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[aotearoa20]

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Kiss Afresh, as When We First Begun

Author: runawaymun Pairings : Elrond/Celebrian Read here

“I would still be your friend,” she said, voice soft. “Just as I have been.”  Something slithered behind Elrond’s eyes. Something painful and stinging of skepticism.  “No,” he said. “I would not ask that of you.”  “I love you,” Celebrían insisted with all the vehemence she could muster.  Elrond looked away. His eyes slipped shut, and he whispered: “Don’t.” 

Ah I loved everything about this fic! The pining, the grief, Elronds misplaced hesitation, Celebrian’s endearing frustration and conversations with her dad. It was all perfect :)

Note: was written for TolkienRSB24 so I’ll put both the author and artists tumblr here

Author: @runawaymun. Artist: @essenceofarda

[leahgracemakes]

making a whole new blog for my textile/fiber artsy stuff :>

Here's a self portrait I've been working on off-and-on for a few months now... Below is a photo of the (nearly) most recent WIP update :)

*previously posted about on my tolkien themed fanart blog @essenceofarda (if you've happened upon previous updates over there before!)

[byleahgracie]

I meant to do this last month but got sick and hospitalized for a short while so I had to wait until now 😅

Art Commissions Available!

Please message me here at @byleahgracie for more info if you're interested! :D

Examples of my Art and Art style can be found on my art blogs, here on @byleahgracie or @funkytoesart or @essenceofarda

What I'm Offering:

Line art + Cell Shading Character Art

Full Body - Starting Price: $100 (+ $25 per additional character)

Bust - Starting Price: $60 (+ $25 per additional character)

This includes hi-res PNG + JPEG, and 2 free changes at the sketch stage, + 1 free change at the color stage.

Character Art + BG illustration: Starting Price is $175 (+ $25 per additional character)

Note: While i do often use 3D as BGs for my webtoon, for these illustrations I'll be hand drawing the backgrounds, utilizing 3D for a perspective aid :)

Want to see a scene or moment of your story or fanfic made into a mini comic? I'm also offering Comic Pages for a flat fee of $90/each page (~3-6 panels per page) (Examples of my Comics: My webtoon + my fancomics)

The Illustration + Comic Page commissions include hi-res PNG + JPEG files, plus 3 free changes at the sketch stage and 2 free changes at the color stage.

How Long will my Commission Take?

For Character Art Commissions it may take up to 3-4+ weeks to finish, depending on how quickly I get revisions/changes to make.

Full Illustration + Comic page commissions may may take up to 1-2+ months to complete, again majorly depending on response rate and workload 👍

Please message me here at @byleahgracie for more info if you're interested! :D

[essenceofarda]

I saw this stunning lovely amazing gorgeous actress, Ambika Mod, who stars in a Netflix series called One Day, and I was like:

That's essenceofarda's Lothíriel Dol Amroth!

TELL ME YOU SEE IT TOO!

WOAH! oh my gosh, she really IS the perfect Lothiriel 😮🤩😍

[silmsmutweek]

ROUND-UP: GEN & OTHER

All creations are Mature or Explicit unless marked as *sfw. Please see work tags for warnings.

Celegorm & Original Characters Celegorm the Fair by @cuarthol

Finrod & Fingon, Implied Fëanor/Fingolfin Faithfully by @ettelene *sfw

Celebrían Art by @ylieke Art and Art 2 by @essenceofarda

Nerdanel Moodboard by @searchingforserendipity25 *sfw

Elrond & Erestor & Glorfindel Day 4 by @tethysresort

[ellrond]

What if I said 0 for Celebrian what then

then i would kiss you under the stars. on the mouth.

What would their social media page/activity be like? she'd be a coquette girly I think, very millennial in its organisation and theming, all very curated on inta. her tumblr would be lana del rey and pale cottagecore good for her. Her LinkedIn would be so organised and professional as well, but her twitter would just be so horny. her likes would be public and it'd be a lot of porn <3

What animal they remind me of? a doe - gentle and peaceful and a bit timid and beautiful to behold

My thoughts on their design/aesthetic? shes a plus size coquette girly honestly to me she's all pastels and lace and flowers and shes the gentle spring to elrond's kind summer

Physical headcanons? i adore the physical design that @essenceofarda has for Celebrian - plus size, freckly, beautiful gap tooth, round cheeks and long hair!! that is canon to me

Social headcanons? she is kind and generally well liked but doesn't have a close knit group of friends; she prefers to keep a bit of distance between her and others. It's easy for her to feign intimacy with others that is somewhat surface level but comfortable

Psycological headcanons? Like Galadriel, she fears the passing of time and how quickly it affects the world around her. She is uncomfortable at the thought of how fast the seasons change and the life cycle of flora and fauna. She is relieved when Galadriel passes the Elessar to her and she is able to slow down time. She prefers things to stay the same, for people to stay the same, and fears significant change because she grew up knowing the changes that her parents had to endure. She can't help but associate change and upheaval with bad things.

Ships with them I like? Elrond/Celebrian until the day I die. I'm also a sucker for toxic Celebrian/Celebrimbor. The idea of her having romantic/sexual relationships with women earlier on in her life is very important to me too (bi icon!) but there isn't a specific female character available to ship her with (thanks for nothing Jirt).

Made-up connections with other characters that weren't in the canon? n/a

Headcanons about their past? For the longest time I've had the headcanon that she was shaved bald during her torment with the orcs. The first time I posted about it was about 10 years ago, and someone even cosplayed it back then! I've seen a few other people create art / talk about it too, so I think it's something that different people have come up with independently since too which is cool! Hive mind mentality etc. Also I envision her to have a difficult relationship with Galadriel, and a much easier one with Celeborn.

Content about them I'd like to see more of? Canonical content - mentions or appearances of her in Rings of Power would soothe my soul although I worry about their portrayal of her. If we get warrior!Celebrian I'm going to lose my mind. Mentions of her in lotro make me insane in a good way!

[torchwood-99]

@essenceofarda Gives my your 1920s Farawyn AU vibes

Dress

c. 1926

by designer Vionnet

Rayon crepe and seed beads

The Museum at FIT

[tolkiengenweek]

TOLKIEN GEN WEEK 2021

DAY FIVE: Culture From the Noldor of Tirion to the Men of Rhûn to the Dwarves of the Orocarni and beyond, Tolkien created many distinct societies and cultures—but often didn’t tell us much about them! How do these cultures differ from one another and interact with each other? What political, religious, economic, and social structures exist? How do different places view disability, orientation, gender, and race? This is a day to consider the factors of society on the lives of your favorite characters.

These prompts are optional, and we are open to any gen content whether or not you stick to our suggestions!

Please tag your posts with #tolkiengenweek AND @ mention this blog @tolkiengenweek so they can be easily found. If your submission turns into a long post, please put what you can beneath a “Keep reading” divider. If you are posting your submission to AO3, you can add it to the event collection here.

Mobile links are accessible here.

Art in the promo banner is by @essenceofarda.

[lendmyboyfriendahand]

For Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang @tolkienrsb​

The Lamb Becomes the Wolf

Artwork by the incredible @essenceofarda​, written by Tehhumi

Rating: G

Warnings: No archive warnings apply

Words: 4963

Luthien throws down Morgoth and becomes Queen of the North, with Beren at her side.

[theemightypen]

"#gahhhhh this remains one of my favorite things#eomer x lothiriel#eothiriel#(i have a masquerade prompt in my inbox but i don't want to overstep by writing it to match this)" -- WRITE IT 👏 WRITE IT 👏 WRITE IT 👏 WRITE IT 👏WRITE IT 👏WRITE IT 👏WRITE IT 👏WRITE IT 👏WRITE IT 👏WRITE IT

ask and ye shall receive!! (also holy WOW i love your art work sooooo much, thank you so much for giving me the a-ok to write this!!)

inspired by this gorgeous thing 

paper faces on parade

Under normal circumstances, Lothiriel loves masques. The colors, the dresses, the endless dancing and wine…

But these are not normal circumstances.

No, for today–tonight–she shall meet her betrothed for the first time.

Eomer, son of Eomund, newly crowned King of Rohan. Brother to Lady Eowyn, Slayer of the Witch-King. A warrior many times over, with valor only matched by King Elessar. A proud man, and a brave one.

And a stranger.

Read on AO3 | Read on FF.net

[overlord-of-fantasy]

I did not like my birthday colour, so I picked the beautiful colour of Thrawn's eyes. Here is a quick drawing of him and his five-head trying out Coruscanti make up, right bevore beeing forced to chop his luscious hair off. Poor guy.

Have fun drawing, if you want to: @lanthanum12, @curufiin, @atane-is-here, @thewizardblues, @thelien-art, @neldeathstar, @mmad-lover, @momo-t-daye, @stealingpotatoes, @essenceofarda, @fflewddur-feanorion, @gia-batmm-crickle22, @kindanathy, @numenhore, @redbean-nom and everybody else, who likes to draw!

Tag game!! . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ ✨

Birthday colour vs favourite character.

Link to birthday colour

Tagging: @white-flower-blooming // @shaxxophone // @queerferalgremlinnooneaskedfor // @31duskballs // @weepingpussywillowtree // @subtlybrilliant // @jadedzer0// @icarus-suraki // @oneiro-nautical // @fismoll7secinv // @princessofxianle // @quilleth //

૮ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ა if you are not tagged but want to join, please feel free to reblog this post with your results and favourite character, I'd love to see it!!

[aotearoa20]

WIP Titles Tag Game

Thanks for the tag @amethysttribble :) 💜💜💜

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! Then tag as many people as you have WIPs

Apologies in advance I’m deep in the rabbit hole so these are all silm, feanorian centred fics😅

Trials of redemption (chapter4)

Stars Burnt Out

Foresight (but with little feanorians)

Little King of Mine

Father…

Vassal (Body and Soul part2)

for tagging: @annoyinglandmagazine, @actual-bill-potts, @auroramama, @essenceofarda, @runawaymun, @death220467 sorry if you’ve already been tagged and no pressure ofc :)

[themoonlily]

been thinking of Éothiriel Victorian AU and a particular scene of Éomer unlacing Lothíriel’s corset. 👀

[spindlesaurus-rex]

GUYS LOOK AT THIS AMAZING STUUUUUUUFFFFFFFF

Ps @essenceofarda the world needs MANY more Agatha Christie/ ghost aus so PLEASE write more of this one!!

Tbh this is TOTALLY self serving, but I’m currently writing a 1920’s/ 30’s Agatha Christie AU for them and I would LOVE to see something along those lines in your style because everything you draw is stunning and amazing ok thanks I’ll shut up now 💛💛

(long-ish post! Scroll to through the 'read more' to see the fanart!)

I hope you know what you've done,,, this sketch request has single handedly started an obsessed with the concept of a 1930's middle earth eothiriel + Farawyn AU Agatha Christie au,, it has CONSUMED ME you hear me

So I sincerely hope you don't mind that I created a whole au of my own based on this prompt 😅

anyway.,,

Presenting!

With tensions between Gondor and Mordor rising, and war brewing on the horizon, the Steward of Gondor, Lord Denethor, sends his youngest son, Captain Faramir, to Rohan, in hopes of establishing a marriage alliance between the King of Rohan's nephew, Lord Éomer, and his own niece, Princess Lothíriel. Lothíriel, for her part, only agrees to the match if SHE can tag along with Faramir to aid in the marriage negotiations (with the clear intent of sabotaging any real attempts at marriage matching). However, not all is at is it seems in the Capitol of the Riddermark. King Theoden is a shadow of his old self, Lady Éowyn seems to be wasting away into misery, the crown prince is recently dead, and even more strange events keep happening, and the king's advisor Grima Wormtongue seems to be at the center of all of this. When a one of Éowyn's maids is found dead while Faramir and Lothíriel are visiting, it springs into motion a series of events that no one could have predicted. Lothíriel must don her amateur sleuth hat, as she begins to investigate--for not only has a murder occurred, but it appears to be of the supernatural kind...

Below: Lothiriel and Eomer

Above, Eowyn and Faramir!

Anyway, thank you SO much for sending this ask and delighting my brain. I love this au so much!

Also if you ended up posting that fic of yours i'm dying to read it 👀

[funkytoesart]

For the sketch request, can I ask for Jim Lake Jr?

This ask is literally from like,, September of 2021 (😅) i'm so sorry it's so late haha--anyway, here's The Boy and a [VERY disproportionate to him lol 😭] Claire Nuñez :)

Gonna try to work through old sketch requests here and over on my Tolkien Fanart blog (@essenceofarda) in my sketchbook bc i wanna finish it in a timely fashion :)

[funkytoes]

The Bastard King: Chapter 2

On AO3!

STORY SUMMARY: A comforting night with a stranger on the eve of the march to the Battle at the Black Gate has left Princess Lothíriel with a child. Little does she know that this stranger is the new King of Rohan, Éomer.

A little story that edges on the side of ridiculous and that’s not part of my personal canon, and not how I think Lothiriel and Eomer actually get together, bUT it’s fun to write 👍

Start from the beginning