#Justcypress

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If you haven't read these stories yet, you SHOULD. I'm rereading it now and I'm still so in love with it.

Rescue By the Mighty

Thranduil & Maglor (Tolkien Universe)

A commission I made for my lovely friend @justcypress of her wonderful story The Gold Rings and Green Woods (FF AO3). Which is awesome and amazing and if you haven't read it you really should.

AND ITS ALSO A NEW ENTRY TO MY VERY LARGE COLLECTION OF ART OF HER SERIES What It Means To Be A King (FF AO3) haha. It's been More than a year in the making (the commission), I kid you not, under the cut you can find some of the sketches and concepts I did for this piece.

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More “What It Means To Be A King” Fanart:

Old Loves · The Burning In My Throat · You Stupid Elf · Truth By Fire Is Ten Times Brighter · Sketch Dump · Gold Rings And Green Woods (Cover) · Wounds Not Yet Healed · Rescue By The Mighty

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Open for Commissions

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Sketches and concepts ↓

[tinwe-the-local-assassin]

Celegorm Knew the Tongue of Birds and Beasts...

Is a very vague and interesting sentence.

Did he learn it? Did he just know it? Was it a gift from Oromë?

I've seen very different approaches here and there, and my own personal favorite is for this ability to be a gift from Eru. I must admit I was inspired by @justcypress and their writings for this.

But I do have logic backing this up. What does it really mean when we say he knows the tongues? Could he communicate with them? If so, simply learning it won't make him able to speak with them.

The vocal structure of each animal, especially those he must have interacted with are vastly different to our own. Whistling wouldn't have helped him speak with elks or other creatures besides a few birds.

So, was his case an exception? Was elven vocal anatomy so different from ours? Could all elves, if putting their mind on it, do this?

[tolkienrsb]

Day 8 Round Up

Need something to while away the evening?  Check out today’s selection of fics and art...

Lands, Lords and Ladies, lost beyond the Sea by @cycas (writer) / @ladybrooke (artist) //  A reborn High King of the Noldor at King Arthur's court.

Halos Made of Summer, Ribbons Made of Spring by @but-what-if-i-fly (writer) / @nienna324 (artist) //  In which Aredhel basically says "I know a place…" and the Place is, in fact, pretty great.

Songs of Shadow, Songs of Blood by @sweetteaanddragons (writer) / @ladybrooke (artist) //  There are shadows in the forests of Beleriand, and some of them have teeth.

The Spaces Between Light by @awaylaughing (writer) / @factorialrabbits (artist) // A forest is always a forest, but darkness is not always Darkness.

Two Steps Behind by @stormxpadme (writer) / @hiverforesteevee (artist) // 20-year-old Legolas gets lost in the woods. When he's found, it's not by his father...

Right Where You Are by @edgeoflight (writer) / @wheresmybloodynauglamir (artist) //  Maglor is trying to find someone from his past - will he be lucky or will their paths only cross once?

Amdir and Estel by @justcypress (writer) / @fernstrike (artist) //  A young noblewoman, navigating the treacherous waters of Ar-Phazon's court, secretly visits the White Tree which is against the King's law, a decision that will change her life forever.

Something to Start With by @storiesforsomeone (writer) / @mulasawala (artist) // Where some things get lost in translation, courting mishaps have the whole kingdom losing their minds, and simple acts of kindness and love can go a long way.

Check out the rest of the TRSB2020 Collection here!

[the-red-butterfly]

Wounds Not Yet Healed

Elrond (Elwing) & Thranduil (Tolkien Universe)

“Thranduil, wake up. Wake up. THRANDUIL!”

Thranduil looked up and saw Elwing or was it Elrond? He could not tell as the two faces overlapped and separated. “All these. They are in your head. It is in the past. Come back.”

Thranduil shook his head as Elwing, then again Elrond, held onto his hand. Soft light played about her face making her glow as if reflecting a moonlight in the summer evening. Her warm gray eyes shimmered with unshed tears. “Do not cling to the past, Thranduil. Let them go. You were but a child. You cannot blame yourself for what happened. Only those who killed are to blame.”

“But I killed them. I did this. Your mother, your brothers. Aron’s mother, and the ladies…my…my brother. I brought those killers there.” Overwhelming grief crashed onto his chest smothering the breath. His heart drummed inside him. Tears he thought were frozen fell like streams down his face. “How could they forgive me?” He looked up not expecting an answer. He felt drained as if he was washed away onto a desolate beach from a wrecked ship. Every part of his body hurt, heavy and weak.

“The fault lay not with you. Those warriors lied to you, a child who knew nothing. Anyone would have known that. Glineth, Captain Aron, none of them blames you. Only you do. Let it go, Thranduil. Be free of this guilt that you carry with you.”

Chapter 100

What It Means To Be A King (FF AO3) - By Arinariel (FF AO3)

I swear this genuinely started like a sketch and it was going to stay that way, but my hands got away from me (,: I cannot help myself fffffff.

Like, the lines are al sketch I didn’t work them really, but it still looks very nice so I’m happy (:

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More “What It Means To Be A King” Fanart:

Old Loves · The Burning In My Throat · You Stupid Elf · Truth By Fire Is Ten Times Brighter · Sketch Dump · Gold Rings And Green Woods (Cover) · Wounds Not Yet Healed · Rescue By The Mighty

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OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS

[the-red-butterfly]

What It Means To Be A King Sketch Dump

After finally getting back to the wonderful story that is What It Means To Be A King written by Arinariel, I went crazy and did a bunch of sketches of things I liked. 

In the last image of Beril attacking Thranduil I forgot he had short hair there XD I don’t care all that much his hair looks lovey there and I suck at drawing short hair.

Now, here’s a bunch of other things I’ve drawn for this story as well, because I have no self control <3

More What It Means To Be A King Fanart:

Old Loves · The Burning In My Throat · You Stupid Elf · Truth By Fire Is Ten Times Brighter · Sketch Dump · Gold Rings And Green Woods (Cover) · Wounds Not Yet Healed · Rescue By The Mighty

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OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS

[the-red-butterfly]

The Burning In My Throat 

“Ssspare me your sarcasm, Elf,” growled the dragon and flipped her long tail crowned with several spikes landing it suspiciously close to where Thranduil stood. “I can heal your injury. A sssip of my blood will heal your wound and will give your body ssstrength enough to resist dragonling fire.”

“Your blood? Aren’t dragon blood poisonous?”

“Indeed it isss, for one like your friend. But for you, for onesss with darkness as I seee you surrounded, you will survive.”

“You want me to drink your tainted blood?”

Chapter 60 - The Proposal

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Thranduil swallowed. A small part of his mind resisted. There were other ways. There were always options. He knew that, and all the knowledge he gained on his paths told him so, to withstand. Yet, his heart tightened and flustered. Desire churned and rose. A chance to get back at them all, to return blood for blood.

Thranduil’s heart beat faster and faster. He reached out for the claw. His hands shook as they grabbed the claw and he drank from it.

A sip.

The liquid burned as it went down his throat and Thranduil gagged, clutching at his neck. A slither of poison. He opened his mouth, and a thin gray smoke escaped his lips.

Chapter 62 - Crossroad  

What It Means To Be A King - Written by Arinariel

Other works for this fic are:

Old Loves · The Burning In My Throat · You Stupid Elf · Truth By Fire Is Ten Times Brighter · Sketch Dump · Gold Rings And Green Woods (Cover) · Wounds Not Yet Healed · Rescue By The Mighty

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OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS 

More on this wonderful fic because I just can’t get enough of it, seriously. I think there’s been only one other story I’ve made fanfiction for like this hehe. I’m nowhere near stoping tho.

Its a very flat pice but I like it, he looks glowing, like an elf, so thats good. 

So this is how I imagine Thranduil will struggle with the blood inside him, I really like the idea. If you pay close attention you can see that his right eyes is very snakelike. Man I want to draw more of this.

[the-red-butterfly]

Old Loves

Silwen & Gil-Galad (Tolkien Universe)

Gil-Galad’s heart pounded. For no one else did his heart beat so fiercely but for one. Even after two and half centuries he had known her, that had not changed.

-What It Means To Be A King- Chapter 64

Written by Arinariel

Other works for this fic are:

Old Loves · The Burning In My Throat · You Stupid Elf · Truth By Fire Is Ten Times Brighter · Sketch Dump · Gold Rings And Green Woods (Cover) · Wounds Not Yet Healed · Rescue By The Mighty

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OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS 

Close-ups underneath

I won’t complain today, even though I always have stuff today. But I won't today.

A sort of scene but not really, half inspiration, half not, from the wonderful story of @justcypress that I adore with all my might. These two idiots (but more like an idiot and a wonderful lass) that feel a bit like unrequited love but not really?

Anywho, I had SO much fun with this and I think it made me improve a bit on some areas, I’m super happy all in all and can’t say much else.

Happy late-ish Birthday my new friend! :D

[jaybeeart-vardathebeloved]

@devidlg you really don’t...wonder why? 🤔 kids are challenging to draw tho ��

@elsilmarillionno thank you! Glad you like it 😁

@justcypress She does! 😁

Eärwen & Smol Artanis (Galadriel)

Hope you don’t mind I chose them for this :)

@elsilmarillionno

[the-red-butterfly]

The Fall of a Star

Eärendil & Elrond (Tolkien Universe)

First entry I'm submitting for Scribbles and Drabbles! @fall-for-tolkien Picture Eärendil way up in the sky, where, for some reason, maybe he was protecting the door of night and Melkor fought back, making him stumble or faint and fall down from Vingilot. The brightest star of Middle Earth falls from the sky, and who finds him? Non other than a long lost son...

By the suggestion of my good friend @justcypress this could also be Eärendil and Maglor if you delete the text at the end, and I dig that very much so be free to look at it as you will hehe.

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Open for Commissions

[the-red-butterfly]

Elwing By The Sea

Elwing Princess of Doriath (Tolkien Universe)

Quick work of Elwing how was originally meant to be Arwen but it makes more sense that she’s not? Thanks to @justcypress how helped me figure out this gal’s true identity. Now I know she’s waiting for her husband The Mariner (,:

Anywho, had a ton of fun with it, then some pain (as usual, I’m never 100% happy with my stuff). It’s good I think :)

I wonder is the Silmarils are as heavy as the Harry Potter locket seemed to be. Or, you know, the actual rig of power, so we don’t change fandom hehe 

[the-red-butterfly]

Rescue By the Mighty

Thranduil & Maglor (Tolkien Universe)

A commission I made for my lovely friend @justcypress of her wonderful story The Gold Rings and Green Woods (FF AO3). Which is awesome and amazing and if you haven't read it you really should.

AND ITS ALSO A NEW ENTRY TO MY VERY LARGE COLLECTION OF ART OF HER SERIES What It Means To Be A King (FF AO3) haha. It's been More than a year in the making (the commission), I kid you not, under the cut you can find some of the sketches and concepts I did for this piece.

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More “What It Means To Be A King” Fanart:

Old Loves · The Burning In My Throat · You Stupid Elf · Truth By Fire Is Ten Times Brighter · Sketch Dump · Gold Rings And Green Woods (Cover) · Wounds Not Yet Healed · Rescue By The Mighty

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Open for Commissions

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Sketches and concepts ↓