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I wondered how Maedhros and Maglor found the twins. Shouldn't they be kept, or rather protected, in the safest and deepest place? Shouldn't they be treasured and run away? But how did they find them? … But you know what's the most effective way to find someone's precious item? According to Sherlock Holmes' advice, you shout "Fire!" and the person will run to save it. Be it a jewel, a baby, or a photograph. Maedhros was smart. When Elwing ran, he chased Elwing, and ordered Maglor, considering Elwing's potential to be smart, to searched the other side. He was better at chasing what was visible, and Maglor, with his powerful song, would search for what was hidden. He didn't overlook Elwing's ability to use the mother-bird strategy. He was rational. It's hard to expect two of the rarest types of people in their species - a suicide attempter and a successful suicider(Dear Maedhros, you have finally succeeded!) - to be in the same place. Unfortunately, Elwing threw herself with the Silmaril, and Maedhros had no hands left without his sword. Maglor sang the song of the search, and opened the hidden door. And inside…

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It is not surprising that Sauron killed Celebrimbor. What is surprising is that he did not kill him even though they worked together on 16 projects. The surest way to destroy a friendship is through a joint project. It was so successful, but they could no longer continue together… So the One Ring and the Three were created separately.

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“Then the lust of the Dwarves was kindled to rage by the words of the King; and they rose up about him, and laid hands on him, and slew him as he stood” - the Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien

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Frodo Laid a Geas (and other invisible magic)

This was so obvious when I realized it, but I think most people miss it, because we’re so desensitized by D&D-style magic with immediate, visibly, flashy effects, rather than more subtle and invisible forces of magic. When Gollum attacks Frodo on the slopes of Mount Doom, Frodo has the chance to kill him, but he doesn’t. Instead, he says:

Frodo: Go! And if you ever lay hands on me again, you yourself shall be cast into the Fire!

Frodo’s not just talking shit here. He is literally, magically laying a curse. He’s holding the One Ring in his hands as he says it; even Sam, with no magic powers of his own, can sense that some powerful mojo is being laid down. Frodo put a curse on Gollum: if you try to take the Ring again, you’ll be cast into the Fire.

Five pages later, Gollum tries to take the Ring again. And that’s exactly what happens. Frodo’s geas takes effect and Gollum eats lava.

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“And from the blade rang a cold voice in answer: ‘Yea, I will drink thy blood gladly, so that I may forget the blood of Beleg my master, and the blood of Brandir slain unjustly. I will slay thee swiftly.’” - the Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien

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Celebrimbor,I imagine?

I tried to make it cute and melancholic, I think it suits him.

I will also try silvergifting design, something romantic, I hope :3.

Little celebrimbor lol

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The fault, dear Thingol, is not in our silmarils, but in ourselves. In fact, objects cannot do wrong. Mistakes are the prerogative of those who can act.

Thingol was obsessed with the Silmaril. It was his only indulgence. Every time he grabbed it.

Please, tell me it is not a sin for me to turn away from them and neglect them. Please tell me that it is not a crime for me to call myself King of Beleriend just to claim the right to draw borders and to banish them, without doing my duty towards them.

In fact, guilt can actually make people act arrogantly and harshly. He abandoned his brother and his men. How much must they have suffered, believing that they had lost him? He eventually abandoned Cirdan, who had been loyal to him. It is only natural that Cirdan walks a tightrope between him and the Noldor. There are those who suffer out there, and If he is really a king of Beleriand, he should protect them, but he calls himself that only to drive them away. Does he tease them?

The only excuse is, he doesn't burn.

At some point, that became an obsession with the Silmaril itself. Someone had to tell Thingol that not getting his hands dirty was not the same as being good. The world was not black and white, like his signature color, grey, so that you shouldn't comfort himself by not burning. He shouldn't comfort himself by being clean. because If They outsource their conscience to a naive indulgence, they would lose themself oneday.

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“Her will strove with him for a while, but he put forth his power, and having learned who she was he constrained her to gaze into his eyes, and he laid a spell of utter darkness upon her, so that she could remember nothing that had ever befallen her, nor her own name, nor the name of any other thing.” - the Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien

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halenthir ✨🤲

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the eldar's traditional lie

Ambarussa: I believed that all men were good children. I believed that they were round because they were good children and were not caught when they were small children. See, I grew up watching my brothers cause trouble every day and get their ears caught by my parents and Maedhros every day... Yes, I grew up experiencing it. When Curufin lied, I had no choice but to believe him. In fact, Curufin only realized that Celegorm was lying when he saw us being born.

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If Feanor had lived and been able to make many things in Middle-earth… I don't think the Eldar would have had no chance to win… For example, if they made a weapon out of Silmarils and stabbed Smaug, wouldn't Smaug die? Dragon hunting might have been surprisingly easy. It would have been better if they had made it into a shield. Dragon slayers might have been our friendly neighbors. How easy would a real war have been… That's why Tolkien should have killed Feanor as soon as he arrived. The story wouldn't have gone as he wanted if Feanor had entered the forge alive. Or it might have been even more horrifying. If Feanor had lived, the Noldor would have definitely made Civil War… So the opportunity to make steampunk went to Eregion… (not)

Fëanor: Damn it, the Noldor's power can't take it down...

Me: Well, I guess your dying was the finishing touch?

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The surest way to deal with a cult is to not even make eye contact, let alone talk to them.

The Fallen of Mairon and Sauron, who were Aulé's disciples… It may not have been Aulé's fault, but rather the fact that Sauron and Saruman were under the same master and thus had a conversation. Talking to Sauron would inevitably lead to involvement, and since Saruman was an old acquaintance, the problem was that he started a conversation because of old memories, not because of Aulé's problem of his teaching…

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Stranger: (shocked silence) "....um... hi...n-nice to meet you too..."

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This is one of my 'I didn't have a great internet connection' pictures of the week, have some Maglor and the twins! Here's some close ups-

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His father and brother were already lost in his heart.

I said before that I couldn't understand why Turgon would take Aredhel with him… There's no way to guess why Aredhel followed Turgon except for the author's convenience, but Turgon's reason seems reasonable when I though again. His brother and father will die. He can't save them. Only his sister can. The fact that the Valar came to warn him in person is an incredible thing. The Noldor are doomed. The only way to extend the time until doom is to hide… but he can never convince his father and brother to hide. His father is a High King, his brother is a crown prince, and honestly, his brother will never leave Maedhros. If his brother's death rate is higher than his father's, it's because of that damned Feanorion. Maedhros will definitely kill his brother. He may not be his closest brother, but Turgon takes Aredhel because the only sibling he can save is her. No matter what trickery he uses. And the reason Aredhel followed Turgon is also revealed. It's likely that Turgon tricked her. Turgon did not take Aredhel with him. He took all his surviving family members with him, no matter what.

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“But as he stood, finding himself free, and ready to sell his life dearly against imagined foes, there came a great flash of lightning above them; and in its light he looked down on Beleg’s face.” - The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien