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au where Gil Galad isn't actually anyone's son and instead is the corporeal manifestation of the Idea of the High Kingship of the Noldor. He doesn't actually know this either, and keeps trying to figure out who his father is, since everyone else he knows has parents, and he has to fit into the succession somehow! He just... can't remember how...

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From bottom to top: Turin Turambar, Aredhel, Maeglin, Haleth, Gil-galid, Beren and Lúthien, Feanor and his seven sons, Elwing, Vingilótë, Ancalagon.

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Respite

#genuinely one of my fav artists on this site

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Day 6 of @tolkienofcolourweek - Lúthien (theme: Mixed)

#she’s so pretty #love the colors #silm art

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Parallels Between the Pairs:

loving and happy magical couples with healthy relationships

They are morally good and everyone who isn’t evil loves them

Bombadil and Goldberry (B&G) have mysterious origins; nobody knows what happens to mortal men after death but Beren and Luthien (B&L) have been reborn before

B&G don’t really get involved in broader world issues because they are content; after their marriage B&L live happily ever after and don’t get involved in the war

Similarly, the forces of evil dare not bother either couple once they are secure in their land

Beren and Bombadil both first meet their wives in magical woodlands

both couples fall in love in fairy-tale type stories. B&L have the whole star-crossed-lovers, quest for the Silmaril, returning from the dead thing. B&G meet when she tries to drag him under the water (possibly to drown him), but he escapes and later returns and marries her.

both love stories start out a little creepy by modern standards (Beren chasing Luthien through the forest, Bombadil “capturing” Goldberry) but end up happy and healthy

both couples include a character inspired by someone Tolkien cared about and was close to: Luthien is inspired by his wife Edith, Bombadil is inspired by his close friend C.S. Lewis

Luthien and Goldberry Parallels:

Luthien and Goldberry are both associated with Spring. When Beren first meets Luthien, her song “released the sudden spring”(1). Bombadil sings of Goldberry “…till the merry spring, when the River-daughter [Goldberry] dances down the withy-path to bathe in the water.”(2)

On a similar note, Luthien and Goldberry both wear golden flowers: Luthien has “flowers of gold upon her mantle and her sleeves”(3), and Goldberry’s “belt was of gold, shaped like a chain of flag lilies”(4)

they appear young and are extremely beautiful

they have mystical maternal heritage: Luthien is the daughter of Melian the Maia, Goldberry is the daughter of the River

Both seem like elf maidens but are not quite so

they both have magical powers: Goldberry’s way with water and Luthien’s…everything

Beren and Bombadil Parallels:

They both spend significant portions of time gallivanting through the woods

They are both connected to nature: Beren spends years living in the wild and learns to speak to animals, Bombadil speaks to trees and knows the songs to deal with all the wild things in his land.

They both resist the temptation of powerful and dangerous objects: Bombadil is not even remotely tempted by the ring, and Beren is able to hold a Silmaril without being burnt and gives it freely to Thingol.

(1) (3) Song of Beren and Luthien

(2) (4) The Fellowship of the Ring

y’all, i doubt i’m the first person to come up with it, but i have a new Tolkien crack theory:

Tom Bombadil and Goldberry are in fact Beren and Luthien.

#jrr tolkien #lotr #silmarillion #the silmarillion #tolkien #j.r.r. tolkien #lord of the rings #silm #silmposting #the fellowship of the ring #lotr fotr #beren and luthien #beren #beren erchamion #luthien #luthien tinuviel #goldberry #tom bombadil #fan theory #crack theory #lotr headcanons #lotr fandom #the song of beren and luthien

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y’all, i doubt i’m the first person to come up with it, but i have a new Tolkien crack theory:

Tom Bombadil and Goldberry are in fact Beren and Luthien.

#yes i know there’s probably more evidence against it than for it #but who cares it’s fun #crack theory #lotr #silmarillion #the silmarillion #tolkien #jrr tolkien #j.r.r. tolkien #lord of the rings #silm #silmposting #middle earth #beren and luthien #beren erchamion #luthien tinuviel #beren #luthien #tom bombadil #goldberry #headcanon #crack headcanons

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i start my fall semester soon so i unfortunately won’t be able to finish and post art as often, but i have more wips and sketches for now. thank you for being patient with me :)

1. annatar & celebrimbor

2. galadriel & melian

3. elendil & gil-galad, pre last alliance

4. finrod with the nauglamir (and his harp on the left!)

#these are so pretty #the colors are so nice and warm

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coming up with increasingly pathetic excuses for not letting other people connect to my bluetooth speaker because i don’t want to have to explain why it’s called “Maglor”

#so mom… tolkien wrote this thing called ‘the silmarillion’ #elf war criminals my beloveds #maglor #makalaure #j.r.r. tolkien #jrr tolkien #lotr #silmarillion #the silmarillion #tolkien #lord of the rings #silm #silm memes #silmposting #feanor #feanorians #kanafinwe

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Morgulien learns to use Procreate via Tolkien Fanart: Episode 1

I have been “bullied” into posting my art, so… here’s a Nienor WIP.

I’m very new to digital art so all constructive feedback/advice is appreciated!

#i’ve been looking at it too long and now it looks weird #silmarillion #the silmarillion #tolkien #jrr tolkien #j.r.r. tolkien #lord of the rings #silm #silmposting #tolkien art #lotr #tolkien fanart #nienor #nienor niniel #children of hurin #silm fanart #silm art #lotr art #lotr fanart #silmarillion art #silmarillion fanart #digital art #art advice #feedback appreciated #fantasy art #middle earth #the children of húrin

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@mizeliza i think you’re onto something

“Tolkien wasn’t good at writing women” well explain this

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always amused when I think about how Ost-in-Edhil used to be run by Galadriel and Celeborn and then Celebrimbor did a little coup and Galadriel left for Lórinand via Khazad-dûm with little Celebrían (and Celeborn didn't because he is a dwarf racist)

because like.

Celebrimbor, First Age: I hate my father and everything he does. how dare he try to take over a realm from its Arafinwean lord.

Celebrimbor, Second Age: unless…

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“Tolkien wasn’t good at writing women” well explain this

#the fact that he mentions this in two *seperate* essays #just bought NOME from my local bookstore #silmarillion #the silmarillion #tolkien #j.r.r. tolkien #lord of the rings #silm #nature of middle earth #silmposting #tolkienposting #jrr tolkien #lotr #middle earth #tolkien memes #silm memes #lotr memes #numenor #literature #literature memes #bookblr

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tolkien, describing his characters:

#he definitely doesn’t look exactly like my wife #“tall and fair with dark hair and silver/grey eyes

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The St Sebastianification of Celebrimbor.

#lmaooo #celebrimbor’s facial expression is perfect

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the fucked up sequel:

“marrying a powerful elven lord you met in the forest” ranked on a scale from “Melian” to “Aredhel”

“falling in love with a beautiful woman you met in the forest” ranked on a scale from “Beren” to “Túrin Turambar”

#eol is a little bitch and i don’t like him #justice for aredhel #aredhel #the silmarillion #the silm #the silm fandom #tolkien #jrr tolkien #silm memes #silmarillion #silmarillion memes #silmposting #lotr #middle earth #noldor

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the struggle between the urge to post my tolkien art and the fear that someone i know irl will find and recognize it.

#silm #silm art #silmarillion #the silmarillion #tolkien #jrr tolkien #j.r.r. tolkien #tolkien art #lotr #lotr art #lord of the rings

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“falling in love with a beautiful woman you met in the forest” ranked on a scale from “Beren” to “Túrin Turambar”

#jrrt really loved this trope huh #tolkien #silmarillion #lotr #lord of the rings #jrr tolkien #j.r.r. tolkien #túrin #silm #túrin turambar #children of hurin #beren #beren and luthien #the silmarillion #the silm fandom #silmposting #silm memes