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its important to do this every time a museum or school thinks this is a good idea

#tee hee #companion queuebe

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we talk a lot about ohhhh what if my calling is to be the greatest mammoth hunter ever and I'm wasting my talents in the modern era but we never think about what if Thog from 30,000 BCE was the only person ever born who could get a sub-7min Donkey Kong Country any%, and he never got the chance. what about thog

#what about thog #he deserved better #im sorry thog #companion queuebe

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Love that one scene in Return Of The King that's like "bad news, sauron knows everything pippin knows. good news, pippin knows absolutely fuck all."

#lotr #companion queuebe

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NEW VERSION. :)

#lotr #literally the hardest poll ive ever seen

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this crazy. and i WILL be there

#lotr #just bought tix bb

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verso books has made books on palestine, mass protests, and student rebellions free to download on their website

#signal boost #current events

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#same #oxventure #companion queuebe

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"average dwarf dramatically seduce 3 peoole a year" factoid actualy just statistical error. average dwarf dramatically seduce 0 people per year. Casanunda, who travels the Disc with his step ladder on the lookout for opportunity each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

#discworld #companion queuebe

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Absolutely cursed ship for fellow Pratchett fans:-

Ea-Nasir x Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler

#NEW OTP #discworld #companion queuebe

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I haven’t posted anything for a while on tumblr, music or otherwise, so here’s a little something. It’s one of my older songs with added harmonies! Hopefully now that I’m at school, I’ll be able to start writing and recording more regularly again. Thanks for being patient and for listening!

Lament for Boromir 

(original music, poetry from The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien.)

Aragorn:Through Rohan over fen and field where the long grassgrowsThe West Wind comes walking, and about the walls itgoes.‘What news from the West, O wandering wind, do youbring to me tonight?Have you seen Boromir the Tall by moon or by starlight?“I saw him ride over seven streams, over waters wideand grey;I saw him walk in empty lands, until he passed awayInto the shadows of the North. I saw him then no more.The North Wind may have heard the horn of the son ofDenethor.’'O Boromir! From the high walls westward I lookedafar,But you came not from the empty lands where no menare.’

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Legolas:From the mouths of the Sea the South Wind flies, fromthe sandhills and the stones;The wailing of the gulls it bears, and at the gate itmoans.‘What news from the South, O sighing wind, do you bringto me at eve?Where now is Boromir the Fair? He tarries and I grieve.’'Ask not of me where he doth dwell – so many bonesthere lieOn the white shores and the dark shores under thestormy sky;So many have passed down Anduin to find the flowingSea.Ask of the North Wind news of them the North Windsends to me!’'O Boromir! Beyond the gate the seaward road runssouth,But you came not with the ailing gulls from the greysea’s mouth.’

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Aragorn:From the Gate of Kings the North Wind rides, and pastthe roaring falls;And clear and cold about the tower its loud horn calls.‘What news from the North, O mighty wind, do youbring to me today?What news of Boromir the Bold? For he is long away.’'Beneath Amon Hen I heard his cry. There many foes hefought.His cloven shield, his broken sword, they do the waterbrought.His head so proud, his face so fair, his limbs they laidto rest;And Rauros, golden Rauros-falls, bore him upon itsbreast.’'O Boromir! The Tower of Guard shall ever northwardgazeTo Rauros, golden Rauros-falls, until the end of days.’

#music #lotr #companion queuebe

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Flowers still bloom where Lúthien once walked. Snowdrops and bluebells and lily-of-the-valley. Tol Sirion is touched by greenery. The woods hide patches of eternal spring.

Flowers still bloom where Lúthien walked long after Beleriand is sunk under the waves. Snowdrops, bluebells, and lily-of-the-valley sway in the current. The half-burnt ghost of Doriath is haunted by bird song and crocuses. The fish don’t seem to mind.

#silmarillion #fuck dude #companion queuebe

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um, julia is using the sun to shine light IN my eye while i'm doing the intro,. which i really appreciate on a personal level

- jacob

#as someone with adhd #sometimes julia really seems adhd #drawfee #companion queuebe

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i have a joke. to make. but we have to go back to when karina said senior dog

senior dog? i'd rather pet your dog!

[the longest silence you've ever heard]

- jacob

#drawfee #tee hee #companion queuebe

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#oxventure #companion queuebe

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one thing that i've noticed and begun to seriously appreciate upon rereading the watch novels is --

sam and sybil are not in love when they get married.

they like each other, but they aren't in love. and i think this is why sybil seems to be kind of in the background of men at arms and feet of clay, like, sure, she's his wife and he appreciates her and cares for her but he doesn't love her -- yet.

and i think it's the knitting moment at the end of jingo when it happens to him. like that john green quote about how you fall in love slowly and then all at once? i think the moment when he comes home and she's been trying to knit him socks but she's no good at knitting and so it ends up being a scarf instead of socks -- i think that's the "all at once".

and then after jingo, suddenly sybil matters more to him, appears more in his thoughts, he's so proud of her in the fifth elephant for everything she does (she is such a badass in the fifth elephant), and it's the cigar case she gave him that is what he longs for amd desperately needs to hold onto in night watch, the memory of her. she's much more important to him and his perspective in the later watch books, and yes the doylist interpretation is that sir terry developed the relationship more as he grew as a writer because he didn't feel like he was very good at writing romance, but i like the watsonian interpretation --

that sam vimes was not in love with sybil ramkin when he married her, but instead fell madly in love with her along the way.

#discworld #op you are so right my dude #my guy #my bro #(gender neutral) #companion queuebe #otp

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People with low spoons, someone just recommended this cookbook to me, so I thought I'd pass it on.

I always look at cookbooks for people who have no energy/time to do elaborate meal preparations, and roll my eyes. Like, you want me to stay on my feet for long enough to prepare 15 different ingredients from scratch, and use 5 different pots and pans, when I have chronic fatigue and no dishwasher?

These people seem to get it, though. It's very simple in places. It's basically the cookbook for people who think, 'I'm really bored of those same five low-spoons meals I eat, but I can't think of anything else to cook that won't exhaust me'. And it's free!

#useful #this is for me actually #disability #accessibility #companion queuebe

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#useful #video #disability #accessibility #companion queuebe