#Singer!Maglor

[eloquentsisyphianturmoil]

maglor does the scariest impressions. Once, he walked in on Maedhros and fingon and said in his feanor voice, ‘what is going on here?’ Mae almost had a heart attack.

[sesamenom]

maglor's first time getting to go to a concert / his favorite singer attending maglor's first big concert

[yellow-faerie]

I am not of the belief that there actually is a best minstrel among the elves. Like...music is such a broad and varied art that you may compare Maglor and Daeron, but that would be like comparing the sea and the forest; they both play beautifully and with great skill and inspire their people, but their arts come from different cultures and backgrounds.

And Lúthien has an ethereal nature due to her heritage which makes her music beautiful and powerful, yes, but does that make her a skilled minstrel or a singer with a beautiful natural voice and an inherent connection to the Music and the world that channels it? Could you truly compare her to anyone else?

There are other minstrels, I know, but I find myself thinking how interesting it is that it's such a debate as to which one's the greatest (of course, I do find the arguments interesting and I do really enjoy reading them) when music is something that is very subjective.

Like, an opera singer and a jazz singer use very different techniques to get the sound they want out, and to invoke the emotion they want. If you had a master of opera and a master of jazz, I don't think you could directly compare them - except if you had a preference for one or the other type of music.

And I think (from a Watsonian perspective) the idea of a Greatest Elven Minstrel is very political - it's almost as if to show that this elven side is still better than the other, culturally at least, because their music is better etc. etc.

[lokittystuckinatree]

Me, taking a “which Feanorian are you” quiz, knowing I’m probably going to get Maglor: tehehe lololol

Me, actually getting Maglor: still laughing, but now on the verge of tears

[deadqueernoldor]

Honestly I think Maglor should drown. Not as poetic anything – the eldest kills himself in fire, the second eldest in water. Not to give one last 'look how wrong Feanor was, he even predicted the fate of the maybe last Noldo wrong'. Not as Maglor killing himself.

I want it to be accidental. Entirely unremarkable just like he was when he was King. Not as an echo of his brother or his father or the Valar. Just. Gone.

[windrelyn]

@feanorianweek 2023  

Day 2: Maglor

[dandylions101]

Sometimes I wonder if people flinched when they heard Maglor’s voice again in Valinor? It’s still as strong (maybe stronger), as beautiful (but not the same kind of beauty anymore), and dangerous (that one was new). Did they view his voice as the weapon it became? What does Maglor think of this? Does it hurt knowing no performance of his would ever be enjoyed again, at least for a long time? Now even his Feanorian followers don’t stare with awe. Even their eyes are filled with wariness of this master returned from all hope. They don’t even stare at Maedhros like that. Maglor’s seen them stare at his brother like that before though-

[superloves4]

Because everything I learn get’s funneled into the hyperfixation:

Maglor, Fingon and Finrod singing a three voice motet

[fistfuloflightning]

In the midst of the fighting, they were swept apart and Daeron was taken by force. He was brought to Tol-in-Gaurhoth, for Sauron’s machinations ran deep. But in despair, Beren hounded their steps, even to the gates of the fortress.

The Book of Unfinished Tales Tolkien Never Actually Wrote

[i-did-not-mean-to]

Maglor Rec List

🌊What Happens at Camp Eglarest, Stays at Camp Eglarest by @polutrope

🌊Nowhere Man by lotrfan

🌊An Elf in the Woods by @admirablemonster

🌊And now each night I count the stars by @bloodwingblackbird

🌊As the Tides Flow by @kanafinwe-makalaure

🌊Consonance by @elesianne

🌊The Flowerpot Incident by @maglor-my-beloved

🌊Laughing All the Way by @polutrope

🌊A contest by @ettelene

🌊Home Through Shadows Journeying by @maglor-my-beloved

🌊Buttered Up by @polutrope (NSFW)

🌊Where no storms come by @arrivisting

🌊 Good night and good luck by @grundyscribbling

🌊 Hearken still unsated by @polutrope

This list has been brought to you by @tinnurin, @elennalore, Mel, @symbieote (please get me your handles because #team), and my own little person ❤���

(This post shall be amended in the future)

[isilwhore]

@tolkiengenweek Day Three: Enemies and Rivalries

Maglor vs Daeron

Daeron is named as the mightiest of singers, but Maglor feels his reputation (and penchant for writing depressing music) has robbed him of his rightful title. Also, he just can’t stand the guy.

[whovianofmidgard]

orpheus hades game gives me some big maglor fëanorion vibes

[kanalaure]

"average artisan has three documented works" factoid actually statistical error. curufinwe feanaro, who lived in formenos & had ten thousand works attributed to him per Year, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

much discussion of curufin "the crafty" never creating anything noteworthy but the fact that we don't have a single canonical named piece of artwork by nerdanel or miriel is like top 10 things i'll fight jirt's reanimated corpse in a car park about

[thesummerestsolstice]

See one of my favorite Rivendell headcanons is that even though it's a wonderful, peaceful sanctuary, pretty much everyone there could be incredibly dangerous if they wanted to be. Like, let's think about who lives in that valley.

Elrond Peredhel, resident healer and eldritch crime against nature, self-explanatory

Glorfindel, slayer of balrogs, self-explanatory

Erestor, probably Feanorian, definitely dangerous

Old Feanorian diehards, all of whom are probably looking for an excuse to commit morally justified violence

Old Gondolindrim/Iathrim, who, despite what they might tell you, are exactly as dangerous as the Feanorians

Garthaglir the Library Orc, who absolutely remembers how to use the giant battleaxe he keeps behind his desk

A strange, shadowy figure roaming the valley who I'm *sure* isn't Maglor Feanorian, but who is nonetheless a terrifying singer

Elladan and Elrohir, who have spent the last several centuries becoming nightmare fuel for Sauron's forces

Arwen, eldritch, bites

Bilbo Baggins, not to be underestimated, can defeat a grown man with nothing more than his scathingly polite commentary

Dunedain visitors, vaguely feral, highly trained

Aragorn, very feral, highly trained

Lindir, not actually dangerous, but if you upset him you are going to have problems with everyone else on this list

I actually really like the idea that a lot of the people who live in Rivendell are inherently kind of dangerous, because it means that they're actively choosing peace and kindness for themselves and I love that.