“And this is the one I’ll be remembered for.”
(Source: fearisforthewinter, via nirnaetharnoediad)
(via wind-up paper butterflies are my fave (guest post from amelia) | You Are My Fave)
I so have to make these! :D Hello surprise in mom’s birthday present XD
I made a dragonfly because I couldn’t get the bottom set of wings to attach right. He turned out pretty cool. :)
Marvel Comics makes history with a gay X-Men marriage.
Marvel Comics’ Astonishing X-Men is set to experience a new sound effect on top of its booms, whams, and sknits: the bong of wedding bells. Specifically, it’s the wedding bells of Marvel’s first gay marriage between longtime X-Man Northstar and his civilian boyfriend, Kyle. After pairing up the couple in 2009, Marvel is officially tying their knot in June’s Astonishing X-Men #51.
(x)Rock on, Marvel.
(Source: iamthefirstavenger, via fish--bones)
Ireland’s remote Skellig Michael island
Ireland’s earliest Christians built the monastic complex perched atop the pyramid-shaped island. It was occupied continuously until the 12th century, when weather conditions forced its monastic community to the mainland. Due to its isolation, which has kept visitors away until recently, the complex is very well-preserved.
Map of Beleriand
I edited together the four-pages that make up the large map of Beleriand in Karen Wynn Fonstad’s The Atlas of Middle-Earth. I also added a bit of color and texture to make it feel more like a map.
This is one of the few times I will asdfghjkl; on my keyboard. I’ve been looking for a complete, one-piece Beleriand map for AGES. Fonstad’s are the best because she places locations not shown on the “official” maps.
Additionally, I always wondered why the Beleriand maps printed in the books always cut out Angband and the North. That’s like cutting out Mordor from the maps in The Lord of the Rings. I never quite understood why.
oh my sweet jesus on a flying broom
(Source: -kunis, via ladyatheist)
A stumpwork at Fenton House, London, portraying a medieval fair.
(Source: theenglishladye)
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
The Passing of the Elves
Sindarin:
Fanuilos heryn aglar
Rîn athar annún-aearath,
Calad ammen i reniar
Mi ‘aladhremmin ennorath!
A Elbereth Gilthoniel
I chîn a thûl lin míriel
Fanuilos le linnathon
Ne ndor haer thar i aearon.
A elin na gaim eglerib
Ned în ben-anor trerennin
Si silivrin ne pherth ‘waewib
Cenim lyth thílyn thuiennin.
A Elbereth Gilthoniel
Men echenim sí derthiel
Ne chaered hen nu ‘aladhath
Ngilith or annún-aearath.
Translation:
Snow White! Snow White! O Lady clear!
O Queen beyond the Western Seas!
O Light to us that wander there
Amid the world of woven trees!
Gilthoniel! O Elbereth!
Clear are thy eyes and bright is breath,
Snow-white! Snow-white! We sing to thee
In a far land beyond the Sea!
O Stars that in the Sunless Year
With shining hand by thee were sown,
In windy fields now bright and clear
We see your silver blossom blown!
O Elbereth Gilthoniel!
We still remember, we who dwell
In this far land beneath the trees,
Thy starlight on the Western Seas.
This visually exciting and stat fueled post by YA author Kate Hart takes a look at the trends in character diversity in YA literature by analyzing the book covers from the past year. Definitely check out her post!
Ooh, with additional links!
Definitely check out the quality/quantity aspect too.
(Faces obscured, standing behind a White character, “beheaded”, etc.)
