⭐알치💜

⭐Archi💜21+, she/her; I do things =^°^=

[ar-te-ni]

Joonghyuk pro-max

[kiz-laurant]

this is stupid

[ferithtolkienesque]

The Silmarillion fandom is genuinely insane. Like, you hang out on tumblr, read fic on AO3 and you think, yeah. Lots of people have read the Silmarillion. It’s Tolkien. Everyone’s read Tolkien. Barnes and Noble has a whole bunch of the HoME and also a bunch of books by people writing about the legendarium. This is mainstream, surely.

But then you actually touch grass and talk to normal people. Not even that, you talk to people who self diagnose as hard core Tolkien fans. And. None of them have read the Silmarillion. The Silmarillion is famously a book that nobody reads.

And yet. On AO3 The Silmarillion and Other Histories of Middle Earth has more works than The Lord of the Rings. Think about that. That’s baffling. It’s ridiculous. Like I realize that LotR fandom is split a bit by the movie, but still. The Silmarillion has almost four times as many fics as the LotR movies. Everybody has watched the movies!

I need to know what percentage of people who actually read the Silmarillion went on to write fic or draw fanart about it. Because it must be insane, surely. Like, I’m pretty sure the Silmarillion wins some kind of record in this department.

Thinking about the fanfic bell curve where on one end you have “Perfect, needs no improvement or elaboration” (LotR sits here) and on the other you have “So bad it’s no fun to even think about” with the middle being the fanfic zone. But I think there may be a secret fourth Silmarillion option. Which is a book that is perfect* but simultaneously non existent. It’s not even a real story! The language is super pretty and deeply incomprehensible (especially to people who, unlike me, were not raised from early childhood on both the Bible and classic literature). And it’s more of an outline and an abstract painting of cultural and world building vibes (not cultural and world building facts and information) than an actual narrative. There are story hooks galore. There are vivid and fascinating characters, but their lives are glossed over and you only get one or two paragraphs of prose that will reorder your brain chemistry and haunt you forever. There are countless more characters who only exist as names, the implication of whose existence is fascinating. All of this is deeply frustrating, both to casual readers who just want a Normal Enjoyable Book, and super fans who want All the Lore. But it is catnip to anyone who engages in transformative work.

*I am aware that not anyone who is a fan of the silm thinks it’s perfect

[azuree1733]

Doodle of my goat

[ar-te-ni]

Happy Halloween ⭐

[ar-te-ni]

🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑

On each full moon, the madness in me will be strengthened. I can’t control it and can only constantly call for help

[veilofthorns]

STOP IT! The English VAs are being so cute on Twitter! Bless them!!!

[twstassets]

High-res Assets for Skully J. Graves [Nightmare Suit]

Dialogue, animations, and extra assets can be found on Drive: Link

[ar-te-ni]

THIS

HIS GROOVY OMG I HAVE

Way too many words MY LORD

THE WAY HE S DIFHRJDHDKSJFIDISS WATCHING EVERYONE DHFHFJDISNDKGJE HAVE SO MUCH FUN ON HIS FAVOURITE HOLIDAY DHFIFJFIDJGJFIDISISISKFHFU HE IS PRECIOUS SO PRECIOUS

[ar-te-ni]

Late night doodles yahoo

[cendiqii]

turn on the volume for a surprise(„• ֊ •„)੭ best with headphones!

[yaoyaobae]

Saw the collab suits and i knew i had to draw them 🥺

[jade-lop]

Zhou Klein had multiple personas.

Lumian had multiple religions.

[ar-te-ni]

Little smth with Medici

[alrunsyne]

This was supposed to be a simple practice. It took wayyy longer than that.

Anyways here's my boy Klein. A divergence from my usual style i think.

Always looking for constructive criticism <3

(Especially on anatomy, something went wrong here i can feel it)

[biocrafthero]

diagram of using social media

[euriya]

Klein using marionettes to keep an eye on and stay close to people he cherishes post apocalypse:

- The Red Gloves having conspiracy theories about the birds they swear stare at Deacon Mitchell that he doesn’t seem bothered by and even actively brushes off their concern

- Susie keeps locking eyes with different squirrels she knows have the Fool behind them while she and Audrey are traveling

- Alice as a toddler narrating to random bugs (she has no idea if her uncle is listening, she just likes to act like he is (he is))

[sivalizarts]