Buns bobbing for apples

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A ship or character that you started liking because of someone else (give them/their works a shout out!) A topic you never get tired of discussing One of your favourite tropes

Thank you! :D These are good ones.

14. A ship or character that you started liking because of someone else (give them/their works a shout out!)

Well! Just a couple of weeks ago, I saw some super-cute Maeglin/Salgant art by @neldeathstar, and now I am Intrigued™. :D I'm less into the Gondolin side of things, and I really don't consider myself a Maeglin fan, but I am into this idea, especially since it seems to have so much room for lots of pining (art kinda nsfw, I guess) from poor Salgant. I think if I was ever to try my hand writing some, it would be less fluffy than Nel's, but still... behold the power of lovely art! 💖

15. A topic you never get tired of discussing

*clutching your shoulders, staring maniacally into your eyes* Listen. LISTEN TO ME. Sauron's undying loyalty to Melkor. This is a thing I will never, ever get over. You come through LOTR with this idea of him as the ultimate big bad, the Deceiver, without a single scruple or thought for anything or anyone but himself and his own greatness... then you read the Silmarillion and you're hit by the fact that he was actually once servant to another. Not only that, but a loyal servant. You're just fucking hit by things like "[he] was only less evil than his master in that for long he served another and not himself" and "While Morgoth still stood, Sauron did not seek his own supremacy, but worked and schemed for another, desiring the triumph of Melkor, whom in the beginning he had adored". And it just - aw man, my mind is blown just reading those quotes again - it just reveals his character in a whole new light. Not less evil for it, god no, but the one whom Gandalf calls "faithless and accursed" is suddenly revealed as someone capable of deep, profound, earth-shattering devotion - not just capable, but that's what his whole story is driven by. Sauron the faithless' entire Dark Lord career is actually shaped by keeping faith with his master. That's just amazing to me. HOW ARE YOU ALL NOT SCREAMING ABOUT IT TOO???

16. One of your favourite tropes

Ah man, I'm actually really bad at identifying tropes. I don't really think in terms of "tropes" - which is weird, considering how often I've got lost down a TV Tropes rabbit hole. XD

But in general, anything that's Enemies to Friends or Enemies to Lovers (or both!). Anything that deals with people who are on different sides - and often for good reason - who nevertheless find themselves reaching out to each other across the gulf. Anything about the discovery of common humanity, love transcending all other differences - or, where the love couldn't transcend it, it still mattered ('scuse me, I'm just after reading Frontier Wolf again, I'm feeling a bit tender 😅). Anything where different worlds clash, but then that clash somehow becomes a mingling, even if that can only be between individuals. That's catnip to me. <3

Asks to Spread Love 💖

gondolin week headcanons 2/?: the Twelve Houses and their focuses

House of the King: speaks for itself, tbh. governmental and bureaucratic business, tax collection and accounting, public holidays and feasts, the nuts and bolts of running a city. you come here if you really have a fire under your ass for public service, or if you think that the world ought to function like one big game of Tetris where everything fits together on the fly.

House of the Wing: the smallest and least interesting of the twelve Houses, composed of Lord Tuor’s retinue and staff. it didn’t exist long enough to develop an identity of its own, sadly.

House of the Mole: mining, crafting with novel or new processes and metals, metallurgy and geology. unusual, compared to the other Houses. most of the folk of the city who enter into sworn service are friendly, and like being social, and like other people, and facilitate good relationships with other members of other Houses. these people do not. you go into the House of the Mole and you basically never come out. nobody really knows what it is about this tight-knit group of miners and craftsmen, as there are other miners and other craftsmen in Gondolin who think the Mole-folk are strange for being so antisocial. But Maeglin is charismatic as hell, and they’re all devoted to him

House of the Tree: botany and agriculture. they oversee most of Gondolin’s food production on an administrative level, and they selectively breed crops. Aldaron (“Galdor”) would be characterized as a health nut if he lived today - his diet is 95% plants, and he makes fruit juice daily, and he has a beloved sprout garden that he treats like it’s full of kittens.

House of the Tower of Snow: swordplay as a martial art. Snow is led by Pendelot (“Penlod”), who took it over after the untimely death of his husband Nikalantë, and in honor of said husband’s passions, he set up the House of the Tower of Snow as one of a few more martial Houses. they’re very serious about the philosophy of a warrior’s life, as opposed to just being jocks, and as a result they’re the second-smallest of all the Houses, since they tend to be something of an insular group devoted to the memory of their fallen Lord.

House of the Pillar: academic scholarship of all sorts, theoretical mathematics, history, research, library science, and a scriptorium. Pendelot is not a warrior, and this was his haven. The main House itself was a massive library with dormitories and residences contained within its walls, and they were also responsible for paper and parchment production.

House of the Heavenly Arch: engineering and architecture, city planning. They were one of three Houses focusing on city maintenance and upkeep, and they tended more towards design and applied physics/mathematics in architecture and blueprints. They would decide how something ought to look, and put together proposals and mock-ups, and pass it on for actual construction.

House of the Swallow: another martial house, this time focusing on archery. Tuilindo (“Duilin”) is an expert shot, and he enjoys sparring and competing and essentially being a jock. His folk were the majority of the city guards, though each House had its own force of watchmen, and the King had an honor guard with Aldaron as its captain and the King’s Champion.

House of the Fountain: construction, city upkeep, aqueducts and waterways. Aegthel (“Ecthelion”, “Aicatillë”) did a lot of stonework himself, though he also delegated when it suited him. They get the plans and blueprints that the Heavenly Arch designs, and put them into action by working with the House of the Hammer of Wrath. Aegthel built the fountain that he drowned in personally, and enchanted it with a lot of Song to purge out evil.

House of the Golden Flower: plants, and ornamental gardens, with a focus on aesthetics. The House of the Tree grows things that feed people, the House of the Golden Flower grows things that look pretty. Laurëfindil (“Glorfindel”) is not a soldier at heart, despite his fondness for sparring and his prowess in battle, and he enjoys having a discipline that takes time and effort but exists away from war.

House of the Hammer of Wrath: forgecraft, ironworks, foundry, city planning and construction. Rôg enjoys hard work, and his people do too. He serves as the head of a House that’s a safe haven for all who were touched by Angamando, and the folk of his House are hardy and determined in battle, but their passion is in building things. They’re guaranteed to be a good time at parties.

House of the Harp: woodworking and carving, instrument making, livestock and horses. Salakanto (“Salgant”) is a kindhearted fellow, who gets attached to everything on a deep emotional level and makes friends easily, and his folk aren’t different. Because of this, they breed cattle and hogs and sheep and goats and rabbits and poultry for animal agriculture, and their livestock live well.

HAPPY BUNNIVERSARY!

i forgot to celebrate it earlier but it's been a full year since I came to be the custodian of these two small soft horses and have somehow kept them alive for that entire time. Please wish them many more years of playing SPORTBAW, because I love them very much.

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My poor Salgant Bun, Maeglin Bun, and me, are going through a rough and very stressful time with medical emergencies, and proportionally scary medical bills.

If you're a fan of these two very small, soft horses, and you have anything to spare, (I am gesturing in a vague, humble way) here is a link to my Bun Fund 🐇💕 if you would like to make a donation. Any amount of financial assistance would go a long way to make this situation a little less dire, though I know that there are so many, many more dire things in the world that need attention. Sniffs and kisses,

The Rabbits Maeglin & Salgant

bread sticks

peekabun

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I don’t know all the rules of treatsball, but that was definitely a goal.

They’ve been snuggling since day one :’)

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My sweet internet people, I hate doing this and will not do this often, but I have had several emergencies this month and I am -negative out of money.

I need to get fresh hay for the bunnies; they're absolutely refusing to eat the last of the hay I got them earlier, I don't know what's wrong with it and they can't tell me--but I mean this might as well happen. It's all been very Happen. My payments don't roll over until Monday. I still have groceries, I can scrounge, but they can't) I could use some minor assistance on account of the Buns 🐇

If you have something to spare, I will give them bespoke kisses from you.

Every day I enter the vortex

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THIEF DETECTED

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Cause of violence: a banana, was within.

The Forbidden Cup is her absolute favorite toy, there is nothing I could buy for her that she would love more than gleefully tormenting me with the Forbidden Cup and the sounds it makes at 3am that cause me to sit bolt upright in bed with the knowledge that Someone Is Eating Plastic Again.

Unmute for my Song of Admonishment

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Reminder that the vet decided this was his full legal name:

**MESSAGE FOR SALGANT AND MAEGLIN ONLY WESLEY DO NOT READ***

Greetings esteemed colleagues, it is I, Nyx. Please ensure that you have chinned your human so they remember who they belong to. Humans often forget what their purpose is: to feed us. Spread chaos. for me

Chewie: also nap

Shion: and nest. Make sure to poop all at once too

***END TRANSMISSION***

Dear Queen Nyx,

It is excellent to hear from you. Only you understand the trials of governing these silly boys and human servants. I was just now informing mine that the hay supply was inadequate:

Soon I will spread hay all over the newly swept floor, stand in the water dish, and shed all my butt fur at once.

May chaos reign supreme,

~Queen Maeglin