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[arofili]

[Image description: A colored pencil drawing of Eärwen and Anairë from the Silmarillion. Eärwen has her head bowed and her eyes closed with a slight smile on her lips; Anairë is cupping Eärwen's head in her hands and kissing her on the forehead, also smiling with closed eyes.]

Oselli (Sworn Sisters)

My second art piece for the @tolkienrsb 2020, this time featuring Anairë and  Eärwen! The fic for this drawing is being written by the wonderful @inigo1220 <3

Anairë’s name means “holiest,” and my headcanon for her is that she is a priestess of Nessa. She named her eldest son “Astaldo” after Nessa’s husband, Tulkas Astaldo, and she stayed behind in Aman partially for her love of the Valar - but also for her love of Eärwen. The prompt that inspired this piece was queerplatonic Anairë + Eärwen, but I’m leaving this open for interpretation, both to you and to my writer. We’ll see how the fic turns out!

Anairë here is wearing a deer-antler headband and a violet/pansy in her hair; both are symbols of Nessa. I headcanon that she is a dancer, like her Vala, and from the sneak peaks I’ve had of the fic her cloak is incorporated in her dance routine! The cloak has symbols of ocean waves, Taniquetil, the Two Trees, and Varda’s stars.

More detailed image description under the cut!

[Detailed image description: A colored pencil drawing of Eärwen and Anairë from the Silmarillion. Eärwen has her head bowed and her eyes closed with a slight smile on her lips; Anairë is cupping Eärwen's head in her hands and kissing her on the forehead, also smiling with closed eyes. Eärwen is an elf woman with warm brown skin and long silver hair pulled back in a bun; she is wearing a loose purple shirt, pink earrings, blue eyeshadow, a gold necklace, and a teal-blue hair piece in the shape of waves. Anairë is an elf woman with pale skin and long black hair partially pulled up in a bun; she is wearing a dark blue shirt, red nail polish, a gold wedding ring, lavender eyeshadow, a deer antler headband, blue earrings, and a violet flower in her hair. She is also wearing a dark cloak with a repeating pattern of blue waves, a white mountain symbolizing Taniquetil, a gold circle symbolizing Laurelin, a silver circle symbolizing Telperion, and a field of yellow stars. End image description.]

[arofili]

Cherish

a fic for the @tolkienrsb 2020, written by @inigo1220 and featuring art by me @arofili || @annataryx !

A daughter of simple glassblowers, Anairë never expected to attend events as ostentatious as Curufinwë’s wedding -- much less meet and become friends with the daughter of Lord Olwë. Years later, after their families abandon them, Anairë and Eärwen find that despite all that has happened to separate them, there is no place they would rather be than together.

Rating: G | No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: queerplatonic Anairë + Eärwen Characters: Anairë, Eärwen Word count: 10k

Full art piece rebloggable HERE! (Rating: G)

READ IT ON AO3! (available beginning 9/6/20!)

[franciswhetsel]

First I LOVE your artwork, and especially that you portray Fingon as a POC! It's been the visualization I use when I'm writing him :) I was wondering if there's a reason you decided to portray him as such?

Thank you so much! Honestly, I think it comes from seeing so many other people portray him as POC and now in my mind it just feels right to do so.