jumpingjacktrash:

nogeno-tals:

I’m offended šŸ˜©šŸ˜’

i don’t dragon ball so i don’t know who captain mullet there is but from what i’ve seen of dragon ball he probably can block a nuke because don’t they routinely punch the tops off mountains on that show

saitama is basically a dragon ball character transplanted into a less hilariously OP world and he’s like ā€œwhy can i punch out mountains it takes the challenge out of everythingā€

well dude obviously you need to go to the cartoon world where if you make the constipation face for a few seconds you can punch the moon

petermorwood:

lotrfansaredorcs:

spartanlocke:

elfmaidens:

lotrfansaredorcs:

A deleted song from Lord of the Rings!

This song, Use Well the Days, was written for the ROTK end credits. You won’t find it anywhere in the soundtrack- It was cut after Into the West took its place. (this recording may not be the ā€œfinal draftā€ of the song, either.) Just like Into the West, it was composed by Howard Shore and sung by Annie Lennox, with lyrics by Fran Walsh.

Use Well the Days is about Frodo bidding his final farewell to Sam…. thanking him, blessing him, and hoping the rest of his life in Middle Earth will be happy and peaceful.Ā 

lyrics:

round the corner there may wait
a new road or a secret gate
and though I have passed them by
a day will come
I will take the hidden paths that run
west of the moon and east of the sun
I’m glad that you are here with me, here at the end of all things.

night too shall be beautiful and blessed and its fear will pass
I must leave, must cross the Sea
the love you gave is all I take with me
use well the days
use well the days
turn your face to the green world
use well the days

seven stars and seven stones and one white tree from all the sound it seems
use well the days
use well the days
turn your face to the green world
use well the days

and it’s based on Frodo’s version of Upon The Heart The Fire is Red:

Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate;
And though I oft have passed them by,
A day will come at last when I
Shall take the hidden paths that run
West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

I honest to god wish this had been used instead of Into The West.
Don’t get me wrong, I love Into The West with all my heart, but if I heard the lines ā€œI’m glad you’re here with me, here at the end of all thingsā€ immediately followed by ā€œthe love you gave is all I take with meā€ right after watching RotK I would’ve straight-up dropped dead.

I know what you mean…I personally love Into the West more but I also love the idea of Return of the King ending, not with a huge showstopping song like Into the West, but with a humble Shire-y song like this. Frodo’s version of the Last Goodbye.

Howard Shore has said in interviews that his favorite parts to score were never the epic scenes but the the small, intimate moments between characters, especially between Frodo and Sam. He’d wanted the last song to soundĀ ā€œlike it belonged in the Shire.ā€ And yeah, this song does sound far more humble and hobbit-y than the elven Into the West.Ā 

But Into the West was also written for a young friend of the crew who died of cancer during the production of ROTK…and when you listen to it you can hear that very real grief and pain. Into the West wasn’t just about Frodo passing over the sea, but the death of someone the filmmakers knew.

I almost feel like ROTK needed to end with both songs? Because they’re equal and opposite.

Into the West is sung to the person crossing the sea.

Use Well the Days is sung to the person who was left behind.Ā 

I like this, but then I also like ā€œInto The Westā€ (which has associations for me as well).

Since ā€œReturn of the Kingā€ seemed to have about five endings before the credits rolled, they might at least have used both songs…

Being invisible, scents trigger memories deep in the subconscious, and send subliminal messages. They are also associated with hanan (ā€˜tenderness’ in Arabic) and love. In the Middle East, perfumes are revered to a high degree, and have seemingly evolved along with changes in the way people sense smells. There is also an evident link between scents in a particular environment and geographic locations – even moments in time – and how people behave on both an individual and collective level. With there being such a strong expression of identity through the sense of smell, it is almost impossible to separate one from the other. For example, one can consider commonplace greetings in places like Cairo and others in the Arab world: sabah el ful wel yasmeen, they say, which translates to ā€˜[may you] have a morning full of jasmines and jasmine sambac’.

Flower Power, Dana El Masri. (via kuanios)

digoxin-purpurea:

apply for jobs you’re not qualified for! audit upper-level classes! get drunk with your TAs! see that poster advertising that lecture series? go there take notes and ask questions! thank the presenter for talking about this topic you love! if the class is full before you register, email the professor and ask if they can squeeze you in! RAISE YOUR HAND! tell the disability accomodation office to do their goddamn job! ask for help! file complaints! go to class in your pajamas and destroy the reading! you got this! you KNOW you got this! be arrogant enough to learn EVERYTHING! take your meds! punch a velociraptor in the dick! fear is useless and temporary! glory is forever! shed your skin and erupt angel wings! help out! spread your sun!

i had a really good morning! you deserve a really good morning! kill anyone who says you don’t and build a throne from their bones!

itsbenedict:

you know there’s gotta be football on the moon. you know for a fact people are up there with two craters as the end zones, tackling each other in low gravity. and you know know, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that the fucking football has a speaker inside that is constantly blasting the Super Mario Bros 2 overworld theme. maybe they’ve terraformed the place enough that its atmosphere can support sound waves. maybe they haven’t, and the speaker is useless, and no one can hear each other. that’s not going to stop people from ineffectually shoutingĀ ā€œJOHN MADDENā€ every time they take possession. if a meme ball’s on the moon and no one hears it, it still makes a sound.