undercat
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elves, mostly. same handle on ao3. she/her. adult.
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Showing cool women in palaeoart
子著 based in China, does adorable science communication books
子著 based in China, does adorable science communication books
February 5, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Showing cool women in palaeoart
子著 based in China, does adorable science communication books
子著 based in China, does adorable science communication books
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
The Cowl of Sauron is finished! For his first official outing, the Great Eye brought Dog on a walk.
February 4, 2026 at 10:37 PM
The Cowl of Sauron is finished! For his first official outing, the Great Eye brought Dog on a walk.
I'm enjoying the gay hockey show but cannot stop laughing at how the third episode is literally a coffeeshop AU brought to life on television.
The fifteen second fight was the best part of the episode.
The fifteen second fight was the best part of the episode.
February 3, 2026 at 6:16 AM
I'm enjoying the gay hockey show but cannot stop laughing at how the third episode is literally a coffeeshop AU brought to life on television.
The fifteen second fight was the best part of the episode.
The fifteen second fight was the best part of the episode.
I do not think the guy who calls himself Sauron the Great, Lord of the Rings, King of the Earth has particularly low self-esteem.
February 2, 2026 at 4:24 AM
I do not think the guy who calls himself Sauron the Great, Lord of the Rings, King of the Earth has particularly low self-esteem.
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When I'm brimming with feelings I can't find the right words for, sometimes all I can manage is a picture. Love and strength to Minnesota in this heartbreaking time.
January 25, 2026 at 7:11 AM
When I'm brimming with feelings I can't find the right words for, sometimes all I can manage is a picture. Love and strength to Minnesota in this heartbreaking time.
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Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
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"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?"
A list of ideas!
A list of ideas!
January 11, 2026 at 10:33 PM
"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?"
A list of ideas!
A list of ideas!
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They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
January 23, 2026 at 8:56 PM
They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
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The Devonian Period Dunkleosteus didn’t have teeth but instead exposed jaws that self sharpened like two knives every time they opened and closed their mouth.
Illustration from my book DINOSAURS 📚🦕 grab yours here: a.co/d/jiarhqN
#paleoart #sciart #dinosaurs #fossiladdict #evolution
Illustration from my book DINOSAURS 📚🦕 grab yours here: a.co/d/jiarhqN
#paleoart #sciart #dinosaurs #fossiladdict #evolution
January 21, 2026 at 9:57 PM
The Devonian Period Dunkleosteus didn’t have teeth but instead exposed jaws that self sharpened like two knives every time they opened and closed their mouth.
Illustration from my book DINOSAURS 📚🦕 grab yours here: a.co/d/jiarhqN
#paleoart #sciart #dinosaurs #fossiladdict #evolution
Illustration from my book DINOSAURS 📚🦕 grab yours here: a.co/d/jiarhqN
#paleoart #sciart #dinosaurs #fossiladdict #evolution
Re lrb, idk about violently exploding trees, but i have heard them crack due to the cold. probably something to do with sap expanding as it rapidly freezes, would be my guess.
January 21, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Re lrb, idk about violently exploding trees, but i have heard them crack due to the cold. probably something to do with sap expanding as it rapidly freezes, would be my guess.
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“The Ents are going to war”
I've lived in Minnesota my whole life and have experienced some major cold snaps but this is the first time I've heard about exploding trees.
January 21, 2026 at 9:15 PM
“The Ents are going to war”
Cardiac arrest *is* a minor electrical failure, god willing…
January 21, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Cardiac arrest *is* a minor electrical failure, god willing…
I read something that I’d been avoiding for Reasons and wow, I’m kinda glad I did because it’s not good and I get to feel superior.
January 14, 2026 at 5:18 AM
I read something that I’d been avoiding for Reasons and wow, I’m kinda glad I did because it’s not good and I get to feel superior.
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Happy “today is 3 minutes longer” to those who celebrate.
December 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Happy “today is 3 minutes longer” to those who celebrate.
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The Beavers Yule✨🎄 Created for my agency’s monthly art prompt~ I’m traveling back to Savannah this weekend to spend the holidays with my family and I’ll be baking a yule log cake myself ☃️
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#kidlitart #illustration
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#kidlitart #illustration
December 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Beavers Yule✨🎄 Created for my agency’s monthly art prompt~ I’m traveling back to Savannah this weekend to spend the holidays with my family and I’ll be baking a yule log cake myself ☃️
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#kidlitart #illustration
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#kidlitart #illustration
I love the snow, but I always miss CA this time of year. Christmas isn't the same without lights on palm trees.
December 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I love the snow, but I always miss CA this time of year. Christmas isn't the same without lights on palm trees.
1. The Gnomish Lexicon has a word for lawyer. Gnomish would become Sindarin; there is no equivalent Qenya or Quenya word.
2. "War crime" is a meaningless concept applied to actions in the First Age, since war crimes are a construct of international law that Elves don't have.
2. "War crime" is a meaningless concept applied to actions in the First Age, since war crimes are a construct of international law that Elves don't have.
December 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
1. The Gnomish Lexicon has a word for lawyer. Gnomish would become Sindarin; there is no equivalent Qenya or Quenya word.
2. "War crime" is a meaningless concept applied to actions in the First Age, since war crimes are a construct of international law that Elves don't have.
2. "War crime" is a meaningless concept applied to actions in the First Age, since war crimes are a construct of international law that Elves don't have.
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Everyone stop, this is important
July 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Everyone stop, this is important
It remains my firm headcanon that Pharazon looks like Luthien.
November 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
It remains my firm headcanon that Pharazon looks like Luthien.
Someday I'll come up with an OC for Elf Chomsky. In the meantime, have some Optimality Theory in Aman:
archiveofourown.org/works/279233...
archiveofourown.org/works/279233...
Short and Sundry Stories - Chapter 18 - undercat - The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Someday I'll come up with an OC for Elf Chomsky. In the meantime, have some Optimality Theory in Aman:
archiveofourown.org/works/279233...
archiveofourown.org/works/279233...
The other thing with this is that the versions of Quenya and Sindarin that we have are both as they are spoken in Third Age Western Middle-earth. I would never write the dialect of Sindarin the First Age Noldor used, because we *do not know* nearly enough about it to even guess at what's correct.
Idk, Darth Fingon, when an author would ask if they should use Quenya or Sindarin, would answer "English." I feel more or less that way about the use of thee/thou in fic.
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The other thing with this is that the versions of Quenya and Sindarin that we have are both as they are spoken in Third Age Western Middle-earth. I would never write the dialect of Sindarin the First Age Noldor used, because we *do not know* nearly enough about it to even guess at what's correct.
I am a hypocrite here because I have literally written characters having a conversation in my conlang of Tolkien's conlangs and expected the reader to more or less understand it.
(My own answer to the "Sindarin or Quenya" question is also "English" but it comes with the footnote of "consider Elven sociolinguistics and semantics!")
November 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I am a hypocrite here because I have literally written characters having a conversation in my conlang of Tolkien's conlangs and expected the reader to more or less understand it.
One reason why bsky is nice for random Silm thoughts is that I can post things publicly here that I do want to talk/lecture about but where, if I posted them on tumblr, there'd be the strong possibility of hurting people's feelings. I like talking about writing choices! I don't like hurting feelings
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
One reason why bsky is nice for random Silm thoughts is that I can post things publicly here that I do want to talk/lecture about but where, if I posted them on tumblr, there'd be the strong possibility of hurting people's feelings. I like talking about writing choices! I don't like hurting feelings
I wish I didn't have such a strong negative reaction to how the Silm fandom uses thee/thou. Another fic I was enjoying, but the frequent use of it takes me out every time. It's something that *breaks* immersion for me.
November 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I wish I didn't have such a strong negative reaction to how the Silm fandom uses thee/thou. Another fic I was enjoying, but the frequent use of it takes me out every time. It's something that *breaks* immersion for me.