#basically an elf

[shellshooked]

so about that lotr x zelda au...

#basic explanation zelda is lady of gondor daughter of the steward and link is a mirkwood elf #proper character profiles are in my ig and twt if you wish to know more!! #my art #tloz #the legend of zelda #zelink #loz #zelda #link #tloz fanart #breath of the wild #botw #totk #tears of the kingdom #the lord of the rings #fellowship of the ring #lotr #lotr fanart #lord of the rings fanart #zelda fanart #link fanart #zelink fanart #botw zelda #botw link #totk zelda #totk link

[coveredinsun]

i’ve seen gimleaf fics where they each try to find out how to court by the other’s traditions. and i love those, so i think they ought to be taken a step further. and i think the way to do that would be, naturally, to make bagginshield real. allow me to explain why. ahem. after the ring is destroyed, girlfailure legolas spends two weeks poring over The Ancient Texts and stressing because his one (1) friend who WOULD help him (that’s aragorn) knows jack shit about dwarves beyond the surface (no pun intended) (well gandalf knows things but gandalf is a bitch) (he would just smile at legolas knowingly and wish him good luck instead of giving him answers).

so alas, girlfailure “shit tier ass elf” legolas is left to like, idk, sulk or something in the garden he starts at the Bestie Residence in minas tirith. and after like 2 days sam’s had enough he’s like “dude your vibes are upsetting the plants.” and legolas is like “my bad bro. it just seems i know nothing about dwarves which i probably should’ve thought about before, by elf standards, getting hitched in vegas.” and sam is like “oh dwarves? just ask mister frodo ^_^ he knows tons about dwarves!” and legolas is like “what the shit? him in particular? why does he anything about dwarves?” and sam leans in reaaaalllllll close and whispers behind his hand, “well you see mister elf, mister legolas, sir, there’s always been a very healthy amount of rumors that go around in the shire about mister frodo’s uncle, mister bilbo, and the letters he used to exchange with a certain king under the mountain.” and legolas, who was THERE, is like

#WOAH THIS ENDED UP A NOVEL #girlfailure shit tier ass elf legolas i love you #society if thorin lived and frodo was a regular visitor to erebor #society if gimli was captain of the frodo defense squad #because ‘‘well you see his uncle helped my dad reclaim my kingdom so i’m basically in his debt forever’’ #gimleafposting #lord of the rings #the hobbit #lotr #legolas #gimli #samwise gamgee #frodo baggins #bilbo baggins #thorin oakenshield #bagginshield #gimleaf #gigolas #tolkien #coveredinsunposting

[artharakka]

Sala, a cleric of Menura of Many Songs, a deity of imitations and art 🌙🦚

...unless it’s actually Eilir, fiancé of Deervale’s princess Aella, running from their arranged marriage.

#THANK you @thesnoodles and @fishsticxz for name suggestions #dnd #dungeons and dragons #Eilir #homebrew d&d #ttrpg #elf #cleric #I was really head empty with everything starting from basics so I rolled bunch of dice and ended up with 'elf' 'arranged marriage escape' #and 'trickery cleric' so Eilir is not actually a cleric but pretends to be one (he swapped roles with the actual og cleric #but when you are tricking people into thinking you are a trickery cleric it... might please the trickery god? #which makes you an actual trickery domain cleric

[paunchsalazar]

Dragon Age: Origins - epilogue drawings

#I think city elf would never have a wedding ever again but would maybe quietly exchange rings one day.. #I did (for drama) give Alistair the wedding ring and put on another gold ring in camp before the final battle… #but I think in this run they definitely like… become basically married hippie warden people.. not married by the chantry.. just together #da: origins #alistair #dragon age origins #dragon age #alistair theirin #warden #my art #my comics

[yardsards]

you may say that i am "suffering from severe clinical depression" but i prefer to call it "being in my mithrun era"

#eliot posts #dunme #dm spoilers #dungeon meshi #i saw that gay little elf and was like ''oh god. me the fuck too.'' #i too struggle to *want* anything and have trouble meeting my own basic needs #i think i would thrive if i had a team of caregivers and a quest to kill god like him #but alas #oh well i'll have to do the work of turning these vegetable scraps into a tasty stock all on my own #anhedonia gang rise up! or don't. it's whatever.

[dateamonster]

Can you solve an argument for me. Is Santa-fucking adjacent to monsterfucking since he has powers of some kind and is effectively immortal or is it like just regular old dude-fucking

i mean i can see the argument but to me theres an aspect of monster romance which is like very symbolic in nature and if wanting to get with santa claus is symbolic of anything i think it just indicates that youve got a thing for kind, generous older bears who want to spoil you. and who can blame you!

#ask #this is in part why like wanting to date a vampire who still looks mostly human to me is still monsterfuckery #but wanting to date an elf in a high fantasy setting where elves are like long lived and magical but otherwise basically human is not #but thats just me

[memray]

men who hate people having their silly little lotr ships are so silly and get so wound up about how someone else has interpreted a piece of fiction

like girl i literally don’t care if you don’t ship them why are you all up in MY business about how i’ve interpreted legolas and gimli’s ending as aligning with early-mid 20th century queer coding??

#lotr #lord of the rings #the hobbit #tolkien #gimleaf #gigolas #makes me angry and also amuses me #sure the dude who runs around singing silly songs isn’t at least a LITTLE BIT gay?? #wdym most of the other male characters get married to women and have children? #and these two go off together and then sail to elf heaven?? #like that’s basically how queer couples existed for a large portion of history

[possamble]

do you have any particular thoughts regarding marcille being a half-elf? its interesting to me considering the fact that she seems self-conscious about being a half-elf, but denies it when its brought up

i remember marcille looking visibly uncomfortable over laios simply asking her how old she is, which i think the only reason she might feel nervous about this is because it might reveal her as a half-elf to him.

she's never corrected anybody whose called her an elf either.

never mind the circumstances of the reveal, in which thistle goes on about how half-elves are inferior and accusing her of wanting to become full blooded elf, she seemed particularly upset like he struck a nerve-

i wish the half-elf thing was built upon more. also, underrated marcille line:

okay so i revisited this sequence just to make sure I could back myself up and it's just... man. there's a lot going on.

the first reaction we get from Marcille is this huge panel that takes up half of the page

she is viscerally affected. flushing to the tips of her ears with the intensity of it. and we see it again, a few pages later

so it might seem like she's embarrassed about it and lying to herself, but... I really think it's just that Thistle is accidentally hitting sore spots. If you really look at what he says to get these reactions

"you'll live out your entire life [...] and die that way too"

"a hundred years from now, nobody will be there"

Hear me out. I think, if he stuck to harping on about her inferiority without bringing up how terrifyingly long-lived she is, she wouldn't have been as bothered. But right now, Thistle is accidentally hitting all the marks on Marcille's deepest fears-- and this is after the Winged Lion promised her that her dreams could come true in an extremely vulnerable moment, so it also hits her slightly guilty conscience as well.

I do truly believe that Marcille isn't bothered about being a half-elf the way that people assume she'd be bothered by it. To her, the biggest problem with being a half-elf is that it's isolating.

On one hand, it's not hard to imagine why she'd distance herself from elves in the west. A lot of them can clock her as a half-elf on sight, unlike other races, and therefore she's always branded with this weird stigma of being Othered -- I would even say that she considers herself lucky for being born outside of elven culture instead of having to grow up in it. I mean, just... look at the way elves talk about her.

Skipping past the uncomfortable implication of what 'not tolerating the existence' of half-elves would actually entail, this is incredibly fucking annoying. You can see why she wouldn't want to be around elves much. You see a lot of Marcille reacting badly here, but honestly, almost all of it can be attributed to her freaking out that her bluff completely failed. She's honestly more paying attention to Izutsumi's footsteps and trying to coordinate an opportunity to escape.

And in the end, you see her built-up frustration at being asked if she wants to be a full-blooded elf like 2-3 times in a row.

Yeah, yeah, "the lady doth protest too much," and all. But we know Marcille. We know that she's a lot more embarrassed and horrendously unconvincing when she's being prodded about something she's actually self-conscious about.

Moving onto the flipside of things, it might seem weird that she "pretends" to be a full elf around other races, but it's not really that strange if you think about it. Again, people are weird about her being infertile or whatever, and a lots of them don't even know much about what sets half-elves apart from everyone else. I mean, look at how uncomfortable Laios is just asking her about it

and look at how exasperated and resigned she looks

And like... she's right. Where would that come up in normal conversation? Why would she go out of her way to tell them? She's functionally a normal elf to other races anyway -- got the ears, the abnormally long "childhood", and the huge mana capacity. Unless it's directly relevant or important for people to know, I don't think it's all that strange or indicative of insecurity that she prefers not to bother with it.

(This combined with her sense of being an "outsider" to elf culture also explains why she thinks elf superiority is embarrassing. She sees the way elves treat short-lived races from the "outsider" perspective nonetheless, and thinks it's obnoxious; especially more so because she usually has to play the elf around short-lived races and deal with the reputation of arrogance that elves have built up.)

The sad thing is, this all means that... she doesn't actually fit in anywhere. She doesn't like going out West much because of how elves treat her. But she's also an outsider in the continents she was born in, treated like this exotic long-lived alien choosing to live among short-lived races for some reason. She is always an outsider, the Other, no matter where she goes. Add in the fact that she'll live longer than literally anyone she knows, and it's honestly kind of heartbreaking.

And I think that's the crux of it. Marcille really doesn't act like she's at all self-conscious about being a half-elf because of any feelings of inferiority or being half-made or whatever. She considers herself a perfectly legitimate being and might even, in some ways, consider herself superior to normal elves because she's not blind with elf supremacy or whatever. (And whatever "elven biases" she displays, all of them are born more out of the fact that she's kind of bad at conceptualizing how other races age and mature compared to herself, not that she actually considers herself better or more mature simply for being an elf.)

I think that whatever self-consciousness Marcille has about being a half-elf is, instead, related to terror and loneliness. The reminder that it ensures she'll never truly belong anywhere for the rest of her very long life. The reminder that, in truth, even she's not actually sure how old she is by other races' standards (hence the discomfort when asked how old she is). She doesn't want to not be a half elf, or be a full elf or full tall-man-- in her ideal world, she's still a half-elf. She just gets to live out her life at the same pace with the people she loves and doesn't have to say goodbye again and again and again until she dies.

and one last very important panel, right after Mithrun tells her that all her desires would be devoured

In her ideal world, she's still a half-elf and reality magically starts marching at her pace. But failing that, the second best thing is that she's still a half-elf-- but one who is able to accept reality and let go of her fear.

(But the rest of the story pans out the way it does because, to Marcille, taking reality apart and reshaping it was less scary than simply and fully reconciling with it.)

#asks #dungeon meshi manga spoilers #marcille donato #manga panel analysis #this is probably riddled with typos sorry #readmore cut bc it got long lmao #i ended up babbling about it bc it's such an important character detail to me #bc like... wow. she's so normal about it. she's literally just chilling. #the only thing that really bothers her is the material reality of it and how people treat her #the stereotypes the stigma etc. etc. #otherwise it just.. #literally doesn't factor into her criteria for self-worth at all #the basic truth is that marcille likes herself on a fundamental level #she's not plagued by a deep and festering self-loathing the way a lot of characters in her archetype are #she likes herself and is proud of her successes and accomplishments #its just that shes terrified of failure and can have *episodes* of self-loathing when she fucks up #but who doesn't yknow #i know its a very slight nuance that makes very little difference in how her 'overachiever' problems manifest but its there #the sword of abandonment issues that hangs over her head has nothing to do with her self-worth or self-esteem or meeting her own standards #it has to do with the fear of not living up to *other* people's expectations and not being useful enough to be worth keeping around #she's good enough for herself but she's always so so so scared that she's not good enough for other people #i wont say much about what ryoko kui is saying using this as an allegory for real world racial biases but #dungeon meshi's treatment of marcille's relationship with her being half-elf is so incredibly important to me because it gets it so right. #a trauma about inferiority or being a half-being isn't inherent to the experience of being 'of two worlds' at all #that's something that's unfairly drilled into people by their environment #the *inherent* anguish is the loneliness. the constant longing. the fact that you are always homesick no matter where you are #always just a little bit of an outsider and never fully at home #and dungeon meshi gets that. #edit: cleaned it up a little

[nibeul]

the fact that Legolas’s bow is a 150 pounds of draw weight is crazy actually hold on

#basically if you weren’t an elf. everything sucked #lotr #ok the average guy shoots 70 lbs draw weight #what

[crowholtz]

The majordomo of Castle Ravenloft, Rahadin.

I commissioned some art of our campaign's canon Rahadin - his age is showing and he's tired, but he'll still kick our asses. He needs a vacation.

(art once again by the lovely @deadbeatcleric on the bird site)

#curse of strahd #dnd #rahadin #elf #dnd art #ravenloft #cos blogging #he just wants strahd to rest ultimately. but until then.. he's a faithful servant #he's also our strahd's dad figure basically but it's always been unspoken #i have a lot of feelings for rahadin i love this elderly elf wiht all of my heart #art

[al-norton]

Desperately trying to create a visual for my current dnd character that is less girlypop, but he’s literally an elf….

#I bet on loosing dogs etc etc #just realised I’m playing a fairly straightforward forest elf ranger too…. my party must think I’m the most basic person in the Wild West

[roxalicious]

thinking about marcille treating falin like a kid even tho thats a woman in her 20s and like... elven tendencies to treat everyone from short-lived races as children aside, marcille probably just has no idea how she's supposed to treat anyone.

elven age of maturity is 80, and if we keep in mind tallmen's is 16, that means 80 is probably still on the younger side for our modern standards. marcille is 50 so to elves she'd be like 10, but obviously she's an adult so she mustve aged impossibly fast (at a human rate from ages 41 to 50, since it sounds like she grew alongside falin?), and has no way of figuring out how old she is compared to anyone else, even though she grew up surrounded by people from short-lived races (which would probably give a regular elf at least a general idea)

#dungeon meshi #marcille donato #her mother did tell her she lives life at a different pace from everyone else #*everyone* else #this isnt even simple long-lived species superiority she just genuinely has no idea how tf she's supposed to work #she became an adult recently and her growth rate has probably finally stabilized #so she has only just now reached a position in which she can learn how to relate to people from other races in that sense #tho there's also that bit about senshi at 13 being old enough to do stuff in the mines so i have no idea at what rate long-lived species #actually age #maybe a regular 50 year old elf is basically an adult by anyone's standards but elven society's

[prismatic-starstuff]

Honestly I am Not the gods' strongest soldier because if Astarion approached me in the dead of night expressing that he just needed, well, blood— and if Astarion looked at me with the softest and prettiest eyes and purred 'pleeeeeease~' at me so very sweetly— I would simply slap my neck and inform him this bad boy can fit so much blood in it, I can't even pretend otherwise

#who would win: basic human survival instincts to avoid pain and/or death or One Pale Elf #(the answer may not shock you whatsoever) #astarion #baldur's gate iii

[dnd-smash-pass-vs]

They're elves of the shadowfell, normal human height. They specialize in teleportation and invisibility, with the casters among them throwing in confusion and fear and illusion. Be careful though, as any trained in combat start making non-elves slower and worse while within 10 feet. From depression, from the sound of it. Their angst about being more ancient and timeless than you wordlessly attaches to you like a parasite, slowing you down. Good for if you enjoy concepts like-

Shadows, but like DARKER than shadow, that lash out when they're moody

looking beautiful unless in shadow, in which case they're corpselike

ignoring pointless things like "comfort" and "morals" and "rules"

being the chosen of the Raven Queen, and on her behalf collecting dark tragedy, sorrow, and feelings of loss.

being corpse pale with jet black hair, pure black eyes, and covered with tattoos/piercings/anything that would make a generic white suburban mom in the 50's scream in terror.

Lumping them all together because they're all the same outside one having mage hand and such. Idc what weapon they're holding.

#closest I'm getting to saying something nice about them. #i don't even care. #I can withhold bias on near anything but not these and sun elves #its fine. I make you suffer by pitting your favorites against each other. getting these into the next tournament is only fair. #you know that giant anti-shadarkai rant I went on a few months ago? #how I thought whoever did this to thier lore probably rewrites Warhammer stories to remove the satire and humor? #apparently he actually did write warhammer books holy shit I called it. #seriously though I love basically all monsters but these I looooooooooathe. #not even touching how annoyed I am that the shadar kai WERE ALREADY A THING #Like they weren't even elves #they just went “hey we'll bring them back as elves because 33 is a reasonable number of elf species” #yet not a green version of goblins there's already like 3 that'd be absurd. #like no make your OWN name for the special elves version 33 that hit on par with a demon lord while being cr 7 for some reason #shadar kai #looked into it #dnd #dnd5e #DnD 5e #d&d #smash or pass #5e #monsters of the multiverse #mpmm

[ridaine]

Like Father Like Daughter

#dnd #dungeons and dragons art #dnd art #dnd oc #drow #half elf #Freyja #evantide #Alrith #tfw to avenge your father's stolen freedom you sell your soul #and end up accidentally repeating what he did #The difference is Freyja wholeheartedly believes she's in control #Hence why I drew her grasping the barb as it spears her hand #and that she has the chains wrapped around her other arm #Basically she sold her soul to avenge the ones who hurt her father #which is the opposite of what he would have wanted #All he ever wanted was his daughter to grow up and live a normal peaceful life #but he's blissfully unaware she's following in his footsteps #She doesn't actually have any freedom but she's so convinced she does because she chose part of it #She chose to sell her soul and will keep selling parts of herself for power #it's getting a little nervewracking #worried about the things my own pc is gonna do

[saimincoatl]

S is for Sulien

#hiiii i finally finished thiissss. i got so bored while coloring this that I’m just. considering this done. #it’s basically just flats but WHATEVER he still looks good #sulien #oc #dnd #dungeons and dragons #drow #dark elf #original #2024