#tathrin

[annarobots]

Ooooh, Food Writing Of Arda? Consider my...appetite whetted ;)

Okay so I have written one installment you can read already! (Prince Findekano's Favorite Vinegared Strawberries, G, 1.2k) Another one will be revealed in November with Scribbles & Drabbles (previewed here).

This is an ongoing series starring Alassennë, a Valinorean-trained chef who is hired to cater a Nolofinwean royal party during the Years of the Trees, and from there, becomes further and further enmeshed in Noldorin politics and infighting. Each work in the series will include a recipe I've tested. (His name, Alassennë, is a play on Travels with Alice, a collection of food writing by Calvin Trillin, one of my favorite nonfiction writers.)

I have a whole vision for this guy's life, Forrest Gumping through the Ages as a sort of mild-mannered bon vivant who gets himself in way, way over his head (let's just say the Helcaraxe was NOT a good time for him), and yet ends up improbably surviving disaster after disaster. He joins Turgon's people, goes to Gondolin, and is one of the refugees that makes it to Sirion, which I feel like has to be a fascinating food culture, mixing traditions, ingredients, and methods from a wide range of geographies and ethnic groups, all of whom have been forced to improvise and adapt as displaced people. Alassennë's a bit of a snob but a generally well-meaning guy.

I wrote about one idea here (he accompanies the Nolofinweans on a barbecue that deteriorates as Nolofinwe and Feanaro turn barbecuing into a weird dick-measuring contest). I don't have any other specific stories currently on deck, though, because my brain has gone in a more deranged direction recently, and well. Alassennë just isn't that kind of fellow. But I'm sure I'll return to him at some point!

Thank you for the ask! :)

[literallyelrond]

I’m at this sort of impasse in my headcanons for Legolas’ family where I like the idea that his mother was a silvan elf (who died during the Last Alliance) and he has two older sibling (usually specifically a brother and a sister) but I also have been really getting into Finrod as Legolas’ other parent. But I feel like that works best with only child lego. Guh. The world is full of possibilities…

[sindar-princeling]

🙃 What’s a weird fact that you know?

In 1904, during the Olympics in St. Louis, only under a half of the contestants finished the marathon due to 1) the fact that the organiser decided to use this opportunity to test the limits of the human body and only give the runners two stops for water to see it they could take it 2) the organisation was so bad some contestants were attacked by wild dogs and chased off course while running. It was BAD and many people nearly died from exhaustion, heat and dehydration.

Also the guy who won was later disqualified because he had spent a solid chunk of the race hitchhiking instead of running??

(For more fun facts, check out Aaron Mahnke's podcasts like Lore, That's Just Weird, and Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities, they're full of things that will make you go into strange rabbit holes on the Internet and I love listening to them)

[estel-of-the-eyrie]

Last Line Tag Game!

Rules: Post the last line you wrote, then tag as many people as there are words.

I was tagged by @tathrin <3 <3 And you know what? This line is partially inspired by something they posted last night about the guys who are stationed at the Beacons - it just wouldn't leave my brain at 2am last night so rambled some!

“And no lights after dusk. Last midsummer, we had a new boy from Belfalas who is a keen reader by candlelight and nearly set off the entire chain from here to Edoras."

[thelordofgifs]

2. a character whose POV you’re currently exploring

19. the most interesting topic you’ve researched for a fic

(fic writer asks)

2. I have a lot of WIPs, with a decent number of POV characters between them! But probably the most interesting of those is Curufin’s POV in my AU where he survives the Second Kinslaying. I’d written Curufin before, in the fairest stars, and he’s always such a deliciously terrible mix of anger and bitterness and grief.

19. I went a little overboard researching Ilimbë. As well as a fun late-night delve into the history of copper mining (weird but true: Wikipedia saves its most fascinating articles for 1am), I decided it was absolutely essential I read some feminist scholarship on the Pygmalion myth, found this article, realised I couldn’t access it since I was not a student at the time, and TEXTED THE SMALL SIBLING to say “hey please send me this pdf using your university jstor subscription”. I do not really know why I’m like this. Interesting article, though.

[thatonetimetraveller]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love ❤️

Thank you for the ask💜

5. The Dreams of Men - The Sandman

This fic is the classic Hob rescues Dream.

Even tho it's not finished I really liked writing it

4. It takes a Lot... - Lotr

Bard and Thranduil's meeting over the course of a year, with a sentient Mirkwood thrown into the mix.

I loved writing sentient Mirkwood and it's relationship with Thranduil

I swear the second chapter is done I'm just too busy with trsb to type it up rip

3. The Importance of Wing-Care - Star Wars

Tired Obi-Wan, wingfic and h/c what else can I say lol

I absolutely love wingfics and I had to write one when I saw this prompt for Codywan Week

2. To Love You Without a Name - Lotr

A sapphic Cinderella au featuring Barduil

There's not enough sapphic content in the Lotr fandom so I had to

1. Sol'ca'nara bal Vencuyot Mand'alor - Star Wars

An epic timetravel fic as Din travels back into the Clone Wars and his younger self. He's force sensitive and has really strong visions so he becomes Obi-Wan's padawan. He also gets adopted by the 212th and he adopts a squad in return. And the timeline may not seem as linear as first thought.

To this day this is my longest fic and I'm so proud of it. It features my favourite tropes and it has a convoluted plot lol. I love the interactions between Din and the 212th especially Cody and his squad

And I am planning to return to it as soon as I get back into Star Wars

[galadrielspeaks]

fic word ask: cavort

omg fun fact i just added this word in like, last night. i felt like pranced was too silly to describe the riders but wanted to give off the fact they’re indulging in revelry at the moment :D

Send me a word and I will post a sentence from one of my WIPs that has it

[words-writ-in-starlight]

Hey yeah so I just want to send you an apology in advance, because I fell back into my Animorphs Pit tonight and followed that deep down the well of your tags so yes there are a lot of "likes" from me in your notifications but uh. I post pretty much everything I do on a queue so... there are some more notifications coming in the future, is what I'm saying, so just uh. Sorry about the absolute FLOOD that is pending there also thanks for all the heartbreak 10/10 recommend.

GOOD

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