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[tarninausta]

But long ago he rode away, And where he dwelleth none can say; For into darkness fell his star In Mordor where the shadows are. - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

EREINION GIL-GALAD for @tolkienofcolourweek day 6: time

[ID: A picspam, consisting of 24 images. The dominant colour is dark blue.

1: The night sky / 2: A bay, with bioluminescent algae lighting up the water / 3: A black person with silver makeup covering about a half of their face / 4: Text on dark blue ground reading “gil-galad was an elven king / of him the harpers sadly sing” / 5: A closeup on the arm of a person dressed in silky blue fabric and wearing multiple bracelets / 6: A light blue flower / 7: The dark blue sky / 8: A blue dress with small white gems functioning as a belt and as decoration / 9: Text reading “the last whose realm was fair and free / between the mountains and the sea” on blue background / 10: Crashing waves / 11: A silver crown / 12: sculpted, blue faces hung on a white wall / 13: The blade of a spear / 14: Blue and silver embroidery / 15: Blue armour / 16: Text reading “His sword was long, his lance was keen / his shining helm afar was seen” / 17: Blue feathers / 18: The lover half of a black person’s face, with smears of blue colour / 19: An intricately decorated iron window screen / 20: Blue coins / 21: Text on blue ground, rading “The countless stars of heaven’s field / were mirrored in his silver shield / 22: Mountaintops / 23: The back of a black person / 24: A silver lamp on a blue ceiling decorated with stars /End ID]

[tarninausta]

That is grievous,’ she said. ‘And yet it is good beyond all that I dared hope in the dark days, when it seemed that the House of Eorl was sunk in honour less than any shepherd’s cot.

- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of The King

KHULAN CHULUUN as EOWYN ✧ @tolkienofcolourweek day 4: pride in identity + growing up

[ID: A picspam consisting of 24 images, featuring the mongolian actress Khulan Chuluun as Eowyn.

1: Khulan Chuluun looking over her shoulder. She has dark hair in two braids, brown skin, and is wearing a fur hat and a red jacket. / 2: Golden embroidery / 3: Text reading “Eowyn I am, Eomund’s daughter” on black background / 4: Horses standing on a grassy plain / 5: grassland in the mist / 6: The richly adorned ceiling of a mongolian ger / 7: Khulan Chuluun, facing front / 8: Mountains rising behind grassland / 9: A person in a red outfit and traditional mongolian hairdo / 10: Text on black background, reading “her part seemed to her more ignoble than that of the staff he leaned on'' / 11: The wings of a bird in flight / 12: A map of Rohan / 13: White lilies / 14: A person in a red gown with an embroidered collar, with dark hair that’s partially braided / 15: Text reading “But am I not of the House of Eorl, a shieldmaiden and not a dry-nurse?” on black background / 16: The mount of the Witch-King of Angmar, as shown in the Peter Jackson movies, in flight / 17: A white horse / 18: A round, red and gold shield / 19: A statue of a mongolian warrior on horseback / 20: A person in a red jacket set with fur standing next to a horse / 21: Grassland in the mist / 22: Text reading “who knows what she spoke in the darkness, alone, in the bitter watches of the night?” / 23: Red flowers / 24: Khulan Chuluun, facing front while her hair is being braided / End ID]

[tarninausta]

It is said and sung that Lúthien wearing that necklace and that immortal jewel was the vision of greatest beauty and glory that has ever been outside the realm of Valinor - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, “Of the Ruin of Doriath”

Then Dior arose, and about his neck he clasped the Nauglamír; and now he appeared as the fairest of all the children of the world - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, “Of the Ruin of Doriath”

But Elwing with the Silmaril upon her breast had cast herself into the sea - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, “Of Earendil and the War of Wrath”

@halfelvenweek day 1: doriathrim ✧ bearers of the silmaril in the line of luthien

[ID: An edit consisting of three parts each made up of six pictures

1: A drawn map of the constellations / 2: Imaan Hammam, a north african model with black curls and brown skin, in a blue dress / 3: The sky with pink curls / 4: Text reading “Luthien" / 5: White flowers in the dark / 6: a person in a pink dress with birds and flowers embroidered on it

1: A person with brown skin, freckles and short-cropped dark hair / 2: Lightning in the dark sky / 3: Text reading “Dior” / 4: Water lilies in a pond / 5: A pond in a cave / 6: Black stones

1: Stars on a black background / 2: A woman with brown skin, freckles, and long dark hair / 3: A painted wing / 4: Text reading “Elwing” / 5: A person in a white dress falling into dark water / 6: A garden with a creek and a bridge arching over it

/ End ID]

[tarninausta]

And behold! There Luthien walked before his eyes in Rivendell, clad in a mantle of silver and blue, fair as the twilight in Elvenhome.

- J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Return of the King”, Appendix A

trans Arwen ⭐ queer tolkien headcanons (4/?)

[ID: A picspam consisting of 12 images in pink, blue, and white.

1: Stars, from space / 2: A woman with brown skin behind a pink veil with golden embroidery / 3: A window in a pink wall / 4: Text reading “Arwen” and “noble maiden” / 5: A peacock with white and golden feathers / 6: A fountain with clear blue water / 7: A woman wearing a pink outfit consisting of shirt, skirt, and a veil and scarf / 8: A golden star garland / 9: Text reading “Undomiel” and “evenstar” / 10: A doorway in a wall built from blue patterned tiles  / 11: A crumpled piece of turquoise, translucent fabric with a golden trim / 12: A meadow of pink flowers /End ID]

[tarninausta]

@finweanladiesweek day 3:

GALADRIEL

[ID: A picspam consisting of 12 images, mainly in white and gold.

1: A person with brown skin, freckles, dark eyes and short blond hair / 2: A billowing golden dress / 3: The sky, in warm colours / 4: Text reading “Artanis” and “Daughter of Arafinwe” on white background / 5: A golden ring with a white gem in it / 6: Honeycombs / 7: A forest creek in autumn / 8: The same person as before, head leaning left / 9: Text reafing “Nerwen” and “Princess of the Noldor” on white background / 10: Yellow gems / 11: Golden feathers / 12: A person in a white cape and silver plate armour riding a white horse / End ID]

[tarninausta]

In western lands beneath the Sun The flowers may rise in Spring, The trees may bud, the waters run, The merry finches sing. Or there maybe 'tis cloudless night, And swaying branches bear The Elven-stars as jewels white Amid their branching hair. Though here at journey's end I lie In darkness buried deep, Beyond all towers strong and high, Beyond all mountains steep, Above all shadows rides the Sun And Stars for ever dwell: I will not say the Day is done, Nor bid the Stars farewell.

ARIEN and ILMARE + SAM’S SONG ✧ @tolkienofcolourweek day 2: music

[ID: An edit consisting of 24 images total, split into sets of six images that are mainly golden and black in turns. The edit is meant to focus on the sun and Arien in the golden sets and on the stars and Ilmare in the black ones.

1: The sun rising above trees / 2: an east asian woman, wearing hanfu. She’s cradling a paper lantern / 3: text reading “above all shadows rides the sun” / 4: The sun rising above clouds / 5: The sky at sunrise / 6: A sun motif made from golden mosaique

7: the model Maria Borges, a black woman, with glittering silver makeup around her eyes / 8: stars in space / 9: Stars over a mountain / 10: Text reading “and stars forever dwell / 11: Someone dressed in grey glittering tulle lying on a bench / 12: Stars over the sea

13: The sun rising over a mountaintop / 14: Golden light on water / 15: Text reading “i will not say the day is done” / 16: The east asian woman from image two, hanging a lantern in a tree / 17: Details from an iron gate, showing a sun symbol in gold / 18: Sunlight seen through grasses

19: Stars over the sea / 20: Black tulle decorated with stars / 21: Shooting stars / 22: Text reading “Nor bid the stars farewell” / 23: Glittering light on a dark sea / 24: Maria Borges with the same glittering makeup as in image 7 / End ID]

[tarninausta]

Her feet were light as bird on wing,

her laughter lighter than the spring;

the slender willow, the bowing reed,

the fragance of a flowering mead,

the light upon the leaves of trees,

the voice of water more than these

her beauty was and blissfulness,

her glory and her loveliness;

- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lay of Leithian

DILRABA DILMURAT as LUTHIEN TINUVIEL ⁕ @tolkienofcolourweek day 5: life and death

[ID: A 24-image edit for Luthien. It consists of four sets of six images, with each of the four having its own colour. The first two are in shades of purple, the latter in shades of green.

1: Small purple blossoms on a forest clearing / 2: Dilraba Dilmurat, an Uyghur-Chinese actress with black hair and light skin, in a black and purple robe / 3: text reading “Luthien” / 4: A neon sign reading “Jewel Thief” / 5: A woman with dark hair and light skin, screaming in despair / 6: the night sky / 7: A forest lake / 8: A grey cloak with floral embroidery / 9: Dilraba Dilmurat in light purple hanfu / 10: Text reading “so fair a maid no more shall be” / 11: A bird wing / 12: Two hands reaching for one another / 13: A hand lightly stroking turquoise flowers / 14: A blue-green gemstone / 15: Text reading “from down to dusk, from sun to sea” / 16: Dilraba Dilmurat, wearing a blue-green veil / 17: A forest shrouded in mist / 18: Stars in a colourful sky / 19: A person in hanfu dancing in front of a window / 20: White flowers / 21: Green leaves / 22: Text reading “Tinuviel” / 23: A small pond / 24: A person in light green hanfu / End ID]

[tarninausta]

You move me, Gimli,’ said Legolas. 'I have never heard you speak like this before. Almost you make me regret that I have not seen these caves. Come! Let us make this bargain - if we both return safe out of the perils that await us, we will journey for a while together. You shall visit Fangorn with me, and then I will come with you to see Helm’s Deep.’

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers, “The Road to Isengard”

Then Legolas repaid his promise to Gimli and went with him to the Glittering Caves; and when they returned he was silent, and would say only that Gimli alone could find fit words to speak of them. ‘And never before has a Dwarf claimed a victory over an Elf in a contest of words,’ said he. ‘Now therefore let us go to Fangorn and set the score right!’

- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King, “Many Partings”

Then Legolas built a grey ship in Ithilien, and sailed down Anduin and so over Sea; and with him, it is said, went Gimli the Dwarf.

- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King, Appendix B

LEGOLAS and GIMLI for @tolkienofcolourweek day 3: cross-cultural ties

[ID: A set of six graphics.

1: Text reading “Legolas & Gimli” set over an image of light green branches against the sky

2: An image of a black person with open, curly hair, in a circular frame. The text under the image reads “prince of greenwood the great, lord of ithilien, hero of the war of the ring, companion to gimli"

3: An image of a person with light brown skin and black hair and beard in a circular frame. The text beneath it reads “of the line of durin, lord of the glittering caves, hero of the war of the ring, companion to legolas”

4: Text reading “Legolas & Gimli” set over an image of a cave with fluorescent lights in the stone

5: Text reading “Legolas & Gimli” set over an image of the sea

6: An image of a statue of two hands holding each other, in a circular frame. The text beneath it reads “Legolas took Gimli, Glóin’s son, because of their great friendship, greater than any that has been between Elf and Dwarf.”

/End ID]