“Trans men can be misogynistic because they’re MEN”

No, everyone can be misogynistic because misogyny is not stored in the gender.

Some of the nastiest misogyny I got to hear growing up came from the women around me.

(This post is brought to you by the fact that tumblr are, hilariously, claiming that 50% of current users are gen z, and i wanna see how accurate claim that is.)

Checking in

Not gonna be regularly posting here, but I figured some of you might like to know where I am posting these days.

I really miss old Tumblr and I wish I could post here without getting constantly kicked by them. I had such a great community here. I hope some of you will come find me elsewhere and we can party like it's 2012 again.

He learned his lesson

Nah you guys don’t get it. For all that Gandalf complained about Pippin, he better than anyone else knew that Pippin was absolutely crucial. Pippin accomplishes a very impressive feat: not only does he manage to see something in the palantír (most hobbits would perceive nothing, as these stones were designed for use by high elves), but he manages to close his mind against Sauron. That is a seriously impressive feat of ósanwë given Pippin’s youth and almost total inexperience. The only clue Sauron manages to glean from the meeting with Pippin is that he is in Meduseld: which Pippin probably did not even directly give to him. Pippin did not tell Sauron his name, so Sauron is led to believe that Pippin is Frodo. I remind you, in the books, the Good Guys manage to trick Sauron, by making him believe that Aragorn has claimed the One Ring. They can only do that because of Pippin’s ridiculous feat of ósanwë. Far from sabotaging the mission, he is the one who allows it to succeed (albeit, not on purpose). This is why Sauron doesn’t think anything is fishy when Aragorn wins the Battle of the Pelennor Fields by controlling ghosts: that would be consistent with the idea that he is using the One Ring. Which Sauron believes that Pippin brought to him. This is why Sauron pulls out his old “play nice and weak” card from his Númenor days. He first of all believes that Aragorn is a lot more powerful than he actually is, and secondly thinks that the Ring is beginning to affect him.

He should perhaps have remembered that Aragorn is named for Fingolfin. Fingolfin’s mother-name, Arakáno, would properly be translated to Sindarin as “Aragorn”. Most people would not show up to an enemy fortress with an army they knew was far too small, and start a battle they knew they would lose. But Fingolfin famously did exactly that.

When you read the line “fool of a Took!” It is important to understand that in the context of Gandalf calling himself a fool on several occasions. Galadriel too sees beyond the veneer of foolish naivety in Pippin. She gives him and Merry belts that almost definitely were once her brothers’. A golden flower on a gift from Galadriel can only be a golden lily, the sigil of the House of Finarfin. Galadriel, while all hell was breaking loose in Tirion, raided her brothers’ rooms and took their belts from when they were little kiddos, hauled them across the Helcaraxë, and then held onto them for three Ages before giving them to two hobbits she just met. Merry, of course, is comparable to Angrod and Aegnor: his great deed is done in a moment of beserk rage, and it is a feat of strength. This then implies that she is comparing Pippin to Finrod. That’s one hell of a complement coming from Galadriel: but as I just pointed out, entirely warranted. Pippin manages to reproduce Finrod’s feat of radio silence, in the face of torture by Sauron. Which again, is extremely impressive given that Pippin is far younger and less experienced than Finrod was.

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If you’re having a bad day, just remember that someone somewhere is seeing Safety Tips From Anubis for the very first time.

That person is me

as an egyptologist, this fake egyptian bothered me so much. so i fixed it.

basic pronunciation followed by egyptological transcription in parentheses and translation in quotation marks.

frame 1: inek inpu (i̓nk i̓npw), “I am Anubis”

frame 2, poison: em wenem (m wnm), “do not eat”

frame 3, smoke detector: pa-yee pu em khenem khety (pꜣy pw m ḫnm ḥty), “this is for smelling smoke”

frame 4: ah-sh pa-yee tchen yot khena ta-yee tchen mawt (ꜥš pꜣy.ṯn i̓t ḥnꜥ tꜣy.ṯn mwt), “call your father and your mother”

frame 5: ankh wedja seneb (ꜥnḫ wḏꜣ snb), “live, prosper, and be healthy” ← like egyptian “farewell”

Yes I’m aegosexual/aromantic, yes I write shipping fics and yes I read smut. I can enjoy shit without it always being aro/ace oriented but I would still like some ducking representation pls

Just because I consume and create non-aro/ace spec content, does not mean I don’t also create and consume aro/ace spec content.

Stop using the “but I know an ace/aro who likes (insert ship) so they don’t care about representation” (this can go both ways, either an allo or a different aspec person) as an excuse

We can enjoy more then just our identities but we would also like to see our identities more! Thank you

obsessed with characters who were written for one another. like, what do you mean the reason for my existence is to be by your side? what do you mean our divine purpose is to belong to one another, for better or worse?

"Are you okay" NO. THERE ARE LITTLE FICTIONAL BITCHES IN MY HEAD. AND THEY'RE KISSING.

One step forward, two steps back (having to deal with an ice-witch does that to you.)

kitty kins fucking obliterated in the comments section of a knitting video

Sliding this in last minute, but ta da!! This month's Bard Level (print club!) piece for my patrons.

It was given to my brain recently that I've never drawn Tock and Bumble in "traditional"/Poortvliet-style Gnomishness before, so here we are! And in the process, I was struck with this alternate-universe context: Still living on the plateau above (as they do in canon), they have gotten lost in the Lowlands this time by falling through a pool of trapped magic that became a portal from the plateau down to there. A charm has been cast on Bumble's palm by a local Troll, to guide them out of the forest. The Sprite is helping lead them, but did not cast the charm themself so is a little unsure of its guidance. Meanwhile, Tock is distracted by some footprints familiar to her heart.....

WIP shots here.

And prints available here - now through April 11th. Click on "See Membership Options" and choose Bard. (Memberships also still giftable, btw!)

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The good news: you get to pick your new soulmate! (You can define "soulmate" however you want: platonic/romantic/partners in crime/etc. But they will be in your life, constantly.)

The bad news: you don't get to pick where they come from.

Spin this wheel until you get a fandom with characters that you recognize. As soon as you do, stop. One of those people* is going to be a constant presence in your life, whether you like it or not. So choose wisely.

*broadly defined