#and the southlands

[mellioops]

Happy third birthday to last life aka my favorite life series

[sherlockggrian]

rip mumbo k jumbo. you did not, in fact, kill a lot

[goblin-bou]

I don’t normally post artfight attacks but Minecraft always does well and I got very excited when I saw @cherrifire ‘s au on there because I was having life series art with drawals

[canary-curse-57]

misread the “he’s getting grayer!!” comments under mumbo’s newest hermitcraft eps as “he’s getting gayer!!!” and was immensely confused

[offline-nobody]

average southlands interaction

[cherrifire]

I am obsessed with your TMA au and your web! Martyn design? How do you think that Archivist! Martyn and Web! Martyn would react to each other if they met?

I have a few ideas.

[marblegroves]

The loser of the game they didn’t even know they were playing

Based on @chrisrin ‘s upturned spinel scar design ^^

[lastlifesouthlands]

more textposts + one i forgot to put in the last southlands textpost collection i made

[the-hipster-nugget]

Cold, clammy and crowed

The people smell desperate,

Will sink any minute

So someone must go

[polwarth]

Kea, car park warrior

[chrisrin]

SOUTHLANDERS FUSION, AHA!

[the-southlands]

RoP Ask Game!

We thought it might be a fun to do an ask game. If you want people to send you an ask, simply reblog this post. :-)

THE QUESTIONS

How did you find out about Rings of Power? What was the one thing that drew you to the show?

Who is your favourite character and why? 

If you could spend one day with a character, who would it be? What would you do together?

What’s your favourite location in RoP? 

What’s your favourite song or piece of music from RoP? 

Where would you most like to live in RoP and why?

What minor character would you like to see more of? 

What accessory would you like most to own? (sword, brooch, crown, etc.)

Whose costume would you like most to try on?

Choose three characters. What jobs would they have if they lived in our time?

Which social media site would your favourite character use the most?

What colour do you associate with your favourite character?

There is a lot of music in Tolkien. What character would you wish to sing in RoP? What would they sing about? To whom?

Do you have a song you associate with a favourite character?

Who would you write a poem for in RoP and why?

Name three characters that have dog energy and three that have cat energy.

What do you think “Halbrand” said to the warg puppy?

Which character would you most like to go to a pub with?

Which characters who haven't shared screen time yet would you most like to meet one another?

Name three of your favourite scenes (or lines, or scenes and lines).

Based on the various dinner scenes we have seen so far, to whose table would you most like to be invited as a guest?

Were you familiar with Tolkien's writings before you watched RoP? What’s your favourite, or what might you like to read after seeing the show?

If you could give a present to a favourite character, what would it be?

What is your favourite story line in RoP?

What people or community in Tolkien’s world is your favourite and why?

If you could ask the creative team behind RoP one question, what would it be?

Which person involved in the show would you most like to meet in person? What would you say to them?

Do you have any headcanons about a character, or the world? What are they? 

Describe your favourite character using three emojis.

Choose three characters (not necessarily your favourite ones). Say three positive things about each of them.

[i-am-creacheur]

"I don't know how to make a spyglass! Usually Jimmy or Martyn make them for me" and what if I threw up

Mumbo... when I get you Mumbo. Mumbo when I get you

BTW THIS WAS IN HIS HERMITCRAFT EPISODE TODAY

[homosexual-canine]

Grian's dynamic in all his life teams

Desert duo - this wasn't the plan but you are fucking wrong if you think he will leave his dumbass to die.

The southlanders - somehow the defacto leader of his group of dumbasses, not because they are the smartest but just because everything seems to fall apart when he leaves.

Grian times with Scar - anxiety levels are off the charts, but at least he gets to see Scars dumb cute face.

Bad Boys - technically has the most brain cells, having 2 instead of 1, sadly that braincell was used for being a silly guy and terrorism and it was dead by the end.

Roomies - local attention starved homeless guy that Etho and Cleo adopted.

Real life - they had no name, and i only remember small scar, Jimmy getting roasted, and then Grian died.

[group-dynamic]

Very Minor Spoiler for Episode 7 (S2) of Rings of Power

Thinking casually about Galadriel's declaration earlier this season that caring for that which is most fragile and most dear is the duty entrusted to all elves and how Celebrimbor's gentle care in noticing and greeting that little mouse is what allowed him to see past Sauron's deception. :)

[tangosyourtek]

So I see you often on Twitter and on here ranting about Ranchers so I got to ask. Why do you love em so much as a fellow romantic rancher shipper?

Thank you so much for asking.

The most appealing thing about ranchers in my opinion, and it’s doesn’t have to be seen as a romantic thing, is how they both treated each other in Double Life despite how things went in their previous teams.

Jimmy in third life with Scott was treated horribly (and I’m so tired of fanon erasing their toxic & abusive aspects). Not only does Jimmy get bullied by the entire server, but his own teammate, deemed “flowerhusband”, was going around behind his back and trashing his builds. Not to mention Jimmy telling Martyn “If he (Scott) starts hitting me what can I do y’know”. And, maybe controversial take, but the southlands were not great either for Jimmy. Tango, never really had something stable in 3rd life, and he was constantly used in Last Life and betrayed by one his closest allies while his whole team did nothing and watched, sometimes even encouraging the behavior.

You’d think after all that they would have their own divorce quarter arc but they didn’t. Both of them were constantly apologizing for their deaths and things they did, while the other reassured them and stayed by their side. They uplifted each other and complimented each other’s builds. They were always making sure to hear the other out and get their opinion on things and allowed each other to go out and act independently, not trying to trap each other in a box to survive and not die first. In my opinion, they were the healthiest pairing in Double Life- and dare I say team-up in the whole life series. It’s a death game and yet they somehow made it sickeningly sweet and domestic.

After Double Life, it really looks like their partnership healed a part of the ranchers. Jimmy and Tango have both been doing amazing since, both performance wise and team wise- knowing what to expect and how to handle it. There might be some small hiccups here and there, but that’s all part of the healing process and moving forward.

I’ve actually been meaning to write a whole essay going into depth about their relationship & dynamic through the life series and explaining how healthy and beautiful it is. One day I’ll get it done…