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A young Finarfin, sanest of the Noldor (the bar is low). Poor guy, victim of youngest-sibling-forced-to-take-responsibility-bc-of-crashout-older-siblings disease.

I see him wearing a lot of pearls and coral. His crown is made of twisted silver, coral, and pearl accents.

Next Up: Neutral Good

sound off in the comments :)

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End In Fire

Maedhros

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依然是苏丹的游戏的crossover，给牌和安安排了纵欲👀👀👀

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bro only believes in science

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As I prep for Silvergifting week 2025, I went through my old outlines for 2024 and I found this:

3 bullet points! 3 bullet points and somehow I ended up writing nearly 100k and counting words for this 3 bullet point prompt!

Can't wait for silvergifting week 2025 where I will NOT be making that mistake again (or will I?)

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Super excited that it's running again!

Silvergifting Week will be running again this year, August 4-10, 2025. More info will follow later.

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Mairon The Smith

My HC is that Halbrand is the closest Sauron’s been to his Mairon form, having all but given up and Lowden’s version is his first appearance as ‘Sauron’

I like the idea of Mairon having a more free kind of style that eventually becomes more ordered and rigid as he turns to Morgoth

Aule would insist on a simple style for his apprentices “beauty is in the craft, not the crafter” kind of deal, but Mairon is still luminous and beautiful covered in flame motifs

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It’d be so interesting tho, if the Valar saw Celebrimbor as a pseudo-Maia because he can manipulate the world.

Like, the Rings of Power had abilities of Maiar such as hiding Imladris from view, preserving time in Lothlorien, and probably more tidbits I don’t know.

Eldritch Peredhel and Eldritch Galadriel headcanons aside, the Ring that they carried either boosted them to full-Maiarin power (regarding hiding/preserving things) or just, gave them that full ability. The Rings gave elves power beyond anything the elves should’ve been able to do.

And Celebrimbor made the Rings. Maybe the Valar weren’t surprised that Sauron, ex-forge Maia extraordinaire, made the Rings, but Celebrimbor????

The silmarils were bright and lovely, yes, but they had no real, inherent power. However, Celebrimbor’s Rings have very real Power.

So I wonder if the Valar would see a re-embodied Celebrimbor and just go “well, I guess he’s a sorta-Maia, then. Since he can manipulate the world.”

And they just, gave him the Feanorian lands.

Like, every Maia in Valinor has Their Spot where they can manipulate the world a bit and shape it to their preferences. Y’know, tree maiar make forests, that sorta thing.

So the Valar give Celebrimbor relatively free-reign over the Feanorian lands like, “Okay little guy, this is your area. Feel free to manipulate the environment over here. A Vala will step in if you accidentally break something. Have fun.”

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There's something wrong with these woods

A quick entry for @tolkienhorrorweek day 5: Nan Elmoth

Rating: Teen

Summary:

Aredhel finds herself lost in Nan Elmoth. She becomes enchanted with the elf living there and bears him a son.

Too bad no one ever told her to think a little more critically about why Nan Elmoth might not have many visitors. There's avoiding paranoia and then there's ignoring self-preservation instincts.

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Me, reading this and thinking the premise sounds interesting, clicking on the link, only to find that it's my fic

LOL

I'm glad you found it 😊

Need help finding a fic!

I’m going crazy trying to find a silvergifting fic I read recently. All I can remember is that apparently Celebrimbor/Tyelpë was considered to be not as attractive as the other Feanorians in his family; it doesn’t bother Tyelpë much or he is used to it; Annatar eventually falls in love with him anyway; Annatar gets upset because Morgoth says something vaguely insulting about Tyelpë’s looks (dismissively) and says that Luthien is better looking.

If anyone knows which fic this is, please let me know! 🙏🏻 Thank you!

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A haiku dedicated to fanfic writing...

I love writing but

I have no motivation

I want to play games (╥‸╥)

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You know what?

I love you, fics that take months to update. I click on the newest chapter and have no memory of this place and get to go back some chapters and rediscover how much i love everything about this story.

I love you, fics that take years to update. I think of you fondly, and know your names, go search for you and see an update from this year and scream, diving in uncaring of any missed details (i will finish the update and read you in reverse because this is a treat you have bestowed)

I love you, fics that probably will never update again. Thank you for being a roman empire for my mind, thank you for teaching me about the ephemeral fandom experience, for inspiring a thousand million what if-s, for being a comfort read and a nostalgia read and a reread.

I love you fic writers, who jump into projects and stories with enthusiasm. I love you when you succeed in pumping out those chapters and that love doesn't go away when you stop.

I love you fic writers who post and then get in your own head and never feel confident enough to update, whether it's at all or whether it's just that one story.

I love you fic writers, who have a fandom or media hurt you to the point of abandoning or having a hard time with their WIPs.

I love you fic writers, who lose interest or have life changes or illness or bad memory. Thank you for being part of the fandom, a core part of the fandom. Thank you for the time spent in the fandom.

I love you, fic writers who try out something new and then stop. You're so valid.

I love you, WIP fics that may or may not ever get finished. Thank you for brightening my day in the way only you could have.

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Day #43 - Glitter

Yeahhhh I blacked out and now there's celebrimblorbo in sparkly pink eyeshadow. He's sparkly now! :D

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a while ago i was sent an ask from @waterjewelsspite (answered below) wherein i was asked about different elven fashions.... so from left to right: doriathrim fashion, teleri + nargothrond fashion, vanya fashion :DD these have been sitting in my drafts as uncoloured wips since early 2022 omg, but better late than never i suppose !!!

i didnt have a specific sketch page for the noldor that i did back then hahahaha so i came back to it recently and took it as a chance to do some assorted concept doodles with the kind of outfits i imagine them wearing in mundane situations? i dont quite know how to explain it but i hope my annotations can help show my thought process a bit!!

cant believe it took me this long to give like half the characters proper fullbody refs or designs (im looking at YOU beleg and mablung) but this has been super fun and really refreshing, so thank you again waterjewelsspite for the kind ask!!! sorry again it took. two and a half years. OMG. for me to get it done 😭😭😭 i hope this sufficed!!!

in usual fashion, bonus feanorian shenanigans: caranthir's first business/publishing/entrepreneurship/girlboss venture

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The Definition of Insanity

Last day. I can't believe the week is already over. I had a lot of fun participating and I hope everyone else enjoyed it.

Rating: Teen

Summary:

Mairon was perfectly fine with the uneven equilibrium he had found in the later ages of Arda. He has been granted leniency and a way to make up for his mistakes. He has his projects and his research. What more could he desire? Or at least, that's what he thought before a certain Noldorian prince quite literally ran into him and made him yearn for something he'd forced himself to forget.

“You didn’t know?” Fingon snorted sounding almost angry. “Everyone else’s back except for Feanor, his sons, and grandson. Even Miriel’s back.”

“They’re not going to be gone forever. Not if I have anything to say about it,” Fingon grounded out. “I will not let Maedhros vanish forever. I have things I need to say to him.”

"And surely you have things you need to say to Celebrimbor"

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Cut (behind the scenes)

My entry for day 6 of Silvergifting Week 2024

Rating: Teen

Summary:

Mellisa is so curious about her coworker: Mairon Aulendur. He's beautiful, talented, and utterly professional.

Until he accidentally lets slip that he's married.

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