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A child beneath the wing of his golden eagle in the Altai region in western Mongolia. The Kazakh nomads still use the birds for hunting.

Photograph: Massimo Rumi/Barcroft Media

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does anyone else have a favorite tv character where whenever they’re on screen you just

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I don't know what those '90s sci Fi TV writers were putting in their shows but I wish they'd start doing it again

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hey honest question, did anybody have GOOD stuff happen to them in 2024? cause it was really bad for me and for most people i know, so it would be nice to hear about anything that's been going WELL for any of you. even if it's small stuff. just to know there's light out there.

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I don’t think any of us should ever overlook Celeborn’s love for Galadriel, because it’s really something.

Usually in Tolkien’s texts, it’s the girl following the guy. Lúthien followed Beren to Tol-in-Gaurhoth and Angband and later into death itself, Níniel followed Turambar to Cabed-en-Aras, Elwing followed Eärendil to Valinor, Éowyn followed Faramir to Ithilien, Arwen followed Aragorn to Gondor and later into death itself, etc. Not that this is a bad thing, not at all. (It should never be deemed disempowering for a woman to follow a man she loves and who loves her and treats her right, if that is her choice.) But overall, considering the wide variety of couples in Middle-earth, it does get repetitive sometimes.

Yet with these two, it’s the opposite. Celeborn always followed Galadriel.

When Galadriel departed Doriath, Celeborn went with her. He left all his kin behind to be with her. We don’t know for sure how his kin reacted to his relationship with a Noldo, but it could very well be that they eloped. She was just that important to him.

Then for the next 2 ages, they endured all sorts of trials and tribulations together across Middle-earth and eventually settled down in Lothlórien. There, Celeborn never tried to make Galadriel subservient to him. She had as much say in how things were run as he himself did. They were true co-rulers, equals in every way.

Then finally, Celeborn temporarily let Galadriel go. He was alright with her leaving on the White Ship to see their daughter and her parents and brothers again, while he stayed behind to finish what needed to be finished. He didn’t force her to stay with him when he himself could not (yet) leave. He didn’t hold her back from reuniting with people she loved and had lost so long ago.

And ultimately, Celeborn followed Galadriel once again. Though he was a Sinda born and bred, and never before had any desire to cross the Sea, he left his own homeland behind forever to reunite with her in her homeland. She still was just that important to him.

This guy was down bad for this girl. He lived his whole life drunk on wifeguy juice. Respect Celeborn.

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Y E A H

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I’m playing Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Everyone’s has been talking how much they love Lucanis, making fan works about him and their Rooks together etc.

Not me though. Please, tell me there are Lucanis x Neve lovers as well? Do they have a ship name? Because I adore their banter and interactions.

I almost always bring them in missions together and people might be thinking “oh, which one are you trying to romance?”. Pshh, none of them. Whenever they talk to each other, I cheer for them to bang.

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“we need more platonic relationships in media” your inability to turn off your shipping brain is a You problem

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I supported the RoP show and fandom when it was released in 2022 and I defended it when haters started to undeservingly bully its fans and shippers.

Then those same fans categorized me as an “incel” because I dared to ship Galadriel with her canonical partner.

No good deed goes unpunished.

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SUPERMAN (2025) dir. James Gunn

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Just like I defended Jacen Syndulla when he was the fandom’s punching bag, I’ll do the same with Celeborn.

And I’ll defend other characters hated by the fandoms of the shows/movies/books that I’ll hyperfixate to in the future.

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It's funny how Celeborn is being called boring and his relationship with Galadriel is being hated upon by people who claim that they're all about Galadriel being valued, because this is literally what this dynamic is all about.

In a world where many people treasure gold and jewels, Celeborn's treasure is Galadriel. Yet he never treats her as an object. He never handles her as something fragile to be put aside and to be protected and marveled at. They fight the long defeat together. They find a place to call home. They realize their ambitions and rule their lands together. When the time comes, she follows her path to go West and diminish, thus passing her final test, and he is allowed to linger to the place that has been his second love, knowing that he and Galadriel will meet again. Even so, it still hurts him that he has to let her go despite it being temporary.

There's so much talk about people LOVING the concept of a guy being absolutely in love with and in awe of his wife, but when it actually happens (and Tolkien was admirably ahead of his time in writing such a ship and in making Galadriel the most important of the two, and possibly the most important among his elves as he kept editing) it's not enough.

I also love this one version of Galadriel choosing this specific name, which was given to her by Celeborn, because it was the most beautiful of her names. In Tolkien names have meaning and importance, and many characters gain names that they either do or don't want through the way they are seen by others. There's something so special to me about Galadriel feeling so seen and understood and seeing such beauty in the name that Celeborn gave her, that she chooses this upon all the other names given to her by family and since much earlier. And everyone around her falls in line because on the one hand they probably saw how fitting it was and on the other she has THAT kind of power to those around her. She has the will and strength to shape who she is and how she wants to be perceived.

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Ironically, I feel we, as a Phandom, don't talk about Sam's Friend to All Living Things status enough.

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Here’s to 2023, a year of as many little courageous kindnesses as possible. ♥️

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everything in this life is temporary. except that fandom hyperfixation from when you were 14. that thang will be with you forever there's no escaping.