drytofu

99% tolkien blog for the foreseeable future

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Seregon

[pansyfemme]

close your eyes and imagine freshly roasted root vegetables perfectly seasoned and crispy as far as the eye can see

[nighttimepatrons]

Sam trying to get Frodo to take one more step

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Sam psychologically tormenting Gollum

[laurie-fish]

young finrod thingy

[drowprsn]

I absolutely admire the genius move by JRRT to leave people to wonder if the cursed blade Gurthang really had consciousness or it was just the unlucky Turin pushed to his limits, on the verge of suicide, hallucinating the voice of his sword, telling him that it wants his blood to make up for Beleg’s and Brandir’s, iniquitously spilled by him.

There’s this idea in my head about the Dagor Dagorath, that a reforged Gurthang is what leads a revived and reluctant Turin into battle: a vengeful bloodthirsty blade that got shattered once by feisting over his owner’s iniquous blood, and now wants to take revenge on Melkor, the most evil one, for the curse he put on Hurin and his children.

[drowprsn]

I would love that choice!

[eri-pl]

Kinda like Smeagol and Gollum?

[fickleartdump]

leithian!!!

[ecthelioffd]

eärendil has been on my mind lately.

i was inspired by greek statue busts and like, those cute baby cherubs for his design HAHA

small assortment of headcanons below the cut

Over time, the Silmaril has blinded him, his retinas are severely burned and he has developed cataracts. the hallowing of the Silmaril is how he's able to still guard the doors of night, where it detects evil intent directionally. he can still see light and shadow very patchily and blurrily, but it's mostly light because. silmaril.

he wanted to choose mortality because he feared he'd lose his wonder of the world and run out of new things to discover and find joy in. which is exactly what happened because instead of hanging out with his wife forever the valar stuck him in the sky all alone

His primary vice is that he could not be everywhere at once, and sometimes he ended up not seeing his family for long periods of time. When he was home, he always tried his best to be there for his family, but his thoughts were always turned to the West. He could not, in the end, prioritise the family he had with Elwing and their sons over his fate, his love of the sea, and finding the West and his parents. It's less that he loved his family less, and more that he loved so much that he couldn't choose. He gave everything to them that he could give, but some things he simply couldn't surrender.

He flew Vingilot straight into Ancalagon to kill him. Ancalagon's blood was extremely toxic. Eärendil died from it. This was kept incredibly hush-hushed because people can’t know their Star of Hope literally fucking died. He succumbed to chemical burns from Ancalagon’s blood a few days after killing him, and was back within the week.

The silmaril itself and the circlet it was set in have kind of integrated into his forehead over time, and he can’t take it off anymore. The circlet is a silvery pattern on his forehead, and the Silmaril is part of his skull.

he got that tattoo of the valacirca (the big dipper) on his cheek on a dare when he was 17

He wanted to grow a beard like Tuor, but can't. He has a smattering of body and pubic hair, but no facial hair in sight. If even Aragorn, all those generations down, can't grow a beard (and yes, this is confirmed despite his portrayal in lotr movies) can't, then Eärendil probably couldn't.

[lady-of-ithilien]

Behold Thingol’s throne.

This is meant to be a Gondorian mural from the early fourth age in reference to the lore of the first age, so the symbolism is in reference to that. This mural was requested by my husband due to the toilet here being ridiculously tall and hence we call it ‘Thingol’s throne’

[riquenti]

Sulimo on Taniquetil

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The Great Sea lies between

[thesilmarilliondrawn]

A new dawn

"Now rumour came to the camp in Hithlum of the march of Fingolfin and those that followed him, who had crossed the Grinding Ice; and all the world lay then in wonder at the coming of the Moon. But as the host of Fingolfin marched into Mithrim the Sun rose flaming in the West; and Fingolfin unfurled his blue and silver banners, and blew his horns, and flowers sprang beneath his marching feet, and the ages of the stars were ended."

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, chapter 13, "On the Return of the Noldor"

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[mattefun]

Gil-galad and his sister Finduilas

The orcs pinning Finduilas (Gil-galad's sister) to a tree with a spear. Later Gil-galad pinning orcs with a his spear Aeglos. Symbolic revenge and why Gil-galad chose to fight with a spear. I wanted to draw art about this headcanon

[axopies]

HAPPY 17776/IMMORTALITY DAY!!

Happy April 7th, 2026! And most of all, thank you to Jon Bois for crafting this beautiful story and picking the most random date known to human kind. 17776/20020 genuinely changed my life and taught me to appreciate life more than ever, and thanks for getting me into astronomy again, I appreciate it. YES I crammed this illustration but I am proud of it!

[17776-fanzine]

On April 7th 2026, people stopped being born. On the same day, people stopped dying, and people stopped aging.

Today is the day people stop aging, stop dying, and stopped giving birth! According to 17776 by Jon Bois at least…in celebration, we have prepared a fanzine with artwork and writing! Thank you to all contributors for making this possible!

You can read it here, or download the pdf version here!

Have a lovely day!

UPDATE: Some mistakes have come to light, the zine has since been updated on both the web and pdf versions!

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[wanderer-clarisse]

knowing Finrod, he would love talking with the hobbits and want to know all about their genealogies and culture. he and Bilbo would absolutely be best friends!

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wip👀