Finan

The Last Kingdom S4

It’s simple. If an author says the curtains are blue, then it just means the curtains are blue.

But if the author goes on a five-paragraph tangent on the curtains, their exact shade of blue, a twinkly periwinkle, glittering sapphire, or deep royal blue, their silky lightness or heavy velvet or tattered seams, the way they billow through the conveniently open window or by a nonexistent wind that seems to obey the unspoken currents of the characters’ drama in the room, resembling at times the heavy melancholy in a key character’s haunted face gazing out into a roaring sea…if the author, in the middle of an important scene filled with crucial revelations, physical and emotional fighting, loss and betrayal, takes the time to describe how the blue curtains begin billowing and lengthening as if a tempest were passing through them, only to part and reveal within its sea-like folds, suddenly translucent, a secret that will change these characters’ lives forever…

Then the blue curtains are not just fucking blue curtains.

They just don’t assassinate politicians like they used to anymore

Good morning! I’m salty.

I think we, as a general community, need to start taking this little moment more seriously.

This, right here? This is asking for consent. It’s a legal necessity, yes, but it is also you, the reader, actively consenting to see adult content; and in doing so, saying that you are of an age to see it, and that you’re emotionally capable of handling it.

You find the content you find behind this warning disgusting, horrifying, upsetting, triggering? You consented. You said you could handle it, and you were able to back out at any time. You take responsibility for yourself when you click through this, and so long as the creator used warnings and tags correctly, you bear full responsibility for its impact on you.

“Children are going to lie about their age” is probably true, but that’s the problem of them and the people who are responsible for them, not the people that they lie to.

If you’re not prepared to see adult content, created by and for adults, don’t fucking click through this. And if you do, for all that’s holy, don’t blame anyone else for it.

You can only reblog this today.

tlk spoilers and salt beneath the cut, seriously do not click the read more unless you want to see unfiltered critical thoughts and major character death spoilers

ok i’ve had a day to process and can confirm that aethelflaed dying in uhtred’s arms so that her death could be all about him is in fact my villain origin story...i fully acknowledge this is a personal opinion informed by 1. my fascination with historical aethelflaed/adoration of show aethelflaed, 2. my frustration towards her writing much of the time, and 3. my dislike of the uhtred/aethelflaed ship, but the relationship simply does not compel me and it never has...there isn't any real chemistry between the actors imo (which is weird! they are both very talented and have chemistry with tons of other cast members!) and the writing never justified what we were told about the nature of their bond. it could have been so interesting, they could have explored or explained how and why they were drawn to each other, but they never did throughout the course of the entire show. the convo between them at the end felt like retconning to me...i hated it, i really did. i know tlk is the uhtred show not the aethelflaed show, but i'm still annoyed.

additionally, i think it detracted from brida's death since it was essentially the same beat. i wondered for a second if maybe uhtred would be too late to see aethelflaed, that would have actually been interesting for him imo. but then he wasn't, and that moment and brida's both got tied up so neatly and in such a similar way it really diminished the impact for me.

on a positive note, the aelswith/uhtred grief scene was lovely and so well done, that really worked for me on every level.

The last kingdom S5 is over and my heart’s gone along

“why do you like this character you do know that if they existed they’d just try to kill you right” actually no they’d fall madly in love with me

choose your fighter !

hey mutuals jsyk I baked an imaginary batch of brownies and put them on the shared table in our imaginary break room so you can grab one on the way to your blog this morning

I have found the most valuable thing.

source

19:37 — new home office setup, new planner, new sheets, new lamp, new mug, new everything 🤍

Take a good book.

“Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow.”

— William Shakespeare

they’re all I can draw rn