#Elving

[anna-dreamer]

More grumpy Valar thoughts

I’ll just vent here for a little bit

Had a little thought about the Valar, mercy, and judgement. (Still think the Valar do a rather poor job of being in charge of things, though i suppose it’s a discussion on its own what ‘in charge’ means in this case.)

I’ve encountered a notion that by releasing Melkor out of his confinement in the Void Manwe executed an act of estel, so it was a good thing actually, because themes and everything. I believe it very well might be a thematical thing, but the way the Valar executed it made it hardly moral or responsible from a leadership point of view. (Again, is it even a valid concern when it comes to Silmarillion, Doom and all? Dunno, just like to think about it.) 

Like, sure, it is incredibly virtuous of you guys to let your mortal enemy go and to believe him when he swears to never again, to give him a chance because everyone deserves one. But what about his victims who you specifically brought to the same place to protect from him? How is it a great idea to let Melkor lose, unsupervised, unchecked? Both Melkor and the Eldar are Valar’s responsibility, but the former they seem to favor more. And by the way, isn’t it clear that the confinement itself might have made Melkor extremely vengeful? Of course he would want revenge, and if he couldn’t touch the Valar themselves, he had the Eldar at hand. That should have been at least plausible for anyone who new Melkor, the rejected jealous child he was. But the Valar are apparently bad both at talking and at empathy, as Eru must have been not a great dad for any of them.

So Melkor does what he does, and as far as I am concerned the whole conundrum is Valar’s responsibility as much as his. 

Now, i thought of other times when the Valar had to seat in judgement. 

First case is Feanor, and frankly it seems to me it was absolutely not the Valar’s business to punish him at all. It doesn’t mean he did no wrong, but it all seems to be an internal Eldar affair which Melkor exploited. And the Eldar already have their own authority, their king. It must be he and them who decide what to do. But the Valar apparently strongly believe it is their right to interfere. I wonder, was there any rule or a law that prohibited weapons and armored assaults the the Valar previously imposed? Did they state that there would be times when their judgement precedes the one of Eldar’s authorities? Because if they didn’t it looks like another case of arbitrary unspoken rules based not on law but on faith, that apply to the flight of the Noldor. Essentially, nobody knows what the Valar’s rules are, but everybody will know once they’re broken. That is abuse. 

At last, Earendil and Elwing. Their case frankly makes me angry. They too broke the rules (finally some clearly spoken rules, though no clear punishment for breaking them), and the judgement was unfairly harsh. They were essentially both removed from the world they knew, parted from their children forever, Elwing was turned into a bird, and an ever solitary mission was imposed on Earendil which he can never abandon or complete. And for what? For them coming to plead for help and mercy. As if they were already guilty somehow. The Valar probably felt they were. 

Now, granted, Melkor was imprisoned for a long time, but he was released and fully pardoned as if nothing happened. And he tried to destroy an entire race. While Earendil just trespassed. And he is still up there in the sky.  

And, granted, I am not discussing any metaphysical reading of this story. Rather I am concerned for the implications it makes because i feel it is important. The Valar are willing to give a chance to one of their own, however fallen he might be; but when it comes to the Eldar, the Valar’s compulsion to judge and punish is without fail. 

Freaking pre-built inequality. 

#valar #eldar #melkor #feanor #finwe #Elving #Earendil #I read something on the internet again

[dwarf-posting]

#dwarf #dwarves #elf #elves #fuck elves all my clanmates hate elves #fantasy #d&d #dnd #dungeons and dragons

[dunmeshistash]

Dungeon Meshi - About Beauty

#Dungeon Meshi #beauty standards #worldbuilding #elves #dwarves

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

#christmas #elves #twitter #tweets #tweet #meme #memes #funny #lol #humor

[lazylittledragon]

the only thing scarier than vampire lords/mind flayers/death cults is meeting the in-laws

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #astarion #tavstarion #i feel like he’s good at schmoozing but i’m not sure how much he would actually Enjoy it #he gives me extroverted introvert #being surrounded by a few hundred very pretty wood elves for a weekend is probably quite nice though #he might have a bitch sesh with dorian’s sisters #also i will keep making his outfits cuntier if it kills me #what’s that post about how wyll is the only character you could realistically bring home without disaster

[filibusterfrog]

hybrids <3

#my art #tiefling #orc #dragonborn #elves #dwarf #these are all i wanna do at the moment if theres a race you want done #feel free to do your own spin on things

[vxlinart]

putting the “romance” in necromancer

#baldur’s gate #bg3 #astarion #baldurs gate #bg3 fanart #I wasn’t expecting to romance astarion #but I am weak when it comes to tragic elves #Khaedis #<- my tav

[emyn-arnens]

Gosh I just love book Legolas. He's immortal. He's a teenager. Elrond picks him instead of Glorfindel because he's average and won't draw attention to the Fellowship. He's the comic relief guy and resident Little Shit, but he can also shoot a Nazgul out of the sky in the pitch black like a one-man elf anti-aircraft defense system. He wants everyone to know that he's, like, really old. He forgets the task at hand because he wants to look at trees. His greatest qualities are that he can become friends with anyone and his loyalty is unending. He shows up to Valinor a century late with Starbucks in hand and his dwarf bestie at his side. Iconic.

#thinking again of that part in home where gandalf threatens to set him on fire because he's so annoyed with him #truly the pippin of the elves #lotr #legolas #.txt

[eastgaysian]

#i was here. having people get mad at me for making jokes about all the elves being lesbians #ordinary photo of yeti #getting yeti'd before 5 digits because people are pissing me off badly.

[verawhisk]

You are safe. The winds of fate blow you to the warmest of hearths in the most cordial of inns. The touch of the sun comforts your flesh, but never burns it.

#i just like to imagine how warm halsin must be. and how nice he must smell ^^ #halstarion #modern au #... but theyre still elves hehe. happy little elves #halsin #astarion #bg3 #baldur’s gate 3 #bloodhoney #bloodbear #my art #ppl are always like 'halstarion makes no sense' but all astarion desires is warmth and safety and who embodies that? exactly

[charlesoberonn]

#marcille donato #farcille #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #sousou no frieren #frieren #frieren: beyond journey's end #himmel the hero #frimmel #is that the ship name? #edit: apparently it's himfri #which reminds me of that one pikachu in a plastic ball post #him free #elves

[ambrosiagourmet]

Not sure how widely recognized this is but it’s fucking wild to me that miss kui just quietly snuck in the fact that most (if not all) of the differences between races only exist because of wishes they made to the Winged Lion.

Dwarves being strong? Lion wish. Elves being good at magic? Lion wish. All lifespan differences???? Lion wish, babey!

Not that the elves superiority shtick isn’t already BS, but it’s even funnier with the context that the only difference between them and humans is that, thousands of years ago, their leaders made a greedier wish to the demon that wanted to eat them.

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #dunmeshi analysis #truly I think about this all the time it’s wild #something great here too in like not only that it’s all bs but that so much of the bs is due to what advantages are inherited #from privilege. elves aren’t special there are just 500 year old nepo babies #dungeon meshi spoilers

[dunmeshistash]

Dungeon Meshi - Elves

#Dungeon Meshi #Elves #I love how androgenous they are #daydream hour #Adventurers bible #character design #marcille donato

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

#mice #rats #rodents #elves #goblins #gnomes #twitter #tweets #tweet #meme #memes #funny #lol #humor

[prokopetz]

Dungeons & Dragons style elves are great because you'll have a character who insists he's a brooding loner who doesn't need anyone for anything walking around with a hairstyle which cannot possibly be maintained unassisted.

#media #tropes #gaming #tabletop roleplaying #tabletop rpgs #dungeons & dragons #d&d #character design #elves

[the-evil-clergyman]

Two Elves by John Quincy Adams (Late 19th - Early 20th Century)

#john quincy adams #art #paintings #fine art #19th century #19th century art #20th century #20th century art #painting #austrian art #austrian artist #fantasy #elves #fairies #fairy #classic art