okay folks important question time
(if you choose the third option please please please tell me in the tags what the rules are and how they affect your pronunciation!)
realising i forgot a secret fourth option: an abhorrent mix of 2+ of these (me) and a secret fifth one: it depends (also me)
lmao this is so random & sorry to snoop on your tags but. just in case it was my video you saw i feel the need to clarify i was jokingly mispronouncing every name as much as i possibly could i do not actually say them this way (to be fair i am not sure i say them correctly). also super interested as to how reading them in russian first would affect your pronounciation. i'd assume it's more phonetic?
KHHHHH I FEEL SO EMBARRASSED RIGHT NOW 💀 i thought that was legit how you pronounced them i died... i mean people pronounce greek names really weird in english. i just. assumed 🥺
okay SO anyway thank you much for asking about how reading silm in russian affects your ability to pronounce these guys correctly. i wanted to ramble about this but felt a bit shy, now i have a reason <3 to rant about my two favourite things (elves and languages)
i think that's about it. on the positive side i can roll these rs no problem
okay folks important question time
(if you choose the third option please please please tell me in the tags what the rules are and how they affect your pronunciation!)
I feel compelled to begin a list of Definitive Pan-Finwian Traits.
You forgot the incredible charisma, all inherited directly from Finwë "Leave everything you know and follow me!" Noldóran
A while ago, I saw a post about the story of Beren and Luthien as classical ballet. I had kept the idea in the back of my head as some fun project I could do one day but never found the time to do more than a couple of drafts.
But this is my final year of art school and, for our exam, we have to create a entire project, from characters to environments, so I jumped on the occasion and dusted off my old stuff !
Here you have the very first drafts for Beren and Luthien, I was mostly looking to make functional ballet costumes while given them each their own identity. Beren has a style mixing viking shapes and byzantine empire patterns, while, for Luthien, I have taken a lot of inspiration from Alphonse Mucha and Art Nouveau.
I will post the rest bit by by, you'll get character designs, set designs, cool puppets and, maybe if I am motivated enough, a PMV !
I hope you guys will enjoy this crazy project as I do by making it !
There had been a terrible snapping, wrenching sound; then some sort of - fight, accompanied by the sounds of rending flesh and snapping teeth; then those awful green eyes had gone out, and all was silent.
In the dark, something warm and wet touched Beren’s leg. It spread, filling his nostrils with the scent of iron as it did so, and he realized that it was blood.
He could not see.
"Nóm?" he whispered in the darkness; then, louder, "Nóm!"
My almost finished Maedhros cosplay based on my very own design. Photo and edit by @thistlesandstories
The costume contains handsewn shirt (I used Lyocell instead of linen because it looks more elvish), cotton hand quilted vest with customised metal buckles, waist belt including the embossed Oath of Fëanor and wide belt adorned with Fëanorian stars made from polymer clay. The sword is a prototype made from EVA foam, but I want to make a less wrinkly one.
The bracers, the scabbard and the belt are all my own leatherwork. Details for nitpickers:
Makeup details:
when a silmaril burns you, does it hurt right away as if you touched hot metal? or does it feel cool to the touch at first, allowing you to hold it for some time while it “assesses” you, and then when it finally deems you unworthy it heats up faster than your reflexes can protect you?
Maglor dies, and so the Oath is beyond fulfilling, and so all eight of them are thrown out into the Everlasting Darkness—
and then Maglor starts singing, and they all join in, and out there beyond What Is songs have more power than perhaps they realize, and their songs make a tiny little oasis of Existence for them
which is all well and good until Fingon goes to rescue Maedhros, and Elrond wants to rescue Maglor, and Nerdanel insists on coming with them, and they find themselves in Fëanorian World
the idea of the peredhel twins having heightened senses due to their maia blood is one of the concepts ive seen floating around that i really like, so here's my take on it combined with the feanorians (+ fingon) lingering about as houseless spirits that i explored some time ago in an old inktober post 😌
houseless spirits see all, but they can't interact with the world around them so i suppose that makes for quite a static existence...but compared to an oathbound eternity in Mandos (sans Fingon??), i like to imagine they'll stay a little longer to watch over those left behind, just to make sure they're doing alright 👍🏻
some more lighthearted bonuses cuz why not:
I've read a lot of fics that show elves being reborn into bodies that retain evidence of the things that happened to them in Middle Earth - like Maedhros being reborn with only one hand - and this makes sense. Their bodies are sites of trauma, and this will change them and they way they relate to their bodies so it makes perfect sense that they might return scarred or missing limbs.
But consider: the Valar do not understand Eru's children. They do not understand what it is to inhabit a body rather than simply wear one, do not understand the interrelation of body and self.
Finrod returns. There is joy, there is sorrow, there is confusion. He looks well enough but he keeps rubbing his hands over his wrists (he had pulled so hard against Sauron's shackles that there had been little skin left), over his throat (the memory of teeth sinking into his flesh screams at him, more vivid at times than the faces of his parents as they sit before him), over his face (claws drag through his cheek daily in his memory so where are the scars). Eventually he paints onto his body the scars he knows would have existed, and this at least stops him rubbing at them for fear of smearing paint all over himself. It is not enough, but at least he is still.
It seems grotesque to the Eldar of Aman who see only an obsession with past hurts, a playacting of injury, but Finrod is loved and so his eccentricity is tolerated. As more elves return, however, it becomes clear that this is not Finrod's trouble alone. Many take Finrod's lead, painting on their bodies the patterns of scars they remember and those they know they should have borne had they survived the attacks that killed them. Some wore eyepatches over eyes that had once been injured. Some walked with limps their new bodies did not need.
When Fingon returns he paints his whole body red. It is long before he speaks at all (his voice ought to be hoarse from shouting, scratchy and painful to use but no! - how does one reconcile the memory of being beaten to a bloody pulp in the mud with the perfect, unharmed body of one's youth?), and even then he will not sing.
Much, much later when Maedhros returns, he begs Fingon to cut his hand off again.
This is a week to appreciate all of the incredible characters and relationships within Tolkien’s legendarium that fall under the broad category of “gen.” There is a great wealth of wonderful gen content in the Tolkien fandom, but those creations are not always the most visible because of the shipping-focused nature of fandom at large. This week is an effort to give them the appreciation they deserve.
Tolkien Gen Week began in 2018 and occurred again in 2020, 2021, and 2022, and we’re back for more from July 4-10, 2023!
Any content and creations are welcome as long as it is non-romantic and non-sexual! You can create edits, gifs, fanart, fanfic, fanmixes, and more! Please tag your posts with #tolkiengenweek AND @ mention this blog @tolkiengenweek so they can be easily found. If your submission turns into a long post, please put what you can beneath a “Keep reading” divider. You may also post your creations to our AO3 collection.
Below are some prompts for each day of the week. They are not mandatory, but they are here to inspire you. This post will lead to an explanation for each one.
This event is being organized by @arofili. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to message this blog or my main.
For further clarification, check out our about, FAQ, code of conduct, and prompts pages! Happy creating!!
Art in the promo banner is by @welcometolotr.
it's been months since the last sketches but don't think I forgot about them ✴️
The Oberon/Titania/Puck vibes that Oromë/Vana/Celegorm can have…
Idk if this has been done before but it haunted me
The aim of Silm Smut Week is to foster a positive, inclusive, and fun culture around the creation and enjoyment of smut, porn, and erotica.
Entirely optional daily themes and prompts coming soon!
All genres, tropes, and kinks are welcome: porn without plot, porn with plot; fluff, humour, angst, dark; slash, het, femslash, poly, solo; canon-compliant, alternate universe; reader insert, incest, etc. And, of course, every imaginable kink.
All forms of creative engagement with the Silmarillion and the Silmarillion fandom are welcome: writing, visual art, meta/analysis, headcanons, playlists, music, video, podfics, cosplay, etc.
We are, perhaps, in Arda Reborn. It is Finwë's birthday begetting day. He has brought many dear friends and relatives out for a festive meal at his favorite restaurant. Finwë said he was treating everyone, but after the server brings the check, both Fëanor and Elwë reach for it.
