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Lily James and Richard Madden in publicity pics for Cinderella 2015. 🩵

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Girl playing piano  -  William Worcester Churchill  1918

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Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur; France, 15th century; Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, f. 49v

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I feel like Éowyn would keep training with her sword while Faramir would spent time reading or writing poems about how beautiful she is. How the sunlight makes her hair looks like gold and when she is standing in front of him with sword in hand and the sun at her back that view makes she looks like one of the Valar themselves descending from Valinor.

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Are you 🫵 pissed off about the Lilo and Stitch monstrosity remake? Do you want to know how you can actually make a difference in supporting the people and ecosystems of Hawaii?

Tourism is a big issue in Hawaii (which the remake got rid of the original's commentary on because it makes foreigners look bad). I'm not gonna promote it, BUT I know that realistically, thousands of people arrive here every single day by the airplane-ful. And the majority of them aren't educated on the socio-cultural and economic impacts of tourism. SO, I'm making this post in an effort to educate visitors. If you or someone you know is visiting or moving to Hawaii (whether by circumstances in or out of your control), here are some suggestions on how you can give back!

You can donate to the Hawaii Community Foundation, which has been instrumental in giving aid to the displaced community of Lahaina after the Maui wildfires in 2023. They also provide scholarships to students of under-represented communities.

If you're interested in visiting Kualoa Ranch, you can do their Mālama Experience where you get your hands dirty giving back to the ‘āina (land)!

There are other organizations you can join to volunteer with, too, like Kupu and Mālama Maunalua. Check them out; maybe you can help with a beach cleanup or plant native trees! These are both non-profit organizations that accept monetary donations.

Visit the Bishop Museum to learn about Hawaiian history and culture! They also have events focused on sustainability and conservation.

If you're visiting Hilo on the Big Island, go visit the Laulima Nature Center! They're a non-profit aimed at protecting Hawaii's native species, and they even have an online store that ships to the US mainland and internationally! (After I post this, I'm gonna head on over and get myself a manu o Kū pin ♡)

A few other tips I have:

DO: Respect the locals' homes. Several beaches and hiking trails have access points in residential areas. Please be mindful to keep your voices down when passing by, and park ONLY in designated parking areas.

DO: Wear reef-safe sunscreen! Sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate are banned in Hawaii because they are known to damage coral reefs.

DON'T: Approach wildlife, particularly honu (sea turtles) and 'īlio holo i ka uaua (Hawaiian monk seals). Stay at least 10 feet (3 meters) away from turtles and at least 50 feet (15 meters) away from monk seals. If you see someone harassing animals, report them to the statewide NOAA Marine Wildlife Hotline: (888) 256-9840. You can also contact the Hawaii State Department of Land and Natural Resources.

DON'T: Collect sand, rocks, or other natural items to bring home with you. This is to protect the ecosystems and also out of respect for Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians), who have cultural beliefs regarding lava rocks in particular. Taking lava rocks is extremely disrespectful.

DON'T: Litter! Please throw away your waste in proper trash cans. If you see a bin that says "ʻōpala," that's a trash can!

Many Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians) are moving to the US mainland because the cost of living in Hawaii has been driven up so high (because of people moving here), they can't afford to live in their ancestral home. So, if you are going to visit or move to Hawaii, please:

- Make the effort to support local businesses, especially those owned by Native Hawaiians!

- Educate yourself and your loved ones about actual Hawaiian culture!

- Try Hawaiian food, like poi!

- Learn some Hawaiian words and don't be afraid to ask how to pronounce words correctly!

- Donate to a food bank!

- Watch films and read books written by Native Hawaiians!

My hope is that whoever sees this post will use it to educate themselves, their friends, and their families who are considering visiting.

My background is in sustainability and the environment, so that's what I know to suggest off the top of my head. If any Kānaka Maoli read this post and have suggestions to add, please do!

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i ship them the most of all the other pairings in lotr

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Dear Diary,

Today I have acquired a new blorbo. It is, of course, a wretched little man with a somewhat twisted sense of honour. I put him in my blorbo basket and carried him home. Tomorrow I shall display him on the mantel when my friend comes for tea.

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Éowyn, the shieldmaiden of Rohan

I based her design on Scythian, Safavid Persian and Iron Age Finnic and Baltic dress. Scythians were sort of the main inspiration, since they had a nomadic horse culture in the steppe, which is fitting for Rohans imo.

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my emotional support internet strangers

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do NOT be normal about aragorn around me ‘oh he’s such a badass he killed so many orcs’ yeah idc i’m here to talk about him all alone sewing up holes in his socks next to a campfire in his ranger days singing elven songs from his childhood and he sort of has a terrible singing voice but the ents love it and then later when he joins the fellowship and everyone’s up late singing goofy songs he’s so happy to have a chorus with him now and his voice keeps breaking and boromir is laughing so hard at him that he’s crying but not in a mean way and aragorn knows so he just sings louder and worse and he thinks he could get used to this

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the achilles scene in the odyssey is haunting tbh. the whole iliad being about men dying to have honor and glory to be remembered after death and achilles is just, just getting to the point where he believes maybe there’s more to life than dying and maybe he doesn’t want to lose his life in this pointless war and then him getting pulled into it anyway, dying the homeric hero he never wanted to be, then meeting odysseus in the underworld and telling him a slave’s lot would be better than his own because at least he would be alive

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➤𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬

↳𝖿𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀: 𝖫𝖾𝗀𝗈𝗅𝖺𝗌, 𝖠𝗋𝖺𝗀𝗈𝗋𝗇, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖥𝖺𝗋𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗋

LEGOLAS — The Devoted, Overprotective Softie

Daughter’s Personality: A curious whirlwind of giggles and rebellion, somehow always managing to climb the exact tree he told her not to.

Nickname(s) for Her: Elenneth (“Star-maiden”), Tinu (short for Tinúviel), “Little Moonbeam”

|| Before She’s Born ||

•Legolas is quiet but visibly emotional when he learns you’re carrying a daughter. He places a reverent hand on your belly and whispers in Elvish, “A daughter of starlight.”

•He often sings to your belly in soft Sindarin lullabies and kisses your bump before every journey, no matter how short.

•He carves a cradle from mallorn wood, blessing it with Elven runes for protection and peace.

|| When She’s Born ||

•The moment he holds her, his breath catches—her tiny fingers wrapped around his own feel like a miracle.

•He swears he sees stars in her eyes. He names her something soft and lyrical in Elvish, meaning “gentle wind” or “shining dawn.”

•Legolas is completely and utterly bewitched by his daughter from the moment she first wraps her tiny fingers around one of his. He’s faced trolls, orcs, and worse—but nothing terrifies him more than the thought of her being hurt.

|| As She Grows ||

•He sings Elvish lullabies to her every night, often while holding her to his chest and swaying near a window under the stars. Her favorite is one his mother once sang to him.

•Tries to teach her archery with the utmost patience—but she has your temper and his recklessness. The first time she fires an arrow (completely off target), he beams like she just saved Middle-earth.

•Gets wildly overprotective when she hits adolescence. “No, you may not ride alone into the woods with that boy. I don’t care if his father is a respected healer, I’ve seen how he looks at you.”

•Secretly carves her a new bow each year for her birthday. Hides them until she’s old enough to use each one.

•Once let her paint leaves on his face for fun. She called it “camouflage.” He wore it for the rest of the day like it was war paint.

They make flower crowns together, and Legolas wears his proudly if she puts it on his head—even in the presence of Aragorn and Gimli.

He tells you often that she has your smile and your strength. He thanks you for giving him a gift greater than eternity.

Sometimes he watches the two of you together, awe in his eyes, whispering, “How can one lifetime ever be enough for this?”

•Every time she runs into his arms with wildflowers tangled in her hair and dirt on her dress, he thinks: this is the purest joy in all the world.

ARAGORN — The Wise, Rugged, and Deeply Affectionate Father

Daughter’s Personality: Fierce and clever, always trying to live up to her father’s legacy while making her own name

Nickname(s) for Her: My lionheart, “Little Shieldmaiden”, “Star of my House”

|| Before She’s Born ||

•Aragorn is overwhelmed with emotion when he hears you’re having a daughter. He never had much of a family, and now he’s going to make one.

•He hand-carves a tiny sword for her—even before she’s born—and says, “She will be strong. Like her mother.”

•He’s surprisingly superstitious, refusing to let anyone speak ill near your belly, and constantly has his hand resting protectively over it.

|| When She’s Born ||

•From the moment she’s born, Aragorn becomes a gentler king. The crown may sit on his head, but you and her rule his heart. He swears a quiet vow over her cradle: to protect, to guide, and to never let either of you be alone in the dark.

•Tears roll down his face as he holds her for the first time. “My little queen,” he whispers, voice trembling.

•He kisses her forehead and swears before the stars that he will protect her always—even from fate itself.

|| As She Grows ||

•He takes her on long walks through the fields and forests, teaching her plant lore and healing herbs like how he was taught.

•When she asks why people bow to him, he kneels before her and says, “Because I serve the people. But I would kneel only for you and your mother.”

•She braids little flowers into his beard. He lets her. Every time.

His daughter loves to run around the halls of Minas Tirith barefoot, a crown of dandelions on her head. He calls her his “true queen.”

He lets her braid his hair when she’s little. She once accidentally tied it into a knot so bad that Legolas cried laughing and Arwen had to cut it out.

|| Soft Dad Moments ||

•He carries her on his shoulders through the halls of Minas Tirith, declaring, “Make way for Princess Trouble!”

•she sits in his lap during council meetings, often falling asleep curled against him while he signs decrees.

•He gives her piggyback rides in full armor, even though it kills his back. He insists he’s still as strong as a Ranger.

|| Protective Instincts ||

•The first time someone breaks her heart, Aragorn finds out and has a polite but terrifyingly intense talk with the poor fool.

•His sword is kept near her room—not because he expects war, but because peace is something worth defending with steel.

•He calls you the Queen of his heart and thanks you every day for giving him the one thing he never thought he’d have: a real family.

•Sometimes he wakes in the night, watching the two of you sleep, overcome with gratitude and disbelief.

•Despite her being raised in royalty, Aragorn takes her to the wilds often. He teaches her to track, ride, and survive. “You are my daughter, yes—but also your own sword. Forge yourself.”

•Will drop the “kingly” mask in an instant if she gets even a scratch. Once carried her through the entire Citadel because she stubbed her toe. No regrets.

FARAMIR — The Gentle, Bookish, and Sentimental Father

Daughter’s Personality: Thoughtful, perceptive, and incredibly intelligent—loves books, flowers, and asking deep questions

Nickname(s) for Her: “My blossom,” Níniel (“Tear-maiden”), “Sweetling”

|| Before She’s Born ||

•Faramir reads every book he can on childbirth, ancient lullabies.

•He writes her letters before she’s born, tucking them away to give her one day. “In case I’m ever not there,” he tells you quietly.

•He dreams of reading with her beneath Ithilien’s blooming trees, of teaching her about peace, not war.

|| When She’s Born ||

•Faramir never expected to feel peace until he holds her in his arms. Every harsh word Denethor ever said dissolves the moment she rests against his chest.

•Faramir weeps silently as he holds her. “I will not fail you as my father failed me,” he vows, voice barely audible.

•He cradles her like a treasure, calling her my little hope.

|| As She Grows ||

•He reads to her constantly—The Lay of Lúthien, The Silmarillion, even dry old histories. When she falls asleep mid-story, he always finishes the chapter in a whisper.

•She becomes his tiny shadow. She follows him everywhere—through the gardens, into the archives, into strategy meetings (where she falls asleep on a pile of maps).

•Teaches her to observe people. When she’s older, she can read a courtier’s intent faster than a hawk can spot prey. He’s both proud and slightly scared.

•Loves watching her wander the gardens of Ithilien. She names every flower, talks to bees, and brings him handmade flower crowns. He wears them to council meetings with no shame.

•Faramir nearly faints the day she climbs a tree in a dress. Éowyn cackles from the balcony. “She takes after me.”

•Keeps every letter, drawing, or scribble she makes. His office has a drawer labeled “treasures.” Even when she’s grown, he adds to it.

•His daughter once called him the “wisest man in Gondor.” He excused himself and cried in the hallway.

•He teaches her to write her name before she’s five. She writes it in the dirt outside the healing houses and beams when he kisses her forehead in praise.

•He tells her stories of your courage every night, instilling in her quiet strength and unshakable worth.

|| Soft Dad Moments ||

•She rides on his hip during garden walks, clutching a tiny basket of flowers.

•He lets her nap on his chest as he reads, one hand absently brushing through her hair.

•He kisses your hands and belly with reverence, still awestruck that you chose him, bore his child, and gave him the life he never thought he’d have.

•He calls you his heart, and your daughter his soul. You’re the foundation of everything he is.

|| Protective Instincts ||

•Faramir is gentle but deadly if threatened. He does not shout—he warns. The one time someone mocked her stutter, the boy found himself escorted home by five guards and Faramir himself.

•He ensures her tutors and companions treat her with respect. He won’t raise his voice—but the disappointed silence of Lord Faramir is far worse.

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Day and Night (1851-1914) by Edward Robert Hughes

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"Up to Date" Film Fun, May 1921 Cover by Enoch Bolles

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I haven’t been on tumblr for quite as long as a lot of people but over several years I’ve noticed this interesting gradual sorta,, shift in the general culture? that it went from this mostly depressed, nihilistic outlook where people would regularly joke about hating themselves and being hopeless and depressed, to a wave of vehemence of “STOP hating everything actually the world is Good and you deserve love!!!” type posts, to now, where those aggressive ‘PSAs’ have faded away and instead I regularly see people romanticizing simple things like stars and hot tea and rainy mornings, and waxing poetic about their friends, and just trying to put love out there. and I don’t know exactly what that means (someone who knows more than me could probably say something smart about generational expression and trauma or popular perception of mental health and whatnot), but I do know that it makes my heart very full to see people learn to love the world and themselves by extension, and a whole userbase adopting healthier coping mechanisms, and therefore teaching the younger users to do so as well. I might just be following different people, but I really do think we’ve grown. everyone has grown. five years ago it wasn’t unusual for the next post on my dash to be a scathing commentary on why nothing matters or an anon ripping into someone they barely knew or someone complaining about how pathetic their interests are. now I have mutuals who get excited and spam reblog art of cows and friends I see tagging each other in pictures of frogs and strangers writing paragraphs about how much I matter. it makes me happy. idk. just an observation I wanted to make. I think people are good and everyone’s just trying their best at the end of the day

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pride & prejudice (2005) → moments that hit different in the theater

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things the tolkien biopic needs to include:

tolkien being such a bad driver edith refused to ride in the car with him driving

young tolkien and edith dropping sugar cubes on the heads of passerby from the second story of a tea room

tolkien and lewis going to a non-costume party dressed as polar bears

tolkien almost ending his friendship with lewis because he hated santa claus making an appearance in narnia so much

tolkien’s entire writing group except for lewis fucking hating his writing because of all the elves

literally everyone hating going for walks with tolkien because he would stop and stare at every tree he passed for like 20 minutes

tolkien owning a goblet with the black speech (that he made up) on it and refusing to drink out of it because it’s an “accursed language”

tolkien inventing the “one ring to rule them all” verse while in the bathtub and jumping out

tolkien dressing up as an anglo saxon warrior and chasing his neighbors down the street with an axe

tolkien entering the room shouting beowulf in old english at his students the first day of classes

tolkien convincing his class that leprechauns were real

tolkien stealing a city bus while attending oxford and taking his friends for a joy ride

tolkien being a savage replying to a letter from the nazis

tolkien hating the beatles with a passion and refusing to let them make a lotr movie

tolkien hating his crazy american fans and calling them his “deplorable cultus”

“jirt”