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Mmmm yes, yeeees precious! More Middle Earth content for the hoard, yeeees prrrrecious!

"But Fingon could not release the hell-wrought bond upon his carpal pad, nor sever it, nor draw it from the stone. Again therefore in his pain Maedhros begged that he would slay him; but Fingon cut off his paw above the carpal pad, and Thorondor bore them back to Mithrim."

– Of the Return of the Noldor, The Silmeowrillion

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A reward fitting of the Portal testing center! (Grief counseling did figure into it for me when I did my assessment, haha.) Congrats, and all the best on your journey!

greetings comrades, I have received Diagnoses

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I have this exact experience at my work. There is a group of our clients that will only speak to me and a few other specific staff. A very small percentage of "my" clients are actually "difficult" to communicate with, but most of them don't have any differences or communication issues that are visible to me. In fact, quite a few of them are easier than average for me to communicate with. I look forward to working with all my special clients when I see them coming, and they are very loyal to my specific way of providing service. This gravitation occurred over a process of 2+ years before I was diagnosed. Now that I am diagnosed, I can see it's probably neurodivergence that has brought us together.

I remember a time when I was working at a sandwich shop and I had a rude customer.

Well, I didn't see them as a rude customer. I noticed nothing wrong with them. I felt zero additional pressure serving that customer. I have no idea what they did that would be considered rude. The customer was completely uneventful for me.

But after I was done serving that customer, the boss complimented me on how well I handled the rude customer. And I believe one of my coworkers also thought the customer was rude.

But now, I have a very good idea of what happened. The customer was likely neurodivergent. Maybe they didn't say "please" enough times or didn't use complete sentences. Maybe their tone was a little off a few times but it wasn't a pattern so I just ignored it. Maybe they didn't make eye contact.

This was about 2 years before I was diagnosed with autism, so it makes sense that the customer's "rudeness", which was likely just harmless neurodivergence, would be unnoticeable to me.

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Unpopular (?) ranking of the Chronicles of Narnia books:

Narnia fans: do you have a unique order of favorites among the books? I enjoy them all, but it occurred to me that my personal ranking is probably not in line with the general popularity of the stories. Here's mine:

1) The Silver Chair

2) The Magician's Nephew

3) The Last Battle

4) The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

5) The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

6) The Horse and His Boy

7) Prince Caspian

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This is great! If I made a Narnia fanfic in the style of a different writer, I'd probably attempt the Silver Chair, because it's my favorite of the Chronicles.

Chronicles of Narnia by Tolkien:

"CHAPTER 1 On the northern borders of Lantern Waste, a chilling wind crept over the ground. Rumors of dark forces on the move had been floating among the faunic settlements since midsummer's day..."

Lucy isn't introduced until CHAPTER 24 and in CHAPTER 35, the song that Mr Tumnus entertained Lucy with is reproduced in its entirety, haunting and masterful in the form of ancient Norse epic poetry. Several lengthy excerpts from Tumnus' library books are included in a footnote to the same chapter.

LOTR by CS Lewis:

"In a hole in the ground lived a hobbit named Smeagol, and almost he deserved it..."

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That feeling when, "Looks like like half my personality just didn't boot up this morning. Hopefully, it shows up sometime on my drive to work today. I kind of need it for my job."

Brain, buddy, my buddy, what are you doing to me!?

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"Sanctity of marriage" this and "Eternal covenant" that...

Buddy, Imma stop you right there. I'm as into bondage play as the average person... which is to say:

Not enough to want to hear about your personal relationship fantasies from a total stranger, thank you very much.

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And so, the journey begins...

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There's a magical power to posting positive, authentic thoughts on social media. When you get reblogged, it's a positive feedback loop just to see the thought that made you happy again. Let good thoughts out into the wild. The world needs it, and it can really keep the positivity going in your day.

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Adding to the collection is at least 2/3 of the fun sometimes!

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D'aaawwwwwww! Kitty-kittyy

That has to be the most humiliating way to describe one of Earth's most terrifyingly effective predators.

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My previous post was supposed to be a reblog/response to this one, but I didn't know how the reblog button worked yet 😅. Thanks for the inspiration!

You know, I wish authors would cover each other's books with some special changes in the details just like music artists do (like Hozier's "Do I Wanna Know" cover, which I am COMPLETELY obsessed with)

There are so many books that I would DIE to see in the vision of different writers.

For one, I would love to read Harry Potter written by Rick Riordan. Rick knows how to represent different races, ages, times, minds, and many other human aspects in a fantasy children book (as very much opposed to JKR) and would definitely fill some of the script holes in the series, and maybe give the Marauders Era a little more attention..?

Honestly, as a romance girl, I'd EAT UP any modern romcom through Jane Austen's eyes or the Brontë Sisters

I would also love to see Brave New World written by George Orwell and 1984 written by Aldous Huxley

The Chronicles of Narnia by Tolkien and Lor of The Rings by C. S. Lewis (they would probably fight terribly about this, but idc)

Anyways, please tell me other books you think would be absolute fire from other writer's perspectives

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Chronicles of Narnia by Tolkien:

"CHAPTER 1 On the northern borders of Lantern Waste, a chilling wind crept over the ground. Rumors of dark forces on the move had been floating among the faunic settlements since midsummer's day..."

Lucy isn't introduced until CHAPTER 24 and in CHAPTER 35, the song that Mr Tumnus entertained Lucy with is reproduced in its entirety, haunting and masterful in the form of ancient Norse epic poetry. Several lengthy excerpts from Tumnus' library books are included in a footnote to the same chapter.

LOTR by CS Lewis:

"In a hole in the ground lived a hobbit named Smeagol, and almost he deserved it..."