical figure but as a comedic relief side character. like geoffrey chaucer being a naked gambling addict in a knight’s tale or leonardo da vinci being cinderella’s fairy godmother in ever after. like. nothing can top that.

[swxnraii]

I LOVE GAANG SMM!! And yes, Suki is part of gaang. I can’t stand the suki under representation. I love my queen sm. ALL CREDITS TO THE ARTIST!! @schwesterchiz in Insta

[windmilltothestars]

The Hadestown versions of Hades and Persephone are like the dark, toxic shadow archetype of Aulë and Yavanna. Where instead of the generosity and humility that Aulë has with regard to his creations, he's consumed by the great Tolkienian sins of 'pride and possessiveness' and his creations are only a means of increasing his power. And rather than Yavanna being one of the most active and insistent Valar who's constantly doing damage control in Middle-earth and on everyone's case to do something about the problem, Persephone detaches and sedates herself into oblivion to cope. And instead of respecting each other's needs and separate skills, balancing each other out, and being supportive of the lives and purposes they have outside each other, they have a battle of wills and build up distance and resentment and mistrust, scorning and trying to overpower each other's creations and influence on the world. I know in many ways Hades maps more naturally onto Melkor and Yavanna onto Demeter, but the Mining, Earth and Technology Guy x Mother Nature and Plant Gal marriage allure was too strong, and it's a fun take to overthink <3

[decomposedmaw]

the evening light feels different here.

[colormush]

[evyiart]

Another old gem

8/12 rounds of IB exams done🥹and hell week is over… not quite free yet but eventually…

[thelatecaptainpierce]

Top 5 Houlihawk Episodes (as voted by mashblr) #2: Aid Station