#tag yourself I'm arwen

[scary-grace]

Kairos (340093 words) by BiSquared Chapters: 26/? Fandom: The Hobbit - All Media Types Relationships: Bard the Bowman/Thranduil Characters: Thranduil (Tolkien), Bard the Bowman, Thranduil's Wife, Bard the Bowman's Children, Legolas Greenleaf, Tauriel, Sigrid (Hobbit Movies), Bain of Dale, Tilda (Hobbit Movies), Elrond Peredhel, Celebrían (Tolkien), Arwen Undómiel, Dís (Tolkien), Kíli (Tolkien), Fíli (Tolkien), Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, set in 1977, Historical References, Slow Burn, I'm not joking about the slowness of this slow burn, emergency room physician Thranduil, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, caretaker Bard (in several senses of the term), ELF (extremely long fic), this house may or may not be haunted, this is a 'no archive warnings apply' situation for now Summary: In the year 1977, following a tragedy that upends his life, former emergency-room physician Thranduil Oropherion purchases a sprawling, centuries-old estate in northern New Hampshire, planning to ship his children off to boarding school and waste away without ever being seen again. His plans go awry immediately thanks to Bard Bowman, the caretaker of the estate, and as an unlikely friendship blooms between them, Thranduil finds himself slowly coming back to life. His house does the same.

Chapter 26 is here!

Thranduil wades through the rec room, Bilbo at his side. Many of the patients are in no shape for any kind of recreation; they have the vacant look of people who are on heavy doses of antipsychotics. Several patients are chattering animatedly away, although not at anyone Thranduil can see. A few are focused enough to read a book or watch the television, which is showing a soap opera the nurses on the ward in Baltimore liked to discuss. One or two sit as far away from the others as possible, shoulders hunched, eyes cast down. Something about that posture is familiar. It takes Thranduil a few moments to realize that it reminds him of Thorin. He looks down at Bilbo. Bilbo’s eyes are haunted. “Dis thinks a lot of people like Thorin wind up in mental hospitals,” Bilbo says quietly. “There aren’t a lot of people like Thorin to start with, and nobody who’s really like him, but – we try not to go near places like this.” Imagining Thorin in a place like this is clearly one of Bilbo’s favorite methods of self-torture. “Then it is good we left him at home,” Thranduil says briskly. “Pull yourself together.”

[hobbitwrangler]

Snippet Sunday

@starsuncounted you happened to tag me when I'm halfway through a fic inspired by one of your posts! And as usual what was meant to serve as context to the main part of the fic has metamorphised into OC backstory that I previously didn't know existed:

She turned to him and he saw that her posture was stiffer, something defensive in her stance. “Queen Arwen offered to have my duties … reduced. Shared with someone else.” Boromir considered, looking at her carefully. “Do you want that?” He knew that Eirlys was proud of her work, proud of the role she had fought so hard to gain, and, much as he might want her to step back and rest more, he knew it would be unfair to demand of her what she would not demand of him. Yet if she is only continuing out of guilt … “No.” There was no doubt in Eirlys’ eyes and the sight made Boromir smile. It was familiar, the resolve burning in tired eyes. “I have put too much of myself into this work to be relegated to the role of a pregnant lady of the house the moment the trumpets of victory sound.” Boromir frowned, his hand grasping hers. “You know that if you step back, it could be only for a time. You could have a few months to yourself, to get used to the child, before you went back. You have won your place; you need not continue to fight for it.” He could see the battle of will being waged in Eirlys’ face. The desire for rest and the comforts of her family home warring with pride, the devotion to something that had been part of her for so long. He knew that feeling, that exhaustion coupled with an inability to step back. She gripped his hand back, her face softening. “I know. And I thank you for saying it. But I think I shall continue as long as I am able. After all, I shall not be alone when the baby comes. I shall have Miryeman and Aya and your Aunt Caeveneth and my father and you, of course. And your Aunt Ivriniel will probably find some way to get involved.” “She always does,” said Boromir.

tagging @konartiste @brigwife @sotwk @from-the-coffee-shop-in-edoras if you want to do this!

[malinaa]

2023 WRITING REVIEW

tagged: no one i just wanted to do this and i forgot about it soz </3 tagging : board of directors i'd tag u here but this is mostly fic-based so sorree... anyway if u have already done this my b.... i wld like to see ur post tho @evcndiaz | @brimay | @usignedupforthis | @seek--rest | @posallys | @dustorangeheartssnowman | @adhd-merlin | @queerofthedagger

number of stories posted to ao3: 34 ±1 bc i updated a fic from a while back <3

word counted posted for last year: 90k... a feat (i wrote more but it was ofic so add like maybe 10k to that)

fandoms i wrote for: alex stern series, merlin, house md, pjo, spidey, hunger games, doctor who, & the grisha trilogy

pairings: merthur / arwen / mergwenthur / mergana, darlingstern, hilson, percabeth, petermj, everlark, tenrose, malina

stories with the most KUDOS: jealousy, jealousy (house md) with 522 <3 BOOKMARKS: except my life (merlin) with 137 <3 COMMENT THREADS: rip current (pjo) with 38 <3 *technically the answer to all of these is tested with torment but that's a fic i updated so i don't reallyyyyyy count it

work i'm most proud of (and why): thread of gold (arwen, bbc merlin) because i don't exactly post 2nd person fic and tbh most people HATEEEEE 2nd person fic AND i got people to enjoy it. HA!

work i'm least proud of (and why): coffee drinker (gen fic, bbc merlin) because it was just a promptfic and i didn't even really feel like posting it but i wrote it so i might as well yk?

share or describe a favorite review you received: any review that quotes a line but this one from judas kiss (arwen, bbc merlin)...

THIS. IS. WONDERFUL ❤️❤️❤️ *creates bookmark with gusto* I LOVE that you dug into what it might have been like for Gwen while she was under that enchantment! It was so creative to have her past memories blurring with glimpses of the present during the enchantment. I *felt* her disorientation, and it *hurt*. I felt so bad for Gwen all over again! 😭😭😭 That aspect of this story could have been a fantastic standalone one-shot in its own right, but noooo, you raised the bar and KEPT GOING and made it even better!!! I love that you showed Gwen and Merlin staying friends after Gwen becomes queen, and I love how she confides in him and how he immediately drops everything to go look for the offending piece of jewelry. The bit about Arthur’s incredulity at Merlin’s method of testing the enchantment was a great dash of humor, and I love that you fleshed out the concept of the enchantment to be something the others could experience so that they could truly *know* that Gwen had been innocent. And don’t even get me started on how much I love Arthur’s “Forgive me.” I love how he doesn’t think twice about humbling himself in front of everyone because his focus is solely on Gwen, consumed by the urgency of doing the right, honorable, and loving thing in that moment. You write Arthur and Gwen’s relationship so beautifully. 💕 Well done; I hate you (/affectionate) for all these feels. 🥰🫂👏

a time when writing was really, really hard: august through october... idek why i was literally in agony not writing

a scene or character you wrote that surprised you: writing jj in spider-man: homewrecker because i've NEVER written him before (in my memory) and i was like. Hello .

a favorite excerpt of your writing: cannae lie i have a few favs so... killing is a love language (mergana, bbc merlin) Heartbreak snakes up his throat, constricting him at the sight of her. Morgana’s beauty is incontestable even like this, but her hatred wore her down to her bones. Gone were the full cheeks and rosy lips, the perfectly combed hair, the wardrobe that would put princesses to shame. Now, her face is sunken in, her hair a curled storm, her dress is merely black rags at this point. thread of gold (arwen, bbc merlin) Your father’s presence is larger than life. Larger than love. It looms. It casts shadows long enough to hide every hope and dream you’ve ever had for yourself. the boy and the girl (malina, the grisha trilogy) Memory fractures into shards. Real or not real? There’s Mal in the meadow. Mal buried beneath the hanging tree. Mal cold in her palms. There’s a sky darker than night. Her hands bloodied. A knife lodged in his heart. Her knife. His blood. Her fault. She killed him. She loves him. Her fault. Rest her head on his still chest. Her fault. No heartbeat. Her fault. No warmth. Cold light spilling from her palms. She killed him. The Saint’s only true worshipper martyred.

how did you grow as a writer last year: my hopes from last year was that i finally finish a multichap fic.... 😭 does a short 3-shot count. besides that i wrote more consistently and i'm finally Used to my writing style. i think.

how do you hope to grow this year: hell if i know if i could write something longer than 20k that'd be great 😭😭😭😭

who was your greatest positive influence this year as a writer (could be another writer, beta, cheerleader, etc.): the board.... @rosesau / @bipercabeth / @stellwood fnh...... i'd tag katie but she absconded from tumblr smh. anyway hi freaks n geeks

anything from your real life show up in your writing last year: oh i don't even know. nothing ig

any new wisdom you can share with other writers: bro idek the more i write the more writing becomes fundamentally so hard to talk about ... sorreeee

any projects you're looking to starting (or finishing) this year: IF I DON'T FUCKING MAKE PROGRESS ON MY PLAY I WILL BASH MY HEAD INTO A WALL. THIS CAN'T KEEP HAPPENING. ATLAS AND VIVIAN YOU WILL BE WRITTEN ON THE PAGE INSHALLAH

[crushermyheart]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

Thank you to @fandomsbyladymelodrama for the tag! This should be fun...

How many works do you have on AO3? Presently, 24. (I joined AO3 3 years after joining fanfiction.net so there are a few more on there of questionable quality)

What's your total AO3 word count? 135,060

What fandoms do you write for? It varies greatly depending on what I'm watching, but mostly All Creatures Great and Small (2020) and Star Trek Voyager/Next Gen.

What are your top 5 fics by kudos? My Dearest Lizzy (a Pride & Prejudice/Death Comes to Pemberley fanfic from AGES ago), Right Here (Mission Impossible, Ilsa/Ethan), Frozen Harmonies (hilariously, an overly dramatic Star Trek Next Gen fanfic, Picard/Crusher), For a Time Innumerable (Wheel of Time, series 1 aftermath, wrote this last year and kinda proud of it), Milk & Honey (All Creatures Great and Small 2020, in which Mr Farnon and Mrs Hall converse in the kitchen in the small hours of the morning, one of my personal faves)

Do you respond to comments? Yes! I love responding to comments and discussing my fics as well as commenting on other people's works.

What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? That is a good question... There are a great many. Potentially Some Shred of Goodness (The Crucible) which reflects on John and Elizabeth Proctor's relationship and if you know what happens in the play then the end of this fic, whilst sounding happy, is SUPER angsty.

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? Ooooh, um, either Little Ordinary Things or Knights and Dragons, both fluffy Siegfried & Audrey, All Creatures Great & Small fics.

Do you get hate on fics? I had one comment on a fic last year that was weird/not nice/super critical/generally confusing and it kinda freaked me out so I deleted the fic - until some lovely person came and found me on Tumblr asking where the rest was and to not give up writing it.

Do you write smut? Nope.

Do you write crossovers? I don't think I've ever written one? I do have a potential crossover in mind (added to the very long list of unwritten fic ideas)

Have you ever had a fic stolen? I don't think so.

Have you ever had a fic translated? No idea?

Have you ever co-written a fic before? Not yet.

What's your all-time favorite ship? Good grief I can only have one? Most of my ships have not sailed, lol. RIP. Or have yet to set sail *cough* Siegfried/Audrey from All Creatures Great and Small, and then Picard/Crusher and Janeway/Chakotay from Star Trek. Also platonic ship: Moiraine & Lan, Wheel of Time. My original OTPs will forever be Aragorn/Arwen and Han/Leia.

What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? The Star Trek Next Gen fic I started writing 10 years ago which has 5 different versions and is over 40k words in note form *cries*

What are your writing strengths? I have not been asked this before... I like writing descriptively, describing locations but also emotions. If you've read my fics I'd like to know what you think my strengths are?

What are your writing weaknesses? Coming up with titles. I have a tendency to edit to death. And then ending up in the cycle of I kinda hate this/this is the best thing I've ever written and trying to find an end. Also, not planning everything out and getting lost in my chapters.

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic? If it's called for, go for it! I'm currently working on a Witcher fic and have done a stupid amount of research into the Elder speech and Skellige jargon.

First fandom you wrote for? Technically Scott & Bailey on fanfiction.net, When it Rains it Pours. It is terrible, the punctuation is everywhere, it's hilariously dramatic, and still my longest fic to date.

Favorite fic you've written? Oh no, I don't know! I really don't. Possibly Milk & Honey?

Tagging: @fuel-prices, @phoenixflames12, @shelbyxhughes, @beanabouttown, @itsmeagain00O , or tag yourself ;)

[helaenatargaryens]

i was tagged by @benoitblanc to list my top 10 films! thanks arwen ily <3 in no particular order, but i'm nothing if not a lover of 90s blockbusters sooooo:

1. the matrix (1999) - i easily would've put all of them on here but i managed to narrow it to two 😔

2. the mummy (1999)

3. jurassic park (1993)

4. moulin rouge! (2001)

5. little women (2019)

6. raiders of the lost ark (1981)

7. the empire strikes back (1980)

8. the x-files: fight the future (1998) - yes i will sneak the x-files in here. end of story.

9. the matrix reloaded (2003)

10. les miserables (2012)

honorable mentions: paranorman (2012)- an underrated banger, any of the original pirates of the caribbean trilogy, mamma mia (2008), and my childhood fave the little mermaid (1989)

i'm too lazy to tag so if you see this, consider yourself tagged! <3

[justcallmecappy]

Tag Game

Thank you for tagging me, @sillyliterature! 🥰❤️✨

Rules: Share 10 facts about yourself and tag 10 other blogs! I want to get to know my mutuals, and the people I follow a little bit :) The facts can be about anything!

Dragon Age is not the only game franchise I'm obsessed with! I'm a huge fan of the Assassin's Creed franchise and have been running my AC-only blog, @jacob-mydear since 2016. It's on semi-hiatus now, since I'm not as obsessed with AC as I was before, but it's one game fandom I've been in the longest, and it has given me some of my fondest fandom-related memories.

I was so obsessed with 'Assassin's Creed Unity' (the AC game set in Revolutionary France), I planned a solo trip to Paris in 2019 to visit all the historical locations that I had only visited in-game up to that point, in-person. It was such a weird feeling, to feel nostalgic in places that I had never been to in-person, but only 'visited' virtually! I documented my trip in this AC Unity Fran Trip Guide to Paris, in case any other AC fan want to follow in my footsteps, lol~ 😆 Fun fact, I spent so many in-game hours in AC Unity, I could navigate my way around Ile Saint-Louis basically from my memories of the game (Bleeding Effect is real! 😂)

Besides gaming and writing fanfiction, one of my fandom-related hobbies is cosplaying. I have been cosplaying since 2007, even though I've slowed down a lot since the pandemic. My dream cosplays (hopefully I can achieve them this year, if I have the time and funds!🤞) is Ahsoka Tano from Star Wars, and Mage!Marian Hawke from Dragon Age 2.

My earliest fandoms were actually anime fandoms, lol! I too have a dark weeb past 😂😂😂 My gateway animes were Ouran High School Host Club, Fruits Basket, Naruto, Bleach, Katekyou Hitman Reborn, Macross Frontier, Code Geass, Gundam 00, Fate/zero ... (yes I started with that era of anime, haha 😂)

Because of my dark weeb past, I studied Japanese for around 5 years, and my highest JLPT level is N3. I don't speak super fluently but it's enough to get around Japan as a tourist.

I took a few months of French classes, but to be honest, I learnt more from free French language podcasts than I did from that French class 😂

Yes I studied French because, once upon a bygone time, I wanted to work in Ubisoft 🤐 In light of Ubisoft's recent controversies, that desire has dampened considerably haha~

I used to work in broadcast media; I work in the games industry now (just not in Ubisoft lol)

I noticed my favourite characters have names that coincidentally begin with the letter 'A' (Anders, Alistair, Arno, Aloy, Arwen, Aredhel).

I have terrible sense of direction and it takes me min 2.5 seconds to identify left from right 😂

Tagging (but only if you want to!): @v-arbellanaris, @dalish-rogue, @glowing-blue-feathermage, @grandmaswormsoup, @sulky-valkyrie

[artcoffeecats]

15 Questions 15 Mutuals

Rules: Answer the questions as yourself or as an OC of your choice

Thank you for the tag @mariahwritesstuff!

My 15 NO PRESSURE tags are: @vicstmichael, @saphoblin, @vvitch-mist, @regalserpent, @alwaysastrophel, @talesofsorrowandofruin, @toribookworm22, @minutiaewriter, @aquil-writes, @islanded-in-a-stream-of-stars that's all I can come up with thanks feel free to do it even if I didn't tag you hehe

I'll answer as Micah Stillwater and Andrew Vidasche, MCs from THE HEARTWOOD TRILOGY.

1. Are you named after anyone?

Nope I don't think so! I'm not supposed to know but my name is an anglicized version of my original Japanese name Myoku

My middle name, Phalen, was my maternal grandfather's name.

2. When was the last time you cried?

I don't know, probably ten minutes ago, or a couple hours ago, or yesterday. What? My boyfriend says crying's manly.

I don't cry.

Andrew.

Fine. When we watched Marley & Me.

3. Do you have kids?

Not in the traditional sense, but we have a shapeshifting wolf that calls us Dads! hehe

What he said.

4. Do you use sarcasm?

Um, I'm not very good at it tbh

Fluently.

5. What's the first thing you notice about people?

I will stare deep into your eyes the moment we meet! And probably secondly boobs.

Whether or not you're in my way, most likely, otherwise probably nothing.

6. What's your eye color?

Ugh I don't want to talk about my eyes they're purple

Poop brown.

Ol poo eyes

Thanks love.

7. Scary movies or happy endings?

I'll watch scary movies if we can cuddle during them

What about...scary movies WITH happy endings? I don't know, I'll watch both EVIL DEAD or PRIDE & PREJUDICE, it all depends.

8. Any special talents?

Hehe. A few. I can grow plants at will, and heal people, and charm people. Oh, and I can talk to cats.

I mean, I'm alive. Isn't that enough?

He can also shoot a crossbow and swordfight and do like any European accent you ask him to but YOU KNOW

I guess...

9. Where were you born?

My mother's magical Redwood domain in Washington

Liverpool, unfortunately

10. What are your hobbies?

I like making bubble tea! And hanging out with cats! And playing PC games! And painting! And cooking with my dad but I'M BAD AT IT

I like computer programming, reading, history, and...I don't know, drinking whiskey?

11. Have you any pets?

I have a cat named Cinnamon and I'm going to go ahead and count Andrew's cat Arwen as mine too hehe

Ingrid would say that our shapeshifting wolf daughter is a pet...but otherwise just Arwen who IS NOT MICAH'S CAT

12. What sports do you play/have played?

Well in the Redwoods I did lots of skirmishing, and then I tried out for football in college and FAILED MISERABLY

Haha what's a sport

Andrew you did fencing

That hardly constitutes

Haha okay babe

13. How tall are you?

5'11 sadly

6'2 I think?

He's TALL

14. Favorite subject in school?

Haha uh...recess? Really I guess I liked my psychology classes all right, and English

History and Math

You're such a jack of all trades babe

Haha look who's talking.

15. Dream job?

Ummm I guess I got it when I managed the bubble tea shop but HAD TO GIVE IT ALL UP BECAUSE MAGIC

I would teach university history classes or write books on folklore

Spoiler alert: he's gonna do that

[aeonianarchives]

I posted 733 times in 2022

That's 733 more posts than 2021!

469 posts created (64%)

264 posts reblogged (36%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

eunoiaastralwings

memories

i-did-not-mean-to

ecthelion-in-the-fountain

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I tagged 537 of my posts in 2022

Only 27% of my posts had no tags

#jrr tolkien - 320 posts

#middle earth - 312 posts

#the hobbit - 306 posts

#lord of the rings - 304 posts

#tolkien - 303 posts

#lotr - 282 posts

#elves - 271 posts

#incorrect quotes - 190 posts

#incorrect tolkien quotes - 170 posts

#silmarillion - 162 posts

Longest Tag: 122 characters

#maglor seriously stop being a siren you don't even need to try romancing me just sing and i will me entice by your singing

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

IF YOU DON'T SKIP THROUGH HALDIR'S DEATH DURING THE BATTLE OF HELMS DEEP I DO NOT KNOW YOU/j

HALDIR LIVES IN THE GODDAM BOOKS

IT'S PETER JACKSON'S WORST SIN

LOOK AT THAT ELF, HOW CAN PETER JACKSON KILL HIM OFF LIKE THAT

273 notes - Posted April 24, 2022

#4

Middle Earth incorrect Quotes 10

F.T: Male Y/n

Tw: Implied NSFW

*Kili and Tauriel looking longingly and lovingly at each other*

Kili: Your hair looks really nice

Tauriel: You can touch it if you wish

Y/n: *mocking Kili* YoUr HaIr LoOkS rEaLly NiCe

Thranduil: *Glare* Touch my hair and you won't have hands

Y/n: *voice crack* ThAt Is NoT wHaT yOu SaId LaSt NiGhT

299 notes - Posted April 22, 2022

#3

Middle Earth Incorrect Quotes 7

Ft. Y/N

Third Age | Imladris

Elrond: If you bite it and you die, it’s poisonous. If it bites you and you die, it’s venomous. Elladan: What if it bites me and it dies!? Elrohir: Then you’re poisonous. Elladan. Y/N: What if it bites itself and I die? Arwen: That’s voodoo. Elladan: What if it bites me and someone else dies? Erestor: That’s correlation, not causation. Y/N: What if we bite each other, and neither of us die? Elladan: That’s kinky. Lindir: Oh my God.

331 notes - Posted April 11, 2022

#2

Childishly lovely

A/n: Fluffy child Legolas and Thranduil fic

Thranduil x wife!Reader

The hall was packed with lords who were in alliance with the greenwood to advisors and guards and servants, music and talk had filled the hall Galion was as you assumed babysitting Legolas, by following him threw the party, you were sat on one of Thranduil's legs as he sat on his throne, he had an arm wrapped around you, you were both watching the party, Elrond had brought his twins so every so often you saw them chasing little Legolas.

"Why don't we go an enjoy the party as well, it is to strengthen our relationships, go talk with your brother" Thranduil said

"One of these days you are going to have to talk to Elrond and not make me do it" You said as Thranduil followed you threw the crowd, your fingers had looped with his.

Elrond was standing with a drink of red wine, and Celebrían on his arm talking with Lady Galadriel.

"Sister, it is good to see you again, it has been some time" Elrond said spotting you

"That it has" You returned with a nod to Elrond.

"Thranduil, how is fatherhood treating you" Celebrían questioned as you and Elrond caught up, you were both intrrupted from your conversation by Legolas holding Thranduil's robe with a chocolate covered hand and offering the cake on the plate he had, which was surprisingly untouched to Galadriel.

"Why thank you young prince" The Lady said taking it, you picked up Legolas who had chocolate covering his hands and mouth

"Who's a little diplomat" the twins came barreling in each trying to offer their father cake, you chuckled as Legolas had crashed from his sugar high onto you.

"Lets get you clean up shall we" You said to Legolas who nodded tiredly, you excused yourself and Thranduil followed after you.

After you had bathed Legolas and got him changed into cloths he could sleep in you tried to set him to bed, he refused

"Legolas your tired you need to go to bed" Thranduil said sitting on the bed

"No, I'm not, I want to stay at the party" Legolas pouted, you looked to Thranduil

"They will understand you had to go to bed, I'm Sure Elrond will be putting the twins to bed soon" You said as you sat on the bed and leaned into Thranduil.

"No" Legolas complained

"What If I get the twins to say goodnight to you" you posed, Legolas didn't make an opposing sound, you stood and walked to the door, while Thranduil still tempted Legolas to go to bed, you soon reached Elrond, his children were interrogating him to were Legolas had gone, you knelled down next to the two.

"Legolas had to go to bed, but he wants you two to say goodnight to him" The twins looked to you, before looking at their father silently questioning him if they could go, Elrond nodded and the twins took your hands and ran out of the hall, you showed them to Legolas room, they walked in quietly, you blessed the fact Arwen was born, it made the two quieter, the three of you approached the bed Legolas had fully crashed and so had Thranduil, you smiled to yourself seeing it, Thranduil had an arm wrapped protectively around Legolas, who was snuggled into his chest the twins whispered their good nights to both of them, and you took them back, you ran the party until it ended, were you had basically crashed on top of your brother.

Elrond smiled and moved a hair out of your face, he had already put the twins to sleep "I'll join you after seeing Y/n to her room" Elrond said to Celebrían, Elrond guessed Thranduil was in Legolas' room as he didn't return so he took you there and set you onto the bed.

He smiled to himself as Thranduil moved his arm unconsciously over you to protect you as well, Elrond left to his room you had given him to stay in.

335 notes - Posted May 20, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Middle Earth Incorrect Quotes 16

Ft. male Y/n

Legolas: my father... How do I begin to explain my father? Feren: *forced to say* Thranduil is flawless. Elros the guard: I hear their hair's insured for $10,000. Elrond: I hear he does shampoo commercials... in Valinor. Y/N: *swooning over Thranduil* One time he punched me in the face... it was awesome.

Thranduil: *angry flustered* THAT WASN'T IN THE SCRIPT Y/N

348 notes - Posted May 9, 2022

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[areyoudoingthis]

Nine people you'd like to know better

I've been tagged by a few folks, thank you all 💜💜

Three ships:

- Edstede

- Malec

- Neotrin

First ship:

I think it was Aragorn and Arwen? At least that's as far back as my memory will go.

Last song:

I don't remember the song, but I was listening to a queer playlist yesterday while I did chores.

Currently reading:

Fic. So much fic.

Last film:

Love and friendship, the 2016 adaptation of Lady Susan (I've been going through another one of my Austen phases these past couple of weeks.) Loved the costumes in this one!

Currently craving:

Our Flag Means Death renewal news 😭

I'm terrible at keeping track of who's been tagged and not, so if you see this and you want to do it consider yourself tagged!!

[weezlbot]

rivendell elf aesthetics/tag yourself

elrond. red and purple velvet. scent of wood and spice. fireplaces. a warm blanket. bread and raspberry jam. the smell of old books. teachers. red ribbons. wine in a plain wineglass. tea in a porcelain cup. silver circlets. crown braids. kintsugi pottery. a quiet study. a comfortable chair. a pot of black ink. 

celebrian. pearls. white silk. pink lipstick. high towers. fur lined robes. flowering trees. crying at movies. white sheets on a marriage bed. coffee with your mom. kintsugi pottery. stuffed animals repaired with patches and stitches. thigh high socks. 

glorfindel. sunflowers. buttercups. citrus fruit. a bright sword. lemon cake. laughter that’s a bit too loud. gold jewelry. white horses. white ribbons. freckles on the cheeks and nose. pina coladas.

erestor. the smell of lavender. violets. maroon. velvet robes. the quiet of a library. red wine in jeweled goblets. rubies. cherry jelly. the smell of old books, again. garnets. cat’s eye jewels. a chaise lounge. soft voices. 

lindir. chapped lips. shiny mahogany. violins, clarinets and harps. poetry. fingers stained with ink and imprinted on from strings. tea with honey for a tired throat. singing until you lose your voice. misty valleys. a past shrouded in mystery. 

elladan. compasses. maps. navigating by the stars. trees so tall you can’t see the canopy. open fields. bathing in rivers. braids. hugging mom. your brother’s face in the mirror. your twin’s scent on your clothes. 

elrohir. your reflection on your brother’s face. open fields. rocky islands. telling time by the sun. tying knots. hunter’s traps. ponytails. holding your mother’s hand. your scent on your twin’s clothes. 

arwen. white gems. daddy’s girl. blue silk. sleeping as a cope. marrying rich. studying psychology. being wiser than you look. complicated but loving relationships with your parents. strawberry jam. sweet drinks. thigh high socks. 

gilraen. rust red. dark brown horses. high stone walls. bitter grief. coparenting with someone that’s not your husband but makes a good dad. estel. emeralds. rubies. diamonds. dirt on gold jewelry. he was your best mistake. you’d do it again in a heartbeat. 

aragorn/estel. bright futures. shrouded pasts. leather boots. emeralds. the smell of the earth. high towers. the weight of expectation. poetry. ale. singing. storytelling. horses. hiding your face. growing pains. first aid. healing hands. students. dirt, but in a good way.

[benoitblanc]

(insp.)

[camelotsheart]

#sexual tension ✨

[astridbecks]

first line meme

tagged by @callingvoicemail (thanks, friend!)

Rules: List the first lines of the last ten (10) stories you published.  Look to see any patterns you notice yourself, and see if anyone else notices any. Then tag some friends.

i held off on posting this until my latest exchange fic went public. also this got long, so i'm putting my pattern analysis above the cut: i think i tend to either immediately set the scene/give context or lead with a dialogue hook/single line of narration and then do the scene-setting. also almost all of these are written in present tense, which is a shift that occurred... a few years ago, i think.

tagging (no pressure) - @vefanyar @worldsentwined @minutia-r

:::

1. out of dreams into the sun (silmarillion; indis/miriel)

Míriel is reborn on a spring-blue morning with little fanfare and less warning.

2. question the goodness of the mighty (critical role; astrid & caleb and astrid/eadwulf post-canon)

The headmaster’s office sits at the top of the tallest tower on the grounds of the Soltryce Academy. From the tower entrance to the paneled mahogany door, there are three hundred and twenty eight stone stairs. It is a distance meant to intimidate, inflicting a sense of mounting anticipation on anyone summoned to speak with the Archmage of Conscription, from student to professor to fellow archmage.

3. something weaved into our windows (critical role; astrid & eadwulf pre-canon)

Two years and three months after Bren is sent to Vergesson — Bren would be able to tell her the time elapsed, down to the hour, were he in his right mind — Astrid sits cross-legged on top of the desk at the front of a dark classroom. It’s near midnight; the moonlight through the high windows leaves faint rectangles of silver to fall across the empty rows of desks.

4. life will teach you how to live (critical role; shadowdrei)

The Mighty Nein all gather together at least twice a year, if not more often — Astrid knows this because she makes a point of keeping tabs on the movement of the Cobalt Soul, and also because Professor Widogast is exceptionally diligent about noting his official vacation time even during the summer holidays. (She also knows perfectly well that this conscientiousness is a smokescreen of plausible deniability for his unofficial vacations, but this is something she’s decided not to pry too deeply into. In this arrangement they have, some things remain unspoken through necessity.)

5. crawling from the battle to the other side (critical role; war criminal gardening squad, set during 2x141)

“I don’t understand,” Eadwulf says.

Astrid doesn’t look up from where she’s wrist-deep in the soil, working free a piece of burned wood lodged next to a gravestone. Sweat runs down her back, prickly and uncomfortable. “Don’t understand what?”

6. scraps of dark in a star-strewn night (silmarillion; luthien/thuringwethil)

Thuringwethil watches the stranger approach.

The elf-girl is a pale light between the shadowed cedars, the large, dark shape of a hound following close at her heels. The moon is half-full, waxing — balanced fulcrum-point between birth and full bloom — and catches in the elf’s dark hair, shorn about her shoulders like a shadow.

7. A Material History of Ioreth's Domain (lord of the rings; ioreth & one of arwen's daughters)

“Pardon me.”

Ioreth, who had been folding the newly washed bandages delivered to the Houses that morning, paused and glanced up. A slender, solemn figure stood in the doorway, framed by the thin morning light: a girl in a dark blue dress with a thick book clutched to her chest. She was no more than twelve, if Ioreth recalled correctly — and she’d always had a good memory for ages, particularly when she had attended the birth of the child in question.

8. unsound this alarm, unbreak my heart new (critical role; beau/yasha, canon divergence for 2x113)

“I need three of you to help me.”

Though the deck of the ship is slick and cold, Jester doesn’t seem to care that her coat is getting soaked through where she kneels beside Beau’s death-still body. Tear tracks streak through the grime and dried blood on her cheeks, but her eyes are bright with determination as she looks up at the rest of the Mighty Nein, hands clenched so hard around her holy symbol that her knuckles have gone pale.

9. black-winged roses that safely changed (original work)

Leah has a diary.

This is forbidden.

10. seal the sky closed with the last of the light (critical role; canon divergent/speculative au written during the hiatus)

In his first life, Essek Thelyss stands at a precipice and watches the world burn.

[masksofmickey]

Hey, i was browsing by the pjo rp tag and i found your talia grace cosplay and i'm in love. i have been following you for a while for your rps but i only just found out that character and its awesome! I recently started doing a little bit of rp as Reyna do you have any advice? Im aware that the pjo fandom isnt as big as other, does that affect cosplayers?

It’s sort of hard to give advice when I’m not able to see what you’re already doing (and that’s a hint for ALL newer RP’ers, you’ll get far better advice if we know who you are). 

In general I’d say look at the similarities between yourself and Reyna, if you would react to things in the same way, if you wouldn’t, don’t act the way you usually do. Body language is super important, Reyna is proud and a natural leader, shoulders back, chin high, steely gaze, all things that say “You don’t want to mess with me” so when you do have those moments you want to show her more vulnerable you’re able to soften up your stance, movements, hunch in a little more, etc. 

So much of what I focus on is body language rather than the words I’m saying, am I confident and looking straight at the camera or am I avoiding their gaze? Do I use my hands to emphasize my point out of frustration or am I fiddling? Is it absentminded fiddling or nervous fiddling? It’s behaviours that we see every day that you can take from, if there’s someone who reminds you of Reyna, ask yourself why, look at how they hold themselves and how they talk. If there’s a song that reminds you of her think about how that song makes you feel and how you can get that feeling across in your stuff. 

Hope that all helps! 

(Edit: As for fandom size, it really doesn’t matter, someone outthere wil love your work, I did Arwen (LoTR one of the oldest and biggest fandoms) and it was a bust, I come on as the “Anon” feature on here and people love it. Humans are unpredictable, RP who you love to cosplay.) 

[helaenatargaryens]

i was tagged by @benoitblanc to shuffle my "on repeat" playlist and post the first ten tracks! thanks for the tag arwen <3

fresh out the slammer - taylor swift

friday i'm in love - the cure

august underground - ethel cain

north - clairo

femininomenon - chappell roan

party police - alvvays

little trouble - better oblivion community center

amanaemonesia - chairlift

losing my religion - r.e.m.

alison - slowdive

(rip me, having to spellcheck *those* two)

too lazy to tag rn so anyone who wants to, consider yourself tagged :)

[weezlbot]

tag yourself gondor edition (plus Eomer because I felt like he should be included)

no Denethor, sorry. I know he was a good ruler at one point, and apparently a decent guy, but I still can’t fully forgive his actions at the end of his life (abandoning the fight against Sauron to mope, trying to kill his surviving son in multiple ways). 

aragorn elessar. white marble. silver crowns. studying politics. achieving your goals. horses. healing hands. self-confidence to a fault. the smell of smoke and honey. heirlooms. stars. velvet. cotton. gold and silver embroidery. shining towers. flags billowing in the wind. leather boots. emeralds.

lady arwen. diamonds. silk. soft skin. dating a few years younger than you are. pink lipstick. studying psychology. strawberry jam. sweet drinks. wine. pink and blue. the stars. sleeping as a cope. marrying rich. marrying powerful. 

eldarion. the weight of the past. the weight of the future. family heirlooms. green kunzite. you aren’t your father and you hate that. high towers. marble. shining silver. the sun on snowy peaks. the mountain wind. rocky streams. stories. poetry. songs. 

faramir. large books. empathy. flowers. shining swords. light reflecting on water. warrior poet. a bit of trauma. dandelions. mountain streams. pine. earth. nerd/jock. poetry. daddy issues. the desire to learn. loving stories. dominant women. missing an older sibling. 

eowyn. dirty white dress. loving older men. hating being cared for but really needing to be cared for. daddy and mommy issues. SSRIs. painful pasts. your boyfriend is smarter than you but you’re stronger than him. nerd/jock. the 500 pound club. your appearance belies your strength. says “strong independent woman” unironically.

imrahil. shining armor. bright swords. loud singing. brotherhood. family. basic first aid. the smell of mint. ornate bracers. fighting for your hometown. raising kids. dancing. ale. wine. mead. dad energy. wisdom. respect for intelligence.

lothiriel. citrine. rubies. sapphires. being with your cousins. respect for soldiers. strong female friendships. horses. leather and cotton. sweet bread. running away. mountains. dark granite. marble. exploring nature with a loved one. the breeze across open fields. being swept off your feet. 

eomer. white horses. leather armor. being homeschooled. loving dark hair. leather boots. caring for your siblings. doing cardio. being confident in your beliefs. rolling fields of gold. dark granite. mountains. wooden huts. walls and castles of dark stone. open skies with a few puffy clouds. cool breezes. mead.

legolas. leaf jewelry. emeralds. wooden beads. honeysuckle. wine. crown braids. gold. shades of green. braided sandals. pale blue seas. the sun. the stars. silk. cotton. light colored leather. loving redheads. fruit and rich bread. water on skin. the smell of the forest. the ocean breeze. loving the wilds, all of it, as long as it lies under the light.

gimli. pink granite. crystals. hammers. axes. rock collections. unrequited love. loving golden hair. the ground. the earth. the stone. wanting older women. working with your hands. studying the trades or studying crafts. being your father’s child. ale. drinking a bit too much.