#other people's thoughts

[shallowseeker]

Why don't I screenshot the delightful tags.

Someone said the appeal of Sam n' Cas as frenemies is that they each think they're the SANE one.

And I've been hounded by it for DAYS.

[problemnyatic]

when will we talk about the willful helplessness epidemic on here. So many people on this god forsaken website demand to have any and all things that exist outside their personal experiences directly, personally pre-chewed and spoonfed to them. And when you do, they'll then ask for you to swallow for them, too, because, you see, in THEIR experience..,

[hamletthedane]

The movie Wicked is proof that any source material can be vastly improved by simply making the intense female friendship much gayer + the mutual male love interest both wildly bisexual and lowkey down to just be their third

[evercelle]

it was all so simple then

[yeepof]

Local PHD student at wizard school HARRASSED!! FOR SHAME!!

[druid-for-hire]

[image id: a four-page comic. it is titled "immortality” after the poem by clare harner (more popularly known as “do not stand at my grave and weep”). the first page shows paleontologists digging up fossils at a dig. it reads, “do not stand at my grave and weep. i am not there. i do not sleep.” page two features several prehistoric creatures living in the wild. not featured but notable, each have modern descendants: horses, cetaceans, horsetail plants, and crocodilians. it reads, “i am a thousand winds that blow. i am the diamond glints on snow. i am the sunlight on ripened grain. i am the gentle autumn rain.” the third page shows archaeopteryx in the treetops and the skies, then a modern museum-goer reading the placard on a fossil display. it reads, “when you awaken in the morning’s hush, i am the swift uplifting rush, of quiet birds in circled flight. i am the soft stars that shine at night. do not stand at my grave and cry.” the fourth page shows a chicken in a field. it reads, “i am not there. i did not die” / end id]

a comic i made in about 15 hours for my school’s comic anthology. the theme was “evolution”

[uncanny-tranny]

I think so many people are so deeply alienated from themselves that they have no clue how to exercise their free will and autonomy. For some, this alienation runs so deep that they are afraid of their own autonomy and humanity. It is completely understandable why one would have those feelings, but it can be worrisome.

I want to help others who feel this way, so here are small things I have done to exercise my free will:

Add "guilty pleasure" songs to playlists and actually listen to them (I have a ton of late 1990s-early 2000s music I listen to now proudly that I never listened to in the past out of shame)

Getting the décor item, bath set, bed spread, ect. in the patterns you like, even if it's "childish" (I got a dinosaur-themed wastebasket from the kids' décor section and I adore it)

Taking a new route to get to a place you go to often

Eat dessert first

Celebrate well, and often

Collect things that are "odd" or don't seem like an "acceptable" thing to collect (somebody on my "for you" page collects dandelion crayola crayons and it was so cool!!!!!!)

Incorporate one new piece in an outfit you wear frequently (e.g., a new chain, a necklace, ribbons, bracelets, ect.). Challenge yourself to add onto the outfits if you feel up for it.

Sing along to songs without worrying that you sound "good" or your intonation is completely accurate

Read a book from a genre you weren't allowed to read as a kid (comics, thrillers, mysteries, anything!)

Walk without having a specific destination or goal

Pick up a new craft without expecting yourself to master it or to ever be "good" enough. Get your hands messy.

I don't want to shame anybody for not feeling as though they have free will or that they are exempt from exercising it. However, I wanted to give ideas so that you might read this list and find your own ways to express your intrinsic autonomy and will. You deserve to be a person, to feel alive, not just living. That is what our lives are for.

[myevilmouse]

in fics where luke gets plopped into the prequels i want every jedi within ten metres of him to think hes the weirdest jedi theyve ever seen. he has negative lightsaber form. he doesnt know what a kata is. he handstands when he meditates. his solution to sith is to try and have a chat. hes a political radical who keeps suggesting revolution. you ask him what the jedi code is and he says "kindness and compassion and helping those in need :) ". you ask how he used the force like that and he says some shit about how you are a luminous being limited only by your mind. the councils authority is just a suggestion. he is somehow the new favourite of both qui gon and yoda

[noodles-and-tea]

Just some more thoughts on that jayvik dbh au

[xpurplepiex]

found out about the existence of this pairing like a month ago and im already in love with these two <33

[dunmeshistash]

I've been thinking about it for a bit (and it's probably obvious) but did you notice the giant frog and the tentacles are basically clown fish and anemones? I only realized once someone pointed out to me that the giant frogs have clown fish colors.

And then I realized the tentacles are also classified as "anthozoa" in the AB which is the the class anemones are a part of

The comment about nematocysts is also how it works for anemones, Kui draws a pretty cool graph of how it works too (a little different real ones but conveys the idea well)

I just always thought that was a pretty cool detail that I missed for a while! It's very cool how inspired by real animals Ryoko Kui's monsters are, I'm always amazed by how much sense they make.

[darkwing-ramblings]

@erendur @edennill I thought you two might find this an amusing thought too

I love the idea that Maglor was a famous singer in the years of the trees like imagine you go to war and get killed by Beyoncé

[somerandomdudelmao]

Let me show you one of my original concepts :>

Because. Why not haha👍

Characters refs Masterpost

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[sallieraptor]

can we talk about how AWESOME it is when the light hits nimona's eyes?

It's the same effect you get when you take a flash photo of an animal!!! it is an incredible detail to demonstrate that she is not human !!! I loved it

[darkwing-ramblings]

I mean I'd say he's absolutely following royal elven precedent going on a perilous, reckless and spontaneous but well intentioned quest! The job of elven royalty seems to be being a popular figurehead among their people and also putting themselves on the frontlines facing nearly every threat their kingdom chooses to engage with personally! Is there a high mortality rate among elven royals? Admittedly, yes (not entirely unrelated to the often miserable decisions they have to pick between). This does not make Legolas' position as diplomat to Rivendell less polite as a royal turning up in person to deliver the message still means something (even if the trek across varyingly dangerous lands is pretty standard for elves, particularly royalty).

But honestly even if Legolas doesn't have siblings it absolutely tracks he's wandering around as just some elf whilst being royalty (his father is immortal, it'll be fine probably plus popular vote can decide a new king in a pinch as it did for Oropher): I mean just look at Finrod in First Age Beleriand for a similar example of being approachable and making friends being a great networking technique!

(Legolas could well have a living mother and multiple siblings as far as we know in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings books, he may not be Thranduil's heir, I personally enjoy the idea of him having more than one living family member)

The human kingdoms being so strict among themselves about hierarchies because it's more present history tracks just as much as them being baffled by Legolas' everything given the scarce cultural contact Mirkwood has with other populations. Elves also seem to have less of a class divide given they're all immortal and presumably it's harder to gatekeep wealth and meeting one's basic needs when you're all essentially stuck with each other for an eternity, a low birth rate and many human life times worth of years to acquire useful skills needed to get by relatively self sufficiently.

Legolas is charming in his eccentricities though, I agree. The majority silvan mirkwood/greenwood population don't seem to stand on much formal ceremony.

I think that one of the funniest things about Legolas (especially in the movies) is that he’s literally the only Elvish prince in all of Middle-Earth but everyone treats him like he’s just a random guy. And he ACTS like just a random guy as well which makes it even better