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@twelfthadept-fics
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I'm begging of you, please don't take my man
Your sword is long, your lance is keen, your shining helm afar is seen
But into darkness fell your star, Jolene
Long ago you went away, and where thou dwellest none can say,
In Mordor where the shadows are, Jolene.
The last whose realm was fair and free between the mountains and the sea
Gil-galad was an Elven king, Jolene
The Blue Bird
Sketch of king Thranduil on my sketchbook.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
while i appreciate the fact that the lord of the rings crew was very taken with the idea of elves as this graceful, ethereal, wise, beautiful race that operates on a level we can't comprehend as mortals & portrays legolas according to that vision, i do greatly mourn the fact that they left out the most critical aspect of his character—
that there is something seriously so wrong with that man.
I’m paying to force seven thousand strangers to see a photo of my late husband having fun with his dog. Tumblr Blaze is totally worth it. XD
Thank-you to all of my new Internet stranger friends for being so gracious about having my post shoved onto your dashboards. I loved reading all of your kind tags and comments! Both Martin and Bosco have been gone for several years now but for 24 hours, they felt very present in my life. I greatly appreciate this gift. ❤️
Reblog to have your dashboard be visited by the spirit of joy that death can end but not erase.
Love that this is well beyond 7000 people now and still going
@leavescrown Exactly! It’s a beautiful gift. Martin and Bosco out there travelling around the Tumblr community, continually making new friends.
@sseanettles
#hello again martin and bosco!! sending you boys round for another go :)
Reading your tag made me laugh out loud. It’s like two old friends unexpectedly stopped by your porch for a quick visit. XD
I’ll always reblog Martin and Bosco when they splash across my dash, because of Reasons.
What’s loved, lives.
I saw a post saying that Boromir looked too scruffy in FotR for a Captain of Gondor, and I tried to move on, but I’m hyperfixating. Has anyone ever solo backpacked? I have. By the end, not only did I look like shit, but by day two I was talking to myself. On another occasion I did fourteen days’ backcountry as the lone woman in a group of twelve men, no showers, no deodorant, and brother, by the end of that we were all EXTREMELY feral. You think we looked like heirs to the throne of anywhere? We were thirteen wolverines in ripstop.
My boy Boromir? Spent FOUR MONTHS in the wilderness! Alone! No roads! High floods! His horse died! I’m amazed he showed up to Imladris wearing clothes, let alone with a decent haircut. I’m fully convinced that he left Gondor looking like Richard Sharpe being presented to the Prince Regent in 1813
*electric guitar riff*
And then rocked up to Imladris a hundred ten days later like
Some people have been wondering about the raccoon. Listen. Listennn. Don't ask about the raccoon.
But does the racoon survive the Uruk-Hai? Does he curl up on Aragorn's head, or does he go straight to Faramir? Does he bite Denethor?
My friend. My colleague. My brother my captain my king. I too have been pondering this question, and in my mind there can be only one ultimate outcome.
A few months later
All hail the High Warden of Gondor.
Epilogue: It ADORES Faramir.
Every time I see this post I’m obligated to reblog and make it your problem too!
you thought i'm done with golden sun? NEVER
completely forgot to upload these OOP speedpaints of some of my favourite characters hehe
Am I the only person who thought this was really fucking funny
A lot of the really funny moments in Lord of the Rings come from Tolkien playing with language like this, where we have relatively formal, archaic, “high” language responded to with informal, modern, “low” language.
another hilarious example:
my absolute favorite example of tolkien switching registers in this way is
the silmarillion is wild because you read it and you're like huh okay, and then you read lotr and it turns out everyone's just going around doing their own thing while the surviving elves are living through the final chapters of a post-apocalyptic horror story
rivendell's a pretty chill place, right? everyone gets along splendidly. dream retirement home et cetera. solid chance the guy you're having afternoon tea with has either survived or personally committed war crimes. also the reason it's so chill is elrond has this magic ring that makes it so the whole place exists slightly outside normal time
galadriel's been around since the beginning, like, for pretty much all of middle-earth's history you understand, she has Seen it all and despite what you may have been led to believe is at all times this close to snapping. also the reason lothlorien is so chill is she has this magic ring that makes it so the whole place exists slightly outside normal time
i can't emphasize enough how much of a post-apocalyptic horror story thranduil lives in. homeland destroyed and half his people massacred. has fucken sauron in his backyard and the spawn of the primordial beast that eats light puttering about on his lawn. a dragon lives next door. does NOT have a magic ring and is therefore obliged to rule over his murderforest in normal time
just so we're all on the same page here, legolas' day job before joining the fellowship was to hunt the spawn of the primordial beast that eats light and it's not like, a big deal or anything. he just has to do it. he's used to it.
'elves are leaving middle-earth and it's so sad :(' they have ptsd samwise.
Nuonyárë (Chapter 2 of 4)
In which a chance encounter with a sickly Elfling at the edges of Gil-galad's encampment turns Erestor's world on its head.
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A child of an outcast house. A soldier of unlikely fortune. A man whose place in the world is the space between. A friend in unprecedented circumstances.
Or, in a nutshell, Erestor.
My contribution to @erestober 2025. Chapter 2 now up! Fits well with the prompt "uncertainty", I think. :)
Nuonyárë (Chapter 1 of 4)
A child of an outcast house. A soldier of unlikely fortune. A man whose place in the world is the space between. A friend in unprecedented circumstances.
Or, in a nutshell, Erestor.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
So that Erestor backstory I mentioned a bit ago…what better time than @Erestober? First chapter even matches the week 1 prompt: Origins!
Here are the prompts for Erestober! Each week has a quote from Lord of the Rings and three keywords, and then three art medium prompts and three autumn-themed prompts (because it is my favourite season). You can use the prompts however you wish - let them inspire you, or do your own thing!
October 1st - 7th Beside Glorfindel there were several other counsellors of Elrond’s household, of whom Erestor was the chief. Origins | Lore | Life Epistolary | Bookbinding | Meta Roasted Chestnuts | Rainy Afternoons | Candles
October 8th - 14th “Then,” said Erestor, “there are but two courses, as Glorfindel already has declared; to hide the Ring for ever; or to unmake it. But both are beyond our power. Who will read this riddle for us?” Riddles | Decisions | Uncertainty Drabbles | Moodboards | Costume Design Falling Leaves | Equinox | Fairy Tales
October 15th - 21st First rode Elrohir and Elladan with a banner of silver, and then came Glorfindel and Erestor and all the household of Rivendell. Relationships | Family | Loyalty Filking | Photography | Fiber Arts Harvest Festivals | Kite Flying | Candy
October 22nd - 28th “Thus we return once more to the destroying of the Ring,” said Erestor, “and yet we come no nearer. What strength have we for the finding of the Fire in which it was made? That is the path of despair. Of folly I would say, if the long wisdom of Elrond did not forbid me.” Hope and despair | Wisdom | Experience Poetry | Calligraphy | Sculpture First Frost | Fog | Wind
October 29th - 31st “But within those bounds nothing seems to dismay him,” said Erestor. Alternate Universe | Crack | Beyond Canon Playlists | Comments | Rec Lists Ghosts | Pumpkins | Cobwebs
Welcome to Erestober!
What is Erestober? Erestober is an event running from October 1st - 31st 2025, to encourage any and all fanworks featuring Erestor, chief counsellor of Imladris!
Why is Erestober? Because I saw an event called "Erostober," misread the name, and then got disappointed when I realised it wasn't about Erestor, so, here we are.
How do I participate in Erestober? You simply create fanwork - fic, art, meta, anything you can think of - featuring Erestor and post it during the month! For further information regarding permissible content, see the rules & guidelines below. No sign-up of any kind required.
How do I post my creations? If you want your submission to be shared on this blog, simply post it on tumblr and tag @erestober. There is an Ao3 collection as well where you can post submissions, and if you do not want to post on tumblr or would prefer to remain anonymous, you can post it on a platform of your choice and send an ask with the link to this blog and I will share it!
Do I have to create something every day? No! Create as much or as little as you like.
Will there be prompts? Probably! I'll link them here once they exist.
Can I combine creations for Erestober with other events, such as Inktober? Sure!
Can I post something I've created in the past? Go for it! The more Erestor the merrier.
Can I post unfinished creations? Absolutely! Tolkien had Unfinished Tales, and so can we.
Can I post creations for Erestober after the event is over? Sure! Just keep in mind that I likely won't be checking the blog daily after the month is over, so it might be a while until your submission gets shared - if it hasn't been reblogged after a few weeks, feel free to send a DM or ask to @maglor-my-beloved.
What about dark or NSFW creations? Dark and NSFW content is welcome, as long as it is appropriately tagged. If you do not want to see such content, it is up to you to take the necessary steps to curate your experience - harassment of creators will not be tolerated.
Why have you not reblogged my post? Tumblr's notifications can be unreliable, so if you used the tag #erestober and tagged this blog (@erestober) and your post has not been reblogged after 24h, please send an ask or DM with the link and I will share it!
Rules & Guidelines
Please be kind and respectful! Hate and bigotry will not be tolerated.
Be respectful of other people's ideas/headcanons/interpretations - it is up to you to curate your own experience, don't like, don't read.
NSFW and dark content is welcome, but please use the appropriate warnings & tags and put graphic content under a cut.
Any form of fanwork is welcome - fics, art, meta, playlists, moodboards, and whatever else you come up with, as long as it features Erestor. AI generated work is not permitted!
Use the tag #erestober on your event submissions and/or tag this blog (@erestober) directly - I will try to reblog everything, but tumblr is notoriously difficult, so if your post has not been reblogged after 24h, feel free to send an ask or DM with the link!
Feel free to send any further questions, comments or suggestions as an ask to this blog! Prompt suggestions very welcome
Finally, someone created the perfect event.
I guess we know what I’m doing in October.
Welp, damned if I wasn't just working on something that would be a perfect fit for this...
So I was supposed to be working and my brain just word-vomited out like 5k words of Erestor backstory and I kind of want to post it but I usually do introspective character studies, I'm not used to inventing this much stuff.
I'm worried that it's just self-indulgent...
What if.. Glorfindel joined the Fellowship,,
POV: you are some poor, random human shopkeeper trying to survive in late first-age Beleriand. An eight foot tall ef with a face that is 70% scar tissue and 30% murderous intent just walked in. He is followed by two small children. He comes up to your counter and asks you how much human children need to eat.
The small children are definitely not human.
