the fact that a river ends at the mouth implies that the source is the anus, and a river flows from anus to mouth
not for this one I don’t think so
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Returns to the scene of my crime post 10k notes like I’m watching a bonfire and bringing my favorite additions to roast like marshmallows over the flames.
i like to think that whilst drunk the last night in Lake Town, Bilbo is asked to explain who he is (why is he here) and of course he can’t say “Burglar” because he JUST talked up being a Distinguished Baggins and stuff vouching for thorins honor but also they kinda hate the rich in Laketown so he’s like “hm? Oh I do a bit of gardening (very respectable), here and there you know…
And then he goes and fights a Dragon AND the Dwarves AND The ORCS (the story grows in telling) so Hobbit’s get a hyperregional name for being unhinged baddasses, with ‘gardening’ being a euphemism, backed up by local exchange of stories with Erebor.
When Sam is like "I’m his gardener” explaining to Faramir why he’s in the middle of a war zone with the Ringbearer, Faramir has not heard the Dale gardening slang.
But then Sam the Gardener goes on to defeat SHELOB the DEMON SPIDER of CIRITH UNGOL in SINGLE COMBAT!! (yes that story gets told, Noone has been able to use that pass in living memory, and it’s honestly easier to talk about then the other shit they dealt with over there) also sam wise gamgee fought his way out of a whole squadron of GONDORIAN SOLDIERS and ALL THE ARMIES OF MORDOR (the story grows in the telling, though not that much really)
And so hobbits independently get a reputation among the men of Gondor and Rohan as kind and gentle little people, except for when they are full of rage and burn kingdoms to the ground, and especially watch out for the Gardener…
Eventually trade between the realms of men flourishes under King Elessar’s rule and these stories meet in perfect complement, and hobbits earn a middle earth wide reputation among the mortal race as gentle folks, except the gardeners, gardening means something VERY different, terrifying warriors, the King himself bowed-
Which is ironic and tragic but really mostly very funny to the children and grandchildren of Tooks and Brandybucks and Gamgees who venture onto the great wide road in search of ents and elves but mostly seeds to trade because everyone knows that the most magnificent flowers and soil and even the Great Party Oak come from Outside the shire and they HAVE to win next year’s gardening competition -
i think we as a society went through a period where people watched every marvel movie because they’re marvel movies. So, which of these movies was the last one you watched before only watching Marvel movies you’re genuinely interested in seeing?
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Having thoughts about how Toph found people at the Earth Rumble who treated her as an equal and respected her for her skill and listened to her. How she became the Blind Bandit there and the first people to ever take her seriously were The Gecko and Fire Nation Man and the others.
And then she joins the Gaang, people who also treat her as an equal and respect her skill and listen to her, and she starts calling them Twinkle Toes and Snoozles and Sugar Queen and Captain Boomerang.
She’s giving them stage names. Because gaining her stage name was the most empowering thing that happened to her up to that point. Because stage names are earned. Because the people who were kindest to her in her life (by treating her how she wanted to be treated) were people who went by things like The Boulder.
Hello! Sorry to bother you- I've been trying to find the anti-scraping code people can add to their works published on A03. I didn't know if perhaps you knew about it/could point me in the right direction to find it.
I'm coming back to A03 after a hiatus, and I just would rather not fear my work be stolen.
I had no idea such a thing existed. That’s cool if it works. Be nice to unlock my fic again.
If you’re posting on AO3, this isn’t something you have to worry about as an individual, they did it for you. They added the flag that tells Common Crawl not to scrape their website, and implemented a few backend features that also help limit “robot” access to their website.
If you’re posting on your own website you can look up how to implement these yourself!
