#thats my turin boys!!

[celestinovietti]

pecco bagnaia + celestino vietti in juventus' instagram stories

[to-be-frank-i-dont-care]

Me: oh wow I didn't realize my list of unread books was so huge! huh. Anyway back to reading The Lord of the Rings for the millionth time

[elvesofnoldor]

me reading tolkien’ children of hurin at the age of 13, 14 or whatever, i forget the age, i was a teen ok: it’s a bit too sad? parts of it is a bit too fucked up? but it’s a good tale, i think. 

me reading tolkien’s children of hurin now: i think turin needs to go to therapy instead of ruining elf lives 

[sakasakiii]

What are your favorite romantic ships in the silmarillion, if you ship any?

hoo boy!! i am so so sorry this took like 2 weeks to get back to anon pls forgive me 😭😭 but definitely, i had a lot of fun answering this question, so thank you sm for asking anon!!! ❤️ brace urself tho this is gonna be a long post... 

from the top of my head, my no. 1 fave ship has to be feanor and nerdanel-- ive keyboard smashed abt in tags before, but really, from beginning to end it just breaks my heart?! i love everything about it, from feanor’s attraction to her, to nerdanel’s (initial) ability to keep him in line, and even the circumstances up until the exile are smthn i find so interesting to explore... but really sad too... 

heres some non angsty feanerdanel sketches cuz im in denial abt how it ended 😭 im def in favour of happy endings, so thats why i binge fanfics where feanor gets released from mandos and reconciles with nerdanel lmao. but honestly, i like all interpretations of their relationship so i never grow tired of it! 

some other ships of mine would be:

1. Aegnor and Andreth: dont get me wrong i LOVE tolkien’s canon elf-man couples (beren/luthien, tuor/idril) but A&A’s being the only one where the roles are swapped AND ends tragically is just… oof, professor why !!!  

2. Caranthir and Haleth: in all honesty while i rly liked the concept of them waaaay back when i was new to the fandom, i tried not to ship them cuz i tried to stay faithful to tolkien’s notes of moryo having a wife back in valinor... but then i saw more fanfics/art, decided to forget moryo had a wife, and gave in

3. Turin and Angst: somehow still less uncomfortable than Turin and Nienor lmao pls give the man a vacation he deserves it

4. Fingolfin and Anaire: this doesnt rly count ig cuz tolkien never wrote abt them at ALL so it’s mostly based off my hcs and the content i get off fanfics, but hey… they are the power couple that made fingon, so ofc i gotta bias 💅

5. Melkor and Nienna: a disaster rarepair i just stumbled upon last week, but a theory i saw online that they were intended to be another one of the valar couples (given how all of them are paired up except ulmo/nienna/melkor) is one i find vv interesting! I could ramble on and on abt the implications - maybe in a separate post if i ever venture into the valar side of content one day - but tl;dr this is one ship i prefer ending tragically/unfulfilled/badly just cuz… melkor 

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Does any Hermit vary drastically between your AUs? Like, personality or physique wise?

oho!!! yes!!! doc, ren,etho, iskall, and i believe. so. i co-own the war au (from my friend Chrome) and the voidskall au (from my friend shadow) doc: in the war au, he gets a bit power hungry and violent against the hippies. very mean, lashing out, basically make doc very violent, remove most his good traits since he's so caught up in the disappearance of the nho. in hardcore jungle he is very smart, learning things very quickly and picking up on body movement and cues. he wears a thick green cloak, no lab coat, and his robotics are wrapped in vines. throughout the story i plan to make him go a bit,,, returning back to creeper. like full on feral. redstone soda: he's a tamed creeper, just like the other aus. and has an immense hate for birds and roses/poppies

 etho: redstone soda, he's an aetherkind. i havent done much in the story about it but thats spoilers if i talk bout it here. :). harcore jungle: f as t, precise, a bit cold but long hair with an undercut? m. love. idk about war au and voidskall tho. 

ren: due to me loving ren so much. he. i love he. but in hardcore jungle: ohohoh man. hes a werewolf and nobody knows. hes a feral boy. he is f as t. he is strong. i love he. this man? perfect. except for the fact he wants to murder. war au: OHOHOH MAN. He's like. hes insane at the point the story was last updated. literally.. hes werewolf. he fuckig whimpers himself to sleep oh goD the hippies need hugs in that au. all of them. theyre all going insane from being trapped. oh ofgodogdfg in redstone soda he is a dogman. common knowledge on the server, just a big ol dogy man :) he is friendly. he is huggable. he is dumb but KIND and he can COOK and ;o i love this man. and in uhh.. what else. oh yeah! 

SoTRP and Voidskall!! in voidskall he has two different rens, one from another universe sorta? idk. but there's Den, who is Void!Ren. and there's Phen!Ren, who's a phoenix man :>

 and in SoTRP, he's Phen!Ren as well, amnesia and all because he does not recall there being an icebird!mumbo in this world or kitsune iskall. personality wise? in SoTRP hed bully void into self care. he fucking saved him from dying and :) in an au of voidskall, where Den and Void die due to voidhounds, Ren accidentally kills Den when trying to protect him but actually shoots fire at him. he hides away, and while the other void hermits fight over whos the leader now, he and Avrian (void grian) talk it out. 

Avrian says he should be leader, and due to avrian being the one with the role of appointing new leaders, ren agrees and gets the signature golden tattoo. but he regrets it and hides in the void. but he goes insane, and rips off his feathers, cuts off his wing, just anything to get rid of his bird side. but its useless. he cant  do it. so his feathers start sticking together due to blood, tail feathers turining gold and into one long tail which he also dyes silver, his ear feather solidifying and turning into a horn the color of his skin, and his other wing becoming metallic and curved. 

his skin is blue, hair silvery. he bids farewell to avrian and hops into another universe. another world. because he has a new name. his name is now Den. and hes now an evil hermit in Redstone soda. 

 iskall: war au, hes on a77's side. he has adhd. hes scared of doc. hes just scared for his friends, scared for grian and ren. just scared. but he works for a77, believing his friends will get better. but they dont. Cleo and Joe help him out, they spend time devising a plan to find the hippies. until cleo gets bitten by a zombie horse, hides for a week, and when joe finds her in the snow, bleeding, and now a centaur, iskall panics and goes into the hippie commune, a mask on and ready to find em. he gets chased by a big spider aka ex. ends up close, but unable to find the hippies. 

 hardcore jungle: man. hes scared man. sure, he has the most comfort with bdubs, zloy, pixl, and ely in a treehouse. but hes scared for his friends. scared of the dark :( poor man needs break. 

 SoTRP and Voidskall: thats the name, he's voidskall. hes an ass. hes cold, turned from the void. he hates the voidhounds, wants to escape. but he cant. he has the shackles. but Ren helps the best he can, with his phoenix friend cuddling him sometimes. the heat, the warmth. hes barely felt it, being in the void. but he loves the warmth. also he needs SELF CARE GOSH DAMIG NNSJfksf 

 redstone soda; hes got an evil alternate known as Eskall. eskall despises shad (the nether being). hes been nearly mind controlled by glowshrooms. he knows what hes talkign about. but eskall ticks and fidgets by scratching himself, he cant focus. he accidentally prevents his redstone from working. iskall helps him out throughout the days of s5 loading in. also iskall is given the feathered protector, basically a legendary blade from the aether. he found the blade in the end when end busting with mumbo, but xisuma and siren actually told him what the blade was for and he was like "Ohhhh". 

also he is strong and i headcanon he works out with grian and false on weekends.

 bonus:

 cub: he is neutral in the war au, but he favors the hippies and tries to find them, working himself to sleep. in redstone soda, a part of his soul, disembodied (CubVex/CubBan), has the ability to split people into two (emotions/personality trait wise), and fuse people (eg: Doc and iskall in s5). Cub is aetherkind as well, and finds himself with the hermits in s5, waking up in scars base. because the evil hermits tried to kidnap him sorta, but badtimes was like: ok no not for us. give him to scar.

 scar: redstone soda au. he does not react well with potions. his scars? netherkind dealt those to him. hes been scratched by jellie on his hands. he scratches himself to keep himself awake as well (not healthy guys. but this is also me self projecting so). hardcore jungle au, the vex live in the crystal on his choker. he nearly died from the vex (chapter 2).

 war au, hes docs right hand man. hes just not enjoying the whole thing, but going along with it because hes too afraid to say no, and he is also under the guide that things are gonna be okay. 

 cleo: war au. shes on a77s side. she is a centaur some point through, though this is unwritten. she becomes a centaur because she is bitten by a zombie horse during research. she does not like being a horse. 

 mumbo: war au. hes more on a77s side, but also against, but also sorta not for the hippies. neutral, working against cub. he took as poultry man because he missed grian as well. he took one of cubs drones and with stress's help, he reprogrammed it for himself. also he has gone a bit insane if i say so myself also the meanie took iskalls adhd meds. dont do that folks

 also in redstone soda i will proceed to introduce grian as a shark man. because i love shar ks andi love grian :D whoa h i did not mean for this post to be so long-

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TEENAGE CIRCUS STAR TO CASABLANCA, WAR TORN TEHRAN, TOKYO, JAPAN - THAT'S SHOWBUSINESSS FOR SINGER/DANCER NORMA

Andrew Atkinson talks Exclusively in Part 2 of an interview with Madrid born musician Esteban Fernandez and his wife, singer, dancer and former teenage circus star Norma, who live in Dona Pepa, Alicante.

JOINING the circus aged 15 is a teenage dream for many, performing to packed audiences in 'The Big Top' - that's what Norma Fernandez did! "I joined the circus as a teenager, aged just 15," reflected Manchester born Norma. "I was in the circus as an aerial ballet performer," said Norma, talking over a coffee at Bar Charly in Los Montesinos, Alicante, with husband Esteban. Norma revealed an early career in the circus was to be just the start of a star studded life in show business. After Norma's time in the circus she became part of a dancing duo with friend Debbie and travelled throughout Europe. "I lived in Casablanca, Morocco and also starred on a Moroccan television show, with Debbie," said Norma. "I first met Esteban while I was working with Debbie, singing as a duo, in the south of Iran, in Khorromshar, which today doesn't exist," said Norma. "After we finished the contract we went to work in Italy for nine months. It was only after, when we went to work in Beirut, that I met Esteban again, working with his band 'Esteban and The Debutants', in a very exclusive club called Venus," said Norma. Norma, who got married in Beirut, Lebanon, said: "It was beautiful. We played there - before the war - in a duet with Debbie." From a teenage circus dream to a star studded lifetime alongside Esteban, Norma's memories include that of Frank Sinatra in Tokyo, Japan, at the famous Copacabana club; to Sammy Davis jnr, Johnny Mathis, and Ike and Tina Turner. "When we finished working in Japan and returned to England we decided to form a trio, with myself, Debbie and Esteban, called 'The Debutants'," said Norma. "We worked throughout the UK and in Europe, countries that included Italy and France," said Norma. "We worked in Torino, Turin, at the famous Moulin Rogue," said Norma. During their time in Naples, Norma was seven months pregnant: "It was at an American base in Naples I was pregnant with my first child Martin," said Norma. "Martin is a musician in his own right today, a very successful professional, as a singer and piano player. Having initially started playing drums as a child," said proud Norma. "After I had son Martin, Esteban got a contract with his new band 'The Latin American Boys' in Iran, and later we joined him there," said Norma. "When we finished the contract there we were caught up in the war and the Revolution. We couldn't get out. "Our hotel was surrounded by tanks. We were told we couldnt leave and remained there for thirteen days. There were tanks in the road - we were confined to our room," said Norma. "Thankfully arrangements were finally made to board a plane. One came - and we had five minutes to board and get out of Tehran - at 4am in the morning. "We were lucky that we managed to board a plane to Dubai - and safety," said Norma. Ironically their plight was on Bonfire night - November 5 - and everything was on fire! Norma revealed she was also involved in a gunpoint incident in Turkey with Debbie - during the war - and being under a curfew: "One night a gun was pushed into our backs, but we were told we weren’t going to be shot!," recalled Norma." "We were told not to go out. We did it for the 'devilment' - and told that we were very lucky!," said Norma.