An important thing about Aziraphale is that he cares so much about being good, but also, he is only ok at it. Not terrible! Just mediocre. Very brave and trying his absolute best with mixed results. To paraphrase the book, neither fundamentally good nor fundamentally bad but fundamentally Aziraphale. He is however trying very hard to save the entire planet and that is really very lovely of him and should count for a lot, especially because his hot not-boyfriend finally made a move after six thousand horny, horny years and he could easily have chosen to get really spectacularly laid instead of reviewing organizational flowcharts and being trapped in meetings with people who hate each other only slightly less than they hate him.
Gosh I just love book Legolas. He's immortal. He's a teenager. Elrond picks him instead of Glorfindel because he's average and won't draw attention to the Fellowship. He's the comic relief guy and resident Little Shit, but he can also shoot a Nazgul out of the sky in the pitch black like a one-man elf anti-aircraft defense system. He wants everyone to know that he's, like, really old. He forgets the task at hand because he wants to look at trees. His greatest qualities are that he can become friends with anyone and his loyalty is unending. He shows up to Valinor a century late with Starbucks in hand and his dwarf bestie at his side. Iconic.
Bring it back, bring it back, don't take it away from me
Because you don't know what it means to me💔
Aziraphale’s raised eyebrow when shax says “you don’t seem his type at all” tells me aziraphale KNOWS he’s crowley’s type he has suspected it for a very long time he’s just afraid to take that final step
the way aziraphale’s brain works is its just layers of degrees of denial he can peel back at whim to suit whatever situation he’s in at any given moment which is why the thoughts “crowley cant possibly love me like that” and “crowley is so obsessed with me that i know i’m not only his type but the only type hes ever had” can possibly coexist in one mind
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‘DON’T [TRY] THE GUY WITH THE BLACK GLASSES HE DOESN’T WORK HERE!’
Local Soho lurker, known associate of Mr. Fell, inspiring so much lust around him people flock to the brothel to see if they can spend some quality time with him. And it happens so frequently Mrs. Sandwich had to put a sign up.
Alternatively, as @cassieoh (thank you for brightening the image!!) suggested: ‘DON’T [PAY] THE GUY WITH THE BLACK GLASSES HE DOESN’T WORK HERE!’
Poor Mrs. Sandwich. ‘Yes I know he looks like he works as a seamstress, but he does NOT, so if you could kindly pay me, thank you very much.’
I can’t decide which is funnier, Crowley accepting money from Mrs. Sandwich’s patrons (does he cackle as he does this? Is he confused? Does he walk the money over to her afterwards or do something else with it?) or Mrs. Sandwich having to march over to him and sternly asking him to stop letting patrons pay him instead (does she cock her hip and stick out her hand? Does she laugh along with him? Do they bond over it?? Are Crowley and Mrs. Sandwich buds???)
‘You’re a good lad.’
CROWLEY/AZIRAPHALE - COME HOME TO MY HEART description: In your car, the radio up / We keep trying to talk about us / I’m someone you maybe might love. Falling in love with the world, and each other.
dumb atla fanfic idea: in which sokka unintentionally buys the blue spirit mask because it looks cool.
and just so happens to be caught the right amount of times holding it by earth kingdom citizens that they end up concluding that sokka, is in fact, the blue spirit.
Bouncing off of @vlanderzine’s replies and @whats-a-reading’s tags—
- Sokka buys the Blue Spirit mask (“It looks really cool, Katara. It’s not my fault your taste sucks.”) from Aunt Wu’s village—the only good thing that came out of that trip, if you ask him.
- Aang gets this really weird look on his face when Sokka shows the mask to him. But Aang’s a pretty weird kid, so Sokka gives him a pass.
- Bato finds the mask familiar, but he couldn’t tell why. It wasn’t until the three left that he realized it was the very same mask from all those Fire Nation wanted posters.
- When he meets Hakoda, he greets him by slapping him on the back. “Congratulations. Who would’ve thought little Sokka would have his own wanted poster, huh?”
- Hakoda looks at him with alarm. “What?”
- “The Blue Spirit. The Blue Spirit. In hindsight, it was pretty obvious.” Bato snorts loudly. “The Blue Spirit. Now if that doesn’t scream Water Tribe…”
- Sokka becomes very attached to the mask after it almost got burnt by one of Zuko’s stray fires back in the abbey. He even fastens it to his hip.
- Strange enough, one look at it seemed to ward off Fire Nation soldiers. “It’s a good luck charm!” He insists.
- They find Aang’s wanted poster. As well as the Blue Spirit’s.
- Aang confesses that he was saved by the Blue Spirit when they both got sick. For some reason, he holds back his tongue from telling them it was Zuko behind the mask.
- Katara tells Sokka to hide the Blue Spirit mask. “It’s too dangerous right now. We’ll just have to buy new ones from the town below.” And Sokka reluctantly leaves the mask on Appa’s saddle.
- Aang wheedles Zhao into burning his own boats. Just before their escape on Appa, Momo pops up from the saddle wearing the mask.
- “My mask!!” Sokka yells out. “Momo, put them down now.”
- Zhao narrows his eyes at the retreating flying bison. “So the Blue Spirit is actually one of the Avatar’s friends…” He thinks.
- In a local store in one of the Earth Kingdom ports, a merchant speaks to a curious customer, “Why, yes.” He nods his head sagely. “Didn’t you know? The Blue Spirit travels with the Avatar.”
- Zuko, who was perusing the shops collection of theater scrolls, freezes.
This right here is some G O O D S H I T
- Zuko loosing his mind trying to figure out which of the two water tribe siblings is the faker.
- The reception for Sokka at the Northern water tribe is a lot better because despite there isolationism, tales of the blue spirit have indeed reached them.
- Toph loosing her mind because every time she thinks she’s figured it out, Sokka or the Blue Spirit does somthing and she’s fuckin lost it again.
- Suki seeing the mask when they meet up outside Ba-sing-se and is like “hold on, there’s no way this dork is the blue spirit” but the blue spirit did always show up around where the gang was.
- Toph pulling all nighters to try to catch Sokka leaving because the blue spirit had been spotted in ba-sing-se, but he never seems to leave and she can’t tell if he’s just that good or not leaving at all.
- Zuko still wants to know which one of the Water tribe siblings jacked his secret identity.
- in all of this Hadoka doesn’t know if he should be proud because his son causes enough trouble for the fire nation to have a wanted poster of him or terrified because his son causes enough trouble for the fire nation to have a wanted poster of him
- Hodoka and bato and all the water tribe warriors in chameleon bay being all wink wink nudge nudge about the whole blue spirit thing.
- Sokka very confused but more then willing to bask in the praise.
- the blue spirit conveniently showing up in the fire nation while the gang is there waiting for the invasion.
- Toph is loosing sleep over this
- Aang is wondering if he should just spill the beans for toph’s sake.
- so shits gonna get akward when Zuko joins up with the gang since nobody except Aang knows the truth.
- Zuko while on the airship with Sokka “so wanna explain why you stole my secret identity?”
- because Sokka-still believing the mask to be a good luck charm because every fire nation solider who sees it turns take-brought it with him.
- and Sokkas a sputtering mess because “I’m sorry i what now?!” Followed immediately by “YOUR the blue spirit?!!?”
- Zuko is still pretty miffed that Sokka stole his secret identity instead of getting his own, but if you really want one I guess I can help you come up with it.
- and Zuko like the theater nerd he is is coming up with dozens of names and costume ideas
- while Sokka is trying to process that the guy who chased him and his friends across the world is the same guy who saved Aang and spent the better part of a year absolutely wrecking the fire Nation’s day all over the earth kingdom.
- and now everything just clicks. The gifts from strangers. Tophs weird behavior. Everything with the southern warriors.
- and now Sokka has a lot of very always conversations he’s not at all looking forward to.
More additions:
- When the Gaang arrive at Ba Sing Se, Long Feng casts an unidentifiable look at Sokka. “And you are…the non-bender, I assume.”
- “Yeah.” Sokka glares. “What of it?”
- Sokka thinks Long Feng was mocking him.
- Long Feng turns to the Dai Li and whispers, “Keep a close eye on him. He’s the wildcard.”
- Rumors of the Avatar and his companions spread throughout Ba Sing Se.
- Jet, who has been a fan of the Blue Spirit after hearing his exploits, has no desire to get entangled with the Avatar, but if Sokka was the Blue Spirit, then he had to apologize clearly. He hopes the other boy was willing to give him tips on swordfighting.
- (Jet only realized Sokka's—the Blue Spirit's—true reason for trying to stop him from flooding the town back then. He knew it would’ve raised the suspicion of the Fire Nation’s troops. If Jet had listened to him back then, the rest of the Freedom Fighters wouldn’t have…)
- Jet prioritizes finding Sokka over spying on the firebender. When he does, he apologizes and asks Sokka to teach him swordfighting. Sokka says “What the heck? No.”
- Jet doesn’t take no for an answer. Everywhere Sokka goes, Jet is always in the background lurking. Jet even follows him into the haiku-making session.
- Sokka, mentally: Whatthefuckwhatthefu—
- It isn’t until Sokka finally bursts out, “Shouldn’t you be doing something more important than following me around?!”
- Jet gets an understanding gleam in his eye (What is wrong with him?) and goes, “Of course. You were trying to make me realize where my true priorities should lie, I should’ve known. Thank you, Sokka.”
- Sokka couldn’t even be bothered to feel creeped out as relief washed over him when Jet left.
- Zuko, who thanked Agni too early that he could finally move without someone breathing behind his neck, saw Jet on the rooftops once again, watching.
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- Azula is CONVINCED that Sokka’s the Blue Spirit. After all, it’s pretty clear that only the strategist of the Avatar’s team could possibly save as many Earth Kingdom villages as he did without getting caught at least once. Clearly his wits far surpassed many.
- She tells Mai and Ty Lee to keep a close look on Sokka during battles. “Who knows when he’ll drop the ruse of his secret identity and pull out his swords.”
- During the Day of the Black Sun, Azula greets gaang by saying, “I see you’ve got yourself a new sword. Still keeping up your ruse even now?”
- Sokka’s like “???”
- “What ruse?”
- Azula gives him an appraising look. “Commendable.” She smirks. “But you still can’t beat me.”
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- “Hello, Zuko here.”
- Zuko’s eyes zero in on the Blue Spirit mask fastened on Sokka’s hip.
- “Aha, I finally caught you.”
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i had a whole fucking thing typed out in the tags, but tumblr didn’t tell me i hit the tag limit, so half of it got deleted >:(
anyway
—at some point after zuko joins the gaang, he figures it might not be that bad if the rumors weren’t entirely inaccurate
—they have similar builds, so the difference wouldn’t really be that noticeable anyway
—he ends up teaching sokka how to dual wield swords, how to sneak around quietly without getting caught, how to assess a situation and quickly determine the best course of action at a glance, and how to run around and fight without talking
—the last one was the hardest
—at some point sokka asks why they’re doing all this, to which zuko replies, “you know… keeping his identity hidden isn’t the only reason why the blue spirit wears a mask.”
—sokka looks at him, confused
—zuko sighs. “people think you’re the blue spirit. if they’re going to assume things like that, you could at least be good at the things they think you can do.”
—sokka continues to stare at him blankly
—zuko internally facepalms. “i’m the blue spirit, dumbass. i’m teaching you how to do what i do so i won’t get found out, and we’re similar enough physically that nobody would notice if you went out instead of me sometimes.”
—sokka finally gets it
—he then proceeds to freak out for two hours straight
—they end up switching blue spirit duty weekly
—the thing is, nobody else knows there’s two blue spirits, not even the rest of the gaang
—so imagine their surprise when they’re attacked while zuko and sokka are out, and the blue spirit shows up to help
—but not five minutes later, another blue spirit appears
—the first one looks at the second one, and even though they’re both wearing masks, the first one looks almost angry
—once the threat disappears, the two blue spirits run off, and zuko and sokka come back a while later, with zuko looking pissed, and sokka mildly embarrassed
—aang asks zuko about it later, but zuko refuses to answer
—the second they’re alone together, zuko starts yelling at sokka
—"I HAD IT! I HAD IT UNDER CONTROL! YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO COME HELP! NOW EVERYONE KNOWS THERE’S TWO OF US!“
—"I’M SORRY, OKAY? I DIDN’T KNOW YOU WERE ALREADY THERE!”
—"I THOUGHT I SPECIFICALLY FUCKING TOLD YOU NOT TO ACT IMPULSIVELY"
—despite zuko’s insistence otherwise, literally nobody knew there were two. they just thought one was a copycat that was so good, nobody could tell the difference
—some time passes, and nobody seems to know who the copycat might be, until some conspiracy theorists from omashu somehow manage to arrive at the conclusion that the copycat is none other than firelord zuko himself
—when asked about the rumors that he’s the blue spirit copycat, zuko responds, “the blue spirit is a wanted criminal with a massive bounty on his head. he broke into a maximum security fire nation prison, fully aware of the risks, specifically to rescue one single person. with all due respect, sir, why the fuck would i attempt to impersonate someone as obviously idiotic as him?”
—when someone points out that he also broke into a maximum security fire nation prison, fully aware of the risks, specifically to rescue one person—the only difference being that he did it with a friend—zuko completely denies it, claiming that he’d never do anything like that
barbenheimer batfam edition i guess
pretty sure they'd all go watch barbie tho
Elrond can get sick. As a little treat for me.
#elves don't get sick so gil galad would like to help but doesn't know how to#gil galad: yes i know i'm the king and am needed elsewhere but my herald is dying—#elrond: i'm not dying. i have a cold. i'll be better in a week#gil galad: and i need to comfort him and keep him from trying to work—#elrond: he tied me to the bed. i have loyal followers you know they won't stand for this#gil galad: don't sic the feanorians on me#(the feanorians are on gil-galad's side on this one. they feel very strange about siding with gil-galad over elrond.) -@eleneressea
Consider: the feanorians share his opinion because they have established visceral memories of elros and elrond getting tummy bugs, and vomiting all over maglor and maedhros.
small children + new environments + stress = those kids spent at least a year getting every illness imaginable. Being half-elves helped, but not enough to keep them from getting sick in the first place. They also probably unintentionally ate something poisonous at least once.
The only time the twins were actually tied up and not just locked into a room in the Fëanorians' care was when they kept trying to escape while orcs were attacking. (Maedhros did not like restraints and avoided them as much as possible.) Elrond does not think this is sufficient precedent to justify tying him to the bed to make him rest.
#a feanorian sitting on elrond: if we let you up you would try to work and make your illness worse#feanorian: we have orders from our lords to take care of you so we can't allow that. sorry#elrond who is not sulking: i thought i was your lord#feanorian: maedhros and maglor's orders take precedence over yours little star -@eleneressea
You just know that Elrond insisted on a modified version of the feanorian loyalty oath that emphasized individual moral judgment over obedience to Elrond. And you know he's regretting that as he's plied with plenty of fluids from beneath a rotating cast of feanorians playing human weighted blanket to keep him in bed.
He was very happy to play the "healer's orders" card when it meant getting Maedhros and Maglor to take care of themselves, and now he's got one of Gil-galad's other healers playing the healer card on him, and just to make it worse Celebrimbor sent a letter just to laugh at him for all of this. Elrond will get his revenge. He's not sure how yet, but he will.
...I can't decide if Elrond is very very bad at revenge, or frighteningly good.
it's been a thousand years and people are still arguing about jiang cheng torturing demonic cultivators. listen, real or not real doesn't even fucking matter
if jiang cheng had a torture dungeon you know who would have loved it? wei wuxian
#accurate #also the second any of those dc put a scratch on jc wwx would go ham on them — via @haitang-flowers (x)
random demonic cultivator #43: so what, he can torture me and i just have to take it?
wei wuxian, nodding sagely: yeah. exactly.
he very much does not give a shit about his fellow demonic cultivators. like there's no solidarity here#once wwx realizes that jc still loves him he's going to be in those nonexistent torture dungeons#trying to get a little fraternal bonding going over mutilating some guy. wei wuxian he's BUSY he doesn't have all day. maybe an hour. - tags by @autumnslantern
(and bonus:)
I don’t think the Arkenstone is a Silmaril but I do think that Thranduil “son of an Elf from Doriath” Elvenking looked at this little mortal who had stolen a marvelous gem from a king—not to keep, apparently, but to freely give to strangers—who was sacrificing this treasure, his safety, and perhaps even his honor, but to prevent bloodshed—and drew some definite Silmarillion associations.
(And when he said “You are more worthy to wear the armour of elf-princes than many that have looked more comely in it,” he may not just have been speaking of metaphorical, abstract elf-princes.)
Lion King (1994) explaining the importance of stylized 2D animation: Lion King (2019) and Cats (2019):
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Kimba The White Lion (1965) explaining the importance of an original idea:
Lion King (1994) Lion King (2019) Cats (2019)
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Shakespeare (1564) explaining the importance of an original idea:
Kimba the White Lion (1965), The Lion King (1994), The Lion King (2019), Cats (2019):
Saxo Grammaticus (c. 1160 – c. 1220) explaining the importance of understanding that all creative work is inherently derivative once you study the oral tradition of storytelling and history and that’s okay because generations have always reformatted tropes and themes to make them relatable to their current audiences
Shakespeare (1564), Kimba the White Lion (1965), The Lion King (1994), The Lion King (2019), Cats (2019):
Tyrannosaurus rex (Late Cretaceous) explaining nothing because he’s a don’t give a fuck
I saw a post saying that Boromir looked too scruffy in FotR for a Captain of Gondor, and I tried to move on, but I’m hyperfixating. Has anyone ever solo backpacked? I have. By the end, not only did I look like shit, but by day two I was talking to myself. On another occasion I did fourteen days’ backcountry as the lone woman in a group of twelve men, no showers, no deodorant, and brother, by the end of that we were all EXTREMELY feral. You think we looked like heirs to the throne of anywhere? We were thirteen wolverines in ripstop.
My boy Boromir? Spent FOUR MONTHS in the wilderness! Alone! No roads! High floods! His horse died! I’m amazed he showed up to Imladris wearing clothes, let alone with a decent haircut. I’m fully convinced that he left Gondor looking like Richard Sharpe being presented to the Prince Regent in 1813
*electric guitar riff*
And then rocked up to Imladris a hundred ten days later like
Some people have been wondering about the raccoon. Listen. Listennn. Don't ask about the raccoon.
But does the racoon survive the Uruk-Hai? Does he curl up on Aragorn's head, or does he go straight to Faramir? Does he bite Denethor?
My friend. My colleague. My brother my captain my king. I too have been pondering this question, and in my mind there can be only one ultimate outcome.
A few months later
All hail the High Warden of Gondor.
Epilogue: It ADORES Faramir.
I’m going to wear this on my head like a raccoon and show everyone
I’m absolutely obsessed with the reddit side of the Tolkien fandom, in particular, this discussion regarding how Sauron fits the ring on his finger, as well as penal compensation a la Lord Farqaud style
Oh my GOD YOUR BRAIN IS AMAZING
pratchett will write an entire book about the grim reaper pretending to be santa claus while the grim reaper’s granddaughter goes about hunting down the dumbass who decided to kill santa, and then right when you think you’re done and the oddly pointed shenanigans are winding down he hits you with “humans need fantasy to be human. to be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape,” and knocks you into next wednesday
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“Why does the third of the three brothers, who shares his food with the old woman in the wood, go on to become king of the country? Why does James Bond manage to disarm the nuclear bomb a few seconds before it goes off rather than, as it were, a few seconds afterwards? Because a universe where that did not happen would be a dark and hostile place. Let there be goblin hordes, let there be terrible environmental threats, let there be giant mutated slugs if you really must, but let there also be hope. It may be a grim, thin hope, an Arthurian sword at sunset, but let us know that we do not live in vain.”
GNU TERRY PRATCHETT
Gnu Terry Pratchett
I love that Gandalf, Gimli, Legolas and the hobbits start all insulting each other on sight and Theoden literally says "It cannot be doubted that we witness the meeting of dear friends." Theoden Gets It
PLEASE PROVIDE THE SCENE I DONT KNOW THE BOOKS NEARLY WELL ENOUGH TO APPRECIATE THIS PROPERLY
@theriu SURE!!!
This is after the fall of Isengard, when the Fellowship and some men of Rohan reencounter Merry and Pippin after their capture.
"He" refers to Merry
still on my silmarillion kick and back on my ‘recreating napoleon paintings’ kick here’s the whole Formenos crew probably right after taking the Oath