Silmarillion - Blog Posts
Watercolor portrait of Nerdanel. I seem to have forgotten that my blue paint refuses to cooperate, so I foolishly tried using it for her dress.
Also, it kinda looks like she's flexing?? And I didn't realize until I was almost done and started feeling intimidated cus she's literally MOGGING ME
(Excuse the poor camera quality my phone actually hates me.)
Small watercolor portrait I made of Maedhros (and by small, I mean the page is literally 3x4.5in) I'm trying to force myself to not be a perfectionist with my art.
It seems that my-- apparently controversial-- opinion that incest is bad and gross isn't that widely accepted in the Silmarillion Fandom. The amount of fics I've seen where people are shipping characters that are first cousins is honestly nauseating.
I'm not trying to yuck anybodies yum, but yall nasty.
I understand that there's not that large of a shipping pool, considering many of the characters are related, but goddamn there are like a million elves in Tolkien's works. I don't care if you have to ship characters who have never even interacted in Canon. Please please please, no more incest fics!
I am The Rings of Power's biggest hater
My somewhat controversial opinion is that I absolutely despise Rings of power. Now, I know that a lot of people argue that it is bringing more people to Tolkien's works, but is it really? To me, it feels like nostalgia bait for pre-existing fans. I'll admit, I took the bait too. I saw that they had released a show that was about LotR and I got excited, but the more I watched it the more I realized how un-Tolkien it is. And for taking his name, I would expect that they would keep some sort of semblance to the fantasy that he imbued into his world.
Besides being un-Tolkien, it has a great many other flaws as well.
It's terribly unimaginative
It wants to be Game of Thrones SO bad
its predictable
The characters are terribly mis-characterized
Despite trying to be diverse, it almost did the opposite?
It neglects, or even completely retells existing stories for the sake of their own narratives.
It feels like poorly written Fanfiction (no hate to fanfiction, I literally write lotr fics)
it was made by Amazon
Tolkien would have hated Amazon
Amazon why did you do this to me
Please Amazon stop retconning my favorite franchise
Actually, Please, Amazon just stop.
You literally put a billion dollars into this, when you could have stopped global warming
Where tf is Celeborn??
(I'll probably drop more RoP hate posts eventually)
This old, abandoned copy of the silmarillion was my first introduction to Tolkien's works.
My great-uncle found it in an abandoned house in 2019 and gave it to my grandma. My grandma later, being uninterested with Tolkien, gave it to me because it was no secret that I was interested in fantasy.
I spent many hours reading it over and over in Ye Olde Covid Times and, with it, watched The Lord of the Rings trilogy many times over. I was enamored with the world that Tolkien created (and still am today). I have since bought second-hand copies of all of Tolkien's works about his legendarium. (Yes I do see the irony of me reading the Silmarillion before the Lord of tha Rings)
I have such a deep emotional connection to this book. I can't even begin to express just how much the gift of a book can change someone's life.
Saw this post on Instagram the other day, so ...
Crablor giving autographs for @thescrapwitch, inspired by the concluding scene of her amazing fic Little Crab on the Big Stage. If you haven't already, go read it, it's one of my favourites!
Like an old little leaf in its hopeless dream Can't forget its bygone beauty, dance on the wind I can wait all my life to be taken away with flow Autumn shrouded by rain turns to cold winter snow When the birds fly away I'm still left here alone I still search for my own land where flowers grow
~ Land Where Flowers Grow, Lind Erebros
The leaf is from Liriodendron tulipifera, a beautiful tree whose flowers strongly resemble tulips. It doesn't usually grow near the sea, but it's my favourite tree, and I liked the parallel between Maglor and the leaf—both alone and far from home.
Fëanor
for @feanorianweek day 7: Fëanor, Creation
I also made an alternative version based on this weird idea of mine, because, unfortunately, I do need someone to keep an eye on my pipettes at work :D
Maglor
for @feanorianweek day 2: Maglor, Music & Songs of Power
Maedhros (& banner, blue and silver)
for @feanorianweek, day 1: Maedhros, Union of Maedhros
IDEA: The Silmarils were, in fact, crystal containers with either:
- fluorescent proteins, or (even more likely)
- luciferases (proteins that catalyze chemical reactions producing light, e.g. in fireflies or jellyfish)
because that's probably how the Trees could shine in the first place.
✨ Fingon the Valiant ✨
(he loves fireflies)
Prince Turukáno, already dreaming about hidden cities ✨
Maedhros and Maglor, enjoying the music and being cute ✨
@maedhrosmaglorweek
Its um. Its Sauron. Its may new design for him, heavily inspired by Maraich from the manga and anime Patalliro. And if any of you know about that manga you can probably guess who my melkor design was inspired by~
*Gasp* and Feanor thought it was Morgoth who stole his silmarils this whole time- but it was actually his own youngest sons?!?! I present to you the twins, Ambarussa
Its Celegorm and Curufinnnnnn. Arguable the most chaotic and mischievous Feanorians!!
Literally, I have proof
Fëanor and Nerdanel.
Fëanor sails for Middle Earth.
Nerdanel stays.
Fëanor is bonked by balrogs.
Nerdanel mourns.
No one mourns the wicked.
idk if this is a wip tbh (also im thinking about some tyrian purple)
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(quick fixed on something on the ear and a stroke of hair its actually bothering me so much but i can only use mouse rn so no painting lmao) (love how we get all sorts of slightly different versions now)
gay people can never be normal it always gotta be some shit like and the thought of their ancient friendship stung his heart
silmarillion experiments 1.: Aulë/Mahal, Seven Fathers of the Dwarves and Eru Ilúvatar blessing ♥
The Elves were so traumatized by Fëanor’s mad scientist swag that after he died they said no more and decided to get stuck on the same level of technological development forever.
