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emily rudd: 😀👍🏻 rest easy my angels….

(ft. emily:😴 inaki:😀👍🏼)

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War of the Rohirrim spoilers:

I understand that Hama had to die. I do. I understand that he absolutely had to die in the specific the way that he did, because Hama as a character represents the valor and honor of the people of Rohan (exemplified in his mastery of song, which is how those values are upheld in the community and passed along to the next generation), and Wulf, who rejects these values, had to kill him in a dishonorable way to represent his attempt to destroy the values of the Eorlingas and prove that valor and honor are worthless. And I understand that Hama’s instrument being passed to others represents that that valor and honor did not die with him, and could not be destroyed by Wulf. I understand this! I do! But also, have you considered: it made me sad

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I'm obsessed, actually, like parts of the story that reflect Eowyn's (and Eomer's but mostly Eowyn's) story from LotR sort of in an "each stanza rhymes" kind of way until it occurs to you that Miranda Otto is narrating with this sort of implication that it's Eowyn herself telling the story and reading it through her own experiences plus the fact that it's mostly a behind the scenes sort of story and all the great deeds were attributed to other people (Hera isn't even named in the appendices) alongside the explicit statement that Hera isn't remembered in any of the songs, making this something Eowyn either heard passed down in a non-traditional way, reconstructed from historical evidence she found herself, or possibly learned about from Gandalf, which loops back around into Eowyn's own complex with regards of all the great deeds being done by the men and not remembered for great deeds in songs -- and like okay maybe I'm reading too much into it but I'm obsessed okay

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Hera and the Wedding Dress

Just saw a post saying there was no point in Hera wearing that wedding dress when she confronted Wulf.

There was every point.

A major part of Wulf's motive was vengeance for not only his father's death, but Hera's "arrogance" in rejecting him. His father's death and Hera's rejection were intertwined in his head, the anger for one fuelled the anger for the other.

Wulf had no reason to duel Hera, except for vengeance.

Hera needed to make Wulf make a bad decision, and to do that she needed to push all his triggers. She needed to get his anger levels rocketing up to one hundred.

And how was she going to do that?

By riding up to him in a fucking wedding dress.

The minute he saw her in that dress, he was spitting vinegar.

Hera knew Wulf's motivations, knew his flaws, and knew the best way of making him make a bad decision, and she acted on that.

That dress was psychological war play.

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What's unnerving about Wulf is that I don't think his father's death played as big a role in his actions as you would think.

He seems more focused on Héra and her rejection.

In LOTR universe, marriages are usually based on love. Yet when they initially talk after the proposal, Héra makes it clear she does not want to marry. And Wulf keeps pressing for her to do so.

He later kidnaps her and intentionally slashes a cut on her face as if to mark her.

When he offers and she says "If I marry you," he has a fit of rage over the word "if." He calls her arrogant...for her...considering not marrying him? Not falling into his arms?

When besieging the keep, even after Helm dies, he keeps going because he wants to make it Héra's tomb.

When she rides out in the bridal gown, he is furious that she would think he still wants her (as he mistakenly believes before she corrects him), but he still wants to fight her himself. He tells the soldiers to go on and that he'll deal with Héra himself.

Even at the end, when she tries to show him mercy by not killing him, he blames her for his fate and tries to kill her.

I'm not saying Wulf's father's death and the banishment helped, but I'm pretty sure Wulf is an incel on steroids. He wanted Héra, but when she rejected him, he decided he'd kill her and everyone else. Kind of, "If I can't have you, no one will."

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Forget about Wulf let's appreciate how hot Hera and her family is. Eldest brother Haleth? Brash and bold warrior? Hot. Middle brother Hama? Gentle hearted poet? Hot. Cousin Frealaf? Calm, loyal and just warrior soon to be king? Hot. Hera herself? Wild rebellious princess who deeply cares for and protects her people? Hot!! No losers in the royal line of Rohan!!!

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if your dad (1) goads the king into challenging him to a fight, (2) accepts the king's challenge to fight, (3) insults the king's daughter that he's super protective of, and (4) hits the king first in the fight then I don't think you can be that mad when the king accidentally one punch kills your dad. that's kinda on your dad for getting into that situation and I think he might've had some underlying health issues that contributed to the single punch instantly killing him

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War of the Rohirrim was fucking great.

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what is wrong with this man

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Alan Wake 2 where everything is the same except Saga and Casey were THOSE jackets from Disco Elysium.

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Aquilegia, Marcille🦋

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tfw ur uhhh """"partner""" uno reverses your kabedon

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I don't know when I started exclusively taking photos like this of my family dog

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GAMES PLAYED IN 2024・ [2023 | 2022]

Dragon's Dogma II (2024) ・ Silent Hill 2 Remake (2024)・ Abiotic Factor (TBA) ・ Dragon Age: The Veilguard (2024) ・ Tekken 8 (2024) ・ Hades 2 (TBA) ・ Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (2024) ・ Fields of Mistria (TBA)・Satisfactory (2024) ・ Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (2024)

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theyre having enrichment time

bonus:

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90% of age gaps don’t matter when you’re a grown adult as long as you don’t have a repeated pattern of dating people barely legal. I would date someone 30 years older than me if I liked them who gaf

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