#the falas

[serene-faerie]

Facts about Laeriel

Her name translates to "daughter of summer" in Sindarin

She didn't want to go to the Mereth Aderthad at all, but her parents made her come anyways because she collected most of the pearls that Círdan was gifting to Fingolfin

Laeriel likes to bake desserts in her spare time, and she absolutely loves the citrus desserts of the Falas

Due to her father being Círdan’s advisor, Laeriel is quite close to Círdan, and looks up to him as an uncle. Likewise, Círdan cares deeply about Laeriel, and following her parents' deaths in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad and the destruction of the Falas, he takes her into his home on the Isle of Balar

When Laeriel goes on dives, she wears a white breast-band, a white loincloth, and she covers her hair in a white head-wrap. This is the standard outfit for all pearl divers in the Falas, which is an exclusively-female occupation. She also has a tattoo of a seashell on her right hip

During her courtship with Maglor, Laeriel introduces him to citrus desserts, and they quickly become his favorite kind of dessert

Laeriel spends a lot of her free time in the library of Brithombar. There, she likes reading old Cuiviénen folktales and epics, as well as mythology about the Valar. She's also a skilled astronomer, and she likes to study the stars and other phenomena in the sky when she's not diving

Laeriel learns about the First Kinslaying from Círdan, not Maglor. The fact that Maglor tries to deflect responsibility and victim-blame the Teleri absolutely disgusts and infuriates Laeriel, and that’s what leads to their fight and breakup. The worst part is that if Maglor had been honest and sincerely remorseful for it, Laeriel would have probably tried to forgive him. But his refusal to take responsibility is what Laeriel cannot accept

One of the worst parts about her breakup with Maglor is that his younger brother Celegorm actually sent a very long and angry letter to Laeriel. It basically expressed his outrage over a Sindarin maiden daring to break off a courtship with a Noldorin prince, and actually demanded that Laeriel get back together with Maglor for the sake of maintaining an alliance in the war against Morgoth. Maglor hadn’t told him to send such a letter, but Laeriel is furious all the same. In response, Círdan sends a very stern letter to Celegorm, telling him to stop or he would face the wrath of the Falas, and he also sends a letter to Maedhros to get his brothers under control. Luckily, Celegorm doesn’t send any more letters, but this has only cemented Laeriel’s hatred of the House of Fëanor

Following the destruction of the Havens of the Falas, Laeriel moves to the Isle of Balar. She lives with Círdan for a few years, until she hears about the Second Kinslaying and the arrival of Doriathrim refugees at the Mouths of Sirion. So she moves to the Havens of Sirion in the hopes of finding her cousin Merilwen. Laeriel then starts living with Merilwen and helps her with raising Elwing, and becomes something of an aunt to the young princess of Doriath

Following the Third Kinslaying, Laeriel helps Merilwen and Voronwë search for Elrond and Elros. They don't find the twins until the War of Wrath begins

Laeriel becomes close to Elros during the War of Wrath. She teaches him about astronomy and observing the phenomena of the sky. She also nurtures his love for the sea by telling him stories about the Falas, about pearl diving, and about sailing on the ocean

It’s only after the War of Wrath when Laeriel meets Maglor again, when he’s wandering the shores of Middle-earth. They have a conversation, and Maglor confesses that even after everything, he never stopped loving Laeriel. However, while Laeriel still cares about Maglor to some extent, she cannot truly love him after everything he’s done. Maglor understands this, and he even lets Laeriel slap him for his crimes. After that, they part ways and never see each other again, and Laeriel is able to move forward with her life

Laeriel moves to the Grey Havens with Círdan in the Second Age. There, she takes up pearl diving again, and she also keeps in contact with Merilwen and Voronwë, who have settled in Lindon by this point

The only Fëanorian whom Laeriel actually trusts is Celebrimbor. During the First Age, Celebrimbor had come to Laeriel and personally apologized for all the heartache his family has caused her. Because of this, Laeriel actually becomes friends with Celebrimbor, and even keeps in touch with him during the Second Age. Needless to say, she's horrified and grieved by Celebrimbor's brutal death at Sauron's hands

Following Merilwen and Voronwë's departure to Aman, Laeriel moves to Rivendell. There, she takes care of Ithilloth, Merilwen and Voronwë’s daughter. Eventually, during the early years of the Fourth Age, Laeriel and Ithilloth sail west together

@cilil @fishing4stars @chaos-of-the-abyss

[tanoraqui]

My best later-Ages Valinor headcanon is actually about the Falases. See, seashores are a very common place for Elves to settle—the Music that lingers in water and Ulmo himself are always welcoming. So there are a lot of Elvish settlements around the world called “The Shore” (S. “Falas”) in various languages.

Then everyone ends up in Aman and wants to recreate their homelands, in name if nothing else. Aman has more places called “New [X]” than a list of USAmerican states.

By the late Third Age, there are 4 major oceanside settlements in Aman. The first is Annufalas (Sindarin: “western shore”), on the shores to the north of Alqualondë verging into the barren Araman. It was by the newly exiled Falathrin of Beleriand, the Sailed and the reborn (those who stayed in Middle Earth were also, of course, exiled from their sunken homeland).

The second to be founded is called Sunset Shore in the language of its people, the Oarundilai (“Friends of the Sun”). “Sunset” in their language is synonymous with “west.” It is on the opposite side of the continent of Aman. The Oarundilai are Elves who lived on the thin, mountainous continent that clings (clung) to the far eastern edge of Aman, over which the rises (once rose) first every day. They saw Arien in all her glory more closely than any other and loved her, and she saw their waving hands and heard their songs and loved them in turn—though, focused on her task, she did little more than smile down upon them. It was wayward Tilion the Moon—also seen closely, though less revered—he totally agreed—who came down from the sky one night after the Banishment of Morgoth and shared the open invitation which Eonwë had just spoken to the survivors of the war of Wrath: Sailing, eternal peace, not fading sadly with the ever-changing Ages, etc…and waving and singing to Arien as she swooped low on the opposite side of Arda as well, that she of whom so many avoided direct sight might have that extra measure of joy in company. Many agreed, and found equal happiness in their new home as in their old.

(And they still do, for the Sun and Moon and Evening Star can still swoop low over Aman as they no longer can over the rest of Arda, after the Changing of the World.)

The third and fourth major shorelands of Aman were founded by elves who were sister-peoples in mortal Arda. In the southern hemisphere, the great landmass whose northern part is Middle Earth stretches down toward the continent which takes up much of the southern hemisphere, including the southernmost part of Arda (now the "south pole", in Arda Rounded.) Elves inhabit both, having sailed from the northern to the southern - and so there was once a thriving people on the southernmost tip of the great northern continent who called their land "The Shore", and a thriving people on the northern edge of the southern continent who called themselves "Southshore."

These peoples must Sail as much north as west to reach Aman. So when they began to arrive, they called their new home "Northshore", despite it being on the southern end of Aman. It was north to both Southshore and The Shore, after all.

However, some people of Southshore missed the more frigid regions of their homeland, which even the southernmost parts of Aman don't fully recreate. So they moved all the way across the continent to the farthest north, where there was as much ice as land, and became New Southshore.

Some years after this, the Oarundilai of Sunset Shore renamed their city to Sunrise-and-Set Shore, often "Sunrise Shore" for short (directionally: "East-and-West Shore", or "East Shore"). Because the Changing of the World meant that even in Aman, both sunrise and sunset now happened in equal intensity no matter where one lived, and also because they had a great sense of humor.

Illustrative Maps:

[grey-gazania-fic]

Pray for the Foxes (Círdan, rated G)

'Let us pray for the foxes sleeping in your knees. May you always know when to run.’ -Caitlyn Siehl, 'A Prayer’

They call me the shipwright, and my hands have indeed shaped wood into many vessels that sail the seas. But they have also shaped these cities, raised them up in wood and stone, created a place for all the Eldar to take refuge, for I do not believe in vengeance, even vengeance by inaction.

Now my cities burn. Great clouds of smoke rise from the walls, and the armies of Morgoth are battering at our doors, breaking like waves against the levees. Every man, woman, and child who can wield a weapon is fighting in defense of our home, but they fall by the hundreds, slain by the sword or the smoke or the orcs' poisoned arrows.

My people are dying, and I have only one way to save them.

"Fall back! Fall back to the ships! We make for Balar!"

A wise leader must always know when to run.

[grey-gazania]

Lowkey socialist Círdan invented the public school, and I will die on this hill.

[fala-alfredo-pasta]

Will you draw Oumaru? (Komaru x Kokichi)

There are usually one of the most chaotic besties

finally drawing requests from over a year ago pt. 1 of ??? Oumaru anon I hope ur still out there

[fantasyfangirling4ever]

"Stabbity stab, knife wife,"

- Holly Black may be the greatest author of our time

[jamesfrain]

"He picks up the gifts and leaves her. He stands outside the room. He leans against the wall, his eyes resting on a picture, where a twisted man adheres to a tree, and bleeds from head, hands and heart" —The Mirror and The Light by Hilary Mantel

Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light | Episode two 'Obedience'

[imninahchan]

Passei tanto tempo lendo fanfic em inglês para criar um certo distanciamento emocional que agora nem consigo achar mais algo em português, o algoritmo já ta moldado. Você tem alguma sugestão de contas de fanfic em português? Independente de quem é baseado

nossa, muitos. existem excelentes escritores br aqui na plataforma, só precisa que os leitores br parem de ler fic em inglês!

nesse post aqui tem diversos perfis que escrevem ou publicam coisas sobre kpop, sendo fic ou não. Agora, fora o kpop que é muito forte na comunidade, tem esses blogs abaixo que escrevem com outras celebridades, etc: @maodedefunto @bibescribe @xcallmevia @hashnna @artmiabynana @kiwiskybe @xurianana @lilablanc @ellebarnes90 @cliodevotus @cherryblogss @yoolelica @ataldaprotagonista @crarinhaw @azulmiosotis @luludohs @enzocoquette @lunitt @groupieaesthetic @daphdidit @creads @vogrincicdelicate @svholand @luvielie @kyuala @littlewritergreatgirl-blog @star-elysiam @sluttforromero @imbabyv @yzzart @interlagosgrl @xexyromero @idollete @allebasimaianunes @leclerqueensainz @maryyiposa @biancavogrincic @nenadogiani @kathelovecatsandfeminism

outras contas de kpop que eu acho que não estão naquele post, porque ele tá meio desatualizado: @fr-freaky @viclici0us @callmecalid @rubyybibi @dreamwithlost @zelosnation @suuhzie @mahteeez @gyusmxmmy @joliefillemaria @gigirassol-i @mitsuyart @luvyoonsvt @markievie @shinyflora

tenho a sensação de que não cheguei nem perto de citar todo mundo, mas tentei :))))

[jkvjimin]

for @magicshop 💗 cr. namuspromised

[reality-detective]

Interesting 👆 Was the trap set? Usually the media reports a lot more on the culprits. 9/11, Oklahoma City bombing, Las Vegas shooting come to mind, not that we would get the truth from them about the shooter anyway. Personally I haven't heard much about the shooter from the lamestream media. I don't believe he was a republican and I heard he was an Antifa member from a couple reliable sources. 🤔

[sunnymoonny]

eu amo um homem

[fairytaehl]

the folk of the air characters as tumblr textposts i like pt. 3

jude:

oak and suren:

fala:

madoc:

oak while living with vivi:

taryn and jude:

locke:

oak:

jude and cardan:

jude:

[keytothewardy]

I kindly ask this man to not make me crash out all the time.

@supakixbabe on the other line holding back her laughter while I casually eat my comforter crying, screaming, almost throwing up…

Yeah so anyway it was a great few days of wrestling for me if you ask me.

[xexyromero]

gente???????? eu nunca tinha visto essas fotos??????

[fala-alfredo-pasta]

For your consideration: Mikan but tall.

(When I was just getting into Danganronpa I saw a fanart of this concept, and now my brain just thinks Mikan is, like, an inch or 2 taller than Hajime.)

she wants to help ;w;