#Uruks

[willorm-the-seer]

the nonhuman urge to get teeth modifications💔 they’re not pointy enough. not sharp enough. not good enough for tearing off massive chunks of meat. i want to smile and for people to see my sharp, menacing fangs glinting in the moonlight. i want them to poke my gums, and when i twist my head and smile, it makes everyone’s guts squirm around like rabid worms. i want to be frightening. more frightening than the dawn after a moonless night. or more beautiful then the moon shining her soft rays down to caress your broken face after a blistering day. not just my teeth, but my claws as well. i have been robbed of my natural beauty, my sharp points and alarming presence in this humanly existence, and i need them back.

[thephoenixandthecrocodile]

I may turn this into a longer post at some point but one of the reasons I love Rings of Power is because it humanizes not only the Elves, Men, and Harfoots (the races I think most people assume we’re supposed to root for) but it also spends a lot of time humanizing the Dwarves and Uruks.

The Dwarven storyline, for example, isn’t built on greed. It’s built on love, familial love and love for home. Durin IV doesn’t want mithril because he’s mad with lust, he wants it because it could help his people and then the Elves. Durin III even shuts the mithril mines down when he wasn’t wearing the ring because it wasn’t worth the risk to his people. And as soon as Durin IV realized the mithril was dangerous, he also abandoned that course out of love for his family, his people, and knowing that the mountain itself is more important than anything else. And THATS why he knows the rings are bad because they make his father forget that and no true dwarf would ever forget that the mountain is a sacred place as much as it is home. It deserves to be respected. I especially love how the show develops that through line with Disa and the Disettes and the practice of resonating. This ancient tradition and skill that tells Dwarves where they can and cannot dig as oppose to the rings which demand they take it all. It’s such a unique take on dwarves that we don’t really see in Jackson’s LOTR films.

And of course the Uruks. Whole books can be written about the portrayal of the Uruks and Adar, but I never thought anyone would give the “you said you loved us” “with all that remains of my heart” to a uruk and his father and have it hit SOOOOOOO hard.

It’s amazing what the ROP writers and showrunners have done to give the Uruks true personalities and cultures and remind us that their story is a tragedy. They’re not ugly goons who enough murder (all the time but then again I’m sure a murder now and then can be cathartic when you’ve served morgoth/Sauron) but they’re also people themselves and their story is maybe middle-earth’s greatest tragedies.

[mansnooziesmoosmutzel]

[baddybaddyadardaddy]

ROLL CALL: CHILDREN OF ADAR!

Baddydaddy Brigaders, Adarlings, Ficwriters of the TROP Universe!!

For posterity, and in memoriam to our dearly departed Lord-Father, I want to create a record of all Adar's children!!

So let's start a little roll call of all the Uruk characters we've created, because they have names and hearts and we should share them with the world!!

So reblog and share your own Uruk OCs' names, share your fic links, and hey, if you're open to other authors cameo-ing your uruks in their own works (with full credit given to their original creators), let us know!

Let's create our own little canon universe of orcses!

Show creations:

Glûg | Lurka | Vrath | Bazur | Magrot | Grugzûk | Fabio

OC Uruks: Awake, Arise or Be For Ever Fall'n Please feel free to use (with credit) any of these OCs in your own works!

Main Characters: Mazul (firstborn son of Adar) | Vrak (father of Vrath) | Mishka (Vrak's wife)

Minor Uruk Characters: Vuk | Bakar | Nimbuk | Rhakazg | Thraga | Nurza | Kragaszh | Garakh | Bregga | Gydiz | Ukrum | Murglek | Fregga | Irkû | Narun | Grasz | Mogwar | Mogiz | Shalla | Nizrak | Ozog | Utrek | Gredig | Gorm | Negûz | Rak | Imik |Urqûl | Gorka | Mragat | Thragak | Ishfig | Urvun | Huzûd | Agar | Gorg | Nurthag | Rhakna | Rothak | Megra | Mag | Hagga | Ulak | Og

@niennawept @hellofeanor @clumsycopy @mylovelylittleobsessions @eowyn7023 @spiritofwhitefire @plotdesigner+ anyone else out there writing Adar/Uruk fic!

[nekroticism]

The Last Job of Damrod.

(apologies in advance)

[eowyn7023]

Halbrand discovers that one does not simply walk into Mordor.

[catz4ever]

I made this video in honor of the uruk uprising in episode one.

I. can't. Stop. Laughing.

For all my Adar and Step-Dadar friends.

@baddybaddyadardaddy @orehuna @bigblissandlove1 @amaureas-blog @theamethystvampiress @eowyn7023

[rachelillustrates]

Scout (Orctober 2024)

Day twenty-four!! 💚⚔

The family Glûg!!! Who are clearly off scouting for a new new home after escaping all the thrall-and-drama of their leaders or would-be masters. I know not of this stabby stabbiness you speak of. Nope.

(Seriously this was SO cathartic to draw, and we deserved to see Glûg hold his kid, and THE ORC MOM NEEDS A NAME, AMAZON.)

(Though once again @meilas suggests Garsemi for her and I still very much like that too 🖤)

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Bonus art and stories ~ Prints, comics and more!

[dopecollectorbarbarian]

Hugs, cuddles and affection \ Many characters

Note: it’s just a post with small drafts that I have ever written so each may have different/similar structure so think it’s kind of gatcha box except for the main topics. I thought it would be interesting to share with you.

Merry Christmas!

Characters:

Galadriel, Elrond, Celebrimor, Gil-Galad

Elendil, Míriel, Isildur, Valandil, Ontamo

Sauron

Hobbit’s members: Elanor Brandfoots, Poppy Proudfellow, Brandfoots family + Gandalf

Arondir, Bronwyn, Theo

Durin, Disa

Adar

Secret characters

✹ Galadriel

She won’t mind cuddles, I suppose! Nevertheless she might be little too busy so you need to ask her.

If she is your friend, she will hold you gently, without hesitation. May it be so that she feels regret to let you go too soon, if there are tasks that require attention.

If she doesn’t trust enough, well… she will hug you. But it feels little different, as if she sees you, but she isn’t seen. She just knows how small gestures may improve someone’s day or mood. Especially when they need that.

✹ Elrond

Almost the same case! He hugs if you ask but… he may feel little caught off guard - he knows that he is quite affectionate (I bet he used to be clingy boy) but sometimes people may find it be annoying.

If he understands that you don’t mind sudden long hugs or cuddles… you must be ready for it! He is going to hug you often - because he loves physical affection too much. Never-mind if you are a lover or just friend.

(I think he prefers to do so when no one sees it because he’s self conscious a little)

✹ Celebrimor

First of all… hardly do you see him when he is not deep in dreams? Definitely he is passionate elf that may get lost in his own ideas even during a dinner. I’m not sure if he is into hugs or not.

But I can tell that if you try to hug him without permission or announce (there is no matter if you are friends or not), he will definitely drop his tool, a stone or scroll just because of surprise.

Will he be angry or not… if it’s not something too important, than he will just coo “Valar, I almost saw Valar! No need to scare me that much”. Or maybe “Ah! You are a little selda!” (Child). And then a quick hug back, just to show that he isn’t angry?

Otherwise - run. He is going to kick you out of his craftroom. Just do it first.

✹ Gil-galad

I see three four scenarios:

First, if you are a citizen of Lindon. Elf. Hugs.

Do you live here? Were you born here? Are your kin? Well, you are his one of his people that he has under his royal wing to take care of so there is the chance to hug him.

He will be caught off guard with the request, but he will be fine. Kings and queens must except that their people may want to hug them, right? He will hug you carefully and gently, as if you were a fragile flower, so that it may felt like a shield. He appreciates when his people love him.

Second, you are his subordinate. Hugs.

Like Elrond or Galadriel.

I suppose, he needs to scold you if it happens little too often.

But it’s not the worst thing, right? One his subordinate is looking for Sauron so much that now her subordinates are almost crying, another helps his friend to steal the dining table. Just do your job.

Third, if You are his lover (second version). Cuddles

Once I took him before but I suppose must add one of funny variations or my head will bomb it soon or later:

He may require hugs in king’s way.

“I require cuddes, as your king I command you”

He doesn’t mind to wait if you have some task. But don’t make him wait too long or he will just (again, if he understands that you are overworking) command again.

Fourth, if you are his friend. Hugs-cuddles.

Have you seen drunk Gil-galad? For some reason I’m sure that he is quite distant when he is sober and the hugs may be little tense. Just a habit. he grumbles that he is busy.

It’s a Rare case, I suppose, that he gets drunk. He is an elf, isn’t he? But it may be so that when you bring a good bottle and you two having fun alone, he may hug you when you are telling a funny story or something really personal. A side hug that may break your ribs haha!

✹ Elendil

This man is strong built like a tower and but he has soul of a dog - so lovely old boy that worries over everyone. (But it doesn’t mean he won’t bark at his puppies children and subordinates when they mess up, of course).

I think he will show soft side to ones who isn’t his subordinate - because you know, he is too worried that they will become reckless. But a shoulder pat or a one-side quick hug to cheer up is in his set of affection gestures.

Also he doesn’t look like a bear, but he has this bear like hugs that can crash ribs, especially if he got a really tense day before that. It shows with whose he loves most even if he tries to control it. So as a lover you may get surprised one day when he hugs that strong.

✹ Míriel

Hugs that are so light but warm that may melt your heart. Smell of papers and ink… aw.

✹ Isildur

One side hugs that may be little awkward especially if he hugs his love but he hasn’t confessed .

✹ Valandil

Gentle hugs that show all his affection. He isn’t shy about feelings - he is sincere bunny. Serious. Very serious bunny.

✹ Ontamo

“Wanna hugs? Aww, come here!”

And you may be picked up by him if you are too small. He isn’t shy as well.

✹ Sauron

Do you really want his attention?

Well… if he needs it to reach his goals, I think he won’t mind even to cuddle and pamper you in the way you want (or to do even something more) but I’m not sure it will last very long. He doesn’t need affection and he sees it unnecessary. So if he can avoid it, he will.

(Galadriel: Halbrand? Brother?

Puss Sauron: For you, baby, I could be.)

Hobbits’ members

Hobbits never walks alone, nobody is left behind. It doesn’t matter if you are a huge human or a halfing - if you are trustful fellow, you will be always welcome. Especially for the guys below:

✹ Elanor Brandfoot and Poppy Proudfellow

I can’t think of them separately because if you are friend of one if them - you get the second friend too.

And you are two often noticed under an apple tree dozing peacefully. You are hugging each other, a small basket with food - mostly apples of course but there are small bags with wild berries - is next to Poppy. You two had a great productive day.

✹ Largo + Dilly + Marigold Brandfoots

Hm… Largo’s hug would be father’s like and definitely he would put into your pocket something edible like a berry or a snail.

Marigold would worry about condition and safety. Her hugs will be gentle but little distracted by her own thoughts.

Dilly seems to be… that always little imp that isn’t that mischievous actually. I think her hugs will be quick and heartwarming.

✹ Gandalf

I think you are more likely to be a hafling, maybe Elanor’s or Poppy’s sibling. When you met each other for very first time, he noticed similarities between you and your sibling/s. Later, if you were brave enough, you came closer and… well, Gandalf wasn’t that brave actually. He was worried to scare you somehow. But soon you grew warm to each other.

So now you can shamelessly ask for hugs (if you are not shy) and he may even pick you up on his shoulders/back to let you have a fruit that is too high above earth or just to have fun. But he is still cations - he doesn’t want to harm you.

✹ Arondir + Bronwyn + Theo

hugs and family tendency

Arondir accepted Theo, so he will accept you as well - no matter if you are Bronwyn’s sibling or child or Theo’s friend. If you don’t show hostility, he will show respect and support back.

Bronwyn loves her son and loves her second child as well- there is no way for competitions, she will do her best so that you both feel loved and get enough hugs and kisses in head. (The Lullaby too)

If you are a friend, it’s the same case like Arondir’s - till you show malicious behavior, you are always welcome.

Theo… hm.

As a pibling you have the pibling right - to hug your nephew Theo and even to pock his cheeks when he pouts. Of course he pouts - after all, he is a warrior!

He doesn’t mind that much. He is just a teenager.

As a peer/sibling he accepts your affection. Just don’t overdo - otherwise he will kick your ass or tickle or something else to make you give more personal space.

✹ Durin + Disa (elf, hobbit) + children

Elf

First… the second trusted elf is in their house, like Elrond.

Durin mutters something like when he hugs his elven friend : “It has been a while! I hope you won’t forget about us with your elvish brain”.

If the elf picks him up, Durin will be grumbling and throwing words “PUT ME BACK NOW I AM NOT YOUT PLUSH TOY”

To Dise’s amusement

When Dise hugs the elf-friend, she is smiling and showing with all her heart that she is happy to see them. Maybe she will squeak in surprise but then laugh.

“You are rascal!”

Also an elf, if they don’t mind children, will be the maim horse of the children (who would refuse to be a horse?)

Durin will chock on his drink when he sees that for very first time.

Hobbit

Hobbits are smaller than dwarfs and for some reason I’m sure that one of them at least once try to pick their friend up - incidentally or for a reason. Their children for sure dare to drag their parents’ friend somewhere and make hobbit to play.

Durin jokes about the height and the fact that his children are as tall as his friend or even taller.

But despite the race they do one thing for sure in two cases - to feed their friend well. And Dise’s argument to put extra portion is almost similar for each other:

- You are a big/small fellow! You need to eat a lot, don’t be shy.

✹ Adar. Hugs. (Almost a drabble lmao)

That’s curious. It’s really curious. Uruks may have ways of showing love, but is there place for affection? How does it look like? Harsh pats on the back? Or just compliments, words of support, that sound so vulgar or rude, that Valar’s creations think they hate each other?

But Adar was an elf, long time ago. Or he is still. Just in different form. In any case, he hasn’t forgotten that completely, expressing it with small rituals. So unnoticeable, like ghost tickles twisted ears.

Tortures mark souls.

So, if you manage to survive and gain his trust or trust of his children (that automatically unlocks his trust) and ask him for hugs for very first time, I think he won’t react at first. Then after a long pause he asks back:

“What?”

“Hugs?”

That’s something strange for him. Someone wants to hug an Uruk. Last time when he hugged someone apart from his children was so long time ago that it almost faded in his mind.

He will ask why with his blank voice. The answer will make him think. About past. About his children. Many things and he may forget about the request. In that moment you can hug him and… again, no reaction. Any reaction.

(We must admit that man needs hugs and psychotherapy)

Maybe after the second or the third time (everytime he gets lost in his memories), he will hug back like he would hug his children if they ask him so - almost emotionless but firm hug. But he isn’t likely to hug you first somewhen. It’s just too long process.

Secret characters!

Finrod, Galadriel’s brother

He seems a tease to me, honestly. To tease you becase you slipped on wet stones? Because of your cute smile or angry huff? He can’t help. After all, to understand what vase contains you need to shake it enough. Not too much, of course - he doesn’t want to loose his friend or even someone more than just friend.

But hugs? He respect personal boundaries and if someone doesn’t want hugs, he won’t ever make someone hug him. And it also includes smaller gestures, but they slip out without his will - adjusting your clothes, taking a feather or other forest things out of your hair, careful you pulling out of the way.

But when you ask for hugs or vice versa, he will hug you gently but firmly, his scent - something really unnoticeable will grip your clothes and skin firmly.

Uruks’ reaction to you hugging Adar:

If someone of his children sees you two cuddling, it will be really funny.

If It’s just one uruk, they will quickly leave to give personal space for Adar. If many see… they might be little self conscious, especially when it’s first time of cuddles. In next time some may dare to cheer and praise. Some of them. Not all. They just don’t know how to react.

They think that dad is kind and wise. No! Not just that - they are sure! But… cuddles? With someone, whom Uruks usually kill or use as a slave?

But later they grow warm to you too despite you acting like an alien for their own taste. Uruks have needs of affection, even if their appearance and manners say otherwise. Just different kind of affection.

Círdan

His hugs full of wisdom’s love. That you may know that this old elf is just the greatest grandpa. Scent of oil, wood and of this soap foam. Interesting, what’s the smell does it have? Herb like? Flower like?

The elven lord that is approachable and handsome aww.

(I apologize for mistakes, English isn’t my first language)

[seerschaos]

yes i am an orc, but i am wolf-born and dog coded. so i can go from “haha yes, standing on two feet and talking, very nice” to a very instinctual “i need to follow you around everywhere you go and wag my tail when you look at me and hunt down your enemies with my fangs and my claws and be collared and leashed to you and let you feed me scraps of meat while you pet me behind my ears” very quickly

yes i am an orc but i want to curl up in your lap like an oversized puppy and let you take care of me while i let out contented little dog snorts and steal your dinner leftovers

werewolves do you feel this too cause wtf i want to be monstrous and a sophisticated two legger but like. dog collars. and leashes and having an owner to look after is a very tempting idea is this what domestication feels like. it would be very easy to tame me i’ll say that

[willorm-the-seer]

the need to scream. the need to howl and roar and snarl until your vocal chords eventually snap and break due to crying out for so long. crying out for revenge, vengeance against the life you were robbed of.

the need to run. to run the moment you see movement. to hunt, to snarl and shake your head and sprint after your prey mercilessly into the murky gloom of the night, running off of instinct, allowing your baser knowledge to guide you.

the need to love. to form pack bonds, to love your brothers and sisters, to protect them with your life. to put their needs before your own. to have a mate, and to love and cherish them, to snarl with appreciation every time they bring you back prey, or keep you warm in the dead of winter, curling up into you to protect against the cold, the monsters, the horrible things that want to hunt you.

the need to feel fondness and responsibility for the world around you. to feel the fresh sprigs of flowers on your nose the moment spring rolls around again. or to feel the crunch of leaves slipping under your clawed and padded feet as you roam your territory, knowing you are free, and you are safe in your identity as a wild creature.

some days it is hard to move on. it is hard to live, and forget, what you are truly meant to be doing. this is why living as a human is so draining. this is why everything is wrong.

[theamethystvampiress]

Sam Hazeldine as Adar

screencaps by meee....

I got carried away and so I finally was able to put them all in one post.

Enjoy!

[mansnooziesmoosmutzel]

"He offered me … children. [...] My children have endured cruelties your bravest couldn't bear to hear spoken aloud."

"You told us… you loved us." - "With all that is left of my heart. Too much, to let you become Sauron’s slaves."

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"All those of the Quendi who came into the hands of Melkor, ere Utumno was broken, were put there in prison, and by sore arts if cruelty were corrupted and enslaved; and thus did Melkor breed the hideous race of Orcs … And deep in their dark hearts the Orcs loathed the Master whom they served in fear, the maker only of their misery. This it may be was the vilest deed of Melkor, and the most hateful to Ilúvatar."

(The Silmarillion)

[baddybaddyadardaddy]

Okay so I'm now wondering: if Glug and the deserters (rather than being the ones to kill Adar ides of march style) will now become the lens through which we see Sauron overtake the uruks.

They've clearly gone out of their way to make Glug a sympathetic character with a backstory that we (at least those of us with brains and beating hearts) can care about.

Because Adar made that direct declaration of love, I think Glug's arc can now play more like "i care about my father but he is making terrible decisions so I'm walking away" and less "I'm gonna bloodthirsty mutiny/murder him."

It would honestly be peak tragedy if Glug witnessed how much more horrible the uruks will have it after Sauron takes over, and then have the moment of horrific realization that "Adar was right."

I think there's about a 50/50 chance Adar lives or dies.

If he lives, I think Nenya heals his corruption, so he will have to live on as an elf, knowing he can't go back to being an uruk and that his children are slaves. NOW THAT'S PAIN.

If he dies, I think it has to be by Sauron's hand. It just has to be. Those two need to FIGHT.

Anyway idk those are my thoughts for the day.

[nekroticism]

Udûn days 🔥

[imperialmadam]

I knew Adar was going to die and I knew it would be tragic, but I didn’t realise how much. Not only is he betrayed by the uruks he loves, but Sauron is there, watching. Adar dies knowing that his children are going to be Sauron’s slaves again, that everything he did for them was for nothing.