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[I was reminded of this from something in one of the fandom tags] I know it's a good joke when people are like 'haha Thranduil said he heard the people of Lake-town needed aid and so he brought a cart full of kale' but I also think that people in modern culture really underestimate the importance and value of fresh food. (and while we only get a good shot of the front cart, Thranduil brings two carts full of food and bottles.) each cart is also being pulled by four horses, so it's silly to assume that each one is just carrying greens, otherwise each one could have been pulled by one or two horses. we're only seeing the top of the carts, and obviously greens are going to be at the top because they're lightest. we also see some an enormous bag of some sort of grain (seriously look at the size of that bag), so clearly he's brought grain, too. probably also bread. also, I'm not a plant expert by any means, but just based on the way many of the greens are clumped together, I anticipate that some, if not most, are root vegetables that also have edible greens, making them even more useful and versatile (most likely middle-earth equivalents of things like leeks, turnips, rutabaga, kohlrabi, etc). plus these people have nothing, what better than fresh greens that you can eat raw and cook? they can make fires, and can find pots; since Thranduil brought water, vegetables, and grain, presumably they can make soups that can keep people warm and fed with nutrient rich foods. (and not saying that the people of Lake-town could have gotten scurvy immediately, but also good to remember that it's the cusp of winter: without vegetables from Thranduil, these people aren't going to see a fruit or vegetable until at least the next spring/summer when they can forage.) keeping people in disaster scenarios fed with nutrient rich foods is super important for their continued health and ability to survive and do what they need to rebuild/stay strong/etc.

Thranduil & his Elves are smart and also thoughtful and sure you can go 'haha they brought kale', but they brought a ton of food and healthy food, not just days old bread or something.

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'if you were in an accident i wouldn't stop for red lights' is quintessential sigrid for her family and friends.

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“No, no, no. Come now. Don’t despair.” “What would you have us do?”

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i hope you all feel sufficiently booped and loved after boop-o-ween <3

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we think the train that goes outside our office hit something (NOT a living something) or that something's wrong on the track because it's been stopped outside the office for almost half an hour and the driver and conductors are looking under it right between the engine and the first car. and [possibly obviously] it's making me think of Susan and just to reiterate how much Susan hates trains and is intensely afraid of being on or around trains. (she says it happens when your entire family is killed suddenly in a violent train crash and you spend days having to look at body parts to identify your entire family.) Susan could never work in my office where there's a train track right outside. would never could never.

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i always feel like [modern verse] sigrid would have been a candle girlie if she wasn't afraid of fire after her house/entire town was burned to the ground. like i feel like she'd like scented candles for the aromatherapy and to add ambiance. except she doesn't in actuality because fire makes her a little anxious and she's super safe about fires. she'll do a fire in the hearth but she definitely has a really solid fire grate (probably a glass one that sparks can't get through) and when she's around outdoor bonfires she doesn't get too close if it's a big one. she doesn't really like the smell of fire/candles/burning, either. so even though without that one defining incident she probably would have been a candle girlie, because it did happen, she is very much not a candle girlie.

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A new bram stoker short story discovered just in time for halloween?? The great pumpkin is good to us this year, linus was right all along.

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i was just getting to the point where i was like 'ok i think i can try to start writing things' and now i have caught a cold. gdi. it had better go away asap though 'cause on friday i'm getting on a plane to see my brother and i don't want to fly sick but i can't cancel because a) those tickets and the hotel were effing expensive, and b) i haven't seen my brother in a year 'cause he lives in a different country.

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ooc: tl;dr I had a death in my extended family. It was very sudden and unexpected. Someone I'm sort of close to but not very, but someone my mother and brother were both extremely close with. And due to some...complicated...dynamics with other people in the extended family it's been enormously stressful and dramatic and I've been dealing with trying to help figure stuff out all week.