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Of Manwe and Makalaure

*the following is just my personal HC and I have no idea, if it has any foundation in the canon whatsoever, so it very well might be AU as well:) It goes back to my previous post here and it takes place during the happy days in Valinor before it all went south...;)

I already mentioned how art would be a crucial thing for elves and artistic traits would run deep in them. Basically, they are like the ancient Romans – first thing they’d build when they arrive somewhere would be a theater and a spa (and a pub):)

Valar, being very artistic themselves (and in general creative), would enthusiastically support them in their endeavors. And the one, who would become most involved with this, would be Manwe. I like to image him frequently sitting with a group of elvish artists (musicians, singers, actors, poets, composers...) under a tree in Valmar and together they would experiment, discuss and search for new and more splendid forms of arts. Even young Feanor would enjoy visiting this artistic séances and would enthusiastically devise sophisticated theater machinery and backstage equipment to serve their needs. At first, they would all learn from Manwe, but later on, it would be them who would inspire him. They would never stop to amaze him with their creativity and works. And he would often seek their company and attend their performances.

Of all arts, Manwe would love music and singing the most (being basically the master of harmony of all Arda:)) and young Makalaure would be a frequent visitor on Taniquetil. Manwe would never get tired of his excited ramblings or his playing and singing. It would be Manwe, who would teach him the true fundaments of composition and poetry and Makalaure would later always invite him to attend his premieres and would even occasionally manage to convince the rather introverted and (a little shy) Elder King to take part on the productions himself – usually as an author/composer, but sometimes (very rarely) even as a performer.

And here are a few examples, how it might sound:

#Manwe #Makalaure #Maglor #Feanor #Valinor #Tolkien #Silmarillion #Valar #Eldar #HC #possibly AU #happy days

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Glorfindel before the battle.

I don’t know if I remember this correctly, but I feel like the House of the Golden Flower was in the second wave of defense during the fall. It must be hard to be held back when you know your comrades are dying.

#glorfindel #lord of the rings #elves #tolkien #breathtakingly beautiful

And then there was steam... (a Feanorian AU)

Lately I’ve been studying Karen Wynn Fonstad’s amazing Atlas of Middle-earth which brought me to musings about the landscape of Himring and the surrounding lands. It occurred to me, that this part of Middle-earth must be incredibly rich on all sorts of volcanic/tectonic activity (being so close to Angband and all). And suddenly I couldn’t stop thinking about Iceland.

This in turn led me to think about the incredible variety of ways Feanorians could harness the geothermal energy which they would find everywhere: heating, spas, weapons... And then I came across this incredible image and of course I couldn’t stop thinking about Maitimo and Atarince. And not just cos the man is ginger and has (sort-of) a prosthetic arm;) Like I once said in one of my earlier posts, I’d love to see the steampunk version of the Feanorian story:)

Source: wikimedia.org

#maitimo #maedhros #atarince #curufin #feanorians #steampunk #AU #HC #Himring #Silmarillion #tolkien

Elmo/Feanorians AU

This is a little sequel to my previous HC/AU post. It’s VERY fluffy and very AU, so if you’re not into it, consider yourselves warned;) I personally always felt, that many Silmarillion characters deserved better:) so here we go:

I had an idea, that Elmo would eventually find his way to Feanorians and would truly befriend them. It would start by him helping Maitimo. I guess, that elvish healers living in Middle-earth would be more used to dealing with various traumas than the Valinorian ones. Because Middle-earth was never really purged of evil, elves venturing outside the borders of Doriath would frequently fell victims to various attacks, get tortured etc. Elmo, as one of the most powerful healers in Arda, would thus have plenty of experience and would be able to help Maitimo with issues that the Noldorin healers couldn’t tackle. Also, as an apt physical therapist, he would give Maitimo a medical massage every time he would visit Himring and he would even create a special set of exercises that would help substantially improve Maitimo’s damaged shoulder. Later, he would teach Makalaure (upon his request) about these things as well, so that he could be able to help his brother in Elmo’s absence.

This would be the first step. During his sessions with Maitimo, Elmo would develop strong respect and admiration for this young man. And slowly, as he would get to know the rest of them too, he would start to understand them and later grow truly fond of them. In the end, the feelings would become mutual. I had this idea, that eventually they would even sometimes refer to him as “uncle Elmo“ (OK, lets be honest, Carnistir probably wouldn’t:) but even he would eventually stop calling him “that Teleri b***h” and would start referring to him by his name;)).

#elmo #maitimo #maedhros #makalaure #maglor #silmarillion #feanorians #middle-earth #himring #doriath #AU #HC #carnistir #carathir #elves

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Majestic Masterpiece by Lind Erebros

00:00 1. Valinor

04:08 2. Valar Glory

07:58 3. Farewell

09:37 4. Sleep my Miriel

14:16 5. Silmarills

16:15 6. Noa marta

18:27 7. Ungoliante

24:04 8. Aldudenie

28:06 9. Noldor

34:05 10. Gotmog defeats Feanor

37:03 11. Ered Vetrin at snow

38:59 12. Isilkarmeo

41:19 13. First Moon Night

43:00 14. Anarkarmeo

#Valinor #silmarillion #noldor #eldar #valar #morgoth #tolkien #feanor #music

Coup in Doriath (an Elmo HC)

*the following is nothing more than an AU theory based on subjective impressions and personal opinions that is meant purely to entertain (and definitely not to offend anyone), but as it may be viewed as a bit controversial, perhaps a little warning would be appropriate;) So, if you are a passionate Thingol lover, you might prefer to stop reading this post right now;)

What I never understood (and this is just my opinion, don’t come for me;)) is why Noldor got so terribly hated by Thingol for what happened in Alqualonde. I’m not suggesting that kinslaying was a right thing to do or that it wasn’t terribly tragic, not at all. But if Noldor had done as they were told by Teleri and hadn’t arrived to besiege Angband, very soon there wouldn’t be any Doriath as Morgoth would have been able to concentrate all his power on this one target. We can’t be absolutely sure, but given his extreme hatred of elves, I believe it’s safe to assume he wouldn’t wait too long to come for them. So theoretically, Teleri, who refused to give the ships to Noldor and told them to go back, would have been indirectly co-responsible for the death of their brethren in Middle-earth... I might be wrong, but I always got the impression, that the arrival of Noldor actually saved Doriath from it’s imminent fall...

In general, I feel like Thingol made one tragic mistake after another (again, it’s just my opinion so don’t come for me:)). I often wonder if it would have changed anything for the better if his brother Elmo would have just seized power one day - mostly because he would become too ashamed of sitting on his ass and letting others die on Doriath’s behalf. And also, he would understand that once Morgoth was done with Noldor he would come for Doriath and would kill everyone he ever loved (and I believe he wouldn’t be the only one in Doriath who felt that way). I wonder, what would have happened if (after a hundredth heartfelt but completely futile attempt to reason with his brother) he would just say enough (and let’s suppose Melian, being aware of what I said above, would quietly support it), overthrew (not kill!!!) him, returned the Silmaril to the Feanorians (it was of no use to him anyway and he had no knowledge of the role it could play one day) and joined the host of Noldor.... And yes, I’m sure he would have reservations about their past actions as well, but he would be much more pragmatic about it than his brother. As they say, the enemy of my enemy...;)

I somehow always saw Elmo as a healer, so it would be interesting to see this character (who barely ever held a sword in his hands, always stood quietly in the background and concentrated solely on his family life and helping others) being confronted by this heartbreaking dilemma. He loves his brother unconditionally and has always stood loyally by his side and supported him. But at the same time, he feels the burden of the duty to his people and his country and is willing to do anything to save them...

#nodor #eldar #elmo #silmarillion #HC #feanorians #tolkien #melkor #morgoth

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What are we thinking about tonight?

That’s right Noldo Theatre✨

entrelesloups

Thank you so much for these! I can’t even express how happy this post made me. It perfectly captures what I had in mind in this post: Headcanon: Eldar, Maglor and opera.

It reminds of the ancient Greek drama or perhaps even more of the amazing period at the the beginning of the 17th century, when the attempt to recreate the ancient art brought about the creation of the first operas:

And yes, Maglor would totally be a tenor/countertenor! Get over it;)

#maglor #feanorians #noldo theatre #silmarillion #eldar

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Anon: Do you have any thoughts on how the Ainur feel towards some of the Children of Iluvatar being LGBT+? Most pple seem to think they’d be against it bc they’re “conservative” or “morally strict” so I was wondering what you thought

Hello anon! Yep, I actually do have thoughts on that matter, but it looks like they diverge quite significantly from what most people think. In my book, the Ainur are extremely open-minded in terms of these kinds of things; due to the nature of their creation, they don’t have the biases that may be ingrained into the Children by their society. Heck, when they were created, there was only Eru and the Timeless Halls - the universe didn’t even exist until they sung it into existence!

The nature of the Ainur is that of non-corporeal beings with the power to shape worlds. The Children require a fëa, a soul, and a hröa, a body, in order to be incarnated into Arda and exert its influence. By contrast, every Ainu has an eäla, a spirit that is intrinsically complete and able to exert its influence, even without a physical form. I think it’s reasonable to assume that the Ainur’s concept of a body is very different from that of ours. Personally, I’d liken it to a change of clothes for them; if they wanted, they could switch bodies easily and often, or even appear as some wacky eldritch abomination, and not have a problem with it. (I also headcanon that, unlike the Children, the Ainur recognize each other more through “feeling” another’s spirit rather than visually, auditorily, or anything like that, so they don’t have to see or hear each other to know who it is.)

Given all those thoughts, I personally cannot imagine that the Ainur would be “conservative” or “morally strict” at all. They’re beings whose entire essence is literally a spirit; a physical body is only something that they adopt for convenience’s sake, when communicating with the Children. (After all, it would be a hassle for some poor elf in Valinor to recognize any of the Ainur if they opted to continue changing form.) In my mind, Manwë, for example, would be more than happy holding court in Taniquetil with the physical form of a woman. And now I’m imagining it… He and Varda are fully willing to mix things up in their relationship. Varda could be in the physical form of a man and Manwë would still find her every bit as attractive and love her every bit as much. Manwë could choose to take on a woman’s appearance and Varda would still smooch tenderly and affectionately. Same for the other Ainur.

So you probably guessed this, but for me personally, I believe the Ainur would truly and wholeheartedly respect any LGBT+ Children of Ilúvatar, because they simply do not have, or understand, preconceived notions of anything like “it should be a man and a woman who are attracted/have physical relationships with each other” or “your gender is the one your body has at birth”. In my mind, they’d scoff at such biases.

entrelesloups

My thoughts exactly! Thank you!

Caranthir, ladies and gentlemen. Just about to give the sons of Finarfin The Speach...

(gif source: filmgifs.tumblr.com)

#caranthir #feanorians #tolkien #silmarillion

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Curiosity killed a Vala

I HC Valar being quite curious about Eldar and their culture, once they arrived in Aman (to varying degrees, of course (some of them more (Manwe, Aule, Mandos…), some much less (Ulmo, Yavanna…)). I HC Valar being of superior intelligence and wisdom (even compared to the most of Maiar and Eldar), but their experience and perception of the world (as it’s creators) is fundamentally different from the other Arda’s inhabitants. Also, unlike the others, they are not material beings and, as I’ve mentioned in one of my previous entries, they perceive everything (including the material world) „indirectly” through music.

So, I basically imagine them having dorky discussions about various stuff - a bit like the wizards in Harry Potter did about Muggles (remember Mr. Weasley’s excited discussion with Harry about a rubber duck:)). Sure, they’re busy running the world and doing their Valary things (whatever that might be), but I don’t believe they wouldn’t take some time once in a while to just entertain or that they have not felt curious and even bored sometimes (in the Eru-knows-how-many-million years of their existence…). So yeah, I believe they would try to understand the earthly matters. And again – they succeeded to varying degrees. And I also believe that Eldar would probably see them as eccentrics – but not in a negative way. And of course, the greatest and cutest dork among them would be Manwe. I also like the idea of Manwe consulting his friend Ingwe in regards to the choice of his outfits for public events (after numerous fashion disasters).

Fëanor: Am i in trouble?

Mandos: Have a guess.

Fëanor: No?

Mandos: Have another guess.

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Steampunk in Beleriand

Lately I’ve been thinking what a shame it is that Tolkien never made a proper use of the Feanorians’ potential. I mean, they were ingenious (at least some of them) and all that Tolkien ever made them do was fancy medieval (albeit magical) stuff. Sometimes I wish they would come up with some sophisticated machinery. They were at war, after all, and what better incentive one needs for technological progress (at least judged from our human historical experience)? Anyway, all I wanna say is that a bit of steampunk in Beleriand would be really awesome.

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Feanor’s Eleven

Just a short HC before the weekend ends:

Imagine that Feanorians would sit down quietly and think a bit – you know, just for a change. They were supposed to be pretty smart, some of them even ingenious, so let’s imagine they would use it for once. And instead of just going to kill everyone (Doriath etc.) they would come up with an elaborate plan to steal the damn stone. You know – Ocean’s Eleven style. Plus combine it with a bit of steampunk (see my previous post) and good old-fashioned magic – man, I’d LOVE to see that!