THE LORD OF THE RINGS Return of the King

Ladies, please please please pay attention to your surrounding if you’re by yourself and getting out of a car!

I was running a few errands today, using my dad’s car because he was working from home today, and I got out somewhere to go to an ATM to draw some money. When I got back to the car, I heard a group of men from across the road mention that “the Golf [my car] is leaving”. 

As I was busy unlocking the door, one of the men start walking towards me, complimenting the car and my driving skills. To which I said thank you, because I’m being polite, right. But this guy straight up walks right to the driver’s side of the car where I got in and tried to carry on talking to me. But I locked the doors straight away and quickly turned on the car to drive away, not caring that the alarm in the car was still going (but my dad disconnected the horn so that it doesn’t make a blaring sound, but inside you can hear a ‘tic, tic, tic’ sound that’s the alarm. 

I didn’t know if those guys where there when I arrived because I had other things on my mind. But I suspect that they were there, that they saw I was a women and alone and I don’t want to know what would have happened if I didn’t act as quickly as I did with driving away. I didn’t even take my bag off my back. 

So, ladies, because I love you and I care so deeply for each and everyone of you, pay attention to your surrounding is you’re alone, when you get out of the car and when you’re walking alone and when you’re getting into your car. 

And it breaks my heart and makes me sick that I have to say this because the femicide bullshit and sex trafficking and the need for women to be on guard when alone in public should be happening. We shouldn’t be acting like this. We should be able to feel safe when we’re alone in public. 

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FEEL SAFE WHEN ALONE IN PUBLIC. PERIOD. 

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i wish i had this man’s “dick out no pants” approach to his work

Fans: you're gonna mess up The Batman

Rob Pat: if you annoy me enough, I'll do it on purpose

This is so fucking funny lmao

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i dont, mind your business

ok why is this cat giving me strong jeff goldblum vibes 

This is the Baby Money Yoda, reblog in the next 60 seconds of seeing this to receive a blessing from our green bean prince.

I didn’t figure out my passion or what may bring me the most joy until well into age 27. Looking back on the stress of 18-26, it would have made no sense for me to settle into anything else and I wouldn’t have been ready to settle into what I love back then either. Some of us “bloom” later. Have compassion and patience with yourself, but be proactive.

I’m so mad because this worked

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Reblogging myself because

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Reblogging myself because… what was that? Five minutes?

O_O

………my friend has made me curious

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Update: after I reblogged this someone messaged me offering me tickets to the sold out Hausu screening with a Q&A and autograph session with the director

These never work for me, but here’s to trying.

Eh Roger is cute I might as well

That fish is so happy it makes me happy.

Reblogging myself because I reblogged this yesterday and got promoted today!

oh what the hell…lol.

this is important

ROGER WORKS

Roger please work your magic I need it now more than ever.

These things never work for me, but I’ll never stop trying

Same

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exam tomorrow and…the day after that

I needed to write about my relationship with women on vikings and especially with Aslaug for weeks.

Firstly, I’ve seen many posts here talking about how Hirst kills female characters on this show, and the thing I have to say to this is : hell yes, y'all right. I used to love Vikings to the bones for its female characters, Lagertha(s1-2), Helga, Siggy senior, Porunn, Aslaug and Kwentrith, for example. Not mentioning all the loss of potential with all these characters and more. Cough cough- Yidu.

The only proper, and proper is a huge word, death a woman had in this show is actually Siggy senior, dying as she lived, bravely.

We never had the chance to see what Gyda, Thyri and Siggy Bjornsdottir could become. We actually never had the chance to see any female characters growing up in the viking world surrounded by men. Let us be honest, the women are the heart of this show. Fearless, fierce, brave women. Beginning with Aslaug, yeah, well, that’s the all point of this post.

Like everyone else who started watching Vikings without any knowledge of the norsemen culture, I disliked her when she showed up. And I think that if you’re not that interested in understanding the characters of this show, you’ll stay stuck thinking Aslaug is a homewrecker.

The main point I like about Queen Aslaug is Alyssa Sutherland. The amount of hate she gets on social networks for protraying this character is disgusting. Yet, she stays polite and kind-hearted, and she is very protective of Aslaug. I honestly think that we couldn’t have dream for a better actress to play the queen Aslaug is.

I recently watched a 40min long interview of her speaking of Aslaug. And you should all listen to it very carefully. Stop pretending Lagertha is a usurped victim. In the first EVER episode of Vikings, Lagertha says to Ragnar not to sleep with too many women in Kattegat. That says a lot about their relationship. Lagertha DECIDED to leave her husband because he humiliated her. And for that, I looked at her with a large amount of respect. Lagertha has been through many shit, so did Aslaug. Ragnar only was to blame for this. HE decided to sleep with another woman, who could bare him sons. What asshole could leave his wife cause she can’t give him sons?(Henry VIII, and I think Hirst has a lot of Henry VIII issues to deal with).

Like Alyssa pointed out in this interview, Aslaug grew up alone, as an orphan. She is a volva(not a witch as catholic meant it), she « sees things other cannot ». She knew when she met him that she bound to give Ragnar his sons. And I don’t mean she isn’t cunning, of course she is. And clever enough to become queen. When she realize that she is pregnant with Ragnar’s child, her only concern is for her son not to grow up without knowing his famous father, like she did. Imo, this was not out of ambition, but mainly for her child to be born. Alyssa also said that Aslaug is scared of Lagertha, and that she keeps her in high respect. In series two, Aslaug actually says that she would like to be more like Lagertha. She knows Lagertha is a fierce shield-maiden, with a HUGE pride. And that’s why she also left Ragnar to go make her own fame and history. Again, like Katheryn said in an interview to promote season two, « If there is anyone to blame, it should be Ragnar. I don’t think Lagertha blames Aslaug for this. »

So what is this 4B bullshit again ? Fanservice.

When Hirst wants us to look for strong women on this show, he makes them shieldmaidens. What about Helga, what about Siggy senior ? What about Kwentrith, Aslaug, Judith, making their own way without being in a shieldwall ?

I mean it like I say it, Aslaug never murdered Ragnar in his sleep for her children. He raped her, yes Ivar is born of a rape, sorry. He beaten her(If s1-2 Lagertha had known this, she would have murdered Ragnar herself, being a victim of an abusive husband too). She had all the reasons to kill him, and imo she never did for her sons. So, thanks to shitty writing, she wasn’t the best mother but in the other hand, she cared for her children. She took care of them, raised them when Ragnar felt like he didn’t want to be king anymore. Wow, daddy of the year. She rose Kattegat to the title of major trading center, and kept it secure. Of what we saw, the « look what mess she made of my home » was not canon at all. This storyline bares many contradictions it makes me angry. Both for Aslaug and Lagertha.

Hirst tried his best to make her a villain. The saddest part of this is that the one scene when Ragnar comes to apologise to his wife was Travis’s idea. Hirst gave so much zero fucks that he didn’t have this idea. Cause Ragnar and Lagertha forever. Even I, wouldn’t do that with my one true otp.

What of « women should stick together more, and we should rule » ? Lagertha forgave Aslaug, in season two it was water clear. And suddenly, she became power hungry for a place she left willingly twenty years ago ? I rolled my eyes so much I saw my brain. And on what purpose ? It almost looks like she was taking Kattegat back to rule with Ragnar again. Yo, Lagertha deserves better than this shit. That was stupid and out of character.

In one of the latest episodes, Sigurd says « What is a warrior without his honor ? » Well, apparently queen. Since murdering someone with an arrow in his back in acting with honor.

Now back to Aslaug and how she deserved better than to be pregnant 1,5/3 season she was alive. She is the daughter of a dragon slayer and the most famous shieldmaiden to ever live, for Odin sake. We never had a chance to see how she ruled when Ragnar was raiding or being selfish in exile. Everyone just assumed that she ruled badly. Ragnar is allowed to sleep around but not her ? Even if at this point of season three, imo she didn’t give anymore fuck about Ragnar. She asks him to come home for his sons, only for them. Bjorn is allowed to give up on his daughter and everyone assumed that Aslaug was responsible for her life and well-being ? It’s more easy to blame her than one of the mighty sons of Ragnar, isn’t it ? Don’t forget that, at this point, Aslaug was completely alone with five children to look after, neglected by her husband who was everything but kind and gentle to her. And that she felt betrayed by a man she cared about, once again.

I don’t mean men to be role model fathers but come on, Rollo leaving Gisla on her own in Normandy, not knowing if his nephew would kill him ? Ragnar leaving for almost ten years ? Bjorn not minding his own daughter death ?

Aslaug freed Porunn so she could become what she wanted, a shieldmaiden and be with Bjorn. Aslaug freed Yidu so she could leave if she wanted to. Aslaug took risks to keep Ivar alive, risk even to have her own people hating her, fearing to be cursed by Ivar illness.

I would’ve liked to see more of Helga/Siggy/Aslaug friendship. But women on this show are only worthy of attention if they can fight in battle, apparently. Proof is that Helga is going mad, Aslaug is dead, Siggy too, Kwentrith too. Judith and Gisla character development ? Destroyed to enlight men’s storylines. Honestly, Ubbe saying that he and Hvitserk aren’t jealouse cause they are « vikings » ? Rolled my eyes once more. Margrethe deserves better than being a Ragnarssons sex toy. Astrid deserves better than watching her lover lamenting herself over her one true lost love. 

Aslaug not teaching her sons to be respectful of women is what made me even more angry with this season. Being neglected herself by their father, whom she loved truly once upon a time, I don’t think she would EVER allow them to treat women like things. Even Torvi’s development is reduced to ashes now. And I was honestly rooting for her at the end of 4A. She should remind Bjorn that she still have this crossbow she killed her second husband with, sometimes.

I admired Lagertha in the first seasons, but now I can’t recognize her anymore. It’s hard not to be resentful toward her since 4B started even if it’s all the writer’s fault. Even Katheryn is lost with all this, she doesn’t know on which foot to dance on interviews. Season four actually destroyed more characters than I could mention.

Writing strong female characters isn’t writing them acting in a manly way. Female characters are diverse, powerful and brave in many ways, not only in a shieldwall. Stop killing off women Hirst, please. And give Lagertha her mind she seem to have lost.

This is everything and more people need to read this and understand that hirst is ruining the fucking show just because he can

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I remember talking to an American friend around the start of the previous invasion of Iraq. She scoffed at the prediction that 100.000 lives might be lost to the war as anti-american propaganda. She also completely believed the american propaganda that the Iraqi population actually *wanted* this invasion, and that American troops would be greeted as liberators, and the people would rise up to overthrow the regime and the war would be done in, like, two weeks. She was wrong on every count, needless to say.

I wish could believe people learned from history.

Key point? At no point were we the victim. this is an orchestrated fucking incident to be goddamn sure but no this is trying to drum up support and sympathy and I will bet my ass that Cockhead in Chief did not know this man's name before saying yes. And he doesn't have the fucking goddamned awareness to realize you do not claim a war of defense when you sTART WITH AN ATTACK YOU FUCKING SHITEHEAD OF AN EXCUSE OF A MAN.

This was an unprovoked assassination of the top military official in Iran.

Not only that, but Trump has now claimed that if Iran retaliates, the US will strike 52 targets, many of which are culturally and historically significant to Iran. Destroying sites of cultural and historical significance is a war crime. The president of the United States is openly threatening to commit war crimes.

I'm not saying the US doesn't commit war crimes. We do, and it's never ok. It's fucking sickening that this douchenozzle is sanctioning it, though.

And another thing. Remember a few years ago when ISIS was running around destroying all the pre-Islamic sites in its territory, and people pretended to be outraged about it? No one in power will say a fucking word if the US destroys culturally and historically significant sites, so we have to do it.

Fucking vote. There is no excuse. There is already blood on American hands. If we don't vote him out of power, it's going to get so much worse.

And before you come at me with, "but the Iranians are chanting death to America at Soleimani's funeral!" Big fucking deal. They've been chanting death to America for fucking years, but you know what they've never done? Assassinated an American official.

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Couldn’t risk it.

didn’t realize they change colors. now I know o gotta wish.

THIS SHIT IS REAL I GOT THE JOB I WAS NUTS ABOUT BC I REBLOGGED THIS YESTERDAY maybe it’s a coinkidink but it okay just take the necessary steps to achieve what you’re wishing for and YOU CAN DO IT

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I ask myself this question everyday

That one scene in The Witcher where that guy is telling the story about how Geralt was eaten by a giant fish and died and then Geralt casually walks in looking thoroughly pissed off and covered in the giant fish’s blood and guts, that’s gonna be me in 2020. Just wait, bitches

PERIOD!!

I relate to Jaskier because I too would abandon everything to follow around blond Henry Cavill on numerous life-threatening adventures.