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Silmarillion Cosplay in Hanfu(汉服)

We have thought of characters from the Silmarillion in our traditional Chinese Hanfu so we’ve worked for a long time to make it happen. Finally we did this! We did worry that it would be weird for these characters in eastern Asian costumes but it turns out that it looks ok for us.

Thank you so much to everyone in this project, especially cosplayers and photographers!

Cast:

Maedhros/ Celegorm/ Feanor/ Fingolfin: 云启

Fingon/ Aredhel: Ehtele

Galadriel/ Turgon: 雪饼

Finrod/ Earendil: Rey

Anaire: 翡翠

Miriel: 随音（me）

P.S. Funny things in details😉

#tolkien #silmarillion #holy shiiiiiiit #this is everything i have ever wanted and more

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#i respect the denizens of this hamlet #unlike the people of fugging they did not bow to pressure and change their name #tho to be fair i don't think think there're many mundane and unhumourous similar sounding names to shitterton

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Few land-living hunters venture here. But one does. A type of dinosaur, Velociraptor. Their bodies are kept warm by feathers, but they can’t fly. They are, however, exceptionally agile. And just as well, one false step here could bring disaster.

#prehistoric planet #they're so fluffy!

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#taylor swift #swift tailor of the boreal valley #idk someone else come up with a better boss name

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#thranduil #grandma it's me - anastasia

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there are 2 types of uncle

kinda goofy

literally the worst human being youve ever had the displeasure of meeting

#mum's brother is the second kind #dad's older brother no 3 is the second kind #dad's older brothers 1 and 2 are the first

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Rating ROP Elves on elf vibes

Arondir - 5/10. Passable but would be significantly improved with nicer hair

Celebrimbor - 0/10. Looks nearly as old as my grandma and dresses like her too

Elrond - 5/10. Initially had him lower but since he is half-elven I will be lenient. I look at his hair and think of curry puff

Finrod - 0/10. Nóm the Wise more like Brent the Jock

Galadriel - 1/10. Looks like an elf, but not the Tolkien kind more like the little people who live in mushroom rings kind

Gil-Galad - 0/10. Am I looking at the High King of the Noldor or an eccentric Roman Emperor in fancy dress? Hail Caesar!

That Librarian Guy - 6/10. Actually he looks like a Vulcan but at least he doesn't look human so he gets an extra point

#gdc personal #rop critical

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Pillars of Creation: Webb2022 l Hubble1995

#was not expecting space sauron

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adhd culture is writing fast but having your mind go even faster so you accidentally a few words

#how dare you

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scars in fiction: I got this trying to save my lover from an assassin- but tragically, I was too late. now I carry the mark of my failure with me always, and I can never forget~

scars in real life: so I was trying to open macaroni sauce with a paring knife

#stabbed my hand while wood carving

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#ur not a friggin desert animal with highly evolved kidneys who excretes pee so concentrated a single drop will dissolve concrete #drink your water

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Larry the Cat, the government-appointed Chief Mouser of Downing Street, has now outlasted 4 UK Prime Ministers and one monarch.

#larry the cat #long live larry

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Every single news outlet is having a field day 😭

#uk politics #-spits drink-

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Idk why ROP had Galadriel say that Celeborn saw her dancing in a field of flowers and fell in love at first sight

Like I would have believed "He saw me decapitating an orc and fell in love at first sight." because at least it sounds consistent with what has been shown of her character on screen

Also the whole dancing in a field of flowers, love at first sight thing is pretty obviously ripped from Beren and Lúthien's love story

Knowing that encounter between Beren and Lúthien was based on a real life moment Tolkien had with his wife - one that had a lot of meaning and significance to him - and they literally have Beren and Lúthien carved on their graves

I dunno bout you but ripping this part of their story and sticking it onto a different couple rubs me the wrong way

#gdc personal #rop critical #yeah yeah sue me for feeling bad that the idealised encounter between a dead author's self insert and his wife insert got plagiarised #i'm allowed to feel unhappy about it

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Funniest thing I’ve heard so far from Rings of Power was that Feanor wasn’t mentioned cause they don’t have the rights.

“We left Valinor.” Really? You just left? Nothing… interesting happened? Nothing at all?

#rop critical #yep nothing at all #def didn't murder an entire city of our fellow elves and steal their ships and torch them upon reaching middle earth #leaving the rest of our host to make the perilous and bitterly cold crossing over the helcaraxe resulting in yet more death and suffering #nope nothing like that happened at all *u*

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Galadriel: We had no word for death

Míriel Þerindë: Am I a joke to you

#silmarillion #rop critical #wheezes

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Some people: Why is there a black elf in this show? Elves can't be black!

Me: Why is there a black elf in this show? No seriously why does it seem like there's just the one, shouldn't there be more?

#gdc personal #rop critical #also where is my east asian elf representation #literally every wuxia protagonist i've seen looks more elvish than most of the rop elves