#my boy going all in

[subtile-jagden]

Wir Nationalisten glauben an keine allgemeinen Wahrheiten. Wir glauben an keine allgemeine Moral. Wir glauben an keine Menschheit als ein Kollektivwesen mit zentralem Gewissen und einheitlichem Recht. Wir glauben vielmehr an ein schärfstes Bedingtsein von Wahrheit, Recht und Moral durch Zeit, Raum und Blut. Wir glauben an den Wert des Besonderen.

Ernst Jünger

[We nationalists do not believe in general truths. We do not believe in universal morality. We do not believe in humanity as a collective being with a central conscience and uniform law. Rather, we believe in a most acute conditionality of truth, law and morality through time, space and blood. We believe in the value of the particular.]

[hallucxnating]

Got too lost in the sauce now it's 3am

And a bonus turbokarun

[neveroceanblvd]

he might be the love of my life

[demaparbat-hp]

He truly did.

[hinamie]

I'll rip in hands and teeth and take a bite

[lil-lemon-snails]

sometimes you just need to hear it v some stills below the cut v

[nyanrial]

making little snowmen ⛄⛄

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

It's just guys night talk! Don't worry about it!

(Read Tiger Tiger and shake this man awake so he can finish that thought!)

[autumn-may]

Mostly spoiler free summary of my viewing experience

[egophiliac]

he did it! 🐍 and it only took...uhhh...well, there probably could've been less punches, but why hold back!

PUNCHES FOR EVERYONE

[ngatwa]

I know how you feel about him. I watch you, Agatha. Just as closely as you watch everyone else. This walk with another woman's son on a road that doesn't…

[grilledcheeseandgravityfalls]

wild few days to be a casual watcher fan

[3twindragons]

[canarydraws]

Andromeda 💙💜🩷

[demaparbat-hp]

*pats Zuko's head* This bad boy can fit so many near-death experiences.

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Read For the Spirits Chapter VIII here!

[afanofmanyhats]

One of my favorite things about Tolkien's writing is that he has a very specific, recurring trope. For lack of a better term, I'm dubbing this the Tolkien Wife-Guy.

This is mainly obvious in the Silmarillion, but Tolkien loves to write couples where the man is a notable individual- nobility, commits a great deed, or both- but the wife is at least equally notable, if not more beloved or powerful. Manwe is the king of the Valar and Eru's main representative in Arda? Everyone loves Varda more, and Melkor fears her more than his own brother. Elu Thingol is the king of the Silvan Elves? His wife is Melian, whose Girdle is the magic that keeps Morgoth's forces at bay. Beren is a chief among the Edain, who befriends animals and survives one of the most nightmarish places in Beleriand? His wife is Luthien.

Even in Lord of the Rings we see this occur, though the couples are on more even footing. Tom Bombadil is... Tom Bombadil, but Goldberry is the River-daughter, and Tom adores her above everything else, and the hobbits are completely taken in with her when she's their host. Similarly, while Celeborn is a mighty lord among Elves, Galadriel is one of the only Noldor in Middle-earth who saw the Two Trees, and her hair inspired Feanor to make the Silmarils, not to mention her own accomplishments in the war against Morgoth. Aragorn is the king of Gondor and Arnor, but Arwen is the Evenstar of the Elves, the descendant of three(?) different royal Elven lines. And Faramir becomes the Steward of Gondor and is one of the noblest men alive, but Eowyn killed the Witch-king, so you know. She got the grander moment for the saga.

But with (most) of these couples, we never get the impression that the man views his wife as Less-Than, or as a junior partner. Thingol is the main exception to this in how he dismisses Melian's counsel, and that's made out to be his foolishness within the text. Otherwise, Manwe treats Varda as his co-ruler, Beren never tries to downplay Luthien's achievements, and I'm pretty sure most of Tom Bombadil's dialogue is about how gorgeous Goldberry is. It's really sweet.

All of these examples really testify to how much Tolkien loved his wife. People rightly point to Beren and Luthien as the prime example of that, but I think you can find it in these other couples too. Even though Edith is mainly known to history as Mrs. Tolkien, it's evident to me that Jirt saw her as a whole person worthy of admiration outside of being his wife.