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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).

[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

[queeringclassiclit]

Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee

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

rematch of this poll

[swordsmithofgondolin]

Elrond

For @aspecardaweek

Day 1: Asexuality

[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

[avnasace]

having the urge to rewatch lotr for the millionth time, even if only for that one powerful moment of nostalgia when Into the West plays and the credits roll. theres nothing quite like that feeling.

[pbjelly90]

Nintendo really said they were coming for my wallet with today's Nintendo Direct:

A new Mario & Luigi game??? A new MARIO PARTY and we don't have to wait for the next console??? With cool new boards and lots of minigames??? A new DK anything, even if it's not the DK64 remake I've been waiting for? A NEW ZELDA WITH A PLAYABLE ZELDA???? And Ace Attorney Investigations 2 FINALLY gets localized and we get the games in a collection on Switch to finally complete the series thus far??? With NEW ART AND GRAPHICS???

I'm half convinced I'm dreaming because none of these seem real! Finally Nintendo understands they can just have my dang money if they make good games and games we've been requesting for ages. I wasn't expecting this much to be released so late in the Switch's lifecycle, but well done ya'll.

There were also some cute RPG, adventure and farming games in this Direct I may have to check out. I'll admit I'm real curious about the Hobbit game.

I don't even go here, but seeing a new Metroid game finally coming out is pretty cool too.

Perfect Dark coming to Nintendo 64 online was also a great dose of nostalgia. My brother and I used to rent that one from Blockbuster so much back in the day.

[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

[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]

[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.

[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!!

[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!

[violecov]

Some Fingolfin and Finarfin sketches for a videogame planning.

I love angry Finarf 🙂‍↕️