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i don’t think people understand how much of life is grief. not just people dying, but losing the version of yourself you thought you’d become. grieving the city you had to leave. the friends you lost not in argument, but in silence. the summer that will never come back. the feeling that maybe you peaked at 12 when you were reading books under the covers and believing in forever

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Reporter: Who’s your favorite superhero?

Peter: Tony Stark

Harley: Iron Man

Tony: *crying*

Morgan: Ant-Man

Tony: *stops crying out of confusion*

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Tony: I'm buying you a Rolex

Peter: What, why! That's way too excessive

Tony: You need a proper watch

Peter: I have a proper watch *shows off children's Spider-Man watch*

Tony: That is not a watch, that's an embarrassment

Peter: Just wait till you see this—*presses button so it flashes coloured lights* bet your dumb Rolex can't do that

Tony: It can't, and if it did I'd return it

Peter: Sounds like you've never been kidnapped in the dark with nothing but this bad boy to try and pick the lock with. And those suckers said it was too worthless to take, pft

Tony: ...Why do you create more problems for me every time we have a conversation?

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Hey students, here’s a pro tip: do not write an email to your prof while you’re seriously sick.

Signed, a person who somehow came up with “dear hello, I am sick and not sure if I’ll be alive to come tomorrow and I’m sorry, best slutantions, [name]”.

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Harry & padfoot <3

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if they made a clone of Colin Firth do you know what they'd call him

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Young Aragorn in Rivendell by e-laureanar

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lotr meme: seven relationships [4/7] → Sam and Frodo

Frodo wouldn’t have got far without Sam. 

Now Mr. Frodo, you shouldn’t make fun; I was being serious. 

So was I.

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why do we romanticize everything except healthy marriage

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Reblog this if you are a CHRISTIAN and neither Protestant nor Catholic

If you are a Christian and Catholic, reblog this.

If you are a Christian and Protestant, reblog this.

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CASPIAN X - Don't You Worry Child (by Swedish House Mafia)

This one is an idea that's been in my head since I made my Narnia playlists. My heart is so full of Caspian feels and this song is just so perfect for him 🥰! (although I must confess that I prefer Sam Tsui/Kurt Schneider cover of this song over the original version. You should all listen to it!)

P.S.: I might be seriously considering the possibility of making a second part for this edit. Who knows 😊?

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Old drawing of my baby

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During my last re-read of The Lord of the Rings it really sunk in for me how often the protagonists encounter not only danger and betrayal, but unexpected help and friends in unlikely places. Tolkien had a sojourner's heart and said yes, we may be small, but be encouraged. Evil always tries to make itself look bigger than it is. Keep faith with ordinary goodness. Never underestimate the power of simply doing what is right and kind, against the convoluted machinations of evil. The gates of Mordor will not prevail against it.

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Watching the sunset with a new point of view

wanted to redraw this one idea

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Holidays in Middle Earth

There are a lot of holidays celebrated in Middle Earth (though not necessarily by all cultures or during all time periods.) I’ve listed what I think is all the holidays below, in a vaguely chronological order:

Sovalle: This is a very mysterious holiday, as all we know about it is it’s name (included in the Quenya lexicon.) We know that the name means “the purification”, and the root of the word has to do with washing/bathing/cleansing. It’s likely that this event took place some time in February, given the similarity in names (“Sovalwaris”). Given that the name is a Quenya one, this holiday would most likely have been celebrated by the Noldor and/or Vanyar.

SPRING FESTIVALS: The elvish calendar began in spring, around early April, so the elvish new year was celebrated at this time. There aren’t any details about how the new year was celebrated, but we know that there are two days set aside on the calendar for the even: Mettare, the last day of the year, and Yestare, the first day of the year. In Numenor, the spring festival was called Erukyerme (“Prayer to Eru”), and was one of the three days that the king would make a prayer and a (bloodless) offering to Iluvatar on the top of Mount Meneltarma. For the men of Gondor, the beginning of spring (for them, this fell around late March) was called Tuilere (how exactly the day was celebrated is unknown.) After the War of the Ring, Aragorn reworked Gondor’s calendar so that the year began on the equivalent of March 25, the day of Sauron’s defeat. So the Gondorian new year’s festival would have taken place in spring, like the elves’. In the Shire, it’s said that the hobbits would always feast and dance in the Party Field in early April. This was to celebrate Sam’s birthday as well as the first time the Golden Tree flowered.

Nost-na-Lothion: Described as the “Birth of Flowers”, this festival was known to be celebrated by the elves of Gondolin, and most likely ocurred in the beginning of May.

MIDSUMMER: This holiday had variations in a few different cultures, and was referred to by different names. The elves of Gondolin called it Tarnin Austa (“passage into summer”), and celebrated it with a “solemn ceremony at midnight, and no voice was uttered in the city from midnight until the break of day, but the dawn they hailed with ancient songs.” In the calendars of Numenor (and, by extension, Gondor and Arnor) Midsummer was called Loende. How Loende was celebrated in Gondor is unknown, but in Numenor the day was also called Erulaitale (“Praise of Eru”), and was one of the three days that the king would make a prayer and (bloodless) offering to Iluvatar on the top of Mount Meneltarma. In the Shire, Midsummer was celebrated in a three or four day festival called Lithe. There was lots of feasting, a special market was held, as well as the election for the Mayor of Michael Delving.

Comare: Also called Ring-day, this was another holiday established in Gondor during Aragorn’s rule. It fell in late September, on Frodo’s birthday, and it was made a festival to celebrate the start of the War of the Ring, essentially. Interestingly enough, there’s no record of this day being celebrated in the Shire.

HARVEST FESTIVALS: There are a few versions of harvest festivals celebrated throughout Middle Earth, and most of them don’t have names that we know of. On the day Morgoth stole the silmarils, the Valar and elves of Valinor were celebrating this festival, and it’s said that Manwe thanked Iluvatar for the harvest, and all the elves celebrated with music. The Calendar of Imladris (which was likely the elvish calendar used by most elves during the later Ages) included Enderi (“Middle Days”), which were three days (12 on leap-years) inbetween two other months. On our modern calendar, Enderi would have landed somewhere in early October. In Numenor, the harvest festival was known as Eruhantale (“Thanksgiving to Eru”), and was one of the three times a year that the king would make a prayer and (bloodless) offering to Iluvatar on the top of Mount Meneltarma. It’s also mentioned that those witnessing the ceremony would wear white. The men of Gondor celebrated a harvest day called Yaviere (but the details of the celebration are unknown.)

Durin’s Day: The dwarvish new year falls during the harvest season, but depending on each year’s lunar cycle, could fall before or after solar harvest festivals. As explained by Thorin, Durin’s Day occurs on the first day of the last moon of autumn. (For an idea of when this occurred in 2013, check out this post.) Dwarves love being mysterious, so it should come as no surprise that we really don’t know how this day was celebrated at all.

Battle of Bywater: This holiday doesn’t actually have a name, but in Buckland each year on the night before the anniversary of the Battle of Bywater the hobbits blow the Horn of the Mark, and then burn bonfires and feast long into the night.

MIDWINTER: This was another holiday with variations across cultures. During Erio/Aelfwine’s visit to Tol Eressea it’s said that the elves were celebrating Turuhalme (“logdrawing”), which included games in the snow, gathering logs, drinking, and songs. The calendars of the men of Middle Earth began and ended in winter, so Midwinter was basically a new years festival for them. Interestingly, the calendars of Numenor and Gondor used the same names as the elves for these days: Mettare for the last day of the year, and Yestare for the first day of the new year. The men of Rohan also celebrated their new year on Midwinter, though we don’t know what they called this day. In the Shire, Midwinter and the new year) was celebrated in a six day festival called the Yuletide, and was known as a time of feasting and celebration.

I’m sure I’ve missed something, but I think this is a fairly thorough list of known holidays in Middle Earth. Let me know if you can think of something to add!

SOURCES: The Silmarillion, LOTR Appendices, The Unfinished Tales (“A Description of Numenor”), The Lost Tales, “Elven Holidays and Festivals” by Darth Fingon

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Pride and Prejudice 1995 text posts, part 6 of ? - prev set

More: Persuasion 1995 text posts | Sense and Sensibility 1995 text posts | Northanger Abbey 2007 text posts | Emma. 2020 text posts

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Christmas countdown with my archive of winter-themed illustrations DAY 13:

Created for a children’s theater production of THE LION THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE.

Working in picture books I don’t often get a chance to create visual-analogy based images. So when I can it’s a real treat!