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Fandom Sucks

Valhallapedia is apparently up for being deleted by Fandom, ruiner of wikis. It was made before that whole site turned to hell and a lot of people put a lot into it. If anyone knows how to copy a wiki and move it to a better platform, please help. Thank you for anything anyone can do.

I stared at this way too long before remembering that I’m color blind AND have not yet read The…

indigoneaway:

The Silmarillion fandom: a wonedrful place where I can slap some circles on a red background and y'all will easily recognise the characters

I stared at this way too long before remembering that I’m color blind AND have not yet read The Silmarillion.

We all float down here. You’ll float too. You’ll float too!

I won't, I sink in any water, I have no bodily buoyancy whatsoever like my father before me who sank on his own tropical honeymoon and had to be hauled to the surface by my mother.

Unrelated I just read Stephen King's "Carrie" and might try "It" next.

the-walrus-squad:

facts-i-just-made-up:

facts-i-just-made-up:

facts-i-just-made-up:

Not to become a Stephen King liveblog but holy hell it’s a long book-

I see what you did there, Stephen…

I love when the writer works the book title into the prose-

However great his flaws and however much I joke, I respect King’s writing genius and here’s why:

The kids are approaching It’s lair. They’re joking nervously and crudely. They’re a couple stupid kids and they’re scared to death. The class clown of the bunch watches his intrepid friend whose brother was killed by it, whose parents have gone cold from that. It’s an action scene but in one single sentence, a friend understands a friend-

Those last words hit me as a reader in a way that reminds me why I love to read and what I want to write. An Anton Ego ratatouille moment.

It’s a book about friends. I love It.

Page 808/1138, chapter 17 has two interesting things. One is a five page long description of some kids lighting their own farts. The other is the first Stephen King sequence I’ve read that was genuinely scary to me, involving (spoiler) a refrigerator full of leeches. Though Carrie and It have held many disturbing sequences, this was the first time I saw the words and thought, “God that’s horrifying.”

Good stuff. I wonder if the five page farting sequence made it more scary or less.

From IT by Stephen King

From IT by Stephen King

Are they asking about sexuality, or like from Dune?

fingermosaic:

still reeling from this gem

literally screaming.

Are they asking about sexuality, or like from Dune?

I had this book. I still might somewhere. I hope it turns up.

thevaultoftheatomicspaceage:

I had this book. I still might somewhere. I hope it turns up.

Clearly she has vacuum powers. The vacuussy. Has anyone hoarded the tumblr name “crotch grotto” yet?

victusinveritas:

Here is one single page from “Untamed Surrender” by Michalann Perry.

GROTTO. Also, how is it sucking him before he’s even in? That isn’t how this works. That isn’t how anything works!

Clearly she has vacuum powers. The vacuussy. Has anyone hoarded the tumblr name “crotch grotto” yet?

We all float down here. You’ll float too. You’ll float too!

I won't, I sink in any water, I have no bodily buoyancy whatsoever like my father before me who sank on his own tropical honeymoon and had to be hauled to the surface by my mother.

Unrelated I just read Stephen King's "Carrie" and might try "It" next.

facts-i-just-made-up:

facts-i-just-made-up:

facts-i-just-made-up:

Not to become a Stephen King liveblog but holy hell it’s a long book-

I see what you did there, Stephen…

I love when the writer works the book title into the prose-

However great his flaws and however much I joke, I respect King’s writing genius and here’s why:

The kids are approaching It’s lair. They’re joking nervously and crudely. They’re a couple stupid kids and they’re scared to death. The class clown of the bunch watches his intrepid friend whose brother was killed by it, whose parents have gone cold from that. It’s an action scene but in one single sentence, a friend understands a friend-

Those last words hit me as a reader in a way that reminds me why I love to read and what I want to write. An Anton Ego ratatouille moment.

It’s a book about friends. I love It.

Sure you can, I know a tree where you can get the wood for it.

asteroidtroglodyte:

noah-luck-easterly:

spookyspeks:

My friend said this but this is a very important point that yall need to understand.

Shel Silverstein wrote and illustrated poetry for children,

drew cartoons for Playboy,

and made the most terrifying album cover of all time.

Don’t put artists in a box.

I’m not sure you could make a box that could contain Shel Silverstein.

Sure you can, I know a tree where you can get the wood for it.

i love when tragedies are like “the love was there. it didnt change anything. it didnt save anyone….

starpeace:

i love when tragedies are like “the love was there. it didnt change anything. it didnt save anyone. there were just too many forces against it. but it still matters that the love was there”