#la cave

[pangeen]

" Cascada de la Foradada " //© sebasmmv

[tathrin]

Hey, so do you ever stop to think about how the premise of Lord of the Rings being an in-universe book written by some of the characters who lived through that story means that they decided what parts and perspectives to use to tell that story...?

And when our authors weren't there to experience the events themselves, they have to rely on what they're told about them by the characters who were there, right...?

Okay so stop and think about the Glittering Caves.

We never actually go to the caves in the narrative. Tolkien LOVES describing nature and natural beauty, but we don't actually see the caves described "by him" the way we do other places. Obviously Gimli's words are Tolkien's, yes; but we only see the caves filtered through his words about them, after the fact.

When Gimli and Éomer and the other Rohirrim take refuge there, the narrative doesn't follow them. Obviously from a narrative standpoint this is to keep the focus narrow, and not to interrupt the battle-sequence with a long ode to the beauty of the caves, and to create tension in the reader who doesn't know if these characters are okay or not. Which all makes sense!

But think about it in terms of the book that was written in Middle-earth by the folk living there. Why DON'T we get to have a direct experience of those caves? Gimli obviously related several other parts of the story that none of the Hobbits were there to witness to them, and which were written into the books as Direct Events Happening In The Narrative (think of the Paths of the Dead scene, for one of the more visceral moments!). So why not the Glittering Caves?

Was it because they wanted to keep that narrative focus and tension, and so they didn't include his perspective on that part of the battle? Perhaps, that's certainly a possibility to consider.

But also consider: when we do hear about the Glittering Caves, what we hear is Gimli telling Legolas about the Glittering Caves. THAT is the part of that event that is considered of importance to include in the book: not Gimli's actual experience when he was in them, but rather the part where he relates that experience TO Legolas.

And I kind of just THOUGHT about that today.

And went HUH.

[franzias-cave]

A Cristabel

[illustratus]

The Resurrection by Gustave Doré

[jupiterovprsten]

Blue Caves, Zakynthos

[lesbow]

While the teaser trailer for the live action looks fantastic and the stills released on Twitter look amazing (APPA LOOKS SO GOOD!!!), I just cannot and don’t think I ever will get over Katara and Sokka having immensely lighter skin compared to their animated originals.

I’m not gonna go into the Ian Ousley Situation™️, but just wanted to speak on the colorist choice to cast paler indigenous actors for darker skin roles. This is no hate to the kids, but indigenous peoples (including Asian-based communities) with brown/darker skin do exist and it’s unfortunate that both live action adaptations fail to acknowledge them.

And before my notifications start getting spammed with that SAME picture of Kiawentiio sitting under the warmest toned lighting possible at a convention, the trailer and released stills have now shown us what they will look like in the actual show. Regardless of lighting, Katara and Sokka were very visibly brown and darker than Aang and Zuko in the original show. Not simply one shade tanner, but brown and this is an important distinction.

I make this post just as a reminder that while the trailer looks promising, and it’s good actual Asian and Indigenous actors were cast (mostly), colorism is still a very real problem that shouldn’t be ignored or dismissed.

[caliburn-not-calculator]

Coloured sketchs from various maxim VR-LA mermaid aus…

The scales are so fun, shinyyyyyy

[conformi]

Sir Cecil Beaton in his bathroom decorated with autographed hands of guests, Ashcombe House, Wiltshire, UK, 1934 VS Cueva de las manos, Santa Cruz, Argentina, 7300 BC

[euuuuuureka]

堆一下:D

[apollos-boyfriend]

i’m probably nonbinary but i have a fruitless and ultimately self-destructing revenge plot to carry out so idc about that rn

[pogphotoarchives]

Hermit's Cave and cross atop Hermit's Peak, North of Las Vegas, New Mexico

Photographer: Jesse Nusbaum

Date: 1908

Negative Number: 061283

[fiercerthanyou]

Cueva de las Manos, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina,

It is named for the hundreds of paintings of hands stenciled, in multiple collages, on the rock walls. The art was created in several waves between 7,300 BC and 700 AD, during the Archaic period of pre-Columbian South America.

The age of the paintings was calculated from the remains of bone pipes used for spraying the paint on the wall of the cave to create the artwork, radiocarbon dating of the artwork, and stratigraphic dating.

[gwydpolls]

Time Travel Question 11: Ancient History IV and Earlier

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[las-microfisuras]

El café, tardío, con Nick.

[jupiterovprsten]

Jul 2024.

[usamingif]

"ラヴィアンローズ" + "エヴリデイドリーム" eternally bonded love, mayu sakuma