#tolkien stuff

[tehcherrya]

I have no more kept my warmth than blood upon the snow...

With Celegorm being so fair, I should like to imagine that it only made the blood he spilt stand out more...

It has been a while since I have done a proper rendered portrait, and this just sparked something within me. I do not see enough art of the Feanorians that shows off how terrifying they are, so I set out on that task myself.

Alt. versions below!

[berensreverie]

In Defiance of Death

[cirrdan]

Melko stole his precious silmarils

[shuicxiii]

Mairon: "Stop distracting me!"

Melkor: "What? HOW am I distracting you?😐"

The outfit he's probably wearing:

[ethanray]

Winter at Maglor’s Gap

[comeontakemyname]

When I got to the scene in the newest chapter of The Harrowing by @chthonion, where we see Maedhros facing away as Annatar comes in...it painted such a clear visual in my mind I had to draw it! It didn’t quite turn out as it was in my head, but still: Here is a Maedhros facing away (having a crisis) \o/

(My second digital drawing ever and it's fanart hahaha)

[spruceneedles]

Aegnor and Andreth (concept)

[nimrodel-light]

I've finished my drawing of Aredhel, the White Lady of the Noldor.

[smhalltheurlsaretaken]

me reading anything tolkien-related: this is all well and good but where are the sindar?

[winwin17]

Incorrect Quote Poll

[tehcherrya]

"Please, do not take me with you. I do not want to board those ships..."

A scene I could not get out of my head since it came to me yesterday, and that being a young Tyelpe, terrified, and being forced to board the Swanships along with his father and the other Feanorians after the First Kinslaying. He was young, but not ignorant enough to not have dread seep into his heart, seeing his cruel family covered in Elven blood...

[berensreverie]

[hurricanek8art]

I have been brought out of lurk mode by the Rings of Power finale on behalf of my brother, resident Tolkien fanatic, because he thinks he's figured out who Adar might be.

Maeglin.

And before you say "but Kate, he died at Gondolin", keep in mind that RoP is playing around with some of the timeline and hear us out. Spoilers for the Rings of Power S2 finale, I guess? The Silmarillion, and a big ol' wall of text under the cut. I don't call my personal tags "K8 Rambles about [X]" for nothing.

Per the Tolkien Gateway wiki, because I like citations with my fandom conspiracy theories; bolded parts are most relevent:

"Maeglin defied Turgon's order to stay within the mountains, and was captured by Orcs and brought to Angbad. Morgoth promised both Gondolin and Idril in return for the location of the hidden city, thus luring Maeglin into the greatest treachery done in the Elder Days.

Maeglin returned to Gondolin saying nothing about his encounter, but many people noticed a change. Most thought it was for the better, though Idril suspected something and began work on Idril's secret way. When the Fall of Gondolin took place, Maeglin laid hands on Idril and on her son Eärendil. But Tuor caught up with him and they fought upon the walls of the city. Maeglin lost and he was thrown down to his death, striking the mountain three times before falling into the flames."

His father Eöl left Thingol's kingdom after Melian raised enchanted fences around the forest of Doriath, so Maeglin would've grown up at least knowing of Melian. He would have learned Fëanorian Quenya in Gondolin as the king's nephew, as well as studied the teachings of Rúmil. Further, Eöl was an expert smith who was one of the only people who knew how to work with galvorn, a jet-black metal—the only other person who knew how to work with it was Maeglin. We've never seen Adar wear anything but pitch-black armor with a rather unique-looking texture.

So, we have a dark-haired Elf with obsessive tendencies that turned on his people on behalf of Morgoth, covered in what looks like burn scars along with the Uruk-ing, wearing fancy, unique black armor. That big ol' gauntlet he's always wearing could easily be explained as protecting a hand that got messed up in the fall, that namedrops Melian and Rúmil. Turgon and Finrod knew each other before they split and Turgon founded Gondolin, so Turgon could potentially have learned Galadriel's Quenya name and mentioned it in passing to Maeglin, and it would be another explanation for how he recognized Elrond right off the bat, since he was related to Elrond's father, grandparents and great-grandfather. It's not impossible to believe that in this version of the tale, Maeglin somehow survives the fall, returns to Morgoth and Sauron, and gets Uruk-ified. And, I mean, Nenya was shown healing fatal wounds and cleansing Adar's Uruk corruption, it's even less of a stretch to think that Nenya somehow healed him of being... well, an obsessive, vindictive and incestuous jerk. Or at least made himself really look inwards and see the evil within.

Again, I'm more of a cinematic Tolkien nerd than literary (I've tried a bunch of times and succeeded in reading The Hobbit, but my brain just... fritzes out at Tolkien prose for some reason. I need cliff notes Tolkien 😭😭😭😭😭), so if you have any questions or points to discuss I'm probably just gonna end up relaying what my brother says. He refuses to join Tumblr and only likes social media for the fanart and the silly pet videos. I feel like a court scribe. 🤣

[cirrdan]

Night sketch of Manwe

[ethanray]

Maedhros searching for Eluréd and Elurín

For Day 1 of @feanorianweek

[comeontakemyname]

A baby Maglor during the Years of the Trees! This is probably from the Valinorean exquivalent of picture day at school. Painting day at school? (My first ever completed digital art, will be looking back on this as I improve)