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Back in the days with my first campaigning group, my dad would be the Dungeon Master and make up his own modules while my brother, my two childhood friends Martin and Kevin and I would sit there and try to think of the best ways not to die.

I don’t remember which one of my characters I had brought for this adventure, nor do I remember Martin or Kevin’s character, but I do remember my brother had brought his gnome illusionist named George.

This particular adventure starts off with a pretty good task; we’re sent to find out why the forest is dying from the druids.  We were travelling through the forest, and we happened across a giant Owl.  Now Kevin was one of those kids who would shout out the first random thing that popped into his head.  He proceeded to say “IT’S AN OWL WITH A BUTCHER KNIFE! FLAP-CHING! FLAP-CHING!”  Needless to say, we were extremely entertained with the idea of an owl with a butcher knife, so that derailed the dungeon for about a minute.

After getting back on track, we found out that if we travelled to the top of a mountain on the other side of the forest, we might find out what’s wrong with the forest, because then we could talk with a dragon who was overseeing the land.  But we couldn’t travel that far on our own, so the druids summoned up some pegasi, and we flew to the mountain in style.  Except for the fact that we were being chased by some griffons.  And griffons love to eat pegasi.

So the griffons started chasing us, and eventually they knock George off his pegasus.  While we’re 300 feet in the air.  So he’s got some time to try and figure out how to not fall to his death.  The problem?  George didn’t have the spell Feather Fall, which prevents falling to your death.  But what he did have was a Rod of Wonder.  And back then, I think my dad was allowing that if he rolled a certain percentage, he would’ve been able to cast feather fall with it.

His first try: Darkness.

His second try: Butterflies.

Before he could try again, the pegasus caught up with him.  But because George was pointing downward to try and prevent himself from falling, the pegasus reached for the only thing he could.

His ass.

With his teeth.

But at that point, George was almost at the ground, so the momentum of the pegasus trying not to crash made it so he caught George before he hit the ground, but ended up dropping him.

And thus, that’s how George got his nickname “George of the One Cheek”.

We found out what was causing the forest to decay, and we dispatched of the evil spirit that was lingering in the forest, but really, the only two things we could remember, were George, and that damn owl with a butcher knife.

Lord of the Rings has been an essential part of my life, mostly because my dad is a colossal nerd, to the point where my middle name is actually Éowyn.  And for the most part, it has dictated who I grew up to be, Éowyn showing me that I should be a strong woman who doesn’t take no for an answer, and Sam showing me that friendship and determination is stronger than anything.

My dad would read to me Lord of the Rings when I was younger, and I read the series over and over and over again throughout my life.  I don’t remember quotes too often, just the ones that hit me personally.  I remember watching the Hobbit and the Animated Lord of the Rings movies throughout my childhood, and they were one of the greatest parts of it.  Which would probably explain why I was so weird back in grade school, but that’s for another time.

That being said, I keep getting mixed reactions to my middle name.  Before the live action movies came out, people mistook my middle name for Edwin, which was frightfully annoying since I am very much a woman.  Hell, my baptism certificate says Samantha Edwin Limberger.  For some reason, they didn’t think it was important to actually get the spelling for my middle name.

A lot of kids made fun of me, because they didn’t know who the heck Éowyn was, or what she represented.  Then after the live action movies came out, that’s when people got confused.  Some people thought it was the greatest thing of all time.  Others thought that I was a freak.  A lot of people still said “what does Éowyn come from?”, and then when I explained it, they looked at me and went “But she’s not a real character”.

Yeah, that was annoying, but honestly, I like my middle name, and I like the fact that I can relate to both Éowyn and Sam as my role models.

Over the course of my life, I still learn new things from that series.  I don’t know why it resonates with me so well, but I’m glad that it exists, and that it was such a big impact on my life.

Anonymous asked:

my girlfriend of 3 months and I Are going through a rough time right now. I got switched to a different school but I still go to my old school everyday during 6th period to help and see her. But lately she’s been really upset but she won’t tell me why and then all of a sudden she starts yelling at me. And I said I can’t wait to see you or I say I miss you and she immediately changes the subject please help me, I love her way to much to lose her, I know it’s only 3 months but I fell 4 for her.

Violet responded:

Long distance relationships are tough.  If you know somethings wrong the worst thing you can do is let it fester.  You need to confront her and figure it out.  Communication is the best thing you can do for her right now.

If it turns out for the worst, then there’s really nothing you can do about it.  Just sit her down face to face and try and talk about it.  Say that you want to help with whatever it is, and it doesn’t matter if it’s going to hurt you, as long as she’s ok.  You just want to make sure that she’s happy.

I hope everything works out for you.

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