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The Kings of the Noldor do not cut their hair so long as they reign. But before taking the throne, each king-to-be cuts his hair in mourning for his predecessor.

Elven hair grows very, very slowly.

Finwë dies surrounded by an ocean of raven-dark hair, spilling around him as blood. Gil-galad's ankle-length hair smolders as fine silver ribbons tossed into fire.

Fingolfin, riding to Morgoth's gate with fire in his eyes, tucks his dark waist-length braid into helm.

Turgon's dark braids fall just over his shoulders as he takes up his great-sword for the last time. Fingon's curls, too short to braid, spill out of his helm and fall in his eyes, sticking his bloodied cheeks.

Fëanor had cut his hair unusually short in mourning of his beloved father; had hewed messily at the braids until his scalp was visible through the uneven tufts of hair. It looks much the same when he dies, the bald spots barely covered.

Morgoth cannot cut Maedhros's hair when he captures him, for Maedhros has already done the job himself.

nailsinmywall

» . . . so we called for Nelyo, and he always came. «

- Another Man's Cage by DawnFelagund

#my emotions #what a good big brother #the Silmarillion #maedhros

srvphm

there should be plushies of the strange but endearing creatures that live in medieval texts margins

medievalthymes

HE!!!!

srvphm

HE!

but also, they

electricslug

HER 💜

manygeese

I drew my favorites

nailsinmywall

modern sons (+grandson) of feanor and children of fingolfin

anattmar

[cw: scars]

A very old art, but I think it should be here, too😌

#Sauron’s questionable dental practices #the silmarillion #fanart #illustration #maedhros

nailsinmywall

3 generations of curufinwës (fëanor, curufin, celebrimbor)

scenemo-spraycan

Hey yeah in the midst of all the hype and the strikes, can we PLEASE fucking talk about this

writing-prompt-s

She’s a battle-scarred, jaded super-soldier loaded with biomechanical upgrades and chemical augments. All she wants to do is wear cute clothes and paint.

riding-with-the-wild-hunt

if the horror of mordor is that it’s a fundamentally dead place, the horror of beleriand under melkor is that it’s alive. every wild thing, every plant, the land itself, all of it can be bent and shaped to the will of that which wants you gone. woods with vines to choke and trap and strangle, bogs replete with depthless pools and paths that lead nowhere and clouds of mosquitoes that can turn your blood to poison. leave a wound in the open air and by nightfall infection will have set in. goats and sheep are born shrivelled and eyeless. springs that if drunk from will bloat your belly and waste you away to nothing. deer watching with too many eyes, boars running mad and foaming even after they’re felled. just endless possibilities for fear and havoc and destruction, and all of it is intended…there is no comfort in the randomness of nature when nature hates you personally

ward-of-irmo

Stubborn headcanon:

Nerdanel and Fëanor weren't great as first time parents. They're both artists, remembered for their creations, and they saw their first son as such (at least initially).

Nerdanel named him 'the Well-Shaped One' as if in reference to her statues. As if saying 'look at the finest thing I've made'.

Fëanor called him 'the Third Finwë' as an insult to his half-brother.

Neither name is about the child. And Maitimo Nelyafinwë grew up not being seen by his parents, not in the same way Kanafinwë and Curufinwë were recognised for their skill, Turkafinwë and Morifinwë for their traits. Not making them proud in the same way his brothers did.

No wonder he leapt to his feet instantly to swear the Oath.

lovesickallovermybed

lizzo in the shire is my whole personality now

firinaira

Maitimo and Findekáno in Mithrim.

Do not use without my permission, please

annoyinglandmagazine

So I’m just gonna say it. Finwe had 15 grandchildren and only two of them are female? Statistically it’s possible but come on, the odds are staggering. The Doylist explanation of this of course is good old fashioned gender roles, the Finweans were all extremely important and powerful, also mostly warriors and leaders, so Tolkien probably didn’t want to write too many of them as women. You know, he wanted these to be main characters. Tolkien doesn’t really seem to want to write many women at all which is a pity because the ones he did write were amazing.

The Watsonian explanation however is a lot more fun. Because I tend to believe that in universe a lot of them were actually female and a few transmasc as well and that some mortal historians along the line took one look at their story and thought ‘well this was clearly a warrior so they must be male,’ and they don’t really question it too much because Elvish names? Really androgynous (Maedhros? Caranthir? Laurefindel?!). So all of a sudden people are reading about the seven sons of Feanor and High King Fingon. And they read about trans and genderqueer elves and they can’t figure out the pronouns but then they read about them leading people into battle and they immediately go ‘oh, ok this one’s male too, I was confused for a bit.’ Ironically this is really affirming for the transmascs.

So it actually was a pretty even distribution of AMAB and AFAB grandchildren of Finwe but they all gradually got turned into guys by history. The ‘sons’ of Feanor too, I mean seriously who has seven sons and no daughters. Also in what universe are Maglor, Curufin and Caranthir cis men? Not mine. Finrod is genderqueer (oh wait, that’s just canon). Maedhros and Fingon were gnc lesbians.