#Maia the Human

[armenelols]

Actually. Star crown Elrond is important to me because it keeps the theme of his family carrying stars with them, their connection to the stars and skies far beyond what even all other elves have. Thingol, who fell in love with a Maia from beyond Arda and Aman and from before time itself existed, and who, of all the elves, was alone named Elwë, after stars; Lúthien and the nightingales, birds, free with their wings, soaring the skies; Dior who carried the silmaril with the light of the Trees inside it; and Elwing who inherited it, and turned into a bird, flying as Lúthien's nightingales once did; Eärendil, a literal star; and Elros, who followed his father's star to Númenor, a star-shaped island where eagles dwelt. Star crown Elrond is important to me okay

[chaos-of-the-abyss]

i haven't properly read this manhwa BUT the concept of this vampire couple who adopts a human daughter and decades later grieves at her side as she lies on her deathbed is giving such thingol/melian and luthien au vibes

[bleaksqueak]

She's right, it should be obvious... It should be in the pocket of Big Peeping.

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[lietpolski]

you'll NEVER guess what my favourite eurovision 2024 song is

[biggsodorcitystories]

Hercules x Lillie's Family

"Daddy's Home!"

Late night doodle of Hercules, Lillie, and their two children (so far): Maia and Orion Starr

The family that Hercules always dreamed of having (but never fully believed he deserved)

[troblsomtwins829]

In an universe where Maia escapes the Catacombs, survives the wastes, meets with Jak and Daxter again, and ends up taking on the role of a mentor to them

In this universe, She unhelpfully attempts to suggest ways to turn Daxter back to normal. One such method was successful, so of course they're gonna come back and show off the results! That's how research works!

[thelien-art]

New Uinen design just dropped (naked version)

[sesamenom]

Ar-Pharazon from the Reverse Gondolin AU and as Witch-King of Numenor - thanks to @who-needs-words for helping develop this idea!

[idletrait]

they say men have been going missing in the streets of allaran...

[cosmic-walkers]

you know for silvergifting children i feel as if I'm the only one who like,..hcs that celebrimbor has/carries the kids. i know there is this idea that sauron being a maia is responsible for him having the kids, but nothing really tells us that male elves' biology actually mirrors that of a human's biology, especially when celembrimbor's grandfather caught on fire in a way similar to that of a maia at the time of his death.

i think elves are just as magical and fluid in their gender/bodies as maia and nothing says that they can't or can't change or adapt or whatever

[hellsgreatestshow]

@hellsgreatestgame continued ⛧⸸⛤

His gaze softened as he looked down at his darling mother. He moved to guide her to the lounge. He sat down pulling her feet up so he could begin to rub her feet. He let out a soft little hum at her praise. He knew she listened to him, after all she was his greatest fan. He was who he was because of her constant support.

"My day was nothing out of the ordinary." his strong hands moved up her ankle carefully not to cause her any discomfort.

[chaos-of-the-abyss]

dior is 100% the type to stab as a warning. if you choose to ignore this warning and keep on then you really have no one but yourself to blame when you find yourself flat on the ground with your insides turned to your outsides and at least one of your eyeballs ripped out

[b1rdthieves]

maia and huxley art from anywhere between 2021 and 2023, havent posted any of it on tumblr yet.

[lietpolski]

insane to me how there is no rusbul content considering the real official himaruya-made scene where ivan literally ties him up naked and bul's like really into it and THANKS HIM for it because he's a little freak

[eri-pl]

Watching people analyze a show I do not* watch (yes, RoP) again, because it's interesting ahd he shows the lyrics to the wandering song, and at 1st stanza I got an epiphany: Oh. This song is about death.

And then the second stanza is like meh… it doesn't fit at all. :(

Anyway. Those two stanzas have so different feel. Therefore I declare: The first stanza is a borrowing from some of the earlier (Mannish) cultures. The second stanza is their own (Harfoots' I mean).

\*business reasons not artistic reasons.

[tomurakii]

Struggling to pick an ending w the whole Gale/crown thing because I feel like he could be a good God. And that I'd rather he have it than Mystra or any of the other options. He could, in fact, do so much with it.

Like I understand that it's a repetition of Gale's folly and his overambition. And depending on how he acts about it (like if he says "I could do good with it" versus "I could be powerful") my opinion could change, but recognising that you don't HAVE to be good doesn't mean that he shouldn't help people EVER, right? If the alternative is leaving the crown in the ocean, why not let Gale take it?

And then also just from a romance plot perspective, I don't know if he'll go back to dying from the orb if he loses the tadpole, but if the crown would keep him alive then I'd want him to take it? I've seen people frame the orb as being "the consequences of his actions" but if those actions were taken because he was trying to prove himself to his teacher/Goddess/lover (ew) then I don't think he deserves to die or continue suffering when there's a way to cure him. He could be a good God. Or even just happy and alive. Ambition as a whole isn't a bad thing, Gale's was bad because he was self-destructive and put it above connecting with others, like how Astarion's is bad because it comes at the expense of others.

I mean I guess if Gale decides to leave Tav when he gets the crown then that is a symptom of destructive ambition. But my ideal outcome would be him getting the crown and studying it, potentially surviving from it, and maybe eventually gaining strength he could use to help people? And is that really a bad thing? It feels like the Gale plotline wants you to talk him down from being powerhungry, and then talk him down further into apathy and a fucking. House-husband lifestyle.

I would understand if the game is trying to say that power corrupts, but in a world that already has so many Gods I feel like it doesn't apply as much as it does in the real world. If Mystra the Groomer can be a God, why couldn't Gale? Especially since he wants to you know. Help the helpless

But I don't know if this opinion is normal or if I just also have the same Must Be Good And Useful compulsions lol.