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Pilgrim’s Badge with Sun with human face

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anyway when the themes are theming (ooooo you wanna read mien'harel so bad)

chapter vi

chapter xiii (upcoming)

i guess why i'm okay with mythal being this "plain" figure at the end of a long hallway and nothing more is that. i just really really like the idea of the mother of empire being stripped down to her barest essentials. being ripped apart and ground to the bone into something that is just... a woman. a haughty, arrogant, imperious woman who will never apologise for what she has done because she sees it as divinely ordained and as the victory of a better civilisation over a lesser one. she soothed elgarn'nan's anger. she conquered the pillars of the earth. she came from the world's tears to rule it with justice and righteousness. and at the end of the day when all is said and done that's just what empire has always been. a petty, haughty cruelty masquerading as benevolence.

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tragedy perverts when the character paves the path to their own destruction

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i guess why i'm okay with mythal being this "plain" figure at the end of a long hallway and nothing more is that. i just really really like the idea of the mother of empire being stripped down to her barest essentials. being ripped apart and ground to the bone into something that is just... a woman. a haughty, arrogant, imperious woman who will never apologise for what she has done because she sees it as divinely ordained and as the victory of a better civilisation over a lesser one. she soothed elgarn'nan's anger. she conquered the pillars of the earth. she came from the world's tears to rule it with justice and righteousness. and at the end of the day when all is said and done that's just what empire has always been. a petty, haughty cruelty masquerading as benevolence.

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i think trying to claim any of the evanuris as a true ‘parental figure’ to the rest of the group is missing the actual real horror here. the ‘parents’ of the evanuris were the TITANS, forced to give birth to them all.

it’s very clear to me ancient elven society is based on what elgar’nan and the others saw of the titans, but they twisted it. the titans are the ones regarded as the creators of the dwarves, dwarves that the titans call their children ("children of the stone"). the dwarves came from their bodies, and the dwarves cared for them, worshipped them.

the evanuris also refer to the elves as their children, even if they themselves are not involved with the process of creating an ancient elf, at least not physically. and obviously, elgar’nan declares himself as a godking after defeating the titans in war and literally starts wearing their bodies as jewelry. as medals he awarded to himself. he still clings to a necklace filled with dust from the place he made himself out of, the body of a titan.

elgar’nan’s other title is “he who overthrew his father,” which is in reference to this horrid relationship he has to the titans: they are his 'parents,' his 'creators.' when the titans didn’t want that, want any of this.

the blight, the nightmares of the titan war, is also spread through a violent, forced birth.

and this kind of horror is very common in war! i want it to be discussed!!! especially when it comes to analyzing the crimes of the evanuris: it didn’t just start at mythal and solas making the dagger. it didn’t even start at the first declaration of war!

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i know it's hard. but i so firmly believe the strongest antidote to loneliness is reaching out first. and continuing to reach out. again and again and again. excise any scrap of shame you hold about being the person who texts first or pitches the plan or asks to get lunch. everyone is tired and busy and struggling. and afraid of feeling unwanted and unimportant. don't let the people you love feel that way. reach out first. don't be a ghost in your own life.

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a lot of people could stand to start viewing the nakba and the holocaust as a continuum rather than as competitive binaries

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"Second sea" - a gouache painting

Best part of making this was showing it to my father who said "Sea!" with the most flabbergasted expression on his face. Like yeah dude ikr?? This rules!

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Mythal walked out of the sea of the Earth’s tears

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BENICIO DEL TORO

in SNATCH (2000)

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was tagged by @ammoniteflesh & @oldxenomorph to share my favourite video games.

these are mostly games that i feel have had an impact on me, have shaped how i approach my own writing and storytelling, have made me reflect and come to grips with theme or character or both. and also dragon age is there 🌸

tagging: @echthr0s @dreadfutures @tinybatjoly @inquisimer @heliomanteia @rosella-writes @broodwoof @nixeofmidgard @biancasbow AND YOU 🫵👁👁

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[ID: Five screencaps from Taskmaster. Jason Mantzoukas says, "I'm gonna be honest, when I'd spilled the yoghurt on my hand, I was like, 'I'm fucked. I'm not trying to get points now. I'm just on my secondary mission, which is always ongoing - destroy, dismantle, engulf in flames.'" End ID.]

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Today's Card Is: Mr. Foxglove

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they just created a new type of enjoyment called "friends' ocs." it kind of rocks and everyone should enjoy it

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green's my colour.

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To The Painters of Pompeii - Jordan Bolton

My first book ‘Blue Sky Through the Window of a Moving Car’ is now available to pre-order! Get it here - https://smarturl.it/BlueSky

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There’s something wrong with me right now but don’t worry I found a cure (holds up a hyperfixation from when I was 14) (NOT one of the good ones)