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the fact that denethor & aragorn are nearly the same age will never stop throwing me for a fucking loop

like, they’re literally only a year apart & since aragorn seemingly matured at an average human rate before his numenor heritage slowed him down, they were young adults at the same time!

what’s more, aragorn served in the gondorian army under denethor’s dad ecthelion, so there’s a very good chance they met back then!!

I need so badly to know what those interactions were like

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DRAWTOBER #13 - Strangled by the Red String of Fate by idlestories

“It has its roots in a legend from the east, sire. I believe it’s called the red string of fate.” “Fate?” Arthur said incredulously. “What, is he going to be the one to kill me?” “Getting more likely by the minute,” Merlin supplied. “Shut up, Merlin.” Gaius held up a weary hand. “Legend has it that the string connects people to the person with whom they are most compatible.” There was a beat of silence. “You have got to be kidding me.”

this fic? absolutely hilarious. Arthur and Merlin find themselves tied together by the red string of fate, and figure that attempting to fix it by having lots of sex probably isn't the worst thing they can do. it's one of the only fics I've read where Arthur knowing about Merlin's magic and the drama about that actually winds up taking a back seat to the rest of the general shenanigans, and it's really good fun to read.

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"60-70,000 geese" is the new "i found 100,000 dollars"

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via indiarosecrawford

Frog Paints a Water Lily Pond 🪷🎨🐸

𝑓ₒᵣ ⲕᵢ𝑛𝑔 ₐ𝑛𝑑 𝑐ₒ𝑡𝑡ₐ𝑔ₑ

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I was today years old. That is disgusting.

No Child Left Behind is one of the worst things to ever be incentivized in schools. It was signed into law when I was 14. Reading Rainbow was my show as a kid. LeVar Burton played a big part in why I became an avid reader to date. The joy of it. It's an adventure around the globe and through different time periods without stepping on a plane or time machine.

Children parrot behavior. In grade school, I always wanted to read the same amount of books as my teachers (50 books) and managed to double that each year. Before No Child Left Behind, book fairs and Scholastic catalogs were a serious matter like your grandma's Fingerhut catalogs. Libraries were (and still are) a wonderland.

Reading comprehension and proficiency in schools has been declining for decades. A crisis. The joy of books isn't pushed anymore and I'm always saddened by it. It's one of the reasons why I post my book reviews and recommendations on here, as well as posts from others to encourage reading and (novel) writing. Kids will parrot your behavior while the education system sadly fails to return as that example.

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that some people respond to any well-foreshadowed reveal with “ugh that plot twist was so predictable” proves bad faith criticism has rotted their brains to the point they think it’s bad writing if they can correctly identify information the writers were intentionally giving them

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the turbines turn into the wind… is this not clear?

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chill out season 2 jon... it's all in your head...

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people will conceptualize themselves and other humans as “sacks of meat” then wonder why they have a bad self-image. ermm

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In an incredible reversal, Builder.AI just declared bankruptcy after admitting that they were faking their AI tool with 700 humans

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Passing time and eating peaches. No phone just living in the moment

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i love when ppl draw elias bouchard wearing like anachronistic ass emerald green waistcoats and a monocle in their fanart bc it makes s1 so much funnier to think about. like you know what? yeah actually if i was jonathan sims and my fucking freak of a boss dressed like that and did an evil monologue voice at all times and paid me to read ghost stories in his basement all day, i would also probably be like "yeah this is a deeply unserious job and i am the only normal person here. sick paycheck tho" and then clock the fuck out without ever thinking about those fuckass statements again!! like what are we dunking on him for!! who would chalk that up to anything other than "my weirdass boss has clearly taken his eccentric edwardian magician LARP too far but goddamn if that check doesn't come in every month"

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So I may have finally listened to that one podcast and I’m feeling completely normal about it.

Please don’t ask where I’ve been for the last

*checks notes*

Yikes, a year almost? I’ve been busy with life lol

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How To Draw A Horse - a comic by Emma Hunsinger

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on watching a parent age

i saw somebody say “what if you’re gone and i haven’t become anything yet” and basically that broke me on a random thursday evening