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White human male, allowed to ripen for 29 years until rendered inedible. I mostly reblog whatever I feel like.
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Explanations welcome! No "other" option, sorry.

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penny-anna

A lot of ppl saying the librarian on the grounds that he's an orangutan & I'd just like to note that there is some cut material from LOTR implying that animals are not immune to the Ring (a fish eats it & goes crazy) so I don't actually think it's a given that being an orangutan would protect him

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pomrania

Colon and Nobby… outside of Discworld's narrative field, I don't think they'd be able to succeed at it. Rincewind would be absolutely miserable the entire time, but he'd be used to it, and could manage the thing with only the usual trauma. The Librarian could MANAGE it, but I'm genuinely unsure as to if it'd corrupt him or not; I guess it depends on how imaginative the Ring can get, to understand the desires of a librarian orangutan. I wouldn't trust Moist to BEGIN the journey with the actual Ring, but if you could get him back on track and impress on him how much he needs to do it, I think he could manage, but it would damage him. The witches are either the BEST or the WORST option; they could do the job with the greatest efficiency, but if it got its clutches in them, they'd cause the most harm, so I wouldn't want to risk it.

It's been a while since I've read Maurice and the rats, but I'd say not them if only for the fact that cats and rats have short legs and they're not built for endurance, so it'd be a much longer journey for them. Vimes would be able to manage it, but I don't want to separate him from his family for as long as it would take. It's been too long since I've read about Dorfl, so I feel like he might be a good choice but I can't be confident in that because I don't remember enough about him. Carrot and Angua are an "absolutely not", because Sauron has corrupted noble kings before and Angua, as a werewolf, is likely vulnerable. I'm neutral on Cheery Littlebottom; might be able to, but I can't say anything for specific. The Nac Mac Feegles are another "absolutely not", because while they COULD take the Ring to Mordor, nothing's capable of stopping them, they wouldn't.

That leaves Rincewind as my best option, and I voted for him. (Vimes is disqualified on grounds of "Sybil would give a Look to anyone suggesting her husband go off on some quest when there's other good possibilities".) The witches could probably be trusted, but it's a "risk mitigation" kind of thing.

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maniculum

All of the above is correct, IMHO.

I think Dorfl is the safest option; it’s not clear whether the Ring even works on beings that aren’t technically alive, and if it does, he seems pretty incorruptible.

Granny Weatherwax seems equally unlikely to succumb to temptation, but as Pomrania says, if she WERE to be corrupted by the ring, it would be really really bad. However, I kind of love that for her. I think she deserves her chance at being the most terrifying Wicked Witch the world has ever seen. She can probably hold out; even in the field of Discworld protagonists, she’s the most stubbornly, inflexibly Moral. I can absolutely see the Ring’s influence completely bouncing off of Granny’s iron willpower because she decided she wasn’t going to listen and that’s the end of it. However, on the off chance that she does opt to use the ring instead of destroying it…

So I voted Weatherwax/Ogg for ring bearers. I see it as a win/win.

(I wouldn’t trust Nanny Ogg with the Ring for even a second, but neither would Granny, so I doubt that would ever come into it.)

Hang on, follow up. Could Dorfl just dodge the entire threat of the Ring just by writing something like “cast the Ring into Mount Doom without succumbing to its influence” on a bit of paper and putting it in his head?

That wouldn’t change my answer, to be clear; I just want to put that out there.

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crazy-pages

I said Vimes because he'll do it, but by god he will suffer and be tempted by it along the way, and I think that would make for the best story.

Not only would Rincewind do it, he wouldn't even consider this to be one of his more notable adventures. This would just be, like, a normal week for him. He'd be exactly as miserable as he is in every other book, and no more.

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so if demons are sticklers for contracts, demand high payment for their services, and have firm/specific rules regarding summoning rituals (aka the hiring process & availability of their labor)—what i'm hearing is demons are fully unionized

[transcript:

#imagine what their strikes are like #it'd be especially funny if they did the version of striking where they do actually keep doing their duties #but they refuse to take payment #(i've heard of some transportation or medical workers doing this in the past but i'd have to look up sources idk)

#my point is you summon a demon and try to enter into a contract and they're like #you can have it for free i'm just here so i don't get bored during the strike #the boss doesn't get his cut this way but i can still traverse the planes and fuck shit up

#and you're like?? this has to be a trick?? #but then the walls start bleeding and satan starts writing angry strike busting threats on the walls ominously #and the demon is like just ignore that he can't do shit without us it's all talk let's get back to the details#now who were you wanting to fuck over with my evil specialized skills that absolutely deserve fair compensation?

#and you're just nervously glancing over to the increasingly furious scribblings from the king of hell on your wall while stuttering #uhhh this asshole jerry from work #and the demon is just like say no more! i gotchu #enjoy keeping your soul i'm sure it is so juicy and would be so fun for satan to torture for eternity oh well#sucks to be him he should really come back to negotiations then huh

/end transcript]

Seeing this post about demons being fully unionised right after this other post:

Is absolutely sending me.

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god can you imagine glados equipped with tiktok therapyspeak. she’d be unbearable

are you in the headspace to receive negative information about your weight

my love language is testing and by not testing you’re really disrespecting my boundaries

holding space in my life for deadly neurotoxin

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Another dream comic. Had a dream where I was tied to a chair in a dark room and some hooded figures killed me after I begged for my life—but then I got caught in a time loop and so I kept trying to figure out what I could say to get them to not shoot me but they killed me no matter what I said. Started just shouting random stuff eventually.

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n0vascotia

I really don't care if Miley Cyrus smoked a bong. She's 18? She can live her own life...

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maseratus
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kampflesben

[ID: A gif of two people dusting off a dinosaur skull that’s submerged in sand. /End ID]

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txttletale
Anonymous asked:

jump off a bridge, cunt

see this is a perfect example of what not to do with a hate ask.

  • poorly matched to hate target: the suicide bait is a classic of anon hate, but it's a rookie mistake to deploy it against just anybody. any careful look at my blog would see that i am incredibly egotistic--using a hate tactic better suited to a blogger with low self esteem is just sloppy.
  • too generic to sting: this ask mentions no specific details about any problematic behaviour, annoying personality traits, or my personal life. since it feels like it could have been sent by anyone to anyone, it's difficult to take it personally.
  • cultural mismatch: 'cunt' probably comes across a lot harsher in your cultural context. however, i live in the UK, so i get called and call other people a cunt every day. as such, you're left with a lackluster ending for a very weak ask overall.

F. see me after class

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is this Tumblr university

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Number of Goblins, ranked

  • One Goblin - That's just a goblin. He's probably just getting his groceries or something. Leave him alone, you asshole.
  • Ten Goblins -- That's a fairly normal amount of goblins. There's generally around ten goblins in any given situations. They're just here for aesthetic, so you know it's a fantasy world. Remember to tip them when you leave.
  • One Hundred Goblins -- Ok this is too many goblins, but this is a reasonable amount of too many goblins. Like, this is maybe an army of goblins or something? My point is that they're probably here for a good reason. Best not to mess with them, they're likely load-bearing in some way.
  • One Thousand Goblins -- This is probably a goblin town, in which case this is really more a case of One Human, which is a completely different list only available on goblintube. If not, all these goblins are lost. Return them to the goblin town. The orcs are worried.
  • One Million Goblins -- A million goblins? I'm not sure I've even seen a million things in my life , and now there's a million goblins? That's, like, all the goblins. Why are you at a convention of all the goblins? Are you a goblin? Actually, no, that would make sense. Yeah, that's probably what's going on here. Sorry you had to find out this way.
  • One Billion Goblins -- Ok, look, at this point you have clearly been sent to a future time where humanity is extinct and goblins have inherited the earth. I can think of no other explanation for a billion goblins. This sadly means that you're the weirdo, and you have to go be a cryptid now. At least you can find a phone and read the goblin creepypastas about you.
  • One Trillion Goblins -- How? What is happening? This is more goblins then there are birds, and they'll all in your house? How is your house this big? Wait, forget the goblins, how is your house this big? Are the goblins here to guillotine you? Probably! Move out of your stupid mansion and let the goblins have it, you weird rich bird-hoarding freak.
  • One Quadrillion Goblins -- One quadrillion? I'm only like 80% sure that's even a real number! Luckily, you won't have to deal with a quadrillion goblins for long, because soon they'll collapse together under their gravity, forming a far more manageable single planet-sized goblin. Picard's not gonna be happy about this one!
  • More Goblins -- Fuck off, you do not have more then a quadrillion goblins. Why are you lying? Are you worried I won't like you if you don't claim to have an implausible number of goblins? Don't worry. Your worth is not dependent on your goblin numbers. Go back to the actual number of goblins secure in the fact I love you, no matter how few goblins you have <3

Several people have asked about no goblins.

This is a common misconception. There are actually never no goblins. If you think there's no goblins, you just haven't seen the goblins near you right now.

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Reverse hitman who tracks down the undead and restores them to life so they lose all their cool powers.

The lich, as its body is dying: "you'll never find my phylactery. But I will find you when I come back!"

The party's cleric: "Yeah, sure. By the way, what's your name?"

The lich: "I am Tazzeram the Wise! And I shall be your doom!"

Cleric, to the DM: "I put a hand on its skull and repeat the name. I cast Greater Resurrection."

The lich, suddenly growing flesh over his bones: "Just you wait, I'll- what the fuck."