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SHE'S SO PRETTY!!!!! 😍😍😍

Ugh! This makes me wish I was able to draw! But alas, even my stick figures are all kinds of wonky.

OP, this is absolutely stunning! I can 100% see the inspiration of Richard Armitage's features. Bravo!

Dís, younger sister of Thorin Oakenshield, mother of Fili and Kili.

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Based her face on Richard Armitage’s features and facial structure. So in a way, one can take this as a genderbent Thorin ;D

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Quick Éomer study. for science

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I love the inverse effect! So cool!

And yes, angry Thorin is still hot Thorin. 😍😍😍

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angry but so hhhhhhhhot！💖

guess which part of rune is useful！）

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THE PRINCESS BRIDE 1987 — dir. Rob Reiner

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Okay, I have a feeling this is an unusual experience, but did anyone else find that the Silmarillion was easier to read than the Lord of the Rings?

I've been trying to read the Lord of the Rings but I cannot get passed the prologue because it's basically a history/lore dump on the Shire and I need a map and a list of town names so I can figure out where the heck everything is in this info dump.

So I took a break from slogging through the Shire and started reading the Silmarillion.

So far, I've read the Ainulindalë and the Valaquenta...can someone explain to me why the literal history of the beginning of the world and the introduction of the primordial Powers that Be were easier for me to comprehend than Hobbit lore???

Update: I made it through the prologue! Woohoo! And I've read through chapter 1 of FotR. The story aspect is so much easier to understand than the lore dump in the prologue.

Also, Bilbo is a literal troll, haha! I've seen all the movies (theatrical and extended editions) so I knew what happened at his party, but for some reason I found the book version of Bilbo was much more carefree and mischievous than movie Bilbo. Like a little kid getting away with a fun prank whereas movie Bilbo is more the grumpy old man who can't wait to get away from all his bothersome relatives/neighbors when he leaves.

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Durin's Day (to my understanding) is just as described in the book: a day/time when the last moon of Autumn and the first sun of Winter appear in the sky together. To be more specific to Tolkien's interpretation: if a thin slice of a waxing (increasing) crescent moon can be seen together with the sun, that is Durin's Day.

Now, the thing about Durin's Day is that it's not fixed on a specific calendar date (like the Gregorian Calendar's New Year is always the exact date of January 1st that was preceded by December 31st). Durin's Day—and the Dwarven Calendar as a whole—is intrinsically tied to the cycles of the moon and the changing of the seasons.

A solar year is 365 days + 6 hours (hence why we have Leap Years every four years to make up for those missing 6 hours x 4 = 24 hours). But a complete moon cycle from new moon to new moon is about 29.5 days, meaning there are about 12.4 total moon cycles in one solar year. This means any given year can have either 12 or 13 full moons depending on the moon cycles.

So when the dwarves say it is beyond their skill to guess when that day will be, all that means is that their lore-masters have lost track of the moon cycles and now don't have a more accurate way to tell when the EXACT date that Durin's Day will fall on. They can certainly try to guess, but until they reach the Lonely Mountain in the autumn, they don't have a precise way to determine what day the last moon of Autumn and the first sun of Winter will actually appear together to unlock the hidden door.

For some practical application and more information regarding Durin's Day and the Dwarven Calendar, I recommend checking out this document by @thedwarrowscholar. If you want to dive more into Dwarven culture as a whole, check out their website.

what do you mean "it passes our skill in these days to guess when such a time will come again"??

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writing dual POV is just controlling both sims in the argument

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Right?! How am I supposed to work when I've got this on my mind? 😍 Who's got the ice bucket? 🥵

i dont have an excuse besides that I watched The Hobbit again

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“you’re so quiet” yeah i’m rewriting the same 3 sentences in my head while imagining a dramatic betrayal between fictional people. i’m BUSY

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"For Fëanor was made the mightiest in all parts of body and mind, in valour, in endurance, in beauty, in understanding, in skill, in strength and in subtlety alike, of all the Children of Ilúvatar, and a bright flame was in him." ~ The Simarillion: Chapter 11 "Of The Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor" by JRR Tolkien

Really God?! You couldn't save some positive corporeal ingredients for the rest of us mere mortals?!

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The Silmarillion has been a fascinating read, but reading that made me literally laugh out loud. Like damn! No wonder the races only lessened in quality from the Firstborn Elves to the Secondborn Men—Ilúvatar used up all the good ingredients on Fëanor and left us with the scraps, haha!

On a side note, I find it funny that Fëanor is described as "the mightiest in...subtlety". There are many words that I would use to describe Fëanor (as Tolkien himself so elegantly listed in the above text), but subtle ain't one of them. The guy literal started an uprising against the Valar and instigated the First Kinslaying. I wouldn't call that subtle.

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Nope. No arguments here.

Thorin lives idc what anyone says

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“Your journey will be much lighter and easier if you don’t carry your past with you.”

— Unknown

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You have just been magically transported into a random ao3 fic!

Spin the wheel of ao3 tags three times to find out what your fic is about. Put in the tags what your fic tags are!

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bilbo is better than me because if thirteen sweaty, hairy, broad, slightly dirty men came to my door one night i would take my clothes off

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Three words...Pirate King Thorin ☠️👑⚔️⚓🐦‍⬛

Perhaps an origin story of the fearsome Smaug invading Erebor, forcing the Durin siblings to flee their home, taking refuge on the open waters out of reach of Smaug's fiery breath, leading to the rise of a powerful Pirate Lord: Thorin Oakenshield, King of the Seven Seas of Arda.

Also, this is a banger song! If any of you remember the song "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" from your childhood, I can guarantee that this is the most epic version you are ever going to hear in your life!

Also, @lathalea, I thought of your fic Heart of Stone when I heard this. I don't know if this music is your style, but I thought you could appreciate it all the same.

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I really like both of these takes.

Mutual growth/learning and unpacking personal issues already gives you a lot of material to work with in a story for internal conflict within your characters. Now it's just a matter of mixing in the external forces/conflict and boom! You've got yourself a recipe for a banger plotline rich with emotional depth and natural relationship growth. Win, win.

How do you write age gaps in relationships?

Hi! Age gaps can be super interesting to write, but also a bit tricky. I think the biggest thing is making sure the dynamic feels respectful and balanced, even if the characters are in different life stages. like, if one of them has way more power (socially, financially, emotionally), that can make the relationship feel off, unless you’re exploring that imbalance on purpose.

also think about how the age gap actually affects them. like, do they come from different generations and have totally different references or priorities? maybe one is super future-focused while the other’s more nostalgic or set in their ways. that kind of contrast can be fun to play with, like not in a dramatic way, but more in little things, like the older character not knowing a meme or the younger one being super idealistic about something the other’s already burned out on.

as an example: imagine a relationship between a 26-year-old who’s starting over in a new city and a 39-year-old who’s lived there forever. There’s room for both comfort and friction… Maybe the older one might feel protective but also a bit jaded, while the younger one might admire that stability but secretly wonder if they’ll ever get there themselves. they can challenge each other in quiet ways, without it turning into a power struggle.

I think the key is writing them as equals, not in life experience maybe, but in how they show up for each other emotionally. and just… steer away from anything that feels like one person’s doing all the growing while the other stays still.

Growth should go both ways.