#hits hard

[booksdogsmagicandmore]

There’s this exchange in Return of the King between Aragorn and Eowyn and it kills me that they cut it short for the movie:

'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.

Because on the one hand, Aragorn is right. Eowyn may yet be needed to defend her people in Rohan should the battle in Minas Tirith go south. And Eowyn does place too much value on the glory of battle.

But on the other hand, Eowyn is right. Aragorn asks none of his warriors to stay behind. Their best chance at winning is to save Minas Tirith, and in that battle every man counts. If they fail at Minas Tirith then the world of men will fall, and any battle left would be in vain.

Eowyn is being asked to stay at home because she is a woman, and thus society has deemed that her place is in the home. Notice that her brother rides openly to the battle of Minas Tirith. But she cannot, because even in Rohan, where the women learn to fight, they are only permitted to defend themselves in their homes, never to defend their people on the battlefield.

And ultimately, Eowyn proves herself right. Not only do women deserve to be on the battlefield, but they are necessary. The witch king would not have been defeated if Eowyn had done what Aragorn told her to do and stayed with her people.

And it kills me that Eowyn’s speech, her dressing down of the sexism of even Aragorn’s words, was cut out of the movie, so that our hero king can be perfectly moral and sympathetic.

#lord of the rings #lotr #lotr quotes #aragorn #eowyn #lotr eowyn #lotr aragorn #tolkien #tolkein #jrr tolkien #like damn #i am no man #hits hard #but imagine how much harder #that moment would have hit #if this speech had been kept in the movie #return of the king

[v-i-r-i-d-i-a-n]

Taking in the information about Henry/Edward/Vecna/001/000/ahhhhhhhhhh

Has changed my brain chemistry

Looking at this story as a whole, thinking about how it’s all gonna connect in S5, thinking about all the characters and how this story is gonna effect them and how their stories will affect it and how it’s a spider web of beauty AND OH MY GOD

#this has changed me as a person me thinks #this story just like #HITS HARD #YK? #LIKE OMFG #stranger things #henry creel #will byers #mike wheeler #eleven #byler #vecna #edward creel #LITERALLY EVERYTHING #ITS ALL CONNECTING VAGUELY IN MY HEAD #RAAGHHHHHHHHH

[whenneutralityfails]

when the fallout theme hits as lucy checks out the NCR flag

#fallout #fallout tv spoilers #fallout tv series #hits hard

[renee-writer]

10 THINGS YOUR DOG WOULD TELL YOU...

1. My life is likely to last 10 to 15 years. Any separation from you will be painful: remember that before you get me.

2. Give me time to understand what you want of me.

3. Place your trust in me- it is crucial to my well being.

4. Do not be angry at me for long, and do not lock me up as punishment.

5. You have your work, your entertainment,and your friends. I only have you.

6. Talk to me sometimes. Even if I don’t understands your words, I understand your voice when it is speaking to me.

7. Be aware that how ever you treat me, I will never forget.

8. Remember before you hit me that I have teeth that could easily hurt you, but I choose not to bite you because I love you.

9. Before you scold me for being uncooperative, obstinate, or lazy, ask yourself if something might be bothering me. Perhaps I might not be getting the right food, or I have been out too long, or my heart is getting too old and weak.

10. Take care of me when I get old; you too will grow old. Go with me on difficult journeys. Never say: “I cannot bear to watch” or “Let it happen in my absence.” Everything is easier for me if you are there, even my death.

#via facebook #hits hard #furbabies

[justhappytobehere05]

It evokes imagery you’ve seen once before

#same energy #matthew mercer #cr spoilers #critical role spoilers #c3e63 #hits hard #you know it’s epic when the DM is speechless

[bhavcore]

‘Overcoming self sabotage is not about trying to figure out how to override your impulses; it is first determining why those impulses exist in the first place.’

#self sabotage #txt #idk what im doing #it is what it is #poems and quotes #poetry community #writing #desi tumblr #self help #brianna west #the mountain is you #this book #hits hard

[grave-diggers-problems]

#noah kahan #song lyrics #call your mom #raw lines #quotes #deep quotes #mental health #poetry #noah kahn #hits hard #hits different

[spiralingemptyness]

even if we don’t want to, we always resemble our parents in one way or another.

Like Luke Castellan becoming possessed like his mother

#pjo #luke castellan #Parental trauma #hits hard #Was this an excuse to project into a character I like #Maybe #maybe not #we’ll never know

[123countwithme]

#Hits hard #click for better quality #just casually looking on Pinterest and find this #what do I tag this as? #relatable #deep #life #quotes #life quotes

[myhiddenquerencia]

“Ganda sheesha tha, aur hum chehra saaf karte reh gaye.”

“It was a dirty mirror, and we were cleaning our faces.”

#quotes #words #sad thoughts #writers and poets #hits hard

[ronniemc17]

Shh best part

#the half of it #this movie #hits HARD #alice wu #alexxi lemire #leah lewis #aster flores #art #fan art #fanart #acrylic painting #movie #scene study #ellie chu

[karizard-ao3]

You x everyone who recommended evangelion to you

https://www.tumblr.com/cemeterything/731239182374174720/my-dealer-got-some-straight-gas-this-strain-is

😂 I'm so hooked. I've got that show on the brain now! I really wish I had managed to get it all finished before my kid got home because now I'm going to have to watch it after he goes to bed so he can't talk through it and distract me and that means I'll get tired before I can watch too many episodes 😭

#ask me things #my asks #answered asks #neon genesis evangelion #hits hard

[sanctaignorantia]

A legend tells us, that a respectable old man was contemplating in the sunlight, a mirror called Truth. From the top of the mountain, he watched the sun's rays fall on the mirror's shining face, realizing that it reflected all the light and wisdom of Universal Love. At the foot of the mountain, countless children played innocently, running through the flowery fields. Suddenly, the mirror of truth slipped out of the venerable elder's hands and down the side of the mountain, reaching the valley where the children were. The truth breaks up into countless fragments, which spread across the green fields, under the puerile and astonished gaze of the little developing beings. The children run to the foot of the mountain and hold the fragmented truth, ecstatic at the reflected light. Believing they had the whole mirror, they felt they owned the truth, ignoring the other segments that also reflected the sunlight. May, each of us, be conscious of the fact that the fragmented mirror we see is beautiful, it reflects the Greater Light of the Universe, but it is a fragment of the Truth.

-- The Author (From the Pharaohs to Quantum Physics).

#hits hard #From the Pharaohs to Quantum Physics #quote

[ichak-dana-bichak-dana]

When Gulzar Sahab said:

Itna kyu sikhaye jaa rahi ho zindagi,

Hume kaun si sadiyaan guzarni hai yaha...

#gulzar #Shayari #two line shayari #maar hi dala #in the feels #my heart my soul #hits hard #desiblr

[lookninjas]

I got what I wanted just not the feeling I expected, I guess

Had no idea this song existed until it punched me in the chest on the way to work this morning.

#our weird thirties #dessa #we've arrived #it really is a suckerpunch of a song too #hits hard #Youtube

[dhoklaaminoacid]

mubaarakein tumhe ki tum kisi ke Noor ho gye

kisi ke itne paas ho ki sabse door hogye

#hits hard