Relax

Men of Rohan: The glories of war are only a means to an end. All I desire is the saftey of my people and peace for my country.

Galadriel: Nevermind I love them have some presents. 

Gandalf: …

Two videos uploaded to TikTok by Harper Watters @‌ theharperwatters, who is the first black queer soloist in the history of the Houston Ballet.

The start of the first video is captioned with a reply to a comment by someone with the handle ‘broadcast711’, that reads:

Post more for Black history month please [clasped hands emoji, red heart emoji, black heart emoji, green heart emoji]

The videos show Harper Watters executing some fluidly elegant ballet choreography in a studio. At various junctures he freezes momentarily as the camera cuts away to a photo (often vintage) of a male black dancer in exactly the same pose that Harper has adopted, heightening the drama of each pause. The choreography is studied, deliberate and respectful, and the videos read like a beautiful homage to talented dancers who have come before (and perhaps helped to pave the way) for Harper himself.

The dancers featured in the various cutaways are:

Benjamin Feliksdal

Sylvester Campbell

Kiyon Ross

Jermel Johnson

John Alleyne

Rubinald Pronk

Christopher Boatwright

Ronald Darden

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because theyd rather someone stay terrible or just straight up die than become a better person 

from a compassionate point of view it’s deeply distressing and from a pragmatic point of view it’s outright frustrating