I Wonder If I Have Ever Unknowingly Set Off A Chain Of Events That Lead To Someone’s Death.

A reminder that Thranduil’s mount used to actually exist.

Irish Elk

"The Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus)[1][2] is an extinct species of deer in the genus Megaloceros and is one of the largest deer that ever lived. Its range extended across Eurasia, from Ireland to northern Asia and Africa. A related form is recorded from China during the Late Pleistocene.[3] The most recent remains of the species have been carbon dated to about 7,700 years ago in Siberia.[4] […] The Irish Elk stood about 2.1 metres (6.9 ft) tall at the shoulders carrying the largest antlers of any known cervid (a maximum of 3.65 m (12.0 ft) from tip to tip and weighing up to 40 kg (88 lb)). In body size, the Irish Elk matched the extant moose subspecies of Alaska (Alces alces gigas) as the largest known deer. The Irish Elk is estimated to have attained a total mass of 540–600 kg (1,190–1,320 lb), with large specimens having weighed 700 kg (1,500 lb) or more, roughly similar to the Alaskan Moose.[16][17][18] A significant collection of M. giganteus skeletons can be found at the Natural History Museum in Dublin.”

Photo taken by me, in the Natural History Museum of Dublin, summer of 2013.

The word “nun” is just the letter “n” doing a cartwheel.

white people think the world belongs to them… however, what goes around, comes around

We’ve decreased the mass of the earth by sending out space probes that can’t come back.

Ahead of the British general election on May 7th, Game of Thrones anarchist-in-chief – and first-time voter – Maisie Williams has a message for the youth of today.  [x]

“When I’m 80 years old and sitting in my rocking chair, I’ll be reading Harry Potter. And my family will say to me, “After all this time?” And I will say, “Always.”

Thank you for leaving your magic with us forever. RIP Alan Rickman.

[A novel is] a paper where your thesis is that these people are real, and you have to prove it.

Maggie Stiefvater (via inkwellsandpeacockquills)