#assorted thoughts

[frodo-with-glasses]

More Reading Thoughts: The Epilogue, Version One

The long-awaited sequel!! I’m reading the Epilogue as it appears in “The End of the Third Age”, from The History of The Lord of the Rings as compiled by Christopher Tolkien.

Tagging @lady-merian because she’s been asking for this for a LONG time 🤣

Manuscript A

It’s interesting that “well, I’m back” wasn’t originally supposed to be the end of the story. It’s become something iconic now—the perfect, hauntingly understated ending, harkening back to “there and back again”—but the only reason it seems so abrupt is because Tolkien actually meant to write on.

I like both, honestly. This Epilogue has so much good stuff in it, but it would make an already slow book even slower; “well I’m back” is lovely for what it is. ^-^

“Elanor 15, Frodo 13, Rose 11, Merry 9, Pippin 7.” Just looking at their names and the list of ages gets me in the heart. Argh, I love these kids ;u;

Sam resting by the fire in this study! And he’s surrounded by his kids! And they’re listening to him read the Red Book!! AAAHHHHHH

“…And there was Frodo-lad on the heathrug, in spite of his name as good a copy of Sam as you could wish…” D’aww 8-D Named Frodo, looks like Sam. That’s adorable.

AND THERE’S GOLDILOCKS AND HAM AND BABY DAISIE AND—

*strangled screech*

SAM. CALLS ELANOR. ELLIE.

I’M GONNA HECKIN’ CRY

Confirmed that Merry and Pippin traveled to Gondor and Rohan multiple times in their lives! That’s wonderful!

And now: the Gamgee children being carbon copies of their namesakes begins.

Merry Jr. is inordinately proud of Merry Sr. and wants to grow tall like him.

Pippin Jr. is likewise inordinately proud of Pippin Sr. and insists that Merry isn’t the tallest anyway.

“Is he Prince Peregrin away down in the Stone City, dad?” Oh my word.

First of all: the fact that this little hobbit lad knows Minas Tirith familiarly enough to call it the Stone City.

Secondly: I mean they did call him a prince of the halflings at first—

Frodo Jr. wants to hear about the spider again because he likes the parts where his dad comes in ;u;

And Elanor wants to know about the flower she’s named after!

Elanor: I want to go see my flower! Sam: There’s a prettier one if you look in a mirror. Elanor: Daaaad…

Rose Jr. is worried about the elves going away TT-TT

Sam is secretly very proud of the Mallorn tree in the Party Field LOL

Legolas lives in Ithilien! And Pippin says they’ve made it very lovely, which means he’s seen it! WHICH MEANS PIPPIN GOT TO HANG OUT WITH LEGOLAS AND FARAMIR AND BEREGOND AND BERGIL AGAIN—

Frodo Jr. loves Gimli and wants an axe LOL

Gimli and his dwarves helped to rebuild Minas Tirith! And now they live in the mountains behind it!! And he goes to visit the Glittering Caves every two years! Tolkien thought of EVERYTHING

And nobody knows if anyone’s seen Treebeard lol

ROSE JR. LOOKS FOR THE ENTWIVES WHEN SHE GOES WALKING IN THE WOODS I’M GONNA CRY

Haha Sam shuts down the “its not fair”s so fast, he’s such a dad 🤣

‘Don’t talk like that to me,’ said Sam sternly. ‘If it ain’t fair for Ellie and Fro to sit up after supper it ain’t fair for them to be born sooner, and it ain’t fair that I’m your dad and you’re not mine.’

My dad made up an “it’s not fair” song when I was a kid and this is reminding me of that for the first time in over a DECADE

Le gasp! Sam has a SecretTM!

“A dead hush of expectancy fell on all the children: they watched him as hobbit-children of other times had watched the wizard Gandalf.” Hello yes I will cry

THE KING IS COMING HERE

I love that Aragorn himself won’t enter the Shire according to his own decree

But he has sent! A Fancy ScrollTM!

“Elessar Aragorn Arathornsson the Elfstone King of Gondor and of the Westlands…” Local man has too many names, authorities report

And now Tolkien gives elvish names to all Sam’s kids. Nerd.

“‘Samwise or Halfwise who should rather be called Plainwise.’ So now you know what the King thinks of your dad you’ll maybe give more heed to what he says.” LOL SAM COULD YOU GET ANY MORE DADLY

All Frodo Jr. takes away from this is “MUST INTERROGATE FATHER”

And they’re gonna stay with the King and Queen at the house on the Lake for a few weeks!! HOW EXCITING

Tbh I like the first version of Sam’s conversation with Rosie better. (The one marked with footnote #6, if you have the book.) It gives more character to Rosie, which is in short supply; and I like the idea of her almost prophetically starting to sing on the day Sam is about to return. Something very Elvish and Tolkien about that.

And Sam tells us he is all whole and healed so as to preemptively shut down the angst writers. (But we will survive muahaha >:-D)

“The went in and shut the door. But even as he did so Sam heard suddenly the sigh and murmur of the sea on the shores of Middle-earth.” OHOHOHO NONONO DON’T DO THIS TO ME

Manuscripts B and C

WAIT—in one version of Appendix A Gimli became LORD OF THE GLITTERING CAVES?? HELLO??

EDIT: I have been informed that Gimli being Lord of the Glittering Caves did, in fact, make it into the final version of the book, and I just didn’t pay enough attention LOL

Also “Master Samwise who should be called Fullwise”

“I think maybe the Entwives don’t want to be found” *EYES EMOJI*

Merry Jr. asks too many questions about horses! Carbon copies, I tell ya!

The amount of times Tolkien changed the beginning of Aragorn’s letter to include different names and titles is killing me 🤣🤣

#samwise gamgee #elanor gamgee #frodo gamgee #rose gamgee #merry gamgee #pippin gamgee #rosie cotton #aragorn #legolas #gimli #lord of the rings #lotr #my writing #assorted thoughts

[clownexpert]

Man, Robotnik's dorky, gleeful wiggle of a dance as he first enters the Mean Bean is so adorable. Like you can't tell me he's not excited to see Stone again. And Stone carefully schooling his face into neutral because he has no idea what kind of mood Robotnik is coming in with, and then he breaks into an equally huge dorky grin in response....

Also, my partner pointed out that the "could use some mushroom" is probably going to turn into Stone painstakingly grating white truffle onto Robotnik's coffee. He's just that extra.

ALSO,

my first assumption was that Robotnik simply snapped his fingers and teleported Stone out of the robot when he fell unconscious but who's here for Robotnik quickly teleporting into a nearby forest, arranging Stone into the recovery position, smooching his brow and teleporting back with a quick "daddy's got murderin' to do"?

Because... yknow, I am. There for it.

#assorted thoughts #sonic the hedgehog 2 spoilers #stobotnik

[theasianinfluence]

#assorted thoughts #my draws #ok to rb

[sarah-dipitous]

April Fools day here is always funny because my dash is full of “here’s a Rick roll but it’s actually a different song” “here’s ‘do you love the color of the sky’ just kidding! It’s not the full long post!” “Here’s a drawing I made of a kitty! Just kidding! It’s two kitties and they’re best friends” and we do this unironically and completely ignoring the blood lust we all experience every year just two weeks prior

#april fools #ides of march #to be clear: I absolutely love it #sarah’s assorted thoughts

[marvel-513]

Serious question: Do you guys think it's possible for supers with healing factors to get piercings??

I personally think it is, and they just have to make sure not to take them out for too long.

#assorted thoughts

[transgirl-gaming-thoughts]

anyone want pics of my holes?

#assorted gaming thoughts

[aro-langblr]

今日、リトアニア語を勉強しました。久しぶりですが、やっと出来ました！最近、リトアニア語を勉強するには、不安がすこしありましたが、「これ、無駄の恐怖だよ」といって、自分を応援して、不安を倒しました。

後で、アイスランド語の復習をしたり、ドイツ語でポケモンをプレイしたりしました。

ドイツ語をペラペラ話せるのは僕の目標ではない思想がありました。それを思っており、驚きました。が、本音です。もっと少し本能を磨きたいですが、すぐにファイナルゴールに達していきます。

アイスランド語については、何も言えません😅ながらも構いません。言語で一文が言えば嬉しいですが、今、必要ではありません。反面には、僕のアイスランド語の教科書があまり好きじゃないし、勉強する気もありません。たぶんdropsに戻ります。

#assorted thoughts #langblr #language #japanese langblr #japanese language

[madeofvoid]

I have to get it out. It's been like 9 months since my binge rewatch of Neon Genesis Evangelion. I'm not going to say that transitioning would've 100% saved Shinji, but it would kill Gendo instantly. Just, the thought of that dense motherfucker being confronted by the fact that his own son, testament to all of his imperfections, would suddenly start to resemble his wife-- which he cannot handle outside of Rei-- would make him tweak into oblivion and I think that's very funny. just. *Enter stage left, Shinji being forced through the doors of Gendo's office by Asuka and maybe Misato* Shinji: Father, I- Asuka: Just say it! Shinji: Father, I'm a girl.. I'd like to start hrt immediately. Gendo:

#nora says mora #neon genesis evangelion #shinji ikari #gendo ikari #trans shinji #trans #total headcanon its just funny #the thought of Gendo watching everyone in his life except for 3 ppl becoming assorted versions of his wife #because ofc thats how he sees women #it would give him cyberpsychosis #the third impact happens because Gendo has a nuclear meltdown and jumps down an elevator shaft to throw hands with God #and he'd have done it to himself.

[stressfulsloth]

"This--" she points to herself. "Has taken her place. It will devour you, Harry. I will eat your mind."

#disco elysium #long post #dora and dolores and the horror of being subsumed by the apricot-scented embodiment of colonialism and moralism and middleclass whiteness #'i will eat your mind' ;-; #harry du bois #dolores dei #dora ingerlund #dora losing any and all identity- totally devoured.... #their entire relationship overshadowed by this apricot ghost :(( #the banal inhumanity of moralism and the way it consumes her- metaphorically and literally #and dolores... inhuman something grown sick of observing... #anyway this is another collection of assorted quotes. i have no brain functioning to form actual thoughts. thumbs up. #disco ramblings #disco rambling

[frodo-with-glasses]

More Reading Thoughts: The Grey Havens

Oh wow, another chapter review, haven’t seen one of those in ten thousand years

I’m not ready I’m not ready I’m not ready aaaaahhh

this has been such an incredible year and a half; i don’t want this book to end

but the sooner i finish, the sooner i can start over again!! so let’s go

Fatty Bolger!! 😭 We missed you, friend!

Man how am I gonna draw him skinny and still recognizable?? Guess I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it

LOBELIA!

Man I remember being so annoyed that she received a welcome like this when I was a kid, but now that I’m older, the display of mercy is overwhelmingly touching

She’s leaning on Frodo’s arm!! FRODO’S! He brought her out himself! And they all cheer for her courage and tenacity!

AND SHE LEFT HER MONEY FOR CHARITY

Y’know what? You’re all right after all, Lobelia. You’re all right.

I love the implication that hobbits will not accept a mayor who is not RotundTM 🤣

Ahhhhh okay so THAT’S where I got my childhood definition of “horny”

I’m sure in this case it means “like horn (the material), hard and rough”, which is an excellent descriptor, and it’s a shame I will never be able to use it in my own writing

THEY FOUND THE HIDDEN FOOD AND HAD IT FOR YULE! HECK YES!

Aww, I love you, Gaffer

“It was a purely Bywater joke to refer to it as Sharkey’s End” PFFFFFFT 🤣🤣

The four hobbits being known as the Travellers is so sweet

Frodo: “Ah yes, your box of dirt, the box of dirt from Galadriel, the box of dirt given specifically to you by Galadriel, Galadriel’s dirt”

I love that Frodo knows every single grain of this stuff is magical

I love even more that Sam is antsy and can hardly keep himself from running around and checking if the dirt is doing anything LOL

MALLORN TREE IN THE PARTY FIELD

I’M GONNA FRICKIN’ CRYYYYY

Year 1420 haha blaze it

“All the children born or begotten in that year, and there were many…” Tolkien knows how baby booms work

“And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass” BAHAHAHA 🤣

Ohhhhh oh Frodo, oh bby

Sam was away 😭 And Farmer Cotton was the one who found Frodo in his bed in pain 😭😭 o w

Okay but Frodo just automatically assuming like “of COURSE we’re gonna be roomies” is just *chef’s kiss*

IMAGINE. FRODO WAS PERFECTLY PREPARED TO LIVE WITH JUST SAM WITH HIM IN BAG END. JUST THE TWO OF THEM. IMAGINE

I love these boys so heckin’ much

Frodo: So we’re roomies, yeah? Sam: Er, I…well I’d love to, but…but Rosie. Frodo: MORE ROOMIES 8-D

Tolkien: “And they loved Frodo dearly, and no one in the Shire was better cared for” Me: Thanks, Tolkien 🥹😭💚

Merry and Pippin walking around like the local legends they are

Sam doesn’t even know how well respected he is in the Shire 🥺

Noooo Weathertop

ELANOOOOOOR

“Taking after Rose more than me, luckily” And this solidifies my headcanon that Rosie is drop-dead gorgeous

Frodo hiding his illness from Sam hurts, man. You can feel him trying to stay cheerful. Ow, ow, ow.

“‘You can’t go far or for a long time now, of course,’ he said a little wistfully.” I AM GOING TO EAT THE CARPET

ALL HE WANTS IS TO BE WITH HIS SAM

BUT HE WANTS SAM TO BE HAPPY AND ENJOY HIS FAMILY EVEN MORE

HE LOVES SAM ENOUGH TO LET HIM GO

I’M GONNA BREAK SOMETHING

“The Downfall of: The Lord of the Rings” Rollllll credits! *ding*

Oh. Ohhhh. The Elvish song meeting Frodo and Sam as they sit on their ponies in the forest in late evening. I’m gonna cry.

Bilbo: Well, I’m older than the Old Took now! Bucket list completed. Time to go!

“But I thought you were going to enjoy the Shire, too, for years and years, after all you have done.” Same, Sam…same. 😭😭 (that’s what the Magnolia AU is for)

How. How does Frodo predict the names of Sam’s kids. “And perhaps more I cannot see”—how can he see in the first place?? How does he know? He’s getting Elvish, Frodo is. Very, very elvish.

Just. Frodo’s whole speech. I don’t have anything to say, I’m just soaking it in, and I feel so joyful and so sad all at once. It’s so tender and intimate and yet so distant. Tolkien, you’re so cruel, I love you.

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH

I JUST TURNED THE PAGE

AND THE RIGHT SIDE PAGE IS HALF-BLANK

I’M NOT READY I’M NOT READY I’M NOT READY

Okay okay be calm, it’s okay, just keep going

MERRY AND PIPPINNNNNNN

THEY CAMEEEEEE

And they’re ending the story the same way they joined it because Frodo is trying to leave and they said “NOT WITHOUT US” I’M GONNA GNAW HOLES IN THE COUCH AND BAWL LIKE A BABY

KISSES!! FOR EVERYONE!!!

WHITE SHORES AND A FAR GREEN COUNTRY UNDER A SWIFT SUNRISE

S H U T U P DON’T TOUCH ME

The three of them riding back home in silence but taking comfort in each other

I joke about these things making me cry but I actually, literally, have mist in my eyes right now holy cow

It’s so melancholy and comforting and it hurts and yet it makes you feel so happy and whole

The story is coming to an end, and there’s so much you want to say, but you can’t find words for any of it, and yet the silence says everything and more

(And Merry and Pippin don’t start singing until they take their leave of Sam, almost as if they were being considerate of his feelings first, but as they go and you hear their voices in the distance you get the sense that everything is going to be okay)

“Well, I’m back.”

…

The end.

.

#frodo baggins #samwise gamgee #fatty bolger #lobelia sackville-baggins #meriadoc brandybuck #merry #peregrin took #pippin #rosie cotton #bilbo baggins #lord of the rings #lotr #my writing #assorted thoughts #somebody hold me i’m ✨emotional✨

[soulmvtes]

one thing about me is i am very sentimental i am going to keep every receipt and ticket and photobooth picture and cherish it in my heart forever

#like my bedroom is just a little cluster of assorted items which exist as a love letter to my life and loved ones #diary #tiyas thoughts

[outism-had-a-purpose]

Top 10 certified limbus moments to me is the time Outis called Eunbong a tacky name for a restaurant and when the owner mentions that he named it after his mother the fucking. music just abruptly cuts off, followed by Sinclair softly saying “Oh.”

Then Ryoshu out of all people tells her T.W.H. (that was harsh)

#outis #sinclair #ryoshu #assorted outisms #limbus company #sorry to reminisce about the game but hell’s chicken was genuinely such a comedy goldmine #bongy heathcliff. ishmael implying she was going to smash faust’s skull in with her mace because she thought she was agreeing to a lifetime #supply of friend chicken. the whole fucking bit with everyone taking sides and gregor taking so much Ls. mersault’s gordon ramsey #rap god moment. outis slapping a bongy-ed heathcliff like she’s torturing someone for information. sinclair is short jokes. gregor and #ryoshu being dogshit cooks to no one’s surprise. the whole outis roasts her entire team with the exception of rodya session. #hong lu’s ‘hey heathcliff what are you doing with the meat tenderizer—‘. rodigor divorce era. #YI SANG MOANING OVER A YAM. HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT

[thehuntyhunties]

oh wait so like. so what it is in the ant arc is that Gon becomes so overwhelmed by his fear of losing someone he cares about that the entire fundamental concept of the archetypal Shounen Battle Friendship breaks down, i.e. he stops implicitly trusting that Killua's strength and abilities will always overcome any obstacle and he stops assuming that Killua/the two of them will always win.

Because like. It is Not that he doesn't believe that Killua is strong and skilled and capable of all sorts of incredible things. It's that Plot Armor isn't actually carrying them anymore, it never truly was, and now the situation they're in has finally outpaced their abilities and they've Lost in a profound and terrible way that they have never Lost before, and now he knows that no matter how strong you are nothing is truly safe

like i,, i feel like all of this is, obvious, to be clear,,, but, it is. it's. the complete erosion of the genre tropes to underscore the terrible reality of the situation. it is, hitting me,

#i haven't had a proper HxH Thought in about 6 months #and yet for some reason on a thursday night in the middle of my gf showing me assorted kpop videos #i am beset by semi-incoherent chimera ant meta #why. for what. #i truly cannot tell if this makes sense to anyone else but it's tangentially related to thoughts i was having about YYH #wuzztalk #meta #gon #killua #text #hxh #200

[ftmbruce]

these five would absolutely demolish some $5 margaritas at chili's on a thursday

#rdr2 #red dead redemption #idk why that was my first thought upon seeing this assortment

[mango-dolphin]

(Part 1) maybe the two of them have something in common. i doubt it'd be easy to see, though

dialogue under the cut:

Ishmael: Great. Ok. Fine. As though we needed anything else to go wrong today. Caption: It's raining.

Quixote: Ah! Mine comrade! Allow me to shield thee from this most drenching of downpours! Hong Lu: How ingenious...! It won't drip too much on me, will it? Quixote: ..... Ishmael: Well, whatever. Rain won't affect our mission in any meaningful way. We should just continue onwards. Ishmael: Let's get—

(offscreen) Meursault: Peheh

(offscreen) Meursault: Ha ha ha.

Meursault: Hahahaha.

Hong Lu: ...Huh? Heheh.

Sinclair: Meursault... is everything alright?

Meursault: ...

Hong Lu: ... Ah~. Hong Lu: So that's what it is. I see now.

#limbus company #projmoon #comic #meursault lcb #hong lu lcb #don quixote #ishmael lcb #rodion lcb #sinclair lcb #not sure why i decided to have that assortment of characters for this but it simultaneously helped and complicated the framing #we don't get to see silly don quite yet but she's gonna be here . #there was a beginninger part too but i figured it'd be more expedient + easier on myself to start where i did #comics #my art #mango's art #trying very hard not to voice my thoughts partially because i can't & partially cuz i want the idea to stand on its own #this is hong lu x meursault. to make this clear #WOE! Wet Cats be upon ye!

[alternative-snake]

(you can see stars, but find no meaning.)

#in stars and time #this game has not left my waking thoughts for almost a month now so uh yeah #isat fanart #isat siffrin #isat spoilers #<- is it? what exactly are we spoiling here. maybe something somewhere. #{song is a century is all we need by gregory and the hawk.} #because. i felt like it mostly #aarons art tag #assorted sketches