abomination unto nuggan

i need a name for the maedhros fingon finrod combo for my tags lmao- should it be the eldest bro squad? the primary colours? elves that cant seem to catch a break? anyways im still in denial about all the bad things they go through or do in nelyo’s case lol so these are some valinor antics between the eldest of finwe’s grandkids OTL

on another note i just received a drawing request which i am very excited to get started on! so for the lovely requester, please look forward to it on monday and i’ll do my best! 🤗💓

Mesopotamian girl sending clay tablets to her best friend who lives five city states to the west: what if..... Enkidu begot Gilgamesh with child?🤭

important question

which silmarillion character is a manul? suggestions welcome

Caranthir

I love the idea that Maglor was a famous singer in the years of the trees like imagine you go to war and get killed by Beyoncé

everyone in the world is either a democrat or a republican. everyone in the whole wide world is a democrat and a republican and america is the largest and most populous country in the world and america is easily the most culturally diverse country in the world because the middle class white people in my state (like a little country) are very different than the middle class white people over there (another little country, once more called a "state") and you could never understand how bad it is in america, the main country in the world. where are you from again? it's bad in america and america is bad but the way that america is run is the only way a country could possibly be run unfortunately. i don't like it but it's the only right way for a country to be run and you don't get it because the main victims of the main country are all here and you aren't. where are you from again? they never told me about that place. i don't think you get that real people live in america. probably because you're a republican. real people live in america and real people are hurt by america but what can you do? god said america has to be like this. god said this because god is real so god is american. you don't get it because you're over there and we're all here in america, the realest country in the world. where are you from again? how can you talk like this with what's happening in america? you're a democrat, right? where are you from again? my country is so large it stretches over yours and presses down hard. it's not my fault that they never told me about that place. my country covers the world. you don't understand how bad this will be for real people in the real world, the first world, the only world. they never told me—where in america are you from again?

hot take but you're allowed to like both the noldor and the sindar, you're allowed to be a fan of fëanor and/or any of his sons and be sympathetic towards thingol, you're allowed to like both miriel and indis, you're allowed to like the kidnap fam and simultaneously be a massive stan of elwing and eärendil, you're allowed to like maeglin but also to like idril and acknowledge that the betrayal of gondolin and everything that came with it was terrible, you're allowed to be a celegorm fan but you can also absolutely call him out for the lúthien situation and make fun of his death at the hands of a 30-something year old half human twink (all the love to dior btw he's awesome), you're allowed to do that!

and you know what, none of these are mutually exclusive, you don't have to feel forced to choose one side or the other depending on who is morally right. like what you like!

and also before anyone comes at me, obviously you're also allowed to completely ignore this and stay rooted in your opinion but please don't antagonise people who do not share it.

thanks.

Notes on the Care and Keeping of the Peredhel, by Maglor Feanorian:

You may be asking how Finrod knows that some humans are venomous. You see, it was actually very simple. When Balan first kissed Finrod's hand (as a very proper show of fealty) the hand felt warm and tingly for hours afterwards– a clear sign of some sort of venom! Just like one of Finrod's pet snakes!!

Now, obviously, Finrod had to test this further. So he had Balan kiss his cheek (Balan seemed rather enthusiastic about the idea, frankly), and what would you know!! The spot on Finrod's cheek felt warm and tingly, and his whole face flushed red. Clearly, more evidence of the venom.

And so Finrod asked Balan to kiss him on the lips– for science, of course. The strange warm feeling and the blush returned, and Finrod found himself feeling rather giddy and lightheaded for the rest of the day–  in fact, he almost fainted into Balan's arms. Naturally, he shared his very important conclusions about human venom with his the rest of the Eldar.

Edrahil, who witnessed the entire incident, did *try* to convince Finrod to look at possible alternative explanations for his "symptoms," but Finrod was too busy planning rooms for Balan in Nargathrond to do that.

Notes on Keeping the Children Alive, by Maedhros Feanorian

I think the reason so many LOTR ripoffs fail is because they make their Aragorn analogue the main character, when the entire point of Aragorn is that he’s “the person the villains think is the main character, but is Not.”

Aragorn seems like a traditional King Arthur style hero— he has huge Main Character Energy because he’s supported by destiny, by bloodline, by all these magic artifacts and prophecies, and etc etc. Frodo and Sam are Just Some Guys. Aragorn recognizes that Sauron understandably thinks he’s the main hero of this story ….and he pretends to believe it too, spending the entire series using himself as a diversion to prevent Sauron from seeing Frodo and Sam.

Aragorn’s whole thing is that knows he seems like the Main Hero of this legend to people who don’t know better —- but he also knows that he isn’t, and that his role is just to keep Sauron’s eye on him in order to protect the people around him.

And it works! Sauron is so fixated on defeating his Legendary Destined Archenemy with Extreme Main Character Energy that he completely overlooks the two ordinary little guys who were the real threat to him all along.

tolkien fans: "omg you HAVE to read the silmarillion so you can know about my poor little baby blorbo finwenduwë"

the blorbo in question:

Fingon on his way to rescue Maedhros

Some character designs for my favorite Feanorions

Top to bottom: Caranthir, Curufin and Maedhros

I headcanon post-Thangorodrim Maitimo not really caring much about appearances anymore as it was one of the things used against him during his stay but still looking effortlessly sexy. Keeps his hair relatively short for a while

Atarinke has long hair but mostly keeps it in a practical updo cause forges are hot as hell. Third pic is his more regular style. He still has grey eyes like his da but it's bordering on blue

Carnistir I always picture with a more fancy, 80s goth look. He has long hair but the style makes it look like it's only shoulder length. Gave him ruby and onyx earrings for the themes✨. I was thinking of Cher the entire time I was drawing him.

I finally realised who your Curufin design reminds me of.

(Varian from the Tangled series)

Daily Affirmations

- I am an artist and a craftsman. I paint with watercolors, teal and white, and I bend silver to my hands.

- I am capable. I have an eye for hue, for shape, for purpose.

- My father is proud of me. I bear his name, and his blood is within me, and I shall live up to it.

- The world is full of darkness and smoke, and we make beautiful things.

- Nothing will last. Not the land, not the tower, not the fortress—not the trees which give us light nor my grandfather’s sharp grey eyes. By our art we must be remembered, as he is.

- The stronghold falls. I paint with watercolors, blue and black and grey. It is beautiful.

- I can earn my place in the underground city. My hands will show my worth, though my father laughs and tells me not to bother.

- I can please the king, bask in the sunshine-brightness of his gaze, the crystal beauty of his voice. I can catch in silver the kindness he shows me.

- I need not my father’s love. I need not my father’s love. I need not my father’s love.

- The king is dead. I paint with watercolors, orange and yellow and green. It is beautiful.

- I can leave the city, and the shame which follows me, and the ash and blood on my skin. The fall of the city will not touch me. My father’s death will not touch me. I twist braids of silver and gold. I sketch passageways. I cut crystal. Nothing can touch me, for I am of metal and stone, and I do not feel.

- I can build Nargothrond into Eregion’s gardens, her domed temples, her crystal passageways. I keep the ghost by me, and turn to it to a friend.

- I am not my father. I am not my grandfather. I have the love of my kin and quarrel with none. I paint with water colors, indigo and silver. It is beautiful.

- I will make something of this land, and it will last. I need not my name, and yet I will fill it.

- The Valar have chosen me for a reason.

- This is worth the cost. It must be.

- I need not Galadriel’s love; she is headstrong and takes ambition for folly. I need not Elrond’s love; he is kind, yet young and weak yet of spirit, swayed too easily by the king’s word. I need not Gil-galad’s love; he fears anything he cannot control.

- I am capable. I have an eye for spirit, for power, for purpose.

- I know what I am doing.

- I will make something beautiful, and it will last.

- I am an artist and a craftsman. I bend silver to my hands. I paint with watercolors, crimson, and I wait for

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