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Lord of the Rings animated in a Cartoon Saloon inspired art style: Frodo at the Grey Havens.

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What are the great victories to you, of Darkness or of Light?

You can only stand and watch them fade — tenn Ambar-metta."

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You either die a casual LotR fan or live long enough to become silm trash

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sometimes i forget how reading is just. marvelous. just an absolutely fucking endlessly joyful activity. i’ll go about my life and not read one single book for months and be like why am i morose! why am i so apathetic! what is missing here!!!! and try to look for whatever it is that is lacking and never find it anywhere and i get so tired and sad and angry, and then i’m finally like i’m gonna stop everything for a couple days and read a really good book bc i don’t care about anything else. and suddenly i get motivated to work bc i know i’ll read when i’m on break. i get more creative. i want to watercolor again and bust out the shameful fabric stash with all my unfinished sewing projects. god even my dreams get more vivid!! what the fuck! and i’m like here is the magic i was looking for, why did i ever think i was going to find it anywhere else. it was always here!!!

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Baby queen Elwing, ruler of a displaced people who have never had a child monarch before and aren’t super clear on the procedures. They only just adjusted to peredhil rulers! Now a two year old peredhil; how is she going to adjudicate disputes?

They do eventually figure out a system of elected temporary regents; Oropher for a while before he leaves, a well known marchwarden or two. The local humans advise them on what a good age of majority is. But because this is a magical, part-divine toddler queen tasked with carrying a holy relic, she also gets asked her opinion on policy more than might be sensible.

Five year old Elwing very seriously imparting the advice that they should build their refugee houses with rocks instead of sticks because she has heard fairy tales about that. Seven year old Elwing on her rounds to bless the boats before fishing season. You get called into court by your neighbor who lives in Sirion territory and there’s a glowing ten year old on a throne just kind of observing events. After half an hour she gets bored and leaves the room to play but her image remains seared into your retinas.

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For the Silm asks: Turgon or more Eol. Wouldn’t say no to any of the Feanorians either.

Turgon was fun. dressing him totally in white distinguishes him nicely from Fingon. (although if i were him I'd be insulted to never get called 'The white Lord of the Noldor')

I also have a Eöl and teenaged Maeglin pic in the works that I thought was finished but really needs some reworks. so you may see some eöl in the future.

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Times of resting (redraw my old artwork)

When redrawing the picture, I thought of the story where little Arakano was blessed by Yavanna, and the plants around him would sometimes reflect his emotions. And guess what—that blue flower bloomed right in front of Fëanor!

Just imagine how happy Arakano must have been! :3

The finished piece isn’t exactly explicit, but they are naked and holding each other. I’m a bit unsure about posting the full artwork on Tumblr. If you’re okay with it, you can check out the full version on my Twitter (@deifuran)😅

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Here, take an Indis

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Take a sip my dear brother.

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What a beautiful thing to feel this young again.

Maedhros closes his eyes as a wave of warmth rises through their shared bond. Doubts wash away, leaving him marvelling at the sensation. To see his memories, hear his thoughts, feel his emotions.

It casts the world in kaleidoscopic perspective. Gods, how he missed him. Missed this.

How effortlessly Fingon tears down his defences – the walls Maedhros built so carefully to shield his mind and cage his shadows. But to whom, if not Fingon, could he lay bare his scarred heart?

No constraints. No illusions. Just them. Just this, once again.

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Maedhros' Lament

For @russingon-week 2025, done in collaboration with the wonderful @queerofthedagger. You can read their (perfectly painful) accompanying fic here!!

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What's that bro? You began interacting with a media from a different country than yours and/or was made in time period different than the recent present day? Haha that's sick bro! Keep expanding your horizons bro! You're remembering to take into account that sociocultural norms, gender roles and genre expectations are different from what you are used to and meeting the story halfway, instead of forcibly superimposing your ideals into the story, right bro? Right? Right?

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FEANORIANS 1.Maedhros 2.Maglor 3.Celegorm 4.Caranthir 5.Curufin 6.Amrod 7.Amras by Daeronthetreeshadow (Dairon)