The Legolas post is still going around and I feel the need to say that like, I don’t mean Legolas and Thranduil had a perfect relationship. I’m not rejecting the very notion there was any tension there. I think it’s pretty impossible that Thranduil’s own issues never caused problems in his relationship with Legolas. But I do think that it matters that he tried, he tried very hard, and was largely successful, in raising an emotionally healthy child with whom he has a primarily positive relationship.
Additional headcanon type thoughts below
I tend to think that while there’s solid evidence in LotR that Legolas loves and admires his dad a lot, I don’t think he ever felt like he really knew Thranduil. So much of his dad was closed off to him because Thranduil is naturally, in my view, a private person, and because his trauma made it difficult to speak of a lot of things that had been formative experiences for him. And I think that would be hard for any kid, and I think it was hard for Legolas in particular because having that connection with his dad was important to him. So while I think he always knew Thranduil loved him, there was some frustration in that it felt like he was never allowed to be as close to Thranduil as Thranduil was to him.
Borrowing from movie canon, if you track with the notion of Legolas’ mom dying when he was young, this is one issue I can see being a significant one with them. On the one hand, you understand why Thranduil is traumatized and grief-stricken about his wife’s death and finds it too painful to speak of her. On the other, it’s more than fair of Legolas to be frustrated, even angry, that one of the people who knew his mom best won’t talk about her to him. I think this is one of those things that becomes more of an issue as Legolas gets older. If there was one lingering issue in their relationship, this would probably be it.
I stand by everything in the original post, but lest I be seen as trying to insist their relationship was flawless, enjoy some angstier ideas.
It really grinds my gears when people act like it's always cheaper to prep your own meals. It depends on where you go and what you buy. Want steak? Cooking your own can be the same cost as or even more expensive than eating out, and you still have to cook it.
If a restaurant messes up your meal, they have to eat that cost and you get a new one. Usually. If you mess up your own food, you have to eat the ruined food (I guess this also eating the cost, just in a different way), or throw it out.
"But I don't mess up my food," some people will say.
Congrats on your status as a superhuman and also on missing the point. You also have to buy all your own seasonings. Those lose flavor over time, and honestly you do, in part, get what you pay for, so if you want to pack on the flavor it isn't always desirable to buy in bulk.
Me, I'd buy smoked paprika in bulk. That's about it for now.
The point is that when you buy a meal, you're not paying for the spices.
And this woman was talking about doing it on vacation. I don't know about y'all, but my reasons for buying food to make at the place I'm staying when I'm on vacation is to make my life easier. That's it. You get like five things and you're already at $50.
Does the place you're staying have anything for seasoning? No? Gotta either bring those or buy them there.
It's just harebrained to think that shopping for your own food is always cheaper. There's cheap restaurants. There's expensive groceries. And if the only comeback is "spend less on food--" why do you want everyone to live a constrained life? Why do you think that's normal and desirable?
I definitely don't eat every meal out. I eat in more often than not. Eating out is basically a once a month thing for me.
Everyone deserves to splurge sometimes. Everyone deserves to indulge a little. You shouldn't have to worry about budgeting 24/7.
Yes, that's the reality for a lot of people, but the reality for a lot of people is also that they live in filth and don't have homes and can't afford to eat and can't afford clothing and can't afford beds and can't afford vacations.
That should not be happening.
And people act like penny pinching isn't just normal, but morally superior.
I could easily find several restaurants where the portions are large enough that I can spread that food out over several meals. I don't have to worry about putting those meals together.
And hotels often have complimentary breakfast! It's not always the best, but you get breakfast AND lodging for the same price you'd spend on just your airbnb.
I try to not insult people but this is a prime example of having your head up your ass istg
I’m feeling a bit uninspired and don’t want to work on my Kirby gijinkas so feel free to send me or comment character sketch suggestions! Any of my fandoms
i tend to roll my eyes at sexuality microlabels that mention feeling a less-than-normal/average amount of attraction bc what, exactly, is a normal/average amount of attraction? how is it quantified? what data are being used? is it applicable to every single person on the planet, or just in certain cultures? are different stages of life considered?
as a hormonal teenager i could develop a crush on someone i saw once and most of my daydreams and fantasies were about romance or sex. but now that i'm an adult no longer going through puberty, it takes a lot more for me to develop a crush on someone, and a lot of my celebrity or fictional character crushes are more or less acknowledgement that i find them physically attractive than fantasies. my daydreams are primarily about shit like owning a house and being financially stable.
am i demisexual compared to my teenage self, or is my teenage self hyper-allosexual compared to me now, or has my attraction always been a normal/average amount depending on my age? does it even fucking matter? how should i know (and WHY would i need to know) the amount of attraction my peers experience, or how well they need to know someone before developing feelings for them, or if they fantasize about fucking celebrities? what PURPOSE do microlabels serve other than creating a bunch of pride flags to make money off of?
but you know what HASN'T changed over all this time? my bisexuality. WHO i'm attracted to.
LITERALLY AFTER THIS WHEN SOMEONE IN CHAT SAID NO LORE HE WENT "this isn't lore this is just me. i am me. this is a part of me. me as a whole" BRO IS NOT BEATING THE CANARY ALLEGATIONS !!!💯‼ HIS ASS IS NOT OUT OF THE COAL MINE!!!
Hey, so I still have the line art form my last artwork, and idk, I thought maybe i could give it to yall for any of you to color if you wanted? Kind of like a DTIYS, but for coloring. I think that could be fun! If any of you color it in, I'd love to see!! And also, feel free to change anything abt the line art if you want, this is all just for fun hehe.
The Dedue scarf (or more of a wrap really) I've been screaming all the way through knitting is done!!!
Final dimensions are about 8 ft long by 22 inches wide, and about 14.6 oz dry. I used 7.25 balls of Knit Picks Palette fingering yarn (50g, 100% Peruvian highland wool) in Marine Heather, one ball in Almond, and about half a ball of the same yarn in Garnet Heather. The smaller motifs are your standard 3 yarn Fair Isle knitting and the larger is 3 color ladderback jacquard at the suggestion of @themikecollective .
(Credits: shout-out to @eaglehorn for floating me their chart for the pattern as a starting point (I did my own chart for the smaller scale motifs but used their chart as the starting point and for the larger scale motif) and also shout-out to @themikecollective and @ehyde for suggestions on how to manage the floats on the larger motif. The medal (for display purposes) was purchased from @gizmoforge .)
I'm now going to snuggle in and be toasty warm for the rest of the winter.