Knightly lifestyle ideas. Part 2
• Perform your daily duties with immaculate discipline, be it personal hygiene or work obligations
• Research historical attire of nobility in your country and incorporate it's elements in your wardrobe
• Bandaging your bloody knuckles after a fight
• Treat your beloved like royalty; shower him in gestures of affection both grand and small
• Partake in ballroom dancing such as waltz, tango or foxtrot
• Thy mind is thy weapon. Keep it sharp by reading difficult books, learning foreign languages and taking online courses
• Pursue raw strength over aesthetics when working out
• Know your roots — learn about the history of your family and where you come from
• Give alms to the poor and the homeless whenever you're able
• Your car is your noble steed, — do not chase after the latest model, but treat the one you have with utmost care
• Master social etiquette, true knight knows the art of conversation is no less important than the art of combat
• Kissing his hand as a way of saying hello
• Be a defender & protector of your community: oppose the bigoted and educate the ignorant
• Sturdy military boots that will last you many years
• Commission a family portrait from your local artist as a way to honour your lineage
• Wearing your beloved's keepsake when he is far away
• Know the basics of survival in the wilderness, — how to read a map, how to start a fire, which plants are toxic etc.
• Go on a pilgrimage to historical sights of your hometown and feel one with the generations that had lived before you
• Master your ego. It is unbefitting of a knight to lose his temper over the smallest things
• Learn and practice first aid skills regularly, it might save someone's life
• Stay involved in your local government's policies. Exercise your rights as a citizen when needed
• Have the courage to ask for help when the challenges you face seem insurmountable
• True modern-day nobility lies in always striving to be better — better father, better husband, better friend, and most of all, a better man
Elaine and Gareth for the Arthurian ask game. Also, is the 'we just got a letter' tag a reference to Blues Clues? 💙
Elaine: What is one thing you could spend all day talking about?
So many things. I am, and always will be, a talker. But if I had to pick just one thing, it would probably be about fan works and how their structure compares and contrasts the source material.
Gareth: Which fictional character do you relate to most?
Oh, this is difficult. If you had asked me this a year or two ago it would have been easier. Though I think I go with Aragorn (LOTR). He embodies a lot of who and what I want to be
And yes, the 'we just got a letter' tag is indeed a Blue's Clues reference 💙🐾
LISTEN! CHRISTIAN MEDIA DOESN'T WORK IF IT IS MADE OUT OF SPITE FOR THE LACK OF MEDIA FOR US TO ENJOY! YOU NEED TO ACTUALLY WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING, NOT JUST AIR YOUR GREIVANCES ABOUT NOT HAVING ANYTHING YOU LIKE! STOP IT! THEY MAKE FUN OF US WHEN WE DO THIS! PLEASE!
It might be my childhood trauma speaking, but the idea of someone seeing the darkest, most vicious side of you and still finding you not just loveable but diabolically sexy makes me fucking swoon.
Sometimes I like to sit and experience the wild as it is. It is there where I am close to the gods. The gods are in the things which surround us and part of the process of the environment we live. It doesn't matter how urban or rural it is. It is there in which we can experience them and their presence. As the wind blows, the birds fly, the waters ripple, the earth smells. Just take it in.
"nothing is real atoms never touch each other youve never touched anything in your life" ok. well when i pet my dog he is soft and when he licks my hand it is wet and that is far more real to me than whatevers going on at an atomic level
"I thought this was meant to be a temple dedicated to learning!" The angry man's question was a statement. "We do not usually use such grand words," the librarian said, "but yes." "Then how come the building is full of fiction!" "You do not know what can be learned from fiction?"
I grew up with a grandma who quilted, but she’d never been interested in passing along the hobby, so when she finally kicked it I was the grandkid who got all her materials, ‘cause I was the only one who knew how to use a sewing machine. Then, in 2015, a friend had a baby and I figured I’d make her a quilt, ‘cause how hard could it be?
oh
my
god
Luckily I am the stubbornest human alive, ‘cause I never woulda finished otherwise. I didn’t know what I was doing, didn’t know the terms to look up how to do anything, I musta reinvented the wheel like eight times and it took ten months, BUT I DID IT.
Figured I’d suffered enough and would never do it again and now I’m on quilt #9 smdh
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I’m hyperventilating.
Holy shit. Holy SHIT.
This is INCREDIBLE.
Oh my god.
I’ve gotta go lay down holy shit look at this how do we just walk by other human beings every day and live our separate lives when there’s a person sitting next to you on the train or in line for coffee who goes home and makes things like this what even IS being human holy shit.
GOOD FUCKING JOB.
req'd by @thedragonemperess
oh just the usual
text: What the fuck is wrong with you other than the obvious