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It has been 4 years (and a couple of months) and I’m still not over that armour

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Historical / Fantasy First Interactions

“Excuse me, I am a weary traveller. Is there an inn nearby?” “My apologies, I thought you were my Lord/Lady.” “Where’s the blacksmith? I need the damned blacksmith!” “I hear the Queen has been having a sordid affair.” “You cannot put your horse here, you’ll need to take it to the stables.” “You don’t hail from these parts, do you?” “My Lord/Lady, it’s a pleasure to have you in our lands.” “Have you heard the rumours of magic in these parts?” “I wouldn’t travel to those parts if I were you - dragons hail in those parts.” “My goodness, you look like an elven beauty.” “I’ll have the largest tankard of mead available.” “Do you pledge fealty to the King/Queen?” “Who goes there? Friend or foe?” “Dwarven crafts and wares for sale!.” “I can offer you my sword on your travels - for a price.” “You have not pledged fealty to my King/Queen - therefore you are my enemy.” “It is an honour to welcome a noble from such far lands.” “You there! I wish to hire your sword!” “Healer! We need a healer!” “Wait a minute… You’re no human, are you?” “You practice magic, don’t you? I can smell it on you.” “Halt! In the name of the King/Queen!” “Welcome, clearly the tales of your beauty/strength do you no justice.” “So I guess you’re my sparring buddy for this training exercise.” “You must have travelled from far off lands, I have never seen anyone who looks like you.”

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Sparring/Training Sentence Starters

Requested by Anonymous

“Come on, then! Hit me!”

“Your stance is all wrong.”

“Am I doing this right?”

“I feel like I’ve been chewed up, spat out, and run over repeatedly.”

“Get down and give me 20!”

“How many miles/kilometers are we running?!”

“Hey! Watch where you’re swinging that!” 

“Nice punch! Now do it again!” 

“You won’t hurt me, I promise.” 

“My grip feels off…” 

“Have you ever used a(n) __ before?” 

“I don’t want to hurt you…” 

“I think I’m going to feel that tomorrow.” 

“If you can lift me up, then you can lift these weights just fine.” 

“On a scale of one to ten, how much did that hurt?”

“Here, you put your feet like this…” 

“Relax. I’m trying to help.” 

“Can you teach me how to __?”

“God, we stink.” 

“Are you doing okay?” 

“Are you alright?” 

“If I do fifteen push-ups, can I be done for the day?” 

“Come on! Another round!” 

“You can win this time!”

“Work your angle a little more and you got it perfect!” 

“What are you doing up at this hour?” 

“Where did you get that bruise?” 

“Hey, no, stop. You’re going to break your fingers punching like that.”

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First meeting meme

Send 😀 for your muse to admit they’re my muse’s biggest fan Send 😅 for your muse to bump into mine Send 😉 for your muse to attempt flirting with mine Send 😎 for your muse to show off how cool they are Send 😘 for your muse to make that face towards mine across a bar Send 😍 for your muse to fall in love with mine at first sight Send 🤠 for your muse to act like a cowboy Send 🤡 for your muse to break some awkward silence with a joke Send 🤓 for your muse to teach mine a scientific lesson Send 😐 for your muse to silently judge mine Send 😶 for your muse to have a secret crush on mine and attempt interacting with them Send 😪 for your muse to fall asleep on mine Send 👹 for my muse to scare yours Send 😱 for your muse expressing how offended they are about something my muse said Send 👻 for your muse to appear in front of mine as a ghost Send 👉 for your muse to gunfinger towards mine Send 😈 for your muse to bully mine Send 👋 for your muse to wave at mine, thinking they’re someone else Send 👊 for your muse to punch mine out of nowhere Send 🐶 for your muse to randomly give mine a puppy and run away Send 🐱 for your muse to randomly give mine a kitten and run away Send 🐓 for your muse to give mine an angry chicken and run for their lives Send 🍺 for your muse to sleep in my muse’s apartment after getting completely drunk Send 🔪 for your muse to try to kill mine Send 🏏 for your muse to accidentally smash my muse’s window with a baseball Send 📞 for your muse to accidentally call mine Send 🌳 for your muse to sit next to mine at a park and start up a conversation

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Send ‘🍌’ to give my muse a banana without saying anything. No context. Just give them a banana.

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If they had a kid meme

send me a pair name and I’ll tell you what I think it would be like if they had a child.

Name:

Gender:

General Appearance:

Personality:

Special Talents:

Who they like better:

Who they take after more:

Personal Head canon:

Face Claim:

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Pick up my muse!

send ⭐️ to pick up my sick or injured muse send 🌟 to keep my muse from doing something dumb send ✨ to pick up my muse in a romantic fashion send 💫 to pick up my muse with the intention of hurting them OR  send 🔆 and a specific reason or ❇️ for the mun to decide

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The Silmarillion Alphabet

A is for Argon, most forgotten of all;

B is for Bauglir, you jerk;

C is for Celegorm, Curufin, Caranthir;

D is for Daeron, the lost; 

E is for Eru Iluvatar;

F is for Finwe and his sons: Feanor, Fingolfin and Finarfin;

G is for Gil-Galad (who’s your dad anyway?);

H is for Helcaraxë, very cold; 

I is for Ingwë and Ingwion and Indis;

J is for John Ronald Reuel;

K is for Khîm of the dwarves;

L is for Luthein, most beautiful of all, 

M is for Maedhros and Maglor;

N is for Nope what you all should have said;

O is for Osse, the Maia;

P is Penlod the Lord of two houses;

Q is Quennar the Lore Master;

R is for Rumil and his Runes;

S is Saeros and Salgant (the misfits)

T is for Turin Turambar;

U is Ulfang and his sons;

V is Varda who lit the sky;

W is for the Waters and Ulmo their lord;

X is for -itë (which means ‘having x’)

Y is Yavanna, the mother of ents;

Z is for ze end.

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Get your jewel-thieving ass out of your misery fortress and help us drag the shit out of Morgoth.

- Maedhros Fëanorion, in an early draft of a letter to King Elu Thingol, the Silmarillion, Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad

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phantom pain

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Betrayal

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I had to put them side by side.

Maedhros, before and after.

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Maedhros swearing fealty to Fingon. 

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I just wanted to draw Maedhros looking content.

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“For Maglor took pity upon Elros and Elrond, and he cherished them, and love grew after between them, as little might be thought; but Maglor’s heart was sick and weary with the burden of the dreadful oath.”(The Silmarillion, “Of Eärendil and the War of Wrath”) Watercolour and gouache on Canson Montval cold-pressed paper, A3 size. Prints here! http://www.etsy.com/listing/261422186/as-little-might-be-thought-facsimile

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Historical / Fantasy First Interactions

“Excuse me, I am a weary traveller. Is there an inn nearby?” “My apologies, I thought you were my Lord/Lady.” “Where’s the blacksmith? I need the damned blacksmith!” “I hear the Queen has been having a sordid affair.” “You cannot put your horse here, you’ll need to take it to the stables.��� “You don’t hail from these parts, do you?” “My Lord/Lady, it’s a pleasure to have you in our lands.” “Have you heard the rumours of magic in these parts?” “I wouldn’t travel to those parts if I were you - dragons hail in those parts.” “My goodness, you look like an elven beauty.” “I’ll have the largest tankard of mead available.” “Do you pledge fealty to the King/Queen?” “Who goes there? Friend or foe?” “Dwarven crafts and wares for sale!.” “I can offer you my sword on your travels - for a price.” “You have not pledged fealty to my King/Queen - therefore you are my enemy.” “It is an honour to welcome a noble from such far lands.” “You there! I wish to hire your sword!” “Healer! We need a healer!” “Wait a minute… You’re no human, are you?” “You practice magic, don’t you? I can smell it on you.” “Halt! In the name of the King/Queen!” “Welcome, clearly the tales of your beauty/strength do you no justice.” “So I guess you’re my sparring buddy for this training exercise.” “You must have travelled from far off lands, I have never seen anyone who looks like you.”