#Manwë

[beatles4ever65]

There's vague precedent for this, considering Elrond's mother is part bird courtesy of Ulmo and his father sails the heavens using Manwë's winds!

Just pop them into Elrond's arms and he'll yeet them onto Vingilótë discus-style!

“There are many magic rings in this world, Bilbo Baggins, and none of them should be used lightly.”

-Gandalf the Grey, wielder of Narya the Ring of Fire and also coincidentally maker of the best magic fireworks in the world

[chaos-of-the-abyss]

see i think. i do think melkor would act sensual and seductive and feign interest in people to manipulate them, even becoming sincerely fond of some of them on some level. but on a truly emotional level, i see him as only ever invested in his relationship with manwe. feanor getting angry upon realizing his deception and telling him to go to hell? "damn it! things could have gone so much smoother. well i guess i have to bash his dad's head in and take the silmarils by force now." sauron renouncing his actions as melkor's servant and turning his back on his ways after determining that melkor's actions were only ever detrimental to his own goals? "ugh, i put work into his corruption! i made him my principal lieutenant! this is how he repays me after all the favor i showed him? that little twat." he's irritated and pissed off, but not truly upset. if anyone has seen sinbad legend of the seven seas, i imagine that melkor in his dealings with the beings he corrupts is very like eris in her dealings with sinbad; the whole "you're cute. but you're not that cute." when it comes to manwe though... when his relationship with manwe takes a hit, when his relationship with manwe is threatened, when manwe refuses him, he becomes frustrated and resentful and furious. it should be so easy. they're brothers. they're the same thought of their father split in two. they were made together and they belong together. so why won't manwe, the being that's most like him in all of creation, side with him? why won't manwe join him? everything would be as it's meant to be if his brother would just see things his way

[wroniec]

Brothers

[mateiru]

Manwë and Varda as the painting "The Kiss" - Gustav Klimt

[edennill]

@eri-pl

some stuff about the valar bros

[nervmaup]

Melkor, Manwë, Mandos, Yavanna

I've heard that my Melkor looked pretty much like Janosik. Well, I can't agree but it's still a nice comlement

[anattmar]

🐥

[ylieke]

[aureentuluva70]

Melkor: *running*

Manwe: *starts shouting, absolutely enraged*

Melkor: *starts running faster whilst peeing his pants at the same time. *

In the confusion and the darkness Melkor escaped, though fear fell upon him; for above the roaring of the seas he heard the voice of Manwë as a mighty wind

"MELKOR, WHAT THE FUDGE* HAVE YOU DONE NOW?!!!"

*Manwë is legally incapable of saying fuck. At least until Dagor Dagorath.

[olenris]

Quick sketch <3

My headcanon on Manwë and Melkor's appearance.

Before they were enemies, they were brothers, so I chose a sky theme for their design. Manwë looks like a sunrise and clouds, and Melkor looks like the northern lights.

Should I make another art of them?

[thranduilofsmirkwood]

[whosthatsilmcharacter]

(All art used with EXPRESS permission from the artist)

P.P.S. sorry I haven't posted in a while. It's been a rough week ���

[crownedwithstars]

The idea that only Ulmo or Nienna care about Middle-earth and do anything to help Eruhini is a strange misconception because Tolkien pretty clearly shows that at least Manwë is watching very closely what's going on and sometimes even interferes? It's just that the Valar mostly seem to work through the elements they represent, which if you think about it is pretty neat.

Like there are various instances where the wind acts up suddenly, causing storms or rising in just the right moment (as in ROTK, clearing the air for the Rohirrim and speeding Aragorn's journey as he sails for Minas Tirith)

And even more obviously, the Eagles. Tolkien specifically says that the Eagles are Manwë's advocates in Middle-earth, providing miraculous aid when all else fails. Without the Eagles, Beren and Lúthien's quest would have failed and Huor would not have got to Gondolin (which then would have prevented Eärendil's success or even meant he was never born). They give crucial aid to Gandalf more than once. The Eagles also help Fingon to save Maedhros, because Manwë "would not wholly abandon the Noldor". Tolkien recognises that the Eagles are "deus ex machina", and in this case, the meaning is quite literal.

Then there are the Istari, envoys of the Valar: while there is proof of only Gandalf's success, even just the efforts of one of the Wizards was enough to bring down Sauron.

As for Ulmo, you could argue that he is responsible for the whole Eärendil and Elwing arc - and that it was a job between him and Manwë. It's Manwë's Eagles that bring Huor to Gondolin, and Ulmo later sends Huor's son Tuor into the hidden city. Tuor and Eärendil both get sea-longing in their hearts. During the flight of the survivors of Gondolin, Eagles are again present and bring up the body of Glorfindel, making you wonder whether they would have interfered more in the Balrog fight if Glorfindel had not stepped up to protect the refugees - and Eärendil, the fated saviour of Middle-earth. Also, Ulmo rescues Elwing when she casts herself into the sea, turning her into a bird so that she can fly to find Eärendil. Water and air and birds keep showing up in the stories of Eärendil and Elwing and if that's not proof of Manwë and Ulmo's plotting, I don't know what is. I mean, it's even said in the first pages of the Silmarillion that they are fast friends and closely allied from the beginning! Eärendil becoming a star also in a weird way even combines the elements of Ulmo, Manwë, and Varda: bearing the Silmaril, Eärendil sails an immortal ship in the sea of heaven and stars, forever as a sign of hope to the Children of Ilúvatar.

What about the other Valar? If we keep in mind that they chiefly work through the elements they represent, their abilities to interfere are limited (and this is a self-imposed limitation clearly). Yavanna's creation of the Ents proves to be a pretty great one in The Two Towers, although you can argue to what degree she is influencing the events. More obviously In Shelob's lair, Sam calls for Varda, and the light of the phial of Galadriel comes alive in his hand and smites the great spider, helping Sam to defeat the monster. Also, during Sam and Frodo's desperate march through the hellscape that is Mordor, Sam yearns for a little bit of light and water to hearten him - and lo and behold, he gets these exact things as if Varda and Ulmo personally delivered.

In other words, the Valar are a lot more active in Middle-earth than they get credit for, and they work in subtle and indirect ways because only then can they make sure they don't accidentally kill a lot of the Children.

[cilil]

Idk if I've ever talked about this before but my brain finds it immensely pleasing how the name Manwë Súlimo contains every vowel of the English language* exactly once

*not counting y here

[verecunda]

This came to me in a vision.

[wroniec]

The Door of Night

Manwë and Melkor