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[arofili]

@aspecardaweek day three | across the a-spectrum | demi caranthir

Now the people of Caranthir dwelt furthest east beyond the upper waters of Gelion, about Lake Helevorn under Mount Rerir and to the southward; and they climbed the heights of Ered Luin and looked eastward in wonder, for wild and wide it seemed to them were the lands of Middle-earth.

—The Silmarillion, “Of the Return of the Noldor”

picrew | for @oopsbirdficced

[novanillacake]

My modern!Fíli is a law student

[violecov]

Finarfin, third prince of the noldor (gaming style).

[smbhax]

Illustration by Jack Gaughan

[rocksandaces]

Tolkien: writes fantasy books with ace/aro coded main characters, very little romance and no sex scenes

His works become the most successful and respected books in the fantasy community

So no, having romance and sex is not a must have if you want to write a good story. The dragons are

[avnasace]

honestly even if he is a pretty bad person in the silm i want more curufin content. like this is a guy who grew up with 'everyone sees me as a copy of my father and nothing else' syndrome. he was the son of his father, and the father of his son. thats got to be rough.

and with the oath and the many spirals of bad decisions, he is definetly not the paragon of goodness, but ultimately he is a person who was once loved, by a wife and son and brothers and parents and so i refuse to believe he is completely irredeemable in spirit.

its also interesting to me that he is the middle link between the creator of the silmarils and the creator of the rings of power, its quite sad, for a person literally named little father, and also even sharing a fathername with his father, that he has nothing to show for himself with his own craft is pretty tragic honestly.

[queeringclassiclit]

Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee

from The Lord of the Rings series by J. R. R. Tolkien (1954-1955)

rematch of this poll

[fickes]

Aces of the Lord of the Rings: the potential, the seed, the beginning of the beginning

☞ buy the deck

[echo-bleu]

Since you voted Gil-galad as your favourite ace elf headcanon, here's ace Gil-galad for Ace Week!

I have been putting off on actually settling for a design for him because there's no good way to reconcile my headcanons and still keep his parentage open to interpretation. This design lands him quite squarely in the "son of Fingon" case, though I have not done a proper design for either Orodreth or Finduilas (only a sketch) so I could adapt...

The four and six pointed stars are inspired by Tolkien's design of his heraldic device, though it's on purple here instead of blue in honour of the ace flag.

Queer Tolkien characters series

[sotwk]

hi! in the spirit of showing oc love, I was wondering if there's a particular oc you're looking forward to introducing to people in upcoming projects?

I'm tripping over myself to answer this Ask! (Thank you thank you thank you, Ace!)

May I please introduce two?

I've been shy about sharing these because they're not only Silmarillion OCs (I'm still intimidated by the Silm fandom, even though I have many lovely Mutuals from there, you included), they're OC WIVES of Silm Canons. Two of the most popular Silm canons. I'm pretty sure OC creators have been flogged for that.

But since you asked... onward with SotWK AU reveals and spoilers! The stories are tragic because that's the First Age for you!

Velcálë Vanandur

Wife of Maglor and grandmother of Elvenqueen Maereth (wife of Thranduil)

SotWK Fancast: Zendaya Coleman as Velcálë

Her name means "flame doer" in Quenya.

Velcálë had one child with Maglor, a daughter named Laurinwen, who was born and grew up in Tirion.

She was a Noldorin apprentice who served directly under Vána, and was thus given the prestigious epithet "Vanandur" (Servant of Vána).

She was a great tender of gardens, and her songs could cause plants to immediately flower or bear fruit.

Only out of love and devotion to Maglor did she decide to follow the Fëanorians in Exile, taking their daughter with them.

Velcálë was greatly affected by the violence of her kin and constantly homesick for Valinor. A lover of light and warmth, she suffered in the harsh lands where her family dwelt.

The toll of her heartbreak muted the strength and power she possessed in Valimar to nearly nothing, although she did her best to help sustain their people by cultivating the lands for limited-scale food production.

Because she tried to hold Maglor back from "necessary" violence and constantly made him question his commitment to the Oath, she was disliked by all of her brothers-in-law, except for Maedhros.

Velcálë was eventually slain in the battle of Dagor Bragollach when Himlad fell, leading to a permanent estrangement between Maglor and his daughter, Laurinwen.

Elemírë

Wife of Glorfindel and twin sister of Elenwë (wife of Turgon) 

SotWK Fancast: Vanessa Kirby as Elemírë

Elemírë had a fierce warrior’s spirit, but violence of any kind was considered unbecoming by her family.

She joined the Exile because she did not want to be separated from her sister Elenwë, a gentle spirit whom she always sought to protect.

She was loved by her childhood friend, Glorfindel. Although she reciprocated his feelings, he was the more passionate and demonstrative one. Elemírë factored in Glorfindel's own decision to (reluctantly) join the Exile.

Elemírë nearly died trying to dive under the Grinding Ice to save her sister, but she was held back by Glorfindel. This embittered her heart towards him. Instead of following Turgon to Vinyamar (and eventually Gondolin), she decided to join Fingon’s people. 

Over the course of the decades, she grew into a skilled cavalry rider, and was accepted into the ranks of Fingon. She became devoted to Fingon for personally mentoring and training her. 

During the Long Peace, Glorfindel (who had missed and yearned for Elemírë all those years), sought permission from Turgon to leave Gondolin so he could seek her out.

He came to Hithlum reaffirming his love for her and seeking her hand in marriage. Elemírë would not say yes, but could not bring herself to refuse him either. Glorfindel committed to staying for as long as needed to convince her, and this courtship lasted for nearly half a century.

Eventually, Fingon himself encouraged Elemírë to realize and follow her true desires for peace and love. She betrothed herself to Glorfindel and returned to Gondolin with him.

The couple married and bore one child, a son named Ingwil.

As the Lady of the House of the Golden Flower, Elemírë was also one of its fiercest warriors. She fought alongside her husband for the first time in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.

Elemírë died during the Fall of Gondolin, rescuing her son from an attacking fire drake, which she successfully slayed before perishing.

Thank you again for the ask @hobbitwrangler, and for encouraging my foray into the Silm fandom. I hope you (and anyone reading this) enjoy learning about these OC ladies! Maybe with the right amount of courage, time, and motivation, I may someday even write some actual one-shots including them!

For more SotWK AU headcanons: SotWK HC Masterlist

Elves HC Tag List: @a-world-of-whimsy-5 @achromaticerebus @acornsandoaktrees @aduialel @asianbutnotjapanese @auttumnsayshi @blueberryrock @conversacomsmaug @elan-ho-detto-elan-15 @entishramblings @glassgulls @heilith @heranintomyknife23times @ladyweaslette @laneynoir @lathalea @quickslvxrr @spacecluster @stormchaser819 @talkdifferently6 @tamryniel @tamurilofrivendell

Special Moots who might be interested tag: @emmanuellececchi @from-the-coffee-shop-in-edoras @scyllas-revenge @g-m-kaye @quillofspirit

Other useful links:

Introduction to SotWK

Fanfiction Masterlist

Fanfiction Request Guidelines

[mystery-of-arkham-asylum]

What even is sleep? Who even needs sleep? Anyway, another night stitching. This time I give you the symbols of the nations from Avatar. Also a leaf of Lórien brooch. Of course I had to include something from one of my favourite things ever.

[arofili]

@aspecardaweek day one | asexuality | finduilace

Finduilas daughter of Orodreth the King knew [Gwindor] and welcomed him, for she had loved him before the Nirnaeth, and so greatly did Gwindor love her beauty that he named her Faelivrin, which is the gleam of the sun on the pools of Ivrin.

—The Silmarillion, “Of Túrin Turambar”

[art from this picrew]

[godteri-takk]

Happy pride to everyone on the aroace-spectrum!!! I headcanon Gandalf and Bilbo as aroace and they are besties<<3 yes i draw Gandalf with big naturals unironically!!! He's slaying!! Its not every pride that Gandalf has been able to be in the Shire with him, so Bilbo is real happy about it ^w^

God is the image quality absolutely horrendous when I post this or is it just me?? Please click it AND I REALLY MEAN IT THIS TIME for better quality QwQ image description in ALT!!

[violecov]

Some Fingolfin and Finarfin sketches for a videogame planning.

I love angry Finarf 🙂‍↕️

[imakemywings]

Asexual and ace-adjacent Tolkien headcanons (assuming I'm deviating from my default of "all Elves are ace and/or demi"):

Maedhros: Aroace and sex repulsed. Does not get it, does not want it, is grossed out by the whole concept. Hates hearing about Maglor's sexcapades. Is the #1 recipient of Maglor sexcapade stories.

Lalwen: Aroace and sex neutral. She can take it or leave it and most often she leaves it. It lacks a compelling emotional component for her and most often she just finds it kind of boring. She would rather be kicking your ass at lacrosse.

Daeron: Panromantic asexual and does enjoy casual sex, but is very picky about the encounter. Absolutely will not engage with oral, giving or receiving, and if you push this boundary at all he will throw you out immediately, first and foremost because you can't follow directions thereby proving your intellectual insufficiency.

Frodo: Ace king. Sex neutral leaning towards sex repulsed. It simply does not hold any interest for him. He likes other forms of physical affection and most of all he loves chilling with a loved one working at separate activities together.

Melian: My personal feeling is that all Ainur lack any sexual feelings of any kind. However, she knows how much value physical beings place on intimacy of the body, and she likes making Thingol feel good. Also, he will let her do literally anything at least once, and she enjoys experimenting.

Finduilas: Panromantic asexual. She'll do it, but only if she's super into you and trusts you a lot. Mostly she prefers kissing and touching to the actual sex bit, but orgasms do briefly distract her from stressing about the state of Middle-earth.

Morwen: The only person Morwen has ever remotely even considered allowing to touch her that way was Hurin (for the most part she does not enjoy being touched at all). Got quite solid at blowjobs because she generally does not enjoy PIV. Rarely orgasms, but when she does it usually puts her to sleep for several hours. Hurin was very understanding and quite flexible in accommodating Morwen's boundaries.

Bilbo: Aroace all the way, eternal bachelor by his own choosing. Has never personally engaged with sex or romance because he simply never felt the urge to "give it a try." The most interest he has in these things is gossiping about other people's experiences.

Thranduil: Pan ace. If you want to handle the royal jewels you better put a ring on it first, because he will not accept any lower level of commitment. Does enjoy the emotional intimacy of getting physical with a committed partner.

[rocksandaces]

Honestly the Hobbit was a perfect book goblin asexual me could enjoy and then someone decided to turn that cozy magical adventure into a dark movie with two awful romances

It was already perfect why did you ruin it? I just wanted my dragon and treasure story!