#I like celegorm

[eloquentsisyphianturmoil]

Dear silm fandom, concerning Fandom meta. Might be provocative for some.

‘The silm fandom is misogynistic’ ‘Feanorian fans are misunderstanding the characters’ ‘Silm fans hate Elwing’ And so on.

Can we stop? Your opinions are not better if you like feanorians. Your opinions are not better if you like peredhil. This is not black and white. I won’t argue ‘not all silm fans’, because I recognise that we have problems. But condescension will not fix them. Thank you.

[cuthalion]

alright where are you all sitting

[sesamenom]

Lost

Day 1 Children for @maedhrosmaglorweek!

and a version with just the base colors

[lscullzthegreat]

*based on a real conversation between me and two of my siblings*

Celegorm: where do babies come from?

Maedhros: I don’t know but we found you in a dumpster

Maglor: *nodding sagely* with the raccoons

Celegorm: what! no you didn't!

Maedhros: yes we did, we made Atya and Ammë keep you.

Maglor: and the longer we had you the more you started to be like a little boy instead of a raccoon.

Celegorm: I AM NOT A RACOON!

Maglor: Oh look Nelyo his claws are coming back, we might have to return him.

Maedhros: *picks Celegorm up over his shoulder* Alright lets go

*various sounds of chaos ensue*

Fëanor: *from the other room* I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU TWO TOLD YOUR BROTHER HE'S A RACCON AGAIN

Nerdanel: *at the same time from a different room*: did they tell Telyco we found him in a dumpster again!?!

[sakasakiii]

when i first designed erestor 3 years back i wasnt totally aware of his potential half-elf status, and since then ive come across some more fanon interpretations of him being haleth and caranthir's kid which i really liked!!!! so ive decided to rework him a little by combining my original lore for him into this concept 👉👈 i ended up getting carried away on whole different tangent with his backstory which ive summarised down below HAHA

tldr to expand on some key points under the cut:

born in F.A. 371 to haleth and caranthir; his parents' romance is short but passionate, and while many of the haladin are initially unsure about the nature of this union, they dont oppose it. for 4 years they live an unconventional but happy life together

haleth leaves thargelion in F.A. 375 and raises erestor with her people once they resettle. he's too young to remember much about caranthir. throughout his childhood she never tells him who his father is, but he also never really feels the need to ask.

he's captured in F.A. 460 (40 years after his mother's death) and escapes in F.A. 510. two years later, he finally finds refuge in Amon Ereb-- six years after the deaths of caranthir, celegorm and curufin in the 2nd kinslaying.

is tasked by maedhros to assist maglor with elrond and elros' education after they're taken in following the 3rd kinslaying in F.A. 538. he becomes a weird mix of a nanny/older brother/teacher figure to them, and a strange but sweet bond forms between them.

entrusted to protect elrond and elros following the break out of the war of wrath. he leads them to the Host of the Valar, where the twins are given the choice of the half-elven; to his surprise, he's afforded this choice as well, and decides to remain elven out of compassion for elrond after elros chooses mortality.

remains by elrond's side to watch over him for most of the 2nd age. during this time he resides in lindon as a healer, translator and archivist; later joins elrond in imladris, and partakes in the war of the last alliance as a combat medic.

in the 3rd age, is beset with sea-longing after what he regards to be a long and tiresome existence; he's also filled with guilt for being unable to help elrond heal celebrian’s psychological wounds, and contemplates following her back to Valinor. ultimately decides to stay back a bit longer, however, and lingers until after sauron’s defeat when the rest of the elves finally depart for the West. 

that's just a very condensed version but one day i hope to explore in some 4th age stuff where he finds out who his dad is...?! or will he?!?! who knows lol

[kitmdrawsthings]

guess who just finished the silmarillion

Here's my take on the sons of Feanor (in age order for easy deciphering). Yall can expect an increase in elfposting from now on.

(more sketches under the cut btw, i didn't want to clutter the post too much)

[corsairspade]

Celegorm but everything about him is 10x funnier because he's a chronic ainur fucker and just doesn't tell anyone about it. He looks inwards and decides marriage is between elves so deciding to roll around with maiar of the hunt is absolutely valid and not marriage. Who's ever heard of an elf marrying a Maia?

Elven polyamory may be illegal but it doesn't count if he's just ferrying kisses between Oromë and Vána- they're not elves. No, it's not hypocritical, what are you talking about. Just don't tell his father. What? No, not because of the whole polyamory thing, Feanor's just got a thing about Valar. Yes Celegorm is sure that's the only reason he doesn't want to tell his dad.

[nailsinmywall]

Family portraits: in tirion, himlath (ft. proud uncle celegorm and tiny celebrimbor), nan elmoth and doriath

[chaos-of-the-abyss]

orome's tolkien wiki page having zero mention of celegorm while celegorm's page has eight entire mentions of orome is kind of sending me. like i full well know realistically it's just because some elves tend to have one quasi-"patron" valar whose domain their talents lie heavily within, while there would be no such limitation on the valar, but my brain is conjuring up some lopsided dynamic that's like orome going "yes celegorm and i were close, unfortunate how things broke down :(" meanwhile celegorm in beleriand has mental breakdowns every few fiscal years about how he's deserted his values as a follower of orome and he knows in his heart how far he's fallen and a part of him hates orome for what he (knows he) irrationally perceives as abandonment and he just goes through extremely Not Normal feelings about his severed connection with the vala of the hunt on a semi-regular basis

[mauvearts]

Unfortunately, I won’t be able to participate in this year’s Feanorian Week

but I do have a little snippet of a Celegorm WIP for you!

[peasant-player]

Celegorm for @feanorianweek day 3

Here are the portraits of:

Maedhros Maglor Caranthir Curufin

[eloquentsisyphianturmoil]

Maedhros’ abdication is so funny because every feanorian was probably salivating over his return like oOOooOoh Nelyo’s back, oh yeah we got our King now you see what he’ll do to you Nolofinwe he’ll really put you in your place huh buddy, good old Nelyo’s not gonna stand for this disrespect he’ll show you the crown belongs with us. And then

[oriixxc]

[sesamenom]

realized the @blumineck pose was perfect for celegorm so here he is!

[starillion]

Celumë carnë [red streams]

am i allowed to submit one(1) lament for maglor & all the c-brothers for @feanorianweek day 2, 3, 4 and 5? i swear this is maglor lamenting the second kinslaying, not some random elf on elf crime

Ma telumi nyénar fëar vanwannar Do skies mourn of passing souls

hya i limbar níri poicë nár or are the droplets unsullied tears

Nienno, oialë nainala of Nienna, as she ever weeps

atar fëar i lelyar númenna? o'er lives that utter Westwards pass?

Celumë carnë síra ve *miru As streams of red flow like wine

rávar *quilini síla the banks of Esgalduin twinkling shine,

luitëa nóri nyérënen overflooding lands with sorrow

ar lelya nu arda. that traverse to the Earth below.

Lan hlarinye ulo Yet even as I hear the rains

lantëa lassi limbessen fall down upon the thousand leaves

þoryan mo sondarya I fear that none of what I hear

úvaltë nítainë are let to fall for whom I hold dear.

Nai sercelta úva vanwa May never their blood be washed away

cotumo teldo macilennar upon the swords of the last enemy

rúnya lantala ve samin rich redness that like silken falls

luitala i talami singollo solmaron that dampened the floors of Thingol's halls!

Nai anarórë carnë nyénuva ten May a red dawn mourn for them

quenso erya nu lanerya as a minstrel lone neath her hem

ómanen, ractala ambostiryannar whose voice that may reach her bosom

nairea, nainienen. in deep woe, in lamentation.

extras under cut :)

ink introductions! 'the great sage heaven's equal(齊天大聖)' and '칠색 바다' from wearingeul(글입다).

the last six lines are absent in the script because i did not plan beforehand and ran out of space but shhh we do not talk about that.

also my hands died in the process i swear this is all ink and i didn't commit any kinslaying on my part

[the-freckle-on-feanors-butt]

Thoughts on reactions to Maedhros being taken captive (I'm sorry)

Maglor. He's stressed. He doesn't want this. Doesn't want to be the leader, has never wanted this position and now he's forced to take his brother and his father's place because who else but the second son, and every night he stares out the window wondering if his Nelyo will ever return.

Celegorm. He's angry. He wants to go break Nelyo out, and yet he knows he can't, and he feels so helpless. He's never been able to do anything right, and even now, he prays every night that his brother is dead because he doesn't want to think about what the alternative could be.

Caranthir. He's despairing. He tells himself and everyone else the bitter truth, and he's so, so harsh about it some wonder if he even cares that his brother is in the hands of the enemy. In truth, the only thing he finds more distressing than that is there's nothing he can do about it. And he cries himself to sleep every night.

Curufin. He's hysteric. He will never stop grieving the loss of his father, and now another rock in his life is gone too. Nelyo, who was always there for him, Nelyo, who understood his love for their father like no one else did, is gone forever. He may as well have burst into flames too.

Amrod and Amras. They're numb. They won't leave each others' sides. More so than usual. They grow quiet, silently communicating with each other alone. The person they looked up to more than anyone, their untouchable big brother Nelyo, is gone. They feel like all they have left is each other.

Maedhros. He just found out from Morgoth himself that help isn't coming. Your brothers have abandoned you, Nelyafinwë. But, you're still the High King of the Noldor, are you not? There's an idea. Let's make you as high as you'll ever be.