Commission for @eilinelsghost ✨✨

Absolutely speechless over this!!! I haven't been able to get the image of Finrod floating beneath Ivrin from In These Holy Waters out of my head, and I am just blown away by how @rinthecap brought it to life here!

The way the light moves through the water, the way his hair looks like molten gold, the bubbles and the crags along the shore and the way he is completely at rest in the water...! I love everything about this 😍

from In These Holy Waters, part 14 of the Atandil series

Hi everyone! Olórin and I are excited to announce that Ainur Week will be taking place again this year from September 1 to 9!

A question for y’all: would you like the same prompts as last year, or new prompts? Let me know!

The May 8 prompt is vilya (sky)

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Here’s my little homage to Bernard Hill, who will always be Théoden King in my heart.

Not my best work nor the best pic but it’s late, I have a hellish headache and I wanted to finish this little calligraphy piece today.

Махтан

Mahtan

Феанор был женат на Нерданель, “дочери прославленного кузнеца Махтана, любимого ученика и помощника Аулэ. У него учился Феанор работе с металлом”. Толкиен “Сильмариллион”.

Feanor was married to Nerdanel, “the daughter of a great smith named Mahtan, among those of the Noldor most dear to Aulë; and of Mahtan he learned much of the making of things in metal and in stone”. Tolkien "Silmarillion".

На страже Мирквуда

On Guard of Mirkwood

Theoden, 5th May 2024

Rest in peace Bernard Hill.

Curufin and Celegorm in Nargothrond when Finrod recalling his people.

Do not use without my permission, please

Dates Announcement!

Since July seems to be the best month to host Elrond Week (and there was a close draw between the first and second half), I have set the dates for the event to be July 10th through July 16th!

Things are coming into focus, and that's so exciting!! Thank you all for your enthusiastic support, and I hope to see you all there during the week! Prompts and rules are soon to come!

-your host, @meluiloth

i heard it’s glorfindel week! here he is somewhere in imladris with asfaloth :)

@glorfindelweek

doodle requests: Turgon( and the Vale of Tumladen ♥ ) for @welcomingdisaster again ink wash and acrylic... last day I was going through my old sketchbooks(mostly drawings from hiking) so this drawing is also more about mountains than about Turgon x_x (I guess I need to draw proper Turgon design one day x_x)

it's 6am and your newborn twins have been up crying all night and you just came outside to find your third son back from summer camp with an immortal puppy as big as he is. good luck

Tolkien Tolkien Tolkien Tolkien i'm begging of you please don't kill my man

His beauty is beyond compare His stature tall, and long his hair Like every other man you wrote has been I know the more you speak his praise The fewer his remaining days How easily you break my heart, Tolkien

I think this song is made of lies Your fave's your fave because he dies Or 'cause his pain gets worse in every scene. If what it took to make us care Was fairness, wisdom and great hair We'd all be on here stanning Finarfin.

What slander found within these notes! I stan Finarfin, love him totes But in the text he largely stays unseen He lost his sons, his daughter banned He suffered plenty at Jirt's hand Death isn't the worst fate cast by Tolkien But Elrond and Finarfin show What we all here already know The chance of getting out alive is lean How many more were slain and lost Their tales compel, but there's a cost My love is true, it belongs to Tolkien Tolkien, Tolkien, Tolkien, Tolkien i'm begging of you please don't kill my man Tolkien, Tolkien, Tolkien, Tolkien An Andreth, Turin, Finrod, Beleg fan

I'm sorry if my rhymes have vexed For my part, when I read these texts I seek catharsis, not a tale serene My favorite story is the Fall Ironic deaths are best of all It might be that I need some medicine

Thranduilion Interactive "Letter Exchange" Game

Since I first encountered posts of people saying they "love" or "need" Character AI or other chatbot AI services because they're lonely or think it's fun to talk to their favorite fictional characters, I've been toying with the idea of starting one of those "interactive blogs". I think it could be fun to provide a chat game that will entertain/comfort and also prove that AI cannot emulate the heart of real writing.

I was a forum roleplayer for over 10 solid years (starting with LOTR actually), so I like to think (I hope??) I have some chops in this area.

That being said, I would need to narrow down the character scope to just Thranduil's family and the Greenwood Elves. Otherwise, it would be far too much for me to keep up with on top of everything else on this blog. I'm actually counting on interest/engagement to be very low, and low enough for me not to feel swamped.

Obviously I'm still new to this format and will need to figure out how it's properly done, as well as the rules, but there will not be a separate blog for this. I think activity would be low enough that I can throw it into the overall SotWK bag o' "stuff".

The process itself should be super simple:

Step One: Asker/Reader (Anon allowed) sends a "letter" or "note" to the chosen character via SotWK Ask Box. Could be one sentence, could be pages of prose.

Step Two: SotWK answers the letter in that chosen character's voice.

Characters that would be immediately available:

Info about these characters can be found in my Headcanon Masterlist. I will definitely be writing and posting more if/when this "game" launches.

Here is a poll to get a general idea of overall interest:

Reblogs would be greatly appreciated to help spread the word and gather more input! :) Thank you!

The May 1 prompt is hyarmen (south)

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