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Artist removes 1 inch off the peak of England’s highest mountain; Brits want their inch back.

It is still England’s highest mountain, but Scafell Pike is ever so slightly smaller now after an artist stole the top inch of the summit to display in a gallery.

Oscar Santillan, 34, was accused of vandalism after removing the stone pinnacle of the 3,209ft Lake District peak for an exhibition in London.

Ian Stephens, managing director of Cumbria Tourism, said: “This is taking the mickey and we want the top of our mountain back.”

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everyone say thank you greta

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I know we’ve all talked about how we hate Elrond’s character design in the Rings of Power, but can we have a moment of silence for Finrod?

I mean, just look at him. I’ve seen PLENTY of Finrod fanart that is 100000% better than this.

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Galadriel ≠ Eowyn

I think one of the things that bothers me most about Galadriel’s portrayal in Rings of Power is that it doesn’t even stop at a character assassination for her individually, as a person. This Galadriel vs Eowyn comparison is something that shouldn’t ever have to exist.

What they wanted to do, I have to guess, is that they wanted to pick and choose certain aspects of what makes Eowyn such a beautiful character and probably the best example of a female warrior archetype in literature that I can think of, and plant those aspects in their portrayal of Galadriel. What could possibly go wrong, right? Sadly they overlooked the fundamental differences between the two character’s circumstances and character arcs.

Eowyn is a young Human woman who is acutely aware of the danger she and her people are already in because Rohan is sandwiched between Isengard and Mordor. She has spent her life watching people dear to her die and has become unwilling to accept the grim fate and the prospect of simply being condemned to watch everything unfold before her as she stands by the sideline, deemed too feeble to help turn the tide. Yet she is also keenly aware of her place in her society. She may be called the shieldmaiden of Rohan, but in practice she is forced to stand by and send all of her remaining family off to fight in the war. Her rebellion is her deciding for herself and herself alone. She disguises herself to fight beside her loved ones, having already accepted her own mortality as she did so. Not to mention that she was never some invincible do-it-all-herself type. Her strength lies to a great extent in the integrity of her motivations and the way those enable her to push past what anyone believed possible for her. She is not selfish for wanting to fight.

It’s not that Galadriel has not seen death or experienced grief. But her position in relation to time and history unfolding is completely different. She may have been characterized as restless or unyielding in her youth, but to suggest that this meant her willingness to treat everyone else as cannon fodder in the wake of her ambitions is absolute blasphemy. Especially when turning her into some petulent, impatient caricature. Galadriel was always wise beyond her years, and it’s something she stood out for among other Elves.

They have altered her motivations to be focused on vengeance for the death of her brother that never occurred in this way. This has only achieved fracturing her character arc and disconnecting her from the motivations which will lead her to become the Galadriel we meet in LOTR. And worst of all, they’ve made her out to be selfish. She acts more like a Human than an Elf whose long life would put everything into perspective.

Unfortunately this may bleed into the viewers’ perception of Elves in general. Especially because of Galadriel’s standing among Elves. Galadriel in Rings of Power was even at this time much older than Eowyn when she died. And when Tolkien refers to Galadriel as the “greatest of the Noldor” whose “wisdom only increased in the long years”, he doesn’t mean simply that her greatness lied in her strength or any physical ability. Galadriel is essentially the wisest living being in all of Middle-earth, at least by the time of the Lord of the Rings. She is supposed to embody all of the ways in which Elves and Men differ.

To break this characterization in Rings of Power, to make her a terrible Mary Sue Karen who is somehow innately great at everything and fights her battles singlehandedly while still dragging others along to act as collateral for some reason while she keeps being *always right* and never really needing anyone’s help… what had Galadriel ever done to deserve being butchered like this?

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Persephone to Hades - Nikita Gill

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Shang Qinghua breakdance 🕺🕺

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ah yes, wei wuxian humming wangxian.mp3 during jinlintai arc

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Jeanne d’Arc - Eugene Thirion // Joan of Arc’s Death at the Stake - Hermann Stilke // Sun Bleached Flies - Ethel Cain

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Family portrait  o(*￣▽￣*)ブ

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The Yiling Laozu’s New Development, Courtesy of Hanguang-Jun

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Your angry kitten nephew bites you, which obviously means he wants you to be his dajiu forever

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Nostalgia

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I’m just saying, if you needed any proof about how righteous and good of a person Lan Wangji (and Wei Wuxian) is just look at his relationship with his uncle and brother in Wei Wuxian’s second life. Me? I would’ve held a grudge for the rest of my life about Wei Wuxian’s death.

Family tea time would’ve been so awkward. Lan Wangji could’ve been so fucking petty. It’s a credit to himself that he did not take that route but just imagine it for a moment:

LXC: Wangji, perhaps you should come with me to the next cultivation conference.

LWJ: … You want me. In a room. With the other clan leaders.

LXC: *confusedly* … Yes.

LWJ: With the same people that villainized and killed the love of my life.

LXC: *tiredly* There were extenuating circumstances and you know it Wangji-

LWJ: In a room with Jiang Wanyin.

LXC: He is a sect leader-

LWJ: Xiongzhang I can not think of anything I could possibly want less except for Wei Ying’s death. Oh, wait.

LXC: *rethinking all of the potential political damage LWJ could do* … Perhaps it would be best if you didn’t go after all.

LWJ: If you insist.

***

LQR: Wangji, there’s a meeting with the elders you’re required to attend.

LWJ: I see. Would it be appropriate to thank them for whipping me within an inch of my life before or after they start airing their grievances about Wei Ying?

LQR: Wangji!

LWJ: My apologies Uncle. I don’t know what else we could possibly have to discuss though.

LQR: … *through gritted teeth* Never mind.

LWJ: Of course Uncle. If that’s your final decision.

LQR: *eye starts twitching*

***

LXC: Congratulations on your marriage to Wei-gongzi.

LWJ: *nuetrally* Thank you Xiongzhang. Your approval means a lot to me after your sworn brother turned the entire cultivation world against him and helped bring about his destruction.

LXC: *downs his tea like it’s a shot of vodka*

***

LQR: How is Sizhui doing?

LWJ: … Sizhui. Your grandson.

LQR: *warily* … Yes.

LWJ: He’s spending time with Wen Ning. *looks LQR dead in the eyes* His uncle.

LWJ: His only family by blood still alive in fact. For a given definition of alive.

LWJ: Because you helped lead a siege on the rest of his remaining relatives. Who were all non-cultivators. After Wei Ying saved them from a labor camp.

LQR: …

LWJ: He’s doing well thank you for asking. More tea Uncle?

***

*Lan Wangji every time he and Wei Wuxian run into his Uncle*

LWJ: Uncle. You remember Wei Ying.

LQR: Yes-

LWJ: *interrupting* My husband.

LQR: I know who he is Wangji-

LWJ: *continuing unfazed* The Yiling Patriarch. Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation-

LQR: For God’s sake Wangji! HE’S BEEN LIVING WITH US FOR TWO YEARS! I remember who he is!

LWJ: Of course Uncle. I’m simply concerned about whether or not your age is catching up to you.

WWX: *chokes on his laughter*

LQR: *storms off*

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LXC: Wangji you can’t do this forever.

LWJ: *diplomatically* If you say so Xiongzhang.

LXC: … Hypothetically though how long are you going to do this?

LWJ: *cryptically* I can neither confirm nor deny anything.

LXC: *regrets everything with more intensity than usual*