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WOOOO I passed my Tolkien course!!!

Completely related now I have knowledge of the Franks, the Goths (the people not the style), and Anglo-Saxon naming traditions and how all of these influenced the Rohirrim

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Tolkien's description of what makes a true fairytale requires the existence of what he coined as "Eucatastrophe" which is described as a sudden and unexpected joyous turn that brings emotional relief and a sense of cosmic justice and which affirms the ultimate goodness of the world

I think that in both the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings, he goes against his idea of fairytales and this is made more obvious in the return to the Shire chapter of both works

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So eh Xavi girlies how are you feeling rn? I nearly screamed so idk how you guys are alive

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I'm gonna be honest, I will cry if I don't get Phainon

Like i already wanted him before the leaks but now, he is a must have

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Ok as a fetus Buddie who discovered them because I was watching SJ reactions to Shadowhunters on TikTok, I think we all agree when I say they deserve a War of Hearts level scene and song

Like I'm sorry but even though I'm new, this fandom has been put through enough and either commit 100% or put us all out of our misery

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I'm gonna be real I have Trypanophobia which is fear of needles and have got panic attacks just cuz of shots

When I saw the scene in the trailer I was like, ok Dr Zayne. give me my shot or whatever

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NEW MAIN STORY AHHHH

Jasmines how are we feeling rn?????

ALSO is that Dawnbreaker!!!!!!!! We gonna feel the depression part of Love and Depression again.

Sylus girlies I saw that knee. You are being fed!

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I'm not even Christian let alone Catholic but I am eagerly waiting with everyone.

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I was today years old when I found out that ppl ship Kyoya and Kaoru and considering the day, I will take this as a sign

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I know I promised more Tolkien class things I learnt and its been a few weeks but

1) I have like 4 essays for uni (one is about how Tolkien doesn't adhere to his own concept of Fairy tales in both Hobbit and LoTR)

2) I started 911 and am now obsessed with Buddie

3) Also I've become obsessed with Malec again and am just on AO3 and watching edits on YouTube

I promise to make the Tolkien posts (with bonus essay material) especially now that I've watched the 60s movie and lemme tell you, that was an experience.

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I AM NOT READY

omg omg omg this looks so good and the fact that Caleb and MC kiss when they decide to die!!!! Doomed lovers my weakness

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Just watched season 7 ep 4 for the first time and I did not see that coming

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The Anemo boys as a boy band would have as a concept something between ZB1, BOYNEXTDOOR and TXT

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IFAAAAAAAAAA

I am normal about him

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Guys since I'm a new fan (I'm on season 4 in 4 days) just tell me if Buddie becomes canon tonight ok?

I need to be in the celebrations with everyone

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Some things I learned/we discussed in Tolkien class this week

Compare Black speech with other artificial languages such as Esperanto and those in 1984 and Finnigan's Wake

Both Black Speech and the language in 1984 and Finnigan's Wake are Agglutinative, the words stick together (an irl example is Japanese)

Originally all the rings had similar powers so the ring-wraiths were actually barrow wrights riding horses (each via a ring)

Black Speech and Finnigan's Wake language are both proliferating

So I asked about the Dwarves cuz of @thylocalbard and the idea was that while yes it was given to them by Aulë, the fact that it was given to them by their creator and we don't know enough about their language and how they have changed it means its less of a created language than Black Speech

Had an interesting discussion if Orcs are corrupted Elves or Druedain (Tolkien retcons do not help figuring this out)

Tune in next week for Mannish languages in Tolkien

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THERE IS A THIRD GIVEN MOVIE?????!!!!

HOW DID I JUST FIND OUT!!!

Excuse me while i listen to Fuyu no hanashi on repeat