shields shall be shaken, swords shall be splintered

[tsuki_no_bara]

today is the anniversary of the boston molassacre great molasses flood which is probably my favorite tragedy, if one can have a favorite tragedy. it's so weird. also destructive but mostly weird. a storage tank of molasses burst in boston's north end, drowning people and horses and bending the girders of the elevated railway. the company that

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[danaewinters]

I remember reading about that little bit of history a while back and thinking "wow, that'd be a weird way to go - smothered like a hot tasty waffle".

[tsuki_no_bara]

that is a much more delicious way to think of it. i mean, it's better than "drowned in a million gallons of sticky".

[amberdreams]

theoden's speech at pelennor fields - "ride now! ride now! ride! ride to ruin and the world's ending!" and then they all yell "death!" and "FORTH EORLINGAS" and charge and it gets me every time.

ME TOO!! That whole speech is AWESOME. (And very Anglo Saxon Battle of Malden etc)

[tsuki_no_bara]

it's a much better speech than aragorn's speech in front of the black gates. shorter, for one thing. and yeah, way more anglo-saxon.

[amberdreams]

I don't remember Aragorn's speech - Theoden's though... ❤️

[tsuki_no_bara]

that's because theoden's is better. :D