ultimately i think clothes don’t have a moral value and wearing revealing clothes is morally on the exact same level as covering yourself up. i think it’s worth exploring why certain people may want to dress certain ways and what the societal implications of that may be but it’s weird to take a moral high ground because you prefer to dress modestly bc it’s literally just clothing
“Andreth was a woman of the House of Bëor […] She was wise in thought, and learned in the lore of Men and their histories; for which reason the Eldar called her Saelind, ‘Wise-heart’.”
I have such a warm place in my heart for Andreth, long-suffering wisdom. She is one of my favorite of the women in Tolkien’s legendarium for many reasons, but high up there is that she is allowed to be bitter and angry in the text, while simultaneously retaining the name of Wisdom. In Andreth, female anger and outspoken bitterness are not scorned or held up as negative traits, but are shown to be vindicated through a chapter in which she challenges even the wisdom of the Elves and shifts the understanding of the one she debates.
When I was growing up in a pretty conservative religious household, any anger or pushback on my part was punished as being arrogant, “too emotional,” giving in to the “sin of anger,” or not respecting those in authority around me. So to stumble across Andreth in this chapter holding her own, being angry, being bitter, and somehow still being named Wise was a lifeline that helped me get through to adulthood without losing a pivotal part of myself. As was Finrod in this chapter - a male “authority” figure who did not close her off for speaking her mind, but encouraged her to continue unpacking her thought despite her anger often being directed at him, asked questions to better understand her position, and ultimately changed his view of a pivotal aspect of the created order based on the knowledge she brought to the conversation.
Anyway, she is very dear to me and I finally tried my hand at drawing her.
guy who’s only seen haibane renmei, attending any sort of orientation, tour, or training: this is just like in the first 4 episodes of haibane renmei where rakka learned about the lives of the haibane
saionji being sexually abused by an adult man: this is so boring and tedious. i wish i was back in my normie situationship with a girl whose name i never bothered to learn crafting tasteful little barrettes all day. i miss waiting by her door for her to return and sleeping at the foot of her bed like a dog.
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