okay this is just me being genuinely curious and wondering how people think: Do some people see Sauron and Mairon as two separate entities, if so, why?

Because to me, they're the same person, just a different name. Like how regardless of what nickname you call someone, they're still *their name* (chosen or given, whichever they use). I don't see them as Jekyll/Hyde or anything like that. Mairon, to me, isn't a persona it's just another name for the same person.

Idk i'm just curious to see how everyone feels about this bc I've been seeing mixed interpretations.

I’ve been thinking about this a lot wrt how does he refer to himself in his mind? it’s all the same person inwardly for sure. in my mind his different names are related to how he is perceived, not really his identity.

none of the names seem to fit with his self-image though? I wouldn’t think he still feels like ‘mairon’ since that’s the name he had in the beginning, in aule’s halls. and he certainly doesn’t like to be called ‘the abhorred’. annatar was just a temporary disguise…

i just don’t know!

I'd say that, in his mind, he still refers to himself as Mairon - or maybe the original Valarin equivalent of that name, since Valarin was his "first language". If there is a non-lingual version that precedes it, and that we mortals could never grasp, it might be that as well.

Let's call all the above "Mairon". I do think it's the most natural option of how he might think about himself.

I have no proof, though. He refuses to tell me. :-)

My headcanon is that he no longer refers to himself as any name at all. Like helenvader mentioned - Mairon is most likely not his original name since it's in Quenya. He might internally refer to himself as his Valarin name, whatever that is, but he's been changing identities back and forth since pretty much the beginning of time itself. I think ROP was really onto something with his increasingly mournful "I have many names" variations. He always deflects the question, and by the end of season 2, he's no longer acting smug about it. Does he even know who he is behind the masks? Is there anything left of the Ainu that once had a voice of his own?

In The Silmarillion, it's firmly stated that the Ainur who entered Arda had a clear sense of gender, so we know he's a "he". We know his virtues are a "love for order, planning and coordination" and a dislike of "confusion and chaos". Those are probably the only things he's got left of whoever he was before he started changing identities. Does that part of him still have a name? Does he still consider that his "true self"?

When I write fic from his point of view, I stick with "he". It's messy, but I feel like it's the only word that fits him at this point. He's got many names, but none of them are his.

I definitely think of Mairon, Sauron, Gorthaur, Annatar, Halbrand if you swing that way, as separate entities in an important way — but I do this to myself, too! Me in my 20s in Vegas is a different animal from me in my teens at home, is a whole person apart from me in Chicago or who I was in Brooklyn later. So much of our self-image and presentation and even what we value are malleable! And if it’s true of me, imagine spending a whole Age in one form, place, company. How you would shape and be shaped.

I think there’s a core of him that strives for validation, seeks order, and believes in his own superiority. That never changes. But every form he takes is a new start, and he fucks up every time trying to get to beauty and harmony.

This makes him many different individuals, but always a skrunkly meow meow.

𝖮𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗃𝗎𝖽𝗀𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍

𝖲𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗌𝗎𝗆𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗒: 𝖸𝗈𝗎’𝗋𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗂𝖽𝖾-𝖾𝗒𝖾𝖽, 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗌. 𝖮𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗇𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗍𝖺𝗅, 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝖺𝗒𝗌𝗁𝗂𝖿𝗍 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄𝖾𝗋𝗌, 𝖱𝗈𝖻𝖻𝗒 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗀𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗒𝗈𝗎’𝗋𝖾 𝖺 𝗏𝗂𝗋𝗀𝗂𝗇. 𝖡𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝖿𝖿 𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖯𝗂𝗍𝗍, 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗌𝗇𝖺𝗉 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖾𝖿 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗏𝗂𝗋𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗒.

𝖶𝖺𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌/𝗍𝖺𝗀𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖿𝗂𝖼 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝖺𝗀𝗌: 𝖿𝖾𝗆!𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗋, 𝗏𝗂𝗋𝗀𝗂𝗇!𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗋, 𝖿𝗐𝖻 𝖽𝗒𝗇𝖺𝗆𝗂𝖼𝗌, 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍/𝖺𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝗈𝗐𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝗒𝗇𝖺𝗆𝗂𝖼𝗌, 𝖺𝗀𝖾-𝗀𝖺𝗉, 𝗌𝗅𝗈𝗐-𝖻𝗎𝗋𝗇

* = 𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗌𝗆𝗎𝗍/𝗌𝗎𝗀𝗀𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗌

…. 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝖺𝖽𝖽𝖾𝖽

𝖨𝗇𝗌𝗉𝗈 𝗉𝗂𝖼𝗌: 𝖱𝗈𝖻𝖻𝗒'𝗌 𝖺𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 (1) (2)

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Jack Abbot + hand tremor theory Continuation of this set

Coffe𝖾 on dark nights {4}: 𝖱𝗈𝖻𝗎𝗌𝗍𝖺

chapter summary; 𝖳𝗐𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗈𝖿𝖿. 𝖳𝗐𝗈 𝗏𝗂𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗉. 𝖮𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖱𝗈𝖻𝖻𝗒 𝗆𝖾𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝖺 𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝖩𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝖾𝗍.

pairing: Dr. Jack Abbot x reader

rating: Mature

chapter no: Chapter 4/10 𝗈𝖿 𝖢𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄 𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌

wc; 13𝗄

tags/warnings; 𝖼𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖾!𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗉 𝖺𝗎, 𝗌𝗅𝗈𝗐𝖻𝗎𝗋𝗇, 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌, 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖼𝗎𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗈𝖿 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗎𝗆𝖺, 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝖺𝗇𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗒𝗉𝖾 𝗏𝗂𝗈𝗅𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾/𝗂𝗇𝗃𝗎𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌

Author; @lucis-dove

a/n: 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗉, 𝖨 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉 𝗆𝗒𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿, 𝗐𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖩𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗎𝗆𝖺 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾, 13𝗄 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋, 𝗐𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗂𝗍

It isn't often Robby does this. Find himself at a café, first and foremost. No less than on peak rush hour on a Saturday, when everyone who considers this a hobby is here.

He has a life outside of the Pitt. He would at least argue that's the case. Although, like most of his peers, his work-life balance may not be a top priority for him. A consideration, maybe. But certainly not properly prioritised.

With his position comes advantages, such as having most weekends off. It's not set in stone. The ED is understaffed, even he cannot escape the fact. And though he doesn't even want to get into the politics of gun laws, mass shootings like Pittfest were more probable to occur during weekends than weekdays.

Jack Abbot / 1.14 / p.2 Requested by Anonymous

I will not elaborate on any of those, thank you.

Alex Hirsch you will always be a legend to me

The Fox Fairy/Spirit has a lot of variations throughout East Asia. I chose to base mine off the Huli Jing, and Tang dynasty dress. The shapeshifting, predominately female nine tailed fox also takes the form of a Kistune in Japan and Kumiho in Korea.

One of my favourite interpretations of this being is Good Hunting, the short story by Ken Liu (though not the Love, Death, and Robots inspired short animation! :( )

Original art by me! More phenakistoscopes on my page.

Thank you K @runnning-outof-time for the tag. I love all these tag games, it's so fun to do! 😊

Pinterest tag game

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The character choice is sooo me hehe , except I have brown eyes! 🤭

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Thank you so much for the tag! 💞 this was so fun

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When your favorite fanfic writer deletes their work

"Pervert." *rolling thunder* -A Dream within a Dream 书卷一梦 episode 18

Art in the Age of Digital Puritanism (2022) by Iness Rychlik The artist reposted it in 2024 "because it feels relevant in social media today".

A Dream within a Dream 书卷一梦 episode 21

-A Dream within a Dream episode 18