Tumblr crosspost (3 July 2020)

An anon asked:

I suspect you've addressed this before, but do you have any posts about tolkien/lotr and how women are presented (or not presented) in the series?

I replied:

I’ve talked about it piecemeal, but I don’t think I have a dedicated post, actually. I think jubaah or @kareenvorbarra might have talked about it with reference to Morwen Eledhwen…?

Tumblr crosspost (4 July 2020)

solemnphoenix on Tumblr said:

Goodness gracious! I finished reading 'Season of Courtship' and it's hands down, the best epilogue to P&P. You hit the bull's eye by the way you fleshed out their character arcs. They were so perfectly executed and canon compliant! Loved how their relationship evolved from fresh tender love in the beginning to the steadfast soulful union in the end!💕 The smooth transition of Miss Elizabeth Bennet of Longbourn to Mrs. Elizabeth Darcy of Pemberley was precise and perfect!! A million kudos!!💖💖💖

I replied:

Oh, thank you very much! I wrote it a longggg time ago, so I’m glad it still holds up :)

Tumblr crosspost (4 July 2020)

Ugh, second guessing every word of the short story I’ve written.

>_<

I really liked the final sentence when I wrote it and now I've rewritten it seven times. I'm going to do something productive like ... idk, a moodboard or something. It's not procrastinating if I've already written it!!!

Tumblr crosspost (5 July 2020)

I reblogged a post about responding with your most controversial Tolkien opinions. The OP (gay-pippin) had said they didn't think Aragorn is sexy.

I replied:

#pretty much all my opinions about aragorn are deeply unpopular lol #but tbh my most unpopular tolkien opinion generally #is that the fandom makes the canon out to be very much more incoherent and confusing than it is

Tumblr crosspost (5 July 2020)

I reblogged a post about the value of tragedy vs the insistence on All Happy Endings, All the Time, and added:

#yup #lol it's such whiplash bc i'm reading stuff for my exams about how tragedy is the Superior Art Form #and then i check in on social media and like... anything short of disney is grimdark

Tumblr crosspost (6 July 2020)

lol, the magazine I’m thinking of submitting to has already received over 900 submissions