#large boulder the size of a small boulder

[gay-mormon-wizard]

happy large boulder the size of a small boulder day to those who celebrate

[notemily]

I woke up this morning to an odd notification from my calendar app

did I put this in my calendar?? I have no memory of this place

anyway happy five years of Large Boulder the Size of a Small Boulder. I hope the tweet stays up forever to bring us joy in this cold world

[jonsnow]

happy Large Boulder the Size of a Small Boulder Day to all who celebrate

[vomher]

A large boulder the size of a small boulder is completely blocking the east-bound lane of Solomon Road at the Savage Coast of Solomon Island.

[futurebird]

You can laugh, but "Large boulder the size of a small boulder" makes perfect sense! They did nothing wrong.

It's a "large boulder" compared to other boulders that do newsworthy things like block a road… but in the world of boulders generally, like those that stand in the desert, tis but a small one.

I do not see the issue.

Contex, ya'll.

[smashroompolls]

Large boulder the size of a small boulder

[thribby]

here you go

can i get a large small

[r0b0tb0y]

small boulder the size of a large boulder - robotboy + blxkcksqvadron

[crystalsandbubbletea]

Ah yes, a boulder the size of a boulder 🙃

[rocksaremyspiritanimal]

happy large boulder the size of a small boulder day to all that observe

large boulder the size of a small boulder. a true classic

[mariaendingmp3]

ok this is really fucked up actually. get this bozo off my dash stat

[door]

a beautiful man. an angry man. we’re gonna miss him so much 🩶

[kelcipher]

Boulder Anniversary!!!!

[toushindai]

Happy 4th anniversary of Large Boulder the Size of a Small Boulder Day! In honor thereof and in spite of authorial clarification that the Strength and Patience of the Hill is in fact a large boulder the size of a large boulder, I want to recommend The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie emphatically to everyone who sees this post.

What's it about?

I tried to write a summary myself but I'm bad at that (and this is not a straightforward story to summarize). Here's the official one, retrieved from Goodreads:

For centuries, the kingdom of Iraden has been protected by the god known as the Raven. He watches over his territory from atop a tower in the powerful port of Vastai. His will is enacted through the Raven's Lease, a human ruler chosen by the god himself. His magic is sustained via the blood sacrifice that every Lease must offer. And under the Raven's watch, the city flourishes. But the power of the Raven is weakening. A usurper has claimed the throne. The kingdom borders are tested by invaders who long for the prosperity that Vastai boasts. And they have made their own alliances with other gods. It is into this unrest that the warrior Eolo--aide to Mawat, the true Lease--arrives. And in seeking to help Mawat reclaim his city, Eolo discovers that the Raven's Tower holds a secret. Its foundations conceal a dark history that has been waiting to reveal itself...and to set in motion a chain of events that could destroy Iraden forever.

What's a large boulder got to do with it?

Well that's who it's narrated by :)

The Strength and Patience of the Hill is one of the many gods that inhabit the world of The Raven Tower. It is a large black stone with white striations and it has been around as a conscious entity since, oh, approximately the Cambrian era. It is a patient and deliberating god. It likes nothing more than to sit in place and ponder the world and its best friend is a swarm of mosquitos. I love the Strength and Patience of the Hill with all my heart. Read this book and you, too, can fall in love with a rock.

What else?

Well this is tumblr so it may interest you to know that Eolo is a transgender character! (He's often described as a trans man, although I've seen a post recently pointing out that given the chance to describe himself his answer is "I'm not a woman," so it may not be correct to describe him in binary terms.) This is something that's important and private to Eolo and treated with respect by those who know it about him.

The story is told not in chapters but in scenes of various length, meandering between the "past" (the Strength and Patience of the Hill narrating its own history in first person, starting in the recesses of geological time and eventually telling of its own initially contact with Iraden and the Raven) and the "present" (a medieval-ish Africa-ish setting) narrated about and to Eolo in second person, Strength and Patience speaking "to" Eolo (though doubting his ability to hear or understand it). As such, the book rewards patience and close attention without being unapproachable.

Another reason the book rewards close attention: the way gods' powers work in this world is that anything they say must be true or their power will make it so; if they lack the power to make it so, the attempt (which they cannot stop) will drain them of power and kill them. Strength and Patience has had a long time to think about these powers--what they mean about the nature of language and about the nature of existence itself, as well as how they can best be used to its own advantage...

In conclusion

I'm really quite clumsy when it comes to recommending things I like, so maybe my previous occasional post on the subject has not adequately expressed how much I think everyone in the world should read this book. Please read this book. Stan this rock with me. For Large Boulder the Size of a Small Boulder Day.

Thank you for your attention.

[songforaname]

In 2015, I got a kidney stone and it was like 1mm. I'm 2021, I got a kidney stone and it was like 2mm. The one I have now is 10mm. If trends continue like this, in a few years I'll have a kidney stone too large to fit in my body