Quite frankly this entire mindset around Rings of Power: “it’s not made the way I wanted/expected it to, following the books to a T, so it should be canceled - if I can’t/won’t watch it, no one should, let’s spread the hatred and boycott - there’s but one way to tell this story” is … disappointing. To me, it is.
No adaptation is going to be the way I envisioned. Not a one. Regardless of the company that buys the rights. Someone will always cry “Wolf”. And you know what? That’s alright. If I can enjoy a new take on a favorite series and find joy in the way someone else brings it to life? I will. Or I’ll, quite simply, not watch.
At the end of the day I’ll always have the books and my own imagination for that undiluted, “unspoiled” version. Another interpretation doesn’t bother me. Especially when it’s everything I’d want to see in a story of this caliber: mythical and whimsical, like a much beloved fairytale. With female characters not there for decoration only, held to the stereotypical standards of “women only need to be/do this in order to be palatable, lest they not be women”. Women who are not only mentioned in passing, simple tokens in a 1000+ compendium dedicated to men.
And I’m happy to be free of the gratuitous gore and endless violence of other, much-hyped franchises. Yes, it’s different than canon. Yes, we all rightly hate Amazon. Yes, there’s countless aspects one can be nitpicky about. And so on and so forth. We could sit and complain forever.
But you know what? I’m not going to let sheer hatred ruin my love for this show. I’m not going to get mired in this bottomless pit of complaints. I’m going to focus on what I REALLY enjoy: a young, brash, and quite relatable Galadriel (Cate is ICONIC, but I find Clark’s portrayal just as engaging with glimpses of the enigmatic and formidable Lady of Lorien in the Third Age; and yes, I do love me a fearless, sword-wielding elleth with a rather “swashbuckling youth”). Then there’s charming, witty Disa and the dwarves which I feel are portrayed to perfection. Durin and Elrond are a riot together and their dynamic a joy to watch. Arondir and Halbrand feel like well-established Middle Earth characters to me and I find them a welcome addition. Nori and Poppy are a delight and the Harfoots in general are a source of pure joy. Bronwyn is also a character I’ve quickly grown fond of. And I look forward to seeing what they’ve done with Numenor. Not to mention the exquisite cinematography and fantastic music score.
So, for me? There’s a lot to enjoy. Which is what I plan to do. It’s just sad you can’t go into the tags for this show and not find hate-filled comments clinging to the thread like fungus. Is there nothing that can be enjoyed these days without hateful rhetoric? I just want to stare at pretty pictures, okay?
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Good morning 🙏🏼
I want to thank everyone their support with reblogging my stuff over the years and reblogging some of the context of the situation.
Tumblr and Instagram is filled with the most supportive people I’ve ever had the chance of meeting. The last time something like this happened, I didn’t have much support, not even from people I thought were close to me. It took me a year or two to be okay with being perceived again in fandoms. So I’m very grateful for everything.
I just wanted to post that I appreciate all of the asks and I’ve been reading all of them. I actually get anxious I’m spamming everyone too much so I probably won’t reply to everything. Please don’t feel pressured to support me financially, there’s is a free option on patreon to follow. I’ll post future project plans and occasional updates because I still love comics and I still love DC/Marvel. I do enjoy having people following along for my art/reading journey so I would always be okay with people just following for free. My brain is telling me this post is too long now so I will go 🙏🏼😭
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In case you ever wonder how serious fanfic writers take their craft… I just emailed three different colleges of atomospheric sciences & multiple people with doctorates in meteorology to find out what it’s like inside a hurricane
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Oh my gosh I finally found your blog, just here to say your designs are super beautiful .
Also, you have anymore lore/info dumps to givve of your OCs/characters?
HELLO!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Your compliment means a lot to me!
As for Lore… for my undragon’d girlies, Naydra has siblings :) she’s the eldest
Also I like to think her family are the ancestors of rauru and mineru. Mainly because mineru is associated with owls in-game (her mech has a very similar “owl face” to the owl on the zonaite outfit and her temple has statues of owls) which are associated with the triforce of wisdom :)
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Steddie spicy food competition but they both can’t handle spice and are crying but refuse to admit defeat before the other person does. Dustin sitting there acting as ‘referee’ and begging them to stop as Eddie takes another bite of food and screaming at the same time and Steve is just sitting opposite him chanting ‘fuckyoufuckyoufuckyou’
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I am a pussy so I wont be showing you who I am but I want you to know that I adore you and your writing. I can see a bit of your personality in every post and I love it. You deserve so much more praise than you get now. I hope you take time to hype yourself up a bit.
I’m—
are you kidding me? are you serious? did you not accidentally send this to me? I’m convinced that this was accidental because this is literally one of the sweetest things that anyone has ever said to me and I genuinely do not know how to respond or what to say or what to do I’m just— 💕💗💘 aaaah !! thank you?? so much. so, so much. I’m sobbing.
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I’ve been really trying to whip up some ideas of fun love interest for either Lariel or Zrise for the pirate arc but genuinely. I can’t make one up. It’s like all I do is make someone bad for them. I need like character to exist already because each time I try to make one they are either not dynamically compelling to me. Or they are interesting to me but it’s because of how awful they would be together. But I don’t really want to do that because the story is already so bleak… lmao
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I don’t believe you - BillFord
I don’t believe you.
You betrayed me, and the worst thing is that to be betrayed there must be trust. There was trust between us, we were so close, and you put an "x" on my head like it was nothing.
You said we were friends, remember? "Until the end of time", remember?
So you won't leave me now. I don't believe a word you say, after all you've done against me, against our pact.
I can't believe you, Sixer.
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wahhh i love your sanji fics !! i need more of go fish it’s so cute 🥺🥺 i’m excited to read what else you create too
this ask is so sweet, thank you!! 😭🥹🩵
the go fish series has been my favorite too. i really think i might just call it the go fish! universe atp lmaoo (i’ll be tagging everything related as go fish! au)
i’m excited to share what else i have planned, so thank you for your support 🥹🫶🏼
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