#saw someone assert the other day that Elrond would be understimulated there

[theoppositeofprofound]

Thinking about cyberpunk/steampunk/retrofuturist Tolkien elves again. I think that they deserve blimps! I think that they deserve to invent trains, have Balrog flashbacks, and banish trains to the Underground. I think that they get real into the potential of AI for a little bit (Aulë admits he’s been trying to crack it for ages but when have they let the failure of the gods stop them). Until then, creepy 18th century automatons! Clockwork animatronics! Imagine them equipped with solar powered biplanes. Not even regular planes, biplanes are enough to wreck havoc. Imagine the windmills. Imagine the hydroelectric projects in Alqualondë. Imagine tragicomic space exploration attempts to get to the other side of their (still flat) patch of earth.

[mandaloriandy]

#their solar panel potential is terrifying#because if they start to run out of rare earth metals they just cry to Aulë about it#Valinor isn’t BORING it’s five minutes away from a nuclear incident at any given time#it’s a pile of ptsd ridden vets just out of rehab given access to Oppenheimer’s old labs#it’s the funniest place in the world#saw someone assert the other day that Elrond would be understimulated there#he doesn’t like being forced (by various circumstances)#but he’s a healer and historian given access to the world’s biggest senior citizen facility#he’s living the dream!!! interviewing the old criminals… creating treatment plans… integrating historical accounts#patching people up when they fall off of recently invented motorcycles#Aredhel emotionally recovering from her situation as soon as she hears about this Vespa they’ve invented

Thinking about cyberpunk/steampunk/retrofuturist Tolkien elves again. I think that they deserve blimps! I think that they deserve to invent trains, have Balrog flashbacks, and banish trains to the Underground. I think that they get real into the potential of AI for a little bit (Aulë admits he’s been trying to crack it for ages but when have they let the failure of the gods stop them). Until then, creepy 18th century automatons! Clockwork animatronics! Imagine them equipped with solar powered biplanes. Not even regular planes, biplanes are enough to wreck havoc. Imagine the windmills. Imagine the hydroelectric projects in Alqualondë. Imagine tragicomic space exploration attempts to get to the other side of their (still flat) patch of earth.