#else in middle earth

[bleh1bleh2]

Bonus:

#did anyone else have an outsider phase in middle school. or was that just me #anyways hunk and pidge figured out how to watch earth movies #or specifically the outsiders. whichever is funnier #i just think that imagining keith as a greaser is so fucking funny #like sure. the clothes would fit his character #but the slicked back greased up hair with keiths mullet????? comedy gold #voltron #also if you couldnt tell i just rewatched the outsiders #that movie is so so so funny to me #there are some Transitions that are so bad theyre good #and the fact that the plot makes no sense unless youve read the book? why did they do that #also they say 'man' over 50 times in that movie #with dally saying over half even though hes barely there #(fun fact from middle school me) #my art

[mothoscope]

This has been sitting in my sketchbook for a while gathering dust. I was intending to line/color it digitally, but with school going on that might take a good bit longer to actually happen. Might as well share the sketch in the meantime.

I've talked about this vaguely before but I think, despite their extreme differences, Ed and Double D have a certain overlap in their interests. Ed likes gory horror/sci-fi media and the concept of monsters/mythical creatures/aliens etc. Double D likes bugs/arachnids and isn't exactly skeeved-out by descriptions and depictions of less than stomachable medical ailments. Ultimately when hanging out these subjects will pop up on the frequent. Ed likes grotesque stuff and Edd knows a lot of grotesque stuff that people don't typically like to hear about. This means a fun time for them...excluding Eddy...

#if you see me spelling precisely wrong no you didn't I'm not in the mood to go back and retake these photos #btw anyone else saw that episode of planet earth where david attenborough talked about this fungus? #it is horrifying but so so fascinating to me when I was in middle school #I love finding excuses to make edd's hyperfixation on insects be specific to hymenoptera because I think it being so specialized is fun #fanart #eene #moth art

[kierancaz]

what if elves were like super weird. can we make elves super weird? like yah they're still pretty and elegant all the things elves already are but what if they made weird noises to communicate like clicking and whistling and purring and what if there ears were like really long and could move and fluttered when they're happy and dropped when they were sad and you know how you can move your ears a little bit ?? yeah well elves can do that but just more bc there ears are longer and they have more movement control and stuff and what if they were also just like super weirdly flexible and can could turn there necks around like an owl and they were all double jointed in every joint and could just fold them selves in half and stuff

#the clicking and purring noises are mostly made by children and younger elves but as they get older they stop making those noises #not that they can't they just don't but like parents will communicate with their kids through clicks and whistles and purrs and stuff #they can do the cat sound that's like mrrrrmh #and they flick their ears #they get excited snd their ears do a little flutter #can we do this #like i'm all for Legolas being the weirdo elf but can we make the other elves weird too and him just be like even weirder lmao #Legolas still makes those purring and chirping sounds even though he's much older than most people are when they stop making those sounds #you'd think his dad would be upset about this because it's “immature” but he's really not and he actually enjoys Legolas making those sound #he will occasionally chirp back at his son when he knows no one else is around to hear #lotr #lord of the rings #the hobbit #legolas #lotr legolas #legolas greenleaf #tolkien elves #tolkien #jrr tolkien #middle earth #lotr elves #thrandiul

[winepresswrath]

Cannot believe at this late stage of my life I'm becoming a Gabriel fucker. Local mean jock doesn't want to be evil now, he wants to be loved. I'm slightly annoyed they didn't make Beelzebub more unhinged because the "plot" should have been at least half about them fucking up shit on an absolute rampage trying to find Gabriel, a thing everyone assumes they are doing to fry him with hellfire so they can kick off the war in a way that's advantageous to hell, BUT ACTUALLY!!! true love.

#I do love evil love! #but more than that it's like... the terrible emptiness of heaven and hell? #absolutely no one has been having a good time! #they're just middle management admin suckers doing a soulless job no one else understands #they don't even care about earth! six thousand years of #mommy promised that if you all sit down and shut up we can have another war when the humans are dead #as a form of enrichment for their underlings #and they're just going along with it because that's the grind #incidentally I enjoyed how childish the angels were this season my pet theory is that they and the demons also have free will but no one #noticed so they've all just been making themselves miserable enforcing corporate culture and plotting each other's downfall because it #didn't occur to them to do anything else #gabriel and beelzebub realizing there's more to life and they can simply say fuck it and make something good between them #implies other angels and demons can do the same! as does Muriel obviously #like they are torturing each other. in much the same ways that humans are torturing each other #sad for Aziraphale and Crowley they care about earth & humans #which is a real problem they have that Gabzebub do not #and also that Crowley is in denial about how much he wants to be good and Aziraphale is in denial about just so many things and also #committed to being an ass about it. #these are problems that Gabriel and Beelzebub do NOT have because they are goal oriented and keep their eyes on the prize #good omens spoilers

[thevalleyisjolly]

As an archivist, thinking about the right to be forgotten in a specifically archival context, and the idea that not everyone wants their stories or their records to be made available to anyone/for everyone; that often, what a community judges to be the best preservation for their own histories and culture is not what is beneficial to outsiders, especially outside academics.

More specifically, thinking about this in the context of Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit/The Silmarillion/other Legendarium books as “historical” texts.  Thinking about maybe the “authors” not writing everything down because they understand the power of stories and how the telling of a thing grants a certain power over it, over how it is known and spread, and positions the teller as a figure of authority over what (and who) is depicted.

We already know that Bilbo is an unreliable narrator, that he changes things and leaves things out.  There were a few posts and fics years ago, when the Hobbit movies came out, about Bilbo befriending a young Estel in Rivendell and deliberately leaving that out of his stories at Gandalf/Elrond’s request.  What other things might he have left out, perhaps, out of respect for his friends in the Company and their desire to keep their culture and language private and closed? 

Pengolodh compiling the Annals of Beleriand from which came the greater part of The Silmarillion - but he was in Gondolin for much of the First Age, and would have had to rely on other sources to give an account of the rest of Beleriand.  Who did he talk to?  What might they have said and not said, and what might they have requested he include or keep out? 

Anyways, the Legendarium as an archive, something actively created and shaped by the different people in and around it, who both added things and left things out unintentionally or by design or on request. 

#lotr #silmarillion #ironically this would make the archivists of middle-earth more respectful and conscious of this than many irl archivists #i jest; there are many excellent archivists who are putting the time and the effort in to do the work right and to spearhead change #not that there aren't still a great many traditionally trained archivists who are being absurdly obstinate about this #but there is progress; however slow; being made in the archival field about recognizing people's rights to their own records #writing this instead of my personal archives paper asdfghjkl; #this isn't the main point of this post but i also like to headcanon post war of wrath burgeoning loremaster elrond #travelling around and meeting different communities and hearing their stories #and sometimes they ask him to share those stories with others and many other times they ask him not to spread them #he meets a kindi tribe in the east who have no desire to be involved in any of the bullshit happening over in the west #they are fine with him as a friend but explicitly ask that he not let anyone else know about their existence #he befriends dwarves living in the blue mountains who wish people to remember the glory of tumunzahar and gabilgathol #but who don't want their culture and language widely spread for outsiders to know #he reestablishes contact with the silvan elves in the greenwood who are eager to hear news of their long sundered kin #and request that he bring news of them to the survivors of ossiriand

[silvantransthranduiltrash]

Thranduil’s (non-existant) Queen

I strongly headcannon that the silvans were very free in their gender and sexual identities. The basic norm was that everyone is bisexual until proven otherwise, and even then it’s quickly accepted. Furthermore, due to the nature of elven lives (aka being immortal) being polyamorous is rather common, as is sleeping around with no romantic relationship.

(The valar can’t tell them what to do!)

That being said, cheating is still a gigantic no no for them, as is abandoning one partner for another, especially if there is little to no warning or reason.

Anyway, slightly crazy idea, but what if Thranduil was not, in fact, married, and simply had and has a bunch of one night stand/regular bed partners and one day ended up pregnant (read my user name) and that’s how Legolas came about.

Thing is, legolas looks so much like Thranduil that no one knows who the other parent is, and Thranduil roles with it bc hey, at least no custody issues.

Elves outside of greenwood: so what happened to your mom?

Legolas: uuuuhhhhhhhh

Que elaborate tragic story that becomes worse and worse the more legolas retels it.

You can bet your ass legolas has fun with it. His friends pitch in and all of a sudden no one knows what happened to the queen of greenwood (they do not call it mirkwood) except that it’s bad.

Thranduil has no idea that this is going on until elrond brings it up one day.

Elrond: i have not said it before, but my condolences for the loss of your wife. I understand it was quite horrific.

Legolas: *sweating*

Thranduil: *slowly turning towards his son* yes, i miss her dearly *you-are-so-grounded glare at legolas*

And:

Elladan and elrohir: how did you deal with the loss of your mother

Legolas: *hnnnnnnnnnn, i am not qualified for this but i can’t tell THEM that* .... killing orcs has worked for me so far.

Later:

Thranduil: *bursts in the door* LEGOLAS-

Legolas: I PANICKED, OK? LEAVE ME ALONE!

And:

Thranduil, as he goes to check on the mountain and humans after the dragon (book canon): Legolas, this is the 6th time i’ve told you to not be so-

Bard: *wet, grimmy, tired* *walks past as if in slow mo and like a supper model*

Thranduil: -Rrrreeeeeeeeaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh

Thranduil: *stares*

Legolas: Ada, No.

#Thranduil #Thranduil’s wife #non existent i this case #legolas #silvans #best kept secret in middle earth is that thranduil has never been married #and by best kept i mean #everyone else knows nothing about the going ons of greenwood #greenwood the great #mirkwood #we don’t call it that #legolas: i was trying to have a bit of fun but it got out of control #thranduil: *having to deal with all these condolences* you think? #legolas’s friends are having a ball with it #so are thranduil’s #galion threatens to come up with an even more horrific way for the queen to die if thranduil doesn’t do his paperwork #it’s a soap opra #it started out as a joke #but now they’re scared smq will figure it out bc that be hella awkward and uncomfortable #it’s a good thing no one outside of greenwood knows thranduil is trans bc that’d just make thigs much more complicated #thranduil isn’t the biggest noldor fan but their preconceived notion of gender and sexuality is a blessing in disguise atm #i’m a book canon thranduil lover so that’s his personality #love movie him too but i like book him more

[fangirl-erdariel]

If you were given the job of 'showrunner of a show about Faramir' what would you do?

Oh that's a fascinating question, thank you! I will freely admit that I don't necessarily consider myself the most knowledgeable person about Faramir or the best at writing him even in my immediate fandom circle, so this is unlikely to be anything particularly groundbreaking or interesting, but I'll give it a shot

I think, since you've not given me specific limitations on when in the timeline this will be set, and that I would go for a show that focuses on Faramir in the months leading up to Boromir leaving for Rivendell, ending with that event. Not that a show about him in the times after the War of the Ring wouldn't be fascinating, but I don't think it's something I'd be very good at writing. And I'm not necessarily interested in following the story through the events of LOTR, either. So, like I said, following Faramir in the times leading up to the event that basically ties him and Boromir so tightly into the events of the story.

Wouldn't be a very long show, obviously, with that sort of time frame, but I'm a firm believer in deciding on the limits of the story you want to tell and narrowing it down to something you can manage, before starting to tell it. (Let's ignore the fact that I don't actually do that irl when I write fanfic, I just sit down and write and see what happens; the imaginary me who is a showrunner of a tv show is obviously more organized than the real life me anyway.) Not everything needs to be ten seasons long. And you could still get a full-length season or two out of even that premise, I think.

I would probably go for a somewhat episodic problem-of-the-week format, but with some overarching themes and plotlines developing across the whole show. I can't off the top of my head give you a list of episodes or their synopsis (how do you pluralize that? synopsis? synopses? synopsises? why is English so difficult), but, you know, most episodes probably focusing on the various troubles of leading the soldiers in Ithilien, one episode focused on the planning of an attack on an enemy troop that will be moving through, another of "how the f*ck has the enemy been managing to constantly mess with our supply lines that we thought were secure and how do we stop them from doing that", maybe one of the classic "there's a spy among our midst but who is it??" plot, one where Faramir has to handle a bunch of young inexperienced soldiers who are either uncertain or too reckless and eager to pursue glory and probably going to get either themselves or other people killed if he can't get them to get their act together. And so on and so forth, I'm sure you get the gist. Probably mix it up sometimes and have some episodes set in Minas Tirith, maybe a couple bringing Faramir on some errand to more southern parts of Gondor, too. Ithilien episodes would probably have elements of military drama, Minas Tirith episodes elements of political drama.

I think the second-to-last episode of the show would have the first time Faramir has the dream that'll send Boromir to Gondor, and would have the attack on Osgiliath and that whole thing. And the absolute last episode would be just focused on the dream and what to do about it, and would see Boromir leaving on his journey.

I think one thing I'd explore a lot would be the differing ways that other characters see him. Both in terms of the relationships with his family, the way that he is a beloved little brother to Boromir but always the less capable and worthy in Denethor's eyes, but also in terms of outside that family circle. Like, we see in the books that he is adored by the people, and that he is greatly respected by the soldiers under his command, he is a captain they are glad to follow, a skilled leader who is able to keep troops from panicking and retain good order even in difficult, chaotic situations.

And then, going off of that, how does all that compare to the way Faramir sees himself? How does the place he is appointed by those around him fit, or not fit, what he himself would want to be, if he could choose? Even people who love or admire you can still view you in ways that aren't entirely true, or treat you in a way or put you in situations that you find constraining or poorly fit for you, and I think playing with that with Faramir could be interesting. I think I might go for making one of the conflicts carried through the show be that while Boromir loves Faramir, he doesn't always quite treat him as a responsible adult and an equal, but a little brother to be protected and watched over and helped, and for all that Faramir also loves Boromir, it's still frustrating. And though Boromir does insist on being the one to make the journey to Rivendell because he's older and stronger and doesn't like the idea of Faramir going off alone on a long journey to the unknown, it is still in some ways also an admission on his part that he trusts Faramir to be responsible and clever and capable enough to be in charge of the lives of soldiers and of various duties Boromir has that will fall on Faramir in his absence, without Boromir's constant oversight and being always somewhere near enough to come to his aid.

Besides that, I think I would like to incorporate hope and despair as one central theme, seeing as it's also so very central to LOTR. Also, this isn't anything about deep themes or being clever or whatever, it's really just self-indulgence, but I think I'd like to incorporate songs and poetry the characters actually sing and recite into the story. Just, like, whatever, military marches, funeral laments, narrative stuff sung to pass the time, people competing on who can most accurately memorize some tricky poem just for the hell of it, all that. Like, Middle-Earth just has music so intrinsically bound into the stories and it's an aspect of the books I really love, but so few adaptations incorporate it much at all! (I am tooootally not jealous to my mom because she got to see the 1988/-89 LOTR play that actually included a bunch of the poems from the books set to music, totally not, why are you asking)

Also, can we cast Luke Pasqualino as Faramir? No particular reason except that I think he's pretty

Geez, that got long ':D Idk how much sense any of that makes, but, hey, thanks for giving me an excuse to ramble!!

Out of curiosity, if you were given the same job of being a showrunner for a show about Faramir, what would you do with it?

#answered ask #cycas #faramir #lotr #lord of the rings #middle-earth #headcanons #meta #honestly idk if this fits either of those last two tags but idk what else to tag it either

[radjerda]

Please accept some Lord of the Rings and general Middle Earth doodles!

From left to right, top to bottom, the close-ups are:

1) Elrond’s ability to distinguish between his twins, even if Elladan and Elrohir think otherwise

2) Elrond’s newest rule for his household (as obtained from an incorrect quote generator)

3) A doodly Glorfindel from while I was trying to nail down a design for him

4) A doodly Ecthelion, also from while I was trying to nail down his design

5) An incorrect quote interaction that totally happened during the flight to the ford just before Glorfindel, Aragorn, and the hobbits helped chase the ringwraiths into the river

#Lord of the Rings #lotr #Fellowship of the Ring #fotr #Middle Earth #Tolkien #Elrond #Elrohir #Glorfindel #Ecthelion #Pippin #elrond peredhel #glorfindel of the golden flower #ecthelion of the fountain #pippin took #peregrin took #sam aragorn and merry are in the background of that one doodle #these were very fun to doodle #Are these as entertaining to anybody else as they are to me? #I hope so #But at least I'm entertaining myself I'm content with that #Radj Doodles #Radj Draws

[lkaluna]

I can’t help thinking again about the parallels between Eärendil and Cirdan.

Eärendil, who is forever doomed to sail the sky, his star providing guidance for everyone who needs it, always just watching from afar, never able to interact with the land he protects. 

Cirdan, who doesn’t get to reach the Valinor though he wants to, whose role is to provide the means for others to sail there, without doing so himself until the times of elves are over.

They are both constantly present throughout the history: Cirdan providing the ships for men who follow Eärendil to Númenor, Eärendil’s star leading elves that sail Cirdan’s ships to Valinor.

Both of them are given the task from above that they need to fulfill. It’s just that, after the narrative is over, Cirdan is the only one who is done with his.

They are completely different characters, but at the same time they have their similarities and I just can't stop thinking about them.

#Look we all agree that Eärendil's job is awfully lonely #But I just can't help thinking how lonely Cirdan must be at later ages too #Pretty much everyone wha was there when he was younger is long gone #Galadriel is the other character that we look at as old #But he was probably many millennia old when she came to Middle Earth #He is the oldest one and he spent a huge part of his life making sure that nobody else has to get so old in there #They are just two lonely sea guys with jobs that nobody else would probably even want to do #Eärendil #Cirdan #tolkien #silmarillion #my meta #my post

[rohirric-hunter]

Also I'm vaguely offended at the implicit assumption that hobbits as a general rule don't already know who Morgoth is

#this is about something i posted a long time ago but its been eating at me #like obviously they know who morgoth is #they know who sauron is #or at any rate have as much of an understanding of him as anyone else who isnt a scholar or resident of gondor #so it stands to reason that they would also have a basic understanding of morgoth #a dark lord who has just about the same amount to do with them and their lives #i mean i think people get this impression that hobbits are dumb and dont know things from pippin and sam #pippin is a child #and while sam himself is curious and smart and eager to learn and know things #i would put money on it that you could tell the gaffer that the earth was round and he would immediately forget that information #because it doesnt have anything to do with his life and he therefore doesnt need to know it #so sam hasnt really been told as many things as a lot of people #both of them are bad examples #compare them to bilbos ability to infer things in the hobbit based on a general background knowledge of the world at large #like he knows what a furrier is! i dont even know what a furrier is! #but anyway the point is i think the hobbits know how the world works #they keep to themselves but theyre not isolated lmao #like idk if yall are aware of this but theres this road that runs right through the middle of their country called the GREAT EAST ROAD #they turn suspicious people back at the borders but there are plenty of perfectly respectable people who come through #down. you know. the GREAT EAST ROAD #they know whats out there. they just dont care

[theoppositeofprofound]

Elwing, who ruled a mixed elven-human town of refugees, who managed diplomacy while her husband was away, who spoke multiple languages and loved the waves, was a much greater influence on the politics of early Númenor than local boat dad Eärendil or feral coleader of a political movement turned jewelry-ownership cult crawling towards the end of the world Maglor.

#elros got most of his adult skills from human leaders and Gil-galad and Círdan #but his early education is down to Elwing #Maglor taught him the basics of PR spin and some desperate tactics as well as seventy ways to feed a warband in a wasteland #all of which are useful but not civilization building #you think the feanorians were constructing stuff and improving in those last horrible years #as the earth began to surrender to Morgoth’s blight? #nah that was their mad max boarding school period #Elwing was the one showing them how to open oysters #how to defuse city council meetings #how to thatch roofs #and mend fishing nets #how to not just survive but thrive #how to speak Gondolin Quenya and Taliska and Sindarin #elros is especially her child #he’s the one who chose to rule! #who chose the sea and the press of people #the valar’s gift over middle earth #Elrond is the artist the hermit the one limboing from positions of ultimate authority like Eärendil and Maglor #Maglor’s time holding the high kingship football was a stalling pattern and by god was he good at it #but there’s not evidence he was good st much else #second sons born into the house of feanor only know slaughter their enemies write epic poems play the harp and lie #thinking again about that post on parallels between Eärendil and Maglor thank you warrioreowynofrohan

[hwaitham]

da hollow feeling in your chest after waking up frm a dream wher it feels like a lifetime spent in another world has passed within it . . . is almost debilitating ₍ᐢ ›̥̥̥ ༝ ‹̥̥̥ ᐢ₎ dat yearning 2 go back n live it through once more is too strong ..

#𓈒 ۫ 𝓹𝓾𝓹𝓹𝓲𝓮 𐂯 𝓹𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮𝓼 ₊⠀ೀ #im rllie happie i get dreams a lot tht r so .. whimsically fantastical n not of this world but sometimes i feel vv sad after waking up … :[ #esp after last nights .. it had haithie in it ;w; .. t’was vewy tolkien middle earthy #i cant remember much but he was an elf n i was a human n we were on a quest to bring salvation #to some evil lord n waaaaah .. it was j so magical n we fell in love n spent da rest of our days sailing to d end of d earth … 🤍 #missing dwis ): missing al haitham shooo mawch 2dai ): #him visiting mi in m dreams was no coincidence i fink ahh #whenever i get da slightest bit of interest in someone else he’s alwys there 2 pull mi back to him ૮꒰ྀི⊃⸝ ⸝ ⸝⊂꒱ྀིა

[bumblingbabooshka]

Tuvok’s #1 : T’Pel

#she WILL steal his clothes ... what else is he so tall for??? #the outfit in the middle is for hot days lazing around the house...if it weren't just her and Tuvok she'd put some leggings on under it #but if it's just Tuvok.............................................. #st voyager #st voyager art #T'Pel #T'Pel art #bea art tag #T'Pel wears earth tones & Tuvok wears jewel tones

[himemiyaaah]

authors who present themselves as translators of their works from a fictional language... I love you

#this one is for you Walter Moers and J R R Tolkien <3 #If you know anyone else who does this... I wanna know #jrr tolkien #walter moers #middle earth #zamonia #nonfandom

[longsightmyth]

#listen I have a couple of Very Specific Corners Of Knowledge #and I will make that everyone else's problem #put some respect on Anaire's name she went 'hmmm I coooould go to middle earth' #'ooooooooor I could stay here and chill with my bff/sister in law' #and then she did the latter #like textually she stayed bc she didn't want to leave her bff

[ur-local-ghostie]

Maedhros may be the favorite but Maglor definitely has The Guilt

#why else do you think he didn’t immediately follow maedhros into the volcano #he didn’t think he was worthy of an easy way out #and considered life worse than death #because he’s alone #with The Guilt #at least that’s my take #silmarillion #tolkien #lotr #maedhros #lord of the rings #the silm #the silmarillion #maglor #silm crack #silm trash #middle earth