#esthelle-wanders

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Today was the first chilly day of the season where I live, and all I can think about is how hecking frigid your cursed TPN edits must be. Y’all we can’t stand for this, they are suffering.

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He still needs to see a doctor for the concussion while going up the ladder but this helps, thank you

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#emma is genuinely terrifying #shirai said that it would be dangerous for someone like her to exist in the real world #he’s right ya know #like looking at that manga panel makes me shiver #there are so many moments like that throughout #I mean ray was scary for literally five seconds and then suddenly everyone’s safer when he’s around #norman is waaaaay scarier than ray but not in a way that gives you chills? #like he scares my brain but not my nerves #emma triggers my fight or flight instinct (via @esthelle18)

Look at me straight in the eyes and tell me that’s a face of someone who’s ok

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Tagged by @rainintheevening to make a poll of beloved female characters and see who everyone likes the most.

Tagging @kanerallels, @accidental-spice, @esthelle-wanders, and @braveheartstoryteller

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For the “friendship ask” game: My favorite Middle-Earth duo, Pippin and Gandalf!

If you’re so inspired, I’d love to see your thoughts on 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, and 12 (methinks those are the right ones).

Many thanks for your time, wisdom, and humor!

Hello again, Esthelle! You're too kind, as always. =^-^= I would love to talk about Gandalf and Pippin!

1. “When I think they became friends”

I think it’s pretty clear from the book that their friendship had a rocky start. Pippin was always intrigued by Gandalf, and Gandalf was always annoyed with Pippin (in a grouchy grandfatherly sort of way), but they cared about each other from the very beginning. We can see that in Moria, when Gandalf is cross with Pippin, but—after getting over his own anger—gently tells him to go to sleep, and that he’ll keep watch instead, and Pippin falls asleep staring at the light from Gandalf’s pipe.

If I had to pin it down to one moment, I think their friendship really started to galvanize on that ride to Minas Tirith. Gandalf was finally answering Pippin’s questions, and Pippin was finally listening to him and beginning to understand, and there’s something about falling asleep against someone on a long journey that makes it impossible for any animosity to survive.

2. “My favorite scene of them”

In the movies? That part where Gandalf comforts Pippin and tells him that he doesn’t have to be afraid of death.

In the books? Definitely that part where Gandalf compliments Pippin and he loudly and vehemently denies it. Oh how the turntables—

3. “A random headcanon I have of them”

It is a life goal of Pippin’s to someday wear Gandalf’s hat.

Why? I dunno. He just thinks it’d be fun.

4. “What makes me like their friendship”

Oh, where do I start??

I think the charm of Gandalf and Pippin’s friendship really boils down to contrast: old and young, grouchy and cheerful, wise and naive, powerful and (relatively) powerless. Gandalf and Pippin are nothing alike, and the clash of their personalities is where most of the humor lies.

But also, they’re everything alike. They love their friends. They hunger for knowledge. They will do what’s right no matter what the cost. And I think that’s what bridges the gap between their differences and allows them to finally see eye-to-eye.

Pippin takes comfort in Gandalf as a familiar thing in a strange and unknown world, even as he discovers that Gandalf is a very strange thing himself. Gandalf considers Pippin his charge and his ward; an annoyance at times, but one to whom he would never see any harm come, if he can help it. Gandalf has always been something of a “Jerk with a Heart of Gold”, and nowhere is that seen more clearly than in how he warms up to Pippin.

7. “My favorite thing about their friendship”

They’re freaking hilarious LOL

10. “A song that reminds me of them”

I tried to come up with something new here, but let’s go with a tried and true favorite of mine: “Dear Fellow Traveler”, by Sea Wolf.

12. “A word to describe them”

Meandering, n.:

an act of following a winding or intricate course

an act of wandering in a leisurely or aimless manner

convoluted or undirected thought or language

Pippin’s real name, Peregrin, means “wanderer”. Gandalf is often called the Grey Wanderer. And we both know how much these two can keep taking if you let them. I think “meander” fits them quite well.

FRIENDSHIP ASK GAME!

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Adding the replies and because I also forgot to add the link to the 360° Demizu video.

Offhand I'm unaware of any interviews where Shirai specifically mentions the limits of Grace Field library's collection (and absolutely no word on Isabella's private one), but we do have this paragraph from the first light novel:

(TPN Light Novel 1: A Letter from Norman - “The Day Emma Cried”)

This is assuming "the house" is just the library and Isabella's study is off limits.

TPN Fandom! Do we know how big Grace Field’s Library is?

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#this specific side-comic took me by surprise #obliterated my heart #and settled down in the crater it left #they saw that happen #they saw so much #their big brother #these kids are ridiculously kind and strong #you’d better believe ray has an entire support system looking out for him #nobody’s going to overlook him #or take him for granted #because like op says they’ve seen him at his lowest point #which is so sad and scary #but they did and they’re looking out for him as much as he’s looking out for them #I’m disappointed some of this stuff didn’t end up in the manga proper (via @esthelle18​)

(Mystic Code Book Chapter 2 Bonus Comic for Chapter 48)

In case anyone hasn’t seen it yet or needed a reminder of how much these two love their older brother and how much it hurt them to see him at his absolute lowest point.