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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: The Return of the King (2003) dir. Peter Jackson

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FETCH ME NEIL

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Bard and his grumpy witcher

-Geraskier doodle

reference- https://www.pinterest.co.kr/pin/813392382739897697/

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Here, have a sketchbook drawing from today's class.

It's book Geralt! kinda... sorta... idk man.

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i love the amount of people defending the live action atla by calling people bandwagon haters and saying that people refuse to form their own opinions and that’s why it’s so hated and “it’s literally perfect because i said so!” like hey friends, opinions are a two way street. while i’m sure it’s true to some degree that people get spurred on by others’ negative opinions, they have to agree in the first place, which means that their own personal opinion is that they didn’t like it. sure, some people are nitpicking the HELL out of the show to a sometimes unnecessary degree. that’s their prerogative! maybe you loved the show so much that you think it’s a flawless piece of television and you’ll refute any and all criticism! no one’s calling you a bandwagoner for loving it are they??? i’m just saying that if your one and only response to people hating on the show is by using some variation of saying they only hate it cause it’s “trendy” or “expected”, or they “refuse to just enjoy things” shut up. please. people are allowed to dislike things, and people enjoy disliking things together. get over it

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Here’s my semi-brief thoughts on the new Avatar show. Spoilers below:

My biggest gripe with the new show is that it’s a prime example of the death of media literacy. SO much of the story has been dedicated to just…info-dumping lore and basically having to say out loud who’s good and who’s bad and how you should feel about each character. It was cool to hear Gran-Gran say the intro of the OG show but she did it as a major exposition bomb. One of MANY especially in the first few episodes. ATLA’s heart is it’s world-building and the relationships between it’s characters, and those things went hand in hand as the OG show progressed. The characters learned from each other and grew as people, and the new show just feels deeply bland and shallow. The characters have been stripped of so many of their most human traits because it makes them seem like bad people, and it needs to be shoved in your face that they’re the good guys, so they can’t possibly have flaws. Sokka can’t be a huge misogynist, Katara can’t be angry and impulsive, Aang can’t be childish, etc. Hell, even Zuko seems to have been dumbed down at the cost of making Iroh seem like the better character, and don’t even get me started on what they’ve done to him. In season one we’re supposed to hate Zuko, so that his redemption arc is all the more compelling. Taking time this early to force out that “he’s a good guy don’t worry!” speaks very poorly to the writing, among other things. Overall it just feels very weak, and like the writers felt the need to spell everything out for audiences. The show starting in the past, while interesting to see and setting the mood quick, it was thematically so absurd and set me up to be disappointed. Aang should never have known about the war and the Fire Nation invasion before he went in the ice, it’s part of what bonds him to Katara in the first place! She teaches him what happened and tries to help him through the emotions of that realization. He comes to terms on his own that he’s the last of his people, he doesn’t have some old lady throw it in his face in a crowd. Listen, there’s some things about this show I actually enjoyed, and it certainly could’ve been worse. But God, I’m not a fan. I hate to say it, but I’m hoping Netflix stays true to themselves and cancels it after this season.

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Still around the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate;

And though I oft have passed them by, A day will come at last when I

Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

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im a proud "ive never used chat gpt" user btw

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Wolf at Night

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the ao3 writer’s curse is real. i was in the middle of publishing the first chapter of a 25+ chapter fic and a 10 lb ceramic snowman fell on my head and sent me to the ER

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laura’s 11k celebration (top 40 characters as voted by my followers) ✵ 7 ➳jaskier

↳ “Respect doesn't make history.”

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for spotify wrapped: what was your last minute ear worm entry? like the song you barely listened to all year and then randomly got into for a bit at the end of the year and it made it onto your top 100?

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Unraveling the fanon or canon bits in the witcher through out the different canons is a mess, for example, people think Coen is from the Griffin School, and even criticized the show for making him a wolf, when its not mentioned in the books at all that he’s a griffin

The Griffin school isn’t even mentioned until Lady of the Lake and thats only once, and its not the one scene where Coen shows up

Or Sorceresses being sterile due to the effect of magical energy on their bodies despite Geralt’s mother being established as one ( since she appeared in the very first witcher story before the saga envisioned im guessing this is a case of “ the author not coming up with that part of canon yet”)

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i personally think that if at any point in your life you bullied someone for liking a certain thing you are not allowed to enjoy said thing later in life. it’s not for meanies

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Ranking the F•R•I•E•N•D•S (as voted by my followers): #2 — Chandler Bing ↳ Hi, I’m Chandler. I make jokes when I’m uncomfortable.

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