#aspec tolkien

[mrkida-art]

Day 5: Stars Durin's Folk star lamps inspired by their architecture in the books (did you know that they like to carve their pillars in the shape of trees? )

Prompt list:

[cobaltsoulsearcher]

Poll for my own curiosity

[elithilanor]

I’m literally dying for this

Please

Thank you 😭

Ace Galadriel?

fuck yeah ace galadriel!

[theknightandhersteed]

Bilbo Baggins, the absolute unit, is aroace and has OCD. Why? Because I'm aroace and I have OCD and I said so. Also just look at him. He's just like me frfr

[just-trying-my-best-everyday]

LOTR is the perfect aspec series because everyone loves each other so freaking much yet romance is never a part of the equation.

[brighter-arda]

Non-SAM aromantic Nienna for day 3 of @aspecardaweek 🔵💙🤍💚🟢

Nienna as non-SAM because I think she had no wish to marry and decided that her love was given to the world and thought no more about it.

I chose silver fern for the final photo because their shape, koru, means new life and hope.

[image description: 10 images in blues, white and greens

1: white clouds, text 'Nienna' 'sister of the Feanturi'

2: ceiling of a blue mosque, text 'she dwells alone'

3: woman in black clothes and a black hijab on blue background, text 'she is acquainted with grief'

4: sunlight through trees, text 'and mourns for every wound that Arda has suffered'

5: green tinted supernova, text in a circle 'so great was her sorrow, as the music unfolded'

6: water surface, text 'that her song turned to lamentation long before its end'

7: waves on a beach, text 'and the sound of mourning was woven into the themes of the World before it began.'

8: same woman as before, with her arms lifted out. Text 'but she does not weep for herself;'

9: cropped, blue tinted image of Gandalf with text 'and those who harken to her learn pity'

10: fern fronds, text 'and endurance in hope']

[lanthanum12]

Does anyone know of any long fics in the Tolkien Legendarium fandom that have a major focus on aspec identity? Where the aspec character(s) are not modern characters in middle-earth either or modern AUs. Nothing against those, just not what I am looking for.

It's really discouraging and isolating. A lot of the fics that are tagged with it that only end up only focusing on it for a scene or two. I want something where stories that I can relate to are a major theme. I love seeing myself in media and some recs would mean a lot!

[arofili]

@aspecardaweek day four | family | aspec nolofinwëans (demi fingon, alloaro aredhel, & aroace argon)

The sons of Fingolfin were Fingon, who was afterwards King of the Noldor in the north of the world, and Turgon, lord of Gondolin; their sister was Aredhel the White. [...] [Youngest] was Argon, the tallest of the brothers and the most impetuous, [who] perished in the first battle of Fingolfin’s host with the Orcs.

—The Silmarillion, “Of Eldamar and the Princes of Eldalië” & The Peoples of Middle-earth, “The Shibboleth of Fëanor”

[art from this picrew]

[eloquentsisyphianturmoil]

Headcanon that Miriel and Finwe was a lavender wedding but when Elwe went and got bewitched by Melian Miriel said ‘if we’re gonna do this, let’s do it properly’, did it too properly, died, and left Finwe to marry some preppy straight girl to distract himself from the trauma.

[aroaceconfessions]

Sometimes certain fictional characters remind me that (intense) aesthetic attraction is a thing and I'm probably some not-totally-a-no flavor of arospec. I am literally slogging through the Silmarillion because CERTAIN ARTISTS draw Melkor like THAT for crying out loud

Like, hello? who said the bad guy was allowed to be that pretty???? tolkien?????????????

he probably gives really good hugs

Submitted June 12, 2023

[kit-kat-24601]

30 Days of Aspecs - Day 6

Frodo Baggins (LotR) is AroAce

←Day 5 Day 7→

----------------Evidence Below the Cut----------------

Frodo's narrative in The Lord of the Rings focuses on his familial and platonic relationships, and ends with him unmarried like Bilbo. An argument could and has been made by many that he is gay and in love with Sam, but I've always seen their relationship as a strong platonic, even queerplatonic one.

[the-polls]

For my fellow lovers of pushing buttons. I just wanted to have a post to shout out different poll blogs that I can link to and add to. If you want me to add your blog or shout one out, let me know.

EDIT: I've reached the tag limit and realized there is a link limit so I have a carrd I'm using as a poll directory so continue to let me know of poll blogs! I'll add blogs here as links but there's also a link limit, so the carrd will probably be most up-to-date.

I've crossed out the ones that seem to have been deleted/deactivated, but if it's still there and just changed urls let me know.

General Polls ● the-polls (this blog) ● incognitopolls ● apolladay ● anonymous-polling ● anon-polls-for-you ● justcuriouspolls ● oddpolls ● swarm-of-polls-in-a-trench-coat ● thisthat-ortheother ● yesornopolls ● parttimepolls ● reblogforsamplesize ● whatcha-thinkin ● i-reblog-every-poll-i-see ● augmentedpolls ● polls-drugs-etc ● lamp-polls ● pollforthesoul ● poll-boy ● curiositysavesthecat ● anonpolls ● just-a-blog-for-polls ● yayornaypolls ● pollsforpondering ● themostrandompolls ● poll-position ● anonym-polls ● pollsgalore

NSFW (18+) Polls ● spicypolls

Poll Adjacent ● poll-stats ● seeresultssweep

Identity Specific Polls ● aspecpolls - Aspec ● aro-polls - Aromantic ● asexualpolls - Asexual ● gaypolls - Gay/Lesbian ● lesbianpolls - Lesbian ● mspecpolls - MSpec (Bi, Pan, Omni, etc.) ● transgenderpolls - Transgender ● nonbinary-polls - Nonbinary ● gnc-polls - Gender Non-Conforming ● queer-questions-and-polls - Queer ● queer-polls - Queer ● plurality-polls - plurality / systems ● plurality-polls-2 - plurality / systems

Fandom Polls ● pollsnatural - Supernatural (TV) ● tmapolls - The Magnus Archives (Podcast) ● onepiece-polls - One Piece (Anime/Manga) ● anon-scp-polls - SCP ● middleearth-polls - LOTR, The Hobbit, Tolkien ● bts-polls - BTS (Kpop) ● swiftpolls - Taylor Swift (Singer) ● dragonagepolls - Dragon Age (Game) ● sdv-polls - Stardew Valley (Game) ● tally-polls - Tally Hall (Banad) ● loonathepoll - Loona (Kpop) ● dungeonmeshi-polls - Dungeon Meshi ● animalcrossingopinionpoll - Animal Crossing Character Opinions ● nether-have-i-ever - The game "never have i ever" but for Minecraft

"Do you know..." or "Have you seen/played/etc" Polls ● haveyouseenthismovie-poll - Movies ● haveyouseenthisqueerfilm - Queer Films ● haveyouseenthis90smovie - 90s Movies ● haveyouseenthishorrormovie - Horror Movies ● haveyouseenthisromcom - RomComs ● haveyouseenthismusical - Musicals ● doyouknowthischaracter - Characters ● haveyouheardthispodcast - Podcasts ● doyouknowthisanime - Anime ● do-you-know-this-youtuber - YouTubers ● haveyoureadthisbook-poll - Books ● haveyoureadthistransbook - Trans Books ● haveyoureadthispoem-poll - Poems ● haveyouplayedthisgame - Video Games ● haveyouplayedthisirlgame-poll - IRL Games ● doyouknowthistmntau - TMNT AUs ● doyouknowthisdisabledcharacter - Disabled Characters ● areyouthisidentity-polls - Gender/Sexuality ● haveyouplayedthisttrpg - Tabletop Role-playing Games ● doyouknowthisactor - Actors ● doyouknowa - Names ● fictionalfoodpolls - Would you eat [x] fictional food? ● watchlist-poll - Movie Watchlist

Tournaments ● whoishotteranimepolls ● chuunibyou-showdown ● hotvintagepoll ● vgtrackbracket ● mlmshipbracket ● spicymalepolls (18+) ● which-is-the-very-best ● does-it-like-women ● adaptations-polls

Other ● which-item-poll ● rate-a-spam-bot ● daily-oc-polls ● horrorpolls ● hypothetipolls ● trivia-polls-daily

[astriiformes]

Hey what if. I ran some kind of aspec Tolkien fandom event. No specific ideas yet (just a week with prompts? a Big Bang? something else?) and I would have to figure out if there was enough interest to justify it and how to get the word out, but would folks be interested in participating in something like that?

I'm just having all these LotR feelings again and it's a work where my love of the character relationships is really intertwined with my asexuality and aromanticism, and I would really love to encourage more works exploring that kind of thing.

[just-trying-my-best-everyday]

Every relationship in LOTR is highly aspec and I appreciate that so much.

[elithilanor]

MY PEOPLE

WHY AM I JUST FINDING THIS OUT NOW

Aspec Arda Week is only a week away!

May 22-28, 2023

Hello and welcome to Aspec Arda Week!

This is a week-long event to celebrate the interaction of the asexual and aromantic-spectrums and Tolkien’s Legendarium of Arda. Though these experiences are not explicit within Tolkien’s work, many fans across the a-spectrum see themselves in Arda, and we are here to appreciate any and all interpretation of characters, relationships, and events through an aspec lens.

Any content about the a-spectrum in Arda is welcome! You can create edits, gifs, fanart, fanfic, fanmixes, and more! This event will run from May 22-28, 2023! Please tag your posts with #aspecardaweek AND @ mention this blog @aspecardaweek so they can be easily found. If your submission turns into a long post, please put what you can beneath a “Keep reading” divider.

Below are some prompts for each day of the week. They are not mandatory, but they are here to inspire you. This page will lead to an explanation for each one. The first prompt is the “main” prompt, but we are also providing more open-ended secondary prompts.

DAY ONE: Asexuality || Discovery, Confusion, Education DAY TWO: Aromanticism || Acceptance, Loneliness, Pride DAY THREE: Across the A-Spectrum || Hope, Complexity, Diversity DAY FOUR: Worldbuilding || Community, Change, Family DAY FIVE: Relationships || Companionship, Intimacy, Queerplatonic DAY SIX: Intersectionality || Connection, Relief, Friendship DAY SEVEN: Freeform || Love, Vulnerability, Identity

This event is being organized by @arofili. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to message this blog or my main.

For further clarification, check out our about, FAQ, code of conduct, and prompts pages! Happy creating!!

[brighter-arda]

[image: four ocean photos arranged in a square with a photo of a woman in the middle. Top left is sunlight through water onto the seafloor with the words "Uinen, Lady of the sea". Top right is seaweed. Bottom left is sandy rocky seafloor. Bottom right is tentacles. The woman is Black and has shiny makeup + glitter on her skin. Her hair is in braids styled up around her head.]