The Road Goes Ever On and On...

I'm Stephanie, lover of languages, Finland, Scandinavia, Russia, and Estonia, the Silmarillion, history, Tolkien, mythology, cats, nature, Irish music, Lord of the Rings, and many other things, Devils fan, Finland fan. You'll find mostly Silmarillion and Lord of the Rings here, with the odd random post in between :)

[tosquinha]

moar elf-dwarf buddies 

[tosquinha]

[azaikit]

here’s some ecthelion/glorfindel for @pushkinskaya for the @tolkiensecretsanta2017 !! i hope you like it!

[pushkinskaya]

These two are amazing!!!! Those faces! The subtlety! The colors! <3 What a wonderful scene :)

I am SO very late seeing this, but thank you so much!!! Happy New Year :)

[egobarri]

Merry Christmas @vampiraptor! I am your @tolkiensecretsanta2017 this year ✨ 

[pushkinskaya]

Hello! I’m your secret santa, and I was wondering what sort of fic you’d like to receive? (if you’d rather do fanart, I could do that too!!)

Helloooo, new secret friend!! :)

Honestly, I would love anything! I am a big fan of happy/fluffy/friendship/comfort fics, but if other styles are more your type, I’m open to that too! Maybe Fingon and Turgon being bros? Or anything with Glorfindel and Ecthelion? Maglor and Maedhros? Fingon and Maedhros? I have waaaay too many favorites. I will love anything!! :)

Happy to meet you!!! Have a great day!

[officialtolkiensecretsanta]

The north wind doth blow, and we shall have… Tolkien Secret Santa 2017!

Welcome to the Tolkien Secret Santa! This is a little gift exchange held during the Most Wonderful Time of the Year™. Everyone who participates gets to make and receive a small digital present from their Secret Santa, which could take any number of forms: a fic, a playlist, an artwork, a poem, a graphic - you name it!

Sold? This is how it’s gonna work:

Reblog this post! 

Fill out this sign-up form so I can make your pairs! EDIT: The form does not allow multiple selections for fandoms due to my own error. If you want to create/receive for multiple fandoms, please select “Other” and write which fandoms they would be. Really sorry for the inconvenience! The site won’t let me change it unless I pay and I am but a poor student

Follow this blog (you’ll get updates, maybe some inspiration/ideas for gifts, if someone asks something relevant you can see that too etc.)

Wait until partners are sent out on December 1st.

Post your small gift any time between December 16th and December 23rd without tagging/revealing your Secret Santa OR you can wait until the 24th and post it then if you don’t want to go back and reblog/tag.

Tag your Secret Santa on December 24th and I’ll reblog your work to this blog!

A few more things…

Please please try and join before December 1st! There’ll be a chance to pinch-hit a gift if you’re late and a partner can’t be found, but it’s less stress for all of us if you sign up by December 1st!

Feel free to drop anonymous messages to your giftee before the reveal! Little compliments, maybe an unambiguous question, something to hype them up before the 24th…

If you want to contact your Secret Santa through this blog, that’s fine too! Just send an ask on anon and I’ll tag them.

I’ll track #tolkiensecretsanta2017 so be sure to tag your gift so that I can reblog it

Do ask any questions on this blog! An FAQ is in the works and should be up shortly. 

Here’s to an amazing and joyous exchange to ring in the season!

[glorfy-the-bright-haired-ellon]

If you draw Glorfindel and Ecthelion being cute together it would be probably one of the greatest things ever. Please do it

- Hey, my voice is definitely not that high, Ecthelion..

- Of course it is! are you the one with perfect pitch or am I?

I think this may have turned out more goofy than cute but I really hope you like it, anon!! 

[requiem-on-water]

by Richard Brooks

[deanwinchestier-archive-deactiv]

no man will ever be as attractive as aragorn during his first appearance on lord of the rings: the fellowship of the ring (2001)

[garrulus]

i nominate aragorn opening those giant doors in lord of the rings: the two towers (2002)

[mintkitten07]

Can I also nominate Aragorn raising his sword and running towards orcs with masses of ghosts behind him in Lord of the Rings: The return of the king (2003)?

[katsdisturbed]

I wanted visuals.

[nellyben]

I like how everybody is paired off haha

[larssonadam]

#this looks more like an awkward sixth grade slow dance than it does hockey

[itsacpsideblog]

I FINALLY FOUND OUT WHY THIS HAPPENS. You see this all the time when there’s a fight or a scrum and suddenly everyone pairs up with a member of the opposite team and they just sort of …hold each other.

Someone on reddit asked about it. And it turns out there’s a logical-ish reason:

all of the other players pair off with their man to prevent anyone else entering into the fight … so it’s a form of self policing. 

[…] The players basically want to prevent 2 on 1, etc. fights and by finding a “hugging” partner so there’s no ganging up on one guy, even on accident. They do it because it’s fair. And it’s kind of cute sometimes.

so now we know! it’s fair…and cute.

[animentality]

Aw best part is no ones left out at this dance

[castiel--for--king]

[legotheeggo]

[arrghigiveup]

#hockey hugs #more or less #:)))))))) #where’s that one of Karlsson and Mike Green #that one’s priceless

=DDD

[ferretfyre]

The Beacons of Minas Tirith! The Beacons are lit!

[behindbookshelf8-deactivated202]

October the 24th

[calaquendii-archived]

Siblings: Fëanáro, Findis, and Ñolofinwë

Before the unchaining of Melkor, there was peace in Valinor, and in the House of the Noldóran‏.

aka

the Finwion siblings do actually get along occasionally.

[riverselkie-deactivated20190510]

i want to run away…but like in ghibli movie. like i take a block of cheese a loaf of bread and some apples and wander through the flower-specked mountains wrapped up in a shawl and i happen to wander into a moving castle and fall in love with a cute wizard

[samalsoblogs]

me (deep in the woods, dragging dufflebag of Kraft Singles™  and hopelessly lost): where’s totoro

[becausebirds]

these crows have fun by swinging from a willow branch   source

[boggycomics]

CROWS TAKIN TURNS CAUSE TYERYRE SO POLITE

[emmawren]

@thegothicalice

[fat-birds]

crows are so great :’))

[wandereurope]

The Poulnabrone Dolmen. The Portal Tomb from ancient celts

[queenerestor]

but also quite amusing

[absynthe--minded]

The Silmarillion (or ‘If You Try Hard And Believe In Yourself, Your Family Drama Can Destroy A Continent’)

Prologue: Choir Auditions Today (Improvisational Jazz Not Welcome)

Introduction: Dear World, Meet Your New Bosses

1. Melkor Says Light Is For Squares

2.  Aulë Gets To Sleep On The Couch

3. The Elves Take A Road Trip

4. Getting Distracted By A Hot Girl Only Leads To Good Things

5. Paradise Is A Sort-Of Island In The Middle Of Nowhere

6. This Pardon Is Absolutely The Right Decision

7. The Best Way To Deal With Stress Is Infighting

8. Melkor Says Light Is For Squares (Again)

9. Fëanor Makes A Rash Decision

10. Teamwork And Magic Can Fix Anything 

11. The Valar Say Light Is Awesome

12. Men Shall (Eventually) Inherit The Earth

13. Cliffhangers Suck

14. Everybody Gets A Kingdom

15. Banning A Language Will Totally Solve Your Problems

16. Orphan Does His Best To Fit In After Horrible Childhood

17.  Men Show Up Fifteen Minutes Late With Starbucks

18. There Is Absolutely No Way It Can Get Worse

19. The Happiest People In This Book Have Fun Adventures

20. It Got Worse

21. You Won’t Believe How Awful This Guy’s Life Is

22. Aggressive Negotiations Make Everyone Hate You

23. When Ulmo Says Leave, You Leave

24. The Valar Get Dangerous

Interlude: Colonialism Is Caused By Devil Worship

Epilogue: By Now You Should Have Learned Not To Trust Jewelry

[pushkinskaya]

This is...so true.