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My first Celebrimbor attempt! Dedicated to the sweetest @saubrimbor ✨🌹

By: madilusttra

#Celebrimbor #celebrimbor fanart #trop #rop #the rings of power #rings of power #charles edwards #rop fandom #rop fanart

Galadriel - Sketch /Drawing

I did a drawing in my new sketchbook of the beautiful Elven lady Galadriel, the younger version from the ROP series.

I have always been so inspired by all the sketches and drawings during the end credits of “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.” It’s probably one of my all-time favorite moments of the movie, with the music in the background. I wanted to do something like that for myself—not to compare myself to the legendary artists Alan Lee and John Howe, but they have inspired me.

So when I have free time, I like to fill this sketchbook with my favorite characters from the trilogy and ROP.

As for the paper, it turned out to be really good. I was able to sketch, shade, and use my usual techniques without any problems. I even used my gel white pen for the headpiece leaf garland. It’s just not suitable for wet /paint mediums.

#drawing #artist #sketchbook #fanart #galadriel #the rings of power #lotr #rop fanart #rop fandom #morfydd clark #elven #lady of light #artanis #tolkien #fantasy art #Katerinaart

Potentially unpopular opinion for the ROP fandom:

I really wish people/interviewers would stop pushing the Hot Sauron and Haladriel stuff directly into Charlie's face.

I woke up this morning to drama in the fandom about Charlie (yet again) very politely deflecting Haladriel questions, as if this is some sort of insult to the fandom and shippers. And I know it's not going to stop, but I wish it would.

To make it very explicitly clear, make all the stupid sexy Sauron and Hot Sauron memes and jokes you want within the fandom. Ship Haladriel to your heart's content and create glorious fanfiction and fanart of them making out as they ride into the sunset (or as they simultaneously attempt to kill each other, if that's your vibe). All great. All fantastic. Everyone knows I'm a huge fan of sexy Sauron both inside and outside the ROP fandom, and I am a thorough Haladriel enjoyer at this point.

But I really, really, really wish people would stop pushing it on Charlie himself.

It just makes me so sad and uncomfortable for him. I saw the interview yesterday that I'm pretty sure was what caused everyone to be up in arms where he was being shown Sauron memes and fan posts and a lot of them were very Haladriel/shippy. He is obviously SO uncomfortable with those and the "Hot Sauron" comments. You can see it in the difference between how he answers questions about Sauron's motives or psyche or his research into Tolkien and how his eyes light up and he gets so animated and he just starts gushing vs when he's asked for the millionth time if Sauron has feelings for Galadriel and he gets quiet and reserved and gives a short, diplomatic answer.

And he's been so gracious and polite to the shippers and about all the shipping questions that he keeps getting asked. Each time, he gives basically the same answer: that he doesn't personally see it as romantic but that he's happy people care enough about the characters and story to be passionate about what they see in it. He's not going to suddenly flip a switch and start passionately shipping Haladriel.

I personally like to view it as Sauron (particularly as Halbrand) having some genuine feelings for Galadriel: genuine sense of connection, genuine sense of shared purpose, genuine attraction on both a spiritual and physical level, and yes, even some genuine admiration and love, mixed in with the complex mess of other things Sauron feels, which is why he's a great, complicated villain. The fact that this doesn't 100% line up with everything Charlie has said that he feels about the character is fine with me. I respect Charlie's opinions and the clear thought he's put into portraying that character. But I can also have my own thoughts and perceptions of the character and story apart from that, without needing him to validate them.

I know this isn't the first time an attractive man playing a charming, sexy villain has been inundated by thirsty fans (I remember Loki's Army very clearly) and that some level of it is to be expected. But he's clearly put such thought into portraying Sauron and I'm so grateful to him for that, so I'm sad to see him having uncomfortable questions shoved at him that reduce everything he's done to "what do you think of being Hot Sauron?" and "Do you think Sauron and Galadriel should kiss?" And I'm even sadder to see fans reacting negatively to him simply because he won't validate a particular ship or perspective.

From everything I've heard of fans who have gotten the opportunity to meet him, he's an absolute sweetheart and very kind and appreciative towards his fans. I hope dearly that I can meet him some day and tell him how important it was to me to see Sauron portrayed on screen as such a wonderfully complicated character. But I truly hope that the constant barrage of nagging for him to openly endorse Haladriel and the backlash whenever he gives one of his reserved, diplomatic answers about shipping doesn't sour him to his fanbase. He's given us a gift that I wouldn't have even dared dream of only a few years ago; why can't we focus on that instead of whether or not he's enthusiastically pro-Haladriel or not?

#rop #trop #rings of power #rop fandom #rings of power fandom #sauron #halbrand #rop sauron #charlie vickers #haladriel #saurondriel

Me gleefully counting the new fans joining the fandom after watching RoP despite every dudebro waging an already lost war against the series:

#the lord of the rings the rings of power #the rings of power #the lord of the rings #tolkien #lotr trop #trop #trop memes #rop fandom #best fandom ever #to the dudebros: take that suckaaaaaaaa😎#to the new fans: welcome to the club 😎

Love Letter to the Fandom

I would like to gush a bit about the Rings of Power fandom, because it's been one of the best things that happened to me in the past two years. :-) ROP is the biggest hyperfixation of my life, and thanks to being in the fandom I met so many nice, smart, funny and incredibly creative people (some of them in person).

We truly are blessed when it comes to creativity: there are so many amazing artists, skillful gif makers, talented fanfiction writers. It's also been a pleasure to read all the great meta and exchange theories, ideas, or simple details from the show that I would never noticed if other wouldn't have pointed it out. Our community has also triggered my own creativity; and most of my stills / videos / fanfics would never exist if it wasn't for discussions with other fans. Let alone ending up where I co-organised two events with the lovely @queenmeriadoc. It has also re-awakened my interest in Tolkien. I have been a fan for 30 years, but had a long hiatus. It's great to be back. :-) THANK YOU so much for making my life brighter!

And cheers for the good times to come!

And if you feel like sharing your positive experiences in the fandom, please do so!

#the rings of power #rop fandom #love letter to the fandom

Once again blasting "golden leaves" to begin my day to keep the darkness at bay

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#thank you Benjamin walker sir #the rings of power #trop #tolkien #lotr #rop #rop fandom #trop fandom #rings of power fandom #ben walker #benjamin walker #gil galad #ereinion gil galad

come here and warm me up

is a one shot i wrote for cuddle week.

Nori and Poppy are best friends, and when one is cold, the other does her best to warm her up. Gen rating, fluff and giggles. No story only good vibes.