A far green country under a swift sunrise

Blog owner: You can call me Elle :) Northern Europe, thirtyish, she. On AO3 here. The blog: mainly reblogged Silmarillion and other Tolkien stuff as well as my own fics (tag). My fics: both gen and romance, mostly Silm, Fëanorians feature heavily, my productivity varies. Avatar by Rowan Baines, background by Sergei Akulich

[elesianne]

My fics & other original content masterpost

The best place to read my fics is my account on Archive of Our Own but you can read them also on my fanfiction.net account and here on Tumblr too, see tags below.

My stuff

all of my fics |  my Tolkien headcanons tag | my Tolkien moodboards tag | my reference posts tag

Fic masterposts about specific characters or themes

Maedhros-centric gen fics | fics about Maedhros/Fingon

fics about Maglor/his wife Tinweriel

Caranthir-centric fics | fics about Caranthir/his wife Tuilindien

Curufin-centric gen fics | fics about Curufin/his wife Netyarë

Amrod&Amras -centric fics | fics about Fëanor/Nerdanel

Femslash fics | Gen fics about female characters

Lord of the Rings fanfics about Lothíriel/Éomer

PLEASE DO NOT REBLOG THIS POST

[silmalope]

of all the wonderful and imaginative Gil-galad origin stories out there, “Fingon stumbles across a stray orphan on the battlefield and adopts him” is maybe my favorite

Originally posted on the SWG.

[zishiyao]

The Rescue of Maedhros

[silme-art]

I think I can show my work from my studies. This illustration was made for the book cover. We were given a free theme, and I didn't miss the opportunity to draw my favorite elf. Tell me, would it be interesting for you to see works in this style too?

[pukiirice]

Dragon Slayer 🗡️

[aroacebaggins-art]

@aspecardaweek Day 2: Aromanticism/Community

Click for better quality, art reqs open, DM about commissions :)

Aro Gandalf! Moth is a throwback to Nienna from last year.

[aquilacalvitium]

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

[aquilacalvitium]

Please keep interacting with this post because when I come to tumblr to procrastinate, this shows up again in my notifications and guilts me into writing again

[winterinhimring]

If I might add (as I am sure other have done before me)

DRAW IT BADLY OR IT'LL NEVER BE DRAWN

DRAW IT BADLY OR IT'LL NEVER BE DRAWN

DRAW IT BADLY OR IT'LL NEVER BE DRAWN

DRAW IT BADLY OR IT'LL NEVER BE DRAWN

[tolkienrulez54321]

“Lamorna Cove, 1932” + closeup for @tolkienseaweek Day 5: comfort/tranquility.

I always love doing JRRT or Edith for these Tolkien fandom events, they definitely deserve some love. I thought the Tolkiens’ vacation to Lamorna Cove in the 30s would be a lovely setting. It’s clear how much the sea meant to him.

[hs-tolkien]

“Túrin and Beleg: Their Days in Doriath”

I wanted to capture their gentle moment, but once it was finished, remembering how their story ends made the whole scene ache a little.

[auriel-of-sirion]

@tolkienseaweek

Day 5 : Family – Auriel (OC)

My OC Auriel, and her grandfather. They're Falathrim, and she's born in the Haven of Sirion in 516 F.A.

Based on a real boat outing with my grandfather, and the real dolphins we saw.

[isilwhore]

@tolkienwomensweek Day 6: Determination

Of Haleth

Heroic tales of Men are told

Their deeds and sacrifices bold

Yet oft forgotten is one tale

Of how a woman did prevail

And led her people to the west

This feat would become Haleth’s test

Named by the Haladin as chief

With quiet strength despite her grief

Great heart and courage she possessed

Which left the Eldar most impressed

Unyielding like a shining blade

Her mind made up, her choices weighed

To cross foul lands with ready swords

Without the aid of Elven lords

And thus The Lady earned her place

Among the fiercest of Men’s race

[fickleartdump]

guilt by complicity

[officer-lahit]

...get caught!

[magicinavalon]

Memories Remain

A very belated russingon re-embodiment birthday present for my dearest friend @queerofthedagger. Love you!!

[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"

[vimeralinda]

[writers-solace]

I don't think Tolkien is a good fantasy writer because he scored the highest at some objective Best Fantasy Book Test that every fantasy writer has to take, I think he's a good fantasy writer because he created a world based on things that he was interested in. I feel like a lot of fantasy writers think that they need to create a whole language for their world because Tolkien did and obviously his books are the best so they have to emulate him, but Tolkien did that because he was a linguistics nerd. I think the lesson to be learned from him is not that you have to include elves and deep history and new languages, but that you have to write endlessly about the things you are a huge nerd about and use those things to create your fantasy world