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i love the specification of "alive" in the people magazine "sexiest man alive" award. clearly they're worried about ötzi the iceman sweeping the competition. as they should be.

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by Vladimir Ryabkov

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Animal Crossing: New Leaf

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Boromir Week Day 3: Son of Denethor, Paternal Family, Thorongil

Here is what we know: When Denethor was a young man, Aragorn served as a captain in Gondor under the name Thorongil. He was so skilled and wise that he soon became invaluable to Steward Ecthelion, which made Denethor jealous.

So here's today's headcanon: Ecthelion wants to keep Thorongil close while Denethor is constantly trying to edge him out, which means Aragorn is just constantly around. And Finduilas, as we know, is very, very lonely. She's alone in a world of grim, older military men, she dreads being so close to Mordor, and her husband has no emotional fluency. So when Thorongil speaks kindly to her and holds genuine conversations with her, it's one of the only friendly anchors she has. She sees him as closer to her in age--though he's not--and feels like he actually values her for more than just being a quiet, dutiful wife--because he does. He's there throughout her first pregnancy and when she goes into labor with Boromir.

Meanwhile, Denethor's attention has been on being valuable to his father. He's been hoping and praying this baby will be a son, because he thinks it will be what he finally needs to wrest Ecthelion's favor away from Thorongil and back to himself.

But while Ecthelion adores his grandson, he still relies on Thorongil's skills and leadership, and Denethor only grows more jealous. Recognizing this, and perhaps also recognizing that he's become a wedge between Finduilas and Denethor, Aragorn surprises everyone by making that abrupt decision not to return to Minas Tirith after the battle of the Corsairs.

TO BE CLEAR, I don't hc that Boromir and Faramir's parentage is anything other than what's laid out in canon. I'm just saying THERE'S A LOT OF MATERIAL TO WORK WITH HERE.

@boromir-week

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I think it's funny that conservatives think everyone who hated Elon is now gonna love him suddenly and start buying Teslas when the reality is more like we're Merry and Pippin in Isengard high as fuck watching Grima Wormtounge stab Saruman in the back and then being skewered on a water wheel

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this is what having sex with sonic the hedgehog sounds like btw

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art movement moodboards: Pre-Raphaelite (requested by anonymous)

the members of the pre-raphaelite brotherhood believed the classical poses and elegant compositions of raphael in particular had been a corrupting influence on the academic teaching of art, hence the name “pre-raphaelite.” the brotherhood sought a return to the abundant detail, intense colours, and complex compositions of quattrocento italian art

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the symbiotic relationship between tumblr and AO3 should be studied in a lab

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Chen Chi-kwan (陳其寬)

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Tolkien writing kingdoms' moral decay and eventual decline: they exploited nature, destroyed forests and cut down trees

Tolkien writing male characters' moral decay and eventual decline: he stopped listening to his wife

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You're about to close on your very own, suspiciously affordable and comfortable house. Just before you sign the contract, the realtor shows you the required legal disclosure: your new house is haunted by the type of presence you'll get from this spinner wheel.

Of course it is.

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i am begging Tobias forge on my hands and knees to please bring Skeletour to NorCal (please)

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COWBELL GHOUL LIVES

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My only Skeletá HC is that Cowbell was brought out of retirement to write and record his part on Umbra. That's why that shit is so crisp. He didn't want to tour because he much prefers the cryptid life now, though.

#live laugh lurk #Cowbell

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