#melkor x mairon

[ddeathbody]

sketch again yeaaaah

[perlen-gold]

Melkor: We've been dating for so long we finish each other's ...

Sauron/Mairon: ... war crimes.

[reizen-art]

"This is not farewell, my precious... I love you."

[thelien-art]

December; the 24th

Yule Game: Melkor x Mairon

How many rings are they each wearing?

I need someone to oversee me when making these and make sure I don´t decide to plan out whole new designs in the middle of them...

Look, Mairon strikes me as a guy who would walk around with his dead pet out of sorrow, I don´t make the rules

Join the Advent and Yule calendar to win a drawing - rules here and all the other drawings here

[kaiartx]

mairon with big kitty melkor

cat mairon here

[rad-neto]

consider this my halloween art for the year

i felt like drawing toxic yaoi

[green-apple-juice]

[neldeathstar]

The dark lords and the slay meme...

Ev1l Vala dad and ev1l Maia twink joined the slay meme 😈! Saw that on the internet and needed to do a version with Melkor and Mairon 🤣! Cause…they slay quite literally 🤣!

[saintstars]

devoted servant of a god

[gloriaregaii]

Honestly, I need to say this, because after reading multiple comments that Melkor abused Mairon, I've had quite enough. Especially by the Ring of Powers' writers who say they know canon when truly, all they know is jackshit.

MELKOR DIDN'T ABUSE MAIRON!!!!

Let's take it back to Almaren when Melkor first encounters Mairon and seduces him, shall we? We obviously know Melkor desired light and desired creation above all else, having said to rival the creator, Himself, Eru Ilúvatar. He sought after Varda, but after she saw his true nature, the darkness within, she rejected him. Morgoth already had numerous enemies amongst the Valar. Having quarrels and hard feelings against Tulka, Aulë, a few others, and now Varda. All he desired was to hold a glimpse of light and possess it alike that of Eru with the Flame Imperishable, said to be the source of all light, which he previously wanted as well. He wanted a lot of things and was despised and repulsed by the majority already. In that time, he must have been very lonely, even without given a Maia like all of the Valar had. He wanted something to feel not only powerful, but to feel seen, a source of beauty and light. He found all of that in Aulë's most talented apprentice, Mairon.

One thing I've noticed over the past years of reading Tolkien's works is the lack of thought or reason the Maiar have in serving their designated Vala. Mairon didn't. He had a reason in going with Melkor which was accounted numerous times. Not once did it say why the other Maiar follow the Valar. Most likely the reason in being that "it was the right thing to do" as in most other fictional stories is also the same reasoning.

Mairon wanted more than what he had currently as Aulë's apprentice. He wanted power and Melkor knew that. Undoubtedly, Mairon had caught his eye the moment Melkor laid eyes on him. I mean, how could he not? The description Tolkien gives about Mairon excudes nothing but beauty, power, and talent. Melkor was attracted to that immediately but he felt something else. Desire for power which he knows exactly how that feels because he too, felt it at a point in time. He took his chances and seduced him. Never once did it say that Mairon was "forced" into becoming his Maia. He gave him his own free will of choice, promised him power, and more. Something the Valar wouldn't do, but Melkor could.

The two of them eventually fell in love after their attraction to one another. How else can you explain "he adored Morgoth", and no doubt Morgoth adored Sauron? And how do we not think that they could have spent time together in Almaren at private times, alone? The little fiery Maia displayed his devotion time and time again, never once did he abandon Melkor which the Vala took to heart. NEVER ONCE did he ever go behind his back. The Dark Lord saw that and for once felt seen, felt heard, felt wanted.... and loved. And in return, he reciprocated that. He came to believe that Mairon was the most beautiful and perfect creation Eru has brought to life. Mairon fell first, but Melkor fell much harder.

Proceeding down the line to the War of Wrath, Mairon practically begs Melkor to hide because they both knew what was to come. He begged by saying "Go, my lord. There are places down below..." If Melkor abused Mairon, Mairon would have never begged his master to flee and hide. Melkor saying "I release thee, go" could translate as "go now, save and hide yourself away" which must have put Mairon in a position of hesitance and reluctance to leave the man he loves behind. Even in the audiobook, Mairon's voice quivers saying those very words, emphasizing the emotion he felt in that moment. Mairon wanted his master to disappear — to escape the Valar. An abused victim would never have done that.

Going forward, it is evidently clear that Sauron's complete intent was to build an army to go save Melkor. After many years, the man still worships the Vala by doing acts in his name. Building a church of worship and sacrifice in his name, taking on personas that reflected previous personas or titles Melkor had taken up. A notable one is Annatar, Lord of Gifts which was based on Melkor's title as "Giver of Freedom". Freedom and gifts go hand in hand.

Last but not least is the constant little hints Tolkien gives throughout the books that only bears evidence that Melkor, his Vala husband was always on his mind. Those little hints is in naming things he's created after things within the past, such as Grond, Melkor's hammer that he named the battering ram after, which was used in Lord of the Rings.

There is much more points that could be said about Angbang and their relationship but the thing is, is that Melkor and Mairon loved each other. It was never based on abuse or gain. It was based on mutual feelings that were never forced against either will.

If y'all like abusive ships then go for ships like Maidar or Silvergifting, even Haladriel. Those are technically abusive. To say Angbang is while there is no context that says such.... that's your preference and opinion. Not trying to attack ships, I'm merely putting source material Angbang into perspective and saying why it isn't abusive by giving the factual reasons from the books. If you take this harsh, that is on you. Go out and ship whatever you desire, even if it is abusive Angbang.

Addition to this for those who may say ROP didn't make this ship abusive :

Which is all good! Go ship whatever your heart desires! Again, I'm not trying to attack ships, I'm just basing this on what the original source material says!

[ddeathbody]

Angbang sketch

[perlen-gold]

Someone: Oh, Sauron, it's okay. None of this is your fault!

Sauron: No, it really isn't.

Someone: You were tortured by Morgoth!

Sauron: Oh yes, I was tortured. Terribly, terribly so.

Someone: Your evil master forced you to do such horrible things!

Sauron: Oh, he did! *wipes away a tear* And horrible they were indeed!

Someone: All of this is just a result of your trauma!

Sauron: Oh yes, I am very much traumatized! Poor me!!!

Someone: You're just a victim yourself!!!

Sauron: A poor, endearing, gorgeous-looking, totally not responsible victim I am!!!

Melkor: Wait... So ... all the sex we had ... you told me it was great and it wasn't??!

Sauron: Oh no, it was wonderful.

Melkor: ... So ... that time when you asked me to take you REALLY hard on the war table actually traumatized you??

Sauron: Oh no, darling, I very much enjoyed that.

Melkor: ... So ... when you slayed elves and humans in my name you actually suffered??!

Sauron: Oh no, I very much enjoyed that, too.

Melkor: ... So ... when we married I was actually FORCING you to forge our rings????

Sauron: Oh no, that was quite fun, I had even made them in advance, I had been waiting for your proposal for ages. You really took your time, you're so shy.

Melkor: ??? So ... all of this is just one of your lies again????

Sauron: Ah, my lord, believe me, watching you playing Tic-Tac-Toe and losing against Húrin time and time again was nothing but utter torture and trauma.

[winds-of-zephyr416]

Words just can’t express just how much I need Melkor and Mairon to be absolutely stupid about each other. Cartoon villains. 

They give each other little kissys before and after battle and snuggle up together while they make crazy Rube-Goldberg style evil plans. Their entire fortress and all their armor is covered in skull iconography like any good cartoon villain’s but also Melkor steals Mairon’s biggest, blackest, evillest most dramatic cape and goes around the fortress snuggled up in it even though it’s probably two sizes two short. Melkor gets Mairon a box of actual hearts for valentine’s day and Mairon goes all “babe! you shouldn’t have!” before popping a heart in his mouth like a chocolate truffle. They treat Túrin’s life like a movie night and fix each other’s hair before meetings and “accidentally” fall asleep in the same chair. Do you see my vision.  

[reizen-art]

Melkor and Mairon

for my storytail "The Dragon and the Golden Sparkle". This fanfic is in Russian, so I don't know if I should post a link to it, but if you're interested, let me know.

[not-so-legendary-legendarium]

Sauron

I admit that I take myself some... artistic freedom with the outfit. And probably he did for the agreement of his Lord

[iwanderbecauseimlost]

Whenever I draw a piece of fanart for Angbang, I draw Mairon barefoot. That is because I headcanon there to be a slight power imbalance in the relationship.

Melkor being fully covered, armoured and shod shows him as really strong, impregnable. Mairon's comparative clotheslessness shows him as slightly dependent on Melkor for protection. Slightly subservient.

Melkor loves this, and Mairon knows that, so he uses it to his advantage. He walks around barefoot, wearing a shit ton of jewellery, because that's part of his role in the relationship - to be spoiled.

Mairon is not weaker; in fact he makes most of the decisions in the relationship. It's just Melkor can, but most definitely won't, overpower him.