#sunlight starlight

[reverieprince]

he is sneeping

[dapper-lil-arts]

You either think about it a lot, or not at all

[1tz-4ll-m3]

Twilight was such a Toxic Yuri magnet, omg-

[thyming]

Hey, so, by the way, what we call 'sunlight' actually is starlight, as the sun is a star.

Yes, yes, think about it! ☀️

[cloaked-cloverr]

SAPPHIC PONIES FOR PRIDE MONTH!!!

[the-way-astray]

headcanon that fintan tried to convince the council to acknowledge a fourth prime source (the cosmic energy that everblaze is summoned from) but they rejected him because they were too scared of everblaze

[mewguca]

i have a surprising following from YouTube community posts so I tried to make some character introduction slides. um I think I kinda failed bc I yapped too much but ah well... aha

Next Set of Slides: [Here]

my website also has some more info if you're curious (it's a WIP, though)

[fuzzychanfox]

Yeah I just had an idea for a SunStar au ship. There were some things that happened that led to the injuries on Starlight and Sunset.

My idea was inspired by the story "Old Friend" and the Anon a miss event in Equestria girls.

Starlight escaped through another portal and got lost in the human world after being badly burned and was found by Sunset. Sunset helped Starlight and the two gradually developed feelings for each other...

And to be continued, ehe my bad English💦

They also had a child XD

[ravnarieldurin]

Edited: Welp, it seems I am wrong!

The Silmarillion, "Index of Names.": It is said about the Eldar: "According to Elvish legend the name Eldar 'People of the Stars' was given to all the Elves by the Vala Oromë. It came however to be used to refer only to the Elves of the Three Kindreds (Vanyar, Noldor, and Teleri) who set out on the great westward march from Cuiviénen (whether or not they remained in Middle-earth), and to exclude the Avari."

So both the Sindarin and Silvan Elves are indeed considered part of the Eldar.

And here I was thinking I was really smart...nope, just overconfident. But it's all good. I needed a slice of humble pie.

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I was researching Tolkien's elves and something popped out at me that I hadn't noticed before.

In the Hobbit, when Tauriel and Kili are swapping stories about stars, I never caught this lore inaccuracy until now. (Ignoring the fact that Tauriel said it. We aren't here to talk about her [non] existence specifically.)

Tauriel says in her little star speech that "all light is sacred to the Eldar, but Wood-Elves love best the light of the stars".

It is true that at their birth in Arda, the Elves found by the Maia Oromë were named "Eldar" as a whole, but that name became reserved for only the elves who completed the journey westward across the sea to Aman, the Blessed Realm. Eldar became synonymous with High-Elves, those who lived under the light of the Two Trees. This name now only applies to the Vanyar, Noldor, and Falmari (Teleri who crossed the sea).

So why is Tauriel, a Silvan Elf (a Wood-Elf branch of the Nandor), calling herself - and her kin by extension - of the Eldar? The Nandor Elves stopped their journey on the eastern side of the Misty Mountain, refusing to cross over because they were afraid of the looming shadow the mountain range cast over the land. Mind you, the only light they had in Middle-earth at the time was starlight because the Sun had not risen in the sky yet.

And to that point, technically not even Elvenking Thranduil can call himself an Elda because he was of the Sindar, born under the rule of Elu Thingol in Doriath. He and his father Oropher never travelled West across the Great Sea. Thranduil never saw the light of the Two Trees, which is the requirement for being an Eldar.

Lore inaccuracy! Gotta love it!

But to her credit, Tauriel was right that the Silvan Elves (Wood-Elves) much prefer the light of the stars because when the Sun rose for the first time, it was like a terrifying ball of fire in the sky with absolutely no warning. The Dark Elves of Middle-earth were forced to become Light Elves after centuries of only starlight. Talk about a rude awakening! ☀️

[mip-dev-center]

My MIP Unit Refs, gathered in one place. I don't want to reblog 9 posts. If you want the old posts here's one of them.

Also in somewhat related news, I finally updated their Toyhouse bios. (mostly.) Contains basic infostuff all listed in one place.

[reverieprince]

if it’s for you. ♚

[ask-mobile-iterator-project]

heck yea, first ask!!

so, a for all, what do you think of the slugcats?

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[pinkemo6]

Pone dump 2

[shimmerdash]

Au where when Sunset runs away she's blocked from entering the portal. She becomes a fugitive in equestria, quietly watching her replacement get everything she's ever dreamed of, until the day she steals the portal and figures out how to use her journal to open it for herself. Things happen

[briabooknerd]

[mewguca]

I've forgotten to upload their icons like 20 times lol hello