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Emmett whispering in Bella’s ear while she’s writhing in agony as she becomes a vampire: I’ll give you $50 if you pretend you don’t remember Edward when you wake up

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Sometimes my mind just wanders to the fact that we’ve been given a completely ridiculous and utterly hilarious piece of Twilight lore By Stephanie Meyer.

Apparently Carlisle was kind of just floating around in the ocean because it’s his happy place and he was pondering whether or not he should turn someone to have a mate- and then the freaking Titanic hits him.

It wasn’t an iceberg that sunk the Titanic.

It was Carlisle Cullen.

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the war plans group chat leak except it’s just Edward, Emmett and Jasper talking abt taking down the Volturi and Emmett accidentally adds Mike Newton

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something that came to me in a dream

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I dream about being with you forever.

BELLA & EDWARD in TWILIGHT (2008)

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i've seen many people say that twilight is about the most boring characters in the entire saga but...i don't know guys. so much shit happens to bella and edward in the span of a little more than a year. and it's all because they're a human and vampire couple, something that is seen as uncommon, and maybe even scandalous in the supernatural world they live in. it's just whatever to us as the audience bc the human x supernatural is a popular trope in our world.

and also I've seen this said somewhere before but Bella basically speedruns through the Cullen women's backstories. she nearly gets assaulted by a group of men in Port Angeles (paralleling Rosalie), gets hunted down by James (exactly like Alice), she jumps off a cliff (similar to Esme). she even has her own brand of Trauma in there like being hunted down by an army of newborn vampires and having to conceive a human-vampire hybrid. for the latter, she's quite literally the only known survivor.

bella's lore kinda goes hard

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Headcanon that all the Twilight vampires have a favorite fashion era they never quite got over. Like,

Alice LOVES to pull her personal wardrobe inspo from the 60's-70's with the bright blue eyeshadow, mini-skirts, and psychedelic patterns--also the 90's grunge scene was her bread and butter

Rosalie loves the athletic-wear and mom jeans from the 80's and still wears legwarmers (and even gets her hair permed sometimes)

Emmett also loves the 80's because of the Rocky movies so his fashion inspo is just working out shirtless with a sweatband, Rocky-style

Esme is an underrated fashion icon with her artistic streak, but more understated and timeless than Alice's trendy haute couture outfits she puts together. Think Princess Diana--elegant, classy, tailored.

Jasper is still a cowboy in terms of fashion choices--boots and jeans 4 lyfe. He's been wearing his current Carhartt jacket for at least a decade by now.

Bella will always be a 2000's y2k fashion queen, but dabbles in early 1900's evening gowns from time to time for date nights with Edward since he didn't get a chance to court her when he was alive and she wants him to see her looking like she's from his era

Edward is held captive by Alice and her fashion choices, otherwise he'd never wear anything other than a three-piece suit with suspenders

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it came to me in a moment of clarity

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One of my favorite things about Tolkien's writing is that he has a very specific, recurring trope. For lack of a better term, I'm dubbing this the Tolkien Wife-Guy.

This is mainly obvious in the Silmarillion, but Tolkien loves to write couples where the man is a notable individual- nobility, commits a great deed, or both- but the wife is at least equally notable, if not more beloved or powerful. Manwe is the king of the Valar and Eru's main representative in Arda? Everyone loves Varda more, and Melkor fears her more than his own brother. Elu Thingol is the king of the Silvan Elves? His wife is Melian, whose Girdle is the magic that keeps Morgoth's forces at bay. Beren is a chief among the Edain, who befriends animals and survives one of the most nightmarish places in Beleriand? His wife is Luthien.

Even in Lord of the Rings we see this occur, though the couples are on more even footing. Tom Bombadil is... Tom Bombadil, but Goldberry is the River-daughter, and Tom adores her above everything else, and the hobbits are completely taken in with her when she's their host. Similarly, while Celeborn is a mighty lord among Elves, Galadriel is one of the only Noldor in Middle-earth who saw the Two Trees, and her hair inspired Feanor to make the Silmarils, not to mention her own accomplishments in the war against Morgoth. Aragorn is the king of Gondor and Arnor, but Arwen is the Evenstar of the Elves, the descendant of three(?) different royal Elven lines. And Faramir becomes the Steward of Gondor and is one of the noblest men alive, but Eowyn killed the Witch-king, so you know. She got the grander moment for the saga.

But with (most) of these couples, we never get the impression that the man views his wife as Less-Than, or as a junior partner. Thingol is the main exception to this in how he dismisses Melian's counsel, and that's made out to be his foolishness within the text. Otherwise, Manwe treats Varda as his co-ruler, Beren never tries to downplay Luthien's achievements, and I'm pretty sure most of Tom Bombadil's dialogue is about how gorgeous Goldberry is. It's really sweet.

All of these examples really testify to how much Tolkien loved his wife. People rightly point to Beren and Luthien as the prime example of that, but I think you can find it in these other couples too. Even though Edith is mainly known to history as Mrs. Tolkien, it's evident to me that Jirt saw her as a whole person worthy of admiration outside of being his wife.

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the worst kind of social interaction you can have is when you don't know if you passed or failed it but you know you could have done better. like it was fine i guess but if someone shot me in the back of the head right now i wouldn't complain.

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Chieftains of the three houses of Edain of the Silmarillion:

Hador, Haleth and Beor by https://twitter.com/SALMON_Line

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Haleth at the funeral of Caranthir (so i think)

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it's really strange when you start dating as an adult rather than a young teen.

because suddenly you feel like a child again--you were on your way to becoming a fully-fledged adult, fairly self-assured by now, with an idea of your path and goals and desires,

but out of the blue a young man tries to take your hand in his and you're completely confused by what it means and what you feel and whether you're okay with it or not, and come to think of it do you really even know what it is to be in love, like would you recognize it at all, and it's sickening to be so vulnerable when you have worked so long to be perceived as impervious and strong, a fortress, and the idea of being held and treasured both enchants and nauseates you, and why can't relationships just come ready-made in the grocery store like a sandwich, why do you have to surrender so much just to be known and loved,

and you just really need to call your mom and ask if it's going to be okay.

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Too bright were the eyes of Arien for even the Eldar to look on, and leaving Valinor she forsook the form and raiment which like the Valar she had worn there, and she was as a naked flame, terrible in the fullness of her splendour.

The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien

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And it is said by the Eldar that in water there lives yet the echo of the Music of the Ainur more than in any substance else that is in this Earth; and many of the Children of Ilúvatar hearken still unsated to the voices of the Sea, and yet know not for what they listen.

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Beautiful as the first snow, wild and free... She is very close to me and understandable as a character, I admire her courage and irrepressible desire to see more and more lands, she could not be stopped by the curse of Mandos, the ice of Helcaraxe, the will of her elder brother and her suzerain, (and I find it very strange that people think that a man could hold her by force)

Aredhel & Eol

gouache and watercolours on paper, 48x27cm

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