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mother night

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some than today

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And like here is the problem that I have with Sarah J Maas taking from Tolkien. It isn't that she takes in the first place, EVERY AUTHOR STEALS FROM OTHER AUTHORS! Especially the classic authors. It's fine! There are no original ideas. My problem is that she takes from him but doesn't understand or appreciate what she takes in the first place.

I just watched all three LOTR movies over Fourth of July weekend and I am thinking of the most beautiful scene in the movie, the one where Aragorn has just been crowned king, he got the girl, he is the hero of middle earth. None of these people have any idea what Frodo just did. Aragorn walks up to the hobbits and of course they bow to him.

But Aragorn knows what they did, how important they are. He knows he is not the only hero here. He defended mIddle earth of course but without these hobbits, they would have lost. So he says to them "My friends, you bow to no one." And he kneels to them, setting up the wonderful chain reaction where these men and elves and people bigger than the small simple hobbits, put themselves lower than them. Because Aragorn knows that he is part of a group pf people who are all as important as he is and he genuinely loves and respects them.

Aelin in Throne of Glass is supposed to be Aragorn. She female Aragorn without any of Aragorn's admirable traits. Aragorn is the perfect hero because he is strong and powerful and brave, but also kind and calm, and humble. Aelin is none of the latter. She thinks she is the most important person here and that she is deserving of everything just for being her. So the line I am thinking about now is.

"You bow to no one", throne of glass it is changed to "She was Aelin etc etc and she bowed to no one." taking a beautiful line about empathy and community and small simple people triumphing over adversity and makes it about this blonde queen woman being so badass that she would never put herself lower than anything.

It is so insulting I dont think I will ever get over it

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been a while since i posted my art on here but i’m trying to get my work some traction again so hey

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Converse-vans couple 👟🍊

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"heres simon snow.

We thought he was the chosen one for a few years. Look at the state of him. Gave himself a tail."

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Some sketches of the sillies

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i love motifs i love recurring themes i love symbolism i love foreshadowing i love impactful narratives

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happy birthday to harry james potter here’s some reasons why he always has been and always will be one of my favorite characters in all of fiction:

was treated like garbage his entire childhood and still has an inexhaustible capacity for love and forgiveness

u can talk shit abt him but if u talk shit abt his friends he’ll launch a brutal verbal tirade against u

god tier sense of humor. sarcasm level 100 never misses

bravest boy on earth??? this kid found out he had to DIE to get rid of some crazy ass evil dictator and literally walked stone cold to his own death to save everyone else??

let’s not forget he liked his lightning scar at first before he found out what it rly was :( he thought it was cool :(

unheard of emotional maturity for a teenager. instantly understood that ron was insecure abt being the youngest boy in his family and not having a lot of money and always tried to find ways to make him feel better abt it

had cute lil daydreams abt being the triwizard champion before he got forced into it for real

UNmatched bisexual energy, literally always sizing everyone up and declaring them attractive or monstrous, no in between

so so humble abt his talents and abilities yes but also SO arrogant abt his moral code. he said my moral compass is the correct one and i will follow that and ur rules and laws can truly eat my ass and honestly that’s so sexy of him

animals always like him 😔

literally BORN to wield power and not abuse it. boy destroyed the elder wand bc he liked his old one better

drinks his respect women juice every morning and every night before bed rmr when he got so righteously offended that hermione suggested he thought the prince couldn’t be a woman bc he didn’t think a woman could be that smart

also rmr when he choked out mundungus for stealing shit from grimmauld djebfjnwbfne

literally so stubborn that the imperius curse barely works on him lmaoooo

successfully used crucio to defend mcgonagall’s honor like?? ok king go off!!

just the best boy in the whole world. that’s all

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there’s something about unhinged women 😍

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I’m watching that documentary “Before Stonewall” about gay history pre-1969, and uncovered something which I think is interesting.

The documentary includes a brief clip of a 1954 televised newscast about the rise of homosexuality. The host of the program interviewed psychologists, a police officer, and one “known homosexual”. The “known homosexual” is 22 years old. He identifies himself as Curtis White, which is a pseudonym; his name is actually Dale Olson.

So I tracked down the newscast. According to what I can find, Dale Olson may have been the first gay man to appear openly on television and defend his sexual orientation. He explains that there’s nothing wrong with him mentally and he’s never been arrested. When asked whether he’d take a cure if it existed, he says no. When asked whether his family knows he’s gay, he says that they didn’t up until tonight, but he guesses they’re going to find out, and he’ll probably be fired from his job as well. So of course the host is like …why are you doing this interview then? and Dale Olson, cool as cucumber pie, says “I think that this way I can be a little useful to someone besides myself.”

1954. 22 years old. Balls of pure titanium.

Despite the pseudonym, Dale’s boss did indeed recognize him from the TV program, and he was promptly fired the next day. He wrote into ONE magazine six months later to reassure readers that he had gotten a new job at a higher salary.

Curious about what became of him, I looked into his life a little further. It turns out that he ultimately became a very successful publicity agent. He promoted the Rocky movies and Superman. Not only that, but get this: Dale represented Rock Hudson, and he was the person who convinced him to disclose that he had AIDS! He wrote the statement Rock read. And as we know, Rock Hudson’s disclosure had a very significant effect on the national conversation about AIDS in the U.S.

It appears that no one has made the connection between Dale Olson the publicity agent instrumental in the AIDS debate and Dale Olson the 22-year-old first openly gay man on TV. So I thought I’d make it. For Pride month, an unsung gay hero.

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god I just. love ruthlessness as a character trait so much. sexy sexy sexy

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beach boys… city girls… mountain goats…

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"should autism exist in my fantasy story?" yes. "should psychosis exist in my fantasy story?" yes. "should personality disorders exist in my fantasy story?" yes. "should ADHD exist in my fantasy story? should intellectual disabilities exist in my fantasy story? should dissociative disorders exist in my fantasy story? should trauma disorders exist in my fantasy story? should anxiety disorders exist in my fantasy story? should mood disorders exist in my fantasy story? should--"

yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

you don't have to include their real actual names and you don't have to have main characters with every single one of these things. But neurodivergent and mentally ill people should EXIST in fantasy stories and fantasy societies, because we exist in real life. We deserve to be acknowledged.

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“percy is supposed to have black hair” “annabeth is supposed to be blonde” no. the only hair color that matters is that percy and annabeth get their matching grey streaks after holding up the sky in ttc

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"But why does this character need to be transgender" Well, my friend, I'm glad you asked. That's what we in the business call a character detail. Most characters have a few of those.

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look man, life is hard and the rules of society are complex

but let people off the fuckin train before you try to get on

and don’t play your goddamn music on your phone speakers in public