#Ancient Spider

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"IN A RAVINE SHE LIVED, AND TOOK SHAPE AS A SPIDER OF MONSTROUS FORM, WEAVING HER BLACK WEBS..."

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on a First Age piece titled "Melkor Calls Forth Ungoliant," artwork by renowned Tolkien Legendarium illustrator, John Howe, c. 2003.

"In a ravine she lived, and took shape as a spider of monstrous form, weaving her black webs in a cleft of the mountains. There she sucked up all light that she could find, and spun it forth again in dark nets of strangling gloom, until no light more could come to her abode; and she was famished. Now Melkor came to Avathar and sought her out; and he put on again the form that he had worn as the tyrant of Utumno: a dark Lord, tall and terrible. In that form he remained ever after.

There in the black shadows, beyond the sight even of Manwë in his highest halls, Melkor with Ungoliant plotted his revenge. But when Ungoliant understood the purpose of Melkor, she was torn between lust and great fear; for she was loath to dare the perils of Aman and the power of the dreadful Lords, and she would not stir from her hiding. Therefore Melkor said to her: "Do as I bid; and if thou hunger still when all is done, then I will give thee whatsoever thy lust may demand. Yea, with both hands." Lightly he made this vow, as he ever did; and he laughed in his heart. Thus did the great thief set his lure for the lesser.”

-- J.R.R. TOLKIEN, "The Silmarillion," page 73-74, "Of the Darkening of Valinor," published 1977

Sources: www.reddit.com/r/tolkienfans/comments/10hxh5z, Hennen-Annun, www.john-howe.com/portfolio/gallery/data/media/35/026-Melkor--Ungoliante-por.jpg, various, etc...

[bogcreacher]

fuck it owl au

[m1nsur0]

四姐/Fourth Sister

[fhtagn-and-tentacles]

ANCIENT SPIDER CREATURE

by Russell Dongjun Lu

[yourhighness6]

adjskjhfg

[varlime]

"Sitting by the fire with my friends... Truly brings me peace - even if Tayberry has some tension with Spider Lily. After all, we're all friends!"

Vanilla Syrup's dear diary

Finally made the others of VS's gang!

Saint Vanilla - Vanilla Syrup, biological

DragonBerry - Tayberry, biological

Frigid Cacao - Charcoal Bun, adopted

Radiant Cheese - Sakura Cheese, distant biological/half adopted

Midnight Lily - Spider Lily, unknown. implied no baking involved

[minecraft]

instead of making the nether taller they should just put the existing nether upwards and then fill the underneath section with a new Deeper Dark biome that links to the overworld via ancient city portals.

[sarafangirlart]

Just gonna put this here…

[bruciemilf]

Sal Maroni: breaths

Battinson:

[kittydoesthings]

saw a post in the tags by @/reblogkoala comparing the Soul Jams to each other to determine how tall the Beasts are, thought I'd give it a shot with the in-game sprites (save for Salt and Sugar) and

MYSTI WHY ARE YOU TEN FEET TALL

[snailsandpuppy-dogtails]

Mulder, constantly asking Scully about dating and suggesting men for her to date, Scully, constantly leaving them all to be with him.

[nightingale2004]

My Percy jackson people. A lightbulb just appeared in my head and I have an idea.

So we know the spiderverse, right? We know that there are endless Peter parkers and different spider people of all kinds with their own similar Canon events.

Well, this got me thinking: What would that be like in the PJU universe. And I don't just mean different versions of Percy going through the whole chosen one thing, but I also mean, what if there were different demigod children from every universe going through the similar process Percy did, including having their own Annabeth or will, their own version of grover, nico, ect.

What would your characters story be? How would they handle being the chosen one? Tell me your OCs story

[arthistoryanimalia]

Arachnid appreciation post:

Marble cylinder seals from ancient Mesopotamia, Late Uruk / Jamdat Nasr Period, c. 3500-2900 BCE: (7) Three #Spiders (8) #Scorpion with a Plant on display at The Morgan Library & Museum

[sundere1181]

So ive been reading the spiderverse comics

[chaika-jpeg-shitpost]

MAHOYOME S2 COUR 2 EP 9 SPOILERS

also tw for arachnophobia and animal cruelty

To Lucy, her spiders were like what regular pets are to us. Imagine having your cats kidnapped and discovering their taxidermized corpses displayed as a trophy in your classmate's house

[goldenspecks]

Day 15 - Spiders