#ANY OF IT

[extremely-judgemental]

Looking back to the little details, I don't know how I put up with these books. Remember the scene where Feyre jokes if she sends a naughty image to Tarquin then he might forgive them for the looting?

[ruinme-please]

iii giving ivy some sweet affection (x)

[thatsbelievable]

[stardust-falling]

I am an avid Shen Jiu enjoyer, but decidedly not an apologist. Like, I genuinely truly love this horrible little man so very much, but I will also be the first to say "no he's terrible and should be tossed into a clothes washer" in the same breath as talking about how i want to pet his little angry stupid head.

[groenendaelfic]

I've officially reached the writing melodramatic songfics to early '00s P!nk lyrics in my head stage of trying to cope with my s3 feelings.

Help.

[eri-pl]

Silm reread 7: the Darkening of Valinor

So Melkor loses his shapeshifting "soon after" he runs away from Valinor (hiding from Tulkas and Orome), but when exactly? I suppose when he empowered Ungoliant. Because later he doesn't disembody or go in spirit form again.

Yes, he takes his big bad form to talk with her— and so he stays. Forever, says the book.

Ungoliant is afraid of Aman and of the Valar. :D

Melkor promises her a lot, with no intent to keep it. I feel like this may have something to do with him being so much nerfed after the situation, unable to take his power back from her (if it would be possible anyway) and almost eaten.

The Valar do like to take CoI-like forms and eat and drink (and celebrate in general I suppose). It is canon.

Feanáro is ordered to come to the party. Huh. why? who thought they had the authority to do it? the book doesn't say, so maybe it was Ingwë, this would make sense and I see why he would think it was a good idea.

Finwë is still upset, and as long as Fefe is banished, he does not want to meet his people. So again, Fingolfin doesn't feel very usurpy to me here.

…and despite being named "Wise", he overtalks Feanáro too. :( This time it doesn't result in Fefe getting upset, but in a badly worded promise.

Ungoliant eats the trees, gets so big and ugly that even Melkor is terrified of her.

Darkness mentioned again!!!

(googling the english text of this part)

The Light failed; but the Darkness that followed was more than loss of light. In that hour was made a Darkness that seemed not lack but a thing with being of its own: for it was indeed made by malice out of Light, and it had power to pierce the eye, and to enter heart and mind, and strangle the very will.

Oh. Darkness that is a thing. No, It *seems* to be a thing. (see: Theodicy and all that.)

I'll have to make a mass analysis of all the capital D Darknesses and how to connect them all (bind? no, we're not gonna do the bindy-bindy) to one concept. But I feel like they should be all facets of one thing concept.

Another thing (a thought for @dfwbwfbbwfbwf especially, I think): It's not "if". It's whenever their deeds started failing too much, Darkness fell upon them and entered heart and mind, and strangled the very will.

I don't think I'll subscribe to this HC, not fully, it makes things too easy, their hand was forced and I don't like their hand being forced.

But partially? This I will subscribe to. They did call upon something, something that seemed to be true, something that seemed to have the power to compel them. I think this reading is very close to Tolkien's intent, because it stinks of "this is how evil works".

Am I portraying Ungoliant as more evil than Melkor?

I think that at least in some aspect I am. Because she feels like something that is not entirely, well, that not entirely *is*. I don't know how to explain it better. And he was a Vala.

Can you stop being? Can you turn from a being to a non-being? I don't think so… I do not subscribe to the "Ungoliant was an uMaia" theory. I don't subscribe to any theory of "Ungoliant was [something that objectively exists]".

Ungoliant as Melkor's (self-inflicted but still real) trauma given a illusion of form by his power? Mmm. I like this one. I don't think it will be popular, but I do like it. (Or: his hatered, his jealousy, something like that, if you prefer. I don't think those are far apart from one another in this case.)

(Why is it easier to me when something evil-evil is not really real? Is it philosophy or my personality issues? Good question. I think there is some philosophy there too.)

Tulkas gets paralyzed by the spider-induced Darkness and Orome gets a "silence" spell on him. So, not only Melkor is defeated by a spider, he's just the most defeated.

[eidolons-stuff]

Ajax: "It's quite pretty up here, isn't it?"

Enid: "Yeah, I guess"

Ajax: "Who knew the town could be so pretty at night?" :)

[angeart]

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AWW THIS HONESTLY MADE ME SO HAPPY i needed this today

please have this as a thank you <3

[theartsynoodle]

I know everyone wants mullet raine but wouldn’t it be funny if by the end of the series they were bald

[navybluetriangles]

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[kingoffantasy516]

Please reblog this if you're a fan of Guardians of the Galaxy

[angelstrawbabie420]

crazy how i have no one

[radiowallet]

The way Bo said “I was selfish.”

She knows what role she played. Why she stands where she does, with her people so very broken.

And she shared this moment of vulnerability with Din. And I think that speaks volumes.

[caterpillarinacave]

people on the internet need to appricate roman and neo more

[f4ll3nf34th3r5y5t]

Hi, my birthday was yesterday, and I feel the new need to get back into my hp fixation- to start off I HATE Mrs Weasley. To each their own if you like her but ??? Girl.. girl that's not how you emotionally raise kids GIRL THEYRE TRAUMATIZED ENOUGH LIKE GIRL. GIRL YOU CANT AFFORD ALL THAT THERAPY, WHATS YOUR INSURANCE??? GIRL-

anyway she was emotionally abusive to her kids!! Even if you argue it "wasn't that bad" or "how?" I'll tell you!! Trauma isn't a competition. And how Percy is just shouts favoritism and fighting with your own family for her favor. She makes bill cut his (BEAUTIFUL.) long hair for his wedding, is at first the shittiest mil every to his fiance(WIFE!!) Is more worried about a car and shit than Harry's safety, who's to say what affect the actual starvation would have had on him in the long term if it went on for even a day longer? The sooner you tackle issues like that the better. And besides why was it so easy for Ron to even get to the car like. Get a baby gate or something. But when the twins were so proud of their OWLs score or wtvr she compared them to Percy. I would've cried and fought w my mom if she did that shit man. Overall she sucks as a mom but I also think some time reconnecting and genuinely trying to get better would help her be a wonderful mom. I didn't cover everything here because I have to buy the books n reread them and it's been awhile but this is what I remember!! And it's all my personal opinion, I realize that others could interpreted her actions differently and that she did do many good things as well but her faults still need work. Also she's ginger so I'll cut her some slack ...(/J/J/J/J)