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Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes aka The Winter Soldier

Exclusive Outtake from Captain America: The Winter Soldier

I no longer have Twitter to post these on so I'll be asking my friend who owns https://sebastian-stan.com (https://x.com/sebastiansfan) to post them for me.

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Eowyn is finished, and my Lavender and LOTR series is officially a series!

Adapted from the patterns Celtic Spring and Celtic Winter by Marilyn Leavitt-Inblum

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YQY shrugging off sex pollen like a champ because his xianxia SSRI’s haven’t let him experience libido in 34 years and he’s not about to start now

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Tencent it's not too late for you to make a scum villain period tracking app

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I really want more versions of the second age where, instead of Celebrimbor being like, distrusted or fringe or whatever, and that's why he's in off in Eregion and no ones paying that close attention, it's actually the opposite.

Gil-Galad is ignoring Eregion because that's the one place he can count on to be stable and well-managed. Celebrimbor is an experienced leader and his followers are pretty moderate.

Meanwhile he's balancing Galadriel, who while competent is only 'sane and moderate' when judged against other the Finweans who crossed over to Beleriand. She's never killed a werewolf with her teeth, therefore she's the normal one.

And then there's the faction being led by Elrond. Who is sane but also barely an adult by elven standards. Also, his faction would be composed of some combination of die-hard feanorians (look I think he'd take in the ppl he grew up around, regardless of how you interpret his feelings about his childhood) and die-hard nolofinweans (the survivors of Sirion are always going to be ride or die for this man) People who would really like to kill each other, except they all agree that Elrond should be king rather than Gil-Galad, and are waiting for Elrond to give the slightest indication that he wants to be.

Frankly, Gil-Galad isn't worried about Eregion because he has way bigger problems. And, oh what's that? Celebrimbor sent him a gift? Oh what a lovely ring! And there's a note attached, I wonder what- Oh. Oh No.

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Findëkano *newly Fingon*: Look I"m just saying it would be really funny

Maglor *previously Kanafinwë*: OH FINNO FUCK OFF I"M NOT MAKING MY SINDAR NAME FUCKING GONFIN

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Ndanitharo (Denethor), the leader of the Nandor in Ossiriand.

Definitely the most obscure Tolkien character that I have cosplayed so far.

Cosplay & edit: Foedhrass

Photo: little_solnyshka

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The most beautiful minds of our generation are posting fan fiction on archiveofourown.org

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I know I've said it before but every rewatch I do cements this thought further - elijah wood's performance in LOTR is absolutely insane, they really had a character whose name means "wise by experience", hired an 18-year-old to do it, and he delivered so much that not only is it a beautiful and moving role on its own, it's a performance equal to those of the absolute powerhouses he played side by side with like ian holm and ian mckellen. to name just a few

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"My king ah, my king, this is the will of the heavens-"

Don't blame me.

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waugh i miss blorboposting. why must i be in law school. i fear i cannot ethically blorbo post about Justice Michael Kirby

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it's so funny how yujin is like my dad doesn't even care i'm at this stupid revenge birthday party and then it immediately cuts to marquis yan showing up outside ready to cause an international incident just to pull him out of there

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I don’t think Maedhros stopped praying when he left Valinor, even once the Valar had forsaken his family and banished them. Maybe it was habit maybe it was comfort but I don’t think he stopped.

Nor do I think he stopped when he was captured by The Enemy. I think it became his sole source of hope that someone who cared would hear him and free him one way or the other and in a sense that prayer was answered.

I don’t even think it stopped when Fingon died. I think Maedhros prayed he’d find peace and safety in Mandos. I think he prayed he’d be home safe soon. I think he was grateful that no matter the end the person he loved most was at last out of harms way.

No he stopped praying after Doriath. The night he lost so much. The night he lost three brothers. The night that Celegorm bled out in his arms going out of the world quietly, in stark contrast to how he entered it. But it was not those deaths that stopped his prayers, he knew his brother’s wrongs, the harm they’d done. He knew with as much pain as it brought him they deserved it.

He stopped praying when he lost two little boys in the woods. When in desperation with tears freezing on his cheeks he called out with the simplest prayer you can “please.” He was met only with the bite of the frost and the cold moonlight and the colder indifference of gods that claimed to be loving. When Fingon had reached out in a moment of need despite his own banishment an eagle had been sent. To save Maedhros’ wind and war torn soul. But when Maedhros asked them to save two little princes lost in the woods there was only silence and contempt.

Yes I think he only stopped praying after that. When he was good and sure he was alone.

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Regardless of whether you like him or not, I think there's no denying that Fëanor doing All That, then promptly getting himself killed five minutes after setting foot in Middle-earth is truly iconic. RIP king.