C'mon Fingon, do it already, Arien is about to rise. Maedhros may look slightly dead from down there, but he will be fine. You just need to... cut off his hand?? There is no better option, really. C'mon Fingon. Time is up.
Fingon in @papita474 's style!!!! Don't know if you remember you once told me to try drawing your Fingon in my style. Here it is!!!!
1/2 of my offerings for @celrondweek is this fanwork-of-a-fanwork, a portrait of elrond as i picture him in the years start coming and they don't stop coming by @i-am-a-lonely-visitor ie the celrond of all celronds, which had the exact same foundational and formative impact on mid-twenties me as realising my favourite barbie was but a pumice stone session away from fitting into my favourite ken's clothes (i named them ben) was on 6-year-old me.
anyway you know when you read a fic and you see someone write a character so remarkably and you're just like YOU GET IT. YOU GET THIS FUCKER. that is visitor's series for me. both elrond and celebhîr, but this one is elrond's moment. my little princess man, the dead wife in his husband's dead wife montage (yes i know elrond is technically alive but does elrond-in-late-third-age really count as alive the man would flap off the terrace in his slutty grief corset if even 0.005 more teaspoons of sorrow entered him), as imagined by celebhîr in aman.
Varda Elentári for @peasant-player ⭐️ My first time drawing a vala ^^ I did had a few guidelines from Peasant and I also tried to use a color palette slightly different from my usual one for more strange galaxy vibes. My personal headcanon is that she is creating stars as if they were soap bubbles to her.
The four most interesting parts of time loop are when the person kills themselves for the first time, when they kill someone else for the first time (in a fuck around kind of way, this doesn't count if they already were killing people outside of the loop), how they break the loop, and the weeks afterward where they loose their fucking minds in an entirely different, significantly more damaging to the world around them way. And yet I rarely see anything done with that last one. People leave time loops and are all happy go lucky 'oh boy'. Where's the grappling with people you know who will never know you? Where's the knowledge that the safety of the loop is gone, and you can't fix any mistakes you make? That's the good angst I want
For @arafinwean-week - Galadriel, Finrod, and Gildor (using my headcanon that Gildor is a kid Finrod adopted after he lost his parents on the Helcaraxë).
Click for better quality, art reqs open, DM about commissions <3
I messed around a lot with how much snow to add, still not sure it's quite right but good enough. Also I like Finrod's face he's very pretty.
my version of dior eluchil, mostly headcanon, for this blog <3 sorry in advance for my handwriting + tumblr's quality reduction
i was inspired in part, and very very much, by @aamuusva whose dior is absolutely beautiful and the reason my dior has curly hair--so please go check their art out!
I like to keep my Tumblr Silmarillion-focused, but enough people have read or seen an adaptation of Pride & Prejudice that I don't feel bad reccing take all my loves, my love, yea, take them all by @helloquotemyfoot. 26.5k, Teen, AU where Christian English marriages are triads. Elizabeth/Darcy/Charlotte Lucas.
Marriage in England has always been made up of three spouses, in a mirror to the Holy Trinity. When Fitzwilliam Darcy comes to Hertfordshire and finds the enchanting Elizabeth Bennet, there's no real reason he should not offer for her—but, typically, no one accounted for Charlotte Lucas, and things unfold rather differently than anyone at first imagined.
The worldbuilding is a romp! Each chapter begins with an in-universe epigraph. For example, the first chapter's is excerpted from On the Bill for the Formal Partnership of Two Persons, In Anticipation of a Full Marriage, lately introduced to Parliament, which--*swoons*. The prose is also excellent, the characters--especially Charlotte Lucas--are wonderful, and the addition of a third spouse is a fun shake-up that keeps you wondering throughout (What is Darcy's living parent like? Who will be the third spouse of Jane and Bingley? How will the deal with Mr. Collins play out in this universe?).
Seriously, if it sounds up your alley, give it a shot.
spring 2026 in review, silm Tolkien fandom edition
Every three months, I like to create a little round-up of my fandom experiences from the past season: fics I've written, great fics I've read, events I've participated in, and other milestones and notes. It's been a nice way to keep track of the highlights and raise awareness for some great fanworks that people are creating around the world.
Favorite fic I wrote this season: This might be the recency bias talking, but I'm extremely proud of The Sting of Salt and Pity, the fic I wrote as a fill for the May 2026 prompts in Leaf & Lore and LTC, and MerMay. Original female Elf character (a Bad Mom of Arda), Mature, 1.1k, horror themes, creator chose not to use archive warnings, see fic on ao3 for detailed tags and warnings.
Favorite fic I read this season: The Swan-Road by @glitterlessgold, Amrod-centric, General, 8.5k. A post-Losgar fic, not crispy Amrod, not toasted Amrod, but a new kind of Amrod we're calling BLANCHED AMROD!! I loved this fic so much. The imaginativeness, the grief, the inevitability & the Adventure of it all! Amrod talks to his boat much as Tom Hanks talks to Wilson the volleyball in Cast Away, and it's fantastic. (Btw, the author's Glorthelion WIP is also excellent!)
Complete roundup of fic and miscellany under the cut.
More fic recs:
A Florid Affair by @polutrope, Daeron/Maglor, Explicit, 3.7k, Sex Pollen (or is it)
Grounded by @amorbidcorvid, Celebrian/Elrond, Explicit, 2.5k, eldritch Elrond and FEATHERS this is so soothing and hot
Hand Over Heart by @a-tehta, Fingon/Maedhros's Severed Hand, Mature, 1.9k, this is so so funny i am giggling again just reading the tags and summary
History Obliterates by @regicidal-optimism, ensemble about the Third Kinslaying at Sirion, Teen, 1.3k, unreliable narrators
Hunger Inherited by @gaydhros, Fingon/Turgon, Explicit, 3.6k, guided masturbation, a brother sometimes just has to help another brother out like that
Metrology by @infiniteriver, Annatar-centric, General, 2.2k, Annatar invents the metric system!
Pet by Anonymous, Maedhros/OFC, Explicit, 1.5k, archive warnings for major character death & rape/non-con. This is such an unsettling and unforgettable fic. Maedhros keeps a tiny woman as a caged pet in Himring. I can't stop thinking about this story. I want to respect the rights of Anon but also I am just dying to crack open their brain and find more of their work
The Proper Bride-Price by @irnina, Celeborn/Celebrian, Celebrian/Maglor, Explicit, 6.4k, weird voyeurism and invented ritual sex practices. Incest!!
Sing for the Damage by @perchingpasserine, Maedhros/Maglor, Teen, 3.6k, angsty kidnap fam. SO good
the wittold's wife by @thepastisaroadmap, Curufin's Wife/Sons of Fëanor, Explicit, 5.0k, creator chose not to use archive warnings, wife-sharing, weird Noldorin sex rituals
Ficlets (which I am defining as works under 1k) and drabbles I wrote this spring:
Gil. Ga. Lad., Círdan/Gil-galad, Teen, 0.2k, an exercise in which I asked myself how could i take the intro of Lolita and make it Silmfic lol
I can't tell where your hair ends and mine begins, Marigol/Rose Cotton, Mature, 0.9k, hobbit femslash in a hayloft
Moonflowers, Earwen-centric, General, 0.1k
Naps in Alqualonde, Self-insert, Teen, 0.6k, written for Rare Kink Buffet 2026
nothing but the dark, Aredhel-centric, General, 0.1k
The Stone Eggs, Nerdanel-centric, General, 0.1k, Bad Moms of Arda
Longer fics I wrote:
Darling it's better down where it's wetter, Maglor-centric (well, Crablor-centric), Teen, 1.1k, Little Mermaid fusion fic for Crablor Day.
Freaky Friday, Aredhel/Fingolfin, Explicit, 3.5k, warnings for Rape/Non-Con and Underage.
Major Triad, Daeron/Maglor/Reader, Mature, 1.1k, a voyeur reader fic for Daemags week and polu.
The Queer Forest, Glorfindel/Treebeard, Explicit, 9.0k, WIP with 4/6 chapters posted, modern AU with Human Treebeard (or is he?), Huorns, dendrophilia & plantacles
Slain at Swanhaven, Galadriel-centric, Mature, 1.8k, Major Character Death, Canon-Divergence AU, Make It Worse
Firsts, milestones, and miscellany:
5 new ship tag inaugurations: Amrod/Glorfindel, Aredhel/Fingolfin, Glorfindel/Treebeard, Daeron/Maglor/Reader, Marigol/Rose Cotton
1 new character inaugurations: Marigol
1 fandom inauguration: The Hunt for Gollum (2027)
I reached 50 fics on AO3!
I discovered the Rare Kink Buffet which is just an absolute treasure trove of imagination and creativity. And may have claimed uhh 300 or so prompts 🤣
Events: the April 2026 Leaf & Lore was a wonderfully motivating community event as usual! I also joined TRSB26 as a writer for the first time, I wrote for Crablor Day & Daemags Day, and I participated in SWG Instadrabbling, the May LTC microfic challenge, and the May Leaf & Lore writing challenge.
This is my fourth "Season in Review" post, meaning that I'm rounding the corner on one full year as an actively sharing Tolkien fic writer! You probably won't hear me shutting up any time soon. Thanks everybody for making it fun 🫶❤️
“Since you are my son and the days are grim I will not speak softly to you…”
latest completed commission, featuring Morwen shortly after her arrival in Doriath. a quick shoutout to @outofangband, for their posts on Morwen have had me rotating her in my brain forever and overall very much helped create an image of her that I really drew on for this, especially this post which I really loved, about her general dismissiveness of the elves, most specifically and delightedly, taking a ‘lol lmao’ attitude to Fingon and Turgon themselves.
But if of ships I now should sing, what ship would come to me,
What ship would bear me ever back across so wide a Sea?
The Lord of the Rings, Galadriel’s Song
It happened so fast.
After Alqualondë, Artanis looks only onward. There can be no return, not after what they’ve done. And what would await them? Only darkness, only sorrow.
Not even the curse and prophecy spoken by the dark figure standing high upon a rock could compel her to reverse course. Nor the abandonment by the faithless Fëanáro and his sons, the stolen ships that vanished into the unmeasured night.
She will not turn back, defeated, begging at the feet of the Valar for pardon.
Angst and Tragedy, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Flight of the Noldor (Tolkien), First Kinslaying | Kinslaying at Alqualondë (Tolkien), Helcaraxë (Tolkien), Canon-Typical Violence, Grief/Mourning, Guilt, Non-Linear Narrative, Make It Worse, mining the footnotes of the History of Middle-earth for the richest veins of angsty gold