#my collection post

[applysome]

Alex Turner wearing The Shirt™️

For @uhbasicallyjustmilex who introduced me to said shirt and coined the affectionate nickname 💖

Credit: Pinterest via meitalpo (thank you @alexturner2005 for providing the correct source 💕)

[andhaveapleasanttomorrow]

[mikimuun]

bill gets reincarnated!

[xx-k1tsun3-k1d-xx]

the mobile phone museum is a online museum featuring over 2000 types of old and funky phones that’s amazing for seeing old phones and getting info about them for stuff like writing/art or just because they’re so cool and i love them look at them

behold! some of my favourite silly creatures :3

[catgirltitties]

[soappox]

they're amusing to me

[shiny-eyed-corvid]

an assortment of things I found on the ground at Ren Faire this weekend

[sorrelpaws]

Same eye color

[mawklee]

jerma plays l.a. noire

[jakkenpoy]

assorted iceburg doodles

[ruushes]

assorted bat practice... on top of everything he has the audacity to be hard for me to draw

[applysome]

Alex Turner on his knees: a collection. Part one

Credit: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

[temeyes]

POV: you're an enemy goon in MW2022's wetwork level (based on this post LOL)

[strange-aeons]

SO I MADE MY FIRST REAL FILM

These are screencaps from my short documentary Vulture Culture: Creating Afterlives which I finished TODAY!!!!!

I'm going to be applying to some local film festivals before releasing it online but hopefully there will be ways for you guys to watch it in the coming months

[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.

[elirium]

what i think people mean when they say they "want to squish my art"

how i keep reading it