#most valiant

[ir20232023]

Not brute force, but nobility is the symbol of real hardcore

Continuing my personal Nolofin week to pay tribute to a great character created by Tolkien.

I wrote this on another site and I will write it here. Fingolfin is the most hardcore character. He is the one who crossed the Helcarax and took personal responsibility for this incredibly difficult crossing. Some thought that he would just turn back, but this is Fingolfin, he could not do that.

But there is another point that speaks of him as a badass. Fingolfin was the first Elf whose life was in danger in Valinor. He is brave enough to face it without blinking an eye. And he is magnanimous enough to forgive such an act.

I have come across the point of view that the badass in this situation is Feanor. But no. Fingolfin was unarmed. His opponent was armed, although there was no need for it. Not brute force, but nobility is the symbol of real hardcore.

He combines the best qualities of the epic heroes of Hellas, King Arthur and Scandinavian berserkers. The essence of the character is built on the theory of northern courage. This is a very hardcore idea, to fight evil, even if the forces of good do not win.

[ir20232023]

For me it will always be Fingolfin. He is awesome. His achievements are unsurpassed.

Is Elrond a high king of the Noldor?

[xyl4-4444]

Here are some Pokemon doodles on the cobblemon discord sever to end off April, I you know you know

[theygender]

TLT fans: did you guys know about the real Wake? I hadn't heard about her until we covered World War II in my world civ class this semester

Nancy Grace Augusta Wake (1912-2011) was a covert operative who was at the top of the Nazi's most wanted list in WW2, nicknamed "The White Mouse" for her ability to repeatedly evade capture. She was born in New Zealand with Māori heritage, grew up in Australia, and joined the Resistance after traveling to Europe and witnessing the harsh treatment of Jews in Vienna by the Nazis

Wake worked in the Pat O'Leary Line escape network until her Resistance organization was compromised by the Germans in 1942. After that she fled on foot across the Pyrenees—with several close calls that she escaped by flirting with German soldiers—and made her way to England to join the Special Operations Executive. She was part of a three person team codenamed "Freelance" which parachuted into occupied France. During this operation she got stuck in a tree after her parachute became tangled in its branches. The local Resistance leader who found her reportedly said “I hope that all the trees in France bear such beautiful fruit this year" to which she replied "Cut out that French bullshit and get me out of this tree"

While working in the Freelance operation Wake once biked 500 km (310 mi) without stopping in the span of 72 hours across Nazi territory to retrieve a new radio and codes after her team's were destroyed in a Gestapo raid. Without this feat, Freelance would not have been able to communicate with London and there would have been no more supply drops to support their Resistance organization. During the war she was also part of a raid which destroyed the Gestapo headquarters in Montluçon, in which she reportedly killed a Nazi sentry with her bare hands to prevent him from raising an alarm

Wake's fellow operatives described her as "a real Australian bombshell. Tremendous vitality, flashing eyes. Everything she did, she did well. She was an excellent shot, excelled at fieldcraft and put the men to shame by her cheerful spirit and strength of character." "She is the most feminine woman I know until the fighting starts. Then she is like five men." "We both came to the conclusion that she was 10 times the man I would ever be"

By the time of her death in 2011, Wake had been awarded the George Medal by Britain; the Medal of Freedom by the United States; the Médaille de la Résistance, the Croix de Guerre (x3), and the Légion d’Honneur by France; and the Badge in Gold by New Zealand. Due to a complicated relationship with Australia, she originally refused to accept any awards from the Australian government, saying that they could "stick their medals where the monkey stuck his nuts." In 2004, however, she accepted the honor of Companion of the Order of Australia as well

[doodle-do-wop]

(I'll draw this later)

Team V:

Stina:

Team V:

Stina: IM NOT SAYING 'GREAT JOB TEAM' THIS MEETING WAS SHIT!!

[ir20232023]

Until the end of my days it will always be Fingolfin. The one who will go into any fight for the sake of his people. Star in the night.

[blotsjunkyard]

Help me manifest: I will shut down my laptop and go to sleep now. I will not complete this in one sitting. Starting fresh and immediately doing lighting would mean this would be awesome compared to my regular art—that I finish in one sitting.

Amen.

[sailforvalinor]

Well that was delightful, so so so so cute

[janamensch]

Woah Ser Valerie… There’s rose petals in the air when she fights!

[courtsees]

not to be shady but how does one not clock that them repeating "mary-anne" was an allusion to his alleged femininity/a dig at him being gay in some capacity

[000marie198]

Imagine if in the Olympic games series. The Tails Squad were participants

You just know most of the other participants will sit aside and let them have their fun.

The squads' competitiveness amongst each other and support to the point of multiple tiny teams is highly entertaining to watch.

[ir20232023]

One quick thought

If even your defeat looks like a victory in the eyes of many people, then you are incredibly hardcore.

[player-1]

Me (unfortunately) peaking back into the Limbus Company tag: So...How is everyone prepared for Don's Canto?

Book/audiobook links below (for Don and future Cantos)

-Don Quixote (Book & Audiobook)

-The Stranger (Book & Audiobook)

-Hell Screen (Book & Audiobook)

-Dream of the Red Chamber (Book & Audiobook)

-The Oddysey (Book & Audiobook)

-Faust (Goethe and Marlowe book & Audiobooks 1 and 2)

[ask-valiant-victory]

(@ask-sarah-and-co) sarah @ ??? (feel free to use her pokemon form!)

“Ooh, a puzzle!” She leans over the zoroark, “You must be good at puzzles, this one looks pretty hard.” She glances at the other boxes, “Do you like doing them as a… uh, hobby?”

Valiant stared blankly at Sarah for a long and uncomfortable amount of time, he looked... like he was trying to process what she just asked. It took an even longer amount of time for him to finally happily chirp back up with a reply.

"Perhaps you can inform me of the definition of a 'HOBBY'? But if you are attempting to ask the reason for me doing these puzzles that is quite simple!"

He quickly turned back to his puzzle and promptly began sorting through the pieces, "Arceus doesn't like when I stand around and stare, they informed me that it was very 'creepy' that I stared off for hours. So now I do puzzles." "I have tried many other activities however, I find I often struggle with other tasks. I do not know why, perhaps there is something wrong with me. I find puzzles straightforward and predictable. They don't cause me to hesitate, to stare, maybe one would call it 'frustration' but I cannot feel that. So I would not know." If he could sigh... or possibly feel discontent he would have likely done so, but he only sorted through the pieces with a blank expression on his face. "Sometimes I like to think about what it would be like to be a normal mortal. Maybe then if I was, I could do those things."

"If there's one task I wish I was able to do, perhaps it would be..." He made an odd gesture. "The stick that creates the words and pictures. It seems very fun."

[oblivionsdream]

lady knight save me,,,lady knight,,,save me lady knight

Saoirse: Fear not, I will always save a damsel in need

[the-husbando]

This one was so fun :3