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[mishacolins]

ononen replied to your post:i wonder who will sing the end song in botfa

Leonard Nimoy I think.

THAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE GREATEST THING EVER

[jrrtolkiennerd]

What is your favorite story from the Silmarillion?

It might be The Voyage of Earendil and the War of Wrath; at that point the Elves have been through so many bad things and Morgoth has all but won the war…but then the Elves and Men gain pardon and suddenly the balance shifts against The Enemy. ”Moreover he thought that he had for ever estranged the Noldor from the Lords of the West, and that content in their blissful realm the Valar would heed no more his kingdom in the world without; for to him that is pitiless the deeds of pity are ever strange and beyond reckoning.”And then the Hosts of the West and the remainder of the Noldor and the Vanyar come over the Sea and battle and win. It’s one of Tolkien’s eucatastrophes that is always a relief to read. 

[mishacolins]

ononen replied to your post:do you ever just become bilbo and wanna see...

I pretty much live right I front of mountains but I never see them because I live in a huge valley.

but i'm envious anyway ahhhhh

[houseofhaleth]

Elves Still Don't Get Sick

ononen replied to your post: Elves Don't Get Sick

This is so adorably cute I love it so much! ANOTHER! *smashes cup*

Friend, you referenced Thor and made me laugh, so:

  Elladan looked into the cup. 'Listen, Arwen, I'm really fine-'

  'But tomorrow you might not be! The sickness is in the house, I got it!' she said, earnestly. 'Drink the medicine, Elladan, before it's too late!!!'

  He sniffed it, cautiously. 'And you're not lying, it's just herbs from the kitchen?'

  'That's all, I promise,' said Arwen. 'Please, I don't want you to get sick...'

  Surely it shouldn't be possible for anyone's eyes to be that big. 'Alright, well, I know you wouldn't lie to your brother, because if your medicine accidentally made me more sick, I know you'd feel terrible-'

  'I also cut up an apple and mashed it with a pestle and mortar, and some of that's in there,' she interrupted.

  'Apple's alright,' he said. Still not sure if this was a good idea, but encouraged by the fact that apparently Glorfindel had drunk some and was still walking - Elladan took a sip.

Then another sip.

Then a swig.

'Wow, Arwen...this is actually really nice…’

  Arwen beamed. ‘Do you feel better?’

  ‘You know what…yes. I do. Massively better.’ He finished the cup. ‘I should have another dose though, to be on the safe side. Do you have a recipe for this?’

  Arwen gave him a disapproving look. ‘I have my medical notes.’

  ‘Can I see your medical notes?’

  ‘I’m not sure I should show you,’ she said, suspiciously.

  *****

  Not long later, Elrohir knocked on the door. ‘Arwen! Is the doctor in?’

  ‘I’m running out of medicine, you can’t have any unless you’re sick!’ she grumbled.

  ‘I…um…’

  ‘He has an itchy tooth,’ Elladan supplied, from the corridor.

  Elrohir kicked backwards, unfortunately meeting only air with his foot.

  Arwen stood up, and managed – somehow – to look down on the pair of them, despite being significantly shorter. ‘I’m sorry, but this last dose is for Ada. I think I heard him cough earlier from his study.’

With that, she pushed past both her brothers, who because they loved their little sister and didn’t want to hurt her feelings – both managed to keep a straight face.

[kayquimi]

hey im not sure if i'll go through with it, but regardless i'd like to have your permission to take your "story" that you wrote about the old woman and the boy and kind of expand it if i ever get the chance? i probably wouldn't publish it (if i'd ever come to finishing it) but i'd just like it for practice? because i'm god awful at coming up with my own ideas, but i think i could really branch out through ur story? idk if any of this makes sense omg i just thought it was hella cute

Sure! I've actually gotten a couple of requests for permission to make it into a video or something, so I think I'll just take this opportunity to give open permission to whoever wants to turn it into something else, with appropriate credit for inspiration, of course. And I hope whoever does do something based on it will let me know so I can check out the finished products and see all the wonderfully diverse directions people take the idea in. Because it's really more of a concept than a story, at this point, and one of my favorite things is seeing how many different ways an idea can be interpreted.

As for coming up with your own ideas, don't worry. Very few ideas spring up out of nothing. Most of mine (including this one, in fact) come from seeing or reading something else and thinking, "But what if THIS happened instead?" and exploring what happens from there. So maybe give that a try and see where it takes you!