The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

House of the Dragon | Season 2

FIRE & BLOOD

The Last of Us | 1.03 “Long Long Time”

THE LAST OF US - 1.09 “Look for the Light”

Art by Mali Benedicto Vasanserekul

jesus christ, the french government has decided to refuse to grant any entry visas to the citizens of mali, burkina faso and niger "with no exceptions". not only that, they've given the orders that all artistic/cultural collaborations or hosting of artists who happen to be citizens of these countries should also be suspended, and any subvention or financial support to structures that collaborate with either their governments or citizens must cease immediately. (i do not know if this only linked to artistic/cultural projects or if this includes ngos or even like. local groups/associations in france of malian/nigeriens/burkinese people who live here. i have no idea what's going to happen to these immigrants in france who don't have french citizenship--are their visa renewals going to be denied? will they be expelled? this is horrifying. the french government is essentially enraged that its former colonies are kicking it out and is punishing them and their citizens in france in return.

EDIT: fash and white supremacists found this post, im locking down the notes.

Bambara women, Mali, by sheisnaissa and malidiaka

Jigar Mali

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

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Aemond Targaryen in Season 2 House of the Dragon | June 16

THE LAST OF US 1.07 “Left Behind”

A man ascends the steps of the Great Mosque, the largest mud-brick building in the world, located in Djenné, Mali

Photographed by Susan Liebold

aita for trying to summon a god to resurrect my wife?

i (142m) recently lost my wife (139f) to terminal illness. we were married for nearly 127 years, and were survivors of a disaster that destroyed our home city and killed nearly everyone in it. she was my best friend, the love of my life, and the light of my world. i’ve spent months trying to move on, but the pain of losing her has only grown stronger since her death, with my grief eventually leading me to quit my job and travel in the hopes of finding something else to live for. i will be upfront in admitting that, in the process of quitting, i blew up the school i worked at (no one was hurt), almost killed my assistant (he’s fine), and released a bunch of monsters from the abandoned gated community i had contained them in a few decades prior (long story).

anyway, during my travels i came across a relic that contained immense necromantic power, but i quickly realized that i would be unable to utilize it for my purposes on my own, as my wife had been dead for several months by that time and was well past the point of resurrection by conventional means. long story short, i decided to harness the power of the same god that caused the disaster that destroyed my and my wife’s former home.

as it turns out, my former boss (????m) picked up a kid (13x) off the street around the same time this was happening, and tasked my brother (also 142m, we’re twins) with teaching them magic. i won’t bore you with the details, but this thirteen year old now keeps following me around and fucking up my plans to reunite with my true love, which i’m frankly tired of.

(side note: this kid also won a fighting competition that hasn’t been won by someone from our school since i attended. i need to remind you, they are thirteen. i’m not certain they’d ever used magic before my boss picked them up, so i have no idea how this possibly could have happened, or when they had the time to even attend the fights since they’ve seemingly dedicated the majority of their time to fucking me over for no good reason.)

my ex-boss seems to think that summoning this being is a “bad idea” and could “destroy the world,” but 1. i’m doing it in my already ruined hometown and 2. i think that the world is a small price to pay to have my wife back. it’s not like it’s worth much without her in it, anyway.

edit: shut up about the fucking giant tree it’s an unrelated current event. you can’t prove that i actually did anything to him, and it’s rude to accuse people baselessly