#mae muses

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If you could write any scene to add to the Hobbit movies what scene would you write and why?

Ooh that's a good one! I think they're pretty good as they are. I've been reading the book and while there are things that are left out in the movie, there's also a lot of things that the movie adds that makes the background dwarves feel more real and fleshed out. I don't even care if they're like, every basic character trope at once, it's so fun

One thing that always makes me mad is how Fíli is overlooked so often and sometimes it seems like they give his lines to Kíli just because he's "the cute one" (he is but so is his brother!!!) and they want him to have more screentime. The instance that always sticks in my head is Kíli confronting Thorin shortly after he's been freed from the dragonsickness, like Kíli has every right to say that but Fíli doubly so, considering he is the heir to the throne of Erebor. So I would add more Fíli content (speaking of which I should write more fics exploring his personality since none of the writers wanted to give him any apparently).

I might add something about how often Bilbo ends up having to be carried on someone's (often Dori's) back, or a glimpse into the society of the Eagles like we get in the book. If and when I finish the book, I'll reblog this and let you know if there's anything else I want added lol

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I try really hard to do this. Do I do a good job? This is all for my readers, so please be honest with me, I want you to have the best experience possible!

Being inclusive with your reader insert fic is a kindness. It tells people of color (poc) that you are considering someone who does not look like you in your fic. It shows love and dedication to our craft. It tells poc that they belong here too and they can see themselves in your story.

Poc aren’t look for activism in fic, we know fandom isn’t that serious, but we should be able to have that same level of escapism when we turn to fic and fandom. We belong here too. This space is for everyone, not just one group of people.

Just to give a few examples of how simple it can be: say “skin warmed” instead of blushed, say “cradled your head” instead of running fingers through hair, say “angles yourself to kiss” instead of standing on tiptoes, use italics to indicate Spanish to take out a throwaway line of “you didn’t understand Spanish” things like that. Small changes that do not impact the fic at all but make a world of difference in inclusivity!

And for anything you can’t/don’t want to change, simply add warning in the beginning. Things like hair descriptors, anything reader might wear, some backstory for reader (especially involving family or where the story is set), readers job, things like that. A lot of times just having that heads up before the fic makes a world of difference!

And one example of kindness we as writers always worked to change: until recently (just a couple years ago) it wasn’t common to label the gender of the reader. But those who aren’t female asked writers to label it so they know which to read and which to avoid, and now it’s common to label the gender/pronouns of the reader. So it is possible! It just takes effort! And I’m a writer myself so I know it can be done!

We can pretend to be a bartender or a bounty hunter or an actress or anything else. But we shouldn’t have to imagine we’re a white one.

[shield-and-saber]

u know what would be really fucked up and sad?

if osha kills sol the same way that sol killed her mother - a saber to the gut, out of fear and instinct, thinking she's doing the right thing bc she was misguided

if osha kills sol the same way that sol killed her mother, and mae is forced to watch it happen all over again, forever trapped in the cycle of death that the jedi bring

[butcharium]

Present from my father which he got for me in the states!

[imarvelatstars]

so the solmae x reader fic went over better than i thought it would!!

how do we feel then about philosophy professor sol x his jaded ex TA mae x mae's dorm roommate reader

[angclvings]

[ open to m + f ]

── she may be getting drunk, if anyone wants to join her

[lxmitlxss]

" what even is going on. "

[ruindgod]

go through a morning routine, and i'll tell you WHAT KIND OF NPC YOU ARE QUIZ

DOLLY KEMPER IS : the goofy but well loved bard

you are here for a good time, dude, and the rest of us are right there with you. you are very well liked, whether it be by the masses or just by some odd party of adventurers who met you and immediately decided that you were their favorite person ever. you are very talented at a specific craft and are either willing to forgo more traditional paths to pursue it or desperately want to. i feel like there's a good chance that for the sake of the plot and emotional poignancy, you might get killed off, but just know that it was done because of how much people love you. don't know how much of comfort that second half might bring, but do with this information what you will. if your storyteller decides that you do get to live a long and happy life (as you deserve), know that the resolution to your story and the knowledge that you get a happy ending is the thought that brings a sense of comfort and definitely a tear or two to the eyes of those who care about you the most.

tagged by: @yearnstarved <3 tagging: steal it...

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Safe in Hell (The Lost Lady) (1931) William A. Wellman

May 16th 2023

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Concerning Dwarvish Eyesight

I'm aware that Thorin's eyesight is a bit of a joke (I just got to the point in the Hobbit where he says that he thought 12 yds was 30 at least, yadda yadda)

But it got me wondering about dwarvish eyesight.

To me, it would make sense if they had poor distance vision and possibly poor color vision, but excellent night/low light vision and excellent ability to detect motion. I could also see them seeing into the infrared or ultraviolet spectrum, I'm not sure which would be more useful for living underground, foraging, and mining though.

Thoughts?

[outofangband]

follow up to my post on BoLT Aerin I just wanted to add that I was actually wrong about Tolkien describing Airin (her name in BoLT) as “of the long hair” as being without reason. I checked the appendix and Aerin has a name in BoLT from Gnomish, that is, proto-Noldorin*

the name is Faiglindra meaning having long hair, especially used of women. The relevant parts are also used primarily in given names. 

Aurfaiglin** by the way means “the sun at noon” and is a word specifically listed in the appendix as relating to Aerin’s Gnomish name. @that-angry-noldo I thought you might like that bit. 

In my defense SO much of BoLT is just completely wild anecdotes and scenes that are never mentioned again or elaborated on (some fun examples being -Húrin successfully praying to Manwë once when Túrin is captured and Manwë intervenes only for this, this is one tiny paragraph, Brodda being Húrin‘s evil second cousin or something who is simultaneously extremely popular but also everyone hates him/the whole cow thing, Maedhros’s bizarre capture and release and his being tortured over making jewelry, etc Thanks, Tolkien)

ANYWAYS, I was wondering recently how many of the Hadorians spoke Quenya, Húrin at least speaks some but I don’t think it was widely spoken among their people. I was wondering this because I found a great name for the baby goat I gave Aerin but I can’t make a Sindarin translation :/

*unlike later Noldorin, Gnomish and early Noldorin are actually more similar to Beleriand Sindarin than Quenya 

**you can see some mild relations to Faelivrin there, ai being more commonly used in proto Noldorin/proto Sindarin/early Quenya where ae is later for example Maidros in early Quenya and Gnomish becoming the Sindarin Maedhros 

Related post of Aerin’s name

[dairogo]

5 for the Hughes, 42 for Royai, and 35 for Fuery/Sheska!

Oh, the Hughes! :') 5. Do they argue often? If so, what do they argue about?

Not often, but just because Maes mooned over Gracia and Elysia constantly doesn't mean everything was perfect at home! When Maes lashed out it was big, loud, emotional responses. He tried to keep Gracia separate from Ishval - he never wanted her to be tainted by the life he and other soldiers led there - and so once (hc) when she cleaned a drawer where he'd hidden some of his correspondence with a war buddy, he blew up at her in a major way. It was verbal not physical, but very much like a feral animal trying to protect itself (he doesn't want her to see any of that), and Gracia backed off at the time but afterwards they had Big Words together about his behaviour.

When Gracia argued with him, it was just like scolding a puppy. ("Maes, calm down - my sister's wedding isn't the right place to talk about how amazing our wedding was in comparison.") She spoke calmly and clearly - and most of the time she was right and he had to back down about the situation, but sometimes she'd start scolding him and Maes knew he was in the right. He'd just persist in his argument until Gracia realised how ridiculous she was being, and she'd get pretty embarrassed. And Maes thought that was really cute. He liked arguing with her when she was wrong - but when he was wrong, it crushed him (very momentarily) to have disappointed her.

Then for Royai, 42. What’s their relationship like with each other’s friends/families?

Well, we've seen Roy interact with all of Riza's family, lol, so briefly about that: Master Hawkeye and General Grumman both look/looked on Roy in the same way - wanting to further their own obsession through him. No wonder H and G didn't get along - they're both so ambitious they wouldn't have been able to compromise for each other.

For a long time, Riza's relationship with Chris Mustang is mutual respect from a distance. Riza is actually really intimidated by Chris - the idea of touching on Roy's personal life strongly enough to meet his family feels forbidden in and of itself, but Riza's scared to face the woman who brought up that idealistic boy when Riza was the one to put a weapon of mass destruction into his hands. She's ashamed.

From Chris' perspective, Roy and Riza are both kids in the same terrible boat, and she's just happy her nephew has found someone who makes him happy. And who enables his scheming - Chris loves scheming, after all.

Roy's sisters love Riza to pieces, but she's scared of them all for a combination of reasons (guilt and too introverted).

And finally, for Feury/Scieszka - 35. Is their relationship a secret? If so, why?

No! They're out there openly dating. There was never a chance to be secret about it, because technically they were supervised for their entire first date. Scieszka ran into the group when they were all at lunch together, and Breda - who knew her from a few intel gathering trips - loudly announced, "You two would get on great. You should date." Feury and Scieszka had been just introduced at that point and they got really embarrassed. They might have just gone their separate ways, but Breda mentioned it to Feury a few times a week for the next month and when Scieszka happened to run into them at lunchtime again, Havoc got talking to her and distracted her long enough to get her to sit down with them, across from a very red Feury. Then Breda told her Kain was interested in finding a particular book about telecommunications, and as she started talking about it, Breda and Havoc just ... slowly slid down the bench ... Then from about two metres away they observed the rest of the date and hissed out hints to Feury about how to keep the conversation going until Feury found his footing.

At the wedding, even though the best man was Feury's younger brother, Havoc and Breda strongarmed their way into making a speech and they called it "the best relationship either of us has ever started."

[hyakkiyagy0]

tamamo-no-mae approaches @historiavn ...

A long, deep inhale, hands delicately moving along the sides of the tea cup. The kitsune was careful, not wanting to disturb the delicate process of the ceremony. Especially not with such an important guest in her court.

The room was silent, minus the faint hiss of the incense crackling nearby. Every now and then, quiet footsteps would shuffle past their door, but would not enter. Nobody dared to disturb this concubine when she was at work.

There were whispers of Tamamo-no-Mae's true identity. That she was a witch, or a kitsune in disguise. Slowly poisoning the Emperor. But that remained to be seen.

For now, she just smiled slightly at the visitor, pouring tea for them while also delicately holding her long, intricately patterned sleeve away.

"Please allow the tea to settle before sipping. You'll want the best flavor profile, believe me." Tamamo-no-Mae hummed.

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@blademoxley20 liked for starter

"Hi Riku! Long time no see! I heard good news from Roy! You'll be a father soon! That's great news!"

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[etcnnante]

i get immense satisfaction out of turning my non-jojo muses into stand users because they’re like my little dolls that i can mess around with . and no one can stop me