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I have my re-sit papers for my A-level monday morning and I’m trying so hard to keep focused and not read anything that’s not Ancient rome-related. It’s so hard :(

YOU CAN DO IT. 

You can!

Shove those Rome books away for a weekend. Don’t watch those shows. Just make it through THIS weekend, and you are golden! One weekend! AND THEN – ALL THE ROME YOUR HEART COULD DESIRE. ALL THE INTRIGUE, POISONINGS, POLITICS, PRAETORIAN GUARDS, SENATORS, ORATORS, REALLY WEIRD FAMILIES, AND FABULOUS EXTRA-NESS. 

it will all be there for you on the other side! I am rooting for you, Nonnie. GO GET EM. 

(handy dandy hint from a fellow attention-diver: use Pomodoro study technique! That way, you are using both an Italian study technique, you lovely Ancient Rome Enthusiast you, and you will also be giving yourself short breaks in which to read a quick Ancient Roman anecdote before getting back into your study again! So you won’t be obsessing over what you CAN’T be looking at! Here’s an online tomato timer!)

ofelrond:

‘wehhhh i dont like tauriel she’s so cliche she’s pretty AND a perfect fighter AND guys want her AND she has healing skills she’s too perfect it’s unrealistic’

here is a list of things for you to consider, friend

  • have you met aragorn

Every time I think about that sneak peek with Tauriel I start wheezing because, while it gave me all the feels, it also gave me the mental image of Tauriel bursting through the doors to the Halls and everybody just. Stares at her. And then she sees Thorin Oakenshield and she’s like, “Oh heeeey, uh, my guy, long time no see, I know you hate elves but uh, if you could just put that sword down,” and then is horrified when he starts laughing hysterically because of fucking course she’s here why not.

I started dying at Tauriel calling Thorin ‘my guy’ and haven’t stopped

Heeeeeeey my guy, looking good, looking… a lot less dead-ish. All right? *finger guns* heeeeeey uh, yeah, cool beans… so um, if you could just refrain from making with the stabbity, could you point me in the direction of… what. what – is there something on my face? What?!? WHAT the HELL IS SO FUNNY. 

Ooh man, 131: ‘are you doodling?’ For either gigolas or spones? :3

urbanspaceman:

GIGOLAS:

“Are you drawing?”  Legolas moved soundlessly, appearing behind Gimli with no warning, startling him so that he very nearly dropped his chalk.

“Aye,” he muttered, scowling down at his design.

“What is this?”  Legolas followed the sweep of a line with one fingertip, taking care not to smudge it.

“Mallorn leaves, to be etched into metal,” Gimli confessed, feeling self-conscious.  “On arrowheads.”

Legolas gazed down at the drawing.  “Any archer would be pleased to carry such fine arrows– but hesitant to shoot them, lest he fail to find them again.”

“Then I will make you more,” Gimli growled.

Legolas smiled.

I love every single chapter of Sansûkh but I don’t have the patience to comment because “OMG THAT HAPPENED I NEED TO READ THE NEXT CHAPTER ASAP!!” happens :P sadly people often rather voice their dislike than their love for something :/ but I’ll try to comment more because I usually feel in awe of ficwriters and don’t think they are interested on whether I like it or not, which is probably very silly of me

Hey Nonnie!

BELIEVE ME. WE ARE INTERESTED. SO SO INTERESTED.

Soooooooooo interested. VERY.

I know it can be difficult to comment for some folks: I don’t think that post is contesting that.

It is simply the most amazing, rewarding thing to have a comment. Even if it is ‘extra kudos!’… Or even just a keysmash.

True, every so often there is a cruddy comment from an entitled and crusty crudmachine. It’s the nice comments, the ones that encourage me along, that help me battle my reaction to those.

and when you’re writing something that takes a very long time, that encouragement goes a VERY long way towards keeping you engaged.