Imladris.

general

⤐ aliens — come from outer space, out of place — from 'i'm a marionette' by abba
⤐ anachronism — éomer in the van — narration, the two towers i (chap.vii)
⤐ anger — rage the likes of which you would not believe — from 'frankenstein' by mary shelley
⤐ fantasy — let there be giant mutated slugs if you really must, but let there also be hope — from quote about fantasy, by terry pratchett

⤐ elves — they will say both no and yes — from a saying about elves, lotr

⤐ humans & humanity — any featherless biped — from a story about plato and diogenes attempting to define 'a man'
⤐ law — why is a greek chorus like a lawyer? — from 'antigonick' by anne carson

↪⤐ jurisprudence — jurisprudence fetishist gets off on technicality — from an onion headline
↪⤐ war crimes — all wars are crimes — from 'the west wing'

⤐ linguistic drift — taking faggots up caradhras — reference to lotr, fotr book ii.
⤐ monasticism — get thee to a nunnery — from 'hamlet' by william shakespare
⤐ poetry — a man on fire running quite fast — from a quote about the nature of poetry, by anne carson
⤐ quotes — a slice of someone else's orange — from a quote about quotes by anne carson
⤐ wolves — all stories are about wolves — from a quote by margaret atwood

Tropes

⤐ tropes — we're not at a loss how to think about this — from 'antigonick' by anne carson

⤐ 'Friendly Enemy' — strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends — from 'the taming of the shrew' by william shakespeare
⤐ found family — we love each other. you can't do better than that. lots of families don't. — from a quote by sandi toskvig on her adopted sons
⤐ 'Good Is Not Nice' — a good man will kill you with hardly a word — from 'men at arms' by terry pratchett

Avatar (TLA & TLoK)

⤐ Avatar — love is a form of energy
⤐ Legend of Korra — 2 by 2 for the sequel

characters

⤐ Aang — to ten million fireflies
⤐ Jeong-Jeong — i lose hope, & my mind is burning
⤐ Katara — you can't knock me down
⤐ Lin Beifong — shake the ground with all my might
⤐ Sokka — meat & sarcasm
⤐ Toph Beifong — i am a rock on top of the sands, i am a fist admidst the hands — from 'wrecking ball' by mother mother
⤐ Zuko — all you have is your fire, & the place you need to reach — from 'arsonist's lullaby' by hozier

dynamics

⤐ the Gaang — i think we all look perfect
⤐ P'li/Zaheer — that original lifeline

Discworld

⤐ Discworld — nevertheless, the turtle moves

characters

⤐ Angua von Überwald — sometimes i can be a real bitch
⤐ Death — WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR
⤐ Esme Weatherwax — i know exactly who you are, and i ain't afraid of you no more
⤐ Havelock Vetinari — up front there ought to be a man in black

↪⤐ pre-patricianate Havelock — i come from the city. think of me as your future.

⤐ Meshugah — i'm always hoping that you'll end this reign, but it's my destiny to be the king of pain
⤐ Nobby Nobbs — disqualified for shoving
⤐ Sam Vimes — sharpen up, 'cause all you have's your axe to grind
⤐ Sybil Ramkin — the woman was a city
⤐ Wuffles — i am his highness's dog at kew — from collar engraving of a puppy belonging to frederick, prince of wales, given by alexander pope

books

⤐ Carpe Jugulum — everywhere i look i see something holy
⤐ Night Watch — how do they rise up?
⤐ Reaper Man — for the sake of prisoners and the flight of birds
⤐ The Truth — the truth has got its boots on

Folklore

↪ Arthuriana

⤐ Arthuriana — the single truth that he exists over and over — from a quote about arthur, john steinbeck
⤐ Camelot — it is a silly place — from 'monty python + the holy grail'

Legendarium

⤐ the Akallabêth — hubris is a bitch — from '100 years' by f+tm
⤐ the Ainulindalë — made many people very angry and widely regarded as a bad move — from quote on creation of universe, douglas adams
⤐ of Beren and Lúthien — or in hand taketh

⤐ Dúnedain — we are kings and queens and vagabonds

characters

⤐ Elrond — in wisdom not in weapons — quote from boromir on elrond, fotr:ii
⤐ Erenion Gil-Galad — the last whose realm was fair and free — quote from bilbo baggins' translation of 'fall of gil-galad,' fotr:i

dynamics

⤐ Beren/Lúthien — in the forest singing sorrowless
⤐ Elrond & Elros & Maedhros & Maglor — as little might be thought

locations

⤐ Gondor — the clear ringing of silver trumpets

Ranger's Apprentice

characters

⤐ Halt — not a merry man — quote from worf, 'qpid'

dynamics

⤐ Halt & Horace Altman & Will (in any combination) — a safe place somewhere in the woods, we can start a fire
⤐ Halt & Horace Altman & Will (all three) — soldier, poet, king

Star Trek

characters

⤐ Amanda Grayson — to be kind, extraordinary, normal, all at the same time
⤐ Hikaru Sulu — fly her apart, then
⤐ James Kirk — lock your soyuz hatch, and put your helmet on — from the version of 'space oddity' by commander chris hadfield
⤐ Leonard McCoy — i can't destroy a life
⤐ Montgomery Scott — plays wae' lightning, i'm a hundred miles high
⤐ Nyota Uhura — of all the stairs the fairest
⤐ Pavel Chekov — if you've got a gun, you've got to use it
⤐ Saavik — no halves of anything anymore — quote from saavik, 'the pandora principle'
⤐ Sarek — a man of principle — 'the only thing worse than a scoundrel is a man of principle.' quote from leonard mccoy about sarek, 'spock's world'
⤐ Solkar — there's a starman waiting in the sky
⤐ Spock — i seek no truth that cannot be taught — quote from spock, 'the pandora principle'
⤐ Surak — he's told us not to blow it, 'cause he knows it's all worthwhile
⤐ T'Pau — i'm the priest that you ignored

dynamics

⤐ Amanda Grayson/Sarek — the ubiquitous waltz — their name for 'their song,' 'the vulcan academy murders'
⤐ James Kirk/Spock — the nights are very long — from a spock line deleted from the final episode script
⤐ Saavik & Spock — for myself, i would not have had it otherwise — quote from spock about being saavik's foster father, 'the pandora principle'
⤐ Spock & his family (of all kinds) — standing in a world of my own, they call it reckless love
⤐ Montgomery Scott & U.S.S. Enterprise — she is a belter, different from the rest
⤐ OMS / old married Spirk — husbandry would be quite efficacious — quote from spock, 'the apple'
⤐ Triumviate / James Kirk&/Leonard McCoy&/Spock — we go together or not at all

episodes

⤐ TOS 2.01 Amok Time — that unwanted animal
⤐ TOS 2.10 Journey To Babel — all that's left to climb to the heavens is the chasm of night & a matter of time — from 'constellations' by the oh hellos

Star Wars

⤐ lightsabers — an elegant weapon for a more civilised age — quote from obi-wan kenobi, 'a new hope'
⤐ Masters & Padawans — i'll be right behind you — quote from depa billaba, 'kanan: the last padawan'
⤐ Order 66/Jedi Purge — try measure loss, measure the silence of a house — from 'through me (the flood),' hozier
⤐ ship & speeder crashes — very exciting landings — quote from hera syndulla, 'jedi night'

characters

⤐ Anakin Skywalker — his hair's on fire & his heart is burning — from 'bottom of the river' by delta rae
⤐ Chewbacca — let love conquer your mind, warrior, warrior — from 'warrior' by aurora
⤐ Han Solo — woke up a rebel — from 'woke up a rebel' by reuben and the dark
⤐ Kanan Jarrus — wolf father, at the door
⤐ Leia Organa — from dark water, daughter of the rain and snow — from 'landscape (demo)' by f+tm
⤐ Luke Skywalker — calling my name, we are the saviours
⤐ Obi-wan Kenobi — i keep none for myself — quote from the last words of gilraen, lotr
⤐ Sabine Wren — forget the explosion, look at the colors

dynamics

⤐ Anakin Skywalker & Obi-wan Kenobi — goodbye, brother — quote from moses to ramses, 'the prince of egypt'
⤐ Anakin Skywalker & Rex — this is my brother and i need a shovel to love him — from 'when my brother was an aztec' by natalie díaz
⤐ Bail & Leia Organa — someone you can trust — quote from mon mothma to bail, applied by bail to leia, 'rogue one'
⤐ Chewbacca & Han Solo — i'll be there to always see you through
⤐ BD-1 & Cal Kestis — i believe in you too, buddy — quote from cal to bd-1 on ilum
⤐ Finn&/Rey — right into you — quote from finn to rey, 'the force awakens'
⤐ Han/Leia Organa — you're always at your best when you're not making sense
⤐ Leia Organa & Poe Dameron — be careful, son, you've got-

films, shows, etc.

⤐ The Force Awakens — as long as there's light — quote from poe dameron
⤐ Jedi: Fallen Order — deep into the mountain sound — from 'mountain sound' by of monsters and men
⤐ Revenge of the Sith — even stars burn out — quote from the novelization by matthew stover
⤐ Rogue One — a sharp stick and nothing left to lose — quote from jyn erso quoting saw gerrera
⤐ Solo — looking back, we had some fun; boy, run — from 'run' by onerepublic

locations

⤐ Alderaan — the jewel of the core
⤐ Mek-Sha — the waypoint
⤐ Tython — the wellspring
⤐ Voss — the mystic garden
⤐ Yavin IV — the teeming jungle

↪ SW:TOR

SW:TOR characters

⤐ [SW:TOR player character class: Jedi Consular] — just a crack where the light slipped through — quote from anne carson
⤐ [SW:TOR player character class: Jedi Knight] — = stop the unstoppable — quote from teeseven
⤐ [SW:TOR player character class: Sith Inquisitor] — are you ready to swear right here, right now, before the devil?
⤐ Darth Marr — i was also a god of war — from 'the sun is also a warrior' by leslie fish
⤐ Malavai Quinn — he hadn't understood that being loyal wasn't so tidy — from 'the egg and the chicken' by clarice lispector
⤐ Satele Shan — i am no mother, i am no bride, i am king — from 'king' by the f+tm
⤐ Senya — the lady of sorrows
⤐ Theron Shan — the digital heartbeat; we don't wanna change, we just wanna change everything

SW:TOR dynamics

⤐ [SW:TOR player character class: Jedi Consular] & Syo Bakarn — looking too closely

↪⤐ Brider Surriss & Syo Bakarn — die your daughter

⤐ [SW:TOR player character class: Jedi Consular] & Yuon Par — 'but how much better if you dug a large hole,' said her mother
- ↪⤐ Brider Surriss & Yuon Par — i was my mother's iron lung — from a quote by susan sontag in her collected diaries
⤐ [SW:TOR player character class: Sith Warrior]/Malavai Quinn — i'm your man — from 'i'm your man' by leonard cohen
⤐ Brider Surriss & Satele Shan — are you going to age with grace?
⤐ Jace Malcom/Satele Shan — you are still my love & all my life
⤐ Jenû/Mandla — i had a dream about a burning house
⤐ Satele Shan & Theron Shan — try as i might i couldn't bring myself to hold you — from 'never love an anchor' by the crane wives

↪ not a ghost story, a love story

⤐ the arrival of the Jedi — i will bring it down like an ancient bygone — from 'euclid' by sleep token

characters

⤐ Volya Doneeta — love is my religion — from a quote by john keats

dynamics

⤐ Poelya — all this, & heaven too

Transformers

⤐ Transformers — flying cars and robot boyfriends — from an asw strip about the future
⤐ Decepticons — we talked about the subjectivity of morals and I learned how to make a shank — from an asw strip about a gang initiation

characters

⤐ Bumblebee — my heart full of bees — from an asw strip
⤐ Grimlock — hair short balls out rocking the bass guitar — from an asw strip about dinosaurs
⤐ Megatron — lets the oppressed be tyrants — from a holzer truism about change
⤐ Optimus — my relief behind a hero's mask — from an asw strip about self-sacrifice
⤐ Pharma — when I played "doctor" I played to win — from an asw strip about medical malpractice
⤐ Ratchet — wear me down, it's not in my hands now
⤐ Ravage — I think my cat has been replaced by a listening device — from an asw strip
⤐ Rung — I don't want to have to be the one who mourns everything when everyone else has clearly forgotten
⤐ Soundwave — the thunder in a sky full of song

dynamics

⤐ Kestrel & Megatron — unleash me from your hand & i will mock the sky for you — from the falcon to the falconer by jonathan steffen
⤐ Megatron & Optimus Prime — are we allies or enemies? this will be the death of me — 'allies or enemies,' the crane wives
⤐ Megatron & Ravage — don't change back — ravage's last words, spoken to megatron, 'do not go gentle'
⤐ Megatron&/Soundwave — we ain't got much but we've got history — from 'seamstress' by dessa

Hearts of Stone

⤐ Kestrel's captivity in the Stone Court — hooded, pinned, & held — from the falcon to the falconer by jonathan steffen

dynamics

⤐ Kestrel & the Rat Court — a shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn — from the falcon to the falconer by jonathan steffen

the West Wing

⤐ queer subtext & text — the first lady's not a lesbian, is she? — quote from sam seaborn, '20 hours in america, part ii'

characters

⤐ Jed Bartlet — the nobel laureate still searching for salvation — quote from toby ziegler, 'the two bartlets'
⤐ Josh Lyman — you want to be the guy the guy counts on — quote from jed bartlet, 'guns not butter'

dynamics

⤐ CJ Cregg & Jed Bartlet — eat 'em up, chief / thank you, claudia — quote from cj cregg & jed bartlet, 'inauguration: over there'
⤐ CJ Cregg & Toby Ziegler — you want to make out with me right now, don't you? — quote from cj cregg, 'somebody's going to emergency[...]'
⤐ Jed Bartlet & Josh Lyman — that was my son! — quote from jed bartlet, 'two cathedrals'
⤐ Jed/Leo — i already found my guy — quote from leo mcgarry, 'faith based initiative'
⤐ Jed Bartlet & Toby Ziegler — pick your king up. we're not done playing yet — quote from jed bartlet, 'hartsfield's landing'

other media

⤐ Guillermo del Toro — since childhood i have been faithful to monsters — from guillermo del toro's oscars acceptance speech

↪⤐ Frankenstein (2025) — then i will tell you mine
↪⤐ The Shape of Water — unable to perceive the shape of you

⤐ Monty Python — and now for something completely different
⤐ the Raven Cycle — rex corvus parate regis corvi

braigwen's tags

general

Tropes

Avatar (TLA & TLoK)

characters

dynamics

Discworld

characters

books

Folklore

↪ Arthuriana

Legendarium

characters

dynamics

locations

Ranger's Apprentice

characters

dynamics

Star Trek

characters

dynamics

episodes

Star Wars

characters

dynamics

films, shows, etc.

locations

↪ SW:TOR

SW:TOR characters

SW:TOR dynamics

↪ not a ghost story, a love story

characters

dynamics

Transformers

characters

dynamics

Hearts of Stone

dynamics

the West Wing

characters

dynamics

other media