koalaandegg

[berryblooo]

Scaramona (as in the Harbinger, Scaramouche, and Mona) will always be the blueprint for the bickering, the clash of beliefs and worldviews, but more and more I come to love and appreciate Wandermona.

As the Wanderer, he’s now had to confront his previously held notions, to challenge his sense of self and his place in the world. He is discovering who he can be in this second chance he’s been given.

Mona’s story is still just beginning. Like Scaramouche, she has a very defined sense of self—genius astrologist, set on surpassing her master. I believe that also like Scaramouche, she will be forced to confront her worldviews when they are thrown back in her face (“The stars, the sky… it’s all a gigantic hoax. A lie.”) and have to redefine herself with this new knowledge.

Where Scaramona was about bickering and clashing ideals, I see Wandermona has an opportunity for discovery, reflection, overcoming. Traveling Teyvat together is one of my favorite headcanons (it’s almost a motif for me at this point) for them, and it suits Wandermona even more than Scaramona.

Mona and the Wanderer, trekking across the seven nations, sleeping under the stars, stopping by every bookstore and library to read, arguing about academics and the nature of fate and self-determination.

[backontrackdiary]

I'm so deluded

[chalkrub]

do you think it’s a friendly wolf

[askkeni]

Formal

[likesdoodling]

>:)

[that-one-egomaniac]

Some comfy sib moments bc we need more

[hyakunana]

Happy Birthday, Rasputin!!

[sollucets]

love for love's sake || episode one

[aredsunrises]

Rings of power continuing the long held tradition of Elrond giving advice and being told 'no 😘'

[brotherslayer]

In HtN Ianthe claims she helped Coronabeth pretend to be a necromancer for over twenty years but she's twenty-two, which must mean she did necromancy since she was one year old contradicting herself in GtN when she reveals she's been doing Coronabeth's work since she was six years old. Did Ianthe lie? Or did the author make a mistake? Or is this hinting that something deeper is going on?

[bixels]

idk how off tangent this is but ngl. me as a transfem asian dyke seeing everyone mistake u for butch gives me more self assuredness and hope i can pass. thank you mr bixels for ur lgbtq swag

That makes me feel better.

[fatedroses]

Chance encounters in Costa del Sol.

[curapicas]

In honor of today's episode: the page where the tension between Shuro and Kabru was successfully defused thanks for their shared Laios-induced affectionate exasperation

[thequeensjester]

This is conjecture but I'm going to have fun with this. That entire Sauron prologue is so well-paced and effective; starting his narrative with his death and rebirth. I noticed a few things.

He is killed in a way that is pathetic for him. In ROP, Sauron explicitly resents being humiliated to the point of explosive anger (e.g. Numenor smiths and Galadriel's rejection). Seeing as Adar does it twice to him, Sauron will probably take great delight in unleashing his fury as payback.

The other thing is that with Sauron starting again—he has to rise from his lowest point where he consumes noxious things to gain enough strength to eat a human and take on his Halbrand form. Btw, compare that to the Harfoots who eat humbly off the earth, including insects.

From there, he makes himself small enough not to be exposed but enough to scope out his surroundings. Food is frequently present; acting like he's a mortal man is part of his disguise.

As he bides his time, he also metaphorically feeds on the people. The goodness of others to validate him and his ego; the pride, despair, and hope to control them as he continues to climb higher.

When Sauron finally appears as Annatar, it happens at a celebratory dinner date with Celebrimbor! With bottle of wine from the First Age, no less! But because he startled Celebrimbor, who dropped it, the First Age wine is never consumed. Layers.

[misspermitted]

I’ve seen so many metas of the Galadriel vs Sauron fight scene but none of them mention that Galadriel had not seen his Annatar form before this point. And clearly, from others reactions, most people cannot tell that Annatar is the same as Halbrand. This leaves us with two hilarious options:

1. Galadriel: Who is this random blonde guy?

Sauron: ✨g a l a d r i e l ✨

Galadriel, immediately: Oh yep, that’s Sauron, only he could say my name that extra

2. Galadriel has not recognised Sauron once and is not gonna make that mistake again. Now she just knows. Sauron could be randomly transformed into a pigeon and she can and will sense it. (Petition for Galadriel to angrily try to pursue a pigeon while Elrond holds her back looking done with his life)

(Secondary petition for there to be a plot where Galadriel desperately tries to convince a kingdom that the new totally nice guy in their court is definitely Sauron. No one believes her. Sauron is laughing in the corner. They end up deciding she’s Sauron. He laughs harder)

Edit: I just have this really clear image in my head now of Galadriel trying to fist fight a pigeon and god I wish I could draw it

[s-lycopersicum]

If you focus on each crosshair at a time, one of the rings should appear to be getting smaller, while the other should appear to be growing. The effect ended up more subtle than I was expecting, but it is there.

Neither ring is changing shape, of course, and the only difference between the two is the angular offset of the innermost and outermost ring layers, which is what causes the effect.