#Ainur week

[ainurweek]

Which Gandalf are you today? ✨

[prymaraa]

it's ainur week!

day 1 ; manwë and varda ; life among the stars ; @ainurweek

[melestasflight]

In Honor of Yavanna: Glingal and Belthil

[...] in the courts of Turgon stood images of the Trees of old, which Turgon himself wrought with elven-craft; and the Tree which he made of gold was named Glingal, and the Tree whose flowers he made of silver was named Belthil

just a tad late for Yavanna's day for @ainurweek

[aotearoa20]

Ainur and the Children

Celegorm, who followed the Hunt of Oromë and from him learnt the tongues of bird and beast @ainurweek

[cilil]

✧˖° Day 1: Power dynamics | Manwë x Varda ✧˖° Synopsis: Manwë watches his queen work. ✧˖° Warnings: / ✧˖° Drabble

Her glorious form stretched across the night sky, like pearls and ribbons of light shrouded by vast nebulae in which she lovingly shaped her stars. 

Manwë sat on the outstretched palm of one of her hands, watching his wife's work in silent awe. 

"Be patient a while longer, my love," Varda said and gingerly caressed his smaller form with her thumb. Her touch left a trace of glittering sparks. 

"Please take your time," Manwë replied and leaned into her caress, his feathers fluffed up in delight as if to entice her to continue petting him. "I could watch you forever." 

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[starspray]

Let There Be Light

Also posted on the SWG

written for @ainurweek and also SWG's Roaring Twenties challenge

But when the Valar entered into Eä they were at first astounded and at a loss, for it was as if naught was yet made which they had seen in vision, and all was but on point to begin and yet unshaped, and it was dark. For the Great Music had been but the growth and flowering of thought in the Timeless Halls, and the Vision only a foreshadowing; but now they had entered in at the beginning of Time, and the Valar perceived that the World had been but foreshadowed and foresung, and they must achieve it. - Ainulindalë

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When the Valar descended from the Timeless Halls into Eä, they found all in darkness, with nothing there of the world they had seen and sung. Even Manwë halted, momentarily uncertain. Even he had not realized that what the Music had been was only a foretelling. But Varda did not hesitate. She remembered her part in the Song well, and knew that this was its time. She therefore put forth her power and lifted her voice. The gasses and tiny particles drifting through the emptiness responded to her call, coming whirling together and igniting in the first stars. She cradled them to herself before flinging them out into the darkness, where they swirled in a dance of their own, pulsing with music to harmonize with the voices of the Valar, bringing light to the vast darkness.

But Melkor was also there, and it was he who spurred the first stars to burst, to grow bigger and bigger and absorb more and more gas until at last they died in a brilliant explosion, sending the heavier matter they had made far out into the void. The other Valar cried out in dismay when it first began, but Varda laughed. For what Melkor had sought to destroy had instead given Aulë and Ulmo and Manwë all that they needed to begin to build a world fit for the children. Here was iron, here was carbon, here were the ingredients that made water, that Ulmo loved most.

And stars, too, were living things after their own fashion, things that were born and that, in time, died—though not all of them went so spectacularly. Varda sung together great clouds of gases where new stars were born, and these she gave into the care of her closest follower Ilmarë. Ilmarë tended the stars with care, singing of light and warmth and color as she danced through the clouds, spinning them with her dance into marvelous shapes—towering cliffs of gas clouds, or whirling circles of varying color. She rode waves of heat from star cluster to star cluster, and scooped the newborn stars up and flung them outward into spiraling galaxies that Varda crafted with infinite care. Their voices and the stars’ echoed through the vastness of Eä, and Ilmarë delighted in it all.

The time came, at last, for the Valar to descend onto Arda, the world made solid of stone and iron and of flowing water and breathing life, to await the coming of the Children. Ilmarë went also but did not linger. Though she also was eager to meet the Children at last, her siblings in Ilúvatar’s thought, her heart lay rather with the star nurseries, with the nebulae and the comets and the strange and wondrous things far from the shores of Arda’s seas.

[general-illyrin]

I have a headcanon I've been sitting on for a while and I don't think I've posted it here yet; since it's Ainur Week (run by @ainurweek), now seems the perfect time to do so!

I've been reading the Silm, and I noticed something fascinating. The Silm says that Yavanna made the birds and flowers. ("As yet no flower had bloomed nor any bird had sung, for these things waited still their time in the bosom of Yavanna;")

But there is one other Vala that is strongly connected to birds and flowers, so much so that they are her defining traits: Vána, Yavanna's younger sister. ("The spouse of Oromë is Vána, the Ever-Young; she is the younger sister of Yavanna. All flowers spring as she passes and opens if she glances upon them; and all birds sing at her coming.") This opens up a lot of questions - Was Vána the inspiration for Yavanna creating birds and flowers? Did Yavanna create them and gift them to Vána in some way? How did Vána gain her power regarding them? What defining traits did Vána have before gaining these?

Personally, I think that Yavanna and Vána were very close as sisters, and Yavanna was inspired to create birds and flowers by Vána's personality. She then somehow gifted them to Vána, who loved her sister's gifts so much that they became her defining traits! (As a result of this, I also headcanon that Yavanna's love language is gift-giving.)

[glorf1ndel]

Hey Tolkien fandom, I am organizing @ainurweek and want to know when you’d like the event to take place this year! When works best for you?

If there is another time that works better, let me know in the comments! Thanks 💜

[the-red-butterfly]

The Oldest Of Friends

Day 2: Friends & Love | Rain & Clouds

Second day of @manweweek AND IT'S STILL TUESDAY, I'M ON TIME! I love their friendship so much (@cilil baby girl, I know you wanna ship them, you have my permission go ahead, go ham, green light means go) so so much, I think it was one of the things that first stuck with me when I read the silm. I mean, unless I imagined the whole thing. Wasn't there something about them working together?? Correct me if I'm wrong XD

Anyway, I REALLY wanted to draw Manwë under the rain, I'm doing everything on a time crunch but I would love to try again with more time and mind to put into it.

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Open for Commissions

[ainurweek]

[prymaraa]

I totally forgot about ainurweek today, so just quick sketch of yavanna!!

day 2 ; yavanna ; @ainurweek

[manweweek]

Introduction/About

Hello and welcome to Manwë Week!

Manwë Week is a week-long fandom event dedicated to Manwë Súlimo from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion, planned for March 11th - 17th 2024. The month of March is known as Súlimë, so it seemed only fitting to create an event to celebrate the Lord of Winds!

All sorts of fanworks are welcome, including but not limited to art (digital or traditional), fanfiction, moodboards, headcanons or playlists.

Here is a brief overview of this year's prompts:

Day 1: Family | Breath & Air Day 2: Friends & Love | Rain & Clouds Day 3: The Children | Whispering Breeze Day 4: Poetry & Birdsong | Taniquetil Day 5: Free of Evil | Opposition Day 6: Fallen | Storm Day 7: Freeform

For more details, please have a look at the prompt list.

Any questions, suggestions or concerns? Check out the FAQ or send an ask! You can also reach out on @cilil's blog.

ʚ Mod @cilil

A big thank you and shout out to @glorf1ndel and @arofili for providing advice, inspiration and resources for setting up and managing fandom events.

[aotearoa20]

Ainur and the Children

Frodo in Valinor with Nienna, Lady of Mercy and healer of hurts @ainurweek

[cilil]

✧˖° Day 5: Death & fate | Námo x Vairë ✧˖° Synopsis: One sees the past, one sees the future. In the present they come together. ✧˖° Warnings: / ✧˖° Drabble

She wove the past into her tapestries, telling stories of fortune and misfortune, life and death with the work of her hands. 

His eyes saw the future, stories that haven't been told and won't be told for ages to come, but his lips remained sealed and his hands still; those fates weren't his to reveal. 

Yet time and time again one of her many restless hands reached out to take his. Námo looked at Vairë just as she looked at him, and for a blissful moment, they were together in the present – only them and their tale of quiet comfort.  

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[nighttimepatrons]

birdman manwe for @manweweek

im currently reading the silm and sometimes I do want to strangle him, but i suppose there are worse options for a king.

[eonweweek]

Hello everyone,

we are pleased to announce the coming of Eönwë Week, a fandom event dedicated to our favourite Herald.

The event will run from August 12th to 18th 2024, so save the date!