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YOUNG ROYALS 3.06

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"I can understand that the thing with Simon has been life-changing for you."

"It's not about him. It's not about Simon, mama. Its... it's this role. It's always been this role that's been the problem. For me."

THE WHOLE FUCKING STORY!!!! WILLE'S PROBLEMS HAVE NEVER BEEN BECAUSE HE LOVES SIMON BUT BECAUSE HE'S A PRINCE!!!!! AND HE'S FINALLY SEEING THAT!!!!!!!

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Being patient with your raised-conservative lover is true love

Simon being gentle with Wille when it comes to share opinions is the biggest proof of love to me. He has strong political knowledge, and values and believes. He always speaks his mind with conviction, he never betrays himself. But when it comes to Wille he's forbearing and never raises his voice at him, even when Wille shares ideas or concerns that might be exasperating and border dumb to him. His privilege are making him painfully ignorant at times. And yet, Simon is soft when Wille says being scared of Hillerska shutting down, even if it doesn't seem like the worse idea and the school and its traditions are embodying everything that Simon despises. He calmly tries to explain to Wille that going to Royal summer camp isn’t the same has having a minimum paid summer job. He comes back to Wille during the absurd Hillerska demonstration. He listens and cares when Wille tells him about Erik participating to homophobic initiation traditions without judgment. And he tries to have honest and peaceful conversations about what the monarchy means to Wille.

Simon is so patient with him. There is so much love and hope in those interactions. Wille saying that he does learn things from Simon might mean more to him than it can seems. I love them. And this season. 

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that fake grass in that football field changed so many lives

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Legolas, who is young by elf standards, A wood elf, who worships the stars and light. stuck underneath a mountain, in the dark. He's used to the dark, the suffocating darkness that has taken hold of his home. but here underneath stone he's cut off from nature, he can't hear it, feel it. its alien. Legolas, who's grown up with stories of ages past, fiery creatures made to destroy elves. These things killed the greatest elves of the first age. Things of nightmares. Legolas who knows something is wrong, can feel the darkness take hold of his fëa and the thing from his nightmares, the horror stories is right there. And he's an elf, away from familiar grounds and starlight and there is a Balrog. He's and elf and thats a balrog.

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gandalf: [explaining the horrors of the ring]

frodo: [is horrified]

samwise gamgee: [outside revving up the lawnmower]

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Gandalf - A Light in the Dark by Matthew Stewart

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All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king.

I love drawing young Aragorn strolling around in Rivendell

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (2002) dir. peter jackson

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Viggo Mortenson does not get enough credit for delivering lines like "not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall" with a complete sincerity and gravitas

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The Lord of the Rings (Extended-extended edition): Shots that didn't make the final cut

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THIS. EVERYTHING THAT THIS IS.

One overlooked thing that really sets the Lord of the Rings films apart from other franchises is how earnest they are-

Most movies are so afraid of being “cheesy” that whenever they say something like “friendship is the most powerful force in the world” they quickly undercut it with a joke to show We Don’t Really Believe That! ;)  Even Disney films nowadays have the characters mock their own movie’s tropes (”if you start singing, I’m gonna throw up!”) It’s like winking at the camera: “See, audience? We know this is ridiculous! We’re in on the joke!”

But Lord of the Rings is just 12.5 hours of friendship and love being the most powerful forces in the world, played straight. Characters have conversations about how much their home and family and friends mean to them, how hope is eternal, how there is so much in the world that’s worth living for…. and the film doesn’t apologize for that. There’s no winking at the audience about How Cheesy and Silly All This Is; it’s just. Completely in earnest.

And when Lord of the Rings does “lean on the fourth wall” to talk about storytelling within the film, it’s never to make jokes about How Ridiculous These Storytelling Tropes are (the way most films do)…. but instead to talk about how valuable these stories can be. Like Sam’s Speech at the end of the Two Towers: the greatest stories are ones that give you something to believe in, give you hope, that help you see there are things in a bleak violent world that are worth living for

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Re: Bad metaphors about maps Henry <hwales@kensingtonemail.com> 9/25/20 6:07 AM to A From Jean Cocteau to Jean Marais, 1939: Thank you from the bottom of my heart for having saved me. I was drowning and you threw yourself into the water without hesitation, without a backward look.

This email is supposed to feel heavy–Henry doesn’t have any of his own words for this. (from Casey McQuiston's annotations)