radiantanor:

Random headcanon: In Noldorin culture, it’s considered acceptable, even necessary, to politely correct other people when you notice them making mistakes, since that way you’re helping them learn and improve. Unconstructive, deliberately nasty criticism, the sort that can make someone feel they’re so bad at it they shouldn’t even try anymore, is considered the worst thing you could do, but letting others keep doing something wrong can be seen as almost as rude. That extends from art, craft or music to things like grammar, spelling, pronounciation. (The exception would be if it’s obvious that the person wants to finish whatever it is by themselves.)

Of course, that means other Elves and Edain, whose stance on help is more “if we need it we’ll ask for it”, may sometimes view them as pushy know-it-alls. Like, if someone tried learning Quenya and every other sentence someone interrupted with corrections and advice. Or worse, if the Edain were building something and these perfect-seeming Elves show up with advice and offers to help and they clearly mean well but it’s not exactly helping with the inferiority complex some Edain were already developing. (Some Noldor did realize that this could be viewed as annoying, and became thoroughly unhelpful to members of other cultures but I’m totally not looking at anyone specific here…)

plinytheyounger:

marzipanandminutiae:

marzipanandminutiae:

snoopingasusualisee:

Like HELL they did

That’s what the 1950s thought the 21st century would look like. The 1800s thought everyone would like rollerskate everywhere and wear witch hats but otherwise it would all look the same

I’ll add pictures when I’m not on mobile

Update: here is what people in the 1800s thought the 21st century would look like

transportation in 2000


theatre in the year 2000. which…why would you go to this amount of trouble if the actress is just in the next room? unless they’re not literally in the next room, in which case people in the 1890s predicted simulcasts, I suppose


cleaning in the year 2000


WHY DON’T WE HAVE BATWING PERSONAL FLYING MACHINES? WE LIVE IN THE FUTURE DAMNIT


are you telling me they called that one episode of Doctor Who? is that what you’re telling me, card from a bar of chocolate?


I don’t know what’s up with all the bat wings but I’m here for it


Not a prediction for the 21st century, but I felt like I had to show off some of these fashions. I feel cheated- cheated -by the lack of “Elizabethan gentleman on top; 1900 lady cyclist on the botton” Looks


WHY WAS I NOT BORN IN THE YEAR OF THE TABBED JACKET AND THE CROWN OF UPPER EGYPT HAT. W H Y

Anyway my point is: steampunk. Steampunk is what people in the 1800s thought the 21st century would look like. The top picture is what people in the mid-late 1900s thought this century would look like.

(did I just want an excuse to talk about Victorian futurism? maaaaaybe)

Why cant we ride the whale tram????