#DAMMIT see this is already christianity pastiche. im not allowed to write this.

[erotetica]

🔥 for the silm

@swilmarillion SEE THE THING IS I’ve noticed (disclaimer that I don’t fuckingpay attention to Larger Fandom Climate that much) a few different…subgroups of peoplewho read certain things in the silm certain ways, so idk if I have an Aggregate-Unpopularopinion? OHOHOHO wait a minuto yes I do: 

I read the silm w/ a lens of specifically Christianmonotheism (for myself and also bc when I first read it I gave more shits abtauthorial intent) so I always thought the valar weren’t lesser gods so much asangels with Jobs. I never really wrote people worshiping them. By ‘people’ I meanelves, specifically amanyar; that relationship makes less anthropological sensew/ other peoples of ME. But hey all I write about is one Amanyarin family anyhooso.

Like! I think it would be a cool read, to have a ficexploring characters/cultures WRT eru, which I haven’t found much of. Ive seensome work done with that abt the valar which YEAH, OBJECTIVELY MUCH MOREINTERESTING, but I’m…curious… Not for Thinly Veiled Western Jesus Metaphors butI fuckin… I WANNA KNOW how eru shakes out for elves ESPECIALLY in conjunctionwith the monarch angels. How the fuck does that look. Do I have to shine aflashlight up my butt re: the divine right of kings. Is that a cop-out. How the fuck does ‘what d’you reckon Godwants me to do’ look when the answer is, ostensibly, ‘manwe can ask.’ How doesatheism work if you know a guy that knows God. Do you trust the guy. Does thenoldorin rebellion re: building on Music themes instead of fixing them, makemore sense if the noldor think manwe is lying about God. I like the ‘orcs wereelves’ canon but so far ive been thinking ‘okay so elfnapping was involved’ butmaybe Melkor just said he knew God. Its fine. Oh yea yeah totally we. Skype. Didhe get amanyarin allies in the 1st age doing that shit. I’m notgoing to try to bring numenor into this bc I don’t know shit about numenor inthe best of times but HOW DOES THIS WORK W/ SAURON GIVING PPL KOOL-AID. This isexactly the kind of introspective navel-gazey thinkpiece bullshit I’d love but I’malso afraid to write it myself bc Thinly Veiled Western Jesus Metaphors. Also Ialready have too many WIPs. Kill me.