Author: Laurel L. Russwurm

is a self publishing novelist and photographer.

middle-earth-mythopoeia:The case against Finrod revisionism  I’ve always been frustrated by what I…

middle-earth-mythopoeia:

The case against Finrod revisionism 

I’ve always been frustrated by what I see as bad-faith interpretations of Finrod’s character. You don’t have to like him or find him interesting, but it bothers me when people make claims about him that don’t make sense. When it comes to Finrod, they usually follow a similar pattern, something like: ‘I thought Finrod was good the first time I read the Silmarillion, but now I think he’s bad.’ ‘I thought Finrod was a friend of Men at first, but now I think he actually looked down on the Edain and treated them poorly.’ ‘Finrod comes across as a perfect good guy in the Silmarillion, but what if he’s secretly manipulative and evil?’ That’s what I’m calling Finrod revisionism. This is not a callout post; I’m just giving my reasons why ‘Finrod is actually evil and the Silmarillion is lying to you’ is not a take that does it for me. I think it’s entirely fair to criticize Finrod. He’s not perfect and if he were I think he would be less interesting (more on that later). I just do not vibe with interpretations of his character that paint him as someone who intentionally sacrificed the Edain in battle, someone who committed genocide against the Petty-dwarves, or someone who held prejudiced views, and I think those interpretations are unsupported by canon. This is a long post, so I’ll put it under the cut.

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Planned Reuse

I love this spaghetti sauce which comes in real Mason Jars. All you need is snap lids and jar rings and they’re suitable for canning fruit or veg or whatever.

If you soak the bottle in water, the paper lable just slides off, no scrubbing or chemicals necessary.

If you want to use them as food storage you can reuse the screw on lids they come with, which seal well enough to store dry goods.

The tempered glass makes them suitable for freezing, too (but make sure there’s at least an inch or two empty, to allow room for expansion of the contents.

Not only does all this makevfor zero waste packaging, but the spaghetti sauce is excellent!

guilty-as-battery-charged:Unpopular opinion but an adult still living at home with their birth…

guilty-as-battery-charged:

Unpopular opinion but an adult still living at home with their birth family doesn’t owe you an explanation for why they’re living there. 

It could be an illness/disability they have that’s not fully visible. Maybe they want to be around to care for their aging parents. Maybe the rents in their area are so disgustingly, astronomically high that it really doesn’t make sense for them to move out. Maybe they just don’t trust strangers enough to move into shared accommodation. No matter what it is, it’s not your business.