#I love me a feral luthien

[fistfuloflightning]

The WIP game, tagged by the lovely @dalliansss. Thanks hon! This is a Beren/Daeron | Luthien/Maglor faerie court au where Beren buys a cursed nightingale from a sketchy merchant (coughmaironcough) and tries to get Daeron’s curse broken and returned home. Luthien’s also on the hunt for him but she’s got a set of tasks set by the Feanorians that she has to fulfill first before they’ll allow her to marry Maglor 😏

In a flash the hound had grabbed him by the back of his cloak and flung him on the ground. A massive paw pressed down on his chest and Beren wheezed at the weight. The wolf’s blood was still dripping from its jaws and he couldn’t tear his gaze away from those unnaturally intelligent eyes. The soft bat-like flap of leather and the hound’s dark master was beside them. Hair shorn at the jaw and silver-inlaid incisors bared in a silent snarl directed at him. With a shudder, Beren recognized the woman from the faerie market. The one Mairon had fled from. Even without her saying a word, he knew who she was. “Luthien,” he breathed. Eyes the color of dirty ice locked onto him. “You know me?” she demanded. There is power in her voice, but it is not beautiful, Daeron had said when describing his sister to Beren. And it was true. It was harsh as a crow’s but Beren could feel the claws against his throat, the threat of her fury. And he realized if she knew who he was—what he had failed to do—the hound’s massive jaws would be the least of his worries. But before he could voice any of the lies that sprang to mind, those frigid eyes narrowed. “You are human. But you smell of the dúlinn.” Terrifyingly, she stepped closer. Beren’s eyes flicked between her and the massive hound. “You smell of Daeron.” A fist in the front of his tunic and Luthien had him hoisted to his feet. “Where is he? Where is my brother, that you practically reek of him? If you took him as a lover I will split you into pieces and let Huan carry them to the human settlements so they know what it is for a human to force themselves on one of the dúlinn—” “No!” He gripped the arm holding him aloft, felt the cold leather. Wondered what kind of monster she had slain for it. Wondered if he was next. “I did my best to save him! I would never hurt him.” “Then where is he? If you ‘saved’ him, then he would foolishly believe he would have to repay you.” Luthien looked into Beren’s eyes. “My brother is more precious to me than your pitiful existence.”

@sabraeal @ruensroad @flowerynameslover @spectraling @neonghostcat @limitbreaker23

[starsofarda]

So... Gossip Elves yeah? @erendur @peasant-player thank you for giving me so much rope for my ficlets!

Lately I have been thinking a lot about Elrond and Celebrian, and how much awkwardness there must have been between them, Galadriel and Celeborn!

So. Let me offer this one. Also, all I have in mind is "Sk8er boy" by Avril Lavigne, sorry not sorry.

Sooner than Lord Celeborn and Lady Galadriel expected, Celebrian, beloved daughter, became of courting age. The two parents could not be more proud and yet worried.

Celebrian, her long silver hair and her uncomparable beauty second only to Galadriel's, was their pride and their joy and they were hoping that she would choose a proper suitor amongst the Elves inn the court at Caras Galathon.

Of course any parent would love for their child to find happiness, but perhaps what happened next was utterly unexpected.

At the court there was Elrond Peredhel, Herald of the High King Gil-Galad, on a diplomatic mission - a feral half-Elf who had quite the illustrious ancestry, but somehow he reminded the whole court, many of whom still remembered Doriath, of things that were now unspoken.

Maybe it was the way he carried himself, or the thick accent he was speaking Sindarin with,or something else that no one really could pinpoint for certain.

And the moment Celebrian, on a walk around the court with her attendants saw Elrond - the sunlight among the leaves reflecting on his face and the pitch dark hair and his smile - the moment she laid eyes on Elrond time seemed to stop for a moment.

And in that moment Elrond turned around and saw her, her silver hair, her beautiful figure standing still in the light shade, her rosy cheeks and eyes like stars stolen from the sky itself.

And his words failed and he could not speak, and time stopped as he forgot how to breathe and stumbled lightly.

Time started again as they both were pulled away in opposite directions, but they had met and there would be no force on the entire Arda able to keep them apart.

---

"And he said nothing?"

"Nothing, I swear! I was there with Lady Celebrian and they were both silent until both of them were suddenly called back to their duties!"

So the maidservants were talking to each other in hushed voices and quick gestures - a good gossip could never be denied, especially in a kingdom quite secluded from the ouside world.

"And whomst might you be speaking of, instead of attending to your duties?" A calm and yet authoritative voice came from behind. Lady Galadriel herself had slowly stepped in the small area where the housemaids were gathered.

"Please, forgive us, Lady Galadriel! We are going back!"

"Answer my question first."

"We... We were talking about the High King's herald! We are sorry!"

Galadriel sighed. She had not properly looked at the High King's herald, he had so far been one of the many faces crowding the halls in Caras Galathon.

Of course she knew that her daughter had fallen in love by then, of course she was hellbent on discovering the Elf she chose and she hoped that as herald of the High King this Elrond would be apt.

Oh, her famous last words.

On the next meeting Galadriel properly looked at him. And she nearly jumped out of her seat.

Was that a Noldorian battle braid that Elrond was sporting? She had seen that specific braid and that was Maedhros Feanorian's trademark braid.

Did she spot a Feanorian star on his clothes?

Oh no, oh no.

And he did speak Sindarin, but was that Quenya she was catching underneath it all?

She gave her husband Celeborn a weary look.

Not long after, she had gathered enough information, not because of any chronicle, but because the gossips ran deep and ran wild.

Gil-Galad's herald was Elrond Peredhel, son of Earendil and Elwing, descended from both Elu Thingol and Luthien and Figolfin.

And also somehow both kidnapped, adopted and raised by Maedhros and Maglor sons of Feanor.

That explained a lot of things.

Elrond represented every single nightmare that Galadriel and Celeborn had had. It had to be a hard no.

And yet.

And yet she was seeing how her daughter was so distraught and it brought back memories of her first encounter with Celeborn - she knew love.

And she was also seeing how Elrond was constantly keeping his distance, respectfully, as if he was scared of something.

That was painful to watch and even though Galadriel was tough, she was not cold-hearted. Maybe she could look past all that nightmarish stuff.

No, she wouldn't. She would sit down her daughter and have a talk. There were countless and better Elves for her daughter, for sure.

She would not allow her daughter to be anywhere close a Feanorian-adjacent Elf.

She was stopped mid-way by her husband Celeborn - bless his kind heart. "The boy can't help his heritage. He has not committed sins. Please, my beloved, do not pull a Thingol and Beren issue. You know how it ended."

"You may be right, my beloved husband. And yet I worry."

"Should there be a dire time, we will be there for our daughter."

She sat on a nearby bench, still frowning. "Bless your kind and forgiving heart. Fine. I will concede this."

---

It would only be way later, when Celebrian fell in the hands of the Orcs, that Galadriel fully accepted Elrond, the Elf willing to bring down an entire army to bring back the most precious of all things in Arda back to him and to her parents, strong enough to heal her, and strong enough to let her go when all else failed.

Then Galadriel knew that Celebrian had chosen the right one and all lingering animosity disappeared, leaving space for respect and friendliness.

[growingingreenwood]

Also, I was going through your posts here and it came to me: when did Elrond realized that Thranduil was just That Old?? And how exactly did he reacted?

Not only Thranduil's father was one of the awakened (and he's pretty much part of Thingol's family), but also that his best friend for a long while was Luthien of all people??? That he saw The Fucking Sun come up on the sky for the first time?? Idk why but I'm sure that whatever reaction he had was the funniest thing for Thranduil to witness for some good time lmaokdjs

Hello lovely, thank you for the ask!! (and all your reviews!!!!!!!) 

To be honest, I don’t think that Elrond, being the avid horder of history that he is, would necessarily be surprised about Thranduil’s actual chronological age (especially because that his Mother and Father in law are also Old As All Hell, in the the case of Celeborn lived in the same city as Thranduil for most of the early days.)

What I DO think shocked Elrond so badly he nearly snorted wine out of his nose on several occasions is the casual comments about exactly what shenanigans Thranduil was up to or otherwise experienced the entire time. And also probably gave him several heart attacks as Thranduil altered his entire perspective on historical events/ people. 

For Example #1 

Elrond: “Celeborn once told me that the only competition that Beleg Cuthalion was ever disqualified from for poor sportsmanship was during a match that was with you.”  Thranduil: “Sounds about right. If I recall correctly, I was also disqualified for poor sportsmanship during that match.”  Elrond: “Wow, you two must have hated each other or something to get so carried away.”  Thranduil: “Not at all. Beleg owed me a favor and so I got him to throw the match so that another could win.” 

Example #2 

Elrond: “I read somewhere that the first sunrise was the most beautiful one, and that nothing will ever come close again.”  Thranduil: “I mean, if you consider going Entirely Blind from the strength of the light with literally zero warning as ‘beautiful’ then, yeah, sure. It's irreplaceable.” 

Example #3 

Thranduil, to mostly Celeborn and Celebrian after another song in the Hall of Fire about how Beautiful and Perfect Luthien was: “Once, Luthien and I stole an entire barrel of wine and tried to see if we could drink it all before either of our fathers found us and at some point she got sick at such a velocity that it launched overtop of the entire dining room table without a single drop touching it.  Thranduil after Elrond nearly choked to death in front of him: “When we went to go clean it up there was an entirely unchewed piece of dried jerky which she had apparently swallowed whole, like some kind of feral Warthog.” 

At least half the stress of each of Thranduil's visits is Elrond's constant anticipation of some truly Unhinged and (previously) Unreported Lore about history's favorite elves being given to him at any moment. 

He’s also never sure when or if Thranduil is making everything up just to get a reaction from him, and Elrond will never know because Thranduil Literally Does Not Care if Elrond believes him or not and therefor refuses to go into any more detail of offer supporting evidence for his claims. Unless of course, the supporting Lore is somehow even more unhinged than the original earth shattering revelation.

[annoyinglandmagazine]

Silmarillion as the Crane Wives pt 2

I’m doing more of this because this band is so good and gives insane Silm vibes.

Turn Out The Lights: Yet another very Feanor coded song. ‘Turn out the lights on your racing mind’ It also works for Curufin and Celebrimbor for similar reasons. It kind of sounds like ADHD or someone having a panic attack so it fits very well.

Queen of Nothing: My girl Idril. ‘Isn’t this what you wanted? Time sure feels like it’s running out.’ She’s probably singing it to Maeglin but maybe also to Turgon if she’s harbouring some anger. ‘Such a heavy crown.’

The Wolf: Celegorm, feral vibes you know?

The Moon Will Sing: I know I did this one last time but I had another thought. The sons of Feanor because he is sort of the sun right? He’s overwhelming, he burns with quite literally more than anyone else, even when he dies everything revolves around the impact he had on everyone around him. It’s his story even when he isn’t there. And the vast majority of his son’s actions in the Silm is directly because of him and the sheer devotion they have to him. They are nothing without their love for their father, it’s who they are the sons of Feanor. ‘Bore the shadows that you made, with no light of my own.’ It’s just really sad. Curufin especially as the one who’s main attribute in everyone’s eyes is being a reflection of him but not as impressive.

The Strangler Fig: Luthien to her father and Celegorm. ‘All you’re doing now is losing me.’

Drown You Out: Beleg and Turin. Beleg’s need to find him and be with him and Turin’s grief. ‘But your song sings in my veins and I’m singing too.’

Here I Am: Elrond’s abandonment issues. This is so perfect for him at literally any point in his life with any meaningful relationship he’s ever had. ‘Here I am, again, the one, that gets left behind!’ He’s literally lost everyone this is his song.

Safe Ship Harboured: Turgon and Orodreth. Yes. It’s them.

Down the River: Fingolfin to Feanor. Does this need elaboration? It’s about the Helcaraxe.

Take Me To War: Galadriel was my first thought. The closest thing to a rival for Feanor. This song is about when she first decided to journey with her brothers and cousins to Middle Earth after a sheltered childhood in Valinor. Because young Galadriel absolutely is angry after Aqualonde and it’s a fairly large part of her motivation as well as a wish to rule.

Can’t Have It All: Nerdanel. It’s perfect for her. ‘You won’t find me where you left me, no I’m long gone.’ She knows how to stand up for herself even to someone she loves.

Ribs: Serious Haleth vibes. Just the entire song. ‘How lucky you are, handed down a shield for your precious parts.’ ‘. ‘The dark doesn’t frighten me, I chose to close my eyes it is mine.’

New Discovery: This song is Finrod and Finrod is this song. He’s the adventurous one, he wants to know everything there is to know about all the creatures and places of the earth. He’s the elf to have the first dealings with the Edain and one of the more amiable dealings with the dwarves.

How To Rest: Kidnap fam. ‘The heart is just a muscle with a rhythm of its own.’ They weren’t expecting or planning to love each other or start seeing each other as a form of family, they’re all traumatised and it’s really complicated, but they end up doing so in a way regardless. Whether any of them wanted it or not.

Easier: Maedhros. I love this song and it fits him pretty well. Because nothing’s ever been easy for him. ‘And if I were not myself would this be easier?’ ‘So I’ll just close my eyes and try to pretend, that it gets easier.’

[ar-feyniel]

Daemyra fic recs

It has been a while since I did this, and I feel like it's time for a new post [i am totally procrastinating writing with this, yes].

Sharing my current favs, both WIPs and finished, modern and canon! 1. milk teeth by @luthien-under-bough - WIP, canonverse, 18k, 3/6 I am convinced that this fandom has a collective lactation kink, and this fic perfectly encapsulates it. It's beautifully written, really explores Rhaenyra's mind, and the build-up is amazing so far. Also the tags are promising A FEST in the future chapters.

2. Worth a Thousand Words by @anamazingangie - WIP, modern, 160.5k, 16/18

Look, I could write a thesis on this work, really. There are so many details, so much nuance, so many FEELINGS, and also superb smut, of course. Every time this fic got an update, I had to clear my calendar and sit undisturbed *for hours* to really process everything. The premise is controversial, yes, but there is so much DELICIOUSNESS to this controversy and *this* level of codependency. 11/10. 3. the shadow of a white rose (in a mirror of silver) by @awfullylongtime - complete, canonverse, 73k, 6/6 A beautiful story about Viserys being an asshole and true love prevailing. What if Rhaenyra was instructed to kill her uncle on their wedding night? Would she succeed? Or would life prevail over death?

4. Every Bait and Switch Was a Work of Art by @grandlovescheme - WIP, modern, 40.7k, 7/?

Deep inside, I am a James Bond girlie - and this fic perfectly scratches this itch for me with the INSANE sexual chemistry and secret agents setting. The writing is also incredible, you will be hooked from chapter 1! Bonus! 5. incendium by @anamazingangie - canonverse

Technically not a fic but a series, but it has one of the best smut pieces in the fandom. Literally feral about this.

Well, these are my current favs that I have been reading and re-reading, and I hope you enjoy at least some of them <3

[warrioreowynofrohan]

1, 13 and 25 for the choose violence asks please!

the character everyone gets wrong

Let's see, I already did Maedhros, and and I did posts about most of the other Fëanoreans as well (but seriously, everyone does get Celegorm wrong, he's politically ambitious and dangerous, not dumb and feral).

I think much of fandom gets the Valar wrong. The thing that I always come back to about the Valar is that everything they do is about love for the Eruhini and wanting them to be happy and safe and well. They err (because the Eruhini are meant for more than just being happy and safe), but it's all coming from that place of love and care. They ask the Elves to come to Aman so that they're not exposed to the dangers of Middle-earth. (I think they don't stay in Middle-earth in part because they remember Almaren and the destruction of the lamps, which ruined continents.) They let the elves do basically what they want - they've got virtually no rules besides "don't threaten to kill people" and "don't kill people", both of which come up in response to situations they really never anticipated. The rescue of Maedhros by Thorondor and the foundation of Nargothrond and Gondolin shows that they are clearly willing to help the Noldor, even after the Kinslaying and the Doom.

The difficulty is, in part the nature of their power. The Valar are at the same time tremendously powerful, to the point where they cannot have a direct war with the forces of evil without it levelling continents, and much less powerful than we expect them to be. They can't stop the Kinslaying by snapping their fingers and pulling all the elves' weapons out of their hands; that's not an ability they have, and getting involved would mean personally killing large numbers of elves, something they are clearly unwilling to do. They're far from omniscient; they don't always know what's happening outside Valinor. So people get confused and aggravated by them, because they simultaneously have the powers of gods and lack the powers of comic book superheroes.

13. worst blorboficiation

Finrod!! I get so tired of seeing him portrayed as a ditz, as a flake, as naïve, as sleeps-with-everything. Finrod is probably both the most intelligent and the most intellectually curious character in The Silmarillion (come on, the longest scene we get with him an an extended philosophical debate!), as well as being the wisest and most thoughtful. He's the linchpin of diplomacy for all Beleriand and things fall apart without him. He's not naïve; he walks to his death knowing that's what he's doing (he's already foreseen that his oath to Barahir will destroy him and that Nargothrond will not survive).

I think where it comes from is the fact that he's kind, and there's a sort of assumption running through society that kindness and intelligence/awareness are opposed to each other; that someone who is ruthless must also be intelligent, and that someone who is kind must also be dumb. (I partly blame House and Sherlock.) Neither are true.

25. common fandom complaint that you're sick of hearing

"Yes but the Silmarils are the Fëanoreans' property!" When did tumblr of all places start believing in the absolute sanctity of property rights? No need to go all stand-your-ground/libertarian about it.

I don't care. I really don't. I think that Beren and Lúthien achieving the impossible feat of getting one out of Angband, at overwhelming personal cost and in the teeth of Fëanorean opposition, does give them a right to it, and I think the Fëanoreans cease to have any right to make any demands whatsoever of the people they attempted to rape and murder, or of those people's son. The Silmaril itself accepts Beren's claim, in despite of the Silmarils being hallowed against "mortal flesh", even as it later rejects the Fëanoreans'. Beren and Luthien suffer greatly in order to obtain the Silmaril, they are meant to have it, and the fact that it is part of their family line enables the salvation of Middle-earth. That's enough for me.

[blueberrywhale123]

Middle-Earth Stuff

so me and my friends and family just finished our day long Lord of the Rings Extended Edition marathon a few days ago. So that means that it is on the brain😂🤪.

Me and my brother are literally in love with Tolkien’s lore and stories so we have all these conversations about the books vs movies, favorite characters and dissecting everything we know about them, etc. my favorite thing we do is lore dumping tho.

Because Tolkien’s world is so vast, it’s like college and you can just pick a major and study it. So thinking of it this way, I am a Elf Major and he is a Man Major. So we’ll be talking about the plot of Lotr and something reminds us of something from another story from the other Ages of Middle Earth and we just start a long rant and soak up each other’s facts.

It’s also fun to see where we overlap like with Beren and Luthien, Hurin (brother’s fav man) and Turgon, Tuor(he’s a favorite too).

He talks about Turin’s curse or the way men acted and what wars they fought and their afterlife and he will inevitably tell me all about Hurin and his magnificence.😆

I just explained the entire war of the jewels (abridged, very abridged) just so I could talk about Elrond’s family tree and explain my “Galadriel gave Frodo Elrond’s Dad in a bottle” joke.

He told me he thinks of the Feanorians as feral raccoons. But we are in agreement that Maglor is great and deserves to get dragged back to Valinor by Elrond.

[legitimatesatanspawn]

What if Beren and Luthien were genderbent?

Ooh, that's an interesting question.

Now, forewarning: this is just a bunch of theories and personal thoughts on the matter so don't take this as canon. It is rooted in what we do know of the families involved and a bit in how social structures work in the setting, but in this case it is completely me talking out of hand about this.

Names. This is a big thing to me because I love names and this will help me keep the idea separate from canon. Luthien is Quenyan for "flower-daughter" so let's go with one of the Quenyan suffixes for males… Luthion sounds good if a bit too on the nose. Another option for flower are Lot/Loth from Ninquelótë, Númellótë, and Vingilot. So Lótëmon? Now Beren was named after his maternal grandfather, but since I don't know his grandmother's name we'll go up the tree for his great-grandmother Adanel. I'm guessing his mother Emeldir got naming rights to go with Beren instead of him getting named after Bregor. Admittedly Lotemon and Adanel might not roll off as easily as Luthien and Beren but they work for this post.

Brief Discussion of Upbringing: Beren and Luthien Beren, or Adanel now as this will be easier. While Artanis (or Galadriel as we know her) is the biggest Noldorian female who stands out in my memory with the next one being Nerdanel who was the wife of Feanor who deserves her own loredump post, the laws of succession in Numenor which in turn are basically spread to the civilizations of Man to varying degrees in the known lands of Middle Earth are cribbed off of those of the Noldor. Which is why I'm bringing two Noldor elves up here. Basically titles go paternally to the nearest male descendant although in the case of a female eldest child she still receives family heirlooms as her birthright. (Doesn't make up for it but whatever.) Although I do remember there being a case where there were several older daughters onto whom one of the Numenorian kings tried to pass the title to but their grandmother spooked them like some grammas tend to do, so they refused and the title went to their younger brother. Now here's the fun bit: Beren's mother (much like Luthien's Melian) Emeldir is a BAMF. Her name and her title both basically were "the man-hearted woman". So Emeldir without doubt kicked ass, lived to at least 50 going by the events surrounding Dagor Bragollach (the Battle of Sudden Flame), and I like to think she raised Beren to understand important stuff like consent and a refusal being just that. So while I think that "Adanel" would be treated just as Beren would, she wouldn't get exactly the same equal treatment. But given her mother, her father would likely try anyway. So Beren's life as a woman would be largely unchanged. Luthien, or as she'll be here "Lótëmon", is still the only child of Thingol and Melian. Still half-maia, still likely beautiful and fairer beyond everything. Still probably has a thing for tall, broad shouldered, and golden-brown half-feral people spotted in the forest. Maybe a little more leeway when it comes to things and hopefully not kidnapped (which would mean no Huan) but considering he'll still be Beautiful and how beauty is often coveted in the setting… I suspect that "Lotemon" will also live largely the same life.

Quest and Future Rather than demanding the Silmaril as the brideprice, perhaps it is instead just a proof of strength or resoluteness or something. Again, Thingol would've probably thought Beren/"Adanel" would actually be able to do it but the sheer balls to go through with it and return with that damn bold claim of it being indeed still in hand when they return… The knockoff effects for the future will be different though. Luthien and Beren's story was fairly unusual and set the stage for an elf choosing a mortal, and a mortal pursing something dangerous in the name of love. A man may be viewed as brave in some societies/civilizations by their fellow men while a woman instead deemed foolish for the same actions which is disgusting but there it is. A woman using beauty to bewitch her enemies would be 'sexy' while a man doing the same would be different and perhaps seen as underhanded. Although it would be one of the goodside counterparts to Sauron's wiles and paint the idea that cleverness such as that is not always in service of selfish cruelty. It's possible that instead of singing of Luthien's beauty they'd be singing of "Lotemon" and his cunning. There's also some slightly different implications of the mortal woman dying and waiting for her love who when he joins her has to fight for the right for them to stay together in death or in life. This also means that Thingol taking in Turin would have a few more connotations of replacing his lost son instead of caring for a second child who is different from his daughter. So maybe Turin would be even more eager to run out to fight since he doesn't want to be seen as a pale shadow to "Lotemon".

TLDR Different names, slightly different upbringings, somewhat different after effects, but since the Song is a thing and the Silmarils are still a big big thing with the characters then the story would likely stay largely the same.

[tolkienrulez54321]

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(edit: I have been informed by this kind user (@captainwaffles) that this is in fact for the ask game I reposted a bit ago, so I will answer their questions accordingly!!!)

2. Q: If you were the Middle Earth race that your personality most matches, which would it be?

A: So for the first question I would’ve said an Ent, but if we’re talking about which one I would probably be anyways, I would definitely be a hobbit. :) Not to go all JRR with this but they’re Literally Me. I am sentimental and love my home, opposed to change, and very happy with a simplistic life. I love all growing things (esp trees of course!!!) and will go feral over mushrooms.

17. Q: Tolkien’s works are full of songs and poetry. Which is dearest to you?

A: There are genuinely so many I love that this one is hard to answer. But honestly, I think it HAS to be the Song of Beren and Luthien from FOTR. I swear to god this poem has altered my brain chemistry. I have listened to it (specifically the Tolkien Ensemble’s rendition of it) at least once almost every single day since I first heard it. It’s genuinely one of the most beautiful pieces of literature I have ever laid my eyes upon and I envy Tolkien’s skill with imagery in it. My favorite verse would have to be when winter passes into spring and it’s describing how the forest changes (‘…like rising lark and falling rain, and melting water bubbling’). A close second is this line: ‘Tinuviel the elven fair, immortal maiden elven-wise.’ IT IS JUST SO GOOD.

holy shit this post was long but oh well, i just have a LOT to say about tolkien.

[novelmonger]

For the ship ask, Ed & Winry, Aragorn & Arwen, and Steve & Sharon, please?

Ooh, nice variety! And I ship all of them ^_^

EdWin

What made you ship it?

You know, I actually can't remember when I first started shipping them? It just seemed so obvious they were meant to be, I guess XD Maybe it was in the Barry the Chopper episode in the first anime, when Ed goes to rescue Winry. But I love friends-to-lovers, so I would probably ship them even if it wasn't explicit in canon <3

2. What are your favorite things about the ship?

I love how they're completely on the same wavelength in terms of "I will demonstrate how much I love you by yelling at you and beating you over the head" XD I love all those soft moments when they comfort and encourage each other, when they're there for each other. The way Winry doesn't have to pick up a gun and fight to support Ed and Al - and, in fact, she shouldn't! The way Ed looks to Winry as motivation to keep trying, to survive, to make sure he makes it back more or less in one piece. The promise about tears of joy, and the promise about apple pie. They're just so perfect for each other T^T

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

Okay, I don't know if this is unpopular or not, but I have this little headcanon that Ed actually does settle down once he and Winry get married, despite how restless he usually is. Depending on what sort of job he gets after the main story, he might travel for work or research purposes or just to visit old friends, but he never stays away for very long. When it's just him and Winry, he might take her with him on his travels, and then after they have kids, maybe he takes them with him sometimes and sometimes leaves them at home. But the point is that, especially once he has his first child, he determines that he is going to make sure he's a constant presence in his children's lives, so they'll never have to experience what he and Al did.

Aragorn/Arwen

What made you ship it?

Mostly because it's canon. I don't have many strong opinions about the relationship, sorry.

2. What are your favorite things about the ship?

There is a certain legendary quality to their relationship, hearkening back to the whole Beren and Luthien thing. I also really appreciate Aragorn's tenacity in pursuing Arwen, despite all the obstacles in their way, and how willing Arwen is to love him back, despite what it means for her mortality.

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

The kissing scene in the TTT movie is completely unnecessary, too long, and should have been cut. Fight me. Is that an unpopular opinion? I don't know, but it's one I'll be taking to my grave!

Staron

What made you ship it?

I can't really remember what I first thought of them, but I think it was probably something like, "Aw, they're cute, lookit them :3" And then in CW, I was like, "Yessss, I like this! They work really well together!"

But you know what tipped me over the edge into a feral Staron shipper? I don't think it was the first time, but one of the other times I went to see CW in the theater (I went to see it every weekend it was showing ^^'), during the credits I was sitting there enjoying my thoughts and waiting for the credits scene, when I heard two girls sitting in front of me talking about the movie. When Emily Van Camp's name came up on the screen, one of the girls said, "Ugh, I hate her, she's so ugly and annoying." Right then and there, I said to myself, "Oh yeah? Well, just to spite you, I have just now decided that I love Sharon Carter to death! >:(" Which was only exacerbated when, later that week, I saw an article somewhere about the whole "give Cap a boyfriend" thing, that said Steve and Sharon had no chemistry. (insert baffled animated Legolas face here - um, are we even watching the same movie, person?! o.0) And the more I thought about Sharon, the more I realized how great she is and how perfect for Steve!

(Note: Powerbroker!Sharon is a Sharon from another timeline and is not relevant to this discussion XD)

2. What are your favorite things about the ship?

I love how simple and straightforward it is. There's not a ton of drama between them, it's just sweet and understated and cute. The kissing scene is so sweetly simple and beautifully done! (The exact opposite of the TTT AragornXArwen scene!) I love that little interaction in the hallway before Steve discovers who she is. I love their conversation after Peggy's funeral (especially the deleted scene!). I love the way Sharon keeps helping Steve and the others, even though it gets her into trouble. I love how, when Steve points this out, she just says simply, "I know."

Annnnd I have a ton of headcanons about how their relationship goes and stuff in Sharon's past, but that's fanfic territory ^^'

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

Lol, I think shipping them at all is an unpopular opinion :P Maybe my unpopular opinion is that I do ship Steve with Peggy in the 1940s, but then I ship him with Sharon in the 21st century. Sharon is right for Steve right now because of the ways he's changed. I expect it's unpopular to acknowledge that people don't just have one perfect person for them, but rather a whole host of people they could have a successful relationship with if they commit to it. So yeah, Steve could have married Peggy and lived a full, happy life with her if things had gone differently...but that doesn't mean he can't also have a long, loving, beautiful relationship with Sharon now.

Ship Ask Game

[plotdesigner]

@malkaleh its time for more of adar and elrond's complicated relationship!! with adar's Hot Takes TM on the luthien incident and shift to second person narration, discussions of first age typical violence, and way too many metaphors xD

"Why do you avoid Elrond?"

"Why have you stopped trying to fight Sauron?"

"Don't you want to escape?"

The questions are understandable, you suppose. It's you and four elves stuck in Mairon's fortress together, with you as nursemaid and bodyguard and carrot and stick to the rest - and three of them have only known you as the Lord Father, who fought as desperately as a feral dog with one leg in a trap. They do not know what you were like when leashed.

So to answer their questions, at their next shared mealtime, you begin: "You all know of Luthien, I presume."

"Of course," the four elves chorus.

"We knew her in Doriath," Celeborn says, his hand entangled with Galadriel's - the only times you have seen them part willingly have been due to Mairon's interference. "I grew up looking up to her - she had the most beautiful voice."

(You understand. When there were other Moriandor still living, you had let body and heart tangle with them, affections hidden under the crust of your obedience. )

"I saw her once or twice on diplomatic visits to Doriath," Celebrimbor says. "And - I suppose there's not much point in keeping this secret now. I helped her escape my father and uncles when she was captive in Nargathrond."

Your chest twists painfully. You bite back the demand - why didn't you keep her there? Why did you let her go?

"She was gone by the time I was born, but I've heard many stories of her," Elrond says.

He has curling dove-brown hair; he moves like a bird in flight. It is impossible to mistake him for anyone else's child. (You have never forgotten the faces of any Maiar you met, no matter how briefly; the brief glimpse of Melian's face has stayed with you as surely as centuries gazing up at Melkor's slowly melting features. You doubt you would have forgotten Luthien anyway, given the circumstances, but she is seared in your mind with the rest. )

"To the Uruk, the Silmarils were always worthless," you begin. "Morgoth told us that an elf had taken the very light from the sky and tucked it into his glass shards, and to covet his treasures was to court death. We averted our gazes; we had loved starlight, but the Silmarils burned our eyes, and Morgoth's presence burnt our souls. Who would want some glittering glass that hurt to look at?

"We understood why the children of Feanoro would chase them. The jewels were paid for twice over in the blood of their father and grandfather; to regain them would be vengeance and justice both. But for the other elves - was their beauty that seductive?"

"Seeing them gave me a vision of my future wife," Celeborn says.

"They reminded me of my childhood, when my father and siblings were still living," Galadriel says.

"I remember being a babe and Grandf- and Feanor letting me play with one. I could never take my eyes off it," Celebrimbor says quietly.

"My mother did the same. Elros and I would always calm down from a tantrum, seeing it," Elrond reports.

You wonder what is wrong with elves, that they are all like this. You resist the urge to sigh loudly and instead tap your cup against the table, returning their attention to you.

"We knew that Morgoth was obsessed with the Silmarils, wearing them upon his brow and touching them even as they burnt him. His face was more skull than skin by the time the Valar dragged him to the void. We knew, too, that elves craved them - that Feanor's eldest was captured in pursuit of them, that many of those who crashed against Angband's walls wished for them. But we knew that Morgoth would only give the glass stars if they were pried from his corpse.

"Which is where Luthien comes in. I do not remember how she introduced herself, nor how she had talked her way in. I only remember her song."

The elves call her Nightengale, songstress, sorceress. Your children speak of her as Swiftlet, one of the few birds to nest safely in Angband's caves. She danced like she might fly at any moment. She sang like silence would kill her.

"Beren said her song ensorcelled all of Angband," Celebrimbor says.

"It did. Everyone fell asleep - from Morgoth on his throne to the guards at their stations to the prisoners in their cells. All dreamed of beautiful impossibility."

"What did you dream of?" Elrond asks.

You squeeze the metal of your cup to resist flinching. "I dreamed my first generation of children still lived," you say quietly.

(You dreamed that you and the other Moriandor who yet lived had a home at the lake you remembered in your dreams. You dreamed of taking the children to frolic in the shallows. You dreamed of your children splashing each other, of catching fish with your hands to cook over an open fire, of bushes so heavy with berries that you could eat handful after handful, your children smearing juicy handprints on your tunic, the kiss marks from the other Moriandor purple and sweet - )

"It was long enough for her to free her lover and those who could still escape Angband's prisons," you say. "To pry one shining star from Morgoth's crown - and then run. I don't suppose any of you wondered why so few of us followed?"

"We had thought she outran you?" Celeborn suggests.

You laugh bitterly. "She did, in a sense. Morgoth called upon his lieutenants to chase - but Carcharoth had gone mad from the loss of his father and the Silmaril burning in his guts; Thuringwethil had lost her wings and lay groaning near the gates; and the one the elves call Sauron was far past calling between fear and the bloody gap in his throat. Gothmog and the balrogs still wore the veil of slumber, the dragons lay huddled in their nests, and Draugluin was no more than bone and fur.

"And as for the Uruk: Morgoth's fury broke stone, rattled halls, burned into minds. Luthien's song wrenched the ancient necromancies of Angband away, and Morgoth's fury filled every nook and cranny of Angband. Only those who could shake off sleep in time could escape his wrath." You shudder; you can still remember how the stones had stained black that day. "Or perhaps they would never have arisen from the dream. Or perhaps ancient necromancy finally released them from their bodies. Whatever the reason, the result was the same:

"There was hardly any army left to chase Luthien by the time Morgoth's ire had cooled."

The elves range from unsettled to turning green. You'll take it; if Galadriel had been anything like she was in the Southlands and triumphant over so much death, you'd have leapt over the table to end her, Mairon's wrath be damned.

"So that is why you're so uneasy around me," Elrond says at last. His face is all concern.

"I have no doubt Luthien was nothing but gentle and kind to other elves," you say. "i know you celebrate her victory. It irks him enough that he complains," and you do not say his name in conjunction with Luthien, but they all know you mean Mairon. "But all I can see is the aftermath of that night."

~

The rest of the meal is somber. The tension is enough that when you finish eating, you excuse yourself to a corner to ply your hand spindle.

Elrond joins you soon enough, sitting against the wall under the barred window with you. Typical. He cannot even leave you to lick metaphorical wounds in peace.

"There is no need to apologize. You didn't do anything," you mutter. You are the eldest of the five of you trapped here; the least you can do is keep generations of grudges in line.

(Besides. For all that you and Galadriel have made up now, if ancient grudges do return, she is the first one you're attacking. Elrond has only acted as a warrior defending his clan should, Celeborn has all the killer instincts of a lichen, and you remain fond enough of your singing rust-haired prisoner that Celebrimbor gets a free pass to anything up to chopping your hand off. None of them spent over a thousand years single mindedly hunting your children. You have made peace with it and with her, knowing she was wound with the same mad grief you were, but sometimes the knowledge of it wounds you like a blade. )

"No. But you are not the first to see me as my ancestors," Elrond says. "You're at least trying to separate me from them. I appreciate it."

"I cannot believe they gave you the surname Peredhel," you mutter. "You are the child of two royal elf clans; surely you can be named as one of them."

"I don't want to rule," Elrond says. "Taking those names would mean taking those responsibilities."

And yet, you think, you took all the burdens of power without the benefits. Elrond has already outlived many of your children, and you still find yourself thinking that he's too young for this.

(Mairon's magic means your soul cannot wander from your body as it used to, but you're still used to wandering and working, forgetting your worries and forgetting to eat. Elrond hounds your heels as your children once did to make sure you don't starve.)

(You let him because you can tell - just like you, if he doesn't stay busy, he'll break.)

"What name would you take if you had a choice?" you ask. "My children call your father's line Moon-haired, and your mother's line Bird-caged, and Nelyafinwe's line Star-haired. With those elders, you could claim the clan line of Finwe Night-haired. Or you could make something new."

"You call Luthien's line 'bird-caged'?" Elrond asks incredulously.

"Elves don't have a monopoly on being petty," you say primly. "Technically Thingol and Melian's line were the Tree-fuckers, but after Luthien's theft and Orodeth's rise as heir, we split how we named Doriath's royal lines in two."

Elrond fails to muffle his laughter at your crudeness. You smile despite yourself.

(You and Mairon are equal and opposite in some respects. You will both meet someone and think mine, all mine - but he does it as a dragon to gold. You do it as a dog to sheep. You may be leashed and tamed, but you will live - even with a mere flock of four.)

Mairon will never harm them - not Melians child, not the beautiful smith, not Galadriel nor even the silver haired elf who turns out to be her husband, long thought lost. He will never even raise his voice - he is all gentleness with them (‘my jewel’ ‘sweet silver prince’ ‘my little nightingale’ ‘my lady of light’ - endearments and sweetness) but he hurts them - Adar sees it, through the haze.

It is in what he will do to others if Mairon loses them, if he sees reluctance or defiance in their faces. And in that, in that Adar knows Saurons moods.

What surprises him is that they not only listen but…Melians child. His kindness is a pain to Adar - a slow bleeding wound and an anger at the Valar for making this one so - all Melians beauty and wisdom and he is kind. He is gentle, even when Adar is sharp - when he is terrified of what Mairon will do if he catches them close together. Elrond is kind and gentle and good and so very young and Adar rages anew - that this child had been left to Sauron. To Adar.

The smith is beautiful. Perhaps Adar should have known it (he and Mairon shared their love of beauty) but he had not seen and now he does - soft brown gold curls and bright eyes - far more a master of wonders that Sauron could be, Adar sees it even in his haziness, even with the scars upon Celebrimbor, who had been born in tree light and yet too gentle for his family name. And yet, Adar remembers the flame haired one who had been chained upon the rocks and thinks, there is something in this smith of him.

(“They made me hurt him” Mairon hisses to Adar, pulling him towards him as though he sees the question at the smiths scars. “They who believe they have any right to any of him - they were the authors of his pain and mine.”

The worst is, Sauron believes it. Adar can still tell it is so, for they have been twisted together for so very long. There is blood in his mouth and Mairons kiss is desperate and angry and hungry and Adar wonders, what is mine now)

Galadriel is all fury and light - a warrior but oh, oh she is wisdom and foresight and fury all. Her husband is steady - tall and broad shouldered with a competence in him and an air that speaks of Doriath, of lands long gone. It is a strange thing, but they fit around each other well, even in the face of a finding after they thought each other lost.

Celeborn, the sweet silver prince.

Mairon does not take the others to his bed near Adar but he can imagine it - Sauron will not have them all together for that but he will hold them all together - will have them lay upon him or about him - precious treasures in golden cages.

-

Inspired by @plotdesigner some more Gold Cages with Adar Content

[tolkien-feels]

your inbox is too full, you say? *fills it further*

Glorfindel, Haleth, Elrond and Beleg for the character ask, please! (or as few thereof as you like)

I feel like you just dumped a cart of characters on me and I'm very amused. Apologies for the length!

Glorfindel

Sexuality Headcanon: Grayromantic and for sexuality he's like... a 5.5.

Gender Headcanon: Transmasc, actually, and he very specifically did not want his body to be any different the second time around

A ship I have with said character: Surprisingly, none? I roll with any ship but there's none I'm particularly into

A BROTP I have with said character: Ecthelion because I'm basic. Turgon and Elrond (these are linked), Aragorn, Gandalf, Bilbo, essentially anyone who spends more than a week living somewhere he's living,,,,,,,, I just find him sociable but also interesting no matter who you pair him up with

A NOTP I have with said character: None that I can think of

A random headcanon: His voice is unusually ethereal even for an elf and people tend to rate that as his most attractive quality (which he agrees.) Not an exceptionally good singer though

General Opinion over said character: I honestly don't give him as much attention as I should! I love him, I just don't often remember to rotate him

Haleth

Sexuality Headcanon: Heteroromantic but ace, but she doesn't know that can be a thing and assumes she's aroace

Gender Headcanon: Whatever gender Eowyn has got going on

A ship I have with said character: None? None that I can think of, at least

A BROTP I have with said character: Besides her family (listen, guys, I like family relationships) and clan, none. I enjoy her relationship with Caranthir but only when it's very definitely not a friendship. There's respect and convenience but they aren't friends

A NOTP I have with said character: Caranthir, I guess, but I don't actively hate it, it just does nothing for me even when the concept is interesting

A random headcanon: Very, very few people in the history of Arda are better with a spear than she is

General Opinion over said character: I'm sure I would love her much more if we got more canon info about her. I don't know why, but whenever I try to headcanon her, I hit a wall. (This happens to other characters we have little canon about too. Sometimes my brain just won't let me like minor characters and I hate that.)

Elrond

Sexuality Headcanon: Queer, and that's as descriptive as he's making it. Runs parallel to his experience as a peredhel

Gender Headcanon: See above

A ship I have with said character: Celebrian! I like canon ships!

A BROTP I have with said character: Oh literally too many to list, but I'll highlight GILRAEN GILRAEN GILRAEN. I am always feral about his relationship with Gilraen and nobody seems to care about it and it makes me sad. I'll also highlight Celeborn for the same reason

A NOTP I have with said character: Pretty much any ship other than Celebrian

A random headcanon: He's not tall at all and looks even smaller because he's very naturally delicate-looking. You see, he's got Luthien's body type, and Luthien's body type is "Tiny, girlish fairy-looking princess." (Like Luthien, he uses it to his advantage.)

General Opinion over said character: Everybody Is Wrong About Him But Me vibes. I have thoughts about many common fanon tropes ant they tend to run counter to what's popular. Anyway: I've known Elrond since I was 10 and would cry if I could meet him for real

Beleg

Sexuality Headcanon: Um... Pan? In that he knows he's attracted to any gender. But he hasn't really ever been strongly attracted to anyone

Gender Headcanon: Cismale, by his account. But he's still doing Cuivienen gender and that doesn't quite match with Doriath's current view of gender. Comes across as gnc but not to elves of his generation. He occasionally finds that confusing.

A ship I have with said character: Let me pick a fight with the entire fandom: Beleg/Morwen. Talk to me about Beleg and Morwen!! This could be such a great ship!

A BROTP I have with said character: Turin is the obvious one so I won't even mention it. Mablung is also very obvious. I like the idea of him being very close to Thingol, though in a way similar to how Hurin is close to Fingon. It's not friendship, but it is a very strong bond

A NOTP I have with said character: ...Turin. I don't hate it, but I find their relationship infinitely more interesting if Turin looks at Beleg and sees Hurin, and Morwen, and Sador, and Lalaith all rolled into one, and Beleg willingly takes on all these roles. You have to come up with something exceptionally interesting for me to entertain them as a romantic ship instead.

A random headcanon: Can imitate the singing of just about every bird with uncanny accuracy and that's a party trick even for elves. (Melian is quite fond of this skill, incidentally)

General Opinion over said character: I love him but not if he's playing Responsible Person to Turin's Chaotic Person. No, no, no. Beleg is a hot mess of an elf! Very tragic, but just Legolas levels of "?????? why are you the way you are"

[maglors-anion-gap]

Character bingo! You said one character, but I can't resist asking you the Doriath triad after all the thought we put on understanding them - pretty please? 🐍🥺

Of course! Shameless plug for my new fic for medusas-hairband, which sheds some light on the things I say here.

Funnily, celeborn doesn't fit in a lot of these squares, but he is no less blorbo for not winning a bingo ("phrases that only come out of my mouth on tumblr.hell" for 500, please)

Celeborn matches pound for pound galadriel's weird-girl energy and this is why they fuck so severely (they are made for each other; they give other people headaches). hence cryptid and fish love me.

I have a lot of thoughts about both Celeborn and Galadriel because they both have arcs about losing their homes, either by voluntary rejection or or unpreventable destruction. Galadriel rejects her home to cross the ice (but first the key element to it is destroyed), Celeborn rejects his home to follow galadriel east over the mountains (and then his home is destroyed), Galadriel rejects the call to return over the sea because celeborn doesn't want to leave middle earth (and also she wants her own empire, which is a whole other can of worms), celeborn doesn't sail for like, another 1000+ years after her and then gives up his third home in a series of homes to go live with galadriel again, lots and lots of history there. hence angst machine.

gender envy: don't we all love a man who graciously submits to being manhandled???

Galadriel:

feral, autism, and chihuaha: these go hand in hand. I am specifically thinking about her beef with feanor. for the record, he fills these boxes too, and this is why they don't get along. that's maybe a good thing, because if they did, they might have blown up Tirion Mark-Watney-The-Martian style. She wants power, she wants knowledge, she has goals and it only takes her like 6000 years to achieve them but she knows what she wants. This is central to falling into bed with Luthien - power appeals to her, and if she can't be Luthien then she's more than happy to let Luthien [redacted] [redacted] [redacted] [redacted] her. I am not personally sold on the autism tm square just because i'm not autistic and i have some reservations about making that the new Funny Man du Jour neurotype, but I am neurodivergent and that was as close as I could get.

closely related: the "adult in the room" is only half filled in because she's only sometimes the adult in the room, even if she thinks she is. related to "beloved, derogatory" because this is absolutely the energy I had in elementary school. On second thoughts, I should have filled in the "relate to them too much" square. not me outing myself as anal retentive ffff.

Fish love me, women (and the men of the riddermark) fear me: see celeborn.

gender envy: nerwen?? hello? this is not supposed to make me think trans thoughts? Also: wanting to be Luthien is still very gender even when I'm writing them both as cis women because it's about Themes. I'm allowed a little leeway to make characters upset about the people they turn into icons and then can't mimic perfectly... :(

Luthien:

The comments about Weird Girls Celeborn and Galadriel apply to Luthien as well.

Ummm I know tolkien writes luthien as being like, angelic or w/e, but I do maintain that she had issues relating to her parents, the people around her, and herself. I know it's a staple of the romantic epic to have love at first sight, but I genuinely think she fell in love with beren because he didn't have any expectations or preconceived notions about her. She really was willing to do the equivalent of dropping out of med school to become a beach bum for this guy (the odds of his head game being fantastic are excellent, btw - the one thing I think it would be really fun(ny) to write is a spinoff of the doriath ot3 fic for their meeting and like, galadriel meeting beren. I don't think she would know what to do with him fr).

Luthien needs therapy because of her parents. Not that I think they were bad parents, but rather that at a point kids become adults and you have to stop sticking your nose in their business. Thingol really misses the mark when he uses his daughter as a political tool. I'm wrapping the best and worst parts of both my parents up in this buy, aren't I?

Luthien is also the only person to escape the tragedy of the silmarillion, which is why she's in the wrong genre.

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My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

So some of my family members decided to watch rings of power and here is my review based on the snippets I saw:

first of all: the production quality is great, seeing as they poured millions of dollars into this

however they made some extremely questionable choices with a number of things that make it really hard to enjoy the show

(apart from the fact that amazon is massively benefiting from this already has my disdain)

NUMBER ONE: the character dynamics: galadriel, celebrimbor, gil galad and elrond treat each other as acquaintances at best. they’re literally cousins?? why are they described as nothing except friends???

NUMBER TWO: “elf lords only” wtf. elrond is literally heir to all three houses of finwe and all the great lines of men and he’s not important enough to be at a meeting for elf lords?? he’s literally the most qualified one there is.

NUMBER THREE: galadriel is treated as younger than everybody. gil-galad and elrond almost act like authority figures to her, and celebrimbor literally looks like he could be her father when in reality she probably has at least a century on him, and even more on elrond and gil galad.

NUMBER FOUR: aka issues surrounding galadriel. why did finrod call her galadriel in valinor. they don’t even speak sindarin in valinor yet. also, why is she sailing back to valinor in the middle of the second age. she’s literally exiled.

NUMBER FIVE: “there have only been two man/elf couples and they all ended in tragedy” sorry what?? beren and luthien: ended happily. idril and tuor: ended happily. aegnor and andreth and nimloth and dior ended sadly but that’s still 4 man/elf couples.

NUMBER SIX: celebrimbor in general. why does he look like a grandpa 😑

also, why do so many elves have short hair?? i get that that’s just a stylistic choice, so i’m not gonna add it to the list bc it’s just my opinion but really?

apart from those things, the show is…honestly just not that interesting to me. i love disa and nori, and the scenery is great, but honestly overall the show is pretty mid. i feel like it had a lot to live up to, and just didn’t really get there.

of course, i didn’t really have high expectations, and it’s amazon so i’m not really all that upset about it…

412 notes - Posted September 3, 2022

#4

Gimli: So… I’ve seen you’ve been spending a lot of time with Aragorn recently.

Legolas: No, Gimli, it's not what it looks like, I swear.

Gimli: Oh really? So no reason for me to be jealous?

Legolas: No! You’re the only one for me.

Gimli: Is that so?

Legolas: I promise! Aragorn and I are just dating, okay? They’re my partner.

Gimli: So there are no best-friends-feelings involved?

Legolas: You are still my one and only best friend! They’re just the love of my life, nothing more!

Gimli: But I’m still the platonic love of your life, right?

Legolas: Of course bro!

Gimli: Bro...

Aragorn: What the-

478 notes - Posted January 1, 2022

#3

barduil and aralas? no no no. i think you mean “redneck elf and his feral dirt man” and “redneck elf and his feral dirt man: the sequel.”

522 notes - Posted July 7, 2022

#2

The room is dark. My face is hidden in shadow as a sit on the couch across from me.

"I'm a sexual..." I say. Your face goes white.

"A sexual what?" You ask nervously.

The lights blink on to reveal that the shadow across my face is cast by the hood of my fuzzy sweatshirt. I look at you in confusion.

"No no no," I tell you. "I'm asexual. I'd rather watch a movie and cuddle than hook up."

You relax, and follow me into the kitchen to bake some cookies to eat while we watch the Lord of the Rings. (The extended editions, obviously.)

628 notes - Posted January 19, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

me: yeah, i feel like i’ve kind of overcome my musical theatre phase-

*literally anything musical theatre related starts to play*

me:

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#i think a lot about the fact that Elrond was there for Gil Galad's death#a) he must have witnessed it#could he get to him? does he blame himself for not being there in time to try and help? DID he get to him and try and help?#sometimes I wonder if part of that duel was Gil insisting that Elrond stay back because a) someone had to pick up the pieces if he died#and b) if Sauron hated Gil Galad he must have HATED Elrond#I think Sauron would have LOVED to get his hands on Elrond#for all the last alliance stuff to be sure but also because he's Melian's descendent and the line of Luthien and all that#and then on top of that: like calls to like#i think the maia-ness was both hissing at each other like feral cats but also drawn like magnets y'know#idk it's late im incoherant#but i wonder how much of Sauron killing Gil with his bare hands was also Gil going if you want him you're going to have to get through ME#god i love Gil so much (via @runawaymun​)

yes, all of this!

me: I'm fine

also me: both celebrimbor and gil galad were personally killed by sauron. they defied him so fiercely and he had so much hatred for them that he killed them both, centuries apart, with his own hands

[awkwardkindatries]

It is Exactly midnight on friday where I live so here we fuckin go. pick characters for the following

fattest pussy

most likely to be into watersports/"gross" kink/body functions kink

longest cock

girthiest cock

subbiest

most dominant

who has the most unusual fetish and what is it

my votes are (and you can ignore or disagree as much as you want)

Galadriel--plump as a ripe peach. Her line creates very appealing elleths in that regard. Earwen, Celebrian, and Arwen are all round and soft and juicy down there

part of me honestly wants to say Tulkas. Guy's all about sweat, brawling, and dirt, he probably wouldn't mind a little excrement/drool/stink. Luthien might have a kink in this vein too, due to her love of dirty feral men. I feel like Gimli might get off to pretty girls doing disgusting things as well.

Feanor is very long. His girth is average, though, which makes it look a bit noodley. His sons get a bit more girth though

Durin, probably. I feel like the dwarves are girthy af, and Durin's sort of the dwarf's dwarf, right? Either that, or Gloin's father/Gimli's grandfather (look him up if you haven't. you won't be disappointed)

Lindir, Arwen, or Celebrian, maybe. This one was hard.

Rog's up there, and so is Thranduil. I feel like some of the more villainous characters would be there too, like Eol or Melkor.

the difference is that Eol and Melkor like to control people and make people do stuff for them and Rog seems like the type who gets off to doing stuff for and to his partner. Thranduil likes both

So sometimes fetishes can spring from childhood trauma or phobias (or so I've read). Feanor has a pregnancy/birthing/lactation kink. Explains the seven sons. He shares this trait with, of all people, Sam Gamgee.

also Celeborn is into feet (I know it's not unusual but I think it would be funny)

oh and Eonwe likes to tease his partners with feathers

This took me like an hour and a half to make and it's the filthiest thing I've put in words in months. I hope you enjoy. sorry if it's over the top

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