#Samwise says stuff

[dell-amor-te]

Thinking about saving Treviso. Thinking about how, yeah, obviously Lucanis approves of that choice, but on a deeper level, just…think about how much it means to him. That’s his home. It’s not Minrathous. It’s not some big city of wonder. It’s not even Antiva’s capital. It’s just Treviso. His home, his quiet and simple stomping ground in his not so quiet and not so simple life. Already taken over and being undermined, now threatened anew, with only the Crows to stand for it…and Rook stands up for it, too. Rook puts his home first, puts the people there first.

How many times has Lucanis put everything else to the side for the people he cares about? How many times has Caterina’s word overruled all? And someone he owes, who owes him nothing at that point, puts his home and his worry first.

Thinking about saving Treviso.

[papastarion]

(Nearly) a year later and I’m finally starting a Gale romance run, wish me luck.

[danshive]

I consider Sam's determination and loyalty to Frodo in Lord of The Rings to be independent of anything romantic, and I have an appreciation for it on a platonic level.

That's entirely separate to whether they could have been romantic, however. I just think it makes no difference to their road trip.

[ronispadez]

Thought Tumblr might like this

Context:

Personally I don't really see it

[eustacedekolta]

/754298677486632960/apparently-not-everyone-feels-that-the-book-of plz explain. i am both horrified and intrigued.

i was going OFF writing a reply to this but i realized i sounded uncategorically insane???? so OKAY. long story short it jus boils down to: elder cunningham wants nabulungi and elder price MAAAAAANNNN I SWEAR HE DOES. and there is literally nothing stopping him from making that a reality for himself. so like. that's just the canon ending to me. not because i like it but because it just makes sense. LKGHJSHKLJDRLHKJDG

[tanoraqui]

Dungeon Meshi Liveblog: In Which Izutsumi is Ace and also possibly a Time Lord

I heard that troll!Marcille is shredded. I heard she has an eight-pack.

(I can't believe that wasn't just the end of the chapter. I can't believe this wasn't the end of this book. What the fuck is going to happen in the NEXT chapter?!)

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omg, baby!Chilchuck! He once had hope in his eyes and joy in his heart!

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I just think he and Kabru should compare notes, by which I mean gossip.

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Laios: [explaining a new monster]

Marcille:

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Wait that's actually dodgy as fuck. Did they say something to her while Chlchuck was briefly in the bathroom or something? Threaten her?

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Marcille's imagine spot as Chilchuck's wife reminds me of that episode of Scrubs where each person imagines themselves married to Elliot. Amazing, no notes.

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Marcille's so valid tbh. He clearly lied before when he said he had only 1 daughter - he could easily be lying now, for all they know.

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....huh. Book 9 is the first book to have 6 chapters instead of 7. Story drama, or publication drama?

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this is sitcom-tier stuff. fantastic.

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Marcille: [dies and gets resurrected]

Marcille: :D :D :D I am going to study this! :D :D :D

(Marcille: So that nobody I love needs to ever die again. :) :) :) )

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She is, however, distinctly avoiding this question about her age.

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Izutsumi, confirmed for ace icon?!

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Izutsumi confirmed for ace icon!!

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Nooo babygirl! You have so much heart, it's just not exercised enough!

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<3 :3 <3

Also, Izutsumi also confirmed for Time Lord, I guess! (And her human half may be ace but her cat half is thinkin' about a big, good-looking panther ;3

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The very first image we see of Chilchuck's daughters is of a nightmare of them axe-murdered?! Geez louise.

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I don't even care if it's a demon or a god, I just laughed aloud so hard. Impeccable transition. I think the comedic timing in this comic might be getting better as it goes on.

Shoutout to Laios for being so weird that the succubus just had to kinda guess, "uhh only properly humanoid girl in the party?" for his greatest desire, until presumably it got close enough to pick up a more detailed impression.

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Hm. So, it's not lying...

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...nvm, now it probably is (lying).

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Oh yes this is a trap. A seduction.

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/giggling with delight - Oh my god, at the previous panel I was going to make a joke about Samwise the Great, Gardener of the World, ie the temptation vision the Ring gives Sam. But I guess I don't have to, we're just going there directly. What does pure power do to you, Laios?

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Wsdknsdvl even the Winged Lion is like, "but what about your judicial policy?" I love this comic sooo much.

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That's 'cuz you're a man.

[mushroomates]

samwise gamgee headcanons:

enjoys doing the dishes and folding laundry

love language is quality time or acts of service

likes to give sprouts and seedlings to friends and neighbors

nerd about mushrooms and has a mushroom log growing in his closet

keeps a hoard of ladybugs to deploy at any time

windowsill is lined with old jars and bottles, filled with clippings for propagation

he gives the best slices of pie and best baked cookies to others. will keep “defects” for himself- they taste just as good

favorite cookies are “everything but the kitchen sink” where he throws a bunch of stuff into the bowl (fruit, pretzels, nuts) and puts it into a cookie

has like 80 pillows on every couch/bed/chair

in addition to the 50-something blankets also piled high

“please, have a seat” he says. ha, no. any surface you could possibly settle onto is adorned with elaborate spreads of throws and such.

has a fruitcake that is legit an heirloom. it’s so stale it’s a brick. you can use it as a doorstop, stepping-stool, or a bludgeoning weapon. (note: has been used for all. he once chucked it at a late night visitor. this is how he learned frodo takes late walks at night. this is also how frodo learned that sam has an arm on him)

his great aunt made it forever ago and honestly he doesn’t know if it’s still good. he keeps it around because it’s been with him so long he feels bad throwing it out.

likes pecan pie! goes nuts (pun intended) for it.

roast his own chestnuts, pecans and walnuts. has a strange grudge against macadamia nuts. (almost choked on one as a child)

very cozy. has scarves and mittens and even slippers (GASP) at the ready

likes to watch the rain with a cup of tea for hours on end

takes his tea with honey, two sugars, and cream. it barely counts as tea.

enjoys bubble baths.

guerrilla gardening. sam is a force to be reckoned with on this front. he is a strong advocate for native plants and will gut someone over deforestation.

carries a salt shaker filled with seeds everywhere. kind of just. shakes it around empty plots of land.

has a hostile land grab once a month and slowly expands the baggin’s garden by an inch, until it takes up nearly the whole estate.

has a great misconception about the appropriate amount to discuss you garden with someone. this is because:

he tends to talk about this to frodo, who will listen, good naturedly

frodo also prevents anyone from talking over sam or changing the subject

most hobbits are to polite (passive aggressive) and don’t have the skills to subtly change the subject in a way sam understands

and if he does recognize the effort he will avoid it

likes to try new recipes but at the same time never follows them

knows a great deal about farming hemp. this is because merry and pippin recruited him into their pipeweed shenanigans and now sam has unintentionally created a strain of the good stuff that has hobbits traveling miles to get their hands on

loves his houseplants like children. they have names and backstory and a rich inner life that he has created that could fill a book

is fighting a battle with english ivy at the moment and only slightly loosing it. it’s suffocating the tree outside his house and he’s not very happy with it.

[dell-amor-te]

I can be your angle….or yuor devil

[papastarion]

Gosh, Larian putting in this shot and it never misses.

[autistook]

Going through a shopping site for LOTR stuff and I think there might have been a translator used for the finnish site

"Samwise Gamdschie"

Not only that but it says:

"Frodo gets hurt by a nazi"

[phneltwrites]

76 & 57 for the ask game?

57. the three biggest struggles you’ve overcome?

let's say biggest not in terms of individual size like a boulder but in terms of frequency, the continuous overcoming

trying to lift my bike into the bike rack after a big ride when im super hot (physical struggle), trying to stop binging a show when i have to do stuff to keep my body alive (emotional struggle), double booking myself (existential struggle - what is time what is the physical self can we divide into multiplles)

76. what’s your favorite potato food (i.e. tater tots, baked potatoes, fries, chips, etc.)?

no this is harder than the cheese question!! close friends will know i spent the entire time in the hospital fantasising about potato. im samwise gamgee about potatoes.

i think it's mashed potatoes though. like the fluffy kind. i recently found out some people put cheese in their mashed potatoes or cream and that's wrong. it should be like pure potato, like a cloud, with a bit of salt and butter and maybe a tiny splash of milk but like. potato.

the questions

[frodothefair]

Hello again, Samwise! I am the person who asked you one of the previous questions. About Frodo. I just wanted to clarify that I meant romantic feelings for him. It's alright if you're not comfortable answering! (I hope I am not late... You know, timezones and stuff)

💐 Sam's Birthday Q and A 💐

“R-romantic, huh?”

Unlike the last time, Sam’s hand floats up to the back of his neck before he can stop it, and his voice hitches over the words.

He is grateful, at least, that a blush does not cover his cheeks — or does it? It’s always difficult to tell, unless it’s a particularly deep one.

“Huh, well, what a strange question,” he replies, stretching out his words as his mind works double-time to concoct some suitable way to lie, but not truly lie, for if he downright refused to answer, it would be as good as saying “yes.”

Sticklebacks…

“Oh, well… hmm,” he continues to stall for time, “Romantic as in wantin’ to hold hands, and go for walks, and have a weddin’ and live together and have a family and all that? Well, to be fair, for a very long time I had no notion that a man could even think that way about another man — it wasn’t until I was a tween that I learned that some lads are like that about other lads, if you pardon me sayin’ so. But even if I counted myself among them, meanin' such lads, or if Mr. Frodo was a lass instead of a lad, I still think it would be— presumptuous and no mistake, if you understand me, to think that way about one’s friend and master.”

He pauses, his brown eyes roving about the room as he clasps his hands in front of him. 

“After all, Mr. Frodo would probably never think of me that way, so what would be the use in dreamin’? There are many other things to think about…”

He presses his lips and his eyes grow sad, but he says nothing more. 

[justsomegirltbh]

STUFF I WOULD DO IF I WAS IN CHARGE OF A LOTR ADAPTATION

It's 2-D animated. Perhaps by Cartoon Saloon.

Instead of movies, we get a series. book = season, chapter = episode

Some of the hobbits (including Frodo) have Irish accents. [Maybe? I'm not sure, but somehow it makes sense right now, let's say it would be up for consideration.]

Frodo is done right. He was so sassy and badass in the books, what happened? I swear the Peter Jackson movies are a big part of the reason some people hate him, many good aspects of his character were toned down by the scenes they cut out. He also didn't take any slander towards Samwise Gamgee.

More affection between Sam and Frodo (the scene where they reunite in Cirith Ungol, "But I love him, whether or no").

More songs! Frodo doing a little music number in the tavern, Sam singing in Cirith Ungol, etc. Maybe not every single song would make it, but I'd totally add a few other tracks.

Gollum is more humanoid (hobbit-oid?) and has longer, thicker hair. This is implied by the books in some scenes. For example, there's a point in which Frodo seizes him by the hair, and another moment in which he's described to look a lot like a hobbit (albeit a very old and tired one).

Overall, more book accuracy.

The credits song for the very last episode is "Thus Always to Tyrants", by the Oh Hellos.

Post-credits scene/Bonus episode in which Sam goes after Frodo (which is kind of canon). This is where they kiss.

[begaydodrughailsatan]

Okay imagine this, you come from a lower class family, your not in poverty or anything you've never gone hungry, but you never really had extra money to do fun stuff with. At 14 you get a job to help out your family, your good at gardening and like the outdoors so you start doing yard work. Suddenly the richest guy in town, who despaired 20 years ago and came back with millions of dollars in cash asks you to be the gander for his mansion. You agree, he pays more then anyone and town and he seems nice. You don't talk to him that much, but you do start to befriend his adoptive son. Everyday you go to work and this rich nepo-baby twink is sitting on his porch or by a window watching you work and he talks to you. Soon you befriend his cousins too, who are less rich but more rowdy. One day your employer, crazy rich guy, just fucking disappears to god knows where. His adoptive son inherits his home and wealth and keeps you as the gardener. You two become even closer after the disappearance. A few years go by a Fucking God shows up in your village, and gose to talk to your friend/employer. You HAVE to figure out what the fuck God Himself wants with your rich-nepo-baby-twink-best friend so, you sit by an open window and pretend to garden as normal. APPARENTLY your friend accidentally inherited The Worlds Most Cursed Object and now has to go on a suicide mission because of it. You gasp, God and your friend hear you. God tells you that he has to punish you for eavesdropping. You nearly piss yourself thinking hes going to turn you into a frog. Instead he says YOU ALSO have to go on the suicide mission! Know, like 6 months later, here you are at the gates of hell, with with your employer-rich-nepobaby-twink-best friend-who you may or maynot be in love with, and the gross weird ass cursed dog that forced you both to adopt him.

You are Samwise Gamgee

[thealmightyemprex]

Fantasy month:Middle Earthathon Part 3 The Return of the King

.......OK....This might be one of the most baffeling movies that exists simply cause it exists .So this has nothing to do with Ralph Bakshis Lord of the Rings Film ,this is done by Rankin/Bass who did the Hobbit .Now a rumor is Rankin/Bass made this to cash in on Bakshis film when it was clear he was not making LOTR Part 2.....Thing is that just plain not true ,animation takes a long time and they started on this before the Hobbit was even finished.Nah the plan was always to follow up the Hobbit a light childrens story.....With the final book in a TRILOGY that is connected to the Hobbit ,while not unkid friendly is a bit more complex.Why did Rankin/Bass think that going about a sequel in this backassward way was a good idea.....They didnt think people would sit through a whole trilogy .....So this is kind of a dumb idea for a film ,and whatever my oppinion on the finished product it is made on shaky ground ....Buthey its done by Rankin/Bass and while not every project they make is gold ,theyve made some pretty good stuff and while their Christmas Specials are what they are known for....Theyve done some damn good fantasy :Ive already discussed my love of their Hobbit,Flight of the Dragons is a total blast and The LAst Unicorn is a personal favorite of mine,so maybe this'll be great too....Well-OK lets get into the review

In this 1980 TV movie Gandalf (John Huston ),Elrond (Paul Frees ) and the hobbits Frodo(Orson Bean ) ,Samwise ( Roddy McDowall ) ,Merry(Casey Kasem ) and Pippin (Sonny Melendrez ) are celebrating the 129th birthday of Fordos uncle Bilbo(Also Orson Bean ),who asks Frodo about what happend to his magic ring ,and thus we get a tale of war ,death,of litterally carrying the world on your shoulders....All set to Glenn Yarburough songs-OK We gotta talk about it

Look....I dont hate this movie ,I actually quite enjoy it .....Despite how technically it is NOT GOOD .Ya know how the biggest criticism of the Jackson Hobbit films is they try to take a childrens story and fit it in the mold of a grand epic.....Its the same problem here but reversed ,they take a grand epic and try to make it a childrens tale.Also I cant imagine how confusing this film mustve been to kids in 1980 who had never experienced any version of LOTR or just knew the Hobbit cause this is clunky as hell ...That said it is such a weird idea I cant help but find it charming in an odd way

Theres a lot of songs and dream sequences (Mostly performed by Glenn Yarburough as the Minstrel of Gondor )they are all pretty decent though my favorites are

Leave Tomorrow Till it Comes which is paired with a nice fantasy sequence of Frodo imagining a more peaceful journey complete with friendly orcs

Towers of the Teeth :A really solid villain song mocking the heroes forces

Frodo of the Nine Fingers which....Full disclosure is kind of a meme in my family ,easy way to make us laugh is to say "Frodo of the NInnnnnnnnne Fingers and the ring of Doooooom "

And of course the orcs song When Theres A WHip Theres A Way which maybe my second favorite thing in the entire movie,it humanizes the orcs and is really catchy

The cast is basically mostly the same people from the Hobbit .John Huston is still commanding and grand as Gandalf ,Brother Theodore is legit menacing and creepy as Gollum .Paul Frees replaces Cyril Richard as Elrond and hes good ,John Stephenson plays the Witch King and I kind of love the weird Skeletor esque voice he gives him and his design is pretty awesome ,and Don Messik is good as both Theoden and the Mouth of Sauron.Of the returning actors the one who really impresses me is Orson Bean ,who made for a great comedic protagonist in Bilbo ,but as Frodo hes pretty good capturing the wearyness and I especially love his evil laugh once he becomes corrupted by the ring

Im sad to say aside from one,,,,,,I dont have much to say about the new cast members ,as Merry and Pippin dont do much (Though Casey Kasem has a few good dramatic moments which legit impressed me considering I mostly know him as Shaggy from Scooby Doo )Nellie Bellflower get a good scene as Eowen but since theres no build up to her she falls flat and the same goes for William Conrad as Denethor as while Conrad does the madness well....All his scenes are cut so hes just a crazy old guy.Hell Aragorn the title character.....IS BARELY IN THIS AND WE GET NONE OF HIS BACKSTORY ,we dont know hes friends with Frodo,hes just some vague king guy and while Theodore Bikel definately makes him imposing and kingly ,like the others hes flat

However the film SHOULD be watched for one thing :Roddy McDowall as Sam.McDowall is one of my favorite actors but on paper hes a weird choice but thankfully McDowall NAILS it ,putting aside his refined mannerisms to fit Frodos trusted gardner ,and he fills that heroic latter part of the story Sam really well .Honestly due to how good McDowall ,Bean and Brother Theodore are ,there scenes are the best part of the movie .I also wont lie the emotional moments did get me misty eyes

So this film IS an oddity ,but a pretty interesting one and very fun to watch and again Bean and McDowall are fabulous .Its a bit of a mess but its got some good stuff there

@countesspetofi @theancientvaleofsoulmaking @the-blue-fairie

@ariel-seagull-wings @themousefromfantasyland @princesssarisa

@amalthea9 @barbossas-wench @filmcityworld1

[butterscotch-goat]

if your story was made into a muppet remake which muppets would play your ocs and who would be the token human actor

I thought. way too hard about this. TL:DR Aster would be the token human, Beatrice would be played by Fozzie, Charles by Bunsen, Grace by Kermit, Eli by Rowlf, and Martha by Gonzo. way-too-thorough explanations below cut i am so so sorry ace

Hhokay, This is a tricky (but fun!) question for me for a couple of reasons.

1. Imagining potential muppet gore and muppet emotional manipulation and muppet public execution was. An experience.

2. Balancing finding a muppet with a similar personality or overall vibe as each character and and/or one with a similar narrative role or occupation?? Depending on which makes my job easier??

3. Humanity is such an integral thematic topic in Escapism that picking who to be the only human was going to be. Tricky,

In an IDEAL world, both Aster and Grace would be played by Real People, as they're the characters that have their humanity ripped from them the most and in the most intense ways, but that kind of felt like cheating since the main cast is so small.

Aster would make sense to be the Token Person since she's the main character and is on screen the most, she's arguably put through worse conditions than Grace for longer periods of time (other than. Literally dying.) and also I don't know how muppet surgery would work, and finding a muppet to play Aster feels like a DAUNTING task.

But it would make sense for GRACE to be the Token Person bc she's sanctified til the very end of her life and doesn't fully get her humanity back as a character until Martha gets Character Developed AFTER Grace's death. And Grace is a little bit of a worst-case-scenario to Aster and meant to be a fresh look on another magician's experience so having a brand new Real Person against a bunch of Muppets would work with that.

Ultimately I'll have Aster be the Token Person since we spend the most time with her. But if you'll let me cheat a little bit it's both Aster and Grace. Don't ask me about actors because I don't know actors,, finding references of people with similar enough faces to those two for my semi-semi-realism pieces was challenging enough.

Okay now the hard part. This took so long because I had to set aside an afternoon to watch at least ONE muppet movie and I kept either having school stuff or wanted to draw,, I ended up just watching The Muppet Movie and writing down lines or interactions I thought could apply to a character.

I would have Beatrice played by Fozzie Bear because of his sidekick-ish role, how he does his best to refuse to admit when he's in a bad situation and gets himself to persevere through everything with a smile, how he always seemed so ready to protect his friends (Kermit, at least) and how he's borderline desperate to make people laugh. Also the way he always says "Yes sir" to Kermit? I don't post my writing much but Beatrice calls people "Mister" and "Miss" a lot even when it's unnecessary to, kind of like in a Samwise Gamgee way?? Mister Frodo?? You know??

Charles was hard to decide because he has so many facets to him that are all SO wildly different. I went for I guess what'd be the obvious option of Bunsen Honeydew; Bunsen specifically reminded me a lot of Charles at the beginning of Escapism, welcoming and friendly, almost monotone, even while talking about the silliest most deranged science-related things.

Grace was somewhat easier than I anticipated though I don't think Kermit is a super obvious choice, but his mildly sad and pathetic manner mixed with his sense of authority and self-assured air is similar enough to Grace on her better days. Also Kermit was only really convinced to go to Hollywood when he realized he could make people happy, which is very Grace-core.

Eli was difficult because he is the most normal member of the cast. They have the least amount of screws loose by far. I think Rowlf the Dog suits him enough because of his solitary nature but care for people around him.

Martha was also surprisingly easy. Gonzo matches her general "weirdness", her social awkwardness, and her sincere love for the world around her. And also the non-binary vibes. Every day Martha gets more and more non binary...

I hope. I didn't commit any muppet crimes or anything. I grew up on the movies but don't watch them all that much anymore, but honestly I had such a fun time watching The Muppet Movie (Kermit riding a bike will never not be the coolest goddamn thing) so maybe I'll get around to watching more muppet movies. If anyone has any suggestions for muppets for any characters I didn't mention, or better choices for characters that I did, I'd love to hear them !!!!!!!!

THANK YOU FOR ASKING, ACE!!!!!