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at the start of every month everyone reblogs some insane poetry that’s like “august has arrived and again I swallow my bones in the burning sun” and every time I’m like damn that makes no sense. but kind of true.

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hey my fellow Christians.

would y'all pray for me? my faith is pretty rocky & i'm facing a lot of questions that don't have answers.

i dont want to want to leave God or Christ, but i'm feeling truly shaken and could use some prayers.

thank you and God bless.

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Oh, wow! Thanks for the tag @eri-pl !

Alright well here it goes.

I like linguistics and etymology.

I like that I've tried this hard for this long, and still find it in myself to keep trying.

I like that I've become insufferably educated on Tolkien lore over the years.

I like that I'm something of a "cool-looking swords collector"

I like how I'm pretty good at ice skating despite the fact that I don't do it super often.

@corvidae-quills @muse-write @saurongorthaur9 @lastlightofearendil @delwaaunglor @thegreenleavesofspringinsunlight @monarchthefirst @roses-red-and-pink @joan-frommars @insidethehalloftheflame-eyedking

Firstly, when you get this, you have to answer with 5 things you like about yourself, publicly. Then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers//non-negotiable, positivity is cool

uhh lemme see

1: i can cook?

2: im kinda funny?

3: ... running out of ideas, uh....i can draw?

4: im nice?

5: i listen to ppl?

followers: @askgeneralwash , @k01-dr4ws, @harzekeenjoyer, @mammonmuffinz, @theatergerk, @sleepystormchaser, @theojrresponds, @ceo-of-lams, @arcadeii, @cal-1776

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asshole brothers featuring Luthien lol

based on this post because I find it funny

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I know there are some people who like to draw/imagine Lùthien as taller than Beren and I certainly don't mind it but I just can't help but love canonically Short(or at least average height) Lùthien mostly because of how funny it is that her parents Melian and Thingol, who are both tall and in Thingol's case, absurdly, ridiculously tall(Like, Thingol is canonically NINE FEET TALL. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY ABSURD), would have a daughter who is only like, half their size.

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something something the poetry of science etc

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i swear to god chatgbt "therapy" is going to be my actual breaking point

"god forbid people need 24/7 access to therapy to-"

THAT'S NOT THERAPY

THAT IS A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO TELL YOU WHAT IT THINKS YOU WANT TO HEAR

IT CANNOT PROVIDE YOU WITH THERAPY

*UNEARTHLY SCREECH OF DESPAIR*

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I'm not sure if anyone has posted about this previously, but I was re-reading the Houses of Healing chapter in ROTK today, and noticed an interesting detail: the scent of athelas changes for each person upon whom it is used.

When Aragorn uses athelas to awaken Faramir, the text notes that "a living freshness filled the room, as if the air itself awoke and tingled, sparkling with joy." And for the observers in the room, "the fragrance that came to each was like a memory of dewy mornings of unshadowed sun in some land which the fair world in spring is itself but a fleeting memory." (ROTK 865).

Yet, when Aragorn next uses the herb to rouse Éowyn, the observers note something different: "it seemed to those who stood by that a keen wind blew through the window, and it bore no scent, but was an air wholly fresh and clean and young, as if it had not before been breathed by any living thing and came new-made from snowy mountains high beneath a dome of stars, or from shores of silver far away washed by seas of foam." (ROTK 868).

And finally, when Aragorn awakens Merry, the athelas smells "like the scent of orchards, and of heather in the sunshine full of bees" (ROTK 869).

What I think is interesting here is that for each person, the scent is different, and could be seen to evoke a landscape that is dear to them: for Merry, the description of orchards, heather, sunshine, and bees seems quite clearly linked to the Shire. And for Faramir, the "living freshness" and "dewy mornings" might describe the vales of Ithilien.

What's interesting to me is the description Tolkien chose to give Éowyn's version of the athelas, because it doesn't seem immediately connected to any landscape with which we can associate her. An alternative explanation is that Éowyn is consistently paired with winter and ice imagery, so the idea of "new-made, from snowy mountains" could simply be an echo of that same imagery; in a similar vein, the "shores of silver far off" could just be a vague allusion to the blessed lands of Valinor, and not really specific to Éowyn at all. Moreover, either of these images could simply be a poetic way to convey a sense of renewal and cleanliness; i.e. Éowyn being washed clean of the Black Shadow.

However, my pet headcanon is that perhaps the description of Éowyn's athelas is meant to suggest that she has a special emotional connection to at least one of these landscapes. In my mind, this is most likely the mountains; after all, the White Mountains are not far from Edoras and it is conceivable that she either visited there at times, or at least admired them from the valleys below. Perhaps the sight of the high, snowy peaks were a source of comfort and inspiration to her as she struggled against the confines of her life in Edoras. Along those lines, I suppose it's also conceivable that Éowyn visited the sea at some point; or at least that she dreamed of it, and that to her the sea represented an escape from her intolerable situation.

Either way, we'll never know for sure, but this was a fun little detail to read into.

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i hate when a piece of kids media is so well made that people start saying "clearly this was made FOR adults not for silly little babies. we are the true target demographic" like cmon man. you don't have to pretend it's something it isn't. sometimes things that are made for 12 year olds are good.

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I have someone in my mentions who has reblogged and replied to a bunch of my posts about how much God hates them. On their blog they had a long and graphic description of how they want to harm themselves & end their life. I have reported the post in the hopes that they can get some support. But could you please pray for them?

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Can any Christians that come across this please pray for my parents? They have been trying to sell my late grandmothers condo for over a year now and haven’t had any luck. It’s been very frustrating for them. If you guys could please pray that it sells, my parents and I would be very appreciative. Thank you, and God bless you! 😊

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"you don't owe anyone anything" You are a tar pit. Speak for yourself. I personally owe the cafe employees my dishes put away and my friends a listening ear and small scared insects a cup and a gentle trip outside. Hyperindividualism is a rancid infection borne of capitalism and willfully misinterpreted therapyspeak and I will defy it by continuing to be kind regardless of whether or not it benefits me personally

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NOTICE: As more and more fanfic writers are using generative AI for their works (you uncreative dweebs), I hereby swear on everything I hold dear that I have not and will NEVER use generative AI in ANY of my written work. Everything I post will be organically and creatively my own.

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I think something I've learned from this experience is not to push away every doubt and question I have about God that I have. It's not bad to have questions about God, it doesn't mean your faith is nonexistent, but we can't ignore those doubts, completely hide them away, feel ashamed of them and shove them into a corner for us to "work on later"(and let's be honest here, when we say later we mean never), otherwise it'll just boil over until it blows up in your face.

Sometimes you think your faith in God is unshakeable and the next you're sobbing going through an existential crisis wondering if God even exists

I could use some prayers

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This reminds me of that one time a couple months back when Elder Bednard, an authority of the LDS church, was like "avoid AI companions" and we were all like "uh....ok?" It sounded so absurd at the time. Most of us had never even considered such a thing at that point.

Couple months later and now look where we are.

“They’re trying to convince people they can’t do the things they’ve been doing easily for years – to write emails, to write a presentation. Your daughter wants you to make up a bedtime story about puppies – to write that for you.” We will get to the point, she says with a grim laugh, “that you will essentially become just a skin bag of organs and bones, nothing else. You won’t know anything and you will be told repeatedly that you can’t do it, which is the opposite of what life has to offer. Capitulating all kinds of decisions like where to go on vacation, what to wear today, who to date, what to eat. People are already doing this. You won’t have to process grief, because you’ll have uploaded photos and voice messages from your mother who just died, and then she can talk to you via AI video call every day. One of the ways it’s going to destroy humans, long before there’s a nuclear disaster, is going to be the emotional hollowing-out of people.”

Justine Bateman on AI in this article from The Guardian

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Dont just leave these in the tags bro

people care waaaaaay too much about the saja boys... whyy am i seeing more posts about them theorizing/giving them more personality and content rather than anyone talking about the female leads........

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asking how to make sex work safe is like asking how to make fast fashion humane and environmentally sustainable. you can’t. some industries are inherently harmful and would not exist if ethical practices were implemented.