#noldo

[silvantransthranduiltrash]

Au in which

Miriel comes out of the halls almost the minute finwe dies, and makes a beeline for her son, only to arrive just after the feanorians have taken the ships to ME,

But Miriel promptly goes “fuck that bullshit” and highjacks another boat (all while the nolofinweons are watching in fascinated shock and horror) and books it across the ocean

And makes it just in time to prevent Feanor from becoming flame broiled bbq curtesy of the balrogs AND shows off just how badass she is.

That’s one hell of a way to reunite with her son, let me tell you.

#Miriel is the one who shows up 15 minutes late with starbucks (a sword) and saves everyone’s ass #Miriel is the cool parent #miriel coming across finwe in the halls: bye bitch #miriel is feral #give miriel a personality 2023 #feanor #feanor has no idea how to process this #his (thought to be dead) mom shows up right after his father died and saves his ass #mama miriel #miriel #miriel therinde #feanorians #noldo #lord of the rings #lotr #lotr elves #silmarillion #house of edireth #tolkien

[amaite]

#maedhros #traditional art #fanart #fan illustration #painting #the silmarillion #tolkien #art #fantasy #maitimo #nelyafinwe #noldo #silm

[maraharme]

Can we see Feanor and his two brothers? Maybe arguing about something or laughing together?

There are so many jobs where they quarrel and so few where they are friendly

If it were not for the false speeches of Melkor, I think they could, over time, become the most devoted brothers to each other and the bonds of friendship would not be broken by anyone or anything! Never!!!

#art #picture #tolkien #drawing #draw #silmarillion #illustration #silmarillionart #arda #aman #noldo #noldor #feanor #fingolfin #finarfin #brothers

[the-flower-named-fire]

Specific Trope of the Day

"They died in your Mad Quest."

#feanorians #cassana baratheon #steffon baratheon #thorin oakenshield #finrod #boromir #noldo #luthien #uchiha sasuke #easterlings #zuko #not sure about the last one #still a mad quest

[telpenorto]

ELLO im back with a lil quick sketch, maedhros and birb bc reasons

#my art #lord of the rings #silmarillion #silmart #tolkien #the silmarillion #maedhros #maitimo #nelyafinwe #russandol #thehobbit #tolkienart #lotr #lotrart #esdla #elseñordelosanillos #lordoftherings #fingon #russingon #noldo #noldor #silmaril #maglor #bird #dove #mourning dove #you never live long enough for the silm fandom

[welcomingdisaster]

trick or treat!!!

hi hi noldo! trick or treat meme

uhh here's my ideas document

#lena speaks #noldo

[olessan]

Odaureth of the Noldor

(@draethius)

#aka the m*lf of our fellowship (I am half joking and also tumblr doesn't like that word) #LotRO #Tolkien OC #The Lord of the Rings Online #Tolkien #The Lord of the Rings #Lord of the Rings #Noldo #Noldor #Noldorin elf #elves #elf #lotr #art #artists on tumblr #surprise! I actually popped out an art while my PC is BSODing like once every second day! #olessan art

[thelandswemadeofpaper]

#tolkien #silmarillion #miriel #noldo #feanorians #feanor #polls #finwe #ppd #post partum depression

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

Turner Mohan, Fëanor. Watercolour, 2014. Source here, DeviantArt here.

I love this apparently unfinished portrait of Fëanor, King of the Noldor, famed maker of the Silmarils and kinslayer, from The Silmarillion. Mohan's Tolkien art is in general really excellent.

#turner mohan #feanor #fëanor #the silmarillion #j. r. r. tolkien #tolkien #noldor #noldo #silmarils #eldar

[melestasflight]

I’m a Russingon girlie at heart and will never miss an opportunity to read into the romanticism of Maedhros’ rescue from Thangorodrim: ancient friends/lovers coming back together, Fingon finding compassion despite betrayal, all that good tear-jerker stuff.

But what makes Fingon’s heroism massive to me has nothing to do with the personal and everything to do with the politics at Mithrim. The fact that had he not gone to Thangorodrim, the Noldor in Beleriand would find themselves at literal war against each other.

This little passage from the Silm really deserves a lot more attention:

No love was there in the hearts of those that followed Fingolfin for the House of Fëanor, for the agony of those that endured the crossing of the Ice had been great, and Fingolfin held the sons the accomplices of their father. Then there was peril of strife between the hosts

Years later, when Fingon decides to look for Maedhros, the conflict between the hosts comes back as a primary reason behind his decision:

Then Fingon the valiant, son of Fingolfin, resolved to heal the feud that divided the Noldor, before their Enemy should be ready for war

This makes me conclude that the three years between Fingolfin’s arrival at Mitrhim (FA 2) to Fingon’s rescue mission (FA 5) must have been a continuous civil crisis. The hosts are in close proximity, a single lake dividing them, Fingolfin on one side, Maglor on the other, and for three years they cannot find a compromise. This crisis must have gotten pretty bad for someone to decide that braving Thangorodrim might be worth it.

And to me, this is Fingon's greatest contribution he ever made, not his battles, not his chasing of dragons, but preventing civil war among his people.

Of all the children of Finwë he is justly most renowned...

Yes, indeed, he is. Because without Fingon’s deed, there would be no victories for the Noldor, no Long Peace, no meeting of the Edain and Eldar. They would have fought each other endlessly until one group obliterated the other, or alternatively, Morgoth used this division (as the book seems to imply) to destroy them all swiftly. 

Fingon effectively accomplishes what Fingolfin and Fëanor never managed: peace, at least for a good while. Maedhros of course contributes in return by giving up the crown. He meets Fingon halfway, and they stay true to this alliance until Fingon’s death. They cross an impossible bridge no matter how you read their relationship. 

I’ll never tire of it. Ever.

#fingon #maedhros #mithrim #thoughts that keep me awake at night #noldo politics #silmarillion #feanorians #nolofinweans

[that-angry-noldo]

“If none can release us,” said Maglor, “then indeed the Everlasting Darkness shall be our lot, whether we keep our oath or break it; but less evil shall we do in the breaking.”

#less evil!! shall we do!!! in the breaking!!!! #maglor #maedhros #silmarillion #silmarillion art #silm art #noldo draws

[silvantransthranduiltrash]

“More dangerous and Less wise”

Yeah, ok, if we ignore the fact that it is a banger of a line and description, tell me again which elven race commited 4 massacres for jewelry?

Which races were ready to kill for it?

And which race’s king said that he would not ever fight a war for gold and jewels?

That’s what i thought.

#getting real sick and tired of the silvan slander #unless tolkien comes back form the dead and gives us a complete history of the silvans and avari in the first few ages- #where he shows those elves being equally batshit #lets be honest here the noldo are the more dangerous ones #lord of the rings #lotr #lotr elves #the hobbit #silmarillion #silvans #my opinion #don't come at me

[eleneressea]

5+1 style fic in which Maedhros gets dogs from his various loved ones

#maedhros #one of them gives him an extremely ugly and very brachy pug #the question is…who #celegorm sees the pug and is appalled as a noldo whose craft is dog breeding #why would you use your skills for such ugly ends? #it's a very ATBGE situation for him

[gwaedhannen]

first sentence: "Upon his return from the War, Eärwen found Finarfin changed."

That should not have surprised her, the War was—well, she’d seen enough of it herself. But if he was changed more like the Lindar who could no longer bear torches or crowds, or the once-chained who crowded under Lorien’s trees hoping to relearn peace, or her far-niece soaring the salt breeze more often than she walked the land (birds cry only to clean their eyes, Elwing once confided), or their Returned eldest son only half at home in his skin; that she could understand.

Instead his smiles were too wide, his bows too deep, his dancing too flawless, his lovemaking too empassioned, his speeches too cunning; if he spoke of the War at all it was if it were already a distant history. Who was this bright King who threw himself into the politics and lawmaking that he once threw himself at the seaside and herself to avoid? Just what exactly had returned from the pits of Angband, wearing her husband’s flesh?

#silmarillion #tolkien #silm fic #earwen #finarfin #ask game #that-angry-noldo #stormwritten #is Finarfin dealing with his trauma in an odd way or has he been replaced by a changeling? vote now on your phones! #now in my search history: “do birds cry?”

[ettelenethelien]

When Finrod is reembodied at the beginning of the War of Wrath he holds the record for "Shortest time spent in Mandos for an Exile" (81 years of time as it passes outside)

He holds it, perhaps, until one Noldorin woman slain in the Last Alliance is reembodied after 70 years. It is much debated whether this counts or not, given that she died after the Doom was lifted.

Neither of the parties concerned will comment on the matter.

#now to be precise: 80 years is quick enough even not for a Noldo #these things take time usually #there *were* a few Vanyarin soldiers who got clean deaths in battle during the war of wrath and returned after some 10 years #but those were very much outliers #my post #Tolkien #Silmarillion #silmarillion headcanon #finrod #halls of mandos #silm #silm hc

[lordgrimwing]

Had a great time fumbling around with drawing this evening with @nighttimepatrons. Here's a little drawing of Makalaure in an aesthetic cloth covering being gracefully buffeted by the winds on the cliffs around Tirion (because he's dramatic and he knows he looks good). Inspired by Boreas, painted by John William Waterhouse.

softer picture under the cut

#he's got those thighs and ass #he uses them to his advantage #nightie rightfully accused him of being a bit of an attention seeker and lover of receiving gifts #his goals are to made breathtaking music and be adored #(with five younger brothers he's not getting as much of that as he wants at home but there're many noldo suiters to make up for it) #please ignore the vague muscles i don't know what i'm doing #he's practicing his dramatic windswept crying for the noldolante. he just doesn't know that yet #maglor #aman #the silmarillion #grimwing scribbles