#silm × sw

[that-angry-noldo]

When Stars are Close (The Home is Far Away)

[my take on a StarWars!Finrod, inspired by @arafinweanappreciation post]

The Holocron activates with a single touch. It's Force signature is hesistant, but it's longing and curious. A person appears; their gender is hard to tell, but under further inspection it's possible to conclude that he's a male from unknown species, similar to humans. He has pointy ears, his expression is frowning.

So... I just. Start talking. Right. That's it?

He exhales.

It's weird. Guys, I could have simply wrote a book. Instead I'm staring at my own self. But blue. Like - like a mirror.

So- um. The council told me to just start talking. It's... supposed to help me? Help them. Understand me.

So, uh. Name's Finrod. Or Nom. Finrod Findarato Artafinde Ingoldo Nom Felagund, from the Third House of Noldor. Uh- king of Nargothrond, if we're going with titles. Or- wait, am I king if I kind of un-kinged myself? That's- that's a story for another day, I suppose.

Uh, oh, right, that doesn't really matter because it's not like there's another Nargothrond or something. Sorry for, um, wasting your time on that nonsense. Right, so I'm an Elda. Or Elf. As long as I know, this galaxy doesn't... have... any? Oh Eru, it's really weird, saying "this galaxy", isn't it. Yeah, right, to the point.

I'm... kind of... not from here.

The place i'm from is... wait, how you'd call it? Underdeveloped? Man, that's rude. We're pretty developed. The only reason we're not building skie- skyscrapers or space... ships is because we mind our business inside of Arda. So yeah, we don't have tech... nology... man, Feanor would have so much fun with this words... But like, we're good. Uh, and I'm pretty sure our Arda is flat. Shut. It is. I literally had no idea what horizon means until I came here. Man, round planets are so weird?

Anyways, to how I came here.

I, um... died.

There's a pause.

So... yeah, sorry, it's not the prettiest memory I have. But, like, it's fine. Dying. In Arda. If you're an elf. We, just kind of, ressurect. I had a friend who fell of the horse and broke his neck and died. Came back in like, ten days. I'm- I'm pretty sure he had a good time? Namo gave him cookies. My theory is that since he was a child, he didn't have a sorrow to heal from. Just general confusion.

Finrod frowns.

Don't... don't think he had the same luck the second time, though. Since... kinslaying and doom and all that... stuff.

So- yeah, technically speaking. I should be dead. Even though my elven nature allows me to ressurect. I- my kin- Noldor- we- uh- oh Eru-

Man, it's complicated. To simplify, the Big Bad in my world stole three gems my uncle was really... obsessed with, killed the source of light in the world, killed my grandpa and. Ran. Then my uncle - half-uncle - kind of went mad and... um... stole ships. Killing their owners first. Which was... a big deal since we didn't have wars back then. Plus, the owners were my relatives. So, uh, yes, he was preparing to sail in them but then the god of doom appeared and said that we're doomed, pun intended. Basically, anyone who goes with him will experience sorrow and pain and death. And won't ressurect. He sailed either way, but there wasn't enough ships so we were waiting on the shore but then boom. He burned them. Oh man, you don't really need such details, do you?

Anyways, onto the next point? The Jedi say I'm open to Force. Force being magic. Oh come on, Mace, it flows in everything that's alive. That's basically our Great Song. Back in Arda you can master it, if you happen to be an Elf or a Dwarf. It... we use it when forging or smithing or singing or speaking. We have... spells? I guess? It takes time to master, but it's not like elves suffer from the lack of it, really. (Chuckles.) Um... we don't divide it into dark or light side, though.

You see, using the Dark side... uh. Our analogy is the Dissonance. It's a part of the Great Song, though; when creating the World - Arda - Ea - the Big Bad - oh my, I'm calling Moringotto "the Big Bad" next time I see him - the Big Bad decided to create its own Song, so that's where all the evil stuff originates from.

Yeah, we don't divide magic into "Light" and "Dark" because we don't use Dissonance. But, like... if we're going with Jedi teachings, there's a Dark inside our Light.

Yep. (Smiles. The smile is nothing but friendly.) Uh, for example, the Songs of Power. It's... it's heavily based on emotions and manipulating. Of course, there's more to it, don't worry! But-

When I was singing-

Man, I- I really had to go into that, didn't I.

Anyways, the Song is more to that: you can make people warm with it; you can heal; you can charm people; but... when it comes to the Battle of Wills- the Battle of the Songs-

There's very little holding you. Every emotion is a spare bit of Power. Every memory is a source of the Song. It's... You have to weave your Song carefully, though.

I... I didn't.

Cost me greatly, didn't it. (Shrugs.) I... built it on the wrong thing.

But, like... I'm pretty sure I culd've been considered a Dark user in that moment. Or no! (Laughs.) If somebody saw me, I'd be appearing as a beacon of light compared to the thing- power- person I was fighting.

Sauron's kind of a stinky guy. (Laughs louder.) He would probably be considered a Sith. A Dark Lord, even.

Um- is a person still considered Jedi or Sith if they were basically the Power of the World? Oh, you don't have those? Um. Pretty sure he's a Dark Lord, then.

Pause. Then, under his breath:

The Dark Lord sounds cool, though. I wanna be a Dark Lord.

Oh my- I was joking. I was literally killed by the man, I want nothing but to kill him in return.

Oh- that's a bad thing? Op, yep, revenge, sorry, just slipped. Still wanna kill him, but whatever. A bunch of dudes in the robes who are also two millenias yonger then me won't let me. Sure, sure, let the kids play adults.

Oh my God, Mace, I am joking. But you know what, let me get a Dark Lord to kill you so I can talk to you in the afterlife.

Brothers and sisters in Song, don't speak to me of revenge if you didn't get yourself killed. I'm proclaiming it a touchy subject. I'll get all sad and upset if you try to talk me out of it.

Oh, yeah! Forgot to mention, I'm immortal, if another Dark Lord doesn't decide that I'm a delicious breakfast for his werewolves.

Um- guys. It's alright. Traumatic experience, but I'm alive, am I not? Yoda, you tell them.

Oh- Yoda, for Morgoth's sake. It's fine. I killed that werewolf, too. It's not like it's eaten me whole, I was exaggerating. That was a pretty badass moment, actually! I kind of broke my chains and saved my friend and-

... oh. Now I'm sad and stuff. I have no idea if I saved him or if I just gave him a few hours of spare time.

Another reason to figure out how to get me back faster, right?..

~

The next recording starts with Finrod being silent for a minute. Then, he takes a sharp breath. He was crying.

I- I miss them.

There's... Council isn't listening on this one, but they said I can use it, so-

I miss them so much it hurts.

I- I miss Father. Atya. He... he was smart. Wise. I- I miss him, gods, why do I miss him so damn much- and... mother, my dear mother, oh-

He stops. A silenced cries can be heard.

I- I had two brothers. They... they died, they... burned to crisps- I- I identified Aegnor's body because Andreth was layng beside him, she... didn't... didn't burn all the way- and Angrod- he- he had a sword in his chest and- his hair- there was only face left- oh- I- I wasn't in time- I-

A pause.

I... still have Artanis and Orodreth- or- had. Oh, I miss them. I want. I want to see them. I want to say Orodreth that he'll manage. Want to bicker with Artanis one more time. Oh, Eru- gods- Force- am I asking for too much?!

I... I wonder. I wonder if he's alive. If Beren's alive. If my death didn't go in vain. It-

Edrahil. Gods, I miss you, Edrahil, please- Force, if you want to syphon someone else- let it be him, please, I need- he always-

And Amarie, my Amarie, my gold, my lady, my-

Why are attachments considered bad?

Does attachment equal love?

I- I love them. I love them.

I love them, I love them, I love them-

Same words continue in broken whispers. Eventually, the recording dies out.

~

I love them.

I don't know why, but it matters.

~

They call me, Yoda.

Finrod's face looks as if it's carved from stone.

Every day.

It starts with Father. He calls me. He wants me back.

Then there's Artanis.

And Turgon.

They all call me.

Yoda, If I can hear them, it means there's a way out.

~

The new recording starts. Finrod is looking past the frame.

They are magnificent. Gods - Varda, they are magnificent.

I have never seen stars this close.

Oh... It's like- they're liquid. Oh, I should've guessed. Liquid! Oh, they're wonderful. Oh my-

Hah, right, Qui, we elves are obsessed with stars, it's just-

Have I ever told you of the Awakening?

It's a beautiful story. I heard it from Grandfather. He was one of the Awaken.

When we first opened our eyes, Qui, the first thing we've seen were stars.

~

I hear them.

They are close.

In every star. In every string of the Melody.

They call me, and their calls are like a song.

Yes, Qui, I am sentimental. I would like to see you in my shoes.

~

I am going home.

I swore I'll be back, Qui.

And when I swear, I don't do it lightly.

~

Thank you.

For stars.

For Force.

I am going home, Qui.

I am going home.

~

Holocron holds no more recordings.

As long as Qui-Gon knows, Finrod found those who were calling for him.

[voidartisan]

Attempting to change the Star Wars fandom ecosystem by introducing adaptive behaviors learned in the Silmarillion fandom

[starillion]

part 1 of my sw / silm crossover au

The galaxy finds itself in yet another civil war as the sith lord Darth Morgoth escapes his captivity in the deep dungeons of the jedi temple, under the eyes of Jedi grandmaster Manwe.

Having corrupted Aule's former padawan Mairon to the dark side - soon to be named Sauron his apprentice - and being promised aid in the war by his lover Empress Ungoliant of the sith planet Utumno, his attacks are brutal against the peace-drunk galactic capital. But the jedi prove all but powerless when master Denethor - gifted with foresight - reveals a whole army of soldiers, cloned from the bounty hunter Barahir to serve the Republic. The clones prove their worth in Doriath, where one of the first major battles took place, and have been keeping the front lines ever since.

Yet in the meantime, Sauron has managed to blackmail the Mandalorian smuggler Gorlim, with the life of his wife Eilinel, to assassinate his comrade and friend Barahir. Whilst he succeeds, Gorlim takes pity on Beren, Barahir's unaltered clone and son, (and decades after, he would be the one to procure the plans to the death sar 'project Glaurung' with Luthien, princess of Doriath, but that is a story for another time.) and aids him in escape just before he himself gets killed by the dark lord, only then realizing his beloved already dead.

Back on the jedi temple, Feanor, an aspirint jedi knight is determined revenge on Morgoth, who had killed his master finwe in the previous war. His acts are bold and relentless, despite Manwe's concern that his emotions will prevail. Yet he is valiant nevertheless, and proves himself multiple times in battle. That is, until he receives a distress signal from Fingolfin in Alqualonde cluster, Fearful that the ships already boarded by the enemy will be stolen and used against the Republic, he gives orders to shoot down all boarded ships. He is chastised for this and the seemingly death of Fingolfin by the council, which has him leaving the order, frustated that he can do no further to prevent Morgoth's vice. He organizes a third party in the war with his followers.

The war continues, until the dreadful order 66. Another fruit of Mairon's deeds, this was, when he years ago followed Denethor to Kamino by orders of Morgoth - still captive then - and requested the presence of the Orders. That was the rise of the Empire and the end of the Republic, and the Jedi, with many among them dead and Manwe retreating to the planet Taniquetil in the outer rim in secret. But for Feanor's forces' occasional threats, the Empire met little opposition at its start. But what neither Morgoth nor Feanor knew was that Fingolfin survived the crash at Helcaraxe, and was constructing a rebel cell on his own, helped by peoples of his home planet Aman, and Melian, senator of Doriath.

[aredhels]

dearest writer, when can we be blessed with a piece of your writing. we longingly wait and hope you're in good health

- the ton

hello 💓 soon! very soon, i hope!

[redbean-nom]

star wars by silm logic

for the silm-sw dual citizens:

I was wondering what would happen if star wars (particularly tbb bc that's the currently-releasing bit of star wars) adhered to silm logic:

Hunter is the local leader of a hidden city (Pabu)

Omega is the heir

Rex is the overall leader of a warring people (clone rebellion)

Hemlock is the local leader of a branch of the Forces of Evil

Palpatine is the overall Enemy

so therefore

Rex and Echo gather an army of escaped clones. They rescue Cody or Wolffe from the Empire. Song and fire are greatly involved.

Themes of rising hope are invoked as they make a stand against the Empire. The clone rebellion grows further.

They are initially victorious and manage to rescue the clone prisoners from Tantiss with few casualties. Hemlock is ousted and flees to the heart of the Empire (but his operation will return in time)

Echo goes to check on the Batch on Pabu and ask them to ally with him and Rex in the upcoming battle.

They march on Coruscant. Things suddenly go disastrously wrong. Cody is killed in battle. Rex faces Palpatine in single combat.

Rex dies tragically.

Eagles.

Echo tells Hunter about the battle. They are delayed on their way and attempt to ride to the rescue. The Batch arrives just after the deaths. Echo is sad.

Pabu is betrayed while the Batch is on Coruscant.

Pabu is invaded by the Empire. Hemlock subjugates the people into his weird clone experimentation program.

Dragons.

The Batch returns to destroyed/invaded Pabu and is unable to intervene.

While attempting to protect their city most of the Batch dies.

Echo is very sad.

Hunter is captured and killed in front of Omega.

Omega escapes and swears an Oath mourns the Batch.

Echo is broken by grief for the ghosts of his past and vanishes.

Omega later becomes a Rebellion leader, carrying the memories of the failed clone rebellion and the haven of Pabu with her.

Echo fades/dies on some random planet as the forgotten remnant of the GAR/Clone rebellion.

[kenobihater]

ABOUT ME

Necessary disclaimer: Obi-Wan is my fave but I find this url really funny

⇒ Len

⇒ 23

⇒ Gay acespec (?) trans man

⇒ White

⇒ Leftist

DNI, fandom list, and links under the cut!

DNI:

DNIs don't always work, but I'm writing this anyway in the small chance people will respect it. I will absolutely block you if any of the three following non-exhaustive bullet points most common to this site apply to you:

• You’re a TERF, MAP, fascist, zionist, antisemite, islamophobe, transmed, proship (I think anti/proship is reductive but without fail anyone who excessively calls themself proship is a weirdo), exclusionist, anti-abortion, staunch mormon, conservative catholic, evangelist, you believe in transandrophobia, you believe in transtrenders, or you adhere to respectability politics

• You ship clonecest, rexsoka, any master/padawan pairing, family members (INCLUDING cousins, half-cousins, half-siblings, and adopted family members ffs), RPF of underage celebrities, or an adult and a minor

• You’re in the following fandoms: Harry Potter or Hetalia

Fandoms Including But Not Limited To:

• Star Wars (derogatory) - I’m an Obi-Wan devotee, a Prequels girlie, a Clone Wars enjoyer, a Fallen Order lover, an occasional Legends appreciator, and a general hater of like half of the fandom 🫶🏻 HERE is a list of my many SW opinions

• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Lambert especially! I’m not into the show much anymore

• DnD - Baldur’s Gate 3, Honor Among Thieves

• Disco Elysium

• Lord of the Rings/the Silm

• Les Mis - all adaptations except BBC lol

• Jerma985

• Avatar: The Last Airbender - animated

• Daredevil - partial to the Waid run, though I do post some MCU stuff which is always properly tagged

HERE is a link to my OC page

HERE is a link to my ao3

Thank you for reading this! I'd appreciate you dropping a like to let me know you made it through my bio :^)

[ollovae3]

*sliding in here again*

Anyone here interested in me drawing LOTR/Silm/Dragon Age art??

Ik it's not a big thing for many people who follow me because I tend to draw exclusively SW, but if y'all are open to it, I've got like,,, five projects up my sleeve as I work on Bee/Boba story-cleaning??

[sweetearthandnorthernsky]

tagged by @thalion71,​ ty frien!!!! 💙

most hits: 'a light from the shadows shall spring' by a long shot lol (490). it's part 1 of vol 1 of my lotro long fics ft a very tired saelinriel of gondor <3

most kudos: .... also light from the shadows lmao. (second place is 'toward the door we never opened' or, faramir son of ondoher character study thingy)

most comments: 'from wilderland to western shore'/oc-tober 2022! a bunch of oneshots from misc lotro/silm ocs ranging kinda all over the place. (my favorite oneshot in there is #18 or #27)

most bookmarks: tie between 'a light from the shadows' (go figure) & 'into darkness falls a star' - morinel the noldo having a Rough time on the dagorlad.

most words: the answer for this one is. also a light from the shadows according to the stats section BUT. since ashes from the fire shall be woken (part 2 of vol 1) is already finished/just needs the rest of it to be posted, 1'm pretty sure that one will ened up being my longest so far, since it's 31 chapters as opposed to light from the shadows' 19. also. i refuse to let a light from the shadows dominate this list.

least words: like a fire in the dark (116) !! one of my like. 2 finished sw fics, and featuring my revan-from-kotor just before discovering one of the star maps for the first time and swan diving into the dark side <3

it has been. a day so brain tired and not able to complete the equation of 'friends who write + friends who have not been tagged = friends who write and friends who haven't been tagged' so please feel free to jump in!

[tilions]

WIP Tag Game!

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

I was tagged by @theelfmaiden thank you so much!!

All that time has worn away

Han Solo is Haunted

Simple Steps Prompts

Elrond and Elros Timeswap

Spaceborn (Creative Writing Continuation)

Silm: Gildor-Galad

Silm: Celebrimbor in Erebor (Time Travel)

Bail Organa time travels & saves the Galaxy

Nasya Time Travel AU (SW)

Random Short Story Ideas

Last one is technically not a WIP but I have so damn many ideas that I haven't gotten around to writing them down so yeah chose that if you want to hear about a random idea

Tagging @yellow-faerie @an-eldritch-peredhel @armenelols and everyone else who wants to!

[animazi]

Pinned post -

this is a sideblog since the whiplash from silm content to sw was getting too much for me

main account is pendularium

aniviews = reviews of stuff. mostly books but also bits of media

find me on A03! I'm Aniamazi there

and of course, hello :)

[voidartisan]

Why is it that I must always become most invested in the series with insane amounts of lore and trivia that may or may not be canon depending purely on who you talk to

[argonapricot]

I think it's important to point out the hate Reva & other characters of color got vs the (mostly) love Shin has gotten, but calling out fandom racism doesn't need to turn into shitting on Shin. Of course I want her to be fleshed out more as a character, but acting like there isn't anything there just because she doesn't talk a lot? Like, sorry to people who don't bother to read between the lines & need everything spoon fed, but I'm built different. This is a VISUAL medium, after all. Also, this is Star Wars, the only quality you need to be a beloved character is to look cool, lol.

I agree! I think fandom racism in Star Wars is obviously a huge problem, and the way that a lot of the general public reacts to SW characters/actors of color is consistently racist and awful. It makes complete sense for people to be annoyed watching the double standard in action, and it's definitely worthwhile to point that out. It's true that if Shin were black or asian, she would be receiving a huge amount of racist backlash and hate, so many more people would be constantly complaining about her being a poorly written character, etc. I think it's valid for anyone to express frustration about that.

But at the same time, I think it's still always okay for people to enjoy the characters that they enjoy. I completely agree that Star Wars is a heavily visual medium - and an auditory medium as well! Good visual design and soundtrack can be enough to make a Star Wars character beloved, it always has been, and imo Baylan and Shin have some of of the best visual design that I've ever seen from a Star War. They are just extremely memorable and exciting from the moment you lay eyes on them, from the moment you see them in action at the start of the show. They are wearing knightly armor, that is so cool. It is unavoidably a really good idea to have a Norse-themed knight-coded dark side-wielding master-apprentice duo with matching robes and hair and lightsabers! They are both so cool to watch on screen, especially at the same time! It can't be helped!

Reading between the lines and speculating about a character is normal, fun and valid. That's what fandom is about! In the silm fandom, there are usually only a handful of canon attributes and actions that you know about any given character. Those limited actions and attributes are already enough to capture people's hearts and attention. But in addition to that, imagining different ways to fill in the gaps and weave together a fully-realized character who would fit those canon attributes/actions is a fun and interesting challenge! You end up with a lot of different interpretations of the same characters, each one as canon-compliant and plausible and compelling and fascinating as the next. I think that that's fun! I think that that's a really cool multimedia way for a character to exist in fandom, and also in my brain! I don't expect everyone to want to enjoy characters that way, but there's nothing wrong with it.

It's fine if not everyone likes Shin or has the patience to try to figure her out like a puzzle, but sometimes the way people criticize her is unnecessarily harsh and silly. We obviously don't know her full story yet! There is a lot very obviously going on with her and Baylan that the show just hasn't had the time/priority to reveal to us yet. Shows like Star Wars The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels took plenty of time to get around to fleshing out some of their side characters, so I think people are being way too hard on Shin.

[starryeyedrogue]

Heyo Rogue! I’ve got something for your b-day ask celebration!

I’d like to know your assumptions about me 😈 make ‘em as bizarre as you’d like! (Also, I’m assuming you know enough about me from the discord lol)

Also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

hey fridge!! <3 sorry this is late, tumblr ate this and now it only shows up on the desktop version??? but tysm!!

assumptions:

you ship Ithil and Maury (as everyone should tbh) >;)

you’re a cheese fangirl

YOU REALLY HATE SAND

you obvs love SW/LotR/Silm(gate)

 you are the source of like. at least 75% of the cursed content in the discord (I’m still thinking about the Flesh Lego. @ my followers no I will not elaborate) ok those were meme ones so I’ll do real ones lol

you’re probably ~mildly~ disturbed by Americans (relatable tbh)

you love old cartoons/shows (like Loony Tunes, sitcoms, etc. idk I just get the vibe lol)

you’re probably more “violent” than most folks think lol (based specifically on the lets-get-down-to-business chat. still not over “who are we attacking? oh. I’ll get his eyes”) 

you love the muppets!

this is super super specific but yknow those retro smiley faces? the =) type you see on mugs/tshirts/takeout bags? you either love or hate those

also: roach milk <3 

[mega-ringsandthings-world]

Writing/Fic Commissions Open!

Writing commissions are open! Will write for a large number of fandoms big and small, chances are I’m in the fandom you want a fic for. My top fandoms at the moment are Lotr/Silm, the DCU, X-Men, The Old Guard, Supernatural, Castlevania, Star Wars, Marvel/MCU, Demon Slayer/various animes and manga, but I’m certainly not limited to those! Nsfw/dark or intense themes okay & OCs welcome! Message me for any questions/specifics.

$5 - 500 word drabble $7 - 1,000 words + $3 every additional chapter all proceeds to an emergency situation

[maedhrus]

arinanemartell -> maedhrus

[anghraine]

Being into SW and Tolkien at the same time is like

Palpatine: Let the hate flow through you ...

me: *thinks of Silm fandom putting the movies’ bland Westernized crown of Gondor on Elros’s head*