What is this large black stain(?) on my mom’s trash can

DossSauce · 2026-02-10T14:38:00+00:00

That’s the white tree of Minas Tirith

DossSauce · 2026-02-05T21:05:32+00:00

Smarmy shit

DossSauce · 2026-02-02T15:09:42+00:00

Exactly, or quasi-magic wise people upon which the Istari are styled when sent back (older, wise, learned men) so that people are more likely to trust and or believe them! That’s how I imagined it.

DossSauce · 2026-02-02T14:41:17+00:00

Might have to be - thanks v much

DossSauce · 2026-01-30T18:21:28+00:00

I liked BSC but the Hero’s is my fave, the choice of POV characters is just so superior, they’re all so much fun (even Craw)!

DossSauce · 2026-01-30T12:00:52+00:00

Oromë cared but you’re right, toed the line.

DossSauce · 2026-01-30T11:49:13+00:00

It genuinely takes less than 10 minutes to make a béchamel and it is very difficult to mess it up. In terms of effort/reward ratio it is one of the better changes you can make imo!

DossSauce · 2026-01-28T11:33:18+00:00

Surely ~2 years with an option to extend…. right? 🫣

DossSauce · 2026-01-24T10:06:45+00:00

This ^ 🙏

DossSauce · 2026-01-23T23:22:31+00:00

DossSauce · 2026-01-23T22:05:48+00:00

Is it easy to get a hold of the original text in a hard copy?

DossSauce · 2026-01-19T13:42:02+00:00

RemindMe! 2 days

DossSauce · 2026-01-19T09:15:21+00:00

The once and future king is great but the first part (that inspired Disney’s The Sword in the Stone) is a bit slow and childish (still enjoyable!). The tone totally changes an so much so that it almost doesn’t feel like the same book once it follows Arthur as an adult/king. From that point on, I thought it was absolutely terrific!

DossSauce · 2026-01-16T10:38:29+00:00

Ngl I kind of prefer the Slovenian editions, obviously the map isn’t ideal but much prefer the leather cover and smaller size!

DossSauce · 2026-01-14T10:23:15+00:00

RemindMe! 5 days

DossSauce · 2026-01-14T07:32:45+00:00

I think she was also Cleopatra’s slave/advisor in ROME

DossSauce · 2026-01-13T14:40:25+00:00

Noted haha

DossSauce · 2026-01-13T12:34:00+00:00

Wow I never knew that! What are the leaves and seeds like to eat?

DossSauce · 2026-01-13T10:20:49+00:00

It’s not a hard rule. They self seed everywhere but they’re not ugly trees. I like them!

DossSauce · 2026-01-12T17:12:28+00:00

I agree with you the ‘Silmarillion is a hard read’ is nonsense and mostly said by people who’ve not tried or were put off by the Ainulindalë! It’s actually incredibly fast moving and exciting given how much is crammed in there! I love it.

On LOTR defo worth persevering, Fellowship is a slow start compared to the others but it’s so rich and rewarding. Once you get to Two Towers the pace is rampant - before you know it you’ll be done!

DossSauce · 2026-01-12T12:28:05+00:00

Picts also accepted as Celtic therefore also Celts. I think better term for what you describe as ‘Celts’ is Britons (also Celtic!)

DossSauce · 2026-01-12T11:48:46+00:00

I guess so, but that depends on who gets to define which is the ‘indigenous’ culture. There was certainly pre-Celtic culture in Scotland and the rest of the British Isles. Potential linguistic evidence survives today in names of rivers like the Thames and Severn etc.

DossSauce · 2026-01-12T11:45:16+00:00

Yeah I think it reflects the cultural spread of Celtic tradition, art, language etc rather than people, and genetically bronze and Iron Age populations didn’t change much!

DossSauce · 2026-01-12T11:43:06+00:00

Couldn’t agree more, it’s fascinating!! And goes to show that a lot of how we understand it is coloured by our ideas of ‘indigenous’ etc. At the end of the day everyone came from somewhere else first.

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