#trsb23

[navyinks]

My submission for this year's @tolkienrsb features Maedhros instructing tiny apprentice healer Elrond to forage for herbs in the wilderness 😁 @grundyscribbling is writing an awesome story for it and I'm excited to read it soon! ⭐

[arcxus-of-altihex]

Second art piece I did for @tolkienrsb / TRSB 2023!! A little late but I think my subconscious took over at some point because I don't remember the last few hours. Here's a sweet, mildly peaceful scene of the pains of raising the first of dragons <3

Keep an eye out for the lovely fic!! @oopsbirdficced / @ingenious_spark (AO3) is the author I worked with <3

THE COLLECTION IS UP!! READ THE FIC HERE <3

[the-red-butterfly]

Thranduil (Tolkien Universe)

Reposting this design I did for 'Tis One Of The Forest Fae, one of my TRSB pieces of 2023, cause I really. really, really love it. He just looks so pretty here. APPRECIATE HIM 😂

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[lycheesodas]

Rising as if Weightless | A @tolkienrsb collaboration between @starspray and yours truly! 🤍🕊

“Oh,” Elwing said faintly. She felt the need to sit down, but locked her knees against it. “Then—have they been released from Mandos, my lord? I had not heard that you came in person to deliver such news.” “They have not, not yet,” said Námo, and to Elwing’s surprise his mouth softened into a small smile, there and gone again in the blink of an eye. “Your brothers are still very young; Mandos is not a place for children to grow. They are ready to return to the world, but unlike most others who pass through my halls they cannot make the journey across Valinor alone. Come to the gates of my halls with all swiftness, and you will find your brothers there.” He inclined his head, and was gone.

I am so honored to have my art chosen by one of my favorite writers (and favorite Elwing writer at that!) Thanks so much for being patient with me as I struggle with this artwork :')

Also! Funny story but I based this on one of the prompts on the suggestion sheet and that very prompter ended up picking this art to write for 😆 And I only found out before posting this 😶

commission info | shop

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[violecov]

Feanor, king of fairies.

my first trsb drawing for @tolkienrsb!! )))

The Arthurian legends tell a lot of tales about a mystical land beyond the western seas, where the fairies live. It is also said that it was in Valin... Avalon, where the legendary sword "Excalibur" was created by a powerful fairy. So here I present you the glorious ruler of the lands of Avalon... let me check up his name. Yeah, Fëanor is a good name for him.

this drawing has been claimed by @maglor-my-beloved and has been made into a gorgeous story ( wich i have alredy read and enjoyed but i cannot link yet :(( )

[wanderer-clarisse]

Eärendil and Elwing, my first ever fanart submission for @tolkienrsb! here is the fic written by the wonderful @grundyscribbling!

[cclumsyart]

Nienna’s Embrace

For @tolkienrsb 2023! It was claimed by @bloodwingblackbird, stay tuned for their work, I’m so looking forward to reading it!

[celebbun]

Finally done with my @tolkienrsb piece. Two sisters talking and enjoying life after a tumultuous period of time.

Thank you @cilil for pinch hitting for my art and picking me up when I was down 💕

Inspired by Eugene de Blaas' Two Venetian Women.

[ela-draws]

Glorfindel and Asfaloth

For @tolkienrsb 2023 !

This artwork was claimed by @zivalight and fanfic inspired by it will arrive soon with all the other trsb fanfics !

I cant' wait to read more than the few snippets I saw 👀 Thank you so much for choosing my art ! It was really fun comparing our headcanons 😊

[sauroff]

One of my contributions for this year's @tolkienrsb ♥♥

Author: UnicornsInSpace on AO3

Relationships: Haleth/ Aredhel, Aredhel & Original Female Characters

Haleth & Original Female Characters, Caranthir & Original Female Characters

Characters: Haleth, Aredhel, Caranthir, Original Female Character(s), Galadriel and Mablung in one chapter, Celegorm, Curufin, and Huan in two chapters, Haldan for one chapter, Turgon and Egalmoth in one chapter, Thingol (mentioned), Finrod (mentioned), Fëanor (mentioned), Nerdanel (mentioned).

Word Count: 14,436

Rated T

No Archive Warnings Apply

I'll leave the rest of the fic info below the cut, be sure to check all the tags, as always

Content warnings: Canonical character death, non-graphic wound descriptions, amnesia that gets healed, scene with a healer woman, mentions of stitches not being needed, highly implied sex, it is not shown or outright mentioned, brain fog, food, brief mentions of pregnancy, mentions of the First Kinslaying, Caranthir crying about said Kinslaying and the Oath, a chapter in the end about grief and mourning where a character is deeply depressed, other elven groups not liking the Fëanorians.

Tags: Fluff, light angst, hurt/comfort, mutual pining, denial of feelings, kid fic, drama but not novela-level drama, peredhel, rambunctious kids, Haladin culture, Ñoldor, Brethil, Thargelion, Giving Aredhel the happy ending she deserves, Lesbian greysexual Aredhel, Bisexual Haleth. 

Summary: What if Aredhel left Gondolin many years later and ran into Haleth instead of Eöl? And Haleth had a peredhel daughter with Caranthir that he did not know about, until of course, he did?

[kathrins-sketchbook]

Oh, brightest sun (TRSB 2023)

A hommage to Gustav Klimt's The Kiss. Acrylic paint on canvas, with gold acrylic colour, 45x45cm. This scene had fascinated me ever since I read about it in the Nature of Middle-earth, and even more so when I became obsessed with Mîm as a character. While the ship of Mîmrod was born in a discord server I am in as a joke, that joke led to me originally drafting the sketch for this painting.

@goschatewabn has taken up this prompt- in a pinchhit no less - and has written, a beautiful, beautiful, fic that also absolutely tears my heart out. Find more info & the link to the fic below!

The elf shone more brilliantly than the purest gems they had unearthed, and his kind face crowned with a wreath of white lilac was like the first rays of dawn after a long night.

The gentle sun had risen in the east, and had brought spring into Nargothrond.

5180 Words

Rating: T Archive warnings: None Characters: Mîm, Finrod Felagund, the petty dwarves, various inhabitants of Nargothrond, dwarves of Nogrod https://archiveofourown.org/works/49927210/chapters/126046690

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[welcometolotr]

my @tolkienrsb 2023 submission! (i was too late to the game to do more than one art this year, oops, but i'm happy to add this to the list of really great pieces from everybody else!!)

from left to right: gil-galad, maeglin, and arehel; prompt: high king aredhel!!

@jaz-the-bard has written a fantastic fic and i can't wait for reveals! <3 <3 I'll link it here after it gets posted.

[arcxus-of-altihex]

One of the art pieces I did for @tolkienrsb / TRSB 2023!! This one features Mairon, pre-fall, fixing a dove's wing—although his methods are unconventional at best, and already have the hintings of their future dragons at worst. The symbolism felt irresistible >:3c

My lovely author for this work is @yletylyf !! It has been such a pleasure to work with them!! THE FIC IS HERE!!

[the-red-butterfly]

These are some designs, sketches and tests I did before I begun my piece There's An Unusual Guest In Our House for TRSB. I'll be honest, I had SO much fun with (almost) every aspect of the creation of this piece. But mainly just figuring out Thranduil gown and how it's going to be. For as much as I like how he's dressed in the movies I DO get tired of drawing the same outfits over and over again. And I honestly think his move design is missing some green, but that's a whole 'nother topic.

One thing that I'm just noticing is that the gold neckline in some of these is much lower than in the final piece, and i do like it lower... Hmm, maybe next time.

Thank's again to @scary-grace for choosing and writing for this piece. I just CANNOT wait to read it!!

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[scyllas-revenge]

This is the beautiful art made by @ach-sss-no for the 2023 Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang!

You’ll be able to read the fic I wrote to accompany it in just a few hours when the collection goes live. @ach-sss-no was great to work with and is so talented! Please go check out all her other art- and her fanfics on AO3!

Something Burrowed, Something Blue

Rating: G

Word count: 11k

Summary:

“It was often said (in other families) that long ago one of the Took ancestors must have taken a fairy wife.”

This is the story of how a particularly Tookish Took met and married a mysterious creature from the Old Forest- and how that mysterious creature came to make the Shire her home.

[lycheesodas]

a place where both our hearts may rest | A @tolkienrsb collaboration between @maironsbigboobs and yours truly! This is the first of two art pieces I submitted this year :3

Summary: He remembered how they had once desired glory. How they had once wanted to take part in great deeds. And how that battle had ended in nothing but betrayal and bloodshed. No, Mablung did not wish to be a warrior any longer – he longed for his books and journals, for the comfort of song and the company of friends. Beleg exhaled deeply. “We will not be soldiers again; not captains, not lords, only Beleg and Mablung.” - Beleg and Mablung survived the First Age. In search of a better future, they set off on an exploration of Eriador, but peace is not always easy to find. Word Count: 16,831 Rating: E Characters: Beleg Cúthalion, Mablung of Doriath Relationships: Beleg Cúthalion/Mablung of Doriath Additional Tags: Second Age Road Trip Memory, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Hurt/Comfort, Mentions of canon events and deaths

I will never skip out on an opportunity to draw Beleg and Mablung, my best boys and OTP 😌💕 I've always wondered how things might turn out for them had they survived.. And Heather my fellow Beleg enjoyer (some might say THE Beleg enjoyer) was the perfect writer for this!! They're living their best cottagecore life in this fic, while interacting with a charming cast of character both familiar and original :D

Thank you so much for putting up with my silly little requests throughout the process 🥺 I hope you enjoyed writing for them as much as I did drawing this. And dear (future) readers, I hope you enjoy reading this, too! 💐🌸🌱

Plus, look out for extra doodles from me soon 👀

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Credits: Paper texture

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