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yonkers is such a deeply unserious name for a place. i bet nobody even dies there

no they do i know cause i once saw the headline "7 dead in Yonkers incident" and said "what the fuck is a Yonkers incident"

Fuckin wild

yes... they....

[image description: a vanity fair first look screencap from the murderbot tv show of the preservation aux crew. they're gathered around a display screen in a bright, futuristic-looking room decorated with plants. most of the crew is clumped together and leaning on each other, but gurathin stands behind them all. /end id]

@jakeromanoart A FABULOUS piece I commissioned from Jake!

An absolutely stunning dagger with a leaf shaped blade, in which the tang appears to have been wrapped around to form the handle and joined again with the blade, then chiseled into the design of an oak branch with leaves and acorns, German, ca. 19th century, from Czerny’s International Auction House. I love this tremendously, and I wish I had the money to buy it (as of now, it is still for sale).

Totally not a fae weapon brought into this plane. Or a paladin Oath of Ancients’ secondary tool.

Embroidered chiffon evening dress for Queen Alexandra of Denmark

c.1910

Doeuillet, Paris, Fashion Museum of Bath

Oh my god Italy got hit with 20% tariffs, but Vatican City didn't. Some cardinal is about to become a global leader in microchip imports.

THE PAPAL STATES II: THE SECOND COMING

I heard this audio and immediately had to redraw it 🫠

The Sword of Elendil was forged anew by Elvish smiths, and on its blade was traced a device of seven stars set between the crescent Moon and the rayed Sun, and about them was written many runes; for Aragorn son of Arathorn was going to war upon the marches of Mordor.

twinsies UwU

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Let's dance till dawn！

Bowl with chili peppers, Nazca, Peru, 1-800 AD

from The Museo Larco, Lima, Peru

been thinking of her recently

One difference between the Lord of the Rings books and the Peter Jackson films that I find really interesting is what the hobbits find when they return to the Shire.

In the books, they return from the War, only to see that the war has not left their home untouched. Not only has it not left their home unscathed, battle and conflict is still actively ravaging the Shire. They return, weary and battle-scarred, to find a home actively wounded and in need of rescue and healing. All four launch themselves into defending their home and rousting those harming it, and eventually succeed. But their idyllic home has been damaged, and even once healed, is never quite again the Shire they set out to save.

In contrast, in the Jackson films, they return to a Shire shockingly untouched by the horrors of war. The hobbits of the Shire talk, in the Green Dragon in Fellowship of the Ring, about not getting involved with issues "beyond our borders," and it seems those issues have not invaded their sanctuary. After having been bowed to by kings, dwarves, elves, and men alike at the coronation in Gondor, their only acknowledgment upon returning home is a skeptical head shake from an older hobbit.

One of the most poignant scenes to me in Return of the King (and there are a considerable amount) is the scene where Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin are sitting in the Green Dragon. The pub patrons bustle around them, talking loudly, clapping excitedly, drinking cheerfully, just as they had in the beginning of the story. But the four hobbits sit silently, watching almost curiously at what was once familiar but is now foreign to them. Their home has not changed. But they have.

Which is the deeper hurt? To come to your home to find it irrevocably changed, despite all you did to keep it untouched and the same? Or to return home but no longer feeling at home, because it is only you that is irrevocably changed?

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