#i . have a lot of love for him

[glorfindel-of-imladris]

Russingon and Angbang

(Russingon was answered here!)

Oh wait a minute— did Angbang actually get a near perfect score? 🤣

Okay, but Angbang. I don't actually write it nor am I active on that side of fandom, but let me tell you about how this ship gets the most irl air time from me, talking about Tolkien to normies. In fact, as recent as a week ago, I talked about the glory of Sauron as a literary villain on a train ride that I'm sure half the passengers didn't ask for but they had to listen to anyway. 😂

Sauron—and yes, I do call him that because I like my villains to have earned their titles—is hands down the best, most compelling villain ever written. He is my top example of what Lawful Evil looks like. You can tell he is intelligent, and with that intelligence comes his cunning, the skilled and organised way with which he goes about things, how he plans things and is methodical with their execution. The fact that he was originally a Maia of Aulë is even also very interesting, because you know that group is one that values skill and the creation of things. Morgoth, meanwhile, kind of brute forces his way through everything. He has an idea of what Arda is supposed to be, and kind of stomps and tantrums his way to seeing it all come to being. Despite these differences, and how I know for a fact that Sauron is smarter than Morgoth (lol), Sauron was loyal to Morgoth until the end. Even when Morgoth had grown weak, having carelessly given himself to Arda, and even weak enough for Sauron to have been arguably stronger than him, Sauron never attempted to usurp him. He might have been disappointed by him, but I believe that was more because had Sauron had his way, there would have been better ways for Morgoth to achieve his goals that would not have weakened him the way his choices did. Had Morgoth been more successful with his marring of Arda and had not been captured by the Valar, Sauron would have continued to be his loyal lieutenant. There is something compelling about this kind of loyalty, especially from someone so intelligent, cunning, manipulative, and all the things that Sauron is.

Also, I like to joke around that Sauron is a Whore™ and he probably has the most number of ships in the fandom (we know silvergifting is super popular, and of course the seduction of Ar-Pharazôn and Númenor, he also probably seduced the Nazgûl lbr, and maybe a random hot Rohirrim, you can't convince me otherwise), but I do believe Morgoth was the "love of his life"—or whatever equates to it among, you know, evil beings with evil ends. I don't actually think about Angbang strictly in a romantic sense, although yes, in fact there is a lot of parallels. I dunno! I kid you not when I say I sit and think about Angbang at least a few times a year.

[hinamie]

subject, specimen, spectacle;

should i say that you're dead?

[lotus-pear]

charm stat at debonair ‼️‼️

[zorangezest]

thanks for listening

[egophiliac]

buckle up lads we're going BACK INTO THE BOOK

[thimblings]

get with the Crow-gram, Davrin

[poyopaan]

sometimes you just gain an older brother who tried to kill you like an hour ago

[krillgarden]

besides, if you'd never found out, it wouldn't have bothered you.

[sailorsally]

Good or bad, there will always be supernatural babeyy

[casscainmainly]

Duke insulting Jason Todd for no reason oh Duke nation we are so back

[datcravat]

It seems there's a new lawyer in town!!!

[hinamie]

spiraling

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Vibes based grading system.

(for @epistemologys, who wanted some post-canon, teacher WWX)

[suja-janee]

I’ve been losing my mind over these guys recently

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF Into the pit? More like into the daddy issues

[alexxkresnik]

"You're the only one who has ever believed in me." -- Arven.

What…?

They’d been out here for hours. Alex had dragged Arven out of bed early that morning, wanting to get a head start on their shiny hunt. He was determined to find a shiny Applin - for a very specific, very secret reason - and Arven had agreed to help him. It didn’t take much to get him to agree to go out with him on these silly hunts, so long as he stayed away from Area Zero. 

The sun was starting to set when he finally met back up with him near the entrance of Tagtree Thicket. Alex wouldn’t mind making camp and staying out here all night to continue the search, but he didn’t want to assume Arven would be of the same mind. He’d decided to ask after they had dinner - which Arven was in charge of, after the disastrous first meal Alex had made for him. It was a fond memory, but he was sure he’d scarred Arven that day. 

They’d just finished eating and the night was quiet, save for the few sounds of the Pokemon around them and the fire burning in front of them. His question was all but forgotten once he heard Arven speak. Silence blanketed them for a few moments as he tried to process what was just said to him. It didn’t take him too long to recover, though.

Getting up from where he was seated, he then moved around the fire until he could sit right next to Arven, hip to hip. Reaching out, he gently took his hand in his own, intertwining their fingers. “You’re the one making it easy for me to believe in you. Your compassion… your love and loyalty for your pokemon and the people around you… how thoughtful you are… how much you’re willing to sacrifice…”

A pause, as he tried to keep his emotions at bay and his voice steady. “You sell yourself too short, Arven. Honestly, there’s no one in this world I would trust, respect, and believe in more than you. Not after everything you’ve done for me. I mean… hell, there’s nobody else in the whole of Paldea who would suffer a full week in Tagtree Thicket during the heat of summer just for me and my whimsy.”

Another pause. He’d never been good at picking and choosing the right words to say when it really counted. It felt like he wasn’t getting his point across clearly enough and it was frustrating. “Look, what I’m trying to say is that you’re awesome. And you shouldn’t let anyone - including yourself - tell you otherwise! I’m sure Mabosstiff would agree with me one hundred percent!”