Month: July 2017

Archive your fandom stuff

misbehavingmaiar:

megkips:

thebyrchentwigges:

As we sit on the cusp of changes to the Internet, after your other activities to support Internet freedom, archive your
fandom stuff.

Save the electronic files of your favorite online fandom works. Consider print-outs of your favorite online
material. And save paper
ephemera from fandom events.

Why save? Because you put the effort into a fanwork. Because you may be surprised when a fandom stays alive for years, or gets revived, or when an academic asks to cite your work. Because it’s stupidly hard to find items on Tumblr. Because, lo, in ages past, many fandom archives have risen and fallen, taking favorite fics off the ‘Net. Because it made you happy, makes you remember. Because you never know.

What can
you save?

  • Fanart
  • Stories you wrote
  • Epic comments on stories you wrote
  • Stories you love that other people wrote
  • Meta and meta-related discussions
  • Translations others did of your works

  • Physical items: paper ephemera, clothing, accessories, art prints and drawings.

Behind the cut
saving from Tumblr and AO3, delving into lost web sites, how to save computer files for the long term, and why I’m glad I saved physical fandom items from 10+ years ago.

Keep reading

So I am going to add onto this because there is, in fact, a professional archival interest in preserving fandom as well.  I’ve spoken with some people about this before, but here’s the bottom line: PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVISTS WANT TO PRESERVE YOUR STUFF!  HELP THEM DO THIS!

There are pre-existing fandom archives.  Where are they?

These are the big institutions doing collecting, but the archival profession and fandom need to start talking more.  Born digital material is always at risk, and at present, it is mostly Western fandoms being preserved!   Moreover, some facets like cosplay are currently overlooked, and that is something that needs better documentation!

About once I year I have a Must Archive Everything Panic, and honestly I think that’s healthy.

archaicwonder:

Very Rare Coin from Phokaia with Silenos

This electrum hekte, struck in 521-479 BC, at the ancient city of Phokaia in Ionia features the front facing head of Silenos (Silenus) with wide eyes, beard and mustache. The reverse is a quadripartite incuse square. A very rare coin, only 10 examples are known, five of which are in museums.

In Greek mythology, Silenus was the old rustic god of wine making and drunkenness. He was Dionysus’ foster father and tutor. Dionysus was nursed by the Nysiad nymphs and raised by Silenus in a cave on Mount Nysa. He was usually depicted as a bearded, balding old man with a pot belly and stubby nose, with the ears and tail of a donkey.

Source: zuzimcoins.com

-beholds Sauron’s backside- -is compelled to write a sonnet on the spot about it-

Truly, it is not worth the ink. 

It is rather boxy, firm, and has never given me reason to complain– I think that is all that can be said of it. *cough* I’m happy to say there are other assets I take more pride in. 

So basically the reason Sauron was distracted enough to get his throat chomped is because soft and squishy Lu can in like hey honey lemme whisper in your ear and Sauron went oh no she’s cute?

“Do not misunderstand me. I have said this before and I shall say it again: I had every intention of capturing Thingol’s daughter for the purpose of ransoming her against the opening of Doriath. I would even have slain her if it came to that. 

The reason I did not subdue Luthien was because she vanished from my sight, not because I hesitated for her beauty– and after that, I assure you, she was the last thing on my mind. 

I fought, I lost, and she spared no whispers for me except to demand my surrender, her hound’s jaws locked around my throat. I was not thinking of her beauty then either. 

Had Huan not been there to challenge me, had I not moments before held a bloody Drauglin in my lap as he died, it might have been different. But that was not our fate.

…She was unforgettable in many ways; a humiliating lesson against hubris, the first link in a chain that led to my Master’s downfall, a being who knew the true value of immortality, and found it less than the worth of happiness. 
In the end, she got the better of both my Master and Mandos himself– need a Maia be forever embarrassed by his loss? I think not.  

She may not have thought of me again after that night, but I have often thought of her. I am grateful for what she taught me in defeat; humility has made me more cautious, more patient. And I am grateful to have seen her in the flesh, outside of legend and hearsay: not slender as a willow-wand, but round and glowing as the full moon, surrounded by heaven’s night.” 

adunxphel:

He laughs and takes her hands, turning her clockwise like a dancer until her back is facing him, and he holds her shoulders gently. 

“You do not need me or any man to tell you that, my dear,” he says, close to her ear. “That is a truth unalterable, and you carry it with you regardless of flattery. Now–” he releases her, tapping a finger against her lips with a hint of playfulness, “put your heart back together and we will measure you for battle-wear befitting a queen and tigress.”

       She let him have his way, let him turn her with the DELICATE movements of a dancer. She had relished in that closeness, almost shivering under the tender WARMTH, his finger a whisper of playfulness on the lips, a playful courtesy. Lips curled into a smirk, and she had placed a kiss atop of it, fire in her eyes burning as they locked with his ━ as she released his finger the same way he had released her.

       ‘ Oh, ‘ she purred, ‘ will we? And it is you, I can only ASSUME, who will do all the work himself? For if that is so, can I ask for a DANCE, too? ━ to forget the insult which hurts my heart still, will the Lord grant that? ‘

“You may ask, but I will decline– at least for the time being. Some may find it easy to dance and work together, but alas, that is not my gift,” he said, with an amused little huff. 

She’d kissed his fingers, and from her lips they moved under her chin, tilting her face upwards so he might better examine it; standing straight, the top of her head came just level with his chest. 

“Your ladies in waiting will take your measurements, of course,” he continued, observing her expression distantly, “it would be over-familiar of me to take them myself, don’t you agree? But the forging I will undertake gladly. Whatever I make for you will be unbreakable; no arrow will pierce it, no blade will find its weakness, and being attuned to your ring, it will change to fit your form and never hinder you… It will last as long as you do, perhaps longer.”

He blinked slowly with a smile. “You will break far more hearts with the power I give you than ever yours will be broken. Men will fold before you. That I promise.” 

i-gwarth:

ninthemage:

earlploddington:

thefingerfuckingfemalefury:

minerfromtarn:

i-gwarth:

The latest trailer for Shadow of War reveals Shelob the Great Spider.

@thefingerfuckingfemalefury bet “oh no, she’s hot” is a thought that never entered your mind before with Shelob.

<3_<3

WHAT THE GOATS

she looks better as a spider 8)

“You know what character we should make a sexy version of? Shelob, the giant fucking spider”

I see absolutely no problem with Sexy Shelob

If she can change shape like that it does rather imply that (at least in the game) she’s a maia/part maia– which begs the question are ALL of Ungoliant’s children maiar? Cuz you know what, that would please me enormously.

also listen Shelob was already sexy if you like giant pulsating horned arachnids don’t judge me

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