Quill of Lithgaeril

[lithgaeril]

About This Blog

This blog is a companion to my ao3 account of the same name

A short(er) about me:

Lithgaeril was a name I invented for myself in the sixth grade, using only my library’s copy of the Silmarillion, and I’m way too lazy to make another now that I know more about name-making, so feel free to call me that

I aim to make this blog welcoming to all fans, including fans who identify as queer, BIPOC, disabled, and more. Bigotry (fandom related or otherwise) of any kind is unwelcome and will be blocked. If you believe I have engaged with/promoted anything counter to this statement, please reach out to me.

I am one of the wordiest people you’ll ever meet. I try so hard to keep a post short and it ends up over 1k words. Sometimes 5k. Sometimes 10k.

I’d love to be more social, especially with fandom people, but I’m notoriously terrible at it. Still, it’s worth saying: if anything about my blog or fics makes you want to talk to me, please feel free to message me or send an ask! I don’t care if we’re not mutuals or anything like that

That said, I’m very busy irl, but I try to reply within 1-2 days for messages or a week for asks. Ao3 comment replies often take longer rip. I promise I read them all multiple times and get very emotional each time!

I am in my 20s and may engage with explicit content at times. Historically, I rarely do. I have yet to make any explicit content (but never say never) and I will always tag anything explicit whether original or reblogged

My icon is cropped by me using an image marked “free to modify, share, and use”.

[starpeace]

i am. so sorry if i have ever used the phrase “i have an au where—” and led you to believe that there is an actual fic out there for you to read rather than, at best, a post where i explain the concept, and at worst it is simply something that lives in my brain

[starpeace]

if it helps i also wish there was a fic

[septembersart]

A Court of Fey and Flowers

[our-queer-experience]

helen “trans people are perpetuating gender steriotypes” joyce is now upset that the scientific american is writing about how women were hunters too back in the day, not just mothers and caretakers. feminist win!

[the-gummy-worms-have-me]

I think I found the article!

The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong

The influential idea that in the past men were hunters and women were not isn’t supported by the available evidence

Read it if you have the time, it's very interesting.

[numenhore-deactivated20240729]

arrest me officer I've been a bad bad boy - Sauron probably

as usual, inspired by @fraeuleinfriedhof's words of wisdom

[sauron-kraut]

THIS MADE MY ENTIRE DAY

[cilil]

I'm... I'm feeling feelings👀

[numenhore-deactivated20240729]

[artbyleav]

May I present to you my cat- who of course is named Frodo.

Don’t worry no cat had to carry the ring to Mordor during the process of this drawing.

Frodo in all his real life glory (he is a two months old baby)

[sca-nerd]

[the-golden-dragoness]

I am sorry to everyone who tagged me in some tag game and I never responded. I saw it and thought “aww they thought of me” and proceeded to forget about it right after

[psilocervidae]

Favourite of the Big Famous Western Composers?

Mozart

Bach

Brahms

Tchaikovsky

Vivaldi

Schubert

Beethoven

Handel

Chopin

Mahler

OP how dare you forget (other)

I do not care enough about classical music to have an opinion on this

Voting ended onMar 1, 2024

Wagner's not on here because if your favourite composer is Wagner you can fuck right off.

[philtstone]

a hot take perhaps but i actually think the breelanders would still bully aragorn after he became king. like yes it’s funny to say imagine one day the weird emo guy you bullied shows up again and he’s literally the king but imagine. the weird emo guy you bullied shows up and has refused to dress up as the king so you dont realize hes the king and the whole town heckles him again. ooooh look whos back he finally found friends and took a bath! we’re not at risk of being robbed anymore! his legs are still too long that cant be helped can it. faramir nearly has a stroke. legolas and gimli are having the time of their lives

[orteil42]

there needs to be more visible food in strategy games. Stronghold let you watch your cheese stockpiles grow and this needs to become standard. i gotta have a little guy on the field distributing mead and chicken haunches to my troops

[orteil42]

"predictable post from the guy who makes a game about cookies" i am the #1 biggest video game food fan i do not apologize for this

[eliounora]

doodle of arwen and her brothers!

[melkors-defense-attorney]

I love the idea of Melkor not being stoic in the slightest and being very expressive of his emotions. Does he express them in a healthy way? No, not at all but that’s not the point. The point is that Melkor as a character is reckless, impulsive, and passionate. His emotions are what drive a lot of his actions and he doesn’t try to hide them, even if he does he’d do a shit job of it.

So he’s very quick to show anger anger, but also joy and sadness. He can weep with more fervor than Nienna, and his joy is brighter than the Lamps of Aman. He’s a Vala that represents chaos and change and passion so he feels things increasingly deeply and on a profound level.

[trashyspaceprxnce]

every other month or something i think really hard about spies are forever and how it's a parody of spy movies but also about homophobia in the 60s and the lavender scare and compulsory heterosexuality but also a comedy where the villain is called Dr. Baron von Nazi and talks with a hitler puppet but also about the relationship of two men at a time where they both would have fired if it was found out and it's about secrets and lies and trust and also someone is called Dick Big

[essenceofarda]

Haleth and Caranthir's wife 👀

[runawaymun]

Nerdanel the Wise 🧎

[jakeperalta]

when reading fiction, is it important to you that the characters are likeable?

yes, I want the characters to be likeable

only occasionally (e.g. in certain genres)

no, not important to me

other/see results

Voting ended onFeb 1, 2024

I'm curious given how often I see "none of the characters were good/likeable/lovable" as a criticism or reason not to recommend a book