#the silmarillion kin

[citizenoftmrrwlnd]

self care for : celebrimbor with stim stuff, silver jewelry, and cozy/atmospheric things requested by @hands-of-silver

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[kincalling]

Aredhel Ar-Feiniel aka Írissë from the Silmarillion. Looking for anyone who remembers me but especially Celegorm and Curufin who I was very close with. 18+ only pls, I'm 19. DM me here or like the post pls 🥺

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[sesamenom]

third kinslaying version of this

[yashmel]

Herald of Manwe :)

[tanoraqui]

tfw all you want is snuggles (tackled to the floor by a horde of grandchildren, knowing all your people, all your loved ones, are able to create and flourish to their hearts’ content in eternal peace and joy), but all you get is struggles (standing alone on the steps, holding a spear like you have not since your youth and watching the darkness roll toward you like a tide, knowing that within it comes the ancient enemy of your people, grateful that at least you managed to send the grandchildren all away)

[sun-snatcher]

Bucky Barnes canonically knowing about LOTR means he probably later picked up reading The Silmarillion after he got out of HYDRA years later.

All this to say— he would have absolutely loved Maedhros: Tortured by an Evil! Lost his arm! Has a kinslaying history! And then later has a (albeit controversial) redemption??

[the-werewithal]

I kinda want a Smallville-esque take on the Silmarillion. It's set exclusively back in Aman with the implication that Feanor's gonna start shit aaaany second now. He's working on some very impressive jewels in his workshop, Morgoth's looking pretty suspicious, and is that a giant spider I hear scuttling in the south? But its all fake outs, and it's just seven seasons of the messiest family drama imaginable. Noldor scandals and brewing rifts between them and the Valar. Maglor breaks a lute string and suspects sabotage. Aredhel steals a horse and gets lost in the woods. Feanor spends a really moving episode visiting the garden of his Mother's body. Finwe tries to be a good father and accidentally triggers a huge fight at least once a season. The Ambarussa make problems on purpose. Finrod befriends a wild dog. Nerdanel's latest statue of Maedhros gets its arm smashed off at the elbow. Finarfin collects novelty pens. Galadriel pretends she's above it all while being nothing of the sort. Gandalf stirs trouble. The very last shot is Feanor finishing the silmarils.

It wouldn't be good, but it'd be funny

[imfromthemiddlekingdom]

My Nolofinwë brainrot is back in full force!!!!

Imagine growing up in a household where you KNOW your father loves you but not more than your elder brother who can do now wrong in his eyes even when he ignores your existence and probably hates your mother. Imagine growing up as a PRINCE of the Noldor but always coming in second in the eyes of the people because you’re NOT your brother. You don’t shine as bright as him, you’re not as crafty as him. The work of your hands do not inspire such devotion that even the gods above seek to bless it with their protection.

Imagine knowing that the sole reason for your existence is because your fathers beloved first wife was condemned to an entirety in the Halls of Mandos and thus causing your brilliant elder brother to despise your mother and ignore your existence so wholly it starts fracturing the Noldor. Imagine trying your best to be friends with your brother but him pushing you away at every turn so eventually you decide that if you can’t have his love you’d have his hatred because even hatred is better than the indifference he showed you growing up.

Imagine loving and hating your brother in equal measure, imagine hating him so much for condemning your host to the ice because of your choice to name yourself with an extra Finwë in your name yet mourning him so deeply when you cross the ice just to discover he is already dead and all your hate cannot be aimed at the person responsible because what good is holding on to that hate when he is already dead? What good is that hate when you KNOW you can never have any sort of resolution with him until the breaking of the world? What good is holding on to that hatred when your nephews are holding on by a string and civil war may very well break out due to your beloved and loathed half brother?

Do you think Nolofinwë thought of his much loved and much loathed brother Feanor when he rode out to Angbang to challenge the Dark Lord himself?

Do you think that he thought of how he might meet his end the same way Feanor did? Riding out before the host and getting ambushed by Balrogs? Do you think he thought that this is the one way he can one up his brother? By succeeding when Feanor failed? By wounding the Dark Vala so badly he refused to leave his black walls? Do you think at the end of his life when he saw Morgoths foot coming down on him, when he raised his sword for one last strike, do you think he thought that maybe, just maybe, his deeds of valour may finally make his brother proud? That maybe he lived up to his bright, fiery, spirited brother at last? That although he may not have made the greatest works known to man, but he succeeded where bright Feanor failed?

Do you think that he searched the halls for Feanor? Even knowing he may have been condemned to the void? Or do you think he, in his last moments, cursed Feanor more than he did when crossing the ice because if it weren’t for his oath to him, his children and nephews may still very much be alive?

I cannot begin to describe just how much Nolofinwë lives in my mind rent free. The angst growing up, the resentment that built up in him every single time he gets compared to Feanor, the desperation to get to know him anyways because that’s his brother! His older brother! The one that was supposed to love him but didn’t because of his mother. Gods Nolofinwë makes me feral in a way that not even the Sons of Feanor can.

[eloquentsisyphianturmoil]

Just learnt ‘Findis’ is a combination of ‘Finwë’ and ‘Indis’—

they were that sort of sappy parent.

[fistfuloflightning]

An argument in progress—Salgant and Rog

[lokittystuckinatree]

Me, taking a “which Feanorian are you” quiz, knowing I’m probably going to get Maglor: tehehe lololol

Me, actually getting Maglor: still laughing, but now on the verge of tears

[ella-error505]

“Naurind the Formidable was a Noldor elf, the only (bastard) daughter of Celebrimbor, a legendary warrior (forgotten artist) who fought in the Second Age against Sauron and an essential part of the Last Alliance. She died in the Siege of Barad-dûr from her wounds, after defeating Sauron with the help of Elendil. She was the only daughter born into the House of Fëanor, and is remembered for negotiating and obtaining the redemption of her house at the hands of Mandos. Then she refused to leave the Halls for the rest of eternity, because her sword, as legendary as she, Lumnasell, could never see the light of Valinor, because its creation was too dark and dangerous for the Undying Lands.”

(unsolicited OC lore, part II: this time is personal) (all images are from Pinterest, credits to whom it may concern)

[overlord-of-fantasy]

Feanor just wants to kill...

Feanor: You are the love of my life and I would do anything within reason to make you happy. Nerdanel: I would be happy if you ate, stayed hydrated and got a reasonable amount of sleep. Feanor: I said within reason, Nerdanel. How about I murder that guy? *points at Fingolfin* Nerdanel: So murder is in reason but proper self care isn't? Feanor: Well, duh. What kind of question is that?

[sesamenom]

co-high kings galadriel & celeborn

since elrond doesn't want the kingship, galadriel & celeborn are the eldest in middle-earth of the lines of Olwe and Elmo respectively. olwe is older but hes the king of the teleri not specifically doriath sindar so there might be some dispute between which line the sindarin high kingship jumps to, but they very conveniently happen to already be married and so can skip all that and just be twice the headache for sauron

[by-shire-reckoning]

if the first kin-slaying had been fingolfin stabbing feanor's dumb ass, there would never have been a second

[tanoraqui]

I don’t get all the Tolkien gender and sexuality discourse—it’s clear that the genders according to Tolkien are:

gets trapped in a very high (or potentially very low) place, gets rescued, loses part of or entire hand

finds loved one who is trapped in very high (or potentially very low) place by singing and their beloved sings back; rescues them despite the impossible odds against this

person singing, dancing, or just kinda vibing in the woods

person who comes to the woods from elsewhere, sees the singer/dancer/viber, and falls in love instantly

everyone else

…and an ideal relationship, romantic, sexual and/or otherwise, is between genders 1 and 2 or 3 and 4. Genders CAN overlap.