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blood

yours and mine

runs red all the same

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rip Achilles you would've loved hightop sneakers

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“And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone. [...] When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.”  🩸

“In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.” 🌻

Two souls, reunited.

(quotes from Madelline Miller's The Song Of Achilles)

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"Pick your jaw up off the floor, Damian. It's unbecoming of a Wayne."

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I have always read Maedhros as an extremely principled and inherently decent person who values nobility and goodness - but who consistently makes choices that do not align with his own values, because in the moment he can't see a way of not doing it.

He can't contemplate not following his father, he can't contemplate not fulfilling the oath, but the whole time he is watching himself get further and further away from the person he wants to be, the person he once thought he was.

The moment he holds the silmaril and it burns him, it confirms everything he has feared about who he has become.

And the tragedy of that floors me every time.

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Babs Kori

🤝

Red headed baddies who kill in purple

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You’ve heard of “justice league doesn’t know Batman has kids”

Now prepare for “the Team doesn’t know Batman is Robins dad”

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Shiny princes :)

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He couldn't stomach the thought of Fingon witnessing this one last act in service to the Oath, and so he let what remained of him rest in a field of white.

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Fingon is the archetypical hero. He does great deeds of valor and daring, notably Maedhros’ rescue and rushing out to defeat Glaurung. He is not terribly afraid of consequences, which is wonderful when he is the only one he’s responsible for. His talent is forging ahead and inspiring everyone to follow him.

Fingolfin is the archetypical king. He is the one that holds his people together across the Helcaraxë and brokers peace with Maedhros after he’s rescued. He’s incredibly aware of every possible consequence, which is wonderful when he’s responsible for a whole kingdom. His talent is uniting everyone and inspiring them to move forward together.

When Fingolfin dies, he acts as the hero, not the king. He tries to borrow his son’s talent for incredibly inadvisable stunts, but it isn’t in his nature. He believes the Noldor are doomed, and thus dies in despair fighting Morgoth because he does not see another path forward, only defeat.

When Fingon dies, he acts as the king, not the hero. He tries to borrow his father’s talent for forging political unity, but it isn’t in his nature. The Nirnaeth’s forces are disunited from their conception to their defeat, and Fingon dies full of hope fighting Morgoth because he does not see any other path forward, only victory.

Fingolfin’s legacy was despair, though he left a lasting blow against Morgoth. Fingon’s legacy was hope, though he did not so much as touch Morgoth.

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Managed a little doodle~<3

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@feanorianweek 2024

Day 1 - Maedhros (and Fingon) - "Loyalty"

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(sometime during Fingon's reign)

Maedhros: Finno, darling, are you alright?

Maedhros: I've just seen you using regular ink to sign decrees, instead of your fauvourite, fancy, pink, glitter one

Maedhros: I got worried.

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Don't be afraid

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