#Valar cosplay

[foedhrass]

„In Lórien are [Irmo’s] gardens in the land of the Valar, and they are the fairest of all places in the world, filled with many spirits.”

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

Cosplay: Foedhrass, photo: Little_Solnyshka.

[knights-of-beleriand]

The lord of Beleriand

We need more Melkor cosplay in our lives

I hope you like my cosplay

[lordm-art]

Tilion

A sketch of my friend in cosplay @sky-rozencreicer

[sesamenom]

happy some-number-of-days-till-halloween!

This year's halloween costume party features Aule for the group costume theme (he is also invited).

feanor's fire effect is achieved through slightly-glowy tiny gems sewed onto a bodysuit with actual stone chunks attached. the mini-Lamps are glass lanterns containing one silmaril each and carried on a really long fishing line by the ambarussa. feanor made a mini-angainor (complete with sock monkey melkor) just for the costume.

celegorm's orome costume is a slightly upgraded version of his costume from last year's party (x)

mahtan and nerdanel (as mairon) are the only ones who didn't have to get a wig/fake beard.

curufin spent more time helping feanor with the mini-Lamps and mini-Angainor than working on his own costume. also celebrimbaby is a dwarf because why would you *not* go as aule and a dwarf when you have a small toddler.

[10-thousand-words]

The costume —> the inspiration

I had so much fun working on this one. So excited to wear it to steel city con tomorrow!!

[eri-pl]

I don't care about a "reader x character" fics, I want educational "reader & character" fics!

(More educational than fluff)

I want a "Feanaro teaches you Quenya" fic. Including complaining about "th", the Valar, Fingolfin and stuff. But mostly it's a language course.

I want a "Finrod teaches you the geography of Beleriand" because I can't learn it in any other way.

If I had more dopamine, I would do a "Maglor teaches you basic music theory (and before that, the underlying maths)" or "(whatever fun character would fit here) teaches you classical geometry".

Also, I would love a "Miriel teaches you textile crafts" YT channel where someone does educational content in full cosplay and in-character. Including frequent mentions of her death and complaining on Finwe. But mostly it's textile arts. Also, fourth wall is optional and of course she's got a sewing machine or whatever.

And so on and so forth.

[welcomingdisaster]

Ok so I’m rotating ideas about elves and mythology and decided to drop some ramblings in your ask box because of all the wonderful theatre-related thoughts you’ve been sharing!! The thing is that the silm is a mythology right. Like it’s written in that style, and the heroes of LoTR and the later Ages in general are always explicitly looking back to the stories of the First Age (see: Aragorn wanting to cosplay Beren and Lúthien with Arwen). But what were the myths, the cultural stories, of the Elves of the First Age? In Tirion what were the stories that Maglor might write a play retelling or subverting, that Elemmírë might make a new song about, that Míriel might have woven into a tapestry? All cultures have ancient myths – but these characters are a) living at the very dawn of the world, and b) are all going to become mythological figures themselves! It makes me a bit insane. My thoughts are that they told a lot of stories about the war the Valar made on Melkor, and also about Cuivienen and the awakening of the elves, but honestly I don’t KNOW. What do you think? (No pressure to answer this is very random I realise) ❤️❤️

NO I love these thoughts!!! My thoughts generally go along the same vein as yours in terms of the general themes of elven myths. Here are some possibilities I imagine:

Whichever continent the elves in question are not seeing is often the center of the stories. The Sindar and Avari in middle-earth myth-make a lot about the lands in the west; the Eldar in Valinor myth-make about middle-earth. Since we're talking about Elemmírë, Míriel, and Maglor I'll stick to the latter.

I imagine there's aways the pervasive idea of secret Ainur no one has discovered yet. No matter how many times the Valar go "no we promise we're all here in Valinor, there's no other Valar left" there's 100% an elf somewhere going "have you heard about the Vala of bogs? yeah they live in middle earth and they're in charge of all the bogs there and if you aren't careful you'll be stuck serving in their bog court"

Not to mention elves who know Aulë and have heard that his people sleep under the earth, waiting for their time to awake. I'm sure for some elves tell it as simply that, but over time another pervasive myth develops -- stories of great dwarven kingdoms under the earth, kingdoms they're barred from seeing, stories of seven great dwarven kings, each much like Aule in face, each possessing a specific sort of magic.

Imin, Tata, Enel, etc! Not only do we canonically get them as a counting story, I imagine their fates are also something that ends up being talked about? They do not seem like they ever ended up in Valinor -- what happened to them? I feel like elven stories can tend to go along the lines of "and then he turned into a tree" or "he still dwells by the sea where he was born" or "he fell into the cracks of the mountains during the war and became one with the earth."

Myth as a way to explore cultural taboos! Elves coming to Valinor, a land with no pain or crime, with the shadows of war and suffering behind them -- I imagine they must explore taboo and pain through storytelling. What happens to an elf that leaves his wife for another? What happens to an elf who poisons her sister? I imagine there's some gruesome/creepy stories that come out there, but are told with a naïveté to the actual truth of what violence looks like. Something along the lines of "and then the servants of Melkor hacked the elven king into bits, so his wife had to go looking for each piece of him in every corner of the world and sew them back together"

The sea!! Must I say more. The elves emerged from the sea, and they long for it -- yet they cannot go too far into the waves without drowning, and they do not know what lurks under the waves. I imagine myths centering around sea-creatures, around the souls of the drowned, around elves (mer-elves?) who never left the sea and make their kingdoms underneath the waters, etc.

Just some ideas!! If anyone else wants to contribute headcanons for early elf myths to his post, please do!

[solmarillion]

“I am an emissary of the Valar, having once served Lord Aulë himself. I come bearing knowledge for the preservation of your realms.”

I brought Annatar to the New York Renaissance Faire today, I had so much fun with my friends! Everyone fell in love with my cosplay and I got so many compliments! (All according to plan… 😈)

My next cosplay will be Maglor and I'll be debuting him at MAGFest so stay tuned!

Costume made by @voldadivnaya, circlet and crown made by me

[runawaymun]

The Valar, but make them Egyptian

Varda Elentári -  as Nut, Egyptian goddess of the sky, vault of the heavens, often drawn arched over the Earth god, Neb. 

Manwë - as Horus, most notably god of kingship, healing, protection, the sun and the sky.

Aulë - as Ptah, creator-god and maker of things, a patron of craftsmen, especially sculptors

Yavanna - as Taweret, goddess of fertility, rejuvenation, and protection.

Mandos - as Anubis, god of funerary rites, protector of graves, and guide to the underworld.

Nienna - as Nephthys, goddess of grief, mourning, darkness, temple service, magic, and embalming.

Ulmo -  as represented by two wedjat eyes resting in the water. The wedjet eye is a symbol that represents protection and healing -- and Tolkien makes a point of telling us that Ulmo keeps watch over all the comings and goings in Arda. 

Oromë - as Amun, “The Hidden One”, creator of animals, patron of hunters. 

Melkor - (skulking beyond the wings (doors) of night) as Set, god of deserts, storms, disorder, and violence. 

The file’s huge so feel free to click/zoom. Some more closeups under the cut! I’ve had this brain worm in my brain for a while ever since reading more up on the heirarchy of the Valar and discovering that, conveniently, there are eight “exalted ones” + melkor, making nine, like the Egyptian Ennead. Though unfortunately I couldn’t slap them all neatly into Ennead slots, I did really enjoy linking them to their Egyptian ‘counterparts’, if you will. :) 

+ Orome focus because he deserves it, plus the reference used for his section: Ramses II (cosplaying as Amun bc all the Pharoahs did). 

[saurongorthaur9]

Now that my cosplay is finished, I've gone back to working in earnest on the next chapter of "Gorthauro Estel." This chapter begins a major four-chapter narrative arc that will close out Part 1 of the story. Here's a little teaser that I've been working on today for anyone who might be interested.

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It had only been a few months since Sauron’s trial, but Yavanna had been certain that he would have violated the terms of his trial by now and it ate at her that she, as yet, had been unable to find any way of proving what she knew had to be true: that Sauron had come back, not in good faith, but with some dark plan to bring Morgoth’s darkness and destruction to Valinor. She had kept a close eye on him all the while and even taken it upon herself to search his room a couple times while he was at the quarry (she had not informed Aulë about the latter, for she had no doubt the Smith would concern himself more with some moral quandary over “Sauron’s privacy” or something of that nature rather than the threat the evil Maia presented). Yet, she had been unable to uncover anything that spoke of some covert conspiracy on Sauron’s part. And so she had waited, yet every day that passed, she grew more certain that Sauron was simply biding his time, letting all the other Valar grow complacent, as he festered in the shadows like a poisoned wound in Valinor’s heart.

But now, Sauron was injured and weak, his spirits no doubt brought low. His emotions were running high, if he had gone so far as to injure himself in the manner in which Manwë had spoken. Perhaps it was time for Yavanna to make her move and force Sauron’s hand.

If she could get him to snap, if she could catch him violating the terms of his trial, she could finally be rid of that cursed blight of a Maia forever.

Perhaps it was time to pull out her ace up her sleeve.

As for Aulë, despite her promise to Manwë, she had no intention of informing him about Manwë’s visit or Sauron’s injuries. If her plan went according to her will, there would be no need for it soon, if Sauron were finally condemned to the Void.

Quickly, she swept over to the far side of the room and opened up a drawer containing parchment and ink. She frowned at the combination of architecture maps and her husband’s miscellaneous blacksmith tools cluttering her chair, but she swept them to the floor and sat, spreading the blank parchment out before her. She dipped the quill pen in the ink and began writing.

It was time to invite an old friend to dinner.

[niennawept]

tag game - tag 9 people you want to get to know better

tagged by @metatomatoes <3

Favorite color: deep emerald green, followed by a kind of blueish lavender.

Last song: The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie by Colter Wall; horror folk kick is going strong.

Currently reading: The Fellowship of the Ring by JRRT; Unfinished Tales by JRRT, ed. by Christopher Tolkien; The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden; Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë; Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson. ...I think that's it?

Last movie: Last movie I intentionally sat down to watch or last movie that was on in my general vicinity? I guess I'll answer both since I'm not sure. I think the last movie I watched on purpose was Crimson Peak (2015) for research because I'm trying to plot out a gothic romance AU fic. And the last movie that was on in my general vicinity was Chopping Mall (1986) because my partner loves off-beat old horror movies. I've seen House on Haunted Hill (1958) more than I've seen any other movie because of this.

Sweet/spicy/savoury: I have a strong sweet tooth (ADHD craves easy dopamine sources) but I do really like savory things too.

Currently working on: the chapter past the current one of Scars of Silver and Gold; a series of non-continuous but interconnected drabbles about Melkor's time imprisoned by the Valar; a Nienna cosplay for a con next month (concern).

No pressure tags: @glorf1ndel, @elithilanor, and any one to whom this looks like fun.

[foedhrass]

"Irmo the younger is the master of visions and dreams. In Lórien are his gardens in the land of the Valar, and they are the fairest of all places in the world, filled with many spirits." The Silmarillion, "Valaquenta: Of the Valar"

With Silverlynxcosplay as Mandos.

[knights-of-beleriand]

Yavanna

Queen of the Earth

A photo of my Yavanna cosplay!

I hope you like it❤️

[justsomerandomfanfic]

Can I have a romantic matchup for the hobbit and Harry Potter?

I am a 20 yr old lesbian who has natural brown hair but I dye it (currently light pink),brown eyes, anxiety,depression,ADHD,autism,and 2 anxiety disorders

Likes

Yellow,Sweaters,Music (70's-mid 00's),True Crime,Flowers,Animals,Writing,Sweets,Food,Video Games,Movies,Stuffed Animals,Blankets,Cosplay,Weed,Incense,Tattoos,Friends,and Family

Hates

Spiders,Bullying,Yelling,Racism,Abuse,Snakes,Any type of pain,Sexism,Being Alone,Loud Noises,Not being good enough,Lying,Homophobia,Hot weather,Being sick,Transphobia,Being used, Arguing,and any type of Addiction

Thanks for requesting another matchup!! I hope you enjoy it!! <333

The Hobbit;

Galadriel:

💫 You met Galadriel when you traveled to Lórien as a traveling merchant, selling clothes and whatnot to earn your keep, but you mostly traveled because you just loved nature; that's when you stumbled upon the Elven paradise

Her royal guards brought you to meet Galadriel, where she asked why you had journeyed to her land

After explaining that you were just traveling around and wandered to her relm, you offered some of the fine cloths that you had in your small wooden chest

Galadriel was impressed, never seeing such silks before, and asked you where you had gotten them; you revealed that you handcraft them yourself

That was when Galadriel offered for you to stay in Lórien as her personal seamstress

The two of you began to bond sometime later, eating dinner beside each other at the long table, drinking wine and whatnot

You spend nights looking at the stars and talking about the pat, present, and future

For her, you had sewn a beautiful robe and she loved it, gifting you a fine set of flowers that only bloomed every ten thousand years in the right sunlight, they called them sunflowers

Most times spent with her, you walked around Lórien, telling each other your secrets

You both were a match made by Valar, and your love would never dwindle

--

Harry Potter;

Narcissa Black:

🎇 You met Narcissa in Hogwarts, but only really became friends with her in the last year at the magic school, and during that year, you fell for her

🎇 You were a bit upset, devastated really, when you heard that she was arranged to marry Lucius Malfoy, thought you were invited to the wedding

🎇 It hurt to see them so seemingly happy, even having a child of their own, but you just wanted her to be happy

🎇 A few years later, after Draco, her son, started at Hogwarts did she confide in you about her straining marriage

🎇 She told you how toxic the relationship was and you felt terrible, supporting her nonetheless you offered her a place to stay

🎇 Staying at your place, you and Narcissa would bake and read together, even planting flowers in the garden toegther

🎇 Sometime later she told you she wanted to get a divorce from Lucius, and you fully supported her, helping her get the papers and documents ready as she told Lucius the news

🎇 Though Lucius was a bit hesitant, he signed them after just a little bit of discord, the only real fight began when Narcissa wanted full custody of Draco

🎇 After a couple of years, just by the end of Draco's fourth year, Narcissa won her case, and Draco moved in permanently with you and Narcissa; it took a bit for the teen to warm up to you, but he quickly realized how much better you were compared to his pretty mentally abusive dad

🎇 In the end, after the war, you and Narcissa got married and practically lives happily ever after

[makiruz]

#Lord of the Roadtrip#the hobbit#the dwarves as i remember them:#Richard Armitage In Very Sexy Cosplay#big chungus#Twink the Elfweeb#twunk brother of twink#Hearing Aid Dwarf#Gloin son of Groin#Folk Metal Band Frontman#Badass Santa#and etc. 1-5#the valar better get ready it's gonna get FUNKY

once in a while i obsess over Bilbo & Thorin again, so in case that's your jam, here's another fanfic I won't ever write!

After a time in the Undying Lands, Bilbo dies peacefully and finds himself in Yavannah' green fields with every other hobbit that has ever lived. His parents, family, friends, everyone. It's beautiful and plentiful and happy.. and it's also full of hobbits wanting to make social calls.

Anyway, one day, while tending to his garden that always makes perfect tomatoes (how boring!), he thinks how nice it would be if his afterlife and the dwarven afterlife were connected.

And dwarves love to live underground. So...

He digs.

And digs. And digs more.

Since time, hunger and exhaustion are not a thing anymore, there's nothing that keeps him going back up, so he digs until he hits rocks, and then he gets a pick axe and keeps digging.

Until one day, he hits through nothing. He find himself in the ceiling of a huge cavern, cut into stone in very dwarven architecture.

Thousands of dwarves raise their eyes, completely stunned.

'Huh, hello? Are these the halls of Mahal? I'm looking for dwarves. Thirteen of them-- not anyone, thirteen very specific dwarves.'

And from the crowd, thirteen voices start yelling at the same time.

[avi17]

"There they beheld suddenly a dark figure standing high upon a rock that looked down upon the shore. Some say that it was Mandos himself, and no lesser herald of Manwë. And they heard a loud voice, solemn and terrible, that bade them stand and give ear.

'Tears unnumbered ye shall shed; and the Valar will fence Valinor against you, and shut you out, so that not even the echo of your lamentation shall pass over the mountains.'"

-Quenta Silmarillion, "Of the Flight of the Noldor"

Somehow I never posted my big project from 2019 here! This was my design of Mandos, keeper of the dead and doomsman of the Valar from the Silmarillion. I wanted him to be both beautiful and eerie, and I hope I succeeded. Everything here was totally handmade, including all the tedious beading xD The circle is meant to evoke divinity, as well as to symbolize his role in the elven life cycle, and I chose to veil his eyes in order to keep the focus on his mouth, since his power is in his words.

Photos by Tatiana Dorokhova- instagram.com/tatitati_art

Bonus shot of our whole Valar group! <3 Featuring @hellofeanor as Manwë, @elrohare as Yavanna, @3hobbitsinatrenchcoat as Vána, @mythwine as Nienna, and a whole bunch of other beautiful friends who may or may not use tumblr (if you do please tell me and I'll add you 🤣)