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zoethebitch · 2 years

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It looks like it's gonna be probably 5 seasons of 8 episodes each I can see like season 1 focused on Sauron showing up in disguise in Ost-in-Edhil and making friends with Celebrimbor and Gil-Galad and Galadriel warning him like bro this dudes vibes are rancid and Celebrimbor just being like no he's cool we're making these cool rings together its fine and maybe there's some filler added where Sauron helps him fend off some outside threat maybe orcs from the misty mountains or maybe there's some conflict brewing with the dwarves in Khazad-dum and Sauron helps Celebrimbor navigate that and then in episode 8 Sauron makes the one ring and Celebrimbor realizes he fucked up and that's the first season finale and then we get into the War of the Elves and Sauron from there.

So 3 or 4 seasons of like Ost-in-Edhil falling and Elrond founding Rivendell and Sauron slowly gathering all the rings back and handing them out to men and dwarves and we start to see how those guys are affected by the rings and the beginnings of the Nazgul and the dwarves using them to gain so much wealth it attracts dragons and then they lose it all and how Sauron has divided and conquered the elves and Gil-Galad and Elrond and Galadriel learning how to live with this dark secret that they carry these rings that could enslave all their people and they have to remain hidden at all costs bc if Sauron gets them it could be disastrous but they also grant them power and they struggle with the temptation to use them but they don't know if it's safe to or not.

And then the Numenorians send their big fleet in season 5 and Sauron gets his ass kicked and runs back to Mordor barely escaping

And then what would really tie it off is a short epilogue 2500 years later where a slightly younger Gandalf arrives in the Grey Havens and meets Cirdan and Glorfindel and is about to head out when Cirdan decides he trusts this old man for some reason and takes out Narya the Ring of Fire that was kept hidden and secret for millennia and he hands it to Gandalf who probably doesn't even know what it is yet and he says thank you and rides off in his little carriage

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NEW FIC ALERT

The Red Ally

Fandoms: Naruto, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types

Tags: shisui is like well i guess i didnt die, gandalf being like YES SHISUI MY LONG LOST GREAT NEPHEW DEFFO CAME TO THE GREY HAVENS WITH US, DIDNT YOU SEE HIM? NO? WELL HE IS SNEAKY SO THATS WHY HA HA, history is like... and the five istari-, gandalf coughs loudly SIX ISTARI, typo in the groupchat of creations lads, shisui is the sixth istari, ....allegedly, Depending on who you ask, i took so many liberties with language i might have to write an apology to tolkiens afterlife, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, almost forgot to use the usual tags lol having too much fun with the bullshit, Boromir Lives, Shisui Fixes Everything heh, Uchiha Shisui Lives, shisui and boromir gripping hands like Kings That Lived Bitch, is it gay to kiss the homies bro, Maybe - Freeform, boromir is like wow youre a good warrior bro, shisui is like you too bro looked beautiful in the dawn of victory bro, boromir is like not as beautiful as you bro, kissu on the battlefield

Summary:

"Take it from me, Fate doesn't care most of the time."

- Diana Wynne Jones

Ten Companions. Four Hobbits, two men, an Elf, a Dwarf… and two wizards.

(Although one would roll his eyes to be described as such).

#torship #fanfic #naruto #lotr #every fic idea circles back to shisui lmao #shisui #boromir #fellowship #frodo #gandalf #legolas #gimli #aragorn #merry and pippin #everyone~

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thevagueambition · 4 years

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I'm not saying you should compare Odin to Barbie, but it would make this miserable day 20 times better if you did

Okay so it’s less a genuine comparison with Barbie and more with the general concept that post was discussing, but :P

Unlike with most of the Norse gods, with Odin we have some clear ideas of what some of his different Aspects were

There is King of Gods and God of Kings!Odin, the God favoured by jarls (upper class men), the whole All-Father business, this is usually solely what pop cultural Odin’s are based on which is why pop cultural Odins are usually so boring

All-Knowing!Odin is probably the next most used aspect of him used in pop culture and ofc we have Hugin and Munin spying on the world for him and him being like “my eye for knowledge? sick trade bro” and learning girl magic from Freyja even though thas gay bc bruh knowledge though

There’s Weird Wandering Trickster!Odin, who asks you riddles to fuck with you and generally just walks around Midgård disguised as someone harmless, looking for what he thinks passes for a good time. Think Gandalf the Grey but more of a bastard, or, if you’ve played Dragon Age, Flemeth when we first meet her in the first game.

Then there’s God of Death!Odin. Ofc he famously gets half of those who die in battle for his army in Valhal but he’s also just. Goth in general. Yule might originally have been associated with Odin leading the death to their afterlife.

(Which, yes, also means there’s a lot of Santa!Odin speculation out there.)

And then we have Berserker!Odin, which we don’t know a super lot about but the goth asshole DOES have wolves whose names basically mean “very ready to eat you” so like Odin saying “don’t you just want to go apeshit? and getting a resounding “yes” from all the berserkers and ulfhednar (berserkers but with wolves instead of bears).

Anyway Odin is a sort of odd god because of how contradictory he is but like how Barbie can be simoultaneously an actor and an astraunaut, Odin manages to for example be an authority figure (in the first example) and a trickster (the third) at the same time even though it seems to contradict each other.

#siggi rambles #the old man #take this with a grain of salt ofc lol #im very sleepy #papanden

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sanctimoniousscrawlings · 5 years

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Codename: Lovestruck

Prologue

The sweltering summer heat presses down on Cyrus as he makes his way the few seemingly endless blocks from the offices of The Conglomerate, the national hero’s guild. Many of the country’s leaders were higher-ups of The Conglomerate and now Cyrus was a neophyte within this order. His codename: Silver Witch. Cyrus shielded his grey eyes from the sun to look at the clouds. He succeeded in joining a crew many would kill to be a part of, but whether from the weather or from something else, he just wasn’t feeling all that celebratory. To many in the outside world, it appeared as though exhaustion from the trials set in when he collapsed to the sidewalk, his silver cloak guarding him against the near molten ground. He crawled pitifully towards his apartment complex where a girl with long, curling blonde hair and seafoam green eyes waited in a floral printed sundress. “Tell... Tell Actaeon... I said... he’s a little bitch.” Cyrus gasped out melodramatically before faceplanting into the grass. “Will do, chief,” Stevie said, giving a solemn, two-fingered salute. “Did you pass the trials?” “In flying monochrome. The other initiates didn’t even come close.“ “Is your codename Gandalf the Grey?” Cyrus laughed at this. “No, I’m ‘The Silver Witch’ instead. Hate to disappoint you.” “They had the best goddamned opportunity and they wasted it. Isn’t Silver Witch... I don’t know, a little too on the nose?” “Is it?” “You make sparkly silver magic. You ride around on silver filigree shaped like a broom. You summon a silver grimoire. You have silver hair and eyes. You wear a silver cloak and pointy silver hat.” “Fair point.” “Even Fairy Godfather is less on the nose than that.” “It’s also infinitely less cool sounding.” “True. You gonna get off the ground and come in?” “I don’t know. I feel like I haven’t been melodramatic enough yet.” “That’s a fucking mood. Come on, let’s get something to eat.” “You had me at food.” Cyrus stood and followed Stevie inside the complex. The pair entered their apartment to find Actaeon studying. It would be a year before he left the academy and was able to apply to join The Conglomerate- while anyone above the age of eighteen could join a guild, you had to go through school for four years to apply to that particular one. “I take it you made it?” Actaeon asked without looking up from his work. “Congrats, Cy.” “Yeah. Only a year left before you end up in it as well, bro.” Cyrus patted him on the shoulder.

#It's short #I'll continue this at some point #probably gonna use that yeet prompt in this #Codename: Lovestruck #mine #my writing

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bensportfolio2017-blog · 6 years

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Film Studies - Queer Theory

Queer Theory - the investigation into the positive and negative representation of the LGBT community within media, such as, film, television, and literature.

Self-identified Queer Artists and Filmmakers

Dustin Lance Black (born 1974) Black is an American screenwriter, producer, and LGBT activist. He came out as gay when he was 17/18, and in May 2016, he married openly gay Olympics diver, Tom Daley. Throughout his career, he has created several popular LGBT-oriented films, including:

‘Milk (2008, directed by Gus van Sant)’. Black wrote the screenplay for this film, which was based on the life of gay rights activist, Harvey Milk, who eventually became the first openly gay person elected to public office in California. Sean Penn portrayed the main character, who won an Oscar for Best Actor, for his role in this film. Black also won an Oscar for his screenwriting credits.

‘J. Edgar (2012, directed by Clint Eastwood)’. Black wrote the screenplay for this film, which is about the life and career of J. Edgar Hoover, who was the first Director of the FBI, and was rumoured to be either gay or asexual. Leonardo DiCaprio portrayed the titular character, and he gained mostly positive reviews on his performance of the historical figure. The film was also praised on its story, direction, and production; Todd McCarthy from The Hollywood Reporter wrote “This surprising collaboration between director Clint Eastwood and ‘Milk’ screenwriter Dustin Lance Black tackles its trickiest challenges with plausibility and good sense, while of its controversial subject’s behaviour, public and private”.

Ian McKellen (born 1939) - McKellen is a British actor and LGBT activist. He has been openly gay since 1988. He has always been a massive activist for LGBT rights, and he campaigns regularly to gain equality for his community. He is the co-founder of Stonewall, which is an LGBT rights lobby group in the United Kingdom, who currently are working towards equality for LGBT people at home, work and schools. He is also the patron for LGBT History Month, Pride London, Oxford Pride, GAY-GLOS, The Lesbian and Gay Foundation, and FFLAG. He hasn’t starred in any recognised LGBT-subject films; however, he has starred in huge film franchises such as:

The X-Men series, in which he starred as the elder version of villain, Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto.

The Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit series’, in which he starred as wizard, Gandalf the Grey/Gandalf the White.

Jonathan Groff (born 1985) - Groff is an American actor. He came out as gay in October 2009. In his career, he has starred in several different LGBT-orientated media, such as:

‘The Normal Heart (2014, directed by Ryan Murphy)’, a TV movie about the rise of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in New York City in 1981-84. He portrays Craig Donner, a young gay man who dies suddenly of suspected gay-related immune deficiency (GRID), which was later known as AIDS.

‘Looking (2014-15)’, a comedy-drama series, about a group of young gay friends living in San Francisco. He portrays Patrick Murray, an openly gay video game designer.

Representation of LGBT characters in film

In 2013, GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) started to release the Studio Responsibility Index, which is an annual report of statistics on the representation of LGBT characters in films produced by the six major production companies (20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Sony Colombia, Universal Pictures, the Walt Disney Company, and Warner Bros.), in the previous year.

In 2012, 13.9% of films released contained lesbian, gay, and bisexual characters. No transgender characters where portrayed. But, only 28.6% of these films, had LGBT characters as major characters.

In 2013, Lionsgate Entertainment was added to the list of major production companies. 16.7% of films released involved LGBT characters, with the majority starring in comedies.

In 2014, Focus Features, Fox Searchlight, Roadside Attractions, and Sony Pictures Classics were added to the list of studios. This year, 17.5% of films included lesbian, gay, and bisexual characters, with no identifiable transgender characters. This year, Warner Bros. was the most inclusive studio, with 32% of their films were LGBT-inclusive.

In 2015, 17.5% of films included LGBT characters. In these films, there was 1 transgender character, and 47 lesbian, gay and bisexual characters.

Queering the canon

Queering the canon is the theory that characters in film can be assigned as being LGBT, judging by their personality, actions, metaphorical storylines, and the characters they associate with.

Walt Disney Pictures, is mainly used as an example of having non-explicit LGBT characters. Disney have always maintained a positive relationship with the community, as they were the first company to extend healthcare benefits to the partners of gay employees. They also host regular pride festivals at their theme parks. Therefore, the company and their films have always been the subject of gay theories about characters.

Films that include confirmed or suspected LGBT characters are:

Ursula from the film, ‘The Little Mermaid (1989, directed by Ron Clement and John Musker)’. The character of Ursula, is a suspected lesbian or bisexual woman. This is because she resembles the popular drag queen, Divine. Her personality also reflects this. Some viewers also interpret the character as an overtly male ‘butch’ lesbian, who represents the evil of homosexuality, and wanting to turn the innocent, Ariel into a lesbian woman.

Timon and Pumbaa from the film, ‘The Lion King (1994, directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff)’. The characters of Timon and Pumbaa, are suspected to be in a gay relationship. This is reinforced in the fact they have a ‘married couple’ type relationship. They go through popular LGBT struggles, of being social outcasts and gay adoption. They are also negatively represented as they are the flamboyant comic relief for the film.

Elsa from the film, ‘Frozen (2013, directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee)’. The character of Elsa, is portrayed as a young girl who was born different to everyone else. Her parents hid her away, because they feared they would be judged, and she would be rejected by the world. When she reveals her ‘icy powers’ (a metaphor for her being a lesbian), she is called a freak and cast out of her home into isolation. Multiple elements of the story, can be metaphors for coming out, and suppression of her sexuality from her parents. Her bedroom acts as her ‘closet’ which she eventually comes out of, and her parents tell her to ‘conceal, don’t feel’. All of these elements indicate to the character likely to be a lesbian. She even has a ‘coming out’ song – “Let It Go”, in which she says ‘Let It Go, Let It Go. Turn away and slam the door’ and ‘I don’t care what they’re going to say’. Elsa is also a good representation of women, as she is the only Disney princess not to require a love interest to survive.

Films with an LGBT subjects and characters‘

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975, directed by Jim Sharman)’ - This film is about a young couple who, after their car breaks down in the rain, seek help at a castle, where they come across a group of strangers celebrating an annual convention. They meet Dr. Frank N. Furter, a mad alien transvestite, who creates a living man for his own sexual desires. This film was written by Richard O’Brian, who is openly transgender. He also starred in this film as Riff Raff, the house handyman. This has become a cult film for members of the LGBT community, including their allies, as this film would regularly bring everyone together, disregarding their sexuality, dressed up in stockings and heels, to participate in screenings of the film in movie theatres. The popularity of this film and similar films helped to bring LGBT rights to mainstream media, and to the attention of the public. Most of the LGBT-orientated films of the 20th Century were usually about the HIV/AIDS epidemic and other gay-related issues, whereas this film depicts the gay community in a friendlier, more accepting way.

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‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012, directed by Stephen Chbosky)’ - This film is about a young student called Charlie, who suffers from clinical depression because of childhood setback. He is very shy and finds it difficult to make friends. When he meets two fellow students, Patrick and Sam, he is invited along to several social activities with them. The film carries on telling the story of their friendships and of Charlie’s depression. The character of Patrick, is openly gay, and is in a secret relationship with Brad, a closeted football player. They get caught kissing at a party by Charlie. Later on, Patrick and Brad are caught having sex by Brad’s dad, who then kicks out Patrick and beat up his son. Brad is then forced to tell his friends that he was jumped, to hide the fact that he is gay. The next day, Patrick walks past Brad and his friends, and Brad shouts out and calls Patrick a ‘faggot’, which provokes Patrick to ‘out’ him to his friends, who then beat up Patrick, and he gets saved by Charlie, who beats up all the friends then blacks out. This film was subject to mainly positive reviews, commenting on the strong cast performances, and “heartfelt and sincere adaption” of the 1999 book it was based on.

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‘Moonlight (2016, directed by Barry Jenkins)’ - This film is about the main character, Chiron, and his difficulties he faces, relating to his race, and sexual identity, which includes his physical and emotional abuse that he received whilst growing up. The film is presented in three different parts, Little, Chiron, and Black. ‘Little’ tells the story of young Chiron, who is a withdrawn child, who lives with his drug-addicted mother, Paula. He befriends drug dealer, Juan, and gets bullied at school by fellow students, who called him a ‘faggot’. ‘Chiron’ describes Chiron’s teenage life, as he avoids bullies, and spends time with Juan’s girlfriend, after Juan dies. One night, he spends time with his friend, Kevin, they eventually kiss and engage in sexual contact. The next day, Kevin beats him up reluctantly. In ‘Black’, Chiron, who is now adult, sells drugs. His mother is in a rehabilitation centre. He goes and visits Kevin, who after talking for a while, go back to his house and Chiron breaks down, Kevin comforts him and they embrace. This film received huge critical acclaim, gaining an Oscar for Best Picture, being the first film with and all-black cast, and LGBT theme, to do so.

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‘Call Me by Your Name (2017, directed by Luca Guadagnino)’ - This film is based on the 2017 novel which has the same name, and was written by André Aciman. It is about the gay relationship between 17-year-old, Elio, and his father’s student, 30-year-old, Oliver. When this film was aired at Sundance Film Festival, it gained huge acclaim and mostly positive critical reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a rating of 98% which was based on critics and public reviews, which had an average rating of 9.1/10. The site describes the films as “a melancholy, powerfully affecting portrait of first love”.

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Representation of LGBT characters in Hollywood films

Ever since the beginning of Hollywood, there has always been controversy over their negative representation of homosexuality. Critics and activists would usually focus on how portrayals would often demean and try to silence the LGBT community.

At the beginning of Hollywood (1890’s to the 1930’s), homosexuality was usually presented as an object of mockery and laughter. Films regularly used the archetype of ‘the sissy’ – which were feminine men who usually have delicate emotions. This was popular, and was used as a source of amusement for the viewers. However, this was not a negative representation, because it was in the middle of masculinity and femininity.

In the 1930’s to 50’s, Hollywood was criticised by religious and homophobic groups, because films would apparently contribute to immorality. Therefore, the Hay’s Code was introduced. The Hay’s Code was a system of self-censorship that mainly affected the representation of homosexuality. During this time, films were unable to include openly gay characters, so instead homosexuality would be included into the character’s mannerisms and behaviour.

During the 1960’s and 70’s, the Hay’s Code was loosened. This was during the dawn of the gay rights movement, and because gays and lesbians were becoming more vocal and visible in society, therefore representation became increasingly more homophobic. Gay characters were portrayed as dangerous, violent, predatory, and suicidal, shown in films such as ‘Midnight Express (1978, directed by Alan Parker), ‘Vanishing Point (1971, directed by Richard C. Sarafian), and ‘The Boys in the Band (1970, directed by William Friedkin).

In the 1990’s, Hollywood improved their representation of LGBT characters. Films such as, ‘Philadelphia (1993, directed by Jonathan Demme)’, ‘To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995, directed by Beeban Kidron)’, and ‘In & Out (1997, directed by Frank Oz)’, proved that audiences can and do enjoy films that have gay and lesbian characters. But, the film industry was still cautious of their representation of gay characters, themes, and experiences. Because Hollywood films were designed to appeal to as big an audience as possible, producers were scared that gay and lesbian themes would offend audiences, and potential investors.

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garden-ghoul · 7 years

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return of the blog, part 2

“...”

THE PASSING OF THE GREY COMPANY

Merry is hanging out with the tracking party, feeling a bit lost and very useless-baggage-y. What’s going to happen, Aragorn? Well, Aragorn is being very dramatic, bless him. “Do not look for mirth at the ending. It will be long, I fear, ere Théoden sits at ease again in Meduseld. Many hopes will wither in this bitter Spring.” Oh, Aragorn.

Four riders are trying to catch up to the Rohirrim; everyone is, of course, very suspicious, but it turns out the leader is Aragorn’s good old friend Halbarad, a ranger and Dunadan! And Elrond’s cool sons are with him! They brought thirty dudes to help in the war effort. Like I’m sure they’re very skilled and all but. Thirty dudes. You take what you can I guess. Apparently they received a summons from Galadriel after Gandalf was resurrected. Everyone is back at Helm’s Deep now (I missed them actually going there), mainly I mention this because there now exists a place called THE DEATH DOWN, where the huorns killed just massive amounts of people.

Theoden is holding one last feast before they all go to war; he tells Merry he shall ride with him!

‘May I?’ said Merry, surprised and delighted. ‘That would be splendid!’ He had never felt more grateful for any kindness in words. ‘I am afraid I am only in everybody’s way,’ he stammered; ‘but I should like to do anything I could, you know.’

He’s such a good kid. Theoden says he’s going to be king’s squire! Not sure why, the eve of a colossal war is not really the best time to be sparing people’s feelings of uselessness. Or maybe he’s trying to free up whoever is his current squire to kill some people? You don’t do that sort of thing for no reason is all I’m saying. Anyway, in a stupendously clear parallel to last chapter, Merry lays his sword at Theoden’s feet and swears fealty. I loove the contrast between Pippin swearing fealty to a lord he doesn’t really like out of obligation and gratitude; and then Merry swearing fealty to a lord he very much admires out of a desperation to somehow be useful. Pippin’s rather awe-filled reception at Minas Tirith contrasts with Merry’s anxieties about being a burden. Then there’s this:

‘As a father you shall be to me,’ said Merry.

‘For a little while,’ said Théoden.

AWKWARD. Merry why must you. Anyway Aragorn comes up and tells Theoden he’s going to take the Paths of the Dead (everyone in earshot shivers) despite having said a couple paragraphs ago that he would have to be REALLY DESPERATE to do that. Theoden’s company rides off; Aragorn is like “wow I love Merry so much, he’s such a good and important person.” And everyone else agrees: “hobbits are super important and I love them.” I think it’s supposed to stand in contrast to Merry’s own poor opinion of himself, but I’m not really sure why they have such a high opinion of him. Just because he’s brave? Shrug. Aragorn also says he looked into the palantir and had a staring contest with Sauron to wig him out. “I’m the heir of Elendil,” he said. “Here’s Narsil! Right here! Remember her, motherfucker?” And Sauron, reportedly, went “Oh fuck.”

Then Aragorn explains why he’s going thru the Paths of the Dead. You probably know already, so I won’t relate it here. There is a seer involved though, which is pretty cool. Some oathbreaking. Very Numenorean honestly, these dead Men of the Mountains remind me of the Faithless, in that the reason for their oathbreaking is a new unexpected allegiance to Sauron. And with that exposition, the “greay company” is off! For some reason they make it to Edoras long before Theoden does, and Aragorn comes to say hi to Eowyn.

When she heard of the battle in Helm’s Deep and the great slaughter of their foes, and of the charge of Théoden and his knights, then her eyes shone.

I see what gogol means. Eowyn is gay for Deeds. She also conceptualizes being the ruler of Edoras and sorta Rohan as “exile,” because WHY would you want to rule anything when you could be killing people??? The next time we hear a description of Eowyn it’s that “her eyes were on fire.” Why did baby ghoul relate so much to Eowyn? Up until now I thought it was because she was the only TV lady who had freckles like me, but actually maybe it was her nebulous gender dysphoria and frustration. She is SO frustrated. First she offers to ride with Aragorn on his death errand. He refuses her; she’s the ruler of the Mark. BITTER. BITTER BITTER BITTER. WHY DOES EOWYN ALWAYS GET LEFT BEHIND? IS SHE NOT A SHIELD-MAIDEN? This is a good exchange:

‘A time may come soon,’ said he, ‘when none will return. Then there will be need of valour without renown, for none shall remember the deeds that are done in the last defence of your homes. Yet the deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.’

And she answered: ‘All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But when the men have died in battle and honour, you have leave to be burned in the house, for the men will need it no more.’

Get him, Eowyn. I mean, it IS essential to make sure non-combatants in Rohan stay safe and such, but Eowyn is right that she shouldn’t be forced into the unpraised deeds just because she’s a woman. Before you say such things, Aragorn, maybe start a culture of praising valiant deeds that don’t involve killing anyone?? Then we’ll talk.

Once again as Aragorn’s company rides away we get the same exact image of Eowyn standing and watching them go... this time filled with tension and anger, her fists clenched and tears in her eyes. Aragorn is sad about it. Whatever, dude. We timeskip to the entrance of the Path of the Dead, where the Dunedain are gentlly coaxing their horses in through the awful doorway. Legolas has to enchant his horse to get it to go in. Gimli is left alone outside, possibly the only one who feels so viscerally how wrong this underground passage is compared to what it should be. I think his fear is greater for the fact that he has never felt uneasy underground before; it’s like home, perverted into something dreadful. As they go forward Aragorn calls the dead. No-one answers, but Legolas can see them riding behind. As they ride through Morthond Vale I am getting the impression that there are living humans there? And they are afraid because, like, the king of the dead. Aragorn and co ride hell for leather for the Stone of Erech.

The Stone of Erech is an enormous black sphere, half buried in the ground, that for some reason was brought out of Numenor. Like... you didn’t have anything better to bring on your ships than an enormous black sphere of stone? Anyway this is the site of the oath that was broken, and now the dead are ready to fulfill it and have peace after like 3000 years. “When all this land is clean of the servants of Sauron, I will hold the oath fulfilled,” he says. Which is pretty harsh. Like, what if a hundred years from now there’s just one servant of Sauron remaining? That would just suck for everyone. Also he unfurls a banner Arwen made for him, which is apparently black on black. Love it. Very stylish. So that’s the muster of the dead. What about

THE MUSTER OF ROHAN?

This bit is confusing because I thought it was going to be Pippin POV but then as soon as they mentioned the Rohirrim had made it to Gondor it turned into Merry POV. I never have a good intuition for what things Tolkien will think it’s reasonable to skip... Wait no they didn’t make it to Gondor. They just about made it to Edoras. This is very confusing and I have poor reading comprehension. The point is Merry is sad and lonely because everyone’s speaking Rohir or whatever and he misses all his friends and absolutely everyone he knows. The party reaches Harrowdale and climbs up a super steep path for some reason; it’s lined with Pukel Men, monoliths carved into a human shape. Ahhhh I love standing stones, Heck I love standing stones. They’re from the “dark years” (when Numenor was still going on and thus Real People weren’t in Middle Earth ::P) and some unknown people made this place, Dunharrow. OH. Here’s Eowyn! The reason they’re here is because Edoras has been evacuated, and Theoden wanted to check on his people.

While Theoden and his peeps are having dinner a messenger from Gondor comes in and Merry is like BOROMIR??? WTF. But no, he just can’t tell Gondorians apart haha. Also what was the point of the beacons if Denethor was just going to send a messenger straight to Theoden. Theoden promises 6000 guys (not bad! that’s twice the entire Gondor) in one week, though the messenger says a week will probably be too late. Still, he says sarcastically, maybe you can disturb the orcs feasting on our corpses.

Merry wakes up the next day in the darkness; the sun will not rise today. Or if it does nobody will see it, because Sauron has sent a great wave of black clouds across the sky to embolden his troops. Dreamy. Theoden is releasing Merry from his service (yes, after three days, what a copout) to serve Eowyn here while she rules the noncombatant Rohirrim. Merry is. Sad. He wants to help! Even if he has to be tied to a horse! But no dice. Eowyn takes him off to arm himself anyway. Thanks Eowyn you are a true bro. As Theoden’s company leaves, they sing a song that is clearly based on Anglo Saxon epic poetry, and also I believe was not meant to be sung. So. Minus points, Johnald. It doesn’t sound like a song, it doesn’t scan like a song. It’s a nice poem, though. A nice lad called Dernhelm offers to bear Merry on his horse and hide him since Theoden won’t take him. Thanks for showing us Eowyn’s exact transition goals, it’s good.

#blog of the rings

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bending-sickle · 7 years

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Tagged by @pepperf

Rules: Answer all questions, add one question of your own and then tag as many people as there are questions.

Coke or Pepsi? Coke. Pepsi has that overly sweet tang. Although here in Spain I’m more likely to go for Bitter Kas, which I think might not actually be available anywhere else. It’s delicious, like a nonalcoholic Campari.

Disney or Dreamworks? I don’t even pay attention to which studio’s made the thing, but my Inner Child says Disney.

Coffee or tea? Both. Coffee for breakfast and after lunch, and if I’m out socializing and we chill at a cafe. Tea basically at all other times, and there are a lot of those.

Books or movies? Both.

Windows or Mac? Okay, I’ve only recently gotten a feel for Mac. I like that all my thingies are connected - the iPad, the phone, the lappie. So I’m cool with it. But by god do I hate that I can’t fiddle with it. I can’t trouble shoot anything. Let me see your insides. So, y’know, Windows has its perks. Although the last version of it that I saw - whatever came after Vista - was ugly as fuck.

DC or Marvel? Marvel, hands down.

Xbox or Playstation? Back in my day, we had Nintendo, and we liked it.

Night owl or early riser? The significant owl hoots in the night. (Yet many grey lords go sadly to the masterless men.)

Cards or Chess? Chess is one, long, boring game. Cards is many games! With many people! Or alone! Fuck chess, is what I’m saying. Now, checkers, though...

Chocolate or vanilla? Chocolate. Vanilla is only good as an amplifier for chocolate.

Vans or Converse? Neither. Vans look hideous and thick and unbendy, and I’ve worn Converse and they ate my socks and were also thick and unbendy and just all around terrible.

Star Wars or Star Trek? Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his crew.

One episode per week or marathoning? Marathon if I’m catching up, if not, one episode per week is cool. Depends on the show. Grey’s Anatomy is a lovely thing to do weekly. Other shows like The 100 I want to shove into my eyeballs as fast as I can. And other shows, like The Walking Dead or How to Get Away With Murder, I can only survive by watching once per week because if not I might stop watching altogether.

Gandalf or Obi-Wan? I’m only familiar with Padawan Obi-Wan, and much of that is clouded by The Sith Academy, but then The Hobbit made me loath Gandalf so... Professor Charles Xavier.

Heroes or Villains? Both!

John Williams or Hans Zimmer? I had to google John Williams, so my choice is obvious: Ramin Djawadi

Disneyland/Disney World or Six Flags? I have only vague memories of Disney World, so I’m going to say La Ronde. Because yes. It made me like rollercoasters.

Forest or sea? Forest. Give me them critters!

Flying or reading minds? Flying.

Twin Peaks or Northern Exposure? I have watched neither of these, so The Twilight Zone.

Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings? Uuuuugh. Um. Harry Potter, because there’s a greater chance I’ll reread it. I guess.

Cake or Pie? Cake, but only through lack of adequate pie exposure. Anyone care to send over a pecan pie?

You are banished to a desert island. Which Benedict Cumberbatch character would you choose to take with you? Classified, from Penguins of Madagascar 2, but if he has to be human, then Rory Slippery from Fortysomething.

Train or Cruise ship? Wait, for an extended stay? Cruise ship. For transportation? ...okay, look, old timey trains have their charm, and the chuga-chuga and the swaying is awesome. But most trains don’t do that anymore. Which ugh, fine, speed is better, whatever. (And sleeping on a train is fun but like, one night only, bro. Shit gets cramped.) So, uh, I gotta say. Cruise ship all the way baby.

Brian Cox or Neil deGrasse-Tyson? I barely know either of them but um Neil deGrasse-Tyson?

Wizard of Oz or Alice in Wonderland? I don’t know if I’ve actually watched the Wizard of Oz, whereas I’ve read both Alice books and watched a few film adaptations. So Alice in Wonderland. But for the love of all that’s pure in the world, stop making film adaptations. Or at least go back to the books and stop trying to be Disney.

Fanfiction or fanart? Both. Both is good.

The Hunger Games - Books or movies? Books. I inhaled those fuckers.

Be able to see the future or travel into the past? DINOSAURS.

Han Solo or Luke Skywalker? Gotta go for grumpy Han Solo. My kind of bro.

Lilacs or sunflowers? Okay, look. Sunflowers are for eating. This whole new shenangign fashion of using sunflowers as decorative flowers disconcerts me. That said, gimme a sunflower with sunflower seeds all ready to be eaten and I’ll be in heaven. (And the smell!) I still remember a flower I ate in my grandma’s garden back when I was teeny tiny. But I mean if I gotta pick a flower - one that hasn’t got it’s seed game going - then fine. Lilacs.

Spring or autumn? Rainy season. *weeps* I miss living in the tropics.

Campfire or fireplace? Campfire.

Watch a gory horror or a family-friendly animation? You had to say gory, didn’t you? *sigh* If it were just a horror movie or family-friendly animation, then horror all the way. But you throw in gore and just... *more sighing* Fine. Bring on the talking dogs and comical misadventures.

New Question:

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys or Xena: Warrior Princess: Hercules, because Iolaus.

Tagging: @seschat, @chaosvizier, @nuingiliath, @capn-mactastic and no more! “As many people as there are questions,” ha. As if.

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Jude Law to star as Dumbledore in 'Fantastic Beasts' sequel | Jude Law

Jude Law cast as young Dumbledore in 'Fantastic Beasts' sequel. Posted Thursday, April 13, 2017 10:33 am. The film revealed Johnny Depp cast as the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald, who predated Voldemort in his quest to make wizards rule the world. Jude Law has signed on to play young Dumbledore in the upcoming sequel to last year's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, according to Variety.

Jude Law has been tapped to play beloved Harry Potter character Albus Dumbledore in the next Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them installment. Along with Gandalf the Grey, Albus Dumbledore is one of the most famous wizards in literature and film. There's been a lot of speculation about what Professor Albus Dumbledore got up to before we encounter him in the Harry Potter books, but none of it mentioned he might have looked like Jude Law.Jude Law is playing Dumbledore in the Fantastic Beasts series. THE casting agents for the Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them franchise have chosen their new Albus Dumbledore, and fans are overwhelmingly endorsing their decision.

Pictures made teh official announcement today. Jude Law has been roped in to play young Dumbledore in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel.Now I'm really sad that Robert Downey Jr. didn't get himself cast as Grindelwald somehow. But the casting choice is actually weirdly brilliant.

#Jude Law

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Jude Law to star as Dumbledore in 'Fantastic Beasts' sequel | Jude Law

Pictures made teh official announcement today. Because if you guessed that the Fantastic Beasts movies would tap Jude Law to play the young Dumbledore, come collect your money. Jude Law has signed on to play young Dumbledore in the upcoming sequel to last year's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, according to Variety. PEOPLE: LaBeouf goes into self-imposed isolation; Jude Law cast as Dumbledore; Orlando Bloom talks life after Katy Perry.

Jude Law is playing Dumbledore in the Fantastic Beasts series. Jude Law has been tapped to play beloved Harry Potter character Albus Dumbledore in the next Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them installment. There's been a lot of speculation about what Professor Albus Dumbledore got up to before we encounter him in the Harry Potter books, but none of it mentioned he might have looked like Jude Law.Jude Law has been roped in to play young Dumbledore in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel. But the casting choice is actually weirdly brilliant.

British actor Jude Law has been cast to play a young version of Hogwarts' venerable headmaster Albus Dumbledore, a key character in the second film of JK Rowling's "Fantastic Beasts" movie spinoff, Warner Bros. said on Wednesday. Now I'm really sad that Robert Downey Jr. didn't get himself cast as Grindelwald somehow.Jude Law cast as young Dumbledore in 'Fantastic Beasts' sequel. Along with Gandalf the Grey, Albus Dumbledore is one of the most famous wizards in literature and film.

#Jude Law

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Jude Law to star as Dumbledore in 'Fantastic Beasts' sequel | Jude Law

Jude Law has been roped in to play young Dumbledore in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel. Jude Law is playing Dumbledore in the Fantastic Beasts series. Jude Law has signed on to play young Dumbledore in the upcoming sequel to last year's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, according to Variety. PEOPLE: LaBeouf goes into self-imposed isolation; Jude Law cast as Dumbledore; Orlando Bloom talks life after Katy Perry.

Along with Gandalf the Grey, Albus Dumbledore is one of the most famous wizards in literature and film. Now I'm really sad that Robert Downey Jr. didn't get himself cast as Grindelwald somehow. Posted Thursday, April 13, 2017 10:33 am.Pictures made teh official announcement today. Jude Law has been tapped to play beloved Harry Potter character Albus Dumbledore in the next Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them installment.

But the casting choice is actually weirdly brilliant. The film revealed Johnny Depp cast as the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald, who predated Voldemort in his quest to make wizards rule the world.Because if you guessed that the Fantastic Beasts movies would tap Jude Law to play the young Dumbledore, come collect your money. There's been a lot of speculation about what Professor Albus Dumbledore got up to before we encounter him in the Harry Potter books, but none of it mentioned he might have looked like Jude Law.

#Jude Law

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