#thanks so much!!!

[inthehouseoffinwe]

Something just hit me, what do you think is Tolkien's "summer" in "kind-as-summer"??? Bcs Elrond is kind but.....summer??? Why summer? What is summer for Tolkien bcs I think "spring" - with the way he is usually characterized as "ever-kind-ever-wonderful" should be a better metaphor?

I live in a country that only has summer (and the occasional rain), no winter/autumn(unless u count the hotter dryer times)/spring, and I CAN'T SURVIVE WITHOUT AC!!! In four seasoned countries summer is beaches and vacations. But I don't see the joy in sunbathing when the sun is ALWAYS ON ME! Summer is humid and hot, no clouds to block the hot rays, sweat everywhere (not to mention being in a crowded space).

So "kind-as-summer". Summer is time with most sun, usually good for agriculture, but too much is too little rain, kills those greeneries. Maybe it actually means, Elrond is kind yea, but he sure as hell knows when to pull out his sword - he's knows his self-worth and knows how to not let ppl take adv of his kind heart.

(Love the idea that Elrond's - and Elros's - calmer/whimsical Sindarin roots are balanced with the Noldoran *cough* Feanorian *cough* fiery spirit : remember there's forest fire, but also candle-fire, camp-fire, and hearth-fire)

Hi!! Thanks sending this in! ^^

Ok so I feel like Tolkien was going from what he knew best - English summers.

Especially back then, the only months with truly warm temperatures where people could actually go out and have fun would have been summer months (June-August.) It was probably the only pleasant time of the year with warm breezes and the surroundings finally full of greenery. Idk much about agriculture but I think crops rely on the summer sun and dryer temperatures to properly grow. There’s more danger of a too wet summer than too dry or hot and it causes all kinds of problems. Generally summer is the most gentle and giving season.

Springs meanwhile are cold, stormy, and generally damp. It’s not warm enough for children to play or families to go out without precaution (coats, umbrellas, gloves even.) The sun doesn’t come out for weeks, sometimes months, at a time. The wind is cold enough to freeze you inside out for most of it. The days are still fairly short until May. Plants start growing and you see blossoms but most of them are short lived. It’s not a very kind season tbh.

(Ofc climate change and all that means weather’s going haywire so I’m going by early-mid 1900s England climate which is something I have briefly researched and would’ve been Tolkien’s experiences.)

BUT I love your analysis and it makes total sense for Elrond to be described as Summer for his fire too, hidden away but strikes hard and fast when needed as an all encompassing fire. Only takes a spark to start a forest fire right?

No matter how kind summer is, there’s an inherent fierceness and danger to it.

Just like no matter how kind Elrond is, if you push too far… well. You won’t like what you find. This guy survived some of the most dangerous periods of the First and Second Age for a reason.

(And I love your idea of the whimsical and fiery spirits encased in Elrond! The comforting fire of the Last Homely House, inviting people in away from danger and cold, mixed with the inherently joyous surroundings of laughter and playful teasing we see in the wood elves as a whole! And ofc the pure magical feeling that we definitely would’ve seen in places like Doriath to make that whimsical setting that takes all your stress away. Elrond’s infused it into his realm, he’s really the best mix of it all.)

[anticidic]

Trick or treat? :3

Another trick-or-treater, hello!! Thanks for stopping by, let's see what I have for you! 👻

For a bit of context, this is a Dazai & Chuuya fairytale AU.

ask box trick-or-treat (fic writer edition)

[unethicallypleistocene]

for the ask game:

No powers/human AU

Power swap AU

Victorian-era AU

Reverse meet-cute AU (i.e. they do something painful or embarrassing on first impression)

OOOH these are so good!!

Reverse meet-cute AU: I can definitely see Alden and James doing this! If this is a modern AU too, I imagine Alden as an artisan for historical reenactments and James as a wealthy tourist who stumbles into his workshop and accidentally breaks a very valuable collection of antique glassware. James offers to buy him dinner in a desperate bid to avoid getting permanently banned.

Victorian-era AU: I would love to see Tern bashing around Victorian London! Perhaps they would be tasked with organizing and identifying artifacts in private collections before their arrival at public museums. They have their work cut out for them, what with all the enthusiastic human remains collectors of the time, and with the newly-unearthed Tablet of Ahkmenrah waiting to be put on display, they have a colorful cast of characters to meet.

Power swap AU: I think it'd be so fun to see Blake and Kurt wake up one morning with swapped powers. Kurt getting followed by weeds wherever he walks and rotting every plant in the mansion (and becoming incredibly distressed in the process), and Blake bamf-ing every few seconds uncontrollably, completely lacking any sort of spacial awareness. Hopefully they can get through it together. Maybe physical contact will help...

No powers/human AU: Again, I'll have to subject my poor lad Blake to upheaval. I think he'd absolutely delight in it at first, but it'd quickly set in that he feels completely cut off from the world around him. It'd feel numb and wrong to him. It'd start to crush him. He'd probably write a banger song about it, though.

[vgwater]

Ahh!!!! Ahhh!!!!! 10k followers!!!!

[pregnant-javert]

jean valjean for the character bingo!

Free space: Neeson is the best valjean

[hedwig221b]

This isn't really anything you need to respond to or anything, but I just read your answer to the writing process ask, and I wanted to compliment you on being able to break down your process!

I don't know if you're familiar with John Truby's "The Anatomy of a Story," a craft book about creating a story outline when you basically have only characters or vibes to start with, but your process reminded me so much of his advice on outlining, and that's a huge compliment from me, because his outlining suggestions were the only ones to ever make sense to me. I've always had trouble creating plots to drop my characters into because I would be focusing on them and their world and their wants and needs rather than what would happen if others messed with their wants and needs, and Truby (and by the sounds of it, you) introduced a way to take my characters and turn them into their own exciting stories with real action points and everything. LOL

So, basically, TL;DR: Thank you for sharing this with the class!

[reference post]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! 💗💖💗💖 I'm always willing to share any knowledge with you. Whatever helps a writer in need, you know?

[sparklefurever]

© starbleach, 2011 https://www.deviantart.com/starbleach/art/old-twyla-282073361

[hansooyung]

Top 5 anime?

hello anon!!! this is soooo hard there's so much WAUGH

obligatory not in any order LOL but here we go!!

haikyuu

link click

bsd

jjba

your name

favorite webnovels & manhwa/manhua (SORRY I HAD TOOOOOO)

orv

little mushroom

surviving romance

truth or dare

your eternal lies

[starry-nights12]

I did say I wanted to know them all. So, if still welcome, 'The Firelight of My Eye' intrigues.

YEAH!!

WIP Ask Game questions are still welcomed here!

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It was too people-y down there.

That's why I sat on my favorite tree branch. I marked it with graffiti and carved my initials into it with my pocket knife.

So, yeah. It's been officially my tree branch ever since.

It was high enough to get away from everyone when I wanted some fresh air.

I surveyed the base through my telescope but I couldn't find him yet.

All these faces looked the same to me because they didn't matter to me in the slightest. I just wanted to see him again.

Ekko.

My best friend.

My Little Man

My Angel.

My boyfriend.

We've been dating for two weeks and my latest diary entries are about how he's the best boyfriend I've ever had!

When I was twelve I used to steal glances at him and smiled shyly at him. His personality made him that much cuter. It still leaves me in awe of how an amazing person he is.

I wanted him to be my boyfriend but I could never get the words out. I wanted him to be my first kiss but I was too scared to make a move.

I was too much of a coward to even kiss his cheek. I was worried that he would look at me in confusion at best and disgust at worst. 

It would have been all my fault for making everything awkward and ruining our friendship.

I wanted to grab my child self and shake me by the shoulders and exclaim;

"We did it! Sure, we did terrible things along the way. But we actually fucking did it! We're dating him now!"

And then we'd squeal and high five each other.

She would have also loved to know that Ekko expressed the exact opposite of disgust when I kissed him.

He'll smile at me when I kiss his cheek or when I kissed his mouth, he eagrly reciprocated. His thick, full lips are incredibly soft.

They're everything I ever imagined.

He's everything I imagined about him being a great boyfriend.

[6thofapril1917]

oc moodboard tag game!

thank you so much @hesbuckcompton-baby and @bobparkhurst for the tag. like both helena and george, i've interpreted the "character" slot to be a character who reminds you of your oc, rather than a facecast. i made three of these (whoops)

i'm inviting @lostloveletters and @stfrancisprayer to make their own. mwah <3

oc: maggie zielinski animal: deer place: detroit, michigan plant: wild lupine character: lucy carlyle, lockwood & co season: early spring hobby: scrapbooking color: sage green crystal: calcite food: pierogi

oc: loretta morganelli animal: northern mockingbird place: lincoln park, chicago, illinois plant: bougainvillea character: nina zenik, six of crows season: midsummer hobby: painting color: red crystal: carnelian food: burrata

oc: sarie meyer animal: boerboel mastiff place: fraserburg, south africa plant: aizoaceae character: ruby the instigator, disco elysium season: late summer hobby: dirt biking color: orange crystal: opal food: koeksisters

template:

[williamshamspeare]

Commission I got from @civerlyyy!!! Thanks so much for your time, this came out amazingly

[tapeworrmart]

hi just wanted to say i really really love your art style and i think you're cool! i remember seeing your art of trevor a while back and being like "i bet postal dude in this guy's art style would look sick" and then you drew him and i was like YOOO!!! also i think your oc is kickass and is kinda inspiring me to wanna make my own postal self insert hehe

Ayyyyy thank you so much!!!!!! Honestly when I discovered Postal Dude I was like... Why the fuck haven't I drawn this guy yet. He's is so Trevor flavoured to me, so of course he's been taking over my brain like Trev too.

Also omg PLEASE do it's literally so fun I feel so free rn

[bloodsoaked-rainbows]

for the character bingo - how ‘bout imogen and/or literally any soc character? - @lavender-temult

imogen mah GIRL:

she's just so perfect <3

and for the soc character, I could hardly pick just one, so I went with Kuwei, but I honestly wanna do it for all the rest of 'em so I may do that later 😂

DOUBLE BINGO for my boi!! Idk if my opinions are popular or not, I just feel like I like him more than the average fan

(Send me a character(s) to fill out a bingo for!!)

[casdeans-pie]

Send to 10 other bloggers you think are wonderful. Keep this going to make someone smile. 🪷

Aaahhh this is so cute thank you !!!!!

Uno reverse this right back at you ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[godmerlin]

Hi!! Based on this post of yours, I’m curious, if you could change one thing about the show Merlin, what would it be?

Hi! Thanks so much for this! This is a tough one...the show is so good the way it is. I think that though instead of arthur saying thank you I'd have had him actually say I love you. Not even in a shippy way. I just think it would have really hit hard. Even harder than it did...and it would be so sad to think of merlin living the rest of immortal life having heard those words. That he was seen by arthur, FINALLY, and yes he didn't want him to change because he loved him despite everything. That would have made the tragedy even more sad in my opinion, and while I definitely believe merlin knew that is what he meant...it just wow. It would have been a doozy.

[bruceewayne]

henry cavill, jude law, timothee chalamet? 😊

marry jude, sleep with henry (although i feel like he'd be a selfish lover???? why do i get that vibe??) wait so maybe i should sleep with timmy. and kill henry.

Send me 3 names?