Finally some art time! I made a portrait of „Lossenël“ or „Lossie“ for short, from one of my fave fanfictions in the lord of the rings universe. It is named "the tale of Annalee“ by Havecouragebkind on Wattpad🤍 In this story, Legolas has 4 siblings, Lossie being one of them. I absolutely adored her. She is being described as pale as snow, silvery/white hair and blue/green eyes. Hence why her name means snow. Mostly, she wears difficult braids with pearls and crystals on her head, but I wanted to make a simpler version of her❄️
being a silmarillion fan is looking at a piece of fanart featuring forty different elves who all have the same shade of either black or gold hair and instantly being able to tell by their vibe who is who and which finwhatever is which
Arwen and Elrond. Arwen‘s fate and Elrond leaving her behind still breaks my heart. I don‘t want to think about how Celebrian must have felt, being forced to leave her children, then the fate of Arwen to never see her again… I always imagine that Elladan and Elrohir choose to be Elves, so that Celebrian can see them (even if it us just 2/3 kids) again🥹🥹
it can be really hard to navigate the silm fandom and read certain fanfics when u don’t know who’s who (i know, i’ve been there. and probably some of those fanfics are ones i’ve written). so without further ado:
1. fëanor
names he has: fëanor, fëanáro, curufinwë
what do they mean?
fëanor: fëanáro but make it sindarin
fëanáro: spirit of fire!
curufinwë: skilled finwë
notes: fëanáro is his mother name, so given by míriel therindë. curufinwë is his father name, so given by finwë. less commonly in some fics, he might be nicknamed náro.
2. nerdanel
names she has: nerdanel, istarnië
what do they mean?
nerdanel: idk jirt never said
istarnië: the wise
notes: technically istarnië is the rejected original version of her name, although i’ve seen some refer to her by it. nerdanel is definitely recognisable name. also: nerdanel if ur out there marry me please
3. maedhros
names he has: maedhros, maitimo, nelyafinwë, nelyo, russandol
what do they mean?
maedhros: sindarised mix of maitimo and russandol
maitimo: well-formed (read: hot)
nelyafinwë: third finwë (read: fuck you fingolfin)
nelyo: shortened version of nelyafinwë
russandol: russet-top, redhead
notes: maitimo is his mother name and nelyafinwë his father name. you’ll often find nelyo in fics where the sons of fëanor are casually conversing with each other or in valinor-set fics. russandol is usually used in fic by fingon and that name makes up half the term russingon, if you were wondering where the hell the silm fandom got that particular ship name. maedhros also has the most names among the songs of fëanor. or anyone tbh.
4. maglor
names he has: maglor, makalaurë, kanafinwë, káno
what do they mean?
maglor: name interpreted as a sindar version of makalaurë
makalaurë: gold-cleaver
kanafinwë: strong-voiced finwë
káno: shortened version of kanafinwë, but also means commander!
notes: makalaurë is his mother name, kanafinwë his father name. like nelyo, you’ll often find káno where the sons of fëanor are speaking casually or in valinor-set fics. the sons of fingolfin also have ‘káno’ as parts of their quenya names, though, so watch out for that! (its not very common to see anyone call all of them by the same name tho)
5. celegorm
names he has: celegorm, tyelkormo, turkafinwë, tyelko/turko
what do they mean?
celegorm: sindar variant of tyelkormo
tyelkormo: hasty-riser
turkafinwë: strong finwë
tyelko/turko: shortened versions of tyelkormo and turkafinwë
notes: tyelkormo is the mother name and turkafinwë the father name. tyelko and turko are in the same boat as nelyo and kano. technically turko is the proper nickname but a lot of people prefer tyelko (myself included) because it sounds less like ‘turkey’ or otherwise.
6. caranthir
names he has: caranthir, carnistir, morifinwë, moryo
what do they mean?
caranthir: sindarised version of carnistir
carnistir: red-faced
morifinwë: dark finwë
moryo: shortened version of morifinwë
notes: carnistir is the mother name, morifinwë the father name. moryo is the nickname (see: nelyo)
7. curufin
names he has: curufin, atarinkë, curufinwë, curvo
what do they mean?
curufin: curufinwë but make it short & sindarised
atarinkë: little father
curufinwë: skilled finwë
curvo: short form of curufinwë
notes: in short? dad junior. i’m sure at this point you can tell which parent gave him which name. for inquiries about curvo, see moryo.
8. celebrimbor
names he has: celebrimbor, tyelperinquar
what do they mean?
celebrimbor: sindarised version of tyelperinquar
tyelperinquar: silverfist
tyelpë: shortened version of tyelperinquar
notes: we’re not actually sure if tyelperinquar is his mother name or his father name. i like to think that it’s his mother name and that his father name is curufinwë, just to keep the name in the family u know? but to each their own. tolkien gateway says it’s his father-name but i don’t buy it. (and if someone wants to tell me it’s true, well, i don’t care.)
9. amrod
names he has: amrod, ambarussa, umbarto, ambarto, pityafinwë, pityo
what do they mean?
amrod: sindarisation of ambarto
ambarussa: top-russet (because he has red hair)
umbarto: the fated
ambarto: upwards-exalted
pityafinwë: small finwë
pityo: shortened version if pityafinwë
notes: in the legendarium, nerdanel gives both twins the name ambarussa. fëanor is like ‘babe they should have different names’ so she names amrod umbarto. fëanor is Freaked Out by the meaning of umbarto and changes it to ambarto. i dont believe in this part of the silm and therefore these names because this is the version where amrod dies at losgar, but some people use it. for pityo, see: curvo. ambarussa and pityafinwë are, you guessed it, mother and father names.
10. amras
names he has: amras, ambarussa, telufinwë, telvo
what do they mean?
amras: sindarin version of ambarussa
ambarussa: russet-top
telufinwë: last finwë
telvo: shortened form of telufinwë
notes: for telvo, see pityo. ambarussa and telufinwë are mother names and father names, respectively.
thank you for coming to my tedtalk. i hope this was useful!
From what I’ve seen, the Silm fandom as a whole doesn’t pay a lot of attention to Finarfin. In most of the content I’ve seen about him, he’s reduced to “the calm one,” or even “the boring one.” Fëanor gets attention (a lot of attention), Fingolfin gets attention too but Finarfin often just gets shunted to the side. The sedate one. The useless one.
And early this morning, I just started thinking about that. And I realized that, like, there’s a whole lot of interesting stuff about Finarfin. So I thought I’d talk a bit about that here. :)
Hello! I love your writing, Can I request some feanorians x sister fluff, maybe some comfort too please?? You can choose between headcanons or one shot you decide
Feanorians x Sister Reader - My own talent
Hi! This is a request, I love writing this type of requests💖 especially cause I love the idea of the Feanorians being a great and loving family, well I picked the one shot, this is pure Feanorian FLUFF (which I love) and it also has lots of comfort, I really hope you like it! 💗
Summary: The Feanorians are known for having great potential, abilities, and talents, but do you really possess one of your own?
I sat at my living room, or I should call it “family room” because it’s the place where all my family sits together and where we spend most of our time together, I looked around the room, first to my left side was Maedhros reading some book of politics and leadership, he was a quite talented leader and politician, then on my right side was Maglor, playing his arp, he was a talented musician, the best one in my opinion. On a corner of the room was Caranthir practicing embroidery, he got the liking from our grandmother Miriel, it was said she got skillful hands for embroidery, and I could say Caranthir had the same gift as my grandmother.
Then I looked to the front and I saw Celegorm with Huan, he was petting him, they just came back from a hunt and they caught a good stag this time, at his side there was my father and Curufin, they were talking about jewels and things since they both were great blacksmiths, and my father seemed quite pleased that Curufin has got a liking for it as he did. Then at the back of the room near the window there were the Ambraussa each one sitting on either side of my mother Nerdanel, both the twins were really good hunters, but for now, they seemed interested at my mother’s hobby, that was sculpting.
All of my family was talented and I was really proud of them, but I didn’t had any special talent, probably they thought I was the black sheep of the family, the only one who doesn’t know how to do anything. “(y/n) are you alright?” asked Maedhros with a concerned look in his eyes, “Yes I am Maitimo, why do you ask?” I said confused, “You look...” started Maglor “Distracted” finished Curufin, “What troubles you my dear?” asked my father looking at me, “Did someone hurt you (y/n)?” asked Caranthir with a stern look on his face, “I don’t think anyone had hurt our sister.... she is probably thinking on an ellon right now” said Amras with a smile on his face, at that Amrod roared with laughter and grabbed his stomach, “No! our sister is not courting anyone, right?” Asked Celegorm and every member of my family looked at me with wide eyes, “No I am not courting anyone!” I said almost shouting, “Do you think I would court someone in secret?” I said clearly surprised with the assumptions my family did, “You are capable of many things sweet sister” said Amrod still chuckling a bit.
“Will you let my daughter talk please?” Said my mother, looking at every ellon in the room with that “Mom look” she does every time she needs to calm down the family. “Now tell us what is on your mind my dear?” Said my mom looking back at me with sweet eyes. “It’s just... I been thinking... everyone in our family is so talented and... I don’t really feel I have one talent..., and the problem is... I want to have some special talent as you do” I said in a low voice, “Well then that can’t be a problem sister!, we can help you to find out what you are good at” said Celegorm with a cherry and fresh tone in his voice, “Yes it will be nice to help you, you can count on us every time you need” said Maedhros, “I have an idea!” said optimistically Maglor, “Each of us can show you what we do and what we are talented at, and we can teach you if you want” he continued, “I think that’s good” said Caranthir with a small smile on his face, “Do you agree?” Asked my father, “Y..Yes” I said with a little smile on my face
“Then that’s it, when you will come to the forges?” Asked Curufin, “No Curufin she is not going to the forges, that is dangerous for her, she will come on a hunt with us” declared Amras, “Do you think the forges are dangerous, she is going to kill an animal if she comes with you!” Said Curufin offended, “That’s why she will come with me and practice embroidery” said Caranthir, “Oh no!, that’s so boring Caranthir!, I support the idea of she coming on a hunt with us” said Celegorm looking at Caranthir, “CELEGORM!” Shouted Caranthir standing up from his chair only for Maglor to stand up and hold him back, “Calm down Caranthir please!” Maglor said desperately while he holded him back, “You can come with me if you want” said Maedhros, “And what are you going to teach her? Politics?” Said Amrod, “Hold your tongue Amrod “ said Maedhros with a threatening tone on his voice.
“Stop!” I said and every elf in the room looked at me, “I will go with each of you, including mom and dad, and you will show me what you like and what you are talented at, is that right?, I don’t want this to become a fight between my brothers”, “Alright” said Caranthir “I agree” said Celegorm.
The next day I went on a hunt with the Ambraussa and Celegorm, it didn’t went as I expected since when I shoot the arrow to kill my prey it escaped, the next day I practiced embroidery with Caranthir and what I did was terrible in every possible way, he even chuckled at my work and he was trying hard to hide his smile. Then I went with Maedhros, he invited me to go to court with him and after that he was going to invite me to go on a picnic, unfortunately I got way too bored and fell asleep on court, only for Maedhros to wake me up in the middle of it, I was clearly not designed to govern. Then Maglor offered me to teach me play his harp, something he internally regretted, I sounded awful, but still he kept his cool and said “It’s alright, you just need practice”.
Then I went with Curufin and my Atar to the forges, and lets say I accidentally... almost... lit fire on my clothes, but nothing wrong happened, even though I received my father’s scolding after it, he was so nervous, he thought I was going to burn myself. And then at last I went with my mom, she tried to teach me how to sculpt and model, I tried to do something simple, but it looked like a duck with fat wings, my mom laughed at my failed intent, and I felt so ashamed, but she didn’t meant to hurt me so I smiled at her laughter, she was right, it was really funny.
I returned to my chambers exhausted, this days have been bad, I climbed on my bed and burried my face onto the pillows, I wanted to scream but I couldn’t, the only thing I could do was to cry, tears started to run down my cheeks and my pillows were starting to soak. I was a useless elf, I wasn’t good at anything, I didn’t had a talent or an special quality like the rest of my family and brothers did. Then I heard some footsteps outside my door, and some whispering also. “Common ask her something!” Said Curufin in a shushed tone, “And what am I supposed to say!” said Celegorm who was also whispering, “You are such cowards...” whispered Maedhros who seemed to approach to the door, “(y/n) are you alright?, can we enter?” Maedhros asked this time with a loud tone of voice, I hesitated for a moment but then I said “Yes... you can” in a low voice.
My 7 brothers entered one by one, and surrounded my bed, my face was still burried in the pillows, I felt some weight around me so I supposed some of my brothers have seated on the bed, “(y/n), what happens?” asked Maedhros in a concerned voice, “Have you been crying?” Asked Maglor placing a hand on my back, “Does I need to punch someone?” asked Caranthir, “Caranthir!” scolded Celegorm with a whisper. “You know you can count on us right sister?” Said Curufin with a soft voice, that was really unusual, but his words made me remember what I was sad for and I started crying again, sobbing against the pillow, soaking wet with my tears my own bed, “Oh (y/n)... come here” said Maglor, the calmest and softest of my brothers, and he pulled me closer to him, holding me close, and I embraced him back burying my head in his dark hair.
“Why are you crying sweet sister?, what troubles your heart?” Asked Amras who was standing close to the bed. After I calmed myself down I moved up my face just a little bit just to face my brothers, Maglor settled me down on my bed but he kept a hand around my back, Maglor was at my right and Maedhros at my left, Celegorm was seated at the right side of my bed and Caranthir at the left side, Curufin and the Ambraussa were standing close to it. “It just...” I started, cleaning away some tears of my puffy eyes, “I feel like I am totally useless...” I continued holding a sob, “I don’t have any talent like you do, I am not good at anything, everything I tried to do I failed, I even slept at a council meeting!” I finished covering my face with my hands, I was ashamed, I was not only useless but also weak.
“(y/n)...” started Maedhros moving away a hand of my face and holding it in his, “You must not feel bad about not being able to do what we are good at..., Yes we have talents and qualities but yet they are different between us because we are all unique”, “Yes that’s true, give a bow to Caranthir and you’ll see his true self, he is a “GREAT” hunter” said Amrod, that earned a weak smile on my face, I knew Caranthir was not a good hunter, “Or try placing Amrod inside of the forges” added Caranthir with a smirk in his face. “What our brothers mean (y/n) is that is alright for you not to share our talents and interests, maybe these are just not for you” said Maglor. “Oh sister but you are a quite talented elleth!, for example you are fun to be around” said Celegorm in a cheery tone, “You keep secrets for us” added Amras, “You give the best advice!” Said Curufin “You support our family” said Maedhros tightening his grip on your hand, “And you are a great daughter” said my father Feanor who was standing now at the door with my mother Nerdanel.
“This deserves a hug!” Said Maglor moving to hug me, then all my brothers gave me a bear hug at the same time, after a moment they moved away and my father and mother gave me another hug, “Remember you are precious to us my child, and no matter what you do or the accomplishments you have, even if you fail, we will always love you” said my mother Nerdanel giving me a kiss on the forehead. “Never forget my daughter, your abilities and knowledge don’t define who you are, people will remind you for your personality and heart of gold” said my father giving me another kiss on my cheek and squeezing slightly my hand.
