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Eww. The alarming number of comments insisting that a 16 year old isn’t a child but a young woman makes me shudder. At 16 you’re no longer a child yeah but still a teenager. Troubling that the opposite view is so widespread

I'm so sleepy it makes me look stupid. Like okay I'm stupid but now I'm sleepy too

It’s really depressing seeing people unable to accept that people/parties they consider liberal are some of the worst for being prudes and socially conservative at the moment.

(This isn’t me letting conservatives off the hook btw because fuck them sticking their nose in too. But I won’t deflect!)

(either way, both sides like to ignore everything that came before any talk about NATO - or NATO itself. I’ve got my theories about why that is but uh too long)

*eh.

In any case, I somehow keep managing to annoy both the pro-NATO and the pro-Russia types, so: either I’m completely dumb, or maybe there’s some underlying consistency in finding both sides repulsive. Who knows mmmh

(first of all: this has nothing to do with the recent news, but with a private conversation; anyway)*

ah yes, the benevolent intervention of Russia in defense of... well, I don’t know. Ask the Ukrainians (or the Chechens).

truth is the real issue is the shame attached to ignorance, for ignorance is considered a flaw. Then there is the shame of having to admit one’s past mistakes (the horror!). Both, ultimately, are plain refusals to change (which is itself regarded as a flaw: hypocrisy)

like, I believe it is necessary to confront (benefit from) the sense of vertigo one experiences when facing the unknown; it *is* certainly frustrating, but preferable to the apathetic acceptance of what is (is believed to be) known.

(yeah I'm pissed but: 1) I've been hearing this same old tune since I was 16: it wasn't clever back then and it certainly isn't now; 2) Justice isn't a compromise isn't the enlightened take you think it is: hope it helps :)))))

today's unpopular opinion: Justice is actually a compromise but not whatever the fuck you think a compromise is

okay my mood swings between "fuck I know nothing 😭" and "fuck yeah I know nothing 🎉" every second but right now I really need to stress the "fuck I know nothing 😭" part.

sometimes the void is exciting and sometimes it's the void iykwim

Floral portraits of four of Fëanors sons. Celegorm with blonde hair smiling faintly, Curufin, lightly tanned with dark hair, portrayed as a trans man, staring sternly, Maedhros with red hair in small wraps, and Maglor with three thick plaits

Sons of Fëanor

The exquisite sense of achievement bordering on the delightful thrill of omnipotence that hits me when I manage to fill a page of my thesis with footnotes and only five lines of actual text

Life is soup but i am fork caption over a picture of a cat in front of a backdrop

for me it was the "surprise" that they’re just as "sharp and deep" as the best of the westerners (so glad they got their mark of approval! Lucky them)

half directly quoting half paraphrasing but you get it

in the same breath: "I believe we’ve moved past racism. Also omg did you know the east has philosophers too? And they're just as deep and sharp as the best od western philosophers"

white cis men are the funniest species alive because they'll unashamedly say things like "I believe we’ve left sexism behind us. Also I only read serious books but I’m now interested in reading something written by females"

also it’s incredibly presumptuous to assume you're not venting or crying on shoulders a little more compassionate than theirs. But anyway.

a bit put off by family members who go "you’re not grieving/struggling the right way" and then decide you must be unfeeling just because you’re not publicly falling apart in a puddle of tears. Pretty hypocritical too, since they'll tell you to "cope" the moment you actually do show you’re struggling

“what radicalized you” idk paying attention

Irmo, the Vala of dreams and nightmares. He has a pale complexion, and dark robes matched with long veils covering his head and upper body. He stands with his arms outstretched and an eerie, calm smile. Irmo is from The Silmarillion, a book written by J.R.R Tolkien

Now that I have been granted some time to draw, I have been able to update the design of Irmo! It is quite the upgrate of what it used to be, and I'm excited to see how much my art has evolved ^^

#Irmo #Vala #Valinor #Silmarillion #Silm #MiddleEarth #Tolkien #joetamy

Great chaos in Angband on this day, the King is crownless!

#Melkor #Morgoth #Mairon #Sauron #Silmarillion #MiddleEarth #lotr #Tolkien #joetamy

“Dancing,” the full piece. Three generations of elven women dancing away their cares, unburdened by dark lords and their wars in a brief moment of peace as they spin.

The last of the pieces I did for our fundraiser. Like the others, it’ll be in my ko-fi shop when it opens, with a percentage going+

idk why this concept is difficult to grasp for a lot of people and doesn't take priority over wether or not liking wizards makes you a good person. Dont give her money! The money funds evil! its truly that simple

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bluesky operates like twitter did when i was in highschool and i LOVE it, but it’s also so strange to only see content from people i follow in the exact chronological order it was posted?? like, what a reprieve honestly?? welcome back 2014-2015

tolkien was a person, like any other. and assigning him to one "side" of the political spectrum or the other will never get to the heart of why fascists are drawn to his work.

it's not co-opting when the framework is there. put your attachment to middle-earth aside and fight fascism in all forms.

First of all: southern Italian red wine IS *the* red wine