East of the Sun and West of the Moon

Call me Fern. A lil mixed Southeast Asian Scandinavian studying war and writing things. I like cats, robots, Tolkien, and pirates. Mod @officialtolkiensecretsanta. Inbox is always open!

[valtsv]

it really is insane how waking up early will grant you access to some of the most beautiful sights and sensations in the world that will make you want to live forever, but only if you overcome the gauntlet of a thousand razors that is getting out of bed early. truly one of life's little saw traps.

[shanehollandered]

[silversteampunk]

That one scene in the Magician's Nephew where Jadis bites into that apple.

[jessmalia]

[memorycycle]

standing around a map table with the other generals. and if they send the elephant cavalry? says one while moving a wooden elephant into our territory with his pushstick. i laugh and push a small figure of a mouse wearing a helmet in front of it. the other generals nod. impressive

[grandadtwelve]

i love being a fan of media. ur favorite character shows up on screen or page and ur just like hiiii baby

[senso1954]

when a film or tv show takes place somewhere where you have been, it is your sacred duty as viewer to say “i’ve been there” every time you recognize a place

[cuarthol]

When a film or TV show claims to take place somewhere but you been there and it is your sacred duty as a view to say “no the hell that is not there.”

[kaban-bang]

[finndamerons-archive]

castle // halsey

[wormliness]

please, untitled document was my father, call me untitled document (1)

[keremelcream]

everyone’s comfort characters are either gay, mass murderers, mentally unstable or just straight up dead or all of these

[headspace-hotel]

I'm crying over ancient Roman epitaphs, and I don't mean this as an intensifier to express myself. I mean i'm just sitting here weeping like my nose is running

Reblog to say "Crocine, lightly rest the earth on you."

"In life she was a dear good woman." 

*incoherent sobbing*

One in heart, twins in disposition...God.......

There is so much pain in these words. Someone loved this little girl very much. Just. AAAAAAHHHHH

i'm a fucking wreck

this has wrecked me

[headspace-hotel]

These are from the Loeb Classical Library, Remains of Old Latin Volume IV. It's all inscriptions and stuff.

[strawmaguchi]

I hope OP doesn’t mind me adding to this but

“This is what a father’s love gave his daughter”

Ask that the earth lie light upon me :’(

“I weep for you…these traces lie still warm in my heart…now embers…of dolls in our bedrooms”

I am devastated

‘You are jealous, Death’ is honestly very metal but

I am never going to emotionally recover from these…the bond between two Ancient Greek women can be something so personal???

Lastly, this one is often referred to as “…of my wife” since her name was cut off:

But this man really just wrote two full slabs full of praise for his wife and how she saved his life

You deserved everything..but it did not fall to my lot to give you everything….heart wrenching

These are from Women’s Life in Greece and Rome: A Source Book in Translation by Lefkowitz and Fant

[headspace-hotel]

"You deserved everything, but it did not fall to my lot to give you everything"

[howlpendraig]

The assassin you sent after me is part of my found family now

[eye-co]

[frog-whisperer]

[thetrashchronicles]

[absolutecheezit]

[captain-jalapeno]

I wonder what he's looking for..?

[valtsv]

so like. obviously it’s an immensely tragic route to take but sometimes it’s just so satisfying for a story to go “there’s no happy ending this time. resistance is futile in this scenario. the ‘good guys’ can’t win. this is a pointless last stand. so for their final act, our beloved characters are going to rock the antagonist’s shit so fucking hard it makes you stare at a wall struggling to process what just happened and how you feel about it for hours afterwards.”

[valtsv]

i simply think that sometimes it’s the best possible narrative decision to allow characters to become supernovas, imploding on themselves but taking as much with them as possible. “you can’t save anyone” “maybe not, but i can hurt you”. fuck yes. if you can’t beat them, tear them apart.

[thepartyponies]

[avantegarda]

British publishing companies in the 50s-60s: sorry Mr Tolkien we can't publish The Silmarillion, no one in their right mind would ever read it

All us idiots 60 years later:

[silvergiftingweek]

Daily prompts for Silvergifting Week, August 8-14, 2022

Silvergifting Week will happen on Tumblr August 8-14, 2022!

This week-long Tumblr event celebrates the relationship between Celebrimbor and Mairon | Annatar | Sauron. The event mod is @elennalore. The purpose of this event is to encourage people to create all kinds of fanworks that are focused on Celebrimbor/Mairon pairing (including Celebrimbor/Annatar and Celebrimbor/Sauron). Fan art, fan fiction, headcanon, moodboards, fan crafts, meta… you name it!

Prompts

Day 1 (August 8): Beginnings | First times

First meetings. Developing relationship. First kiss. First time.

Day 2 (August 9): Happy times | Living together

Deepening feelings. Falling in love. Is it genuine love? From both sides? Or not? Living together in Ost-in-Edhil. Comfort. Happiness.

Day 3 (August 10): Collaborators | Community

Working together. Interaction with other people. How do others see their relationship? Ambition. Crafting Rings of Power together.

Day 4 (August 11): Betrayal | Bad Ending

Suspicions. Identity reveal. Secret side projects in Ring-making. Lovers to enemies. War against Eregion. Captured by your former lover. Celebrimbor’s tragic fate.

Day 5 (August 12): Post-canon | New beginnings

What happens after canonical events? Trauma healing. Reconciliation. Halls of Mandos. Valinor. Fourth Age and onwards. Will they find each other again?

Day 6 (August 13): Canon divergence | Alternative universe

What if… Silvergifting happened in an alternative universe? An ending different from canon? What about a modern AU? A steampunk AU? Give your AU view of their relationship.

Day 7 (August 14): Freeform

A place for your own personal take on their relationship not covered in previous prompts.

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Looking forward to all your fannish content! Tag #silvergiftingweek and/or mention @silvergiftingweek in your post so I can find it for reblogging.

All different interpretations of Celebrimbor/Mairon | Annatar | Sauron relationship are welcome! Diverse takes are encouraged. This is a Ship and Let Ship event. Ship bashing is not welcome. Please respect general Tumblr content posting rules when participating in this event. NSFW text entries and potentially triggering content should be posted under cut “read more”.