Endless cycle of abuse

Today I learnt there are people whose least favorite characters are Hannibal and Will and I'm-

pls put a trigger warning when posting a molly/will fic (you read that right). I had to take a moment to recover,

An idea I toppled over while searching for some completely unrelated things. The shirt print reference as well as more goodies under the cut, because.... equality. Yeah!

I went for pullover version, because I really need a break from all the ...anatomy studies.

What the literal HELL happened in Rings of Power?!

I’ve just seen spoilers and I....

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Sauron is masquerading as some cheap Northern Aragon wannabe and he has some Dark Proposal with Galadriel??!!! I literally cannot take this guy seriously, I could see him down in my local pub circa 1999. Not to diss his acting but he’s nothing on Annatar and all Sauron could be.,

Tell me where is Celeborn? For I much desire to have him back in the timeline...

Okay I admit in a completely different story/scenario, I’m almost always down for enemies to lovers/villain shipping/dark proposal but really? Galadriel and Sauron? I....And to riff on the iconic scene from Fellowship...It’s meant to be about her temptation by power - by wanting to rule a realm of her own away from the Valar (valid to be honest, esp after their f*ckups in the Silmarillion) not about hooking up with the second most evil being in Ea, esp when she is already married! 

I know, I know people just want to enjoy this and I want to say fair play and you do you, but this is such an awful mangling of the lore and characters, it isn’t even worthy of Morgoth (although props where it’s due for them mentioning Sauron feeling the light of the One again - almost had me, not gonna lie), and it’s the potential that hurts all the more. The Second Age and the ability to shed some light on the literal Lord of the Rings - the OG Dark Lord and one of the most mysterious figures in popular fiction - is such a missed opportunity. 

The Second Age is Sauron’s time where you see him ‘in person’ in Eregion and Numenor and the opportunities to reveal facets of his character are so enticing. His relationship for decades with Celebrimbor - the master smith and sole remainder of Feanor’s line (the mortal enemy and rival of his master), how they could reflect on the nature and marring of Middle Earth and whether Sauron’s motivations were truly evil or whether he really wanted to redeem himself at first before ‘Morgoth’s bonds’ (ie his hatred and sadism) became too strong. It would be so fascinating to explore Sauron/Mairon’s nature as a Maia of Order and his tuition under Aule and Melkor and what that could reveal to us about the mechanics of Tolkien’s world and his magic. It would be so emotional to see how the fallout happened, the betrayal both Celebrimbor and Sauron felt about each other, the sheer brutality of what happened and the decadence and fall of Numenor after.

I don’t want to spoil anyone’s enjoyment, but it beggars belief to me that the showrunners had the audacity to adapt the Second Age when they obviously do not have the rights to it and despite the cast and crew trying and a few gems, it simply does not compare with what Tolkien wrote or what the show could have become as an adaptation if it had the skill, vision and rights to become what it sets itself up as. And that is a heartbreaking shame, not least because a whole host of new fans may be misled or put off the Second Age because of this. 

A number of days (weeks?) ago I was browsing through one of the libraries I have access to via my phone and stumbled across The Complete Book of Kitchen Collecting by Barbera E. Mauzy.

The idea of collecting cutlery, gadgets, and other kitchenware struck me as so incredibly absurd that I added the book to my wishlist.

Well, I just started reading it.

This book is exactly what it says on the cover: it’s a history and price guide to kitchenware from 1920 - 1960 (or thereabouts). Complete with pictures and interesting details about the different items.

It’s quite well organized; each type of item has its own chapter.

wtf

Jackie''s weird ass diary game

Coach Scott and Travis under the Husband thingy? lmao

Job: "Mom" ...Surprised she didn't have written "wife" in there

No comment on the money one...

and of course...a pet rabbit

What?

Gonna be short but direct to the point:

It has been years (hell, more than a decade) since Criminal Minds first aired, and that Matthew left the show, but up to this day I still thing that Jeid was a HUGE missed opportunity. I mean, right off the bat it's obvious that JJ cared a lot for Spencer, and that their closeness is on a different level.

lwk dont get the appeal of writing freaky stuff abt real people...like i feel weird when im scrolling and accidentally read a little bit of a fic with that type of stuff, so i genuinely dont understand how it wouldnt feel weird writing it. Especially knowing that the person is living and doing something out there in the world

I mean i cant say much as an ace who cant even stand to read those type of fics abt fictional characters but still. like how do celebs live knowing there are like 15 year olds are writing the most vulgar fanfics about them 😭

It's a kink with someone laying eggs in another person

-totally not Archer

my jaw hit the floor

I 💯 forgot that someone on My Strange Addiction is in love with his car, and has a sexual relationship with it

Guys need a little help.

A few unwanted pages have been reblogging my shit.

How do I stop this? Like, if I block them will my stuff still show up on their page?

I have to say it - I just don't get the whole alpha/beta/omega thing. It really disappoints me when I see a new fic with my fave pairings and that's in the tags.

chewing my leg, someone had a less than complementary take on my blorbo which is different to my less than complementary take on my blorbo and now I’m chewing through my leg how dare they

Wow what an episode! I thought they woven key aspects of Fire and Blood overall very well and laid the foundations of coming events fantastically.

Spoilers:

I really felt for Rhaenyra but I wanted to shake her, her father (and Alicent) are doing so much to support her as heir and she is doing (understandable) but stupid things to jeopardise that. Starting from last episode, the defiant princess pushing back against her role was really grating on me, which is funny as growing up it was a beloved trope of mine.

I can really see how Rhaenyra is inspired by Daemon and that leads to her behaviour (Strong boys) later on. Given photos, I hope the future arrangement is mutually beneficent for her, Laenor and all involved, but contrasting with how awful Alicent’s situation is and her quiet resignation to duty, I can see that causing massive resentment later (re dagger speech in the trailers).

Speaking of Alicent, I’m still a little non-plussed by the close friendship/possible sapphic undertones to hers and Rhaenyra’s relationship since it’s so different from Fire and Blood, but it makes things 100% more interesting and heartbreaking. I feel awful for her and can tell how she would get so invested in her children’s birthright especially when Rhaenyra’s flagrant pursuit of pleasure as well as power threatens them down the line.

Speaking of pleasure...wow Rhaenyra and Cristen! I thought this was so well acted by both performers. Rhaenyra felt like a young woman whose sexuality was newly awoken and after Daemon’s contrary behaviour she was desperate to prove her desirability and in some ways power over someone. I’m a little sad they haven’t taken time to develop Rhaenyra and Cristen’s bond as ‘her white knight’ like they emphasise in the book as Cristen definitely felt like a consolation prize to her at first, but as things went on there felt like a real connection. It was so good to see a soft love scene focusing on a woman’s desire, pleasure and agency in GOT.

As for Cole, this starts to answer the bizarre relationship/breakdown that happens in the book, it’s a really good mix of the different possibilities. I thought the whole scene was completely captivating as he slowly surrendered to her, even though I was screaming for them both to stop because it was such a bad decision on both sides. The emphasis on him removing his treasured White Cloak and all that means, in a weird way it was almost fetishized like the way a girl losing her virginity is in media. Rhaenyra ‘taking’ Cole’s precious virtue and breaking his illusion of the pure princess and true love definitely could account for Cole’s later actions. I can also see him spreading around the rumour Mushroom tells in Fire and Blood - that she tried to seduce him after being ‘sullied’ by her depraved uncle, but he (the pure, virtuous white knight) rejected her. Despite everything, the two actors and the direction really make me feel like we’ve wondered into a proper fairytale and a softer, more human story which is strange for GOT. Ready for the dream to be shattered soon since it is GOT lol.

Milly is excellent but she looks so young, it’s designed to make you feel uncomfortable and it does.

Sorry but the whole thing with Daemon was creepy to me both in the book and in this, but each to their own. However I’m really interested in the constant parallels between him and Rhaenyra. Really glad they emphasise if she had been man she could screw around as much as she wants. The real issue as it always is in a patriarchal society is that unless you control a woman and her sexuality, you can’t prove the father, only the mother. In an equal or matriarchal society it shouldn’t matter because Rhaenyra is the heir so her children should be heirs regardless. Of course they would be still born out of wedlock so *shrugs*.

Really wish they wouldn’t keep plugging the ‘Prince that was Promised’ storyline as that was the plot thread I loved the most from the books and it was so thoroughly ruined in the series it just makes me angry to recall it.

Oh and Alicent and Viserys - fan disservice! Poor Alicent :(

(this is a really tough time for people out here)