#amrad

[muxas-world]

Wait I just relaize Louis in dubai knows armand gave up on them to the coven "he chose" he has to know armand could stop the whole thing righ?? And he still chose to stay whit armand even tho he was part of the killing of his dauther/sister ohhh luis depawareveer when i put my hands over you

[sauronnaise]

POV: You're Fingon chilling in Mandos, but paparazzis won't leave you alone.

[kaftan]

“What mental illnesses do you think you have?” “All of them, inshallah” genuinely there is nothing more Egyptian than this

[prymaraa]

dysfunctional elves (in vyshyvankas (in valinor)) sketches

maglor and maedhros

caranthir, celegorm and curufin ft huan

aaand amrod and amras (designs by @heathcliffgirl2002 because they're amazing)

so, feanorians in ukrainian embroidered shirts, I put in this more thoughts then I probably should have, so some fun facts

the main parts of embroidery is their names, in ukrainian embroidery you can encrypt words, dates, even family trees into patterns and this thing was so interesting to me that I encrypted feanorians names in embroidery

also these names are not their sindarin names, they're mother-names (aka amilessë) because it's very common symbol in ukrainian culture "a mother embroiders a shirt for her child as a protecting charm" especially before said child going to the long adventure and i feel some sad parallels about noldors adventure to the middle-earth

also amrad and amras's mother names are the same, so on their shirts there are two different varieties of "writing" the same name

[sensedim1938]

Edin Dzeko’nun eşi Amrad Dzeko’nun paylaşımı..

[randomvarious]

Today's mix:

Global Underground 014: Hong Kong by John Digweed 1999 Progressive House / Progressive Trance

So, I guess I'm just ping-ponging back and forth between Global Underground mixes by Sasha and Global Underground mixes by John Digweed now. Back when these guys teamed up in the past to do things like Northern Exposure, it yielded some absolute magic, but when they're doing their own separate mixes for Global Underground, I haven't found their output nearly as satisfying. Many would disagree with me on this, though 😅.

But this Digweed double-disc is pretty frickin' good, in my estimation. And what's a little surprising about it to me, in particular, is that I actually really like the first disc—the progressive house one—a lot more than the second disc—the progressive trance one. I've definitely spieled about the late 90s era of progressive house before and how I find it to be largely boring, and the past two mixes that I've dug into from both Sasha and Digweed have much acclaimed progressive house discs on them that seem to cement my view even further.

And yet, the progressive house disc from this set really clicked with me. Diggers gets into a ~deep zone~ in the middle that I don't really jibe with, but a lot of the selections that surround that part are nothing short of excellent. The opener is this sleek and classy, talkbox-infused mix of Underworld's "Cups," by Manchester trio Salt City Orchestra, that sounds like it belongs in some kind of nocturnal-set Mercedes-Benz ad; Leiva's "Something for the Soul" has this fantastically hazy and dubby lead synth to it; Luzon brings in some old world flavoring with his sampling of a late 80s tune by Israeli world music-pop star Ofra Haza in "The Baguio Track;" and then the disc closes with a dark, brooding, and ominous monster from London's Medway, with "Flanker," a song whose constant synth chirps have a way of sounding like an approaching swarm of killer hornets who have their stingers at the ready 😧.

A good amount to enjoy in the second disc here too, especially in its latter half. Digweed runs back-to-back with two different mixes by The Netherlands' Lucien Foort, aka Funk Function; first with Science Dept.'s "Persuasion," which has a bit of an aquatic vibe to it, thanks to a catchy lead synth melody that sounds like rapid, whimsical flute stabs; and then with something smooth in Johan's "Crash." And immediately following that pair is a remix of Dutchman Hole in One's "Amrad in the 7th Phase" by the legendary Ferry Corsten, which features a great, sudden infusion of whistling synths 😌.

Still though, I didn't find this second disc to be as entertaining or cohesive or consistent as the first one. And while people rave about both of these CDs and consider the whole package to be one of the greatest commercial DJ mix releases of all time, I definitely disagree. But out of the trio of GU Digweed mixes I've now ventured into, this one might be my favorite, overall, with Sydney second, and Los Angeles definitely a distant third.

Listen to CD1 here. Listen to CD2 here.

Highlights:

CD1:

Underworld - "Cups (Salt City Orchestra Mix)" A.D.N.Y. Presents Leiva - "Something for the Soul" LSG - "Into Deep (Medway Remix)" Luzon - "The Baguio Track" Jean Phillippe Aviance - "Useless" Medway - "Flanker"

CD2:

Breeder - "Sputnik (New York FM Mix)" Science Dept. - "Persuasion (Funk Function Future Mix)" Johan - "Crash (Funk Function Groove Mix)" Hole In One - "Amrad in the 7th Phase (Ferr's Subliminal Recut)" Bedrock - "Heaven Scent (Evolution Unreleased Mix)"

[toontails]

AMRAD?!

We do not condone tooncism in this account 😡

PERIODT

[bantennewscoid-blog]

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[unieduvn]

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[dinaive]

AL-HASAN AL-BASRI

Imam al-Ghazzali relates al-Hasan's words on the personal struggle against one's lusts (jihad al-nafs) in the section of his Ihya' entitled Kitab Riyada al-Nafs wa Tahdhib al-Akhlaq wa Mu`alaja Amrad al-Qalb ("Book of the Training of the Ego, Disciplining of Manners, and Healing of the Heart's Diseases") that al-Hasan al-Basri said:

Two thoughts roam over the soul, one from Allah one from the enemy. Allah shows mercy on a servant who settles at the thought that comes from Him. He embraces the thought that comes from Allah, while he fights against the one from his enemy. To illustrate the heart's mutual attraction betwen these two powers the Prophet said: "The heart of a believer lies between two fingers of the Merciful"... The fingers stand for upheaval and hesitation in the heart... If man follows the dictates of anger and appetite, the dominion of Satan appears in him through idle passions (hawa) and his heart becomes the nesting-place and container of shaytan, who feeds on hawa. If he does battle with his passions and does not let them dominate his ego (nafs), imitating in this the character of the angels, at that time his heart becomes the resting-place of angels and they alight upon it.

[nolofinweo]

Here is a well-founded explanation of my point of view. Sources are included, so you can read it yourself. So, I was right again. There are no black-skinned Noldor, only black-haired Noldor (exceptions are Finafin's house and all known red-haired elves (Mahtan, Nerdanel, Maedhros, Amros and Amrad!)) Tolkien never called them black-skinned! Live with it! :P

♦

Tolkien often uses the term "fair", and that generally means "beautiful". He'll sometimes use it with a capital F to refer to Elves, such as in Shadows of the Past:

There are some, even in these parts, as know the Fair Folk and get news of them

In some cases it's used along with "white", which clearly shows they're meaning separate things, such as Legolas' song in Lothlorien:

An Elven-maid there was of old, [...] Her hair was long, her limbs were white, And fair she was and free;

However, in Appendix F of The Return of the King, he explicitly describes Elevs as "fair of skin":

Elves has been used to translate both Quendi, ‘the speakers’, the High-elven name of all their kind, and Eldar, the name of the Three Kindreds that sought for the Undying Realm and came there at the beginning of Days (save the Sindar only). This old word was indeed the only one available, and was once fitted to apply to such memories of this people as Men preserved, or to the makings of Men’s minds not wholly dissimilar. But it has been diminished, and to many it may now suggest fancies either pretty or silly, as unlike to the Quendi of old as are butterflies to the swift falcon – not that any of the Quendi ever possessed wings of the body, as unnatural to them as to Men. They were a race high and beautiful, the older Children of the world, and among them the Eldar were as kings, who now are gone: the People of the Great Journey, the People of the Stars. They were tall, fair of skin and grey-eyed, though their locks were dark, save in the golden house of Finarfin; and their voices had more melodies than any mortal voice that now is heard. They were valiant, but the history of those that returned to Middle-earth in exile was grievous; and though it was in far-off days crossed by the fate of the Fathers, their fate is not that of Men. Their dominion passed long ago, and they dwell now beyond the circles of the world, and do not return.

But a footnote in The Book of Lost Tales suggests that this passage was originally intended to only apply to the Noldor, and not all Quendi. However, the counterexamples that he gives refer to other Elves having different colours of hair - and don't mention skin at all.

In the last paragraph of Appendix F as published the reference to ‘Gnomes’ was removed, and replaced by a passage explaining the use of the word Elves to translate Quendi and Eldar despite the diminishing of the English word. This passage—referring to the Quendi as a whole—continues however with the same words as in the draft: ‘They were a race high and beautiful, and among them the Eldar were as kings, who now are gone: the People of the Great Journey, the People of the Stars. They were tall, fair of skin and grey-eyed, though their locks were dark, save in the golden house of Finrod…’ Thus these words describing characters of face and hair were actually written of the Noldor only, and not of all the Eldar: indeed the Vanyar had golden hair, and it was from Finarfin’s Vanyarin mother Indis that he, and Finrod Felagund and Galadriel his children, had their golden hair that marked them out among the princes of the Noldor. But I am unable to determine how this extraordinary perversion of meaning arose.

There are also several cases where specific Elves are described as pale, such as Galadriel in The Mirror of Galadriel:

The air was very still, and the dell was dark, and the Elf-lady beside him was tall and pale. ‘What shall we look for, and what shall we see?’ asked Frodo, filled with awe.

Or Maeglin in Of Maeglin:

He was tall and black-haired; his eyes were dark, yet bright and keen as the eyes of the Noldor, and his skin was white.

Ultimately, you can find plenty of quotes that describe elves as being "pale", "fair of skin" or "white". There are no quotes that describe them having brown or dark skin tones (although you can find some describing their hair as "dark" or "black", and also of "dark elves", as opposed to Caladquendi). But there is no absolute definitive statement that there were no Elves with dark skin (or any other colour of skin for that matter).

It's also worth remembering that the meaning of words changes over time, and just because a word means something to you, that's now necessarily what it Tolkien meant by it. For example, you probably wouldn't use the word "gay" to describe Elves, but Sam does in A Short Cut to Mushrooms:

‘They seem a bit above my likes and dislikes, so to speak,’ answered Sam slowly. ‘It don’t seem to matter what I think about them. They are quite different from what I expected – so old and young, and so gay and sad, as it were.’

So I'm now satisfied with the topic. If you want to see it as an attack on your personal freedom etc., then go ahead. I'm not interested. I'm not attacking anyone here, I'm just stating a definitive fact that there are no black-skinned Noldor and thus refuting the false assumption that there is such a thing! How are they supposed to become black-skinned if the sun only appears with the arrival of Fingolfin in Arda? Have you ever thought about that? And if you want to accuse me of having no respect for Tolkien's works and trampling on it, then you should take a look at yourself! The fact that you are misrepresenting the Noldor is already disrespectful to Tolkien's work. I can understand that you want to see your own origins in a popular work, but then you should stick to the facts and accept it as it was described. I still don't claim that there are no black elves, but I do claim that there are no black Noldor. I see more black elves among the Avari or Moriquendi, the tribe of elves who went south or even east.

And don't come to me with the stupid statement that Arda is not like our world. Apart from the use of magic, the physical situation in Arda is about 90% identical to our world! This also includes the discoloration of the skin due to the sun's rays.

With that in mind: read the books again and think about it. I hereby conclude my position and my (critical) statement. :)

An explanation of why I am confused by some Noldor pictures and view them with skepticism

There are many pictures of the Noldor and their 3 great houses. Some look very good and others are a bit more difficult to interpret.

What irritates me is that they are often depicted as dark-skinned (brown, sometimes completely black?), which is not exactly what Tolkien describes.

There are several reasons why, for me, all high elves are not brown or black-skinned and this has nothing to do with racism, but with some other factors that are ignored by many people!

The author, J.R.R. Tolkien, grew up in a racist time. At that time, it was extremely frowned upon to depict black people in stories or other art. Black people were viewed as inferior people at that time. (One reason why I absolutely detest the years 1800 to 1965! All people are equal, no matter what skin color they have! -.-*) When Tolkien spoke of 'black elves', he was referring to their hair color or their difficult character, not their skin color. For example, the children of Fingolfin are not black-skinned, but black-haired!

The basis of the idea of ​​the Noldor. Anyone who knows a little about European history will certainly still know the ancient tribes of the Slavs, Franks, Saxons, etc. These tribes were certainly used as the basis for various peoples of Arda. Not only because Tolkien himself was a Briton and thus knew European history himself, but because he borrowed a lot from the Edda or was inspired by European history. Some tribes, including the Franks, often had long hair. Especially the leaders! They were very easy to recognize by their long hair, because they often had the longest hair. (Source: Franken/Merowinger )

The geographical location of the island of Valinor. Valinor itself is located more northwest than in the southwest or even entirely in the south. The further north you live, the fewer color pigments your skin contains. This has something to do with the sun's rays and the shorter days. The further south you live, the more intense and longer the sun's effects on your skin are and the more color pigments your skin has to protect itself from sunlight. This is also the reason why there are more black people in Africa than white people. The white people only moved there through colonization. If black people lived only in the north for generations, they would experience a lightening of their skin after just a few generations because they get less sun in the north. The dark pigments thus lose their usefulness or protective function. That's how I see it with the Noldor. Due to the location of the island, all high elves will be white-skinned rather than dark-skinned.

In short: I do not doubt that there are black-skinned elves. I strongly assume that they exist. I just don't see that the high elves have black skin, only black hair (with a few exceptions, due to intermarriage with the Vanyar).

I strongly assume that black-skinned elves are not high elves, but rather belong to the Moriquendi. The so-called dark elves. I don't know which tribes, apart from the Sindar and the Teleri, belong to this group. However, I assume that some tribes of the Moriquendi certainly went to the southern lands, to Rhun, Umbar, Harad or even further south; to countries that are completely unknown to me.

Of course, everyone can draw what they want. Celegorm is also wrongly depicted with blonde hair, although he had black hair like his father (blonde cannot result from red hair and black hair, it's called genetics…). This is up to each individual, but please forgive me for not sharing these works. The reasons are above, if anyone takes it badly, that's fine. I don't care.

I just wanted to give my opinion here and clarify again where the term 'dark' comes from in Tolkien's works and what it refers to.

[sanjidysphoria]

brb i'm swearing an oath with my siblings, will update later

[spvce-oddity]

maedhros insisted on being in the middle so he could distract everyone from his father’s terrible fashion sense

[anna-dreamer]

Ok, I finally understand

Or do I?

So, which one of them died at Losgar? 

[noldorin-drama]

Amrod, lying on the bed: If you’re procrastinating and you know it clap your hands

Amras, lying in the floor: I’ll clap later