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In The Hobbit (1977) and The Return of the King (1980) movies by Rankin/Bass, Thranduil and Legolas look quite different from each other despite being father and son. Why?
Legolas took after his mother
Recessive genes
Legolas is adopted
Legolas is actually short and green, but uses a glamour to appear otherwise
Thranduil is actually tall and blonde, but uses a glamour to appear otherwise
That Thranduil was actually a decoy, in case the dwarves tried assassination
Legolas is still in the larval stage of his species
All that heavy drinking eventually affected Thranduil's looks
Legolas' dad is a different Thranduil; two elves can have the same name, geez
Okay, so, do you know the canonical backstory for Smurfette�
Something something Silmarillion
I don't engage in Watsonian theorizing when Doylist explanations are obvious
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Ten People You Want to Get to Know Better
Tagged (a bit ago--sorry!) by @cheeseplants, @gaiaseyes451, and @hakunahistata ššš
Last song:Ā Iron & Wine The Sea & The Rhythm (looking at you, @melians-griddle)
Currently watching: As far as TV series, just finished The Pitt and Interview With the Vampire (eyeing getting AMC for a short run to watch Vampire Lestat). For film, just watched Avatar: Fire & Ash.
Current obsession:Ā In my Tolkien renaissance era, and hyperfixated on making all the elves bone each other.
Currently reading: Bits of fanfic here and there, and started my reread of LOTR, but I've been fairly busy to read too much.
Currently working on: Alliances, an Elronduil fic that takes place during the muster at Imladris right before the War of the Last Alliance. It's nearly done, I just need to focus lol.
Last google search:Ā A dildo website, and before that how to cook pork loin! My search history is a real trainwreck lol.
No pressure tags: @melians-griddle, @antlered-vixen, @wormbishounen, @seaemberthesecond, @gaydhros, @alanastarveil, @littleweezel, @wingsofopal, @hermiola, @beerok23 and anyone else who wants to!
Gondolin shenanigans . .
Musings of a Woodland King, part 2
Purple Gentian; a relative of Athelas, and a favorite of my husband for its health benefits as a digestive aid and in the reduction of respiratory inflammation. With its sweet taste and pretty purple color, it was popular among the children during their yearly run of coughs and sniffles. It is well that he only requires the root sections, for the flowers look ever so lovely in his hair.
Celandine; the proud symbol of my brother in heart, if not by blood. It has taken to growing on the western boundary of Eryn Lasgalen, near the Old Forest Road that comes down out of The Misty Mountains. Verily, I can time Glorfindel and Erestorās springtime visits by the blooming of this cheerful flower. Unsurprisingly, the roots make a lovely mood-lifting tea, and the oil extracted from the rest of the plant does wonders for sore muscles after sparring with the very elf whose heraldry bears their sunny blossoms. Or so I have heard.
Wild rose. Our dearest Lady of Imladris could have written a small book about this particular flower. Aside from its popularity as an immune support and anti-inflammatory, rose hip oil became all the rage among the population of Imladris, and is still particularly prized among mortals for achieving glowy, radiant skin. As my wifeās dutiful test subject, I can confirm. But my favored interaction with the flowers was in picking bouquets of them at Celās side, and enjoying the pleasure of her smile and her company. Many a lovely conversation we had as she sat before me, allowing me to weave them into her honey-gold waves. I miss her terribly.
Scarlet Paintbrush; a boisterous, fiery and guileful little flower. Ever have they put me in mind of my dear Woodland Queen, for they are stubborn and strong, often pushing straight up between cracks in the rock. They carry nectar deep down in their tube-like blossoms, and are the exact vibrant shade of her lovely hair. Our little Las used to delight in wandering with Ithil and I through the Northern reaches of the forest, plucking the little trumpet-shaped flowers and sucking the sweetness from the ends. The plant is, however, toxic to consume in its entirety, though the dried and ground up blooms make a lovely red dye for cloth. It is not the custom of Wood Elves to entomb their dead, but we transplanted many of these hardy, cheerful flowers the day we scattered her ashes upon the western banks of Anduin, near the homestead of Beorn. He reports they are a favorite among his bees now.
Thimble berry flowerāany berry flower reallyāare the favorites of our twin sons, for they promise the coming of fresh, sweet fruits. And where there are berries to be picked, there are pies, tarts, scones, jams, cordials, andāmy personal favoriteāwines to be made. It is easier now that the children are old enough to bring back enough to make such things as opposed to picking and bypassing their baskets in favor of eating them fresh off the bush. Many a purple and blue stained mouth was there to blame for near-emptyhandedness when they were little.
Niphredil, also fittingly known as Queenās Cup. Prized for their silky, ethereal white blossoms that glow softly in the moonlight near the forest floor. It is no accident that the flowers that bloomed in their hundreds before the gates of Menegroth at the birth of LĆŗthien TinĆŗviel also covered the grounds of the House of Elrond the night our beloved daughter was born. Often was I greeted by their rich, sweet scent upon entering the nursery, as garlands of them were not only decorative and fragrant, but insisted upon by the fussing babe whose bassinet they adorned. Tāwas difficult indeed to lay our daughter down without them. The fact that I remember not how we got her to sleep in the depths of winter is perhaps telling. Their fragrance is still prized today in soaps, perfumes and scented candles.
Forget-me-not. I have every sprig of these delightful little flowers that my darling āLas has ever given to me pressed and saved in his favored book of Sindarin fairytales. While most of my journeys to Imladris to spend time with our family when he was younger were made with him in my company, the occasions that he was unable to come would see him pressing several stems of these sun-loving perennials into my hand with a kiss for good luck. Nowadays, he is the one visiting me from Ithilien, journeying to either Eryn Lasgalen or Minas Tirith, and, as before, he always has a handful of dainty blue flowers the exact color of his eyes to gift me. He dearly enjoys threading them into my hair as Arwen braids and Gimli teases that his cousin Dain mightāve been onto something with his pointy-eared princess remark. I shall never live it down, I fear.
The Fairy Slipper Orchid has been a favorite of mine since I was a boy. One of the first to burst forth from the barely defrosted soil, still littered with the brittle decay of last yearās flora. Striking in appearance, and hardy, it was this little flower that carpeted our front garden in Doriath on the morning of my birth. The one my husband would leave little bunches of on the pillow next to my dream-filled head on the morning of my begetting after we met. The one my little Las and Arwen would make flower crowns and bracelets of, both for me and for themselves so that we might match. The one that our twin boys used to carry, pressed and dried alongside their wild roses and purple gentian counterparts on the road during their swashbuckling travels with the DĆŗnedain. They can be found throughout Eryn Lasgalen in early spring, and the corms have a peppery taste when used in cooking.
The crown I bear in springtime is, veritably, the fairest of them all, for it bears the combination of each of these precious blooms. The cumulative display of all that I hold dear.
Part 1
Last 10 Fanfics: A writer meme
Rules: post the first sentence of your most recent 10 fan fics and tag up to 10 people.
Tagged by @gaiaseyes451, @beerok23, and @hermiola
I was trying to decide if this meant fics of mine, or fics I've read and then decided fuck it! The first 5 lines are from mine, and the last five are from the last 5 fics I've read!
From: Precocious (Thranduil/Arwen) āAda says you donāt like girls,ā Arwen says, blithe and matter-of-fact, as though itās a perfectly normal statement to layer atop inquiries about Legolasā latest orc raids and when he might be due in Imladris next, and talk of Elrondās upcoming begetting day. From: Alliances (Elrond/Thranduil & Elrond/Celebrian)
There is nothing that compares to that first glimpse of the proud mountainside city of Imladris, glinting like a multifaceted gem in shades of pearl-white, ochre, warm tawny, bright green and sparkling blue in the late-morning sunshine.
From: Like Father, Like Son (Elrond/Thranduil & Elladan/Elrohir/Legolas)
āCan it be my turn to steal the hostās attention?ā Thranduil murmurs, long torso pressing up against Elrond from behind. The tickle of soft lips and subtle-not-so-subtle graze of teeth along the shell of his ear is the sort of invitation Elrond always finds impossible to refuse.
From: My Neighbor Aber (Fred Rogers/Chuck Aber)
āWell, hello Daniel!ā
āHi Owl X.ā
āHow are you this evening?ā
From: Encore (Aziraphale/Crowley)
āMerci,ā Crowley says with a quick smile for their waiter, sitting back and snatching his elbows off the table to make room for his CrĆŖpes Suzette. (Be aware this is an epilogue for Play for Me the Music of Your Heart.)
From: For Reasearch Purposes, Obviously (Elrond/Celebrian by spicy_runawaymum)
Elrond means to find Erestor. Most of the city has already gone silent as its inhabitants turn to quieter activities as the sun sets. There is a letter that he needs to write, but he wants a second opinion. As he heads down the hall in the family wing and passes his own bedroom, his sharp ears pick up the unmistakable light, high-pitched hitch of breath.
From: Something Sleepless in Mirkwood (Elrond/Thranduil by oRocky_417)
āHow is the pain?ā
āI had never said there was pain.ā
Ā Elrond exchanged a long look in silence with the king, who was seated on the long edge of a divan in the little room.
From: Hunger Inherited (Fingon/Turgon by @gaydhros)
āSlower,ā FindekĆ”no whispered. āTake your time.ā
From: Equilateral (Thranduil/Oropher/Legolas by Arcane Charisma)
He takes his keys from the hook by the door and looks around for his wallet. As he wanders into the kitchen, rain begins to hammer against the window, and he sighs. Oropherās bloody wallet is right there on the table, but, as usual, he has no cash andāThranduil idly counts themāfourteen receipts.
From: Recognition (Feanor/Fingolfin/Finarfin by @antlered-vixen)
The heraldās eyes had eāer been uncomfortable to meet, lying just on that maddening overlap of divine acuity and birdlike emptiness, wherein one could not tell if he knew too much, too little, or perhaps if needing to know at all was a concept foreign to one such as he, whose entire existence was a stern performance of obedience.
If you are author-tagged, consider yourself tagged! Also tagging: @melians-griddle, @isilme-among-the-stars, @starshadeemilyart, @littleweezel, @cheeseplants, @copperplatebeech, @indigofyrebird and anyone else who wants to play!
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Lord of Eregion, the master of the Gwaith-i-MĆrdain
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Somewhere in the Woods - Author: LowVegetable7278
Alliances
I'M NOT DEAD! I DON'T WANT TO GO ON THE CART! Anyway... I am moved, settled and back to work, but I swear I haven't stopped writing this story (and others, lol)
We earn the bit about Glorfindel being relationship councilor here, I hope you enjoy!
Thanks as always to @melians-griddle for looking things over and cheering me on! .
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Returning his quill to its inkpot, Elrond sits back in his chair and closes his eyes, attempting to sift through the sandstorm of emotions swirling within him.
It is not by chance that he has chosen to pen a love letter to one while the love letter of another still has yet to fade from his skin. Call it a self-imposed test; sitting with the feeling of his heart bouncing between his professions to CelebrĆan still drying on the page, and Thranduilāsplayed like a starfish and beautifully mussed in sleepāupon Elrondās bed.
He sits with the feeling of how they occupy space in his mind and in his heart, so different from each other but always equal in Elrondās thoughts and affections. He marvels at his bodyās capacity to hold it all, both the enormity of his feelings as well as the love, loyalty and devotion that heās somehow managed to inspire in not one but two people. He feels like an overfull goblet, ready to spill over at the slightest nudge.Ā
He sits with the guilt of his silence, the trepidation of breaking it, and the enormity of what he must ask them to do.
He sits with the possibilities, both good and bad. He knows they are acquainted with each other; knows Thranduil has always been particularly close in friendship with Celeborn, but he knows better than to trust in kinship to aid his cause.
Read it here.
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FINROD FELAGUND
latest instalment in the Hot Elves By Ballsā¢ļø series features Finrod in an outfit I would probably actually kill people to wear⦠commissioned by the wonderful @justdrowthings, whose brief for this portrait included the phrases āpeak why do we talk about ANYONE when this guy existsā and āmajor art directive - break meā, and agreeing entirely, I was only too happy to oblige ššš
commission details etc
^^real footage of me
Last Line Tag Game
Rules: Post the last line you wrote and tag as many people as there are words (or as many as you want) I was tagged by @starshadeemilyart and @gaydhros thanks you guys! Have a line from [redacted] for the pairing [redacted]
He feels a spike of arousal in his gut, the inevitable response of his physical body to the notion that he is going to be touched by a hand not his own. But it is more than that; it is her. It is the act of baring himself to her so vulnerably, sharing in such an intimate and illicit closeness that she is asking from him, and him alone. It is absurd, he should not want this, he has never craved the touch of an elleth in all his long years, never mind that of his daughter.
Tagging @gaiaseyes451, @littleweezel, @harlotofupdog, @paperclipninja, @melians-griddle, @seaemberthesecond, @skatesfullofsunshine, @balrogballs, @antlered-vixen, @queerofthedagger, and anyone else who wants to play!!
by linyuno
So good to see you my dear friend. Itās been a long time.
::Sighs. Hands heart over. Again.::