Fёarath and the life-long Silmarillion obsession

I draw my stuff and I reblog cool stuff from other people. Be welcome here. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Do not repost my art without permission, особенно в русских соцсетях. тг: https://t.me/fearath

[yashmel]

Well, hello there!

Time for a proper pinned post, I guess.

I'm Fёarath (pronounced "fair-rath" — blame elvish), she/her, 27 y.o., ace, and probably undiagnosed neurodivergent. I’m a professional artist specializing in comics, and a non-pro writer with a life long Silmarillion obsession.

My blog still carries my very old nickname, and I won’t change it because I don’t want people to lose track of me.

English is my second language, so my posts may not always read as smoothly as I want them to. But I promise, I'm doing my best.

My favorite silm things are:

Rational Mairon

Platonic Silvergifting

Tyelpe, Finrod, Lúthien

The Feanorians and eldritch Peredhels

My long list of Valar’s mistakes

My main Silmarillion AU (I’ll talk about it more in a second!)

If you vibe with any of this, feel free to message me! I love talking to people but I’m socially awkward potatoe 🥔

Things that are popular but I don’t really like:

RoP series

NSFW content

angbang

graphic depiction of violence

heavy angst without happy endings

I understand that people like different things, and I’m totally OK with that! Just don’t expect me to engage with or be enthusiastic about the things I’ve listed here.

A bit about my blog:

It's a bit of a mess, and I’ve never tagged posts properly, but I’m going to try to implement a tagging system starting now. I won’t go back and tag everything (there’s just too much and it would overwhelm me), but here’s what you can expect:

#fearath_art – My art

Upd: I forget it all the time so idk if this was a good idea

#TEAlegendAU – My main Silmarillion AU where Mairon gets the Ring, goes through a redemption arc, but breaks the Doom in the process and creates a whole mess of problems. This AU also includes concepts like a predatory Void, Estë going incognito with the Noldor, Finrod facing eternal trouble after the Song Duel, Melkor shapeshifting into a bird... and much more. I’ll probably make a dedicated post about it soon-ish, but who knows when :)

Commission Info [CLOSED]

This post may (and probably will) be edited.

[silme-lorien]

literally so hilarious how so many tolkien fans are obsessed with canon. there is next to no official canon. the only thing that’s fully canon is the lord of the rings, part of the silmarillion and the hobbit (and that’s debatable, even). tolkien had no idea what was canon, he was switching things up all the time. so just pick a version you like a go with it, nobody knows what’s going on. tolkien changed little details over and over to the point where he never finished most of his work, like 25% of the silmarillion is just christopher tolkien smashing notes together and praying it’s what the vision was

[zishiyao]

[whoaskedwhocares-deactivated202]

Annatar, Lord of Gifts. [Original fanart]

Speed-paint process below.

(I did not do the ring inscription, I apologize, but here is the time lapse none the less)

[swellbythewind]

The Ruin Of Doriath

the last memory of Doriath，move on in sorrow

not my art but my commission.

Artist：我死了你们就满意了

[general-illyrin]

After 712 days (18 days short of two years), I finally finished my Lord of the Rings map embroidery project!!!!

And this last one is to show my finger for scale and to point to some tiny march plants XD

This took so much time to make, but it was so worth it. I loved seeing the map slowly appear on the shirt as I embroidered. And I did bring the difficulty on myself, because I was trying to make each individual hill and mountain match the original map. (As much as I could without going insane that is.)

As an example, here is a comparison of Dol Guldur:

(This is why you should NOT let a precisionist do embroidery btw)

Overall, it was a simple project. I only used a total of four stitches for the entire map: a split stitch for the outline, a french knot (for the trees), a running stitch (for everything except filling in the mountains and hills), and a variant of the satin stitch, adjusted to fill in the mountains and hills. The hardest part of the project was honestly the amount of time it took.

And if anyone is curious, here is the map I used for reference:

(And I'm always happy to answer questions about the process!)

[trashipsinc]

apparently today is the anniversary of Sauron’s fall in LotR so… RIP pal, you tried your best and it wasn’t enough I suppose ❤️

[undercat-overdog]

Always here for Shame Sauron Day.

[tolkien-feels]

Oh no saying “You tried your best and it wasn’t enough and now we’re going to shame you” might be worse for Sauron than literally being destroyed

[stealingpotatoes]

oh my god if they keep this reblogs having their own notes thing then this will actually kill tumblr

[stealingpotatoes]

CELEBRATORY CAESAR BC THE EVIL HAS BEEN DEFEATED

[silmalope]

For day one of @tolkienfashionweek , headcanons on the evolution of (elf-friendly) fashion and fána among the Valar :)

[junk-whunk-punk]

Celebrimbing hard for Lotr Ask

[yashmel]

How to neutralize Sauron: a practical guide in color

[yashmel]

It’s Wednesday, my dudes!!!

I haven't had the energy to draw anything with a plot or a background lately, but here is Celebrimbor with a funny frog my gf found on Vinted. We thought it suits him well. Frog is under the cut.

[yashmel]

🍽️ for the ask game!

🍽️ You are having a dinner party and you can invite five (5) characters from the Silm. Who do you invite?

Haha! This is a fun one.

First things first, I’d invite Tyelpe, simply because I love him so much. Then I’d bring in the Hobbits, Frodo and Sam. Technically they aren't from The Silmarillion, but I’m inviting them anyway! Next would be Finrod, because he is just so nice. I know exactly who to invite if I wanted to turn this dinner into a catastrophe, but since I don't want Sauron in my house, I’ll go with Narvi. I think he’d be a lovely guest, and he’d make Celebrimbor feel comfortable and get along with everyone.

[niennawept]

Silmarillion Ask Game

🗡️ Defend your favorite war criminal (or make them worse - I'm not your mom).

🔥 Give us your hottest Silm hot take.

🌟 Which of the Valar do you feel the most affinity for and why?

⚓ Pick a Silm ship to go down with. What is compelling about their dynamic?

🤔 Tell us one of your favorite Silm headcanons. Can be one that's out in the wild or a personal one!

⏩ Which section of the Silm did you read through the fastest? (Couldn't put it down!)

⏸️ Which section did you read the slowest? (Not as interesting or "if I don't keep reading 'x' bad thing cannot happen)

🗺️ Pick a kingdom/faction in Beleriand to visit. (No matter what happens, you cannot be injured and you cannot die - yay, plot armor!)

🐉 A lot of figures in the Silm have weird Eldritch powers or possibly biology. Tell us about your headcanons for one.

😈 Give the villains some love. Which antagonist is most interesting to you and what about them draws you in?

👑To which High King of the Noldor do you owe your allegiance? Why would you offer them your fealty?

🪄You can change how one (1) Big Event goes down in the Silm - either in favor of something in HoME or something you made up. What happens instead? Tell us the cool stuff!

🍽️ You are having a dinner party and you can invite five (5) characters from the Silm. Who do you invite?

🔮You can reach into the Beyond and ask the Professor to settle one (1) debate for you. He won't even waffle on the answer, honest. What do you ask him?

Maximum chaos bonus question (💀): You have a "Get out of jail 'Doomed by the Narrative' free" card. Who do you give it to?

[chaos-of-the-abyss]

the "isolationist bigot thingol never allowed anyone into doriath" spiel being passed around again when doriath has two instances of taking in refugees written unambiguously and explicitly in the text. why can't people fucking read y'all wouldn't pass a grade school level quiz on a cliffnotes version of the silm

[yashmel]

"why are you talking about the silm if you didn't read it"

I know that was probably rhetorical and not really the main point, but I kind of have an answer anyway.

First reason is pretty simple: most people don't reread silm on a daily basis. They read it once or twice, form a general opinion, focus on the parts that inspire them, and don’t always dig into every specific detail. So sometimes it's less "can’t read" and more "forgot or didn’t notice".

Second, yes, some people haven't read the book and build their understanding from fandom content. Though honestly, in the Silm fandom, I don't think that's even that common.

Third, canon itself is complicated. A lot of it comes from unfinished or layered material, and it can feel inconsistent or open to interpretation. If you look at Sauron across different ages, for example, he can feel like multiple different characters that readers have to connect themselves.

That's said, I don't really think the issue is that people are having fun instead of studying CanonTM under a microscope. The real problem starts when we forget that our reading of canon is still just a reading and present it as the only correct one. There's a difference between "I personally see it this way" and "this is objectively how it is".

[sophachipupa]

the second era gang

galadriel, gil-galad, elrond and celebrimbor

[junk-whunk-punk]

he an ABSOLUTE DIVA. ABSOLUTE CINEMA🫦

sequel to Sauron the waistman appreciation post🤭🤭