#Simaetha

[stshloop]

Well, this is quite the stunning fellow.

Meet Irura bidenticulata, a spectacular, purple-and-gold jumping spider.

Look at that purple sheen!!

It’s a pretty small spider, at around 6mm long. This species was once thought to belong in the genus Simaetha, and in an 2011 paper finally describing the spider, it was found that it belonged in the genus Irura, and thus Irura bidenticulata.

They seem to be found in Southeast Asia and Southeastern China, but never seem to be common anywhere, except, for this little paradise known as Hong Kong. From April to May, I got to meet these little beauties many times on Hong Kong Island.

Curious enough, all of these that I found happen to be males. Females tend to be gold and black, and fluffy pedipalps. I was hoping to breed them someday, but I never got to find a female.

When June came along, I was actually quite sad to no longer find them. They are my absolute favourite arachnids and I doubt much could top them.

Hope everyone learnt something new today, and have a little more appreciation for the tiny critters around us (:

[shadow-turtle-234]

Meet my SpiderSona/OC, Marinette Williams AKA the Puppeteer

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[edennill]

Quick question, but since we're looking at it from a legal POV, does the fact that Sauron is technically on the run from the law since the second age started (because war crimes) influence the property rights dispute in any way?

so on the subject of stolen property, i’ve seen various arguments on this point but it is in fact true that inheriting something from a relative, when you know full well that it was stolen, does not make it yours.

this clearly goes doubly so for powerful magical artifacts, and especially for artifacts which are strongly implied to contain part of their creator’s soul!

you can talk about consequences - maybe the artifact in question has benefits for you, maybe you’re not convinced its rightful owners would use it responsibly - but talking about the consequences doesn’t erase the fact that whatever benefits you think you’re getting are achieved through wrongful means.

which is why i, too, think Frodo should have given the One Ring back to Sauron. thief.

[emyn-arnens]

It's that time of year again! In honor of the season and for @tolkienhorrorweek, I’ve put together a rec list of some LOTR and Silm horror fics I've been enjoying. You can check out last year's list here. Please leave a kudos and comment if you enjoy!

call it peace by @simaethae (G, Celebrimbor, Sauron, and Galadriel, 3.6k):

Celebrimbor dies. Then he wakes up again.

the clear air, the shining sea by @simaethae (G, Idril/Tuor, 0.6k):

Very soon then the fëa and hroa of a Man in Aman would not be united and at peace...Either his fëa would be wholly dominated by the hroa, and he would become more like a beast, though one tormented within. Or else, if his fëa were strong, it would leave the hroa. Then one of two things would happen: either this would be accomplished only in hate, by violence, and the hroa, in full life, would be rent and die in sudden agony; or else the fëa would in loathing and without pity desert the hroa, and it would live on, a witless body, not even a beast but a monster, a very work of Melkor in the midst of Aman, which the Valar themselves would fain destroy. - Myths Transformed, Text XI, “Aman and Mortal Men"

from this darkness, flowers by Anonymous (T, implied Elrond/Thranduil, 0.7k):

“The forest has changed me,” he says, voice like a breeze through the leaves, a casual toss of branches, a rise and fall like a whisper carried. “It is a part of me as I am a part of it.”

Morning Star by @lemurious (G, Eärendil, 0.3k):

And we still call him the morning star. Sentenced to ride the heavens for all eternity, how could he not have fallen in the end?

Mother Wolf by @hobbitwrangler (T, Aredhel, Maeglin, and Eöl, 2.1k, graphic violence):

Aredhel breaks free.

Of Hanging Trees and Gallows-Weed by @naryaflame (NR, Celegorm, gorcrows, Bilbo & Maglor, 1.5k, CNTW):

What are the mysterious gorcrows, mentioned in passing in the Red Book of Westmarch, and why does the poem have no author?

Of the Dead that Live by @lemurious (T, Lúthien, Sauron, and the Nazgûl, 0.6k):

The name was the fault of the guards, who could no longer return to Doriath, not after what they had witnessed. The Island of the Dead that Live, they whispered in the dark. Lúthien, surviving.

Other Shadows by Drag0nst0rm (T, Fingon & Maedhros, Caranthir & Fingon, Finarfin & Fingolfin, Celebrimbor & Celegorm, Curufin & Fëanor, Dior, Finduilas, Finrod, Irmo, Mandos, Yavanna, Ulmo, Oromë, Nessa, Nienna, Varda, Manwë, and Vairë, 4.8k, graphic violence):

​​Melkor was the one to fall, but he didn't have to be. What if it had been another Vala that fell to the dark?

Song of the Deep by @thescrapwitch (G, Maglor, Elrond, Arwen, and Sauron, 1.5k):

It wasn't that Sauron hadn’t tried to have Elrond and his heirs assassinated. It was just that, each time he did, something got in the way.

the plain sight of our destiny is the cruellest thing of all by @hobbitwrangler (T, OCs, 4.3k):

As Umbar falls beneath the Dark Lord's sway, he commands that a new temple be built. Few who go in ever come out.

[owlwinter8]

My first bookbind!!! This is a back-to-back bind of call it peace by simaetha and fractal by Ias. I fell in love with how these two time loop fics foil each other, so I bound them together as a quarto! Parts of this bind are super janky but dang if I'm not proud of it anyway <3 Cover inspo: Infinite Day, Penabranca, Screenprint, 2018

[ostracartderms]

Megamonodontium mccluskyi, a Miocene rainforest Barychelidae trapdoor spider digs a burrow in an almost completely decayed log. On a fern above, a Simaetha jumping spider watches in case she disturbs any mites or termites the Simaetha can eat.

[yavieriel]

So I am tipsy and probably won't express this perfectly

but

I think this is where like - if you're in a long-term mono, married relationship, you live together and share finances and decisions about having or not having children and etc. etc.

you should know each other well enough to know where the boundaries are?

Like. My wife and I have talked about non-mono as a theoretical thing. We talk about if we find other people hot. And idk I suspect some people would consider at least one of my friendships to be an "emotional affair" but again my wife is very aware of it and positive about it, so it's not an issue.

So I think if you're having to directly ask your long-term mono partner if they're interested in an open relationship and they weren't anticipating this question, then there's some kind of failure state already happening.

It's like asking someone to marry you without already knowing they'll say yes, if that makes sense? You're not supposed to pop the question without first talking about how you both feel about marriage and what your mutual expectations about relationships are and whether you're mutually interested in being married to each other in specific. The "when" and "where" of a proposal might be a surprise but the fact of it happening shouldn't be. Asking a long-term partner if they're willing to open your shared relationship feels like it should be like that, something that's not a surprise but an articulation of something that the two of you were already moving towards.

Plus the advice-seeking bias - people who are positively engaged with their partner in moving towards a nonmono paradigm for their relationship aren't going to show up on Reddit going "what the fuck how do I deal with this".

One of the wildest ideas that bounces around the Reddit relationship advice echo chamber is the idea that merely asking your partner if they would go for an open relationship is perfectly reasonable grounds for divorce.

[imakemywings]

do you have any good female fics to rec?

DO I. LOL. Putting this immediately under a cut because there are a lot! There are so many talented writers in this fandom who do ENORMOUS justice to female characters, both original and book-based. Couple of blog recs at the bottom too!

(I'm assuming this is asking for Tolkien fanfic since that's mostly what I'm on about these days, but if you'd rather see Mass Effect or Dragon Age I can do that too.)

I'm glad you asked! φ(*￣0￣)

I'm going to keep all of these to 1 rec per author just so we don't get totally out of control here.

Forging Gold by @swanmaids ft. Curufin's wife, Dwarf OCs. Heather is an amazing source of female character fic in this fandom; she has well-developed OCs for all of Feanor's daughters-in-law and treats canon female characters with such care and love. Absolutely recommend checking out the rest of her stuff!

Prick a Finger, Cut Your Hand by @welcomingdisaster ft. Indis, Miriel. A really great look at the dynamic between these two. Lena has lots of other good takes on female Tolkien characters too!

Friendship and Stern Demand by @polutrope ft. Elwing. Fantastic exploration of what the communications between Elwing and Maedhros might have looked like!

Untitled by @outofangband ft. Aerin, Morwen. Nelyo focuses a lot on the human characters so if you want to read more about what the mortal women went through in the First Age, definitely browse through their blog!

Abide, Abound by Elleth ft. Arwen, Tauriel. Elleth also has lots of works centering on female Tolkien characters.

And by their blazing signify that a great princess falls, but doth not die by TheLionInMyBed ft. Elwing. One of my favorite takes on Elwing's suicide.

Keeper of Kings by batshape ft. Lalwen. What did Lalwen get up to in Middle-earth? Seeing a lot of people die, for one thing.

Into the Heart of a Fey Thing by @amethysttribble ft. Aredhel, Galadriel, Luthien. Fun "behind-the-scenes" look at some adventures with these three!

A Fish Hook, an Open Eye by simaetha ft. Elwing, f!Maglor. Fascinating AU take on a meeting between Elwing and Maglor prior to the Third Kinslaying.

The Sleep of Flowers by Innin ft. Galadriel, Melian. Very beautiful scene, and plenty of other female-centric works by Innin!

Light Words About Nothing by Margo_Kim ft. Dis, Belladonna. I ship it.

Elwing's Strategy by lifeisyetfair ft. Elwing. Another great take on Elwing at the Third Kinslaying.

Out of Dreams, Into the Sun by solanaceae ft. Miriel, Indis.

Games and Fantasy by Genesis_Grey ft. Arwen, Eowyn. Ohh it captures that chivalric WLW so well.

Over the Unclear Eyes of Memory by Loriand_Lost ft. Anaire, Aredhel. Addresses Anaire's complicated feelings about Fingolfin's return to Valinor. This author also has a number of other great female-centric fics, highly recommend!

The Carriage Held but Just Ourselves by @starspray ft. Luthien, Elwing, Arwen. Amazing look at the line of Thingol's relationship with death. This author also has a whole series on Lalwen and an OFC!

Before the Breath of Storm by tinnurin ft. Dis, Dwarf OC. "Behind-the-scenes" look at the Dwarves before the battle of Azanulbizar.

This Now, This Us by crownlessliestheking ft. Indis, Miriel. Indis and Miriel talk after Miriel's return to Valinor.

The Tapestry by Zdenka ft. Thedowyn, Miriel. The ghost of Miriel Serinde offers some aid. This author also has a lot of female-centric works!

Not Undevoted by SatiricalDraperies ft. Galadriel, Melian.

Winter Sea by Tallulah ft. Finduilas, OFC. Finduilas had a girlfriend in the Falas. Another author with a great selection of female-centric works.

The Hunt by @cuarthol ft. Amarie. Amarie is trans and closeted in Valinor, but Finrod understands.

Come Home to Chaos (Get a Crush on a Queen) by ncfan ft. Arwen, Firiel. When Firiel of Gondor takes refuge in Rivendell, Arwen takes an interest.

Do I Hurt to Hold? by Anonymous ft. Galadriel, Melian. A darker look at their relationship.

That Time Elanor Gardner Had A Crush On Her Employer by Anonymous ft. Arwen, Elanor.

All My Shadows Fade by amyfortuna ft. Arwen, OFC. Unsent letter from a female friend of Arwen's as her wedding to Aragorn approaches. This author is also a good one to look at for more female-centric fic!

Orlaya by yeaka ft. Arwen, Tauriel. Cute!

Of All the Stars, the Fairest by whatiwouldnotgive ft. Arwen, Eowyn.

Or They Would Go On Aching Still by Farasha ft. Arwen, Tauriel. Oh, the grief!

Berrypicking Time by swamp_diamonds ft. Finduilas, Nienor.

Things They Don't Talk About by eris_of_imladris ft. Findis. Findis and Feanor have a complicated relationship.

Easily Sever What Never was One by vauquelin ft. Haleth. If you like Halenthir at all as a ship, you'll like this.

The One With All The Birds by clothono ft. Elwing, Nerdanel. I've said it before I'll say it again--my favorite Elwing fic.

Greensleeves by bravelittlscrib ft. Nerdanel. Little scenes of Nerdanel's life and her relationships.

Emerie by the_artifice_of_eternity ft. Erendis, Ancalime. Ancalime's last visit with her mother before taking the throne.

In the Family by arriviste ft. Celebrian, Galadriel.

At the Water's Edge by crackinthecup ft. Elwing, Idril.

And that's what I've got for you right now, I hope that helps! I would also advise checking out the blogs @tolkien-heroines and @sapphictolkien both of which focus on female characters in Tolkien's work. Happy reading, anon! ♪(^∇^*)

[undercat-overdog]

So I was reading some of your older answers to questions about your fics when I became curious about something. Let’s pretend that there’s an AU where a more corruptible version of ‘Bones’ Celebrimbor accepts Sauron’s proposal to marry and rule with him. What would happen to Sauron if Celebrimbor were to die? (Let’s say in battle fighting for Sauron) Comparing it to Melian’s reaction to leave everything behind after Thingol’s death.

Hey anon! Thank you for the ask, and sorry for my delay in replying.

You know, I was thinking about it a while back and I definitely think there's a tack Sauron could have used that could have led to Celebrimbor's darker side coming through. I thought a bit a while back about how to do that and mostly they wouldn't work as an AU from that particular point in Bones (things like insidious mind control using the One, C being captured and through a mix of stockholm syndrome and wanting to make S's rule less horrible comes to participate - if you're curious about such AUs, simaetha on ao3 has some fantastic fic), but had Sauron framed it as less "let's rule the world together" and more "Gil-galad's not ambitious enough, you are, those less knowledgeable and skilled and smart as us 'wander here untaught', we need to raise them up, even if not all of them like it at first, etc." Basically the appeal he made to the Elves of Eregion in the Silm but upping the imperialism. Because Celebrimbor is prideful and is ambitious and does have a sense of superiority, and I definitely think it could be appealed to more.

Of course, Sauron didn't think he needed to hide his eventual plans, though he certainly planned to keep hiding his rather unique biography. He is also hiding his current extra-Eregion activities - he is at this point (c. SA 1200-1500) occasionally traveling around working on his evil empire. I like to imagine he sent back regular letters to Celebrimbor talking about how lovesick he is all the cool, definitely not evil-empire-related stuff he's seeing. Probably some rock samples or pressed flowers. He is being dishonest and deceiving Celebrimbor about a lot of stuff, but he is for the first time open and honest about his true goal in the proposal scene.

Anyways! In the scenario you propose, Sauron would react very, very poorly to Celebrimbor's death. Many people would die horribly. However he felt about Celebrimbor at the time - and I think he would probably end up respecting him less and Celebrimbor becoming somewhat less important in his life, thought certainly still very important - Celebrimbor is his and it is unacceptable that someone (else) hurt him. And elf soulbond! (I do love elf soulbonds.) I think it would cause a lot of pain to Sauron. Emotionally of course, he would be incredibly distraught and bereft, but metaphysically too.

To go to Melian's reaction, there's the interesting question of how she returned to Valinor. She is shapelocked, due to "begetting", but I find it logistically unlikely for her to have left Beleriand physically; I imagine she shed her form, which implies to me some sort of metaphysical change? She is no longer capable of being tied to Thingol physically (maybe a little desperate necro, but Thingol's no longer in that body). Likewise, in a situation where S loses his elf husband, I imagine it would create some sort of 'wound', if you will (and that Melian experienced that). Different in scale and effect than the loss of the One in canon, certainly not permanently incapacitating, but not too different in quality. A part of Sauron was wretched away, leaving a gaping, bleeding wound.

Many people would end up dying, horribly. But Sauron certainly isn't going to Valinor, as Melian did. I imagine the timeline and plot here would draw closer to canon. If the One wasn't already made (and I'm uncertain if a married Sauron could make the One as it is: his soul isn't just his own anymore, there's another soul that's intertwined with it*), I don't know if Sauron would make it, because I'm not sure there's the same incentive as there is in canon, but maybe something like it. But certainly going full on dark lord, Sauron the Great, King of the Earth, as he called himself in canon.**

*as a general rule I prefer 'soul' in writing, but yes, technically eala and fea and the two are different. Sauron has no "true" physical form and is whole without a fana, but Celebrimbor or any other elf are only whole when his fea and hroa/soul and body are together. But for the terms of a marriage bond, they function more or less interchangeably.

**what name he ended up using here is also open to debate. "Sauron the Great" is a title he did use canonically, but does anyone know he is Sauron/Gorthaur in this AU? Maybe not, aside from some Orcs! He's probably going by Annatar in this AU and he might end up keeping it. Well, as one of his names: I imagine he had many in different local languages.

(Also, please don't worry, your asks made me very happy to receive!)

[elronds-library]

strategic behaviours

by simaetha

As if it were the creature’s own will, you think, amused, and smile at Tyelperinquar, observing the slight dilation of his pupils.

Explicit, No Archive Warnings

Words: 3,186

[aipilosse]

Was Tuor granted immortality when he went to Valinor? I thought it was just some of Luthien’s descendants who got to choose. Yet they say Tuor was counted amongst the Noldor in Valinor? Was that just a way of saying that he was so close to them that they thought of him as one of them? Not really granted immortality? Sorry for the lore type question but I’m genuinely undecided as to what happened to him in canon.

Don't apologize! this finally gave me the impetus to crack open Arda Reconstructed which I'd checked out from the library.

Anyway, my interpretation of the Silm had always been that Tuor was granted immortality. Which I didn't think made sense when I was 11 and still doesn't make sense now, but that's what it sounds like to me:

But in after days it was sung that Tuor alone of mortal Men was numbered among the elder race, and was joined with the Noldor, whom he loved; and his fate is sundered from the fate of Men.

That last part, "his fate is sundered from the fate of Men," is what makes it sound like he was given immortality, and was not merely sort of adopted into the Noldor.

Arda Reconstructed pointed me towards The Quenta II in the Shaping of Middle-Earth for where this comes from. And, yeah, it's pretty similar:

But Tuor alone of mortal Men was numbered among the elder race, and joined with the Noldoli whom he loved, and in after time dwelt still, or so it hath been said, ever upon his ship voyaging the seas of the Elven-lands, or resting a while in the harbours of the Gnomes of Tol Eressëa; and his fate is sundered from the fate of Men.

I think the gist here is the same, and the 'sundered from the fate of Men' also still implies he's become immortal.

What's different here is it seems that Tuor cannot actually set foot in Valinor, maybe not even on Tol Eressëa. He's in a fairy-tale like situation of perpetually sailing the enchanted seas of Aman.

As the end of legend, it's good. Very mythic, he's forever sailing with Idril, suitable for the forefather of Númenoreans. But considered in the light of Tolkien's more metaphysical musings, especially about the sundered fates of Elves and Men, it doesn't fit imo. I really go back and forth and whether I like for things to fit the mythic sweep or the metaphysical details, but in this case, I tend to go with Tuor dying, having never set foot on Valinor, which isn't explictly in any version (in the BoLT era story, I think he's lost forever, but that's a bit different).

Anyway, I'll leave you with a very short rec (600-ish words) that explains exactly why I, a lover of Tuor, prefer him to have died at sea:

[polutrope]

weird and controversial ships hmmmm.... elwing/maglor, feanolo, indis/nerdanel?

[ship bingo]

Elwing/Maglor

Yes. They're both hot (to me), she hates him, he would do anything (anything) to redeem himself in her eyes. He won't but she'll still fuck him. Dynamic is Maglor guilt-fucking, Elwing like, "Yeah, I deserve this. Please me, kinslayer -- also don't talk." They are both surprised to find they have amazing chemistry and it gets pretty kinky. Earendil backs it, sometimes watches, rarely partakes. Elrond and Elros think it's funny as hell.

I need them to kill each other = I need her to kill him. With hotness.

That's my take, but for another great (and darker) one, may I recommend: Elwing/f!Maglor by simaetha.

Feanor/Fingolfin

@ettelene is gonna be mad at me for not saying Soulmates but I'm still in my toxic sibcest era lol. UST more than hatefuck though. I do think kissing could fix them though, and I like a Feanor Lives AU where they fuck-to-fix-it.

Some Fave Feanolos:

The Revolutionary and the Usurper by Encairion (imo a masterpiece of Feanor characterisation, complicated relationships, and super hot smut scenes)

All of them by Ettelene but A Clash of swords is so much fun and showcases her talent for group dynamics as well as smut.

hell is empty and we are here by @crownlessliestheking. More pre-slash but their dynamic here is so perfectly spiky.

Indis/Nerdanel

100% sold on this by you. Prefer it to Mindis. Everyone, may I highly recommend stone toys by welcomingdisaster.

[yavieriel]

Sorry if the question is a bit weird but do you think theoretically any ainu could be a 'father' or a 'mother'? Purely from perspective of having an ability to potentially partake in, well, procreation.

Oh almost certainly. I was just talking this over with @simaethae, actually. Personally I go with the version of canon where the Great Eagles are maiarin spirits, and Huan is descended from maiarin Hounds. My interpretation of this is that most Valinorean horses, hounds, etc. are descended not from mundane animals but from maiarin spirits who chose those forms during the process of creating Arda. They essentially have a mutualistic relationship with the elves - they like elves, and interacting with the elves is emotionally/psychologically beneficial to them, and the elves get the benefits of having working animals who can generally be relied on to exercise a large degree of autonomy. Valinorean sheep dogs for example would need almost no oversight, the only reason they'd really need a shepherd would be for things that require hands, like helping with lambing. They like having a shepherd around though, for the same reason you'd like having a friend around who is also a dependable coworker. Shepherd and sheepdog or horse and rider or hunter and hound are peer relationships, teammates, not superior-inferior. Valinorean stables and kennels have latches that can be operated from both sides of the doors, using mouths and/or paws, because they're basically just houses for people who are animal-shaped and get to make their own decisions.

For example, I headcanon that Nahar was The First Horse and is in fact THE Horse, the template for all horses, the most horse it is possible to be, the Platonic ideal of "horse", and that a number of other maiar similarly chose to Be Horses, becoming the First Herd. Their descendants are not themselves maiar, and are unable to be anything but horses, but they are horses with many similar abilities to their maiarin forebears. As long as they're not interbreeding with non-maiarin descended horses they retain all those characteristics, think something like Narnian talking horses except instead of talking they have telepathy, and also supernatural stamina/strength/etc. Rochallor is probably the best examples of this type, and Huan is the dog version of this.

However, these Valinorean horses and hounds and so forth are biologically entirely compatible with ordinary mundane animals, because the maiar patterned themselves off of said mundane animals down to the cellular level. What gives them their unique qualities is primarily metaphysical. Offspring of matings between Valinorean animals and their mundane counterparts inherit some of the physical qualities of their Valinorean parentage, like height, strength, etc., because those are a result of the genetics having been deliberately optimized when the maiar initially took those forms. The inheritance of metaphysical aspects of maiarin ancestry however is less predictable, and tends to be a coin flip - some descendants get it, some don't, there's no real in-between, and it kiiiind of looks like genetics if you don't look too close and/or are from a society who's still only aware of like, basic Mendelian concepts of heritability and has no concept of DNA. Which is to say that mystical inheritance works for animals pretty much the same way that it does for the Dunedain; Shadowfax is a throwback to his maiarin-descended ancestors the same way Faramir is, but both of them have brothers who are physically comparable but entirely mystically ungifted.

[micechicken]

I'd be a liar if I said Simaetha didn't inspire Wolfie's design

[emyn-arnens]

It’s spooky season! In honor of the season, I’ve put together a rec list of some of my favorite LOTR and Silm horror fics. So curl up with a warm drink, tuck in…and maybe leave the lights on. 😉 Please leave a kudos and comment if you enjoy!

A Hidden Hunt in Hollow Dells by Zdenka (T, Petty-dwarves, 100 words):

The Dwarves of the great cities tell tales of the Elvenfolk to frighten their children, but the Petty-Dwarves know the tales are true.

A Treatise on the Origin of Dragons by Piyo13 (T, Sauron, 2.9k):

"A Treatise on the Origin of Dragons, recorded by Mairon" In which Mairon conducts a scientific experiment, and Orcs aren't the only form of corrupted Elf to have ever graced Middle Earth.

autumn fruits with me prevail by Anonymous (T, Thranduil, ~200 words):

On his head he wore a crown of berries and red leaves, for the autumn was come again.

cold be sleep under stone by Feanoriel (NR, Ar-Pharazôn, ~600 words, character death):

Under the barrow, a dead man dreams.

consuming by simaetha (T, Khamûl & Sauron, 1k):

...For one of the hungry Houseless, if it is admitted to the friendship of the Living, may seek to eject the fëa from its body; and in the contest for mastery the body may be gravely injured, even if it be not wrested from its rightful inhabitant. Or the Houseless may plead for shelter, and if it is admitted, then it will seek to enslave its host and use both his will and his body for its own purposes. It is said that Sauron did these things, and taught his followers how to achieve them. - Laws and Customs Among the Eldar

Heed No Nightly Noises by Marta (M, 4.7k, Pippin, Merry, Barrow-wights, Lalia Took, and OMC, minor character death):

"The hobbits sprang to their feet in alarm, and ran to the western rim. They found that they were upon an island in the fog. Even as they looked out in dismay towards the setting sun, it sank before their eyes into a white sea, and a cold grey shadow sprang up in the East behind. The fog rolled up to the walls and rose above them, and as it mounted it bent over their heads until it became a roof: they were shut in a hall of mist whose central pillar was the standing stone. "They felt as if a trap was closing about them; but they did not quite lose heart. " (from The Lord of the Rings, "Fog on the Barrow-Downs")

lengthen the night and shorten the day by kimaracretak (G, Lalaith, ~100 words, character death):

Death cannot take Lalaith from the river.

nights so frozen by simaetha (G, Varda, Lúthien, and OCs, ~900 words):

Varda: Star-Queen, Kindler, Sublime, Ever-white. Every angel is terrifying. - Rilke

Nine Fingers by Prackspoor (G, Frodo & Sam & Merry & Pippin, 6.3k):

On their way home from Minas Tirith, the Hobbits have a strange encounter on the outskirts of the Barrow-downs...

only the sleep eternal / in an eternal night by simaetha (T, Shelob, ~700 words):

“The world is a terrible place,” you tell the small creature, kindly. 

The Snaring of Gorlim by Zdenka (T, Gorlim/Eilinel, 1.4k, character death):

Gorlim searches for Eilinel.

This Will I Do by amyfortuna (NR, Míriel Þerindë & Ungoliant, ~800 words, character death):

Míriel makes a deal with Ungoliant, and she'll see it through, no matter the sacrifice.

Too Bright for Mortal Lands by amyfortuna (T, Beren/Lúthien, Díor/Nimloth, 1k, character death):

"...The wise have said that the Silmaril hastened their end; for the flame of the beauty of Lúthien as she wore it was too bright for mortal lands."

Watcher Of/In the Woods by ncfan (T, Andreth, 2.4k):

"Outside, the world was changing." Andreth, in the time following the Dagor Bragollach.

With Both Hands by crackinthecup (T, Morgoth & Ungoliant, 1.5k):

“This is my domain, Dark One,” Ungoliant said, and her body was revealed in the light of Melkor’s gaze, dark and heavy and sagging, splayed across her webs like a hole through the fabric of the world. She dwarfed Melkor by her sheer size. “Our ties were broken long ago. You promised that I would feed to my heart’s content and beyond, yet I was hungry then, and I am hungry still. Begone! I owe you nothing.” It is said in the Silmarillion that Melkor went to Avathar to seek out Ungoliant and plot his revenge with her. This is the story of their meeting.

[ask-spider-thorn]

~ Very vibrant while also emphasising highlight colours which means stuff like Cynthia's green streaks are one of the first things you notice and this goes for anything that's not "normal" as well horns and fangs will shine even at night which forces people with such features to wear black to stop this feature if they want to ~ Nice clean lineart that is just barely noticeable if you focus on it with more lines being on hair than anything else which is part of the reason why Cynthia and Gwyneth got hair streaks to be more recognizable ~ Shadows of people are all halftones while buildings, plants and animals all have solid shadows.

A lot of 616 characters exist in 4563; Peter Parker was Spider-Man, CIndy Moon was Silk, WIlson Fisk is Kingpin, Cynthia's wife Gwyneth is a variant of Gwen Stacy etc. There is really too many to go over them all but throw a ask in my inbox asking about a character and I can answer if they exist/have a role in 4563.

The spider that bit Cynthia was a hybrid of two species of spider; the SImaetha sp and a jewel spider which then had its DNA further altered with a bunch of DNA that had the capability of regenerating body parts.

Cynthia lives in New York CIty which is currently in the year 2027 but a much less polluted NYC than our real world NYC due to events in the past of 4563 meaning that the global climate change crisis was taken seriously and combated.

Cynthia is NOT part of the Spider Society and never will be, it is possible she and the other Spiders of 4563 once were attempted to be recruited but they vehemently hate the entire concept of it and would refuse the offer entirely. They all have lost people they loved but to be a spider hero in their eyes means continuing to save as many lives as possible and a organisation with the purpose of ensuring deaths happen is an organisation that has no true heroes in it/full of heroes who have given up on giving their all once they have been told things were meant to happen. Heck, one of the other 4563 Spiders, Akina would also believe that The Spider Society is kinda using the pain of loss to manipulate potential recruits which disgusts her so suffice it to say The Spider Society knows that 4563 will not be a universe part of them.

Cynthia (And all of 4563 Spiders for that matter) have organic spider webs, hers are typical spider webs albeit hers inexplicably are purple for an unknown reason and she doesn't care enough to figure out why.

She does not have any pets currently but she'd like a cat one day, she will probably get one sometime after her first daughter is born but that remains to be seen.

Oh goodness no!, she is the third Spider of 4563 after CIndy and Peter, there is three more after her currently; Akina and Sanae Takamaki followed by Gwyneth. All of her and Gwyneth's daughters will also have the same powers, same with Akina's daughter, they all can climb walls by the time they are a year old but the more dangerous powers don't develop until they are all teens. Any others besides them remain to be seen at this point in time.

The game series Viva Pinata has many more games than we do and is still going strong to this day. SHIELD is called SWORD in 4563 and it doesn't have a SWORD equivalent like the comics version of SWORD, they have a space station controlled by a sentient AI-Alien Crystal hybrid named LYLA who loves superheroes. There is a couple heroes that are set to become heroes in the future like Luke Cage and Jessica Jones. Venom and symbiotes like that in the 616 comics simply do not exist at all.

She doesn't have a No Killing Rule but a No Killing Unless Necessary Rule, Cynthia genuinely believes there are certain super villains that the world would be better off if they were dead, that they should die to prevent more loss of life than if they remained alive BUT those examples are very few in number consisting entirely of The Arch Jinn, Kingpin and The Goblin-Blade. The rest of the criminals and super villains she thinks just needs help and would never think of killing them. After Peter Parkers death she did kill a lot of super villains and a few normal criminals until she snapped out of it namely; Calypso Ezili, William Baker/Sandman, Alistair Smythe/Spider-Slayer, Wayne Markley/Fusion, Martin Li/Mr Negative, Herman Schultz/Shocker, Fritz von Meyer/Swarm, Carl King/Thousand, Phineas Mason/Tinkerer, Phill Urich/Goblin Knight, Dmitri Smerdyakov/Chameleon, Lonnie Lincoln/Tombstone, Silvio Manfredi/Silvermane and Quentin Beck/Mysterio so she knows she has no right to chastise other Spiders about their rule of Killing Is Fine as that would just make her a hypocrite.

Y’know, I’m appreciating the abundance of Spider-Sona tag games recently- so I’m gonna be making my own here! Only 10 questions because I don’t want to go too wild with this one- or else we’d be here all day!

Spider-Sona 10 Questions!

What artstyle is your Spider-Sona’s world? ( For example, Gwen’s world is watercolor, Hobie’s world is inspired by punk art and punk album covers, etc. be creative! )

Do any characters that appear in the 616 or 1610 universes appear in your Spider-Sona’s world? If so, who and how are their roles different? ( For example, if Hobie Brown is in your universe, is he still the Prowler? Is Peter Parker in your universe? )

Is there a specific species of spider your Spider-Sona was bitten by, or was based off of? ( Can’t think of any specific canon examples here- but I’ve seen a lot of Spider-Sonas based off wolf spiders for example! )

What city and what time period does your Spider-Sona live in?

Is your Spider-Sona in the Spider Society? Were they ever asked to join but declined? Were they not scouted at all? Did they join and then quit? Tell me all about it!

Does your Spider-Sona have organic webbing, or do they use web-shooters? Mix of both? And is their webbing typical spider webbing, or does it have a style to it? ( For example, Miguel’s webbing being red and presumably digital. )

Very important question here- do they have any pets? And if so, do they ever take them out on their crime fighting missions?

Are they the only Spider-Person in their universe? ( For example, Miles and Peter co-existing in the Insomniac Games )

Are there things that exist in their universe but don’t in others? ( For example, Comic Con existing in Miles-42’s universe but not in 1610 Miles’s! Or certain Marvel superheroes existing in their universe but not others. )

And lastly ( For now will probably make a few more of these… honestly I could make one daily but I don’t wanna bother people lol ) what does your Spider-Sona think about killing criminals… and their general approach to crime.

Okay and that’s a wrap for this one! Let me know if you want more of these and how frequently you’d like them! If you aren’t tagged, you can still absolutely do this by the way, just gonna tag a few mutuals and people I follow who I know have Spider-Sona’s! Please let me know if you would not like to be tagged in the future- no hard feelings I’m just autistic and need things to be spelled out bluntly for me!

@spidey-bie @the-cat-and-the-birdie @brown-spider @autisticarach

( You know actually I don’t follow a ton of Spider-Sona blogs so if you come across this post and would LIKE to be tagged in future tag games please let me know in the reblogs or the replies! )