Aida

[melkor-did-nothing-wrong]

[aidanin]

A tender moment

[thelien-art]

Celeborn and one of his cats, because he is such a cat dad, and I love that for him😌

Galadriel often complains about the cat hair from his army of cats on their furniture, but he makes them small necklaces and shows them to her, and everyone else, really proudly, so she keeps the complaining minimal because it´s sweet. The cat is usually called Celebrib, meaning silver stipe, although officially Celebribwen, silver stiped maiden.

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[arcxus-of-altihex]

My second TRSB entry! Galadriel and Celeborn, done in the style of the famous painting by Frank Dicksee based on the poem "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" by John Keats. I took a course on Tolkien's medieval inspirations this year and it clearly left an impression on me :)

The lovely author for the fic is @erumelde on AO3 >> find the AO3 collection here!

[pastelsugar6w6]

After the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, a parcel makes its way to the Lord of Himring from an anonymous messenger. Just a smallish box left on the outskirts of what remains of his host. Inside is a hand. A right hand. But not his hand—it still hangs from Thangorodrim.

This hand still wears its ring upon the index finger, a matching set to the one Maedhros now wears on his left. There is a gold ribbon tied around the wrist and a single piece of paper with a note written in a language that only Maedhros would know how to read.

A gift, Nelyafinwë. I thought you may wish to bury the remains of your beloved High King.

[djemsostylist]

I just...sometimes I think about how Tolkien was always, always trying to make his work the very best that it could possibly be, the most sensical, the most complete, and that he was always thinking and reworking things behind the scenes, but there were always facets of his stories that remained the core of who his characters were. The Tale of Celeborn and Galadriel is one of those interesting reads, because it's clear that he knew what he wanted with them overall--Galadriel's family, their choices after the fall of Doriath and in the Second Age, their influence on the Third Age, their daughter marrying Elrond--those parts are always the same. Them being together--since the very beginning practically, whether from a first, early meeting in Doriath or to his later thoughts about possibly even meeting before (a route I'm glad he didn't settle on fully tbh), they are always a couple, and always deeply involved in the goings on of Middle Earth as a team. Even when they do separate (Galadriel goes to Imladris and Celeborn stays in Eregion because he will not pass through Moria because of his hang-ups with dwarves) there is always this sense of them, together. Whether they have a son or no son, whether or not it is clear what exactly they were doing along the sea (both times) their togetherness from the First Age until their parting in the Third Age is always present in Tolkien's thoughts.

And Amazon said "yeah I don't know him" and then just passed for two entire seasons bc wouldn't it be better ackshully if she had a flirt thing with Sauron tho????

[fantasyquests]

As we all know, S1 E7 is the only episode in which Galadriel mentions Celeborn. This happens during a brief period in which, due to a volcanic eruption, she is separated from Halbrand (Sauron). I wonder if this is just a coincidence? It's possible that at this moment, when she is briefly free from Sauron's overwhelming influence, her thoughts naturally turn towards the person she loves the most. From their meeting on the raft onwards, Sauron must have constantly messed with her mind, causing her to be completely preoccupied with him and not allowing her to focus or anything or anyone else.

Another thing that occurs to me is that this is the episode in which Galadriel seems wiser, kinder and more balanced than she has been for a long while. She takes care of Theo, protects him from his own dark thoughts, despair and self-destructive impulses, and gives him sage advice on how a warrior must also struggle against inner darkness. She talks about faith and compassion. It strikes me that this may be the real Galadriel, what she is truly like, and that the aggression and rush behaviour that we saw in the previous episodes were again stressed due to Sauron's influence. He brings out the worst traits in every individual he possesses, emphasizes them and makes use of them, just like he made use of Celebrimbor's ambition and vanity. One possiblity, of course, is to view Galadriel's behaviour in this episode as a consequence of personal growth. The other is the one I suggest above: that in this episode we simply see Galadriel as she truly is, being briefly free of Sauron's influence. 

[aidanin]

My love, my light, my wife

[aidanin]

A few kisses and suddenly there is beautiful baby 😄

When I first watched lord of the rings, I saw elves as these ethereal creatures and couldn't imagine them being spicy 😅, so for those times, i drew this, this how Celebrían was made 😁

[serene-faerie]

What I hate the most about Fëanorian apologia is how the onus is always put on the victims who suffered from the Fëanorians. The Fëanorians are never held accountable for their crimes.

It’s always,

“Olwë and the Teleri should’ve just heard out Fëanor and handed over their ships to the Noldor.”

And not,

“Fëanor should’ve respected Olwë’s refusal and found another way to get to Beleriand, instead of slaughtering the Teleri and stealing their ships.”

It’s always,

“Thingol overreacted to the First Kinslaying, and he should’ve just trusted the Fëanorians.”

And not,

“The Fëanorians should’ve shown more respect to Thingol and actually apologized for slaughtering Thingol’s kindred in Alqualondë.”

It’s always,

“Thingol should’ve put aside his grievances and joined the Union of Maedhros.”

And not,

“Maedhros should’ve apologized to Thingol for Celegorm and Curufin trying to abduct Lúthien if he was serious about having an alliance with Doriath.”

It’s always,

“Dior could’ve avoided the Second Kinslaying by handing over the Silmaril.”

And not,

“Regardless of the Silmaril, the Fëanorians were wrong to attack a severely-weakened kingdom and murder innocent people— including leaving six-year-olds in the woods to die.”

Its always,

“Elwing could’ve avoided the Third Kinslaying by giving up the Silmaril.”

And not,

“The Fëanorians should’ve waited for Eärendil to return so that both parties could resolve this civilly, instead of jumping straight to slaughtering a settlement of refugees.”

It’s always,

“The Fëanorians were right to commit mass-murder because property rights are more important than people’s lives.”

Never,

“The Fëanorians were so obsessed with getting the Silmarils back that they prioritized those jewels over innocent people, and their victims have every right to hate and mistrust them.”

Why is there so much victim-blaming??? Why are they being blamed for the choices of Fëanor and his sons???

Regardless of who the Silmaril belongs to, the Sons of Fëanor always had a choice to do what’s right. They were never forced to commit mass-murder, they deliberately made the choice to commit mass-murder. If they’d treated the Sindar with a bit more grace and respect, perhaps they could’ve come to some kind of solution together. If they’d taken responsibility for their crimes and made proper amends, perhaps the Sindar would’ve been a bit more willing to ally with them.

They don’t do any of that. They expect the Sindar to just blindly respect them when they haven’t done anything to earn it. And then they wonder why most of the Sindar hate their guts.

All of the consequences the Fëanorians face are ultimately on them. Not their victims.

So please, let’s just tone down the victim-blaming already.

[aidanin]

A hard choice. I was so disappointed they didn't expand this aspect of the story in the show (the rings of powers), the relation between Mairon and Melkor, and Celebrimbor. They would rather put Sauron with every female character in the show, then make his relations with male characters more obvious. They really robbed us of these opportunities. In the next season with the Numenor storyline, they will surely put Sauron in a relationship with Miriel 🤦‍♀️

[admirableprecious]

Yea, I can see a Zigur(Sauron) Muriel. Maybe the Ar-Pharazon/Sauron fans might get some crumbs, but I doubt they’ll get even that.

Silvergifting got shafted despite being the best of the first two seasons.

[aidanin]

Yeah, considering how short seasons are, we won't get anything 🥲🥲

[aidanin]

A hard choice. I was so disappointed they didn't expand this aspect of the story in the show (the rings of powers), the relation between Mairon and Melkor, and Celebrimbor. They would rather put Sauron with every female character in the show, then make his relations with male characters more obvious. They really robbed us of these opportunities. In the next season with the Numenor storyline, they will surely put Sauron in a relationship with Miriel 🤦‍♀️

[miyanaxxi]

"When he went to it I chided him. His armour didn't fit properly. I called him a silver clam." - Galadriel, 31:03 1x07 "The Eye"

No I don't think you get the clam thing. I. wAIT. you don't GEt it.

Celeborn's hair is silver. Pearls can be silver. Clams have pearls inside them. The shell is something of an oversized shield to the pearl.

Galadriel called Celeborn a silver clam because she saw the oversized armour as the shell protecting her silver pearl.

CELEBORN IS HER SILVER PEARL.

I AM ILL I AM ILL I AM ILL I AM

[aidanin]

Hallucinating a very familiar face before his mind ruins his memories, he sees him one more time in his glory.

Did he ever forgive himself for what happened to Fingon?

[wisteria53]

Maedhros hallucinating Fingon?

[aidanin]

Yeah :)

[aidanin]

Hallucinating a very familiar face before his mind ruins his memories, he sees him one more time in his glory.

Did he ever forgive himself for what happened to Fingon?

[maedhrosdefender]

been going insane about orodreth recently. he never wanted to be king. he was never equipped to lead nargothrond, much less while still grieving the death of his brother. he knew he was a placeholder, a band-aid on the bullethole of the inevitable assault of morgoth. he knew he was the lesser son of finarfin, the discount finrod, the one everyone’s eyes swept over. it was a relief to him when túrin came, despite half his council arguing against his battle plans—he wanted someone to tell him how to fight, how to rule, how to be what finrod was, what he never could be. he died nameless in a melee as nargothrod came toppling down around him, a ghost ruler of a city he had never been meant to have.

[aidanin]

Galadriel to all the other elves because not only she didn't died in any of the wars, but she married the best elf possible, had her own family and land, and also became the owner of a magical ring, but didn't bear its burden alone 😁 she was Tolkien's favorite 😆