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My Humble Opinion: Nicola Coughlan is hands-down the prettiest of the main actresses on Bridgerton.

My New Obsession: I would really love to see her as young Celebrian matched up with Robert Aramayo's young Elrond.

I've often seen Celebrian being imagined by her fans as a shorter and curvier-figured elf, which I also love, so this fancast doesn't seem off-base.

But it's okay if no one agrees with me. This has become a vividly clear thing in my head now. Young Elrond and Young Celebrian are meeting and falling in love in the Second Age and it's so pure and beautiful. I'm inspired.

I may have also just seen the trailer for Bridgerton S3 and I'm vibrating with excitement for the Polin storyline.

#sotwk fancast #elrond #celebrian #nicola coughlan #robert aramayo #rings of power #rop #tolkien #bridgerton #bridgerton season 3 #bridgerton s3

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Yeah I'm gonna make a resolution to never let a 0 note post pass my way. No matter how random their thought or content (assuming it's nothing obviously toxic), everyone here is going to feel seen every time they open their mouth, dammit.

0 note flops only get funnier the more followers you accumulate, like shooting with precise aim and skill a perfectly straight line through an ever increasing line of axe heads directly into the trash

#no one deserves zero notes #engage with posts #keep Tumblr social the way its meant to be

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Ditto! I get pretty sad when a close Mutual deactivates or simply goes dark/inactive. But that's why I try to interact as much as possible with those Moots so they (hopefully) feel wanted and appreciated. Because they are. ❤️ I also agree that everyone needs to do what is healthiest for them, though.

Someone I very much like and enjoy seems to have deactivated today, and I may not get to interact with that person again as a result. Digital life is so ephemeral, y’all. I appreciate each and every one of you for as long as you’re/I’m here, and I wish you absolutely nothing but the best if you decide you have to move on. But I’ll miss you, too.

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Can't draw for shit (yet), but I did have the exact set of colored markers for this, so.

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#derpy lil Pink Dino #sotwk does art #cute stuff #stuffies

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Dear Friends Who Tag me in WIP Games:

Thank you for including me, but unfortunately, I am rarely able to participate in these games because my WIP List/Folder is a raging dumpster fire of chaos that I will probably never have yet to successfully get in order.

But please do keep tagging me in those games because I always love to see what you're working on!

Sincerely,

Writer Still Buried in the Avalanche of Her Own Fic Ideas (send help)

#tag games #wip game #wips #writer problems #ao3 #writers on tumblr #writer stuff #writer things

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Every time Scylla recs my fics I feel like a small business owner in a brutally competitive market, being saved from obsolescence by a handful of loyal customers! XD Thank you thank you thank you!

PS. I too highly recommend Watching, Wanting by @minaturefics!

Happy Friday, Fellowship! 💛

Fic recs are the best way to help promote someone else’s works! Find some of your favorite fics, they could be WIPs, completed, old, new, whatever you want to share, and rec at least (1) of them for us and your followers to see! Who knows, it might just be the fic someone out there is looking for!

Bonus: tag the author (if possible) and share with us why you are recommending this fic!

#i have the best mutuals #lotr fic recs #tolkien fic recs #thorin #boromir #lotr fanfic #tolkien fanfic

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING 2001 | dir. Peter Jackson

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glóin and baby gimli

you can get a print here: inprnt!

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In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (illustration by Hugh Thomson) Pride and Prejudice (1995) dir. Simon Langton

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princess tiana aesthetic

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This is the only life goal worth having. Can you imagine if a hundred individual strangers remember you for one kind deed so "small" you yourself had forgotten it?? That's legend. And it wouldn't even take very much.

#kindness #spread love #be kind #love each other #life goals

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Elrond Week

Hello all Middle-Earth fans! I've been thinking about an idea for a while now, and I've just decided to throw it out there and see if it sticks:

Would anyone be interested in a week-long fandom event centered around Elrond Peredhel? His life is so long, and so rich, that I think there is a well of potential there worth exploring and celebrating!

I don't really know how to organize an event, so it might take me some time to figure out how it works (any help and advice would be much appreciated)! I do really like this idea and I hope that I can make it a reality in the future if any of you would want to participate and support it!

#elrond is so beloved i cant imagine anyone would say no to this #elrond

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Kids. Need. Consequences. Especially. For. Bad. Actions.

At a young age (or even in older age), it's the clearest (or only) language that gets the lesson through.

Don’t tell your daughter that when a boy is mean or rude to her it’s because he has a crush on her. Don’t teach her that abuse is a sign of love.

#kids are awesome but you need to teach them #and they depend on grownups to learn #right or wrong #parenting #parenthood #kids

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I apologize for being late to reblog this wonderful response and treasure trove of Rohan knowledge (I'm skipping calling this headcanon and just proclaiming it canon)! I definitely am finding a lot of stuff that I need and would gratefully use in my Eomer (and Theodred) fics. Bless you for being so detailed and thorough!

A little follow up question: How do you think Grima managed to become the "primary", or even arguably the sole advisor to Theoden during the worst of Saruman's corruption? What happened to the rest of the council and advisors? I'm interested in any thoughts and ideas you might have of how that all went down! :)

Dear Resident Rohan Expert:

I'm not sure if you have given any thought to this, but I could sure use your help! What are your thoughts about how Rohan's government is structured, specifically the King's council at Edoras? I have assumed the King rules with full authority, but with the help of a council of advisors... but how do you think those advisors are selected? How many? Are they military men? Nobility? Elected? Appointed? Are they inherited titles?

Any of your thoughts would be appreciated since your grasp of Rohirrim culture is sounder than of anyone around! Thank you in advance! 😊

Ooh, this comes very close to giving me the chance to answer the question, “What was Éomer’s tax policy?” 😂 (Which, as a public policy major, is something I wouldn’t mind knowing about!) I have thought about Rohan’s government, and I hope you find my answer useful or at least interesting—it’s always my goal to live up to the praise you give me and to make my Rohan even close to being as well contextualized as your Mirkwood universe!!!

I’ve tried to keep a general structure for Rohan’s government in my mind that is at least quasi-related to the way that Anglo Saxon lands were governed, since they were Tolkien’s model. The big deviations are: 1) there is no mixing of religion and government like the Anglo Saxons did, since Rohan has no organized religion; and 2) I like to keep my Rohan government a little more democratic in the sense that everything isn’t based solely on nobility, inheritance or wealth. That’s partly because I don’t vibe with that approach, but also I feel like Tolkien gave us hints that the Rohirrim are pretty laid back about stuff like that anyway (like, Théoden is shockingly casual about the whole issue of royal succession, and he’s totally willing to take advice from guys like Háma or Wídfara even though we have no reason to believe they’re particularly wealthy or elite nobles).

So, the king has ultimate authority in Rohan and, starting with Éomer, that power is equally shared with the queen (I have to believe that he really took in what he learned about Éowyn’s experience in Rohan and would want things to change, starting with his own wife!). The monarchs exercise their authority with the help of a council. That council is comprised of: 1) the advisors of the royal household, a small group that is at Meduseld with the king and queen every day; and 2) the officers of the court, a bigger group who are out in the towns and villages as representatives of the crown. The entire council meets formally a few times a year to discuss and make recommendations on significant issues, though the king and queen can call them more often if needed. And when the officers of the court are back at their homes in between formal council meetings, the advisors of the royal household give the day-to-day advice or handle emergencies that crop up.

The royal household advisors are chosen by the king/queen and would generally include trusted family members as well as others who have distinguished themselves as being particularly skilled in relevant subjects. There would normally be 7 of these, with each specializing in a particular area: defense, diplomacy, justice/law, treasury, trade, infrastructure (roads, bridges, etc.) and public welfare (care of orphans, famine relief, what passed for public health in those days). But there could be more or less depending on the priorities of the particular king/queen, and the individual advisors might have their own staffs to help them.

The royal household advisors would often be members of the most prominent families in Rohan, if only because those are the people with the most access to the education and experience needed to become good at these things, but anyone can be chosen. And younger people of any background who are identified as being particularly bright and with a lot of potential might be referred to extra schooling/study with the idea of training them to be advisors, or work for them, in the future. (In my fics, this is how Gríma ended up in an advisor role – he failed out of éored training, but the brilliance of his mind was recognized, he was given the additional education to become an advisor on diplomatic affairs, got too close to Isengard and everything went to hell.) (It’s a good process, even though the one example I’ve just given is one where things did not work out well!)

The officers of the court who are spread throughout the land are chosen by their communities, though the king/queen can refuse to seat one that they don’t like or trust.* The king and queen decide how many officers there are, adding or subtracting as the population shifts, but there are generally 5 each from the West-mark and the East-mark and 3 from Edoras and its surrounding lands. These officers not only sit on the council that helps the king/queen set law and policy, but they’re also the first line administrators who see those policies carried out around the country (so, they hire the tax collectors in Dunharrow or the work crews that build the new road between Aldburg and Grimslade or whatever). That makes them kind of the face of the crown in most parts of Rohan where regular people are never going to see the king or queen (or, at least, not often). They can also draw on the expertise and knowledge of the royal household advisors as needed when carrying out royal policy.

Thank you again for the opportunity to write something that’s probably far too long about a niche topic that I find very interesting!! If anyone has their own ideas and thoughts—either complementary or conflicting—I would love to hear them. More Rohan for everyone! 👑🐎🗡️♥️

*A king/queen should really try to avoid doing this, especially if the person in question is really popular in their community and has any kind of independent power base. Don’t get me started on how Helm Hammerhand really fucked this up with a member of his own council and got a war started as a result.

#sotwk asks #answered asks #rohan headcanon #Rohan #Theoden #Eomer #Rohirrim #eorlingas #theodred #grima wormtongue #tolkien #lotr #lord of the rings #headcanons of friends

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freeze! ✧ ─=≡Σ((( つ•̀ω•́)つ you’re under arrest for being so lovely. copy this message to 10 other blogs (only if you want to) that you think are beautiful and deserve it. keep the game going and make others feel beautiful 💜

*FREEZES*

Thank you so much for this lovely message! <3 These "positivity games" fuel me for when the Negativity Demons come creeping in. :)

PS. I'm still dancing around the idea of doing something for Glorfindel Week. XD Regardless, I hope the event is well-attended!

#sotwk answers #kind asks #positivity games #i have the best mutuals #friends #chandler bing #friends meme

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Imagine Elrohir tripping over himself, when he goes to talk to you, because you make him nervous.

Author: @thatkgrl

Artist: Mental-Lighton

#okay i love this one #why must you tempt me #elrohir #lotr imagines

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Thorin's Spring Forge 2024 AO3 Collection Is Live!

TSF24 banner by the wonderful @hobbityalse 💙 The TSF 2024 collection is finally open!!

Dear Participants, you should all be so proud of your hard work the past few months. This event is only possible because of you!

We hope everyone has fun reading all the new goodies and looking at the art.

We encourage you to throw Kudos and comments at the works on AO3, and post and share about it on Tumblr or wherever else you'd like. It's our sincere hope you'll join us again next year but for now enjoy the fruits of your labors with pride.

You will find the TSF24 AO3 Collection here.

Enjoy!

The TSF Mod Team

#congrats to everyone who created for this event #signal boost #tsf24 #ao3 #thorin fanfic #thorin fanart #thorin oakenshield #thorin's spring forge #the hobbit #the hobbit event #tolkien #fandom event #tolkien event