Synchrony. I talk a lot and I like to laugh. Also known as Synchroshatter.
Internet procrastination pro. This will probably end up being fanfic and feels all over the place.
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No. Do you want to know how done I am right now? Because I’ll tell you. I have walked all over this Mahaldamned earth, I nearly froze to death, on more than one occasion I almost got eaten, Durin’s Fucking Bane almost set me on fucking fire, I got to go on the world’s worst cross country marathon, human politics nearly got me locked up, I just had the worst night ever, AND NOW THERE ARE FUCKING EYES IN THE FUCKING TREES, LEGOLAS, DO YOU KNOW HOW EXCITED I WOULD BE TO NEVER THINK OF THAT AGAIN?
- Gimli, to Legolas, book III of The Lord of the Rings, chapter VIII
Okay, so maybe the film guide says he was born in TA 87, but looking at clues from HOME and the Silmariilion, he’s at the very most a bit over 2000 years old at time of The Fellowship of the Ring. He’s the youngest elf that we know about in that time period. ARWEN is older than him. He’s creeped out by Fangorn being so old but he calls all mortals children because he’s a little shit.
Tolkien would get super pissed off when Legolas was shown in illustrations as “pretty or lady-like” and insisted that he was the biggest, roughest, toughest of the elves and the most hardcore of the Fellowship. Legolas is like the freaking Schwarzenegger of the elves, nbd.
Best friend is a dwarf whose father was literally imprisoned by Legolas’ father and yet he still brought him to the Undying Lands for the most awkward family reunion because screw you Thranduil. And let me remind you that a) Gimli is the only, only dwarf who got to make the trip and Legolas invited him. Other people had to get permission from like the literal Valar and Legolas was like I want to bring my mortal bff yeah he wasn’t a ringbearer but whatevs. Also b) most of the people who left in TA 3201 went on like these fleets of beautiful vessels with a master shipbuilder but Legolas was like nope, going to build one myself, never built one before but it can’t be that hard, right?
While Sindarin is the most common Elvish language by the time Legolas is alive, it’s considered really ugly and and unrefined, but here Legolas is running around probably not even able to speak the language of his ancestors, and I imagine him super proud of what must sound like an awful accent to his people.
Also super explains how useless he was at Moira trying to decipher the door because he doesn’t have time to deal with those snobs.
All the Fellowship got useful gifts or ones with spiritual meaning but instead Galadriel was like no, Legolas, I’m going to give you this big ass bow that’s bigger than the Mirkwood ones and it’s going to be so sick yeah it’s like taller than you are BUT ITS GOING TO LOOK SO SWEET.
When Thorin and Bilbo begin sharing a bed, what if Bilbo is all prepared to snuggle when Thorin suddenly rolls over and turns his back to Bilbo.
Bilbo’s expression is an illustration of !?
because does this mean Thorin does not want to cuddle even a little?
what is this? is this yet another dwarven peculiarity?
But then Thorin glances over his shoulder with a look of ‘what are you waiting for?’ and Bilbo has a light bulb moment and scoots close and moulds himself to Thorin’s back.
Because Thorin just wanted to be the little spoon ^W^
komorebi (japanese) sunlight filtering through trees
tsundoku (japanese) the act of buying a book and leaving it unread, often piled together with other unread books
dépaysement (french) the disorientation felt in a foreign country or culture, the sense of being a fish out of water
fernweh (german) a longing to travel, missing a place you’ve never been
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laotong (mandarin) a friendship bonding two girls together for eternity as kindred sisters
tidsoptimist (swedish) a person who is always late because they think they have more time than they do; a time optimist
culaccino (italian) the mark left on a table by a cold glass
hiraeth (english) a home sickness for a home you can’t return to, or that never was
sobremesa (portuguese) the time after lunch or dinner spent talking to the people you shared the meal with
mångata (swedish) the glimmering, roadlike reflection the moon creates on water
voorpret (dutch) pre-fun, the sense of enjoyment felt before a party or event takes place
limerence (english) the state of being infatuated with another person
meraki (greek) to do something with soul, creativity, or love; when you leave a piece of yourself in your work
mencolek (indonesian) the old trick where you tap someone lightly on the opposite shoulder from behind to fool them
petrichor (english) the smell after it rains
seigneur-terrasse (french) a person who spends much time but little money in a café
mamihlapinatapai (yaghan) you go first. no, you go first. the special look shared between two people when both are wishing that the other would do something that they both want to do
jayus (indonesian) a joke so poorly told and unfunny you can’t help but laugh
gigil (filipino) the overwhelming urge to squeeze or pinch something very cute
utepils (norwegian) to sit outside enjoying a beer on a sunny day