#isildurposting

[aadmelioraa]

i'm being extremely normal about this btw

[insufficient-earth-skills]

@aadmelioraa

Listen I have Thoughts and Feelings about the tunic, not least of all that it is the colour of the beach, of the shore where ships strand -

[ao3feed-tolkien]

Moonrise

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/RIgxS39

by greenwillow

Valandil watches Isildur carry on in the wake of his mother’s loss.

Words: 1908, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 7 of Isildurposting

Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Isildur (Tolkien), Valandil (The Rings of Power)

Relationships: Isildur (Tolkien)/Valandil (The Rings of Power)

Additional Tags: Character Study, Parent Death, Grief/Mourning, effects of trauma, Family Dynamics, Pre-Canon, Friendship

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/RIgxS39

[aadmelioraa]

him <3

[aadmelioraa]

having isildur fic thoughts once more, pray for me

[aadmelioraa]

LOLOLOLOL

...you are not wrong

me on my way to work thinking about my favorite blorbos giggling and holding hands and being silly and goofy

[aadmelioraa]

isildur when he sees the sun rise over middle-earth for the first time:

isildur when he sees berek:

[aadmelioraa]

i just love how this show continues to undermine certain heroic expectations for isildur. he's not the first to volunteer for the expedition, he volunteers AFTER valandil and ontamo (whose lives he's just ruined, absolute disaster son that he is). he shows up at galadriel's training camp but just to watch, not to hop into the ring and demonstrate his sword skill. he makes mistakes (huge ones! holy shit!) but he makes them out of an earnest desire to right and find his purpose. he's so clearly motivated by the people and the home he loves but when he tries to make amends for his missteps, his impulses get the best of him and he ends up making things worse. we have the rest of the series to see him evolve into some version of the mythic, larger than life leader and tragic hero we know he becomes, but it's something he will strive for, it's not a given at this point. idk i just think he's neat!

[aadmelioraa]

it’s been 48 hours since i watched the ep and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about this scene 🥹🥹🥹

[aadmelioraa]

if you had told me twenty years ago that isildur, son of elendil, brother of anárion, would one day have an actual defence squad, i would have simply passed away from the shock.

bonus from myself and @brynnmclean:

[aadmelioraa]

isildur and kemen…numenorean failsons…disaster children…trying their hardest to unfuck their lives and making things 100 times worse for themselves and everyone else in the process…but somehow still making it out alive…iconic, amazing, spectacular, 12/10, no notes…keep it up, kids

[aadmelioraa]

staring deeply, slack-jawed, into your bro's eyes during yet another heated, physically escalating, definitely not homoerotic semi-private argument in low lighting...just valandur things <3

[aadmelioraa]

isildur in 1x05: a moodboard

[aadmelioraa]

spotify wrapped is kinda mean this year, guys :/

[aadmelioraa]

isildur and berek sharing an apple

"keen are the eyes of the elves"

"isildur" "i might have known"

"i was always told i look more like my mother"

the SUNRISE

"soldier" "captain"

"i'm alright, isil"

"i like the mountains"

"i managed to wheedle the pair of us a spot"

"it's not his pain that's bothering him, but that of his rider" "i'm not in pain"

"you know his feelings?" "no, he knows yours"

"where'd you learn all this?" "from your mother" "think you could teach me?"

the smile with tears in the eyes...the HUG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[aadmelioraa]

i'm literally going to die