people in fanfiction are so good at identifying v specific smells. I literally struggle to identify vanilla when I’m sniffing a candle labelled “VANILLA” how are these kids getting woodsmoke, rain, mint, and a whiff of byronic despair from a fuckin tshirt
Once I read a fic where they were like “he tasted like” and I’m expecting the typical formula (1 cooking ingredient + 1 natural phenomenon + “something uniquely [character name]”) but instead they said “he tasted like mouth” and it was one of the greatest fic moments of my life
click and drag to find out what your shitty fanfiction kiss tastes like
*if ur on moble screenshot it
whiskey sunshine and warmth…..this is literally true
coffee thunder and desperation. accurate
Honey, soft rain, and warmth.
I am down for this fanfic kiss, someone send my fave over here right now…
cherries, a hurricane and ambition
Sugar, Thunderstorm and ambition
Coffee, soft rain, and ambition.
Well I just walked into a Starbucks from a rainstorm and I’m determined to write something today so…yeah.
2am – city lights from a high rise, dusty book piles, tired eyes, writing stories, indie concerts, procrastination, denim jackets, classic movies, writing in a diary, impulse shopping, plants on the window ledge
5am – evening drives, dark circles under eyes, neon lights, vivid dreams, broken handwriting, 90s music, leather jackets, tousled hair, late night phone calls, silver necklaces, flannel around their waist
10am – soft blankets, lover of routine, acoustic songs, good grades, bullet journals, pastels and plants, sweet coffee, freshly baked bread, cat washi tape, cozy apartment, long winter coats over turtle neck jumpers, tote bags
1pm – yellow socks, doodles, doc martens, strawberries in the garden, sunflower daydreams, pictures of clouds and best friends, a handful of flowers, peach slices, paint smears on clothes
5pm – gold sunlight, peach ice tea, whispered secrets, swimming in the lake, roses on the wall, french pastries, learning foreign words, soft voices, bike rides and summer picnics, wax stamped envelopes
7pm – dreamy sunsets, evening laughter, cursive handwriting, glossy makeup, soft lighting, photo booths, cherry ice cream, sparkling ocean waves, vintage mirrors, sweet tangerines on a balcony, flowers in a bath
11pm – scented candles, unwanted nostalgia, existential questions, sadness without reason, sitting in the dark and watching the stars, associating songs with past lovers, soft heart, oversized jumpers
Which was quite clever, seeing as they were going to try to recover a treasure from a dragon.
It’s actually the letter G for Gandalf in the Cirth runic alphabet! Tolkien modeled Cirth off real-world runes because he was a Norse uber-nerd, of course.
Yep! It works on a couple of levels; it’s ‘G’ in Tolkien’s runic alphabet, which he based on the Futhark; the top of Gandalf the white’s staff is also made of stylized linked runes, as you can see here
But it’s also identical to the rune Fehu, which is of course the rune of wealth, and they were going to burgle a dragon horde.
In addition, Odin is of course the inspiration for Gandalf, to the point where if you threw some ravens in there and subtracted an eye the character is nearly identical in appearance, and one of Odin’s chiefly used names is ‘Gondlir’, which means ‘wand/staff bearer’. And there, of course, is the ‘G’ again!
It works on many levels that delight me.
doesn’t the
Rohirrim call Gandalf storm raven or something close? I read the books in french so I’m iffy on the actual name.
“Stormcrow”
Again, 10000000000% not a coincidence. Indeed, Gandalf’s tendency to pick up different names fucking everywhere is trait of Odin’s that wasn’t changed a single bit.
…and his original name among the Maiar was Olórin. And he’s Gandalf the Grey, which in Norse myth is the colour of magic. The elvish ‘Mithrandir’ means ‘Grey Wanderer’. Oh, also he’s associated with wisdom – ‘wisest among the Maiar’ and all that. I mean. Tolkien was Not Subtle about this.
Like, At All.
Tolkien wasn’t subtle about anything. He was just like “eh most people don’t know the history I’m pretty much just blatantly ripping off, it’ll be fine” and it was fine. Most people don’t know, and the handful that do think it’s rad as fuck.
Penhales 