• StudSpud The Starchy
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          “And now at last it comes. You will give me the Ring freely! In place of the Dark Lord you will set up a Queen. And I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth!”

          She lifted up her hand and from the ring that she wore there issued a great light that illuminated her alone and left all else dark. She stood before Frodo seeming now tall beyond measurement, and beautiful beyond enduring, terrible and worshipful. Then she let her hand fall, and the light faded, and suddenly she laughed again, and lo! she was shrunken: a slender elf-woman, clad in simple white, whose gentle voice was soft and sad.

          “I pass the test”, she said. “I will diminish, and go into the West and remain Galadriel.”

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          “In place of a Dark Lord you would have a Queen! Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the Dawn! Treacherous as the Seas! Stronger than the foundations of the Earth!”

          Idk which I prefer 😭😭

          • Tofu
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            310 months ago

            you take the book i take the movies

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      Storm because Halle Berry.

      Rogue, because she just wanted to touch people without them dying and the other X-Men treated her like a traitor. Yeah she can bring dead things back to life, but never being able to be physical with your loved ones ever without killing them? Yeah I’d cure that shit too.

      Edit: I get the metaphor to marginalised groups, like the LGBTQ+, and that the cure is a metaphor for like, conversion therapy. But also, they have supernatural powers and hers is sucking powers and life force out of people. She cannot be cool like Storm and control the weather, and she cannot read minds (unless she takes those powers). So, in my mind, the metaphor falls apart when it comes to Rogue. Gay people don’t kill others by virtue of their gayness; she can. That’s the difference and I hate how the other X-Men reacted to her. Storm is all like “noooo you’re perfect”, but she can hug her loved ones, Soo there.

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      310 months ago

      From the films? Wolverine. Love the attitude. Or maybe the Cavillrine, simply cause of the shotgun arm reload for the claws.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      310 months ago

      The last xmen movie I saw was Logan , which I thought was really good, so I;m going to have to say Wolverine and Xavier.

    • CEOofmyhouse56
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      310 months ago

      The man says Wolverine because he’s got attitude. I still say Brian because hair and all.

  • StudSpud The Starchy
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    1310 months ago

    Idk about any of you. But $35 to get into the Royal Melb Show to pat and feed the sheep and goats was 100% worth the price of admission.

    The piglets, deer, llamas, and rabbits were just so dang cute

    photos

    black/white piglets under a heat lamp

    dwarf lop rabbits huddled together sleeping.

    a brown llama and a white llama

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        210 months ago

        They didn’t say what breed they were, but I reckon they’re mini lops. You can tell by their size (a bit bigger than a guinea pig), and their ears are ‘loppy’ hence the name. Dwarf lops are bigger versions (like what PeelerSheila posted). They’re super common pets because they’re very friendly and docile.

        I couldn’t believe they had actual deer! I did end up getting a photo of one!

        a spotted deer

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      410 months ago

      Aww man 🥰 I’ll have to make sure I take the kids and go next year 🤞🏼

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          310 months ago

          Yeah, we got Tix for 35 bc we both have Health Care Cards. Otherwise it is exxy as. Still is.

          Didn’t get any food there, but did buy some coffees, checked out all the animals (ag shed, petting/feeding the animals) and went into most buildings. Got a show bag for Mickey, because they had a cat one, and he loves his new wand toy. And I bought a little cat ring heheh. Hopped on two rides. No regrets, and today was a good day as it wasn’t too crowded at all.

  • @[email protected]
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    910 months ago

    IT’S HEEEEERRREEEEE

    Despite having spent ~280 hours on the series, I’ve still only seen 2 of the episodes in the box set

    (Yes they’re VHS tapes)

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        510 months ago

        I ditched DVDs, but I’m actively expanding my VHS collection. They’re basically vintage now. Cool retro tech I can’t ordinarily buy/use. We do have a player, but I’m not going to dare play these because I don’t want it eating my tape. I’ve tested other tapes, and it hasn’t, but I don’t trust it

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    710 months ago

    This whole taking a break from working thing is doing wonders for my mental health and sleep but that sleep is happening at really weird hours.

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    510 months ago

    Dream: I went to Saudi Arabia for a something. It was worse than I could possibly imagine. I met an Aussie. We both remarked at how bad it was.

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    910 months ago

    But I’m gonna break, I’m gonna break my

    I’m gonna break my rusty caaaaaaage

    and run 🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇

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    910 months ago

    Woke up early to pick up the new Zelda.

    Bought some food and self maintenance stuff. Marvelled at the Cinderella experience set up.

    Also had a haircut too. Feels nice to have it cut and all neat now.

    Lunch has been had and now have my coffee.

    I feel like I want to take out my bins but it feels too early

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    It’s local council voting season and I’m getting over seeing signs of the same three people plastered all over my hood. In front of houses, shop windows, street corners, you name it. Does this really get you votes?! I see their faces and I get angry, not wish to vote for them.

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    210 months ago

    i gave the hay a panadol not sure if that’ll cure its fever

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    910 months ago

    Oh no. Oh no.

    Chillies have germinated far too fast and I haven’t even calculated the amount of soil I’ll need to pot what I can. It’s also too cold outside for them in Northcote. This is a disaster.