#feral elves

[annoyinglandmagazine]

I love the whole concept that all the mortals by the late third age have this idea of elves as these serene, calm, wise and peaceful beings. Like at the council of Elrond and the like they all see the elves as inherently great givers of advice with the bigger picture at heart. Imagine if someone from then read a book on the first age. Like Faramir being exposed to Elrond’s records after he leaves for Valinor and thinking are these really the same species? Why are they setting everything on fire? Was the founder of Numenor really raised by these people? Did the calm lord Elrond really hold a knife to that guys throat? They are all completely feral and bloodthirsty and possess no basic judgement skills. Frodo getting to Valinor and being invited to a party at Finrod’s house. Expecting a deep cryptic discussion on lore and feeling out of place among all these dignified ethereal legends. And like ten minutes in people are playing drinking games with knives and fire. Frodo expects Lord Elrond to be shocked at his relatives behaviour but finds him in a knife throwing competition with the former high king. He seems to be winning. He also sees what seems to be two high kings making out in the stairwell. His last hope is Galadriel whose now in an intense bar fight with three of her cousins. Her husband is cheering her on from the corner.

The elves are not actually inherently wise. They just made all the mistakes and learnt from them after about the fifth attempt.

[pinacoladamatata]

blink and you'll miss it moments around skyhold....

[armenelols]

In deference to my recent bout of shitposting, have a daily reminder that Tolkien's half-elves have no happy ending and no matter what they choose, they'll still lose part of their family forever. They'll always be split between two people, neither fully one or the other, yet forced to pick one and lose the other

[winterofherdiscontent]

. 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓟𝓪𝓵𝓮 𝓔𝓵𝓯

'Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief' (Anne Carson)

[ a painting study of Astarion Ancunín ]

[saintstars]

Wow what a gene pool

[silvantransthranduiltrash]

I just realized that Morgoth and Miriel were in the halls at the same time. And you can bet your ass Miriel spent 95% of the time tormenting him for all the shit he pulled.

Morgoth: *sees the transparent form of Miriel approach* awe, such a cute elf-

Miriel: *snarls and snaps jaws*

Morgoth: *shrieks* GET YOUR FUCKING ELF, BITCH!

Mandos: she don’t bite.

Morgoth/Miriel: YES, SHE DO!

[sorry-i-forgot]

Despite my love hate relationship with this game, Lucanis has won mine (and my rook's) heart. The brainrot is so real and so is my writing degree have some tidbits and screenshots for free. Rook is Hanina Mercer (Hanina meaning 'your glory') a dalish foundling sold into "adoption" to a insignificant military family trying to get a one-up by adding new mage blood into the mix. Was briefly an abomination herself when possessed by a rage demon (I stg I didn't even know Lucanis had a demon I'd purposefully avoided spoilers before launch) with fire now being her expertise. She's gregarious, sarcastic (purple rook my beloved), and deadly in a fight. The orb & blade combo is so hot both literally and figuratively. The playful headstrong mage switching to unabashed concern and care on a dime -- Lucanis did not stand a chance. And honestly neither did she because NO ONE has ever offered Hanina 'Rook' Mercar anything without wanting something in return and they certainly have never cooked a fucking meal for her. Anyway I just think the moral dilemma of an elven child being taken from her original parents and facing a terrible fate only to be given quality housing, food, education, etc all with the understanding it's only because of her blood is mind-bending -- especially when she joins the Shadow Dragons with the purpose of freeing more of her "true people" only to be faced with the choice of saving her "home" or Treviso; a choice that will end up hurting her more than she cares to admit no matter what she decides. All while she's tasked with saving all of Thedas from the ancient gods of the people she was forcibly disconnected from so many years before.

i swear half his idle animation is leaning against objects, not that i'm complaining... also i could not turn off ui dont come for me

[deconstructthesoup]

Sorely tempted to run your typical high-fantasy game of D&D so I can fulfill my worldbuilding dreams of just making elves Weird

Like, oh, high elves are isolationist and snooty and live far away from people and are usually characterized as being calm and emotionless? Great, let's make them live in the mountains and wear fluffy coats for flavor, and let's also take the "elves are tall and skinny" thing and make high elves Uncanny-Valley levels of tall and skinny, complete with blank white eyes and a tendency to speak in unison when in groups. Make it so they deliberately suppress their emotions in favor of cold, hard logic, and make it so they're so disconnected from time due to their lifespan and their environment that they truly feel like relics of the past.

Wood elves live in the forest and are big nature people but aren't that different from high elves usually, and also elves as a whole come from the Feywild? Awesome, let's give them cat's eyes, claws, and tufts of fur at the end of their ears, make their teeth a little sharp and pointed, and throw in some green blood for good measure. They're our baseline elves, so some of them might live in cities and some of them might live in the forest, but make it so being a jack-of-all-trades is part of their culture, so they tend to have insanely niche knowledge of an insane amount of useful skills. Hell, make them a little bit chaotic and freespirited, moving away from the "I am calm and at one with nature" thing and more towards a "nature is a force that will fuck you up and I embody that" thing.

Drow live in the Underdark, an underground realm that's filled to the brim with weird-ass Aberrations and all-around freaky creatures, and worship a spider goddess? Perfect, let's make it so their purple/blue skin is something that's meant to help them blend into the Underdark and that their white hair is a blessing from said spider goddess, and let's take some inspiration from The Magnus Archives and spin their spider aesthetic into a culture that values charm, family, and forming "webs of connections---" and this can mean anything from making a drow character who's just a really nice person who wants to make friends to making a drow character who's straight-up a mafia boss. Make it so that because they live underground and are therefore closer to a lot of natural resources, they're more technologically advanced, but also make it so they've embraced the weirdness of the Underdark, creating a steampunk-meets-Lovecraft society where there's radio towers made in part with the psionic powers of mind flayers and trains created combining machinery with the carcasses of Aboleths. Maybe all of this weirdness is why people are so scared of the Underdark---a lack of understanding, rather than drow being genuinely evil by default. But also... make drow a little bit too charming, a little bit too used to how alien their home is, and have them feel like they're time travelers who've gone back in time and are just a tiny bit lost. They're disconnected from time like high elves, but in a completely different direction.

Idk, man, I just. Elves should be weird.

[vyronnes]

Faline with Momo

Elves with cats - my new favorite combo! 🖤 Commission piece

[nighttimepatrons]

why is he like this?

he was getting kissed by snakes and lizards (he picks them up and they bite him) he has

[annoyinglandmagazine]

‘more dangerous and less wise’ I’m sorry WHAT!? Is Tolkien seriously trying to tell us that the freaking Sindar are the feral ones out of all the Elven races? After the entire First Age? As for more dangerous, Galadriel is still here. You know, Feanor 2.0 the only one that actually survived. Using the Elven metric for being batshit insane yes, Mirkwood is weird, but not swearing blood oaths, setting everything on fire, murdering everyone in sight, telling the gods to go fuck themselves, challenging gods to one on one combat insane.

The line of Oropher isn’t even Thingol levels of mental. They’ve never even touched a silmaril or a ring of power! They’re downright sensible by first age standards! They’re arrogant sure, they have low self preservation instincts and seem pretty xenophobic (dwarf stuff). Also depending on your point of view there might be colonist undertones. All of which is just toned down versions of the First Age Sindar. They probably have developed weird customs from living in the murder forest so long and being pretty isolated but there’s nothing to indicate they’re all that bad. I mean they’re still alive and they’re holding on to their kings at a relatively steady rate.

I absolutely agree with takes going around that this is some sort of deliberate protection technique they have to ward off trespassers and that Thranduil is sitting there in his cave coming up with rumours to spread about all the messed up things they do to people. Because in the book they seem kind of chill? And this becomes a million times more funny to me if he bases the rumours off stuff he heard about from Elrond.

As in ‘Yeah we totally eat giant spider meat, that’s definitely a thing we do,’ and everyone’s reacting as horrified and scared or not falling for it while Elrond’s believing every word and just looks sympathetic, ‘Aww you guys have food shortages? I hear you, supplies were pretty shit during all that destruction of an entire continent in the War of Wrath. You know if you wanted more options I wouldn’t recommend raw orc meat before you build up a tolerance but I can defo show you how to butcher them properly!’ Thranduil just staring back at him like ‘Fuck you. I was trying to make up some story to scare children at night with, you guys actually did this shit? How hard is it to come up with something you fucking Noldor haven’t done already?!’

And also: Thranduil proceeds to take out a notepad, ‘Ok so tell me again about what the kinslayers did to interrogate those prisoners?’ And Elrond replies, ‘Oh, that wasn’t Maglor and Maedhros, that was a story about Gil Galad’s army in the War of Wrath.’ Thranduil ‘I’m sorry WHAT the actual fuck.’ Elrond nodding understandingly ‘Too much for the Third Age?’ Thranduil rapidly taking notes ‘No it’s perfect keep it coming.’

[toxooz]

Oh yea and one of the reasons why I asked how big as ponti cult was, was there anyone else that could've impose him/give him a fair 1v1 fight besides mangule. During the beginning of the cult was it like some people that didn't want him to rule so they challenged and he put them in their place?

YEAH im sure there were plenty of larger monsters who would challenge Ponti for leadership but they simply didnt have the bloodlust and years of training to brutally kill that Ponti had so Ponti merely saw it as a good opportunity to showcase not only his power and authority but also a warning to all the other monsters of what would happen to them if they dared to do the same 🤔

[nobunsonpesach]

[trickstarbrave]

I really like the idea of omegaverse stuff being elf specific because of how confusing it’d be to outsiders. Nords just like “yeah sometimes the mer go a little fuck crazy. it’s kind of scary honestly.”

I think it’s so funny if it’s an elf+khajiit thing (Argonians get their own thing). Nords can’t figure out why some elves have obvious bite marks for a time. Or an elf with a human partner wondering how this works and if they should bite or not??? And this isn’t even getting into mer being able to smell pheromones this they have a whole new mode of communications men don’t have and can’t pick up on

[silvantransthranduiltrash]

Hc that Miriel was lowkey the boss when she was still alive.

Like, whenever the kings of the vanyar, noldor, and teleri would meet up to discuss things, what she said goes.

Just:

Olwe: *proposes smth lowkey stupid as a joke*

Miriel: *raises eyebrow*

Olwe: mighty sorry there, ma’m 😰

——————————————-

Finwe: -that sounds like an interesting proposal-

Miriel: which we will not be doing

Finwe: which we will not be doing

Olwe: *cough* whipped

Finwe: olwe, she gave you a look and you grounded yourself

———————————————

Ingwe: *proposes smth sensible*

Miriel: *nod of approval*

Finwe: *grumbling* teachers pet

Ingwe: nepotism, bitch

[aniniskyrim]

oc: Faena, Bosmer, TESV Skyrim

A Bosmer hailing from Valenwood. Due mysterious circumstances, she found herself a prisoner to the Thalmor. She would eventually make her way out with the help of the other inmates.

She lost most of her memories due to her experiences at the hands of the Thalmor. For the same reasons, she often come off as emotionally detached, but her heart is as big as ever.

Once again, an addition to the post I made on my art blog. This is my Bosmer/Wood Elf character I made for Skyrim, Faena! I usually pair her up with Gore and Auri when I'm playing, but in my oc canon she would travel together with my other skyrim ocs as well (aka the other Thalmor prisoners.) (Phoebe and Sulana)

Lore:

Having survived extreme levels of physical and psychological damages, she seems to have lost most of her memories - only remembering vague details of herself and the tenets of the Green Pact. She's also emotionally stunted, she comes off as rather inexpressive or nonchalant about everything, but that's just her true emotions being muddled by her experiences.

Yet, she is quite sensitive. Every night, she looks up at the stars breaking through Skyrim's cold dead branches, and wishes she could remember the warmth of Valenwood.

She wants to learn why the Thalmor made her a target, to rediscover who she once was, and to remember her homeland. But, one thing remains in her thoughts: Why is Y'ffre so clear in her memory?

If it was all revealed to her, could she really face the truth of who she once was?

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