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Langlas almost feared that he could offend Halbarad with the gift. But when the man grinned, Langlas couldn’t help but match the grin with one of his own.

❝ You give me too much credit, ❞ He said with a light shake of his head. ❝ It is Yuletime, after all! You deserve much more than I give. ❞

🎁 + A new, nice pair of boots ( joyous-sword || langles came out just to play with halbarad )

Send in 🎁 + an item to give my muse a Christmas present! || Accepting!

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        [H]albarad could not keep the grin off his face as he examined the boots. The ones he currently wore were in dire need of replacement, any that looked at them for even a fraction of a second could tell that. Worn to the point where he might as well have worn nothing at all, for what good they did keeping the elements away from his feet! But these would serve him well, and for a long while.

        ❝ You are too kind, Langlas, truly.❞

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                           I’ll   STAND  my   ground   &&   NEVER   back   down

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Semi-Hiatus PSA

From July 10th-August 4th I’ll be going on a semi-hiatus. This is when I’ll be doing the San Francisco Ballet Summer Intensive. The classes are Monday-Saturday from roughly 8 a.m - 6 p.m. I have an hour and a half commute into the city, so that means I’ll be getting up at 5 a.m each day and I’ll be coming home extremely exhausted. The session is extremely intense not only physically but mentally of course, and phones are only allowed during our short breaks, so I’ll most likely only be active on Sundays, if at all.

If I’m not passed out by exhaustion by the time I get home I may be able to get an hour or so in with my muses. Saturdays I believe may be early days, so I might get something in those days too. But yeah. Wish me luck please lmao

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{ im currently dead }

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“Cotton” is a perfect little opossum camouflaging as a perfect little white cloud.

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{ aaaaAAAAAAAaaa SFB starts today }

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A very good place to sit and read. 

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aaaAAA it's tomorrow. I'll see you guys on the other side

Semi-Hiatus PSA

From July 10th-August 4th I’ll be going on a semi-hiatus. This is when I’ll be doing the San Francisco Ballet Summer Intensive. The classes are Monday-Saturday from roughly 8 a.m - 6 p.m. I have an hour and a half commute into the city, so that means I’ll be getting up at 5 a.m each day and I’ll be coming home extremely exhausted. The session is extremely intense not only physically but mentally of course, and phones are only allowed during our short breaks, so I’ll most likely only be active on Sundays, if at all.

If I’m not passed out by exhaustion by the time I get home I may be able to get an hour or so in with my muses. Saturdays I believe may be early days, so I might get something in those days too. But yeah. Wish me luck please lmao

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Starters | Heroes & Villains

|HERO|

“You’re not getting away this time!”

“Your tools are impressive, but they can’t beat natural born power.”

“Don’t you ever grow weary of the same routine?”

“You’re a monster.”

“I must say, of all the people I put behind bars, you’ve got to be the worst.”

“I don’t want to play your sick mind games, I’m not one of your victims!”

“You can’t control me like you can your little puppets, can you?”

“Ugh, I feel bad for whoever has to sort all this mess out.”

“I’m just…tired. I’m tired of everyone’s lives lying on my shoulders.”

“Why can’t these people just learn to take care of themselves?”

“I enjoy my work, I’m a savior! I wouldn’t trade that for anything!”

|VILLAIN|

“What’s the matter, are you afraid of me? Good.”

“I have to say, you are giving me quite a bit of trouble.”

“You’re about to piss me off, brat.”

“Come on, you can get out of that, can’t you? At least try.”

“Go on, at least put on a show if you’re going to challenge me.”

“The last guy didn’t end up so well, if you’ve heard. I admire your bravery.”

“As much as I appreciate tenacity, I don’t appreciate annoying flies interrupting my plans.”

“Now that I’ve got you, what should I do first?”

“Relax, kiddo. Not everyone’s out here for mass murder or world domination. Maybe I just wanted to take this car for a joy ride.”

“Why do you always have to ruin my fun?”

“Why did I turn bad? Why do heroes ask such inane questions?”

“You don’t need to understand me, I don’t WANT you to understand me!”

“Not everyone can be pulled into the light, hero.”

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Semi-Hiatus PSA

From July 10th-August 4th I’ll be going on a semi-hiatus. This is when I’ll be doing the San Francisco Ballet Summer Intensive. The classes are Monday-Saturday from roughly 8 a.m - 6 p.m. I have an hour and a half commute into the city, so that means I’ll be getting up at 5 a.m each day and I’ll be coming home extremely exhausted. The session is extremely intense not only physically but mentally of course, and phones are only allowed during our short breaks, so I’ll most likely only be active on Sundays, if at all.

If I’m not passed out by exhaustion by the time I get home I may be able to get an hour or so in with my muses. Saturdays I believe may be early days, so I might get something in those days too. But yeah. Wish me luck please lmao

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Langlas was saddened to leave behind what he'd come to know in Ered Luin. Yet he knew – they all knew – that one day, this would happen. And so Langlas answered the summons immediately, for he had little loose ends to tie.

Upon arriving in Imladris, he was glad to see that he was not alone; Amdir, one of the rangers he'd come to know more personally, had arrived before him, much to his relief. He was grieved to hear of his recent fate, and yet ecstatic when he learned he was healed. Without thinking, he immediately made his way to him – and couldn't help the guilt he felt seeing the way he froze.

❝ Ah, indeed! I was told I may find another ranger around here; I am glad to see you.❞ Langlas grinned, bowing his head in greeting. Based on how the other nearly jumped at first, even though he seemed well now, he wasn't sure if a sudden embrace would be the best thing. It was then that he saw the flowers in the other's hands, and his smile brightened all the more.

❝ I see some things never change?" He questioned, gesturing to the flowers. "They are beautiful, are they not? As is everything here..❞

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        [A]mdir turned flowers around in his hands methodically, evaluating them and tying their stems together. He sat underneath a large tree in Imladris, awaiting the arrival of the rest of the Grey Company in the coming days. He had a fair amount of time to kill while the others journeyed from around Eriador, and he hummed an old tune as he worked on his little masterpiece.

        [H]is hands  stilled  as he heard footsteps nearby. He had become … a bit jumpy after his encounter with the wraith, though a few months’ worth of easing back into his duties had begun to return him to normal. Nightmares still came unbidden into his sleep, and he still tensed often at unfamiliar sounds, but it was  progress  and he would not dismiss it.

        [H]e smiled, abashed, upon more clearly seeing the man that approached. Heat even began to crawl up his cheeks, as if needing to make his emotions all the more obvious to his friend. ❝ Langlas! I did not know that you had arrived. ❞

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Semi-Hiatus PSA

From July 10th-August 4th I’ll be going on a semi-hiatus. This is when I’ll be doing the San Francisco Ballet Summer Intensive. The classes are Monday-Saturday from roughly 8 a.m - 6 p.m. I have an hour and a half commute into the city, so that means I’ll be getting up at 5 a.m each day and I’ll be coming home extremely exhausted. The session is extremely intense not only physically but mentally of course, and phones are only allowed during our short breaks, so I’ll most likely only be active on Sundays, if at all.

If I’m not passed out by exhaustion by the time I get home I may be able to get an hour or so in with my muses. Saturdays I believe may be early days, so I might get something in those days too. But yeah. Wish me luck please lmao

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{ I’ve always wondered exactly what Tom Bombadil and Goldberry are. I’ve always thought they were some forgotten Maiar, some Maiar that went off on their own or something.. now that I’m starting to read Beren and Luthien tho i swear that they are sprites/fays!!! at least to my personal belief, based on the description of fays

“The sprites and fays were part of what apparently was a three-fold division of the lesser Ainu spirits: sylphs (spirits of the air), sprites (spirits of the earth), and water spirits.”

“About them fared a great host who are the sprites of trees and woods, of dale and forest and mountain-side, or those that sing amid the grass at morning and chant among the standing corn at eve.”

“…their number is very great: yet must they not be confused with the Eldar, for they were born before the world and are older than its oldest, and are not of it, but laugh at it much, for had they not somewhat to do with its making, so that it is for the most part a play for them”

The last part is literally… it is literally Tom Bombadil??? I mean.. oldest and fatherless, he doesn’t give a shit about anything and laughs at everything, sings all the time, and is clearly very rooted with the earth. “..but laugh at it much, for had they not somewhat to do with its making, that it is for the most part a play for them” This explains perfectly why Tom doesn’t care about the Ring, why he’d literally forget about it and throw it away after a while.

I’d see Tom as one of the Tavari: “sprites of trees and woods”, or “fays of the woods” and Goldberry as one of the Nermir: “fays of the meads” “a fay of the meadows and riverbanks”

For them to be lesser, forgotten Ainur would explain their power. I don’t know? This little thing just makes sense to me and the description of fays seems perfect for Tom; whether said “fays” were eventually excluded from the final lore or not. Other explanations of Tom seem kinda far-fetched, including my own previous belief that they were Maiar, and this just seems the most canon-consistent thing I could find }

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"I would give my life for Aragorn, without hesitation.." The ranger continued, though his voice was softer than before. "He is the light in this everlasting darkness. Is he not also named Estel..? 'Hope'?... It is fitting."

“I would die for this cause.” { joyous-sword }

“I understand,” The marchwarden nodded, his own philosophy very much in tune with the ranger’s. 

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The Song of Achilles  {Sentence Starters}

“Will you come with me?”

“I wish he had let you all die.”

“I saw then how I had changed…”

“Name one hero who was happy.“

“I feel like I could eat the world raw.“

“He is half my soul, as the poets say.“

“It is not for them to say what I will do.“

“There is no law that gods must be fair.”

“Whichever you choose, you are wrong.“

“He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it.”

“I don’t think I’ve ever told you how I like it.“

“I know. They never let you be famous AND happy.“

“They are fools if they let my glory rise or fall on this.“

“Now I know how to make you follow me everywhere.“

“No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from.”

“You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature.“

“There are no bargains between lion and men. I will kill you and eat you raw.“

“When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.“

“Perhaps you should get some new stories, so I don’t fucking kill myself of boredom.“

“And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.“

“It is right to seek peace for the dead. You and I both know there is no peace for those who live after.“