Tumblr crosspost (4 January 2021)

I’ve posted it before, but I just really love this “my family did the right thing where the kings failed” moment from Faramir in TTT:

“Kings made tombs more splendid than houses of the living, and counted old names in the rolls of their descent dearer than the names of sons. Childless lords sat in aged halls musing on heraldry; in secret chambers withered men compounded strong elixirs, or in high cold towers asked questions of the stars. And the last king of the line of Anárion had no heir. But the stewards were wiser and more fortunate. Wiser, for they recruited the strength of our people from the sturdy folk of the sea-coast…”

RESPECT FOR COASTAL GONDOR

Tagged: #people complain about how this made gondor ~~~impure and he's like ... actually? it is where the strength of our people comes from #and it's how we survived where the lineage-obsessed kings faded away and was totally the right move. #yeppppppp. lebennin rocks and its people are better than you #(also belfalas and the mountaineers of ered nimrais. but especially lebennin) #(the rivers! the green haze! PELARGIR! the 'hardy' people there! YEAH) #(also i think it's very possible that the army aragorn brings to minas tirith is majority lebenninian. TRUE HEROES)

Tumblr crosspost (4 January 2021)

I reblogged a quiz from elperian about how, or if, you'd be "canonically queer" if your life was a story.

Tagged: #i'm 'blink and you'll miss it' #lol #true enough

Tumblr crosspost (5 January 2021)

Another day, another fit of jealousy at people who can draw their faves/OCs. Imagining moments and scenes as a writer is cool but … not the same as seeing things.

#i know this is what commissions are for but i can't really justify spending fifty dollars or more just for inspiration #i just see gorgeous art by people of their own ocs which is fine ... just wish i could do it #probably wouldn't get much writing done though

[ETA 3/26/2024: I absolutely did later justify spending over $50 on a commission, though from a personal friend! And I've been lucky enough to receive art as gifts, too, so I don't really have the right to complain. I do anyway >_>]