Levolent

Forever obsessed w/ the Epics | Fëanorian apologist

[thesummerestsolstice]

Fic Concept: Erestor is Maglor, Lindir is Daeron, and Gildor is Finrod. They all live in Rivendell in the Third Age. They're all using elf magic to try and hide their identities, so they don't recognize each other.

Lindir has heard Galadriel call Gildor kin but assumes that Gildor is like, Finrod's son or something because Finrod would absolutely name a child "Gildor Inglorion."

Erestor has heard Lindir sing some very familiar old Sindarin lays but assumes that he must just know them because of how popuar Daeron's compositions were. Nevermind that many of them are lost to history by the Third Age.

Gildor knows Erestor is Feanorian because he's not as subtle as he thinks but he doesn't really sing around people anymore– because singing the Noldolante for thousands of years straight has made his voice extremely dangerous– so Gildor assumes he's just another old Feanorian follower.

Elrond and Gandalf are making bets about when they'll realize. Elrond bet it would happen before the Fourth Age. It's not looking good for them.

[projectiondepartment]

every time it rains i think of that raymond carver poem. poetry is like prayer to me methinks. or an incantation

[projectiondepartment]

this one btw

[wizard-of-interesting-failure]

Reblog this post to cast Crumb of Serotonin on whoever you reblogged it from

[lyragoth]

“Curufinwë Atarincë,” Curufin knew that tone. It had defeated him since childhood. “You are travelling for one week, not passing beyond the Walls of the World. He will be safe with Findekáno. Indeed, he will likely be safer with him than he would be with you.”

“He is my son, not yours,” Curufin protested, tightening his hold on Celebrimbor. “No,” Maedhros said with finality. “But nor is he a doll to be tucked beneath your arm and carried wherever you please.” After muttering something deeply unkind about his elder brother's arrogance, Curufin finally surrendered with all the grace of a wounded prince. If anyone is interested in a 945 word fic of Maedhros eyerolling over teen-dad Curufin and Elfling Tyelpe doing nothing really, just pestering Uncle Finno, for @tolkiengenweek

[comicaurora]

I had to read a Heinlein book for a literature class on sci-fi and it was HORRIBLE and the only thing that got me though it was thinking "it's time for more Deep Thoughts With Heinlein(tm)" what a strange man this author was...

my working theory is that the most foundational works of literature in a given genre are the ones that inspire the most concepts and tropes that are carried forward in the genre and this inspiring property is frequently because there is, to simplify, something deeply wrong with them

[non-cannon]

So, uh... following that train of thought... what's deeply wrong with the Lord of the Rings?

[comicaurora]

Johnald Ronald Rolkien Tolkien built fifteen different elvish languages and wrote poetry in all of them and you ask me what was wrong with him

[rosenrotstuff]

Maedhros and Maglor with their Smartpalantír

[passivelylevolent]

I think this is the coolest Nelyo I’ve seen yet - that TUNIC

[ffigwit]

trying to write Feanor like no, he's not inherently evil. yes, they hate him, yes, he is locally loved. yes, he's fucking annoying. yes, they are envious. yes, they have reason to be. no, he's not an idiot (ignore That One Time). yes, he's clever and brilliant. yes, he's charming. no, that doesn't stop people from wanting to kill him.

[passivelylevolent]

The elvish Tony Stark everybody

[nimphelos]

i’m not a fan of the whole hair color classification for elf clans, but i like the idea that certain hues were more prominent in cuiviénen era grey and green elves because it helped them blend in with the environment for survival purposes.

green elves with auburn and brown hair to blend in with the forests and grey elves with silver and black hair to match the sand and rocks.

the noldor and vanyar probably had all sorts of hair colors since they were safer in valinor.

[happyperle]

Modern low stakes silmarillion au (part 1)

Feanor : acclaimed scientist in several micro-specialities and a good grasp on a lot of fields , surprinsigly good in humanities too , college professor sometimes and on his way for a nobel prize

finwe put them all in family therapy after miriel's death and his remarriage , that made the family more healthy . Him and fingolfin do get on each others nerves a lot , but not sword point level . They have like not that big of an age gap either . Also having an autism diagnosis early and support throughout his childhood helped him a lot also his daddy is loaded .

A rival tries to set him on fire once , nearly manages , feanoro makes a full recovery , but it was a hard time for the family especially so soon after the murder attempt on finwe .

Maedhros : Went to law school and plan to pursue a career in politics . Perfect student , over-achiever . Was a professional fencer at one point but had a freak accident that took his right hand . Still besties with fingon he sees him somewhat oftene especially since he works with his dad , nolofinwe . Had a modelling career when he was young .

Maglor : Like adele he put out absolute ground breaking album every few years before disapearing from the public eye all together , your artist's fav artist . He can do pop , but mostly did it in his teenage years then he went to julliard and also got an english degree with a focus on poetry (those feanorians over achievers !) , as he grew up his art went more on the classical and academical side of music . Frenemy with daeron . A crazed fan once put fire to his house while he was sleeping , traumatised him a little and he lived with maedhros a while after that . the young version of him is kinda like Rosalia

[passivelylevolent]

Celegorm has one of those urban exploration YouTube channels, major TikTok following. Curufin sometimes joins but is a bit busy with the single father thing.

[stormygopher]

So like….. if Fëanor created the Palantíri……… and there were originally 8 of them….did…did Fëanor just invent the Middle Earth equivalent of phones so he could keep in contact with his kids???

[sesamenom-sideblog]

[passivelylevolent]

Fëanor WOULD be the ME inventor of Life 360

[ur-favorite-fishgirl]

sex is a distraction from your true purpose in life which is to go to the aquarium and look at the fish and go "wooooooaaah.... fishies". cmon guys we all need to lock in.

[annatars-nine-rings]

Hey Silmarillion fandom, anyone still active around here? :)

[passivelylevolent]

There’s no escape man

[passivelylevolent]

Was anybody going to tell me that Elvish Heavy Metal was a genre. Was that a thing we were ever gonna mention

[tolkienillustrations]

Maglor and Elrond by Jenny Dolfen

[starshadeemilyart]

The thing is I don't think Maedhros was a parentified older sibling, because Feanor and Nerdanel were royalty, and they would have had nannies and nursemaids and tutors for all their kids. So you wouldn't have had the older kids taking care of the younger ones, because they have The Help. And honestly the parents wouldn't be doing most of the childcare either. They would spend time with their kids of course!! But I don't think Nerdanel was changing diapers.

[outofangband]

My recent post speculating on Glaurung with the ability to mimic voices has me once again thinking about just how terrifying of a villain he is

He’s something so much worse than just a dragon.

Indeed most descriptions of him call him a spirit or creature in the form of a dragon, an ominous ambiguity similar to descriptions of Ungoliant as taking the form of a spider.

Glaurung is capable of both catastrophic, widespread violence and destruction, as well as devastatingly personal annihilation.

He can warp minds and steal memories and make you wander for weeks all while thinking your journey was your own idea. He can make your friends appear as hated enemies and your family appear as corpses.

He can eat you of course but he can also lure you into constructing your own finely woven trap.

His very presence, his very breath, can wrap a land in disorienting mists and hazes for months

He can imbue rivers and springs with a terrible madness, rendering them worse than poison.

And, despite being a creature of such incredible power, just like his master, he can hold a grudge that is so terribly, cruelly human. He can remember your face, your voice, your mind, among tens of thousands of victims.

[r-truth]

[gischtglas]

[hybernating-bear]

That's because this is Silmarillion

[the-commonplace-book]