#fav quote is from tolkien

[jonsnowunemploymentera]

And remember kids, the next time someone tells you, "George R. R. Martin wouldn't make Jon Snow the typical fantasy hero because that's cliche".....

Oh yes he would!

One viewer wants to know what character would you play (on the show)? GRRM: If I could magically clap my hands and become a different person, it would be cool to play Jon Snow who's much more of the classic hero. Everybody wants to be the classic hero! ABC Interview, 2014

GRRM: And the character I’d want to be? Well who wouldn’t want to be Jon Snow — the brooding, Byronic, romantic hero whom all the girls love. Meduza Interview, 2017

In fact he already has ☺️

[the-girl-lost-in-fandoms]

Thanks for the tag, it was fun! Idk who to tag, so join in please!

make a moodboard with…

your fav celeb, fav quote, a cute outfit

your fav drink, your fav color, your fav place

your fav hobby, your fav flowers, and your fav book!

here’s mine!

tagging: @eviesaurusrex @nix-rose @lucywritess @arrowheadedbitch @catastrxblues @avgvstlover @bubblylesbianblonde @kennhopes @rubysundaey @talesofadragon

[notreallyanywhereanymore]

"There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."

The Hobbit - J.R.R.Tolkien

[animezinglife]

12 and 26 for the books ask

12. a book/book series u wish u could read for the first time ever again?

I'd actually have to go with The Winternight Trilogy. I burned through that series faster than I've gone through any in adulthood. It's so immersive, lush, wild, and otherworldly. The first book's nearly perfect. There are a few things I would've done differently in the two that followed, but I still have no real complaints about them.

26. ur fav quote from a book?

"Not all those who wander are lost." - J.R.R. Tolkien, which will not surprise you at all.

[whiteladyofithilien]

Thanks @sotwk

Favorite time of day: night time when the stars are out

favorite aesthetic: moss covered ruins especially of old churches

a color that describes you: violently intense fuschia pink but deeper than the usual neon shade

favorite quote: really all of the Cinderella film is quotable and it was so hard to narrow down which one I'd go with. It was either gonna be something from it or Tolkien

current obsession (show, movie, book, anything): ancient Rome but I'm double dipping here because I'm also binging the Chosen for like the third time so it's both. It was either this or a picture of Lee Pace looking like Pompey the Great because my era of obsession is late Republic into early Empire. Basically Pompey to Tiberius. The Roman empire is my Roman empire to the point I have a whole side blog for it @sextuscansextus

favorite texture: I could pet Shar Peis until my hand fell off I love the coarse velvety texture of their fur, French bulldogs have it too but I prefer big dog breeds

favorite outfit (or an outfit you wish you had in your closet): I have always wanted Cinderellas pink mice dress and I always will its the greatest dress in animation and I will throw hands with anyone who disses it

any world universe or place you see yourself living in: while I identify most with Men I would love to live in the trees at Caras Galadhon

favorite flower: purple pansies. I kinda have two favs because while roses are my namesake and can be put in arrangements and decorations pansies are my favorite flower to see just growing. They don't go well in bouquets but they brighten garden beds beyond anything else

Tagging:

@wings-of-indigo @cartoon-aragorn @justanotherzosofangirl my brain is mush right now so I literally cannot remember the username of any other mutuals so consider yourself tagged if you wanna be

Just remembered some people @eglerieth @from-the-coffee-shop-in-edoras @mirkwood-hr-department @thranduilofsmirkwood @southfarthing @dagordagorath

tag game!

@hippodameia TYSM for tagging me!

key: favorite time of day, favorite aesthetic, a color that describes you, favorite quote, current obsession (show, movie, book, anything), favorite texture, favorite outfit (or an outfit you wish you had in your closet), any world universe or place you see yourself living in, favorite flower. original post

tagging: @sparetooth, @esta-elavaris, @sotwk, @dismalzelenka

[marvelavacado]

“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”

-Haldir (The Fellowship of the Ring)

[oswildin]

Hi! Can I get an MCU ship? I'm female, straight, Gemini, INFP-T, I'm 5'4, and I am 21, in my last year of university in communication arts.

Despite my age, my friends say I act like a mom (constantly concerned and worried for friends most of the time) and have the mind of an old lady, I'm an empath and an ambivert but leaning towards introvert. I don't drink alcohol or coffee. (Milk, cocoa, or orange juice is my alcohol lol)

Shy and awkward with ppl I dont know much or ppl I just met but if we click, I am a completely different person, more talkative too, calm and graceful but chaotic if that makes sense XD but I do know when to be serious

I'm kind and patient, very understanding, considerate and thoughtful of others, I have a habit of putting other's priority over mine most of the time, which kind of results in me keeping things to myself a lot and then stress out (but I'm working on it XD) quite emotional too, the type that cries at every sad scene or movie I watch

Helping ppl makes me happy, whether that'd be giving advice or just being there for them or listening, but I will not tolerate those who take advantage of my kindness or disrespect others, esp ppl I care about, I rarely insult ppl, so if I do, that means my patience ran out

My friends say I'm very optimistic and hopeful and they always feel like "they're with a musical character" which I'll take because I love singing! I love music in general and I really love vintage clothing and aesthetics! I also like to read books (mostly fictional, Tolkien books are my fav, esp The Hobbit) watch movies, draw, work out, and just learn random things!

I like learning, I'm more on the theories and philosophical side though, I am very bad at math or anything dealing with calculations and numbers, I also have interest in learning languages, mythology, and astronomy, I love the stars and like to go to planetariums and museums when I have time, I just think the universe is just so fascinating and I just like to have fun in general!

I am an animal lover, and I love kids, very dedicated to playing with my adorable little cousins. I daydream a lot, I love the fantasy genre so my imagination goes wild haha

A Black sheep in the family, and the youngest and only daughter too, so I kind of grew up independently most of the time.

Very much into giving and receiving hugs and amusement parks, I also have quite a sweet tooth, mostly for cookies and brownies, so I love cafes and pastry shops a lot.

My fav Marvel movies are mostly the Captain America series (don't make me choose, I love them all) Captain Marvel, Spiderman Far From Home and Thor: Ragnarok!

A song that I love and sing a lot is Moon River by Audrey Hepburn and Your Song by Elton John

Favorite quote would have to be "There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for." And a word I associate myself with is "Hope"

I apologize for such a long post, please take your time! Thank you in advance and I hope you have an amazing day! Take care 💖💖💖💖

I ship you with… Mobius!

Things Mobius loves about you:

• Your ability to make him smile with your singing. He can always hear you before he sees you.

• He loves how you’re kind and caring towards others, even though yourself may not have always experienced such things.

• Your independence and no need for a knight in shining armour. You can look after yourself, hold your own and above all still look after those around you whilst doing it.

• He’d often find you sneakily watching a film at your desk, or reading a novel. ‘Do you want some popcorn with that?’ He’d sassily ask.

• Mobius instantly warmed up to you, although it took you a little longer (a day and a half) he won you over. Really he was just a giant Labrador.

• You’ll often agree to help others with their work load, in turn over working yourself, which he lectures you about every time, but he knows you’ll still do it, because you’re that kind of person. He admires it.

• Occasional sneaky trips from the TVA using the Tempads to visit other worlds. You were always amazed by them.

• it was definitely a slow burn with you two. It seemed everyone around you could blindly see you two were in love, but neither one of you realised.

• Until you thought you had lost Mobius to pruning.

• Then you spiralled. Realising perhaps he was more than a friend.

Your BFF: Loki - He would find you mildly irritating at first. You were way too cheery and nice. And your singing annoyed him. But eventually he began to realise you were a good soul and you often chatted about mythology and how bonkers it all was with their Loki compared to him. He could also see you two idiots were in love. Of course, he tried to play his tricks to get you two to realise it, but it never worked.

Your Theme Song:

[jackharkness]

tag 9 people to learn more about their interests

Tagged by @jackarthurdavenport! Thanks!!!

MUSIC

fave genre? rock but also pop, and some classic music from soundtracks ( I love movie soundtracks)

fave artist? Frank Sinatra

fave song? Saturn - by Sleeping at Last / also Heat Waves by Glass Animals

most listened song recently? Hell or High Water by Billy Raffoul

song currently stuck in your head? Monsters by Dynoro ft 24kGoldn

5 fave lyrics?

Strangers in the night / Two lonely people, we were strangers in the night / Up to the moment when we said our first hello little did we know / Love was just a glance away, a warm embracing dance away (Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra)

I just wanna know what you're dreamin' of / When you sleep and smile so comfortable / I just wish that I could give you that / That look that's perfectly un-sad (Heat Waves by Glass Animals)

There was fire around us, so I should have known why / The touch of his hands were as cold as his eyes / So don't you tell me we weren't hypnotised (We Have it All by Pim Stones)

What a life, what a night / What a beautiful, beautiful ride / Don't know where I'm in five  but I'm young and alive / Fuck what they are saying, what a life (What a Life by Scarlet Pleasure)

Now shut your dirty mouth / If I could burn this town / I wouldn't hesitate / To smile while you suffocate and die (Choke by I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME)

radio or your own playlist | solo artists or bands | pop or indie | loud or silent volume I slow or fast songs | music video or lyrics video | speakers or headset | riding a bus in silence or while listening to music | driving in silence or with radio on ( more like my songs on a usb asdfghjkl I’m very picky)

BOOKS

fav book genre? history / biographies / war memoirs / classics / fantasy

fav writer? J.R.R. Tolkien

fav book? With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by E.B. Sledge

fav book series? the lotr trilogy, the hobbit, the silmarillion + all the books by tolkien

comfort book? Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E.Lawrence

perfect book to read on a rainy day? anything really. Just the book i have finish at that moment

fave characters? I mean some characters from the lotr series  (like Frodo, Sam and Aragorn) but I mostly read non fiction books now and the characters are... real people so I don’t think it applies

5 quotes from your fave books that you know by heart? 

In his heart he called her Tinúviel, that signifies Nightingale, daughter of twilight, in the Grey-elven tongue, for he knew no other name for her - the Silmarillion

We shouldn't be here at all, if we'd known more about it before we started. But I suppose it's often that way. The brave things in the old tales and songs, Mr. Frodo: adventures, as I used to call them. I used to think that they were things the wonderful folk of the stories went out and looked for, because they wanted them, because they were exciting and life was a bit dull, a kind of a sport, as you might say. - The Two Towers 

“Ti ho mai detto che ho sempre voluto volare via?” “No, ma l'ho sempre saputo” “È per questo che mi sono fatta tatuare due ali: sono di drago perchè Oarf è il mio compagno e i nostri destini saranno sempre uniti; sono chiuse perchè non ho ancora preso il volo. Un giorno troveró la mia strada e le mie ali sulla schiena si apriranno. Allora potró volare via.” - Il talismano del potere

hardcover or paperback | buy or rent | standalone novels or book series (both. Both is good) | ebook or physical copy | reading at night or during the day | reading at home or in nature | listening to music while reading or reading in silence | reading in order or reading the ending first | reliable or unreliable narrator (both again) | realism or fantasy | one or multiple POVS | judging by the covers or by the summary | rereading or reading just once

TV AND MOVIES

fave tv/movie genre? historical / drama / fantasy

fave movie? Lawrence of Arabia (1962) [i never shut up about this movie]

comfort movie? Lawrence of Arabia, Lotr: the two Towers, Back to The Future part II

fave tv show? ghghg so many - top 5: NBC Hannibal, Band of Brothers, Mr. Robot, Torchwood, The Pacific

most rewatched tv show? Band of Brothers I think?

5 fave characters? T.E.Lawrence / Jack Harkness / Evelyn Carnahan / Laura Moon / Legolas Greenleaf

tv shows or movies | short seasons (8-13 episodes) or full seasons (22 episodes or more) | one episode a week or binging | one season or multiple seasons | one part or saga | half hour or one hour long episodes | subtitles on or off | rewatching or watching just once

oof this was long af, I’m sorry :D. Tagging some wonderful mutuals (no pressure) @supervalcsi @waltzingtostars @scamarcio @enniomorricone @crudupbilly @khangs  @madeline-kahn, @hellitwasyoufirstsergeant, @thoughpoppiesblow

[killerqueenlux]

Thanks to my dear @nico-cab for tagging me 🤍🤍 sorry it took me ages to do

MUSIC

fav genre? I couldn't choose just one, I listen a lot pop-rock, pop-punk, rock and folk-rock

fav artist? Well favorite bands are The Killers, 1D, The Lumineers and Mumford & Sons. Solo artists, I obviously love Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles and Regina Spektor

fav song? Hear me out hahha I have a fav song of all times (Carry on my wayward son by Kansas), fav song of the moment (Hey Angel by 1D) and fav song in spanish ( Contigo by Joaquín Sabina)

most listened song recently? according to Spotify, Little black dress by 1D

song currently stuck in your head? AHHAHAHAHHAHAHA Lovebug by Jonas brothers

5 fav lyrics? uuufff this will be a bit long

"The good old days, the honest man, the restless heart, the Promised Land, a subtle kiss that no one sees. A broken wrist and a big trapeze. Oh well, I don't mind if you don't mind 'Cause I don't shine if you don't shine. Before you go... Can you read my mind?" — Read my mind by The killers

"For evey question "why" you were my "because " — Walls by LT

"We don't know where we're going but we know where we belong" — Sweet Creature by HS

"Hold on to me as we go, as we roll down this unfamiliar road, and although this wave is stringing us along, just know you're not alone... 'Cause I'm going to make this place your home" — Home by Phillip Phillips

"You're my Waterloo, I'll be your Stanley Park, well I'm so glad we know just what to do, and one's left, stumbling around, fumbling around in the dark" — You're my waterloo by the libertines

Radio or your own playlist | solo artists or bands | pop or indie | loud or silent volume I slow or fast songs | music video or lyrics video | speakers or headset | riding a bus in silence or while listening to music | driving in silence or with radio on

BOOKS

fav book genre? magical realism, fantasy and maybe poetry, does fanfiction count?? Hahaha and obviously I prefer queer literature

fav writer? Gabriel García Márquez, Juan José Arreola and Gabriela Mistral the three of them are Latin American writers, in English I love E.E Cummings, Neil Gaiman and my king Tolkien

fav book series? Lord of the Rings and Percy Jackson 🤍🤍🤍🤍

comfort book? The Hobbit (and my comfort fic is unbelievers haha I think I read it more often than the Hobbit)

perfect book to read on a rainy day? any Larry fics or The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, quite entertaining for an afternoon

fav characters? ANNABETH CHASE AND LUKE CASTELLAN from Percy Jackson and the olympians (obviously i love percy but they are my babies) I'm also going to add Harry from Unbelievers because I had never identified as much with someone as I do with him

5 quotes from your fav books that you know by heart?

This one is in Spanish so I'll do my best to translate. "El hecho de que alguien no te ame como tú quieras, no significa que no te ame con todo su ser"/ The fact that someone doesn't love you the way you want, doesn't mean that they don't love you with all their heart" —El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Gabriel García Márquez

"Evean the smallest person can change the course of the future" — The lord of the rings, J.R.R Tolkien

"There are no safe paths in this part of the world. Remember you are over the Edge of the Wild now, and all sorts of fun wherever you go" — The Hobbit, J.R.R Tolkien

"I am here because when all else fails, when all the other mighty gods have gone off to war, I am all that's left. Home. Heart. I am the Last Olympian" — Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian, Rick Riordan

"Time is fluid here, said the Demon" —Fragile things, Neil Gaiman

hardcover or paperback | buy or rent | standalone novels or book series | ebook or physical copy | reading at night or during the day | reading at home or in nature | listening to music while reading or reading in silence | reading in order or reading the ending first | reliable or unreliable narrator | realism or fantasy | one or multiple POVS | judging by the covers or by the summary | rereading or reading just once

TV AND MOVIES

fav tv/movie genre? Fiction, fantasy romance and true crime

fav movie? HAHAHAHAHHA just loveeeee Titanic so much, Fight Club, Inglourious Basterds, Across the Universe, Stardust and The imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

comfort movie? Spiderman into the spider verse, Love Actually and any of the lord of the rings or harry potter movies

movie you watch every year? I always watch Lord of the Rings: The return of the King on Christmas and Titanic on New Years and of course V for Vendetta on November 5

fav tv show? Doctor Who, Sense 8, Pushing Daisies, Supernatural and bbc Merlín

comfort tv show? The Good Place and Teen Wolf

most rewatched tv show? Oh boy, my guilty pleasure is Grey's Anatomy I have rewatched all the seasons thousands of times

ultimate otp? Merlin/Arthur and Aragorn/Legolas

5 fav characters? Rose Tyler (Doctor Who), Jack Dawson (Titanic) and Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the rings)

tv shows or movies | short seasons (8-13 episodes) or full seasons (22 episodes or more) | one episode a week or binging | one season or multiple seasons | one part or saga | half hour or one hour long episodes | subtitles on or off | rewatching or watching just once | downloads or watches online

i'd like to tag @chispitalovesruby @moonelust @touchoflouis @holyshit @ialwaysknewyouwerepunk @celestial0ne @booksmusicandsodapancakes

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Tag 9 people to learn more about their interests!

tagged by: @le-cat-nipp ❤️❤️ Thank you, dear 😘

i’m tagging: I am literally so awkward about this lol if you’re reading this and want to do it, consider yourself tagged

MUSIC

fave genre? I’m a folk, alt rock, indie rock and classic rock gal. There’s a few modern/pop folks I’m hugely fond of as well. I’m not anti-any type of music tbh.

fave artist? Fleet Foxes, Of Monsters and Men, Lord Huron, Florence + the Machine, Hozier, Lorde, Simon & Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Hozier, Janelle Monáe, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Billie Eilish, Old Crow Medicine Show, Lil Nas X, Phoebe Bridgers, Mitski, David Bowie

fave song? Oh man of all time? Fugg. I am very partial to “Shake It Off” by F+TM but this answer could change daily lol.

most listened song recently? Long Lost - Lord Huron

5 fave lyrics? I am not sure if this means “songs with the best lyrics” or “favorite lines” …. I’m gonna go with the latter

“And it echoes when I breathe/Until all you'll see is my ghost/Empty vessel, crooked teeth/Wish you could see” I of the Storm, OMAM

“Words hung above, but never would form/Like a cry at the final breath that is drawn/Remember me, love, when I'm reborn/As a shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn” - Shrike, Hozier

“Oh, you fool, there are rules I am coming for you/Darkness brings evil things, oh, the reckoning begins/I tried to warn you when you were a child/I told you not to get lost in the wild” - The Yawning Grave, Lord Huron

“The fabric of your flesh, pure as a wedding dress/Until I wrap myself inside your arms, I cannot rest/The saints can't help me now, the ropes have been unbound/I hunt for you with bloodied feet across the hallowed ground” - Howl, F+TM

“Though I liked summer light on you/If we ride a winter-long wind/Well time's not what I belong to/And you're not the season you're in” - I’m Not My Season, Fleet Foxes

radio or your own playlist | solo artists or bands | pop or indie | loud or silent volume I slow or fast songs | music video or lyrics video | speakers or headset | riding a bus in silence or while listening to music | driving in silence or with radio on

BOOKS

fav book genre? Sci-fi, fantasy, horror

fav writer? VE Schwab, Neil Gaiman, Ursula K Le Guin, Haruki Murakami, Patrick Rothfuss, Samantha Shannon, JRR Tolkien

fav book? “American Gods” by Neil Gaiman. I have a lot of favorites but that one wins every time.

fav book series? I really love The Lord of the Rings. It’s a classic but it’s so special to me.

comfort book? “Little Fires Everywhere” by Celeste Ng. It’s set very close to where I grew up!

perfect book to read on a rainy day? “The Slow Regard of Silent Things” by Patrick Rothfuss

fave characters? Sandor Clegane, Addie LaRue, Lila Bard, Gimli, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Thorin Oakenshield

5 quotes from your fave book that you know by heart?

“Every hour wounds. The last one kills.”

“There’s none so blind as those who will not listen.”

“Gods die. And when they truly die they are unmourned and unremembered. Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the end.”

“I believe that life is a game, that life is a cruel joke, and that life is what happens when you're alive and that you might as well lie back and enjoy it.”

“‘Hey,’ said Shadow. ‘Huginn or Muninn, or whoever you are.’

The bird turned, head tipped, suspiciously, on one side, and it stared at him with bright eyes.

‘Say 'Nevermore,'’ said Shadow.

‘Fuck you,’ said the raven.”

hardcover or paperback | buy or rent | standalone novels or book series | ebook or physical copy | reading at night or during the day | reading at home or in nature | listening to music while reading or reading in silence | reading in order or reading the ending first | reliable or unreliable narrator | realism or fantasy | one or multiple POVS | judging by the covers or by the summary | rereading or reading just once

TV AND MOVIES

fave tv/movie genre? Similar to books, I love sci-fi, fantasy and horror - I also love documentaries.

fave movie? Spirited Away. Hands down.

comfort movie? Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. First hyperfixation 🥴

movie you watch every year? I traditionally watch “A Christmas Story” at least five times every holiday season lol. Fuck yeah Cleveland!

fave tv show? Black Sails

comfort tv show? Mystery Science Theater 3000

most rewatched tv show? Oh geeze. Either MST3K, Cowboy Bebop, Game of Thrones, Parks & Rec, Frasier, King of the Hill or X-Files

5 fave characters? Fox Mulder, Crow T. Robot, Captain James Flint, Dale Gribble and Catra

tv shows or movie | short seasons (8-13 episodes) or full seasons (22 episodes or more) | one episode a week or binging | one season or multiple seasons | one part or saga | half hour or one hour long episodes | subtitles on or off | rewatching or watching just once | downloads or watches online

[sarcasmisalifechoice]

Tagged by the ICONIC @jackredfieldwasmyjacob

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MUSIC

fav genre? Rock!

fav artist? New Model Army

fav song? Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In It's Spotlight) - Thin Lizzy

most listened song recently? Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters

song currently stuck in your head? Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters

5 fav lyrics?

Do you owe so much less to these rain swept hills / Than you owe to your good self?

And I love you now like I love you always ever / Yeah, kissing in the dark like a couple of kids

I got a face of gold, I got a heart of coal / But baby, that's my cross to bear

And the only gifts from my Lord were a birth and a divorce / But I've read this script and the costume fits, so I'll play my part

Cuando sales por la puerta / Pienso que no vuelves nunca / Y si no te agarro fuerte / Siento que será mi culpa

radio or your own playlist | solo artists or bands | pop or indie | loud or silent volume I slow or fast songs | music video or lyrics video | speakers or headset | riding a bus in silence or while listening to music | driving in silence or with radio on

BOOKS

fav book genre? Fantasy

fav writer? Oscar Wilde

fav book? The Hobbit, Or There And Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

fav book series? Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

comfort book? Chasing Daisy by Paige Toon

perfect book to read on a rainy day? Nada by Carmen Laforet

fav characters? Samwise Gamgee, Adam Parrish, Lizzy Bennet & Éowyn

5 quotes from your fav book that you know by heart?

So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.

May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.

Where there's life there's hope

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

The road goes ever on and on

hardcover or paperback | buy or rent | standalone novels or book series | ebook or physical copy | reading at night or during the day | reading at home or in the nature | listening to music while reading or reading in silence | reading in order or reading the ending first | reliable or unreliable narrator | realism or fantasy | one or multiple POVS | judging by the covers or by the summary | rereading or reading just once

TV AND MOVIES

fav tv/movie genre? Fantasy/history

fav movie? Gangs of New York (2002) dir. Martin Scorsese

comfort movie? Strictly Ballroom (1992) dir. Baz Lurrhman

movie you watch every year? The Muppets Christmas Carol (1992) dir. Brian Henson

fav tv show? The Get Down

comfort tv show? Schitt's Creek

most rewatched tv show? Archer

ultimate otp? Patrick Brewer X David Rose (Schitt's Creek)

5 fav characters?

James McGraw/Captain Flint (Black Sails)

Dorothy Shaw (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)

Alexis Rose (Schitt's Creek)

Conchita (The Devil Is A Woman)

Jax Teller (Sons of Anarchy)

tv shows or movies | short seasons (8-13 episodes) or full seasons (22 episodes or more) | one episode a week or binging |one season or multiple seasons | one part or saga | half hour or one hour long episodes | subtitles on or off | rewatching or watching just once | downloads or watches online

Tagging @longlive-allthememories @kindaemotionalkindaemotionless @angel-spices @little-panem @bisexual-katharine-hepburn @rachiller plus I'm taking 3 off cause u got to la ganga first

[lizziestudieshistory]

Tag 9 people to learn about their interests!

I was tagged by: @dooareyastudy (thanks for tagging me and sorry for the delay!)

MUSIC

(Not my forte but we’ll give it a go)

Fave genre? I guess classical or film scores? They’re what I listen to most...

Fave artist? Jeff Buckley, probably... He’s the most enduring on my playlist anyway

Fave song? Foreigner’s God by Hozier

Most listened song recently? Earth by Sleeping at Last

Song currently stuck in your head? This is humilitating but... Phantom of the Opera...

5 fave lyrics?

Very sorry but this is the point you’ve lost me, I don’t have a great memory for lyrics...

radio or your own playlist | solo artists or bands | pop or indie | loud or silent volume I slow or fast songs | music video or lyrics video | speakers or headset | riding a bus in silence or while listening to music (technically an audiobook but we’ll go with this one) | driving in silence or with radio on

BOOKS

Fav book genre? Fantasy and classics, technically I read more fantasy but I love them equally

Fave writer? I can’t pick one, I read too much... For prose: Jane Austen (specifically in Emma, her free indirect style is perfection!), Guy Gavriel Kay, Robin Hobb, and Emily Bronte. For plot: Brandon Sanderson. For the overall package: Terry Pratchett and J.R.R. Tolkien

Fave book? Emma by Jane Austen, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte,

Fave book series? The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

Comfort book? Harry Potter or Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb

Rainy day book? Not entirely sure what this is asking for but I guess Harry Potter again... Maybe anything in Middle Earth

Fave characters? I could compose a whole list... To name a few: Emma Woodhouse (my queen!) FitzChivalry Farseer, Dalinar Kholin (problematic but I don’t give a fuck), Severus Snape (likewise), Eowyn, Theoden, Heathcliff, Anne Shirely, and Sam Vimes.

5 quotes from your fave books? Here’s my time to shine! I could keep going past 5 but I’ll restrain myself...

“You said I killed you — haunt me, then!” - Wuthering Heights

“If I loved you less I might be able to talk about it more” - Emma

“...faultless in spite of all her faults” - Emma (about Emma herself)

“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” - The Lord of the Rings (Fellowship of the Ring)

(A long one but worth it)

“The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.

Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.

But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that’d still be keeping his feet dry in ten years’ time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.

This was the Captain Samuel Vimes Boots’ theory of socioeconomic unfairness.” - Men at Arms (Discworld)

hardcover or paperback | buy or rent | standalone novels or book series (I can’t pick) | ebook or physical copy | reading at night or during the day | reading at home or in nature | listening to music while reading or reading in silence | reading in order or reading the ending first | reliable or unreliable narrator | realism or fantasy | one or multiple POVS | judging by the covers or by the summary | rereading or reading just once (depends on the book)

TV AND MOVIES

Fave tv/movie genre? period drama/fantasy

Fave movie? Lord of the Rings (Fellowship is technically my absolute favourite, but the whole trilogy is my top 3) or Emma (2020)

Comfort movie? Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Movie you watch every year? Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter (all of them!) I rarely watch new films, I don’t love films tbh, I’m more of a tv person...

Fave tv show? Penny Dreadful or The Young Pope

Comfort tv show? Errrrm... Anne with an E? North and South? Pride and Prejudice (1995)?

Most rewatched tv show? The Tudors

5 fave characters? The Creature/John Clare/Caliban from Penny Dreadful, Anne Shirely from Anne with an E, Eowyn, Aragorn, and Sam from Lord of the Rings (counting as one), Lucrezia Borgia from The Borgias, Lagertha from Vikings

tv shows or movie | short seasons (8-13 episodes) or full seasons (22 episodes or more) | one episode a week or bingeing | one season or multiple seasons (depends on whether it’s complete or not) | one part or saga | half hour or one hour long episodes | subtitles on or off | rewatching or watching just once | downloads or watches online (old school DVDs for me!)

Tagging: @stefito0o and anyone else who wants to do it... I’m honestly sure who’s done it and who hasn’t at this point.

[quietchanges]

21 in 21

tagged by @kandidlyrandom ☺️

21 in 2021

Rules! Choose 21 books you want to read or goals you want to achieve in 2021. That’s it! It can be a mix of books and goals, or 21 books, or 21 goals…. it’s up to you. Then tag some friends to play along.

1. My new years resolution for the past few years has been to read at least the same number of books as i read the previous year, so this year the goal is 18 or more. I beat 2019 by 3 books but going out less due to the pandemic defnitely contributed to that so we’ll see if I still have as much free time this year (most likely will the way things are going oof.)

2. I love period novels but I feel like they’re always from late, 1700′s and beyond. This year I want to read more medieval lit and contemporary novels set in medieval times (but like, actual medieval times not fantasy style)

3. I started getting obsessed with books about bands and musicians late last year so hopefully I’ll read more of those too

now for books (I probably will change these as the year goes and I have no clue if I’ll actually finish them all haha)

4. The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue. (currently reading, I started it during the last week of 2020 and it’s taking me a while because of school and the author’s pretentious writing style but I do really like it regardless)

5. Songteller by Dolly Parton

6. The Inferno by Dante 

7. Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz

8. Lost Splendor by Felix Yusupov (if I ever find a damn copy of this book that’s not on *m*zon I will lose my damn mind)

9. Shirley by Susan Scarf Merrell

10. Girls of the Atomic City by Denise Kiernan

11. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

12.Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (I have only read excerpts of this and I love shelley so I’m as surprised as you are that I haven’t read this one yet lol)

13. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong (I’ve seen so many Vuong quotes around on the internet and I’ve heard fantastic things about this one)

14. Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood (one of my all time fav authors)

15. Boatman’s Daughter by Andy Davidson

16. Beloved by Toni Morrison (I read my first Morrison novel last year, Sula, and I was completely captivated the entire time, can’t believe it took me so long to pick up one of her works!)

17. Dearly by Margaret Atwood (yes more Atwood because i really can’t get enough of her)

18. Hell’s Princess by Harold Schecter

19. Beren and Luthien by JRR Tolkien (a very dear friend of mine gifted me a copy while we were in high school and I love the tale but I haven’t read that version of it, like, I’ve read the silmarillion but not the isolated tale)

20. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

21. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (this one is last but definitely not least. I plan to read this massive book over the spring and summer quarters that I’ll have off before transferring colleges)

I might stick to this but most likely won’t haha, I read whatever pulls me in at the moment, and I’ll definitely be reading some books for school, but these are ones either on my shelf or on my “to be acquired” list haha.

I tag anyone who wants to, feel free to tag me and say I tagged you! :)

[rangerpippin]

writer's ask: 11 (books or authors that influenced you the most), 16 (how many drafts do you need until you're satisfied with a story), 27 (fav line/scene [in RA]), 38 (weirdest story idea)

Hohoho! thank you for the ask awesome person!

11) Books or authors that influenced me the mostA tough question but one that will be fun to answer. There are authors whose work I’ve treasured that inspired me to be a writer, there are authors whose work I want to emulate, and of course I find elements from my favorite stories in every one of my writing projects. And then there’s fanfiction!I think in the end, I’ll have to say J.R.R. Tolkien and John Flanagan for some authors who inspired me, and their worldbuilding and character-driven approach has influenced how I want to write as well. There are so many works that have left their fingerprints on my work too - like the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer, the City of Ember series by Jeanne DuPrau, and many more. Most of all, the budding authors in my creative writing group have helped shape my style as we give one another feedback and work together on different projects.16) How many drafts do you need until you’re satisfied with a story?I don’t think I’ve ever truly finished a story to my satisfaction as yet. There’s always going to be things I wish I could correct with another revision. I’ve also noticed a tendency to revise as I’m writing, needing the first draft to be perfect, that seriously limits how much I actually produce. To help combat this bad habit, I’ve started reminding myself of a quote from Tumblr user @ghostzzy: “First drafts are for making it exist, second drafts are for making it functional, third drafts are for making it effective.” It’s very freeing to give myself permission to just spill out onto the page - it doesn’t even need to be functional until the second draft. After all, every piece of writing can always be improved somehow - so if I keep needing everything I write to be perfect as it comes out of my keyboard, I’ll never get anything written.27) Favorite scene/line in RA:Aaarrgh! Please don’t make me choose just one! I’m always paralyzed by these “favorite” questions: ask me what my favorite song is and I’ll promptly forget every song I’ve ever heard. That’s why I always ask people things like “What’s a great song you’ve been listening to lately?” Anyone can answer that.I spent entirely too much time pacing, going over every book in my head, and I still can’t choose. I do know that I’m an absolute sucker for 1) stupid character interaction 2) stupid heist scenes.

EY: Honestly, these books are my absolute favorite in the entire John Flanagan extended universe. This pair of dorks. Kids. Saving the world. I love it. The chicken leg scene. The rain scene. The rescuing-Duncan heist. PALLADIO. “Pritchard!!” Anything about Halt being self-conscious or even anything from Halt’s perspective at all because we don’t get enough scenes shot from inside Halt’s head in RA.RA: The entirety of the Kings of Clonmel/Halt’s Peril Horace/Will/Halt adventure. This trio of idiots making stupid jokes at each other. The crow scene. The cowboy heist scene. The Halt-disguising heist scene. And don’t get me started on Erak’s Ransom and Lost Stories. (Dinner For Five is a masterpiece, as is Death of A Hero, Inkwell and Dagger, The Hibernian,,, all. ALL.)BB: The first book is absolutely excellent. And after that? Literally any scene with Gilan in it was peak RA. Ulf, Wulf, and Jesper getting into his coffee stash while he’s being awkward about saying stupid stuff into the “mic” at the theater with the others? GOLD. Gilan nervously bumping about at the edge of the landspeeder? GOLD. But the BEST scene in all of Brotherband? Gilan and Lydia’s market heist scene and getaway. Not to mention this, one of my Favorite Lines Ever - Gilan and Lydia furiously elbowing their way through the crowd with background of: “Now a new cry joined the confused chorus of ‘Thief!’ and ‘Female!’ and 'Call the police!’: 'FIRE!! FIRE IN THE MARKET!! HELP!!!”38) Weirdest Story Idea Ever:I was asked this previously as well! I’m still trying to think of anything I’ve done that was weirder than “character falls down a mineshaft in tiny present-day town to find huge, futuristic city beneath it.”Thanks for the ask!

[kylermalloy]

Merlin and LOTR!

Two of my favorites!

Merlin:

Favorite male character - Merlin, is that even a question?

Favorite female character - Gwen, I guess. I liked Morgana better for the first few seasons, but after a while her villainy got stagnant. There’s only so many ways to swear vengeance on people, and it started to bore me. I like Gwen’s steadfastness! And she’s so cute.

Least favorite character - Uther. Obvs! Wish he would’ve died a lot sooner.

Favorite ship - does Merlin & Arthur count? Their relationship (friendship, whatever it is) is the heart of the show.

Favorite friendship - Merlin & Gaius. They’ve got great chemistry, and they play off each other really well. Brings a beautiful level of humanity to the show. ❤️

Favorite Quote - Ugh, there are so many. I’ll go with a profound one: “Some men are born to plow fields. Some live to be great physicians, and others to be great kings. Me, I was born to serve you, Arthur. And I’m proud of that.”

Worst Character Death - Arthur’s. It broke my heart and I even knew what was coming.

This-made-me-so-happy-you-have-no-idea moment - That scene after Uther’s death, where Arthur spends the night alone with his father’s body. When he comes out of the throne room, Merlin is waiting there for him and says “I didn’t want you to think you were alone.”

Saddest moment - “Stay with me.” Merlin begging, pleading for Arthur to hang on just a little bit longer. Ouch.

Favorite Location - Gaius’s chambers. Really cool set where a lot of my favorite scenes are.

LOTR:

Favorite male character - Samwise Gamgee!

Favorite female character - (dangit Tolkien!) Probably Galadriel.

Least favorite character - that one Ringwraith. Not the Witch King one! The one who’s in the background of a lot of shots making faces. (I don’t have a least fav tbh, I like all the good guys and all the baddies are basically without personality, so…)

Favorite ship - I pretty much ship nothing in LOTR, so I’ll go with Aragorn & Arwen, since they end up together.

Favorite friendship - it’s a tie between Sam & Frodo and Gimli & Legolas.

Favorite quote - that one of Sam’s. I’m gonna try to type it out from memory. “It’s like in the great stories, Mr Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end…because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But it’s just a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you, that meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think Mr Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going, because they were holding on to something. That there’s some good in this world, Mr Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.” (Whew!)

Worst character death - Theoden’s, I guess.

This-made-me-so-happy-you-have-no-idea moment - Sam rolling up to his house after the Grey Havens to his wife and kids. Perfect ending.

Saddest moment - Grey Havens. I saw that scene when I was like eight with NO context whatsoever and even then it had me tearing up.

Favorite location - Hobbiton. I would like to live there please!

Give me a fandom

[cuthalion]

Silm asks 12 & 14?

12. If you had to describe yourself with a character from Tolkien’s works, who would it be?

aaaAaa look I kinda picked a lot of my favs (finrod, beleg, glorfindel) bc I just rlly am a big hoe for the whole mcfuckin die for others/help others so like yeahdhcj kinda them but yeah tbh I’d say finrod bc idk idk 1. I always get him whenever I do those which silm character are you quizzes and 2. like when rereading the silm and just random parts i like agree with his most of actions and stuff so yeah and somewhat 3. 100% id wanna be friends with other races (but also and like everyone) and I guess 4. like this quote is a mood like lemme mctravel

14. Who is your dream partner from Tolkien’s works?

GLORFINDEL. definitely glorfindel jsjcjdhxh