Abel's Art World

A blog for my art, both drawings and written works. Find my main blog at @babybat98 and more of my writing at https://archiveofourown.org/users/baby_bat_98

[babybat98]

Oh boy this has been a long journey, and I'm so excited I finnaly get to share this! This is the first of two artworks I've made for @tolkienrsb 2024, my first ever exchange event!

There is going to be a story to go along with the art, writen by the lovely @i-did-not-mean-to and posted on Ao3. The story collection opens up on September 6th, so I will be rebloging this then with the links.

This is probably the most rare-pair ship I have ever had, Galion/Glorfindel. So if that seems interesting to you, stay tuned for when the fics drop! And if not you should still stay tuned, becasue there is so much more amazing art being posted right now, with acompanying fics soon to follow. You're sure to find something to your taste!

[abels-artworld]

Since I joined the exchange before I made this art blog, I'm just gonna reblog this here. I am so proud of how this came out and I am so excited to get to see and read everyone's work<3

[deadbranch]

Reblog if you're okay with receiving asks for backstory info on any/all of your fics.

If not all, specify which ones in the tags.

[surprisebitch]

X/Twitter might have actually hit the final nail in the coffin this time. It's no longer a safe space for artists to post art.

I urge you if you know any artists from there, encourage them to make a Tumblr account and post their artworks here!

[cesiscribbles]

If you are still on that hell site, RUN.

[tolkienfashionweek]

Welcome to Tolkien Fashion Week!

✨The week for clothes and jewelry in Tolkien´s world✨ This is not the intro post!

I am planning the weekdays, so does anyone have any ideas?

Days I think are necessary:

A day for different races A day for different cultures Different ages Import and Export Fiber work Jewelry Material - animals, plants, stones, metal?

I have seen some weeks make it ten days, and I thought it was unnecessary first, but like... more meta posts, right?..

Perhaps different ages could be two days?

I also kind of want to make a day just dedicated to the differences between groups, and it would be fun to have a day for real world fashion in Tolkien´s universe.

Is it even a fandom week if it doesn't have an AU day!?!?

[perchingpasserine]

The Doll's Tale

Art by @abels-artworld (AO3)

Fic by @perchingpasserine (AO3)

Rating: T

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply; other warnings for violence, minor character death, and peril of a young teenager

Relationships: none

Characters: Lindir, Glorfindel, Erestor, Elladan, Elrohir, Original Characters

Additional Tags: Sack of Eregion, POV: Doll, feat. that relatable feeling of coming back to life to discover you're a popular subject for children's dolls

Word Count: 5.2k

Summary: Elladan and Elrohir demand the tale of how their favorite doll came to Imladris many centuries ago. Glorfindel the Doll obliges.

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For @tolkienrsb 2025!

[thelien-art]

Thrush Or A Lark, Of Song Just As Sweet

Art by @thelien-art / Thelien (Ao3)

Story by @abels-artworld ( @babybat98 ) / baby_bat_98 (Ao3)

A slave, broken and forgotten, and hopefully dead within the decade. That is what young Lindir believes to be his fate, when orcs burn his village to the ground and round the inhabitants up as prisoners. What follows is a tale of family, of choice, and the song that unites us. Written for the Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang 2025, for artwork 39

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Lindir & Maglor (Tolkien), Elrond Peredhel & Lindir, Elros Tar-Minyatur & Lindir, Lindir & Maedhros Characters: Lindir (Tolkien), Maglor (Tolkien), Maedhros (Tolkien), Elros Tar-Minyatur, Elrond Peredhel, Original Elf Character(s) Tags: First Age of Arda (Tolkien), Canon-Typical Violence, Enemy to Parent, Found Family, Found Family by Force, complicated family dynamics, avari vs sindar vs noldor culture, Young Elrond Peredhel, Young Elros Tar-Minyatur, Disabled Character, Permanent Injury, peredhel are weird, References to War of Wrath (Tolkien), Beleriand (Tolkien), artwork #39, violence as a trauma responce, minor familiar violence

Word Count: 34,541 - Chapters: 9

Created for Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang 2025 - @tolkienrsb

[abels-artworld]

TRSB 2025 art#114 All growth starts somewhere

I can finally share this! Woho!🥳

We're back for another year of @tolkienrsb , this time with a doll! Glorfindoll, to be exact! A fully hand sewn doll(no sewing machines here, though that would have made my life a lot easier) by me. Yes I spent several days unrolling, tying, and styling yarn for that damn hair.

One of the most famous heroes from Tolkiens legendarium, it's not unlikely that some kid or another ended up with a doll of the guy. As for which kid? Well for that you will have to wait until September 6th. That is when the trsb2025 AO3 collection opens, and you will be able to read the story for this art work, written by my new friend @perchingpasserine

And not only that! There was over 200 artwork submitted this year, which means over 200 fics written during this summer!

There, now I have to get back to writing my own fic, there's still a deadling to keep lmao. I will come back again with a link once the collection opens. See ya then!

[abels-artworld]

Reblogging this cus REVEALS ARE TOMORROW!!! (september 6th)

[thelien-art]

Treat for @abels-artworld´s TolkienRSB story, because I got to have a little sneak peek of the best scene ever written by man! So here is Lindir and his little beetle friend :)

The main art is here, as well as the link for when the story goes live

[thelien-art]

Slide #39, written by @abels-artworld ( @babybat98 ) for @tolkienrsb

Maglor notices Lindir´s song talent and brings him along to Amon Ereb.

[abels-artworld]

TRSB 2025 art#114 All growth starts somewhere

I can finally share this! Woho!🥳

We're back for another year of @tolkienrsb , this time with a doll! Glorfindoll, to be exact! A fully hand sewn doll(no sewing machines here, though that would have made my life a lot easier) by me. Yes I spent several days unrolling, tying, and styling yarn for that damn hair.

One of the most famous heroes from Tolkiens legendarium, it's not unlikely that some kid or another ended up with a doll of the guy. As for which kid? Well for that you will have to wait until September 6th. That is when the trsb2025 AO3 collection opens, and you will be able to read the story for this art work, written by my new friend @perchingpasserine

And not only that! There was over 200 artwork submitted this year, which means over 200 fics written during this summer!

There, now I have to get back to writing my own fic, there's still a deadling to keep lmao. I will come back again with a link once the collection opens. See ya then!

[abels-artworld]

Because I am a bit of a madlad, Evereth is getting a friend<3

[abels-artworld]

The work on Evereth continues.

[babybat98]

Sometimes you just have to make yourself a little guy.

[abels-artworld]

Both my wips currently require a lot of detailed tree drawing, just in slightly dufferent ways, and jesus fuck am I tired of drawing trees

[abels-artworld]

✰ NEW SHAPES for Sorrow Shared Is Sorrow Halved?

The fic in question:

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

TLDR: Galion and Glorfindel bond over their respective First Age trauma, and almost kiss at the end of the night.

(Sorry this took a while, I'm garbage at answering asks AND for some reason it doesn't show up in my inbox on mobile? This truly is the trash pile of social media sites)

I'm a bit surpriced at the choise of fic tbh. It's the textbook definition of self indulgent rarepair, stuffed full of headcanons. So starting with a thank you for picking my least viewed work, but one that I realy love<3

As for the ask... ✰ NEW SHAPES: send me a fic and I’ll give you an alternate direction the fic could have gone!

Well an obvious different direction could have been for them to properly kiss and confess at the end of the story. But that didn't feel quite right after the heavy grief, and I decided to let them breathe a bit(and stew in their emotions a little longer).

Another good spot for a different story would be the very unexpected headcanon of Glorfindel as a former Angband thral, something that I actually developed while writing this story. It's based on me missinterpreting things while reading the Fall of Gondolin. For some reason I thought that the entire city had been built by Morgoth's escaped slaves as a safe haven, and so most people there, including the Lords, must be former slaves. It took me halfway through the story(and some fandom interactions) to figure out I was wrong lol. But like many others I like to headcanon lord Rog as a former thrall, and somehow in this story that extended out to Glorfindel. It had probably been cooking away in the back of my mind since reading Fog to be honest, and this story was the catalyst.

So there was a version of this story for a while where Glorfindel's part of the trauma sharing was very different, and focused more on either his death, or another headcanon with a bit more of a base in canon, that he would have crossed the Helcaraxe. I think the Helcaraxe would have worked a lot better. Galion already dislikes the cold, realted to the 2nd Kinslaying happening during winter, so they would have bonded over that as well. I also love me some cannibalism, and I think that would have been fun to play with as a counter weight to what happened to Galion. Something about the contrast of consuming vs being consumed.

Fuck I may have to write a story now about Glorfindel's Helcaraxe trauma. Ah well, what's another wip on the pile :)

I think that's the only major thing I'd change in an alternate version of the story. I realy love how it came out in the end, it was one of those writing projects that kinda just flowed on when I startet it.

Thank you for the ask!

[myslashyvalentine]

My Slashy Valentine 2025: Sign-ups Open!

From the Years of the Trees to the Fourth Age, from sultry tales of the Silmarillion to romances in the Ring Wars … sound familiar? That’s right, Slashy Swaps are back and it’s once again time to make your Tolkien fanfic dreams come true.

My Slashy Valentine is a hand matched slash fiction exchange focused on the people of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Sign ups are now OPEN so spread the word, recruit your friends and fellow authors, and get ready for MSV 2025.

Sign-up Period: December 6th to December 20th Assignments distributed: by December 28th Deadline for first time participants: January 31st, 2025 Deadline for veteran participants: February 7th, 2025 Archive opens: February 14th, 2025

Take a look through our rules and FAQ – or on AO3 if you’re on the mobile app, because Tumblr – and then come along to our SIGN UP PAGE and share the adventure.

[officialmood]

✸ FIC ASK GAME ✸

part 1 here

↻ FLIP FLOP: send me a scene from one of my fics and I’ll describe or write it from another character’s POV!

✰ NEW SHAPES: send me a fic and I’ll give you an alternate direction the fic could have gone!

☹ EVIL TWIN: send me a fic or scene and I’ll give you the unhappy ending version of it!

⇆ SLIDING DOORS: pick a character from one fic to drop into another!

✄ DVD BONUS: pick a fic and I’ll describe or write a deleted scene!

♬ THEME SONG: pick a fic and I’ll share a song that reminds me of it (and why!)

✑ PROCESSING: pick a fic and I’ll tell you what it was like to write it!

♡ SMALL THINGS: pick a fic and I’ll tell you my favorite minor detail from it!

∆ DO OVER: pick a fic and I’ll tell you if there’s anything I’d change or do differently if I wrote it today!

☉ SHARK TANK: make a case for why I should write a character, pairing, or trope that I haven’t yet!

☒ AMNESTY: send me a number, and I’ll count down in my asks and answer whatever’s there!