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“Galadriel was a penitent: in her youth a leader in the rebellion against the Valar (the angelic guardians). At the end of the First Age she proudly refused forgiveness or permission to return. She was pardoned because of her resistance to the final and overwhelming temptation to take the Ring for herself.”

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien by Christopher Tolkien

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Aragorn got it wrong

People trying to justify Aragorn's "valour without renown" line saying it's him giving Eowyn hope, it's him giving her comfort, ignoring the fact that Aragorn completely. utterly. failed.

"valour without renown" is not something new to Eowyn. It's not a concept that Aragorn in his great and benevolent wisdom is delivering to her. Eowyn has lived "valour without renown" her entire life, and it is one that she has not chosen, but has been chosen for her. When Aragorn served without desiring to get renown, he chose it, and whereas that is a temporary state of things for Aragorn, the one true king, for Eowyn, if she played by the rules, that would have been her entire life.

There is no hope to be had from "valour without renown" for Eowyn because it is the unspoken, constant expectation that Eowyn give her life to "valour without renown" that has utterly crushed her spirit.

Aragorn is also ignoring the fate that awaits Eowyn if they lose, the very real threat of sexual assault if the enemies close in on her.

Aragorn tries to comfort Eowyn, tries to "give her hope", but he fucks it up. He fails.

And in the same extract, Aragorn tells Eowyn she has no duty in the South.

Eowyn goes South and kills the Witch King.

Aragorn was wrong.

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the other elves welcoming Legolas in Valinor

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The Rings of Power Tarot Cards: Elrond

Inspired by the artwork of Dragon Age: Inquisition

Did his armour drive me mad? Absolutely, but I was also enjoying looking at his face all day, so it’s not so bad.

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All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king.”

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The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Gandalf in The Hobbit: You are Took and that makes you absolutely suited for adventure!

Gandalf in The Fellowship of the Ring: Who the FUCK let the Took come on this adventure?

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Shiny Glorfindel

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when is zutara week

August 10-16! See @zutaraweek

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Welcoming all Tolkien fans to a brand new fandom event, Tolkien Women’s Week, which will run from January 8th-14th, 2026.

This is a week where we can celebrate all of the wonderful women from Tolkien’s legendarium by creating dedicated original pieces for them.

Rules and event information below, please take a read if you are interested in participating :)

Rules:

Each day will have four prompts (as listed in the graphic above and below), and you may choose any of them to create a work of fiction/art/headcanon list/blurb/collage/etc. with any woman of your choice from JRRT's legendarium.

Tag your works with the hashtag #tolkienwomensweek 

NSFW is allowed, it is only asked that you tag it accordingly.

Support other participants! No hate or discouragement on any pieces.

Spread the word :) The more, the merrier.

Please tag this account in your pieces as well! This is not mandatory, but it ensures we do not miss it.

Please give your pieces a title, as there will be a completed masterlist once the event is over, and each piece will be alphabetized. Again, this is not mandatory, but if your work is not titled, it will be given a simple name on the masterlist. (ex: Day Two, Artwork by @ ___ )

You have roughly six months to start and finish your pieces (from the time of this announcement), but late submissions are also welcome. However, no early submissions please. Post your pieces on the designated days unless you have late work/fall behind.

We recommend you follow this blog to stay updated on the event. If not, make sure to check the hashtag “#tww update” for posts from moderators about any new rules/changes/answers/updates.

*No work created by the assistance of generative A.I. will be reblogged on the official Tolkien Women's Week blog, and it will not be supported by the event runners. If work utilizing A.I. is posted in the AO3 collection for the event, it will be removed by the moderators.*

Prompts: Day 1: Love / Family / Lineage / Companionship Day 2: Betrayal / Curse / Spells / Enchant Day 3: Valinor / Journey / Death / Creation Day 4: Song / Language / Culture / Tradition Day 5: Fight / Sacrifice / Protest / Battle Day 6: Heartbreak / Longing / Determination / Reunite Day 7: Stars / Dream / Prophecy / Visions

Questions? If not answered below, please send an ask:

Can you create a piece for the same woman more than once?

Yes! Do not feel like you have to create a piece for someone different each day, especially if you have ideas for the same woman over multiple days/prompts.

Also, if you wish to create a single piece utilizing more than one character, you are very welcome to do so!

If I can only participate for a few days/one day, is that alright?

Yes! Participate as much or as little as you want. If you’re very inspired, feel free to submit multiple pieces on the same day. If a prompt doesn’t inspire you, don’t waste time on it!

Will there be an AO3 collection for the event?

Yes! Coming closer to the event, keep your eyes peeled . . . 

Exactly what Tolkien women are allowed in the event? 

All of them! Any character from LOTR, The Silmarillion, etc. We welcome women of all the races of Middle-Earth (human, elf, dwarf, hobbit, ainur, ent, orc, animal; quite literally any of Tolkien’s female characters) regardless of how much or how little screentime/pagetime they have. You want to create 10 works for Arwen? Go for it! You want to create 10 works for someone who was mentioned in one lone sentence in a single book who had no dialogue? Do it!!

We politely ask that OCs remain separate from this event, not because they are not valid, but because this event was created to celebrate the women created and written by Tolkien himself. However, if an OC is created for a Tolkien character we know exists in canon but was not written about, feel free to give her a voice (example may be the wife of Thranduil/mother of Legolas; we know she exists in the canon lore but we are given almost zero information about her). 

With this reasoning in mind, we also ask that characters from ROP who are not canon to the world of Tolkien be excluded from this event, but if you would like to utilize the way a canonical JRRT character is depicted in ROP (example may be young Galadriel), you are more than welcome to do so. Though we do love the ladies of ROP, we want this event to be central to Tolkien and his own works! :)

If, however, you feel very very strongly for the women in ROP or other works not created by Tolkien himself (ex, Tauriel from The Hobbit movies), we will not stop you, and will still reblog your piece to the official event blog. At its core, this event is here to celebrate your creativity.

Who is running this event?

@frodosrings and @silme-lorien :) Hi! Any questions about the event may also be sent to either of our personal ask boxes.

What can we submit?

Anything you want, as long as it is created by you. Any creative endeavour is accepted. Fics, Artwork, Headcanons, Blurbs, Crafts, Edits, Gif Sets, Collages, etc. are all welcome. 

Go by this rule: if you made it and it follows a daily prompt utilizing a female character from a Tolkien work, then it is more than welcome! 

Do our pieces have to be canonical to the lore as it is written by Tolkien?

Not necessarily! You are more than welcome to bring any of these ladies to the modern world or any au you have in mind, create a piece about experiences they may have had which were not directly depicted by JRRT, etc; or stick solely to canon experiences of the female characters as written by JRRT. All we ask is that the daily prompts are followed, and we will not limit your creativity any further than that. 

Can the submissions include men from Tolkien’s works as well?

Yes. As long as the focal point of your piece is any of Tolkien’s female characters, you are of course more than welcome to include other characters as part of your work to strengthen your piece and build your story :) 

Any comments/concerns/feedback is more than welcome, please feel free to submit any of these questions to our ask box and we will answer. Have fun, and be on the lookout for updates!

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Fucking hate watching children go “um Actually UwU” about AO3. saw someone say that fixing a bug with bookmarks isn’t a good reason to close a site down for a couple hours and they’re all lying about what they spend money on

meanwhile this very week my actual day job shut down the internal programmes for idk how many hours to fix a minor bug that popped up out of nowhere. I mean??? I don’t know shit about IT but “shut down all functions while we fix a problem” is so damn common. And “oh this took longer than we said” as well.

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Star-spray

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fuuuuck i just realized that the future idealized version of myself cant exist without current me being the catalyst for change and doing hard things. has anybody heard about this

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It’s Fourth of July Eve so make sure to leave some milk and cookies out for Captain America

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and what are we going to do when the HP series comes out and we start seeing a resurgence of the fandom here including gifsets and fics. like are u guys gonna bring up your neurodivergence and cry "can we separate the art from the artist!!!!! you dont need to pay to watch it!!!!!its my comfort show and I'm DEPRESSED and AUTISTIC"

what then

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Goodbye (Sad Beeps) by scadarts

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RIP to the leather baddies who were full of joy and taken from us too soon 💔