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expertsofarda · 3 months

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If you’re still taking submissions:

I am very well researched in ecology and geography of Arda, on what plants are canon, and what could grow or thrive based on plant communities, ecoregions, etc

I also have researched infectious diseases and have written metas on potential illnesses throughout Arda

-@outofangband

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#felix speaks #submissions #miscellaneous #ecology #geography #infectious diseases #illness #tolkien

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expertsofarda · 3 months

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Hey!

I wanted to add my input to the list if possible?

I'm more than happy to help with:

Timelines of Arda (all ages)

Family trees specifically of the Noldor, Kings of Numenor and Chieftains of the Dunedain.

Canon locations (I can travel/ have travelled to Tolkien locations within England and will be visiting his grave again in Spring)

And I'm open to any asks, yes! I mean, anything to do with Tolkien's works I'm open to research and answer with enough time to read through all my books :)

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#felix speaks #submissions #timelines #family trees + lineage #canon locations #tolkien

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expertsofarda · 4 months

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Up to date as of 12/31/23!

Happy New Year!

-Mod Blue

Welcome to Experts of Arda!

This is a directory of Tolkien fans who are interested in using their specializations and knowledge to help YOU write and worldbuild!

Need help conjugating Quenya? Want a second opinion on how textile trade might work between Himring and Doriath? Not quite sure how to best work mass-produced literature into a multi-chapter epic about the Second Age?

Someone here might be able to help!

Topics (Up to date as of 11/01/22)

Occupations

Medicine

Science + Math

Writing Help + Beta Readers

Linguistics + Languages

Books + Passages

Dwarves

Diversity

Geology

Crafts

Recreation + Music

Elves

Archaeology + Anthropology

Names + Character Creation

Family Trees + Lineages

Canon Characters

Canon Locations

Hobbits

Timelines

Miscellaneous

You can find a Q & A here!

Interested in adding your information?

Send us an Ask with the following information:

Name:

Topics that you’re willing to help with (please be as detailed as you can!):

Are you willing to answer inquiries about Tolkien and/or Non-tolkien Asks?

We accept outside resources too!

So if you find a concept artist or costume designer or papers you think we should add, submit it to us and we’ll add it to the topic tag :) When you do reference outside links, please no pinterest or any sites like that; we want to correctly credit the original!

Mod Team:

@bluedancingkittykat & @felixwhetsel

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expertsofarda · 6 months

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Hey! Are there blacksmiths in your story? I'm a hobbyist blacksmith and I'm here to help!

Blacksmithing is one of those things that a lot of people get wrong because they don't realize it stuck around past the advent of the assembly line. Here's a list of some common misconceptions I see and what to do instead!

Not all blacksmiths are gigantic terrifying muscly guys with beards and deep voices. I am 5'8, skinny as a twig, have the muscle mass of wet bread, and exist on Tumblr. Anybody who is strong enough to pick up a hammer and understands fire safety can be a blacksmith.

You can make more than just swords with blacksmithing. Though swords are undeniably practical, they're not the only things that can be made. I've made candle holders, wall hooks, kebab skewers, fire pokers, and more. Look up things other people have made, it's really amazing what can be done.

"Red-hot" is actually not that hot by blacksmith terms. when heated up, the metal goes from black, to red, to orange, to yellow, to white. (for temperature reference, I got a second degree burn from picking up a piece of metal on black heat) The ideal color to work with the metal is yellow. White is not ideal at all, because the metal starts sparking and gets all weird and lumpy when it cools. (At no point in this process does the metal get even close to melting. It gets soft enough to work with, but I have never once seen metal become a liquid.)

Blacksmithing takes fucking forever. Not even taking into account starting the forge, selecting and preparing metal, etc. etc. it takes me around an hour to make one (1) fancy skewer. The metals blacksmiths work with heat up and cool down incredibly fast. When the forge is going good, it only takes like 20 seconds to get your metal hot enough to work with, but it takes about the same time for it to cool down, sometimes even less.

As long as you are careful, it is actually stupidly easy to not get hurt while blacksmithing. When I picked up this hobby I was like "okay, cool! I'm gonna make stuff, and I'm gonna end up in the hospital at some point!" Thus far, the latter has yet to occur. I've been doing this for nearly a year. I have earned myself a new scar from the aforementioned second degree burn, and one singe mark on my jeans. I don't even wear gloves half the time. Literally just eye protection, common sense, and fast reflexes and you'll probably be fine. (Accidents still happen of course, but I have found adequate safety weirdly easy to achieve with this hobby)

A forge is not a fire. The forge is the thing blacksmiths put their metal in to heat it up. It starts as a small fire, usually with newspaper or something else that's relatively small and burns easily, which we then put in the forge itself, which is sort of a fireplace-esque thing (there's a lot of different types of forge, look into it and try to figure out what sort of forge would make the most sense for the context you're writing about) and we cover it with coal, which then catches fire and heats up. The forge gets really hot, and sometimes really bright. Sometimes when I stare at the forge for too long it's like staring into the sun. The forge is also not a waterfall of lava, Steven Universe. It doesn't work like that, Steven Universe.

Welding and blacksmithing are not the same thing. They often go hand-in-hand, but you cannot connected two pieces of metal with traditional blacksmithing alone. There is something called forge welding, where you heat your metal, sprinkle borax (or the in-universe equivalent) on it to prevent the metal from oxidizing/being non-weldable, and hammer the pieces together very quickly. Forge welding also sends sparks flying everywhere, and if you're working in a small space with other blacksmiths, you usually want to announce that you're welding before you do, so that everyone in a five-foot radius can get out of that five-foot radius. You also cannot just stuck some random pebbles into the forge and get a decent piece of metal that you can actually make something with, Steven Universe. It doesn't work like that, Steven Universe.

Anvils are really fucking heavy. Nothing else to add here.

Making jewelry is not a blacksmithing thing unless you want jewelry made of steel. And it will be very ugly if you try. Blacksmithing wasn't invented to make small things.

If there's anything here I didn't mention, just ask and I'll do my best to answer.

#blacksmith #blacksmithing #soy-saucea-and-mothra #non-submitted help

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expertsofarda · 10 months

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No New Submissions

3 months update!

For future submissions, please send an ask or reply to this post or this post. I can no longer see my activity feed further than a month back, so if there's any submission in the tags or comments, I can't see them for these quarterly posts. I'm narrowing it down to those three ways for submission so I don't have to go through every post.

If you have previously submitted your EoA info, but have not seen it posted, please resubmit or reach out to me @bluedancingkittykat :)

#expertsofarda #experts of arda #eoa #mod speaks #.txt #blue speaks

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expertsofarda · 1 year

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No new submissions

Here's the 3 month update! (it's really 4 lol)

Hopefully there'll be new submissions soon ^u^

#expertsofarda #experts of arda #eoa #mod speaks #.txt #blue speaks

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expertsofarda · 1 year

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Updated our master post! We still are open for submissions, though posts will continue to be about 3 months apart. Take care til next time! ^^

#mod speaks

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expertsofarda · 1 year

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Welcome to Experts of Arda!

This is a directory of Tolkien fans who are interested in using their specializations and knowledge to help YOU write and worldbuild!

Need help conjugating Quenya? Want a second opinion on how textile trade might work between Himring and Doriath? Not quite sure how to best work mass-produced literature into a multi-chapter epic about the Second Age?

Someone here might be able to help!

Topics (Up to date as of 11/01/22)

Occupations

Medicine

Science + Math

Writing Help + Beta Readers

Linguistics + Languages

Books + Passages

Dwarves

Diversity

Geology

Crafts

Recreation + Music

Elves

Archaeology + Anthropology

Names + Character Creation

Family Trees + Lineages

Canon Characters

Canon Locations

Hobbits

Timelines

Miscellaneous

You can find a Q & A here!

Interested in adding your information?

Send us an Ask with the following information:

Name:

Topics that you’re willing to help with (please be as detailed as you can!):

Are you willing to answer inquiries about Tolkien and/or Non-tolkien Asks?

We accept outside resources too!

So if you find a concept artist or costume designer or papers you think we should add, submit it to us and we’ll add it to the topic tag :) When you do reference outside links, please no pinterest or any sites like that; we want to correctly credit the original!

Mod Team:

@bluedancingkittykat & @felixwhetsel

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expertsofarda · 2 years

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@outofangband is well researched in the ecology and geograpgy of Ard

a, such as what plants appear in the legendarium and where they could grow! (Asks are open!)

Science & Math

@actuallyfeanor‘s day job is medicine and biomedical science, and is happy to answer questions about what would be a medically plausible cause of death or present crack theories on how exactly elven biology works. Also has a fair amount of knowledge about maths, physics and chemistry. (Asks are open!)

@ambarto is a student in geology and is currently working through Tolkien-centric geology articles to figure out how Arda’s geology might work. (Asks are open!)

@bluedancingkittykat can help with Geology (Asks are open)

@lemurious is a professional space biologist and would be happy to help with explaining the biology, engineering or cosmology aspects of world-building as internally coherent science (Asks are open!)

@lottiefairchildbranwell is currently finishing a Masters in Maths, teaching myself meteorology, can do physics and chemistry. (Asks are open!)

@maglor-still-lives has some knowledge of statecraft, ecology, horses, and genetic engineering. (Asks are open!)

@nuredhel’s a forestry, wildlife and wilderness manager (Asks are open!)

@silmallyrn has a lot of weird sciency thoughts about The Two Trees, The Music of the Ainur and what it is/ how it works/how elves can hear and use it, and wonky elf biology/physiology. (Asks are open!)

@snoodly-boop is a geologist in training, (”If you need me, @/ me, because I don’t get notifs for asks”)

@stareyemoth is an actual eyeball expert but not in like a Sauron worshipping way (Asks are open!)

@tethysresort knows about geology and gardening (including weird stuff like greenhouses and aquaponics) (asks are open!)

@the-unicorns-of-nienna special interests is zoology. “If you’re trying to figure out what Hobbit livestock breeds look like, or what kind of birds could thrive in Mordor, I might be able to help.” (Asks are open!)

@theresonlyzuul is an entomologist and have 10 years experience working in natural history museums (Asks are open!)

#expertsofarda #experts of arda #eoa #science & math #math #science #biology #ecology #nature #botony

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expertsofarda · 2 years

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@outofangband has an interest in disease and illnesses in Arda! (Asks are open!)

Medicine

@actuallyfeanor‘s day job is medicine and biomedical science, so I’m happy to answer questions about what would be a medically plausible cause of death (Asks are open!)

@nuredhel knows about how plants were used for medicine back in the days (Asks are open!)

@the-quiet-fire-of-defiance can answer questions about medicine & healing, chronic illness & disability. (Asks are open!)

#EoA #expertsofarda #experts of arda #Elves #elven biology #medicine #biomedical science #chronic illness #disability #disease #illness

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expertsofarda · 2 years

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Will be updating the pinned masterpost as soon as the updates to science and math and medicine are posted!

#eoa #expertsofarda #experts of arda #.txt #blue speaks #mod speaks

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expertsofarda · 2 years

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No new submissions

Here’s the three month update! (Except there really isn’t one, haha) See y’all in another 3 months!

#expertsofarda #experts of arda #mod speaks #blue speaks

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expertsofarda · 2 years

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@tol-himling is transmasculine and bisexual and would like to help anyone with queer diversity! (Asks for both Tolkien and Non-Tolkien are open!)

Diversity

@ahufflepuffhobbit is Jewish and is willing to offer insight on “as many aspects of Jewish culture as [she] can!” (Asks are open!)

@ambarto is Nonbinary, Aromantic and Bisexual and is willing to answer any questions regarding those (asks are open!)

@arofili is Aromantic Asexual and is happy to talk about writing a-spectrum characters and headcanons! They are also willing to talk about Trans and Nonbinary headcanons and characters. (Asks are open!)

@thatfeanorian is Biromantic and Asexual and is offering to help navigate LGBTQA+ dynamics surrounding characters interactions and relations (both Tolkien and Non-Tolkien Asks are open!)

@the-quiet-fire-of-defiance-is-me is Queer, Trans and Disabled and is willing to speak about their experiences and about disability and chronic illness (Asks are open!)

*please remember that no-one is an absolute authority on the topic and that they are offering insight (this mostly goes for the other posts as well, but I’m calling it out on this one)

#expertsofarda #experts of arda #diversity #bisexual #transmasc #transmasculine

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expertsofarda · 2 years

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@tol-himling can answer questions about knitting, and about knitting's fibers, needles, gauges and their function. (Asks for both Tolkien and Non-Tolkien are open!)

Crafts

@actuallyfeanor will be able to help with sewing, embroidery, knitting and crochet!! (Asks for both Tolkien and Non-Tolkien are open!)

@alienfuckeronmain can help with tattooing! (Asks are open!)

@anipologist is a “dilettante dabbler in calligraphy and (fictional and real) heraldry” and can help you with those sorts of topics! (Asks are open!)

@jaz-the-bard can help you with sewing and fashion, especially embroidery! (Asks are open!)

@lottiefairchildbranwell is able to help with dressmaking and embroidery, especially cross stitch! (Asks are open!)

@seleyin‘s job is printmaking and etchings, so they can help you if you have questions about how people could easily reproduce images, text or music, machinery, chemical use, etc., In a medieval/renaissance setting! (Asks are open!)

@soup-enthusiast will be able a great help about handicrafts and a great place to find resources about handicrafts! (Asks are open!)

@tethysresort is able to help with all kinds of dye work and dye patterns! (Asks for both Tolkien and Non-Tolkien are open!)

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expertsofarda · 2 years

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@tol-himling is willing to be a beta reader! (Asks for both Tolkien and Non-Tolkien are open!)

Writing Help, Beta Readers and IRL literature things

*NSFW stuff is included in here as well. And for everyone’s comfort, those under 18, please don’t ask nsfw questions.

@actuallyfeanor is able to help with the Norse Sagas that inspired Tolkien! (Asks for both Tolkien and Non-Tolkien are open!)

@alienfuckeronmain is willing to help with smut and sensitivity reading (Asks for both Tolkien and Non-Tolkien are open!)

@anipologist is a diligent dabbler in mythology and folklore (Asks are open!)

@arofili is a creative-writing major and is willing to Beta fics! They like to help people understand how sentence structure & etc. works and is able to give feedback on the structure as well. They’re also a great fact-checker and good at finding posts (Asks are open!)

@edgeoflight can help with writing adult/E-rated work! (Asks are open!)

@nuredhel has a keen interest in mythology and astronomy and is willing to help! ( Asks for both Tolkien and Non-Tolkien are open!)

@scarlet-red-as-blood is very into numerology and mythology and is willing to help with both! (Asks for both Tolkien and Non-Tolkien are open!)

@stormxpadme has more than 15 years of practice in BDSM and is willing to help with sexual research and BDSM (Asks are open!)

#Experts of Arda #EoA #expertsofarda #beta readers

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expertsofarda · 2 years

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@tol-himling is an avid outdoorsman, so he can answer your survivalist and navigation questions, as well as talk about North America Botany! (Asks for both Tolkien and Non-Tolkien are open!)

@playing-with-inks is a professional classical violinist and would love to talk about classical music, and answer any questions about music conservatories, music theory and ear training, or just music in general! (Asks are open!)

Recreation and Music

@actuallyfeanor has a good amount of knowledge about classical music, specifically violin and how to survive outdoors in sub-zero temperatures! (Asks for both Tolkien and Non-Tolkien are open!)

@chrissystriped has some sword fighting experience! (Asks for both Tolkien and Non-Tolkien are open!)

@elennafeanorian is a ballet dancer! She has a strong knowledge in dancing and in some music (Asks for both Tolkien and Non-Tolkien are open!)

@jaz-the-bard knows stuff about dance and music! (Asks are open!)

@maglor-still-lives has knowledge about horses and quite about of knowledge about freshwater fish (Asks are open!)

@seleyin plays the Hurdy-Gurdy! (Asks are open!)

@stormwarnings‘s love is for hiking, climbing and mountaineering in different environments and are willing to help! (Asks are open!)

@tethysresort can help with gardening, including questions about greenhouses and aquaponics! (Asks for both Tolkien and Non-Tolkien are open!)

#Recreation and Music #experts of arda #EoA #expertsofarda #music #recreation #classical music #violin #survival #navigation #botany

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expertsofarda · 2 years

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@tol-himling is a public health graduate! He can answer questions about public health and policymaking, biology, anatomy, and physiology for all of your governmental worldbuilding, injury fics, and speculative biology needs. (Asks for both Tolkien and Non-Tolkien are open!)

@playing-with-inks works in quant and wouldn't mind talking about both math and statistics! (Asks are open!)