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[quasi-normalcy]

Whatever else you can say about 1990s Celtic / New Age music, you must admit that "Mordred's Lullaby" by Heather Dale really kind of fucks, actually.

[bkworm5]

Really love that Arthur is the Once and Future King because we imortalize him. We keep bringing him back through our stories. 

[nighttimepatrons]

The Trial of Glorfindel

altered lyrics of The Trial of Lancelot by Heather Dale

King Turgon's lords, they lined the Counsel Hall Save for one who stood before them For once without a weapon, for once he stood in shame The trial's charge was treason and betrayal of an oath, And should his guilt be proven death would fall on traitors both; The lords would counsel Turgon's hard decision. And Glorfindel, his head held high, Said, “I'm tried for love of Erestor, My crime was love.” The first to speak was Rog with sharpest tongue, “He is an elf like any other, The word of kings command him, his heart does not obey For all his strength and boldness this lord's fea is too weak. His crime has no excuses and no favours may he seek; The laws of kings don't bend and can't be broken.” And Glorfindel, his head held high, Said, “I stand for love of Erestor, For pride in love.” “I know this lord right well,” spoke bold Ecthelion, “And he has ever stood beside me, With steel he's answered insults, defended chivalry And oft this elf contended for the honour of your spouse His actions were not proper but should not cost him his life; His service past should earn of you some mercy.”

And Glorfindel, his head held high, Said, “I fought for love of Erestor, I'll fight for love.” Sir Maeglin spoke, “I love Tuor’s dear wife. For her I gladly suffer, she is my heart's delight Idril, the one who tempts me and she for whom I'm pure, My love for her confounds me and is all of which I'm sure; I understand my comrade's contradictions.” And Glorfindel, his head held high, Said, “I cry my love for Erestor, I've cried for love.” Spoke Egalmoth, the purest of them all, “Have no fear of predilection, For though he is my father, he is my source of shame. He joined in sinful union with my unbeguiling mother, And for all his claim at virtue he has gone and bed another; The laws of Eru declare this act damnation.” And Glorfindel, his head held high, Said, “I lie in love with Erestor, I've lied for love.” As Turgon wept, he called the wrath of Ulmo On the lovers who'd betrayed him On the lord he had called brother, thought worthy of his trust On the spouse who'd hid deception yet could say he loved him still; For lost innocence and beauty And in justice for their guilt; King Turgon knew the only price for treason. And Glorfindel, his head held high, Said, “I'll die in love with Erestor. I'd die for love.”

𓆞 𓆝 𓆟𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟𓆞 𓆝 𓆟𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟𓆞 𓆝 𓆟𓆝

This has been in my little document for months! I really wanted to make an animatic for this but let's be real that is never going to happen.

I've seen a few Glorestor fics where Glorfindel and Erestor meet in Gondolin, but I imagine for this they meet before the great city is founded. Though things end in Gondolin.

I adore Heather Dale and I cannot listen to her songs without thinking about my beloved elves. hehehe :)

Soon to be posted Fingon and Maedhros Thingol and Melien

[augment-techs]

[forthegothicheroine]

Album mood boards: The Trial of Lancelot by Heather Dale

Guileless son, I'll shape your belief And you'll always know that your father's a thief And you won't understand the cause of your grief But you'll always follow the voices beneath

[bexatthedesk]

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[kalirarecs]

Selkie Songs!

. . .a very, very tiny focus (not really a genre), but I do actually really love selkie stories (especially ones that blend the traditional lore, lesser used sides even better, and unusual takes). I like animal bride stories in general . . . when they're taken to a less eesh direction. >.>

In one way or another, all of these avoid those yeesh points . . . in the end, at least.

The Selkie Queen - The Wild Oats (folk)

I've known this one for a good 20ish years and it always makes me want to dance . . . which I suppose is good, considering the theme, dance to save-

The Maiden and the Selkie - Heather Dale (folk)

A selkie ballad with a happy ending? No yikes period in the romance? And a male selkie??? (I like Heather Dale in general, but I found this originally in an unlabelled playlist and had to track it down.)

Selkie - Blackbriar (symphonic metal)

I'd class this one as a happy ending, too . . . at least for the selkie. ;) That is what's important, right? (I've loved Blackbriar's music for some time, and was surprised and delighted when they posted this video a few years ago.)

[shy-veil]

The Black Parade album cover / Joan by Heather Dale / Gerard Way at MCRMexico / My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way: The Six-Pack Q&A - Rolling Stone / Jeanne d'Arc by Albert Lynch

[lady0ctavia]

Okay, but...

Imagine Gillen singing this to his beloved when/if he proposes <3

Like, seriously...

LISTEN TO THESE LYRICS

(I wrote the lyrics down under the cut for anyone who's curious)

Lyrics:

I suppose that I look different without the robes and crown

I come this day before you with no riches, no renown

For here I am no leader, I am just a humble man

And I only ask you take me

You take me as I am.

I'm not looking for perfection, and I'm not offering a saint

I'm not looking for some pretty bird to put in some restraint

The only thing I want is that you love me if you can

And I only ask you take me

You take me as I am.

I offer you a look inside, I offer you that trust

I need your strength to help me fight the battles that I must

I need you to remind me of the light we bear within.

That there's more to life than struggle

And the things we seek to win.

Don't take me out of duty, and don't take me out of pride

Just take me if the man you see is one you'd stand beside.

I'm offering you an open heart, I'm asking for your hand

And I only ask you take me

You take me as I am.

[random-thought-depository]

This is like the rolequeer version of that "I'm the priest's favorite sacrificial lamb" post.

Somebody once commented that part of the intended horror of A Shadow Over Innsmouth was precisely that the freaky human/fish-person sex was mutually consensual (I'd say they were probably right concerning author's intent; I can see this tendency in Lovecraft very clearly in Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family). This reminds me of that in an interesting way. The black fox suggests replacing a unilaterally imposed non-consensual and often lethal relationship with a mutually consensual relationship in which something that the hunter can't truly kill or seriously hurt absorbs the hunter's violence, and we're supposed to find that scary. Taken at face value, this Devil is a surprisingly altruistic and weirdly Christ-like figure, basically offering to suffer and be killed over and over for the benefit of another.

I mean, it's the Devil, so plausibly there's fine print they're not telling us about, but that's kind of the point, isn't it? Contractualism is a kind of social code; to accept a contract is to acknowledge another being as something like a social person, and a social person can have social rights, including a right to reciprocity. To make an implicit contract with the Devil-fox is potentially to accept an implicit debt to it. Much safer to just kill a dumb normal fox.

(@aksemmi, @hedoughnism).

[jewishdainix]

L + Ratio + you craven men may fear dishonour but you fear my vengence more

[nugget-creates-things]

The Maiden and The Selkie

[quotesnquestions]

For you should never want for

a fox

to chase all over the glen.