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I guess, all the time, I feel like I'm kind of trapped because I can't describe…how I'm feeling. So to ask somebody else how they're feeling, that just seems, uh…I don't know, insane?

THE BEAR (2022 - ) 1.06: Ceres

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Eucatastrophe isn't just a nice little plot device in The Lord of the Rings. It isn't just a nod to his worldview. It's absolutely vital to the specific story Tolkien's telling.

The Ring's main temptation is that it offers control. It offers you enough power to defeat all your enemies, to make sure the story ends the way you want. The heroes have to avoid that temptation at every turn, because taking up that power would make them no better than the villain. They have to move forward against impossible odds, knowing that they don't have the power to win, yet hoping that somehow, there's some greater power that will turn the story in their favor.

That's why the enemy's main weapon is despair. He tries to keep their eyes on the logical possibilities of this world, try to make them believe there's no hope of outside help, to think the only things they can rely on are their own power or his own dominance. If the heroes lose hope, they'll either submit to his power, or be tempted to take up power that will still make them slaves to the Dark Lord. Only with that hope can they withstand him.

It's not just hope that Tolkien's heroes need--it's hope unlooked-for. When, based on the knowledge they have and the resources they hold, they can't see any hope of success, they have to move forward in anticipation of a hope that they can't see. A hope that goes beyond the bounds of what they can logically expect. A hope in something greater than the petty powers of this world, in a power that can't be wielded but can only be trusted to turn all things toward a greater good.

And that hope is not in vain. The Dark Lord, for all his pride, all his grasping for power, is still bounded by the limitations of this world. He can't hope to overcome powers from outside the world. His plans can be foiled by a change in the wind, by the arrival of unexpected allies, by a withered, grasping creature taking one wrong step at the edge of a volcano, by air support that shows up at the last minute to save the heroes from death. These turns of fortune aren't just convenient escapes for the heroes--they directly tie to the theme at the heart of the work. In the context of the main conflict of the story, a eucatastrophe is the only way it could end.

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jordan brown

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saw some ducks on my walk today! 😊

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Morning ☕️👩🏻‍💻- via theegglife

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Flaming Forests

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every Christian has come to Jesus through Mary actually

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It’s not even that cold during the day anymore, so why am I cold in my bones? I’m colder now than I was when it was in the teens/single digits.

#I will be wishing I was this cold when I’m in India in two weeks #but I just don’t understand #maybe it’s all the vaccines I had to take? 🤔 #*googles: can the typhoid vaccine make you cold*

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i absolutely fuckin hate it here

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”this pyramid scheme is problematic because there were not enough black people getting exploited”

like - do these people hear themselves?

#something that is bad in and of itself can be criticized on its own and you don’t need secondary faults to justify the criticism

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