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the ride of the rohirrim and the battle of the pelennor fields might be my favorite chapters in the entire lord of the rings trilogy.

what gets me is that fine line between hope and despair that’s present throughout the book, but now THE moment is here. they can try to make a stand now and hope for a win or surrender to sauron because there’s no hope.

the rohirrim finally arriving to gondor to find it under siege by an army that far surpasses their own in numbers??

but then a change in the air, a wind! a reminder that the sun is rising beyond the darkness that clouds the sky

théoden riding to battle and being compared to oromë and the armies of mordor cowering before him????

suddenly a new shadow falls upon them and theoden falls. but one of his soldiers still stands beside him: éowyn, who rode to battle because she’d rather die than live in the role that was enforced upon her. éowyn who has nothing to lose and would not sit and do nothing while her loved ones, her countrymen, fought for their future. and she stands against the witch king and laughs in his face!!!!!!! it reawakens the hope in merry’s heart and makes the witch king falter in fear. and so is glorfindel’s profecy fulfilled

the rohirrim, in their pain mourning for their king and éowyn, ride again. and where their song was joyous before, now they call to death. this is their darkest hour and éomer, in his fury, is almost overwhelmed by the enemy. things seem even more dire when more reinforcements for sauron’s army are seen sailing the anduin to gondor

hope is renewed again when they realize the ships carry elendil’s symbol. aragorn carrying the banner made by arwen. aragorn, who is also called estel, which means hope. this feels like a culmination of the little slivers of hope these characters could still feel in the face of a hopeless situation.

again, it’s that very fine line. they could give up, because victory seems impossible. but they keep going because they have to try even in the face of utter defeat. the next excerpt is from chapter 4, but it sums it all up

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THE X-FILES | 4.13

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. look to windward

[ finished a new illustration - inspired by Sleep Token's album Even in Arcadia and artist Franz von Bayros's illustrations for Dante's Inferno. mixed media: pencil, ink, digital illustration ]

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ink plate from last night

the print kind of failed in my eyes, but sometimes the process is the piece

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Alright everybody

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Stephen Dorff and Arly Jover in Blade (1998)

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saw serj tankian in the wild today by chance sfjgskdha

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hi I saw your sketch requests, and was wondering if you've ever drawn fenris x anders? i feel like you portray the combination of hurt and love so well that they would be a perfect pairing for your work!

Thanks! I think if I weren’t so loyal to handerses, I’d ship them. I love that they’re two sides of the same coin. And their banters ohhh... they don’t write dialogue like this in games anymore :c

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Sword Illustrations by Ma-Ko (2018-21)

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I have just had a few hurried lines from Jonathan from Transylvania. He is well, and will be returning in about a week.

I don't think I've thought about this line much before, but now I'm wondering about it.

Jonathan reached Transylvania on the 2nd of May, when he "came after nightfall to Klausenburgh". That is the earliest that he could have sent a letter that could accurately be said to be from Transylvania.

But of course, at this point, Jonathan has no idea when he'll be returning. He hasn't even met Dracula yet!

London to Munich is at absolute minimum a 24-hour journey. Munich to Bistritz according to Jonathan is another 48 hours. Bistritz to Dracula's castle takes Jonathan another 36 hours, though could probably be done quicker. So optimistically, it's at least a 4-day journey back to Exeter.

The post travels quicker than people do, but not much quicker. Mina gets Jonathan's letter on the 9th. That means it could have been sent:

On the 2nd from Klausenburgh (arriving 5th or 6th)

On the 3rd from Bistritz (arriving 7th)

On the 4th from Bistritz (arriving 8th)

I don't think any letter from Dracula's castle would have arrived by now.

So either Jonathan:

Writes to Mina with his return time before he even knows when he'll be returning

and before he has met the client

and before know how long it will take him to get to Dracula's castle and back

and having just written pages and pages about the landscape and the scenery, has written just a few "hurried lines" for Mina's benefit

or maybe... that letter wasn't from Jonathan.

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i think seeing soad live playing toxicity and then sugar changed me fundamentally

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i need to scream from the tops of buildings, then jump and fly straight into the sun

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how to say "I love you" in x-files [82/?] ⤷ 1.02 — “Deep Throat”

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is a cishet guy who's into cnc automatically a red flag

I think probably determining what kinks people are allowed to be into based on their gender and sexuality is the bigger red flag here

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the feather quill!!!! vessel you fucking nerd. did he really make us choose between the pen and the sword? (x)