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I don't care if genetics doesn't work like that. I'm a big defender of Elrond's human heritage and I'm happy imagining his history influenced by this beautiful and strange part of him. It's inspiring.

Being a nerd, a simple comment can set me off... That comment was 'Elrond is more Sindar by blood than anything! He's not more Noldor than Gil-Galad'... It's wrong! But not for the reason I was thinking at first! So I had to do some digging. And the conclusion I got was he's barely Noldor but more Man than Sindar!

Let's go back to the Noldor side. To Finwe.

Finwe (100% Noldor) x Indis (100% Vanyar)

Fingolfin (50%Noldor and 50% Vanyar) x Anaire (100% Noldor)

Turgon (75% Noldor, 25 % Vanyar) x Elenwe (100% Vanyar)

Idril (62.5% Vanyar, 37.5 % Noldor) x Tuor (Man 100%)

Earendil (50% man, 31.25 Vanyar, 18.75 Noldor)

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Let's go to Elwing's side of the family. To Thingol

Thingol (100%Sindar) x Melian (100% Maia)

Luthien (50 % Sindar, 50% Maia) x Beren (100% man)

Dior (25 % Sindar, 25% Maia, and 50%man) x Nimloth (100 Sindar)

Elwing (62.5% Sindar, 25% man and 12.5 % maia)

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In Conclusion

ELROS AND ELROND is

37.5 man

31.25 Sindar elf

15.625 Vanyar elf

9.375 Noldor elf

6.25 Maia

If we're going off blood. They're definitely more Man but more Sindar than Noldor. They're more Vanyar than Noldor. But they are Turgon's and Thingol's heirs for sure. No one could deny that they were also raised as Noldor.

The High King of the Noldor title skipped Gil-Galad in favor of Turgon but went back to Gil-Galad after his death not to Idril or Earendil. Elrond has many claims. He's basically the Merger, Perfect scion to fuse the two people together or three (including the men). I know Erenion is titled Scion of Kings but That title is honestly more fitting to ELROND and ELROS.

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I chose June #13th of Celebrimbor week 💚✨ "What if"...

What if Celebrimbor is babysitting Elrond and Adar's baby 🐥🍼? (He just discovered he loves it and he's very good at it 🫶).

Celebrimbor: I'm not interested in children.

Also Celebrimbor meeting Elrond's and Adar's baby for the first time: WHO'S THIS LITTLE CUTE BOY??? Look at these beautiful curls! You had the same when you were born, Elrond! But you, little boy, you have you father's black hair, right Adar?

Oh I bet you're such a good boy, don't you? Come with uncle Celebrimbor ✨✨✨✨

Hey... Do you want to know what a forging hammer is?

Elrond: ...

Adar: He will be fine 😌

Graphite on paper.

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Glûg: And DON'T flirt with him! Adar: I'm not going to ffffffff.... Elrond: [walks in]  Adar: -fffucking hell, okay.

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🎉🌿 HEAR YE, HEAR YE — THE DATES HAVE BEEN SPOKEN!!!!🌿🎉

"Elrond Week – As Kind as Summer" will take place from the 14th of July to the 20th of July!!

— and YES, that means we’re starting on Bastille Day, which is so poetically chaotic that I, a French girlie, simply cannot be normal about it. You can find the previous post here bestie!!!

What could be more on theme for a week dedicated to our gentle, long-suffering, elegant lore father than launching it on the day France went, “You know what? No. Give us liberty, cake, and excessive dramatics”?

So! Mark your calendars, dearest elves, humans, hobbits, and miscellaneous beings. From July 14th–20th, we shall sip tea, cry in cursive, admire his robes, and whisper tender poetry about memory, mercy, and that one time he went, “I was there, Gandalf...”

Coming soon: 🔮 Prompt wheels! (you spin me right round mellon, right round-) 🎨 Banners! (Would I REALLY be myself if I didn't make banners and headers?????) 💭 Words to include! 📦 Soft lore and sad boy support boxes!

Get ready to embrace the soft summer melancholy™ and show Elrond the love he deserves. Gird your hearts. Stock your tea. Dust your bookshelves. We ride (gently) at dawn.

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doodles from a couple of weeks ago which I just finished polishing a lil :D @chthonion

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"𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔."

"𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔?"

"𝑺𝒂𝒅 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒅..."

"𝑰𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕?

𝑾𝒂𝒓?"

" 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒓.

𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖?"

". . . 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝑰?"

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Elrond Tuesday

Head Canon

Elrond leaves his writing feathers everywhere.

In Gil-galad's office.

In the Elven Council Chamber.

In Celebrimbor's forge.

In Cìrdan's forge.

On Durin's New Dinner Table.

He forgets it on branches of trees he sits in to write.

He's a true writer. Too much swirling around in his head to think about taking the feather with him. But rest assured, he somehow always has a pencil with him, no matter how many times he forgets one somewhere.

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✨🌿"As Kind as Summer": An Elrond- themed week!!!🌿✨

Poll time, my dear scholars, scribes, and soft-Elrond enjoyers!

Because you all collectively melted my heart and summoned this event into being with sheer kindness and unfiltered excitement (how dare you be this sweet???), we now have officially set our Elrond Week mode — aka: As Kind as Summer!!

But! Before we all start brewing metaphorical tea, petting the archives, and emotionally preparing to cry about canon lore and quiet strength, we need to choose our dates!!!!

So here’s your call to action, beloved folks: vote like you’re Elrond at a council meeting full of fools.

Vote with the calm determination of someone who will save the West and get the dishes done!

Vote like your favorite elf’s life depends on it, because mine might, frankly.

This poll will decide when we gather to:

write soft angst and gentle hope (or literally pure smut-)

create lore-infused beauty

scream about his eyebrows/forehead/curls/anything with poetic reverence (or not lmao)

and probably find minimum +12 new headcanons we didn’t ask for

So. Pick your week. Light the beacons. Choose with care (or chaos. I'm not your mom)!!!💀

Pick your fighter — er, dates — and spread the word! More info coming soon: banners, prompts, wheels, vibes, and the full Elrond Experience™ but remember, SPICE WEEK STARTS ON JUNE 16th!!

Thank you for being here, listening to my rambles and I'll see y'all very vERY SOON-ISH TO RAMBLE ABOUT SPICE WEEK!!!!

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How they flirt with you {TROP Elves}

Considering this is my first time writing one of these, I’m starting with a small batch of characters and who better than the elves of TROP? But I’m very much open to writing for different characters within Tolkien’s world and, of course, from TROP! Actually anyone who walked on Middle-Earth. The Valar? Sure, why not!

┏ •◦ Galadriel, Elrond, Gil-Galad, Arondir, Celebrimbor •◦ ┓

⇢ ˗ˏˋ Galadriel

■ Calculated, laced with challenge, and guarded vulnerability. Galadriel flirts like one might wield a blade. Testing for weakness, dancing just close enough to wound or woo.

■ She stands tall, unyielding, but when intrigued, her eyes betray her. They soften not with warmth, but with recognition. You’ve caught her interest, and now she watches you like a predator circling its prey… or a queen considering a subject for her court.

■ Cool and clipped, but with sudden flashes of dry wit. She’ll challenge your intelligence with a single eyebrow raise or a quip like, “Is that truly your best argument?”

■ She rarely touches. If she does, it’s fleeting: a brush of fingers as she hands you a blade, the press of her palm against your chest to stop you in training. These touches linger in your mind far longer than in hers — at least, that’s what she pretends.

■ She will only allow flirtation if she senses you're her equal. She doesn't seek comfort — she seeks conviction, someone who might dare to stand beside her, not behind.

■ When she finally lets her voice drop — lower, more intimate — you’ll hear it for what it is: a fortress opening its gates an inch. “You… surprise me.”

⇢ ˗ˏˋElrond

■ Quiet reverence, layered in intellect and gentle affection. Elrond flirts the way rivers carve stone: slowly, patiently, but with undeniable effect.

■ He tilts his head when you speak, eyes gleaming with attention. His hands fidget when he’s nervous: tugging at sleeves, smoothing scrolls, brushing imaginary dust from books.

■ Soft, warm, laced with dry humor and the kind of intelligence that flatters without boasting. “You know… I find myself quoting you more than I’d like to admit.”

■ He always makes space for you in a crowded room. He’ll guide you gently by the elbow, offer his cloak before you ask, and pour your tea while distractedly scribbling notes about the way your eyes reflect starlight.

■ Elrond doesn't flirt for pleasure, he does so instinctively, seeking connection. He wants to understand you completely. Every word, every silence, every unfinished sentence.

■ He’ll give you something irreplaceable — a poem from his youth, a story no one else has heard — and say, almost shyly, “I’ve kept this… waiting for the right person.”

⇢ ˗ˏˋGil-Galad

■ Subtle and perfectly timed. His words are carefully measured, but his presence says everything. He flirts with restraint and watches to see if you notice the moment it cracks.

■ He never approaches too directly. He waits until your eyes meet across a corridor or hall — then inclines his head, ever so slightly. If he steps closer, it’s intentional.

■ Regal, eloquent, slow. He crafts compliments like wine — rich, refined, and meant to linger. “You wear the dusk well. It favors your kind of quiet fire.”

■ He never touches first. But if you brush against him, his response is deliberate. A slow turn of the hand to catch yours, a thumb brushed across your knuckles as if in contemplation.

■ Gil-galad has learned to love without showing it, to yearn without leaning. His flirtation is a series of calculated risks; each word carries weight. Each glance is a signal, a lock awaiting a key.

■ When he speaks plainly for the first time without titles, without strategy, it will shake you. “I have led armies. Held kingdoms. And yet… I find myself wondering what you think of me.”

⇢ ˗ˏˋArondir

■ Quiet, present, and deeply emotional. Arondir doesn’t flirt with words — he flirts with devotion.

■ He always notices your discomfort before you speak it. He will reposition a chair so the sun doesn’t blind you. He will step between you and danger without thinking. And he will never mention it.

■ Rarely speaks without meaning. When he says something personal, it feels like the world has paused to hear it. “You are… unlike any path I’ve walked.”

■ Carves small tokens for you. A leaf from a tree that only blooms once a year, your name etched in Quenya on smooth wood. He leaves them without ceremony, then pretends not to notice when you find them.

■ His love is not showy, but it’s constant. He’ll watch you with the kind of gaze that says, I would wait an Age for you. And mean it.

■ The moment he finally touches your cheek, eyes locked with yours, is the moment he’s decided — silently, permanently — that he is yours.

⇢ ˗ˏˋCelebrimbor

■ Excitable, intense, and terribly earnest. He flirts by accident… and then makes it worse by being too sincere.

■ Hair tousled from long nights in the forge, hands stained from work, he runs fingers through his hair when nervous. His eyes light up around you and he doesn’t hide it.

■ Fast-paced, bright, layered with admiration. He’s always a little breathless around you, like you’ve thrown off his rhythm. “Wait, wait, you don’t think this is brilliant? Look - look at this, tell me that curve isn’t perfect. I based it on your — well. Never mind.”

■ Constantly gives you things: a chain he meant to throw away but thought looked “nice,” a ring he insists is “just practice,” or a sketch he swears wasn’t you (it was).

■ He falls fast, and deep. But his fear of being used makes him hesitant to admit it. So he’ll bury affection in gifts, conversation, and genius-level distractions.

■ He’ll give you something unfinished and whisper, “I want you to be the first to see it… even before it’s perfect.”

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Welcome to the prompts for Celebrimbor of Hollin, a week dedicated to the greatest of Elven smiths!

Now the prompts are, in order,

June 9th: Celebration

June 10th: Family

June 11th: Rings

June 12th: Relationships

June 13th: What if

June 14th: Crack

June 15th: Legacy

We have tried to make them generic enough to inspire a wide variety of creations, including paintings, gifs, fanfics, meta, and videos. There really is no limit to what you can create for this week.

The goal is to celebrate Celebrimbor as a character. This is not limited to The Rings of Power series.

If there is any questions please feel free to ask us here!

Tracked tag: #celebrimborweek2025

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I need the scene of Elrond pleading with king Durin shot from the front .

For reasons.

You tell me the dwarven king gets to watch him on his knees with his pretty face open with despair and his starry grey eyes brimming with tears and we don't?

#unfair

( gif by elrond-pointy-ears)

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Obsessed with this 😭

our smol lady of light

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Beautiful Elrond 🥰

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Adar knew that Elrond stood no chance against him or his army. And even if Elrond challenged him and refused to negotiate, Adar was respectful on the battlefield. He didn't kill him or mock him; he simply took what he wanted and let him live.

Do you think Adar didn't harm him because he believed Elrond was such a beautiful creature that he couldn't kill him? That he belonged to this world and had no right to harm him?

I do 🖤💚

The Rings of Power 2.07 "Doomed to Die"

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Cìrdan knows how Gil-galad laughs when he gets tickled.

I just wanted to say that.

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