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A "LORD OF THE RINGS" FANFICTION: 

As the oldest of three daughters, you find yourself in a race against time to find a husband. An arranged marriage to Théodred, heir to Rohan, seems to be the solution to everyone’s problems. But around the Golden Hall, rumour has it your heart may have strayed toward your betrothed's cousin, Éomer.

CHAPTER 1: What Words Are For

CHAPTER 2: An Arrow From The West

CHAPTER 3: From Haystacks to High Seats

CHAPTER 4: When Flowers Are Given

CHAPTER 5: A Daughter's Duty

CHAPTER 6: New Winds

CHAPTER 7: The Calm Before

CHAPTER 8: A Storm

CHAPTER 9: No Songs at Dawn

CHAPTER 1O: Flames, Ashes and Blood (NEW!)

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The story begins around a year before the LOTR films, then will follow the main storyline.

Includes: Slow-ish burn, rivals-to-lovers, arranged marriage, forbidden love, some angst. Karl Urban brainrot.

Based mainly on the films; some things might not be canon-compliant, others may be actual book lore.

and no, this isn’t me saying “write that messed up, disgusting thing” because while, yes, write it if it’s what you want (I myself enjoy writing dark fics, something I believe would be considered “vile” to a lot of people), this is me saying in a world of censorship and capitalism, ao3 really is a treasure.

Got the link via @finalducc

a user broke a guideline? which ones? and which post/reply/message/ask broke them?

a post is mass reported? sure thing a temporary auto ban is fine BUT ONLY IF A HUMAN REVIEWER THEN LOOKS AT IT.

a post is reported, flagged, appealed, and has the flag removed? that post should no longer be able to have that flag re-applied. because a human looked at it and decided it was fine.

a user submits multiple reports that all turn out to be false? ban that user for abusing the reporting system.

And he kept doing it. Scene after scene.

He spent the film expecting someone to make a joke about how unserious things were or to break the fourth wall or do some other self referential type thing.

Now, maybe I'm just at that point in my cycle or maybe I'm too delicate in general, but I literally teared up hearing that. Straight up cried a bit. It is so fucking sad that sincerity and genuineness is being bred out of people.

People say all the time 'this generation can't take anything seriously!' and really, is it any wonder? Younger people have been trained out of it. You are no longer encouraged to be genuine or show emotion or be honest. You are actively punished for it. In fact, you are almost guaranteed to suffer for it.

That is so fucked up. I'm sorry to go on a bit of a random ramble rant but it's so fucking gut wrenching to see younger people lose that element of themselves. You can't express your passion without being told you're 'crashing out' or 'cringe'. You have to live in this neutral state of fear of perception, and god forbid anybody step outside of it!

You're told you should only consume and succumb and be ironic and emotionless and cool.

Listen, if you're following me and you're like.... 25 or under, let's say. Please. I beg of you. Do not fall for this rhetoric. Please, for the love of all things, feel. Feel and create and be honest with yourself. Indulge in things that make you happy. Be sincere. Wear your heart on your sleeve. Do not let this hyper-capitalistic, hyper-consumerist, self-centred, individualist culture take that from you.