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Last Glûg video gave me fuel for this.

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That gentle, melancholic, yet sensual look when he greeted Galadriel in Elvish...

As if he remembered something tender from the past, but was having a hard time to recall it, because he was still under the the destructive effect of Morgoth's and Sauron's darkness that clouded his mind a bit.

This alone would've fit to the Celeborn idea perfectly well, just saying.

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unfinished

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Late night snack 🫐

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Relax & Berries 🫐

(yup I'm still here 🤷)

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'Have you forgotten your Rúmil?'

What a lovely rainy day to read 📚

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Things I do when I take a break from drawing.

Exactly, more drawings 😅

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I didn't know I needed Glûg heart hands 🫶

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Sam is lurking again on Instagram and I'm dying 🤣 He is 100% scrolling through the Adar tag. He is watching us Baddy Daddy Brigade! 🤣

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She's nowhere 🙁💔

the disappointment in his eyes, not to mention the cute angry face he makes when he discovers her escape ❤️‍🩹

Sam's acting talent is beyond words

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First chapter completed :

Reposting the first 4 pages and adding the last 4 pages of my Adar and Glûg comic.

This chapter is finished, but there will be more :)

Farewell Glûg💚 ! See you, Adar💙 !

I tried to stay in the "canon's " spirit. But I wanted to bring some sort of closure with a touch of hope.

I loved drawing all these details on Glûg and Adar's faces !

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His. Eyes.

They've seen so much pain, suffering, loss, loneliness... I just want to kiss him and tell him that he's a good father even if his children can't see that. They cannot understand what he has endured, and he doesn't want them to. I want to tell him that I understand him, I understand why he made the decision he did and that it's okay. 😭

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That tenderness in his eyes, that gaze...always full of admiration when it comes to Galadriel 🫠

Also his elvish features started become visible again as he was getting closer to Eregion...

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And the dad/Adar jokes have returned! 🤣🥲

I cannot tell you how much I love this man and how seriously he takes his role as father of the uruk. 🤣

@baddybaddyadardaddy @eowyn7023 @theamethystvampiress @orehuna @bigblissandlove1 @clumsycopy @toddthekiwibird

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On AI in fandom spaces

Since some AI creations have been circling around in the fandom, I thought it would be a good time to share my stance on AI in general.

The use of AI not only undermines the wonderful creative work of fans from around the world, but it actively steals from us.

An AI video is not a fan edit. An AI image is not fanart. An AI text (for crying out loud) is not fanfiction.

If we make exceptions whenever AI suits us, then we are no longer against AI. Because that same AI is making it harder and harder for creatives to make a living. Artists are no longer being paid. Translators are no longer being hired. Writers are more and more often accused of generating their own work - because AI is getting better at stealing and emulating human writing.

As a writer myself, it's hard watching AI evolve, especially text generators, because it's literally threatening to steal, replace, and take away my writing and my dreams of becoming a published author (I mean maybe it already has stolen from me. After all, I have almost 700k words worth of stories online).

Maybe we won't be able to hold AI back, but the least we can do is refuse AI without exception, and support the artists that put in hours and hours of labor into creating something for the community.

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Sam Hazeldine as Adar and Robert Aramayo as Elrond

The Rings of Power, S2E7