Finally watched Mighty Nein! I still have so many questions about the characters backstories, I hope it doesn’t take too long until season 2. But I really liked the show and all the characters.

I’ve watched a few Chinese court dramas growing up and I have to say, nobody got game like Mao Mao

mixed feelings about Tolkien making people of the east and south come to Aragorn for pardon like he's actual jesus christ on judgement day, but I really appreciate that Tolkien's idea of a good king is 1) realising that the true enemy is defeated, and not making the war last longer that it needs to last 2) sending free the people who used to be on the other side of the war, but now come to you in peace 3) freeing slaves 4) giving people their land (the woses's land is their own and no-one is allowed to enter without their permission, same for the shire, rohan does not become a part of the Reunited Kingdom, slaves of mordor get land of their own)

Reading Tolkien is a continual psychic whiplash because it shows what happens when you mix 1) a sincerely held belief in the importance of kindness, compassion, unity and caring for our fellow men, versus 2) the deeply entrenched racism of a white Englishman born in a Boer Republic

The vibes are a rollercoaster from start to finish

Why does “falling in love” have pretty much exclusively romantic connotations it’s such a good phrase. I’ve fallen in love with every single one of my friends

This was such a smart post to make because every day I get to see people declaring their love for their friends in the tags. Such a simple but sweet “restoring faith in humanity” kind of thing. We’re all just little creatures who love our buddies <3

Alright so this post has gotten over 5,000 notes in a month and I think that means the consensus is that everyone loves their friends and you should tell them

ianthe and palamedes are inverses in that for an insane person ianthe is actually remarkably normal whereas for a relatively normal guy palamedes is just completely out of his mind

tags by @wizardlyghost

[Text ID: 1. #ianthe recognises that she needs some degree of relatively stable structure that at least applies to everyone else #in order to allow her to be awful and batshit in the most efficient way possible #you can't have posters with your face on them if the civilisation that's supposed to print them collapses #she runs around outside and above the system but she needs a system to be above and outside

#palamedes on the other hand does not give a single shit about convention or the status quo lmao #his focus is on his goals and he's fully willing to break things that don't work to get there #ianthe reverse engineered lyctorhood on her own but impressie as that was it was still a *recreation* of something that already existed #pal though? he creates/discovers new shit #to our knowledge no-one had ever created a dream bubble before #almost certainly nobody created a fully blended soul like paul

#palamedes also doesn't see the rules as applying to him but the conclusion he draws from that isn't 'i'm speal' #'it's these rules shouldn't apple to anyone and arguable aren't even rules if i can break them'

2. #full deconstruction of the system if it doesn't serve the needs it's supposed to #fuckit let's dig the sixth house out of the ground and teleport it across the universe #fuckit let's give a lyctor supercancer. can necromancy even do that? it can now.

#ianthe wants to rule over everything which is nuts but she at least has a solid idea of what she's doing #palamedes is out here rewriting everything that's known about necromancy all at once by taking leap of faith after leap of faith #and he's brilliant enough that his theories catch him every time but still. dude. what the fuck. #all of this may be nonsense from my exhausted brain but i am obsessed with both of them /end ID]

Wangxian daily card art from official collab with 卡星时代

Must've been hard as hell in the day-to-day

Frodo: I just felt like I was really locked in … idk

Sam:

Xerneas & Yveltal (2020) - Crown Tundra Commemoration Artwork
Illustrator: Niko

Shiny Mew (2018)
Illustrator: SunlaStudio