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the thing about lotr that the movies don’t convey so fully is how the story is set in an age heavily overshadowed by all the ages before. they’re constantly traveling through ruins, discussing the glory of days gone by, the empires of men are much diminished, the elves (especially galadriel) are described as seeming incongruent, frozen in time….some of the imagery is even near-apocalyptic, like the ruins of moria and of course the landscape surrounding mordor

this is a strange thought to me, somehow: that the archetypal “high fantasy” story is set at the point where the…fantasy…used to be much higher? this is not the golden age; this is a remnant

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Thirteen Kinds of Despair by Lemony Snicket

You may be interested to know that I have categorized thirteen kinds of despair, listed here for your convenience… and arranged by time-of-day, so with planning you may experience all thirteen despairs in a single twenty-four hour period.

The first kind of despair is the suspicion that there is no safe territory outside the warm confines of one’s bedclothes.

The second kind of despair is the sense that even the most elegant of breakfasts is fragile resistance to the oncoming day.

The third kind of despair is finding life as shifty and indiscernible as the Rorschach of crumbs on your plate.

The fourth kind of despair is when the tea is so hot you must leave it alone until it is far too cold.

The fifth kind of despair is the knowledge that with the sun overhead, your shadow has vanished and there is no place to hide.

The sixth kind of despair is when you realize you must close the book you are reading and reluctantly participate in something or other.

The seventh kind of despair is that the sun has set on another day and so little has been done.

The eighth kind of despair is burning dinner in the oven.

The ninth kind of despair is the realization that a bad dinner still creates dirty dishes.

The tenth kind of despair is the presentiment that a darkening sky brings darkening times.

The eleventh kind of despair is the inkling that an evening should have been better spent but that it is almost bedtime.

The twelfth kind of despair is the knowledge that countless others are sleepless with you.

The thirteenth kind of despair occurs at every moment, waking or sleeping, and surely this needs no explanation.

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You wake in the night with your arm hanging over the side of your bed. It is still dark, and your bedroom is shrouded in deep shadow. Something unseen seizes your hand.

You grasp it tightly, knowing that first impressions are important and a firm, confident handshake will establish dominance.

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It’s a love story for the ages: a boy, a girl and more than a million bugs.

Lois and Charlie O'Brien, two octogenarian entomologists, have spent their life together chasing insects around the world — some 60 years of romance and field work. Now the married scientists are donating their vast insect collection to Arizona State University.

ASU estimates the collection is worth $10 million, and says the carefully curated insects within it are a “transformative” gift with “enormous scientific value.” The couple also donated $2 million to endow professorships dedicated to identifying new species.

Octogenarian Couple Donates $10 Million Insect Collection

Photos courtesy of Deanna Dent/ASU Now

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“I Have My Own Friends” 

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you can literally lay in bed and eat a block of cheese like an apple and it’s not illegal

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“At some point in the picture, a kindly female friend of Laura, who knows the facts of life, removes her glasses. It turns out, suddenly, that she can see perfectly well without them, and our hero falls passionately in love with the now-beautiful Laura and there is a perfectly glorious finale.” - Isaac Asimov’s essay “The Cult of Ignorance”

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EDIT: I found the full article for anyone who wants to read it. The “Girl With Glasses” trope is mostly contained to the photo above, though.

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M. C. Escher, ‘Castle in the Air’, 1928, Woodcut

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To Sorrow        I bade good morrow, And thought to leave her far away behind;        But cheerly, cheerly,        She loves me dearly; She is so constant to me, and so kind:        I would deceive her,        And so leave her, But ah! she is so constant and so kind.

John Keats, Endymion

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i think u may have noticed that i hc sirius as very ace and very aro but it's so important that i'm telling you again. ALSO i saw someone talking about aro beatrice + benedick from much ado the other day and they're just super platonically into each other and?? i'm so here for that. i'm sure i have more, but i can't think of them rn.

CLAIRE you’re so great this is a honest-to-god AROMANTIC SHAKESPEARE HEADCANON

hoyl shit tho aro benedick and beatrice always trying to outdo each other with shit and then she’s like “im in love with you!!” and he’s like “you’re in love with me?”

“yup i love you sincerely and totally romantically from the bottom of my heart and stuff”

“yeah? u wanna go punk? well i love you TO THE MOON AND BACK”

“i love you ALL THE WAY TO THE FARTHEST STAR THE EYE CAN SEE beat that you big jerk”

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Why hello there... will you be my valentine? #happyvalentinesdaytome #books

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Much like you have the baby first, then raise it second—first you write the book, then you worry about fixing it.

“The Blank Page”, Erica Ridley (via nanowrimoallyear)

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The terminal next door just paged for Idris Elba. The man who came to the desk was not the Idris Elba I would have been excited to see.

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I am convinced that I do not own any Phillips-head screwdrivers until all I need is a flathead. And then I own three Phillips and the flat is nowhere to be found.

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sometimes i take showers sitting on the floor because i'm too exhausted to stand for more than ten seconds at a time.

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can you just comment without ‘reposting’?

turns out you can’t edit something once you post it