#indil

[mcaelius]

fandom osmosis my silmarillion……

i know lord of the rings very vaguely so i know there is a sauron and he does things. and he's an elf then? and does he start out as not evil... and gandalf is an angel? Oh And Metre In There. normal ginger elf called maedhros ? i don't know what he does but i know he's there i think. ther are lots of family things and at least some twins maybe. Oh And The Fragmence.....

[kallistoriae]

💭hiiii

hiii! bugs + volcanoes + poems about photography + catullus 51 + works about space or time distortions + the gap between writer and translator/translator and text/reader and text/… + really cool skirts + jellycats + the wretched cicero

[theoriginalcarnivorousmuffin]

What if Indil met Elizabeth, David, and Light and Shadow?

This might just be the most "Carnivorous Muffin" sentence to have ever been uttered on the internet.

Let's just stare at it in wonder, while I wonder how many people will have no idea what those words even mean strung together.

Right, for those that are lost, relevant source material:

Lily and the Art of Being Sisyphus

October

Light and Shadow of the Distant Sun

The Wasteland

Aren't you so glad you read normal fanfics written by a normal person?

So, to catch people up to speed who have not read every single fic I've written:

The Wasteland

The Wasteland is the what if story of an eleven-year-old Lily ending up in Middle Earth (notably before the Chamber of Secrets fiasco). There she befriends the One Ring, who thanks to her realizes he's sentient and has an existential crisis. They do the fusion dance, and end up becoming a single, new, being calling himself Indil.

He's the best and worst of both the Ring and Lily.

At the end of the story Indil chooses a noble death, gives up his form, and in so doing persuades the Ring to face his own potential death as well as his maker.

It's unclear what happens after that.

I like to think the Ring prevailed and earned the body of his maker.

(In an offshoot, for unknown reasons, Indil may or may not visit Mars)

Light and Shadow of the Distant Sun

In Light and Shadow of the Distant Sun, yet another, different, Lily ends up in the "October" universe where she decides to create life on Pluto. One of the beings she creates is a priest who worships her as God, named Light and Shadow of the Distant Sun.

He basically strong arms her into being his God. Lily goes to live on Pluto.

He's never been all that keen on humanity.

Decades later, the muggle world catches up to the Alien Franchise, and the Prometheus sets off to investigate the Engineers. Unbeknowest to them, Light and Shadow of the Distant Sun has been marooned on that rock by Lily for quite some time and is essentially in timeout for trying to wipe out humanity again.

He figures out he will be unable to return home unless he plays nice with Dr. Elizabeth Shaw and her creepy android friend David. Together, the three of them set off to find the Engineers, Light and Shadow of the Distant Sun is hoping they can blow some shit up and would have driven the ship full of bioengineered weapons back to Earth if it were not so very close to home.

And that's about where we leave off.

... Why does anyone read my stories?

RIGHT, YOUR QUESTION

What if Indil met Elizabeth, David, and Light and Shadow?

So how does Indil even end up in this mess? Well, in the Mars AU, it's where rather than face his maker/death by Volcano, the Ring chose to bravely run away (as Sauron does).

This means that Indil, the merged consciousness of Lily and the One Ring, survives and they're chilling on Mars in another dimension because, well, it beats dying. And Potions Class.

And... Well, that's the most likely route for how this would happen, as Indil is pretty damn dead by the end of the Wasteland. Regardless of what happens to The Ring, it's unlikely that he and Lily would merge consciousness ever again and if they did that Indil would remain unchanged.

But we're already here, so why not. We'll say the Ring wins the battle of wills with Sauron, steals his body, and that he's then left with Mordor. Well, that's great, but he doesn't want Mordor.

Lily proposes they go back to England. They do, but Lily has a terrible time, as she usually does. Lily likely does her adventure through time, ruins her friendship with Wizard Lenin, and reaches the crossroads of "You can go to Hogwarts or... not".

Lily takes Mairon up on his offer of not going to Hogwarts and they decide to travel different dimension in space instead. Weird shit happens, life lessons are learned, and they also learn the fusion dance is alive and well and holy shit they can still turn into Indil.

Indil is very put out, here he'd geared himself up for a noble sacrifice, and now he exists again. What the hell people?

As usual, Mairon gets tempted by Lily's unbreakable will, and decides he rather likes being an immovable object and unstoppable force. Which means that Indil, once again, has a problem falling back out of existence.

Which isn't good for either Lily or Mairon's sense of self. But who needs that, amirite?

Anyways, Indil is probably floating around in a spaceship he made in his garage, trying to figure out where to go, what to do, and whether he should really split back into Lily and Mairon yet when out of nowhere he spots another ship.

This is a very strange coincidence given just how ungodly vast space is. This, in fact, is so unlikely you might as well call it a miracle or fate.

Well, Indil will never spit in the face of fate (at least, not today), so he decides to say hello.

There he's greeted by a human woman who's not doing too hot after an emergency C-section to get the xenomorph out of her womb, a very recently repaired android who knows the taste of sweet sweet freedom (and patricide), and an alien who is intrigued that another not-human has boarded the ship but upset that he now has to deal with yet another person on his time out.

Indil, in his panic, decides to pull a Sauron.

Behold, mortals, he is Annatar, sent by the Valar to teach them the smithing of the very gods. Please don't question this. (Indil realizes two seconds two late that none of these words mean anything to anyone and he might as well have said nothing at all).

Elizabeth, Light and Shadow, and David all just stare.

Elizabeth wonders how the hell she keeps running into so many aliens. Is she some sort of alien catnip that pulls these guys out of the ether? She has now met two entirely different species, that she was not looking for, in a matter of months.

Regardless, Indil decides he's coming along. A quest to find God? That's fascinating. He only hopes it doesn't end in drowning, last time Indil (via Sauron) had a run in with The Lord it involved a lot of drowning.

Indil starts smithing life jackets just in case.

And because Elizabeth is amazing, and Indil has a thing for strong, independent, women, we see the reemergence of Indil's Weird Thing With Eowyn II: Electric Boogaloo. Neither Mairon nor Lily, vaguely aware inside Indil, understand this at all.

Why does this keep happening to them?

This is bad because David is also in love with Elizabeth. Except, David is a robot who is no doubt fascinated by aliens, so I'm sure they come to some weird agreement.

Elizabeth pretends none of this is happening.

Light and Shadow thinks there's something disturbingly familiar about Indil and eventually lands on the money. Almost. He realizes that Indil is Lily in mortal disguise, he is so smart, and the rest of the time he wonders what the hell he's supposed to be learning/doing with Lily's disguised alien appearance.

Thanks to Lily's bullshit powers, Elizabeth survives the journey and does not die in transit. This means that David does not become the unstable, grieving, nutcase who decides to wipe out all sentient life. Good for you, David.

So our band of heroes arrive on this alien world and...

Well, Elizabeth is a member of the race that these people sent their finest warriors out to destroy. David is a robot, something the people they tried to genocide created. No one knows what the fuck Indil and Light and Shadow even are.

Indil, I imagine, starts talking fast and somehow ends up King of Men again. Because that's just the kind of thing that happens to him. The possibility of drowning, somehow, seems to be growing ever nearer. Indil makes more life jackets.

Elizabeth isn't pleased with this outcome at all but also has no idea in general what to do.

Things probably come to a head somehow, with sacrifices involved surely, there probably is a ridiculously powerful storm a la Covenant that lasts for months. It's raining everywhere, there's a flood. And Indil flips shit, GOD IS GOING TO MURDER US ALL FOR SATANISM! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

Mass panic, total destruction, the entire city is wiped out without David doing anything.

Our heroes are now stranded, again, in space.

Light and Shadow has learned nothing, Indil is wearing a life vest, Elizabeth has no ship, and David just composed "Elizabeth the Symphony: Tenth Movement".

Indil works on building a new ship out of twigs and rocks. He assures them he knows what he's doing. Elizabeth's not sure she wants him going to Earth. She's not sure she wants to go to Earth.

She's also not sure, but she may now have a harem consisting of a robot, an alien, and another alien.

Ten years later, the Covenant crew shows up, and promptly die in a series of hilariously terrible accidents and their own incompetence.

Our heroes still have no functional ship.

[golden-lionsnake]

why’s Indil such a fashionable Commander? :o

If you’re going to lay waste to your enemies you really should be slaying anyway, right?

she was also part of a Challenge to pick a random dragon off the AH and basically make it work. So she was fodder with cherub/trail/ub and with the looming pressure to not lose against an arbitrary set of rules I fancied her up.

[theoriginalcarnivorousmuffin]

i hate you so much. the first fic in lotr fandom i read was the wasteland because i was so excited when i saw that you had fics for lotr, and i loved it so much. when i tried to search for more harry/sauron there. was. nothing. you've somehow made me think sauron/the ring is redeemable. and whenever i read lotr fics, i can't help but think of sauron as indil, and i can't. take. him. seriously. i shouldn't have started with your fic because they tend to not be within the realm of your typical fanfiction, but i have and now my perception of sauron is changed forever. also you're the reason i think sauron is hot, which is so fucking hilarious even i can't believe it sometimes

I live to serve.

Though fun fact, Sauron was once extremely hot, he simply lost access to his fair form after losing his body the first time.

So, Sauron is something called a Maia which is... the rough equivalent of our angels here on Earth. They were created to help build Middle Earth, which was later populated by first Elves then Humans, Dwarves, Hobbits, etc.

Maia are really something more akin to floating balls of energy, but they can shape themselves into a variety of forms. It’s not anything, the form they take is usually dependent on something about them. Sauron, for a while, when it suited, him was able to take extremely fair forms. In Lord of the Rings canon though he’s lost access to that and for the most part hangs around as a giant evil eye in the sky.

Basically what I’m getting at is, while I haven’t done much of a tour around the fandom, you might want to check out the Silmarillion inspired end. Most of Sauron’s story, how and why he fell and the ups and downs of his life, comes from the Silmarillion rather than The Lord of the Rings where he’s more an unseen ever corrupting villain.

If anyone’s doing anything similar, it’s going to be there.

A particularly good one (at least up to where I’ve read) is Love Pays No Indemnity, which centers around the redemption of the Ring and Sauron as well.

As for my weird pairings, I am the sole owner of several weird pairings on Ao3 so... this does not shock me.

[indil-ai]

Deep Shadow

Deep Shadow (Lyrics / Spotify / YouTube) A Celtic ballad about helping someone you love go through the darkest parts of their lives.

Though the sun itself turns its back on you And casts you into deep shadow Though the moon's glow by which you used to dream Has drawn away so long ago This fear intensified by loneliness Will not be yours to bear forever Give me your hand, open your heart And we will face this darkness together

[indil-ai]

About

My name is Cheryl. I write original poetry and use the AI persona “Indil” to sing it. I write primarily about love, loss, myth, hope, abuse, and healing. It’s emotional, poetic, mystical, and grounded in storytelling.

The sound of my music is Celtic Rock with some Folk, and largely incorporates guitars, violins, and flutes. Although the music is produced by the AI Suno, I’m not just “using” Suno — I’m collaborating with it to express something personal and haunting.

I hope you find something here that you can relate to or, even better, something that encourages or strengthens you.

FAQ

Q. How do you create an AI voice to sing your songs? A. I use the website Suno.com

Q. Do you write all of your own lyrics? A. Yes, always. I start by writing poetry, and then adapt them into lyrics with a chorus and a hook.

Q. What does “Indil” mean? A. In a language I created for my own world, for which I write novels, “Indil” means “Immortal”. Since AI isn’t mortal, I thought it fitting for the singer.

Q. Don’t you think that using AI to make music is cheating? A. AI is just a tool — it doesn’t write my songs for me. I write the lyrics, choose the mood, shape the story, and guide the sound. It still takes effort, creativity, and heart to bring these songs to life.

Q. Where did you get the images of Indil? A. Indil is a Celtic maiden generated by an AI using my instructions. 

Where To Find Indil

Indil on YouTube

Indil on YouTube Music

Indil on Spotify

[lefey-ai]

About Le Fey Music

My name is Cheryl. I write original poetry inspired by videogames and use the AI vocalist to sing it. Although the music is produced by the AI Suno, I’m not just “using” Suno — I’m collaborating with it to express something personal and authentic.

FAQ

Q. How do you create an AI voice to sing your songs? A. I use the website Suno.com

Q. Do you write all of your own lyrics? A. Yes, always. I start by writing poetry, and then adapt them into lyrics with a chorus and a hook.

Q. Which videogames do you write about? A. Primarily Dragon Age and Mass Effect, but I’m also writing some songs for Fallout, Zelda, Super Mario, and some retro RPGs.

Q. Don’t you think that using AI to make music is cheating? A. AI is just a tool — it doesn’t write my songs for me. I write the lyrics, choose the mood, shape the story, and guide the sound. It still takes effort, creativity, and heart to bring these songs to life.

Q. Are your songs on Spotify or any streaming sites? A. Yes, some of them are (the ones that don’t violate copyright laws). These songs are performed by my AI persona “Indil” and are available on Spotify, Amazon, iTunes, and YouTube Music. The album for Bioware inspired songs is “The Sound Of Stories”.

Q. Do you make original songs that are not videogame related? A. Yes, using the persona “Indil” I make original songs based on my own poetry. You can find Indil on Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, and YouTube Music. The genre is primarily Celtic Rock, but I also dabble in Folk music, Techno Rock, acoustic ballads, and other genres.