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So, going by the idea of “every truly great story has a random Texan” (see: Dracula, His Dark Materials), I asked my Tolkien encyclopedia wife what race/culture in The Lord of the Rings is the Texan equivalent. They got real mad when I suggested the Rohirrim (because horse culture, I didn’t actually think that was the answer but I wanted to provoke my wife), and… I’m gonna step aside so my wife can rant about who in LotR is the actual Random Texan.

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Me: Mags, what’s the biggest shipwreck you can think of?

Mags: Ummm… Destiel?

I was aiming for titanic a topic mags has been obsessed with since childhood but this was such an incredible answer I need to share it

I think one of the best things about Fantasy High is that it really solves the “why are you all a bunch of murder hobos” problem, with no real need for explanation. Because when you put a friend group of high schoolers in a situation, with magic and bladed weapons, what on earth ELSE are they going to do?

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Fucking exhausting listening to a podcast by cis gays who are openly and outspokenly supportive of trans people, who speak intelligently about queer people in media including (binary) trans issues and representation… but when speaking about a character that is not explicitly nonbinary but is so clearly meant to represent nonbinary identity and express feelings about being nb, they repeatedly say things like “trans or genderqueer”, “trans or nonbinary”, or repeatedly refer to the character as “they” when she only ever uses she/her pronouns and never expresses any discomfort with that.

I am absolutely positive these people do not mean anything hurtful for it, that at worst it’s entirely benign ignorance, and that’s why I’m not naming names because this isn’t a callout post. It’s just… frustrating. A little hurtful. A little alienating. I know there are much bigger battles going on right now, I’m not saying it’s a big deal even, it’s just… tiring.

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Btw, I’ve never once managed to get further into Dracula Daily than a few dispatches, bc adhd and so on.

I started listening to a podcast that is basically doing Dracula Daily, this very year. I got a good chunk further into the story with the podcast than I ever had reading it.

The sound design and voice acting is incredible. It’s so engaging that I was listening to it to fall asleep, but found myself clinging to awareness just to keep listening for a bit longer.

dracula daily re: dracula also if you’re a tma fan there are four voice actors that you may be familiar with one of which apparently jumpscared my wife I haven’t gotten to that episode yet but I expect it might be a little jarring when I do

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this is the funniest shit ive ever seen in my life

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I just need you all to understand the relationship of me, who was a CS Lewis girl as a young teenager, and my wife, who was such a Tolkien nerd that they wrote their diaries in Tengwar.

…it’s exactly what you’d think. CS Lewis putting a lamppost in his fantasy series to aggravate Tolkien? That’s just what we do. Like, the exact same things don’t bother my wife, but the dynamic is entirely the same. I guess if anyone is out there RPF shipping Tolkien and Lewis, pls know that it has essentially happened irl, and we’ve been together for a decade and a half.

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Brussels Sprouts were invented by monks for use as a mark of penitence. Only those who committed the most terrible sins were condemned to taste their horrible flavor. They are named for St. Bernard of Brussels, who also tasted pretty awful.

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This is heresy, properly cooked Brussels sprouts are proof that God exists and he loves us.

…literally Brussels sprouts are one of my favorite foods if I think about them I will become obsessed with having a roasted Brussels sprouts so fuck this post you’ve honestly laid a curse on me like… you know the original fairy tale of Rapunzel? where her mother becomes almost supernaturally obsessed with eating this specific vegetable? that’s how I feel about Brussels sprouts an almost supernatural compulsion to consume this thing I would give up a child for a well-made brussels sprouts dish ngl fuck you’ve cursed me and now I have to get the ingredients and make it I HATE THIS POST I HATE YOU HOW DARE YOU THE OBSESSION WITH THE BEST VEGETABLE HAS ONCE AGAIN FALLEN UPON ME AND I’M ANGRY ABOUT IT

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PSA: tomatoes are not spicy. Tomatoes and tomato products should not be spicy. Pizza sauce isn’t inherently spicy. Tomato-based pasta sauce is not spicy. Ketchup is NOT spicy.

If tomatoes are spicy, you have an allergy to tomatoes.

This announcement brought to you by my almost 29-year-old husband learning for the first time in his 2.8 decades of putting food products into his mouth that spaghetti and saucy pizza aren’t spicy foods

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AHEM.

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W…. REALLY? omg. I love ketchup but it has always been Really spicy for me, when I usually do fine with much spicier foods (or u know, foods that are Supposed to be spicy)

Uhhhhh. Kay. Thing to check out then I guess

oh christ I don’t like tomatoes but they aren’t spicy tbh my biggest problem with tomatoes is that they have a bad texture AND don’t add significant flavor to foods one day I’d like to try an heirloom tomato with salt and maybe my opinion will change but anyway… they’re not spicy you’re just allergic

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Brussels Sprouts were invented by monks for use as a mark of penitence. Only those who committed the most terrible sins were condemned to taste their horrible flavor. They are named for St. Bernard of Brussels, who also tasted pretty awful.