#revenant king

[minty364]

DPXDC Prompt #90

Jason was frustrated with life, of course he was a revenant without a way to get revenge with Bruce’s no kill rule. Doesn’t say he can’t get others to kill for him, so when he gets captured by cultists he decides to take a leap of faith and make his wish to the Ghost King before the cultists can make their stupid wish about world domination or something.

The Ghost King accepts but wants a favor from him, what Jason wasn’t expecting was a kid with black hair blue eyes about 14, showing up on his doorstep saying he needed a place to crash and this was the ghost kings favor. Jason gets a message from his family just then, the Joker is confirmed dead. He doesn’t know why the Ghost King wants him to take care of a random teen but a deal is a deal.

#dp x dc prompt #dp x dc #dc x dp #danny fenton #danny phantom #jason todd #Jason makes a wish to the ghost king! #ghost king danny #Danny kills the Joker #Then Jason kind of adopts Danny #writing prompt #free to use #poor danny #homeless Danny got kicked out of his parents house and was on the run when he gets summoned by cultists #He recognizes a revenant and decides to take shelter with them

[ew-selfish-art]

Dp x Dc wherein learning magic is similar to learning how to play music. 

So basically, the creation of a summoning spell is like a full composition/song made of smaller components or ‘notes’ for things like gravity shifting, and geolocation, and transportation etc. which is why Magic can be taught and spells can be man-made. 

Danny, however, is the equivalent of having Perfect Pitch. He can compose entire songs of spells without really thinking about it due to his royal titles (ambassador/king/high prince) but doesn’t really know how to be specific which lands him in some trouble with Clockwork. His portals are coming along a lot better with the help of Wulf but its critical that Danny learns how to control the range of his magic *something something, for the timestream something* *blah blah according to the will of the ancients blah blah*. 

So put on the course to learn Magic, Danny decides to hunt down the House of Mystery and study up by himself. He’s doing community college online, what could a little bit of Magic self study really do to his schedule? This place has literally every magic resource he could need! 

Turns out he has a roommate in the House of Mystery- John Constantine does not take well to the fact that half of the spells Danny is creating are causing him issues with the JL. Random shit appearing, random shit disappearing, portals everywhere and don’t get him started on the fucking ICE present on every bloody thing the magic reaches. Not to mention there is no reason a normal human kid should be able to have this much power behind his spells. 

John attempts to teach Danny the basics like a little kid gets stickers placed on the keys of a piano. The problem is Danny has the ability to compose entire scores of Magic all on his own, and absolutely abhors the training wheels John is putting on him. 

Danny: You’re patronizing me! 

John: You deserve to be patronized. 

Just like, Danny learning Magic in various ways that you might teach kids to play musical instruments from the various Magic users in the JLD. Causing chaos along the way, found family, the whole nine. Stickers on the instruments for notes, taking away guitar strings that are ‘more advanced’ and replaying Twinkle, Twinkle little star over and over again. 

Danny can play the Magic equivalent of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake but cannot play Chopsticks. 

#dpxdc #dp x dc #dcxdp #dc x dp #Danny Phantom #john constantine #jld #justice league #dc universe #Danny learning magic is a full journey #john is just as amazed as he is annoyed #eventually he turns to captain marvel and says 'hes your problem now' #'billy has no idea how to teach Danny cause he also randomly came into his ability to do magic #Zatana is losing her mind cause shes in total awe of him but also what a dumbass #Dr fate nopes the fuck out of there #eventually John figures out that the kid is mostly using ghost magic #and then assumes the worst about the kid being a revenant or something #Danny will not explain being the ghost king for any reason #why? #because its funnier to answer 'idk dude im from illinois'

[new-revenant]

Hi! can I share some angst and weird thoughts?

TW: mention of blood and vivisection?

Imagine that the Justice League (with Batman and Constantine) or any of the other heroes summon the Ghost King/Danny Phantom (sorry I'm only a few days into this crossover and trying to figure it out) to solve the problem. But their main problem recedes into the background when a screaming and crying Phantom with scars on his body appears in the summoning circle.

Fresh wounds from vivisection.

Danny almost suffocates and realizing that he is relatively free and not on the operating table, clamps down on the badly bleeding wounds so they will heal and nothing will fall out of his body.

OR

JL calls for Danny and everyone sees the tired teenager look at the heroes in surprise with one of his organs in his hand and put it back into himself with icy calmness.

Danny literally: yo you're just in time. That was my favorite organ.

Danny tries to act as chill and calm as he can, acting like this is just a normal thing that happens. The League just share a look with each other before jumping into action, because this is their new problem now, not whatever probably-world-ending threat they were going to deal with.

One of them asks why a ghost would possibly need organs, and Danny just says “I honestly don’t need them in this form, but the government is kinda a bitch not gonna lie.”

“Aren’t you like, the Ghost King? How could the government get you?” Another League member asks.

“Well, ghost hunting technology is a thing, and I’m like a C-student, I’m not smart enough to come up with an escape plan while somebody is actively tearing me apart.”

The Justice League is regretting their decision to summon this “Ghost King,” since he might not be of much help. But hey, not only did they save this ghost teen, now they’ve got yet another problem to deal with!

But, to their surprise, Danny Phantom does indeed have the power fitting for the King of the Infinite Realms, as he helps turn the tide of the battle they were in. How could the government ever manage to capture someone so powerful?

#danny phantom #danny fenton #dpxdc #dp x dc #ghost king au #ghost king danny #vivisection tw #anon ask #revenant prompted

[starry-bi-sky]

for clone Danny, Clone Damian

I give you

Edit Clone Talia as somehow Girlfriend of Danny, just think of the comedy

nah brO BECAUSE LITERALLY I HAVE THOUGHT BOUT THAT. Literally since the conception of Clone Danny, I have thought about it. If only for, as you said, the COMEDY of it all. Plus I love writing romance.

Literally my motto for my aus is: A) is it plausible, B) is it FUNNY (and a secret third option C) is it ANGSTY)

Clone Talia would be an offshoot au of Clone^2 because idk how she'd fit into the original timeline, bUT, she'd exist. And to avoid confusion I'll call her Nasra - I thought about Tameka (which means twin) but I like Nasra better. "Talia and Nasra" just flows so nicely doesn't it?

Idk WHY there's a clone of Talia running around -- maybe the LoA made her, maybe n unknown organization who hates Batman and knows he has romantic ties to Talia, and started making a clone of her to fuck with him and then she got nabbed by a portal when she was still Danny's age and in the middle of training. She might be like Connor (??) and have memories and thus her training is more proficient than baby Dames.

Either way, regardless of how she was made, I think it's hilarious if she, much like baby Dames, immediately attacks Danny on sight. She falls into his city and Danny only has a moment to go "goddammit not agaIN" before he's fending off a very confused, very violent Nasra. Fortunately he's able to actually try and talk to her and be at least somewhat successful -- Nasra knows english. although even if she didn't, Danny would still be somewhat successful since he knows Arabic.

Also Bruce and Danny are the battinson bat because i think that is also hilarious and 'wet rat' is STILL the perfect energy for Danny as Phantom - especially in the early days when he's running around in all but jeans and a hoodie. (and god watch me go on a rant in a separate post about his outfit and reasonings for being Phantom when he has no powers later on because it makes me go FERAL. and his active choice to look as inhuman and ghost-like through his behavior as phantom and the decision to wear such a creepy mask as possible)

(like seriously, imagine walking home late at night while danny was still in his early vigilante days (and even now when he's got damian and a better suit) and seeing a skinny figure in the shadows with sunken in black-and-glowing-green eyes, and a bone white, skull-like face, crouched on all fours like a wild animal about to pounce. THAT is the level of creepiness I was going for for clone danny)

In my head, Sam offers to house Nasra and Nasra stays with her. SAm is able to convince her parents to let her stay, or she pulls a Danny and just straight up smuggles her in and her parents are none the wiser. I also think it's funny if they have unspoken BEEF with each other. Only to later become like sisters. Nasra teaches Sam the martial arts she knows, and also Danny joins in too with Damian because goddamn he needs it even IF he's learning stuff from his mom (as per the most recent snippet post I made).

OH AND DAMIAN AND NASRA. I think it's equally as funny if they ALSO have beef with each other. Nasra is a clone of his mother (of whom he might have complicated views on due to being a clone but still is his mother) and Damian is a clone of Nasra's "son". This beef largely starts from Damian's own refusal to want to share his Danny with another clone, especially with a clone of his MOTHER.

Danny and Nasra don't become lovers for a good, long while I think. They're besties first before they even consider the idea of dating -- not only just because of the whole "uhhh our counterparts dated so it'd feel kinda weird and forced if we dated" and also because Nasra, with her newfound freedom, is busy trying to figure out herself.

A big theme here in clone^2: discovering your identity and who you are as a person when the only thing you own that's unique is your name (which isn't even the case for Damian), and figuring out if your choices are your own or because you're a clone and its something your original would have done. Nature vs Nurture and the illusion of choice and whether it really is one or not.

Also Nasra also becomes a vigilante. Danny appreciates the help but is also tearing out his hair because what the fuck is up with these assassins and becoming vigilantes?! Nasra goes by "Nesha". She's similar to Red Huntress at first where she kinda does her own thing, but is lowkey forced to team up with Danny about it because she doesn't have any proper ghost hunting equipment with her.

And then a duo becomes a trio, and Danny is spending more time with her. And they steadily become friends. Very snarky friends who are very bratty to each other, but friends. Damian still doesn't like her so Danny spends extra time during patrol keeping the two of them from making insults at each other.

"Nesha please stop fighting with a nine year old. Wraith, quit insulting Nesha."

Nasra also uses like, weaponry as Nesha which exasperates Danny a little because why are you using swords??? They're already dead its not gonna kill them,,,, If you cut off their heads its just gonna piss em off, its re-attachable. Let him ghost-proof it first too. But well, its still gonna HURT he supposes. He's still a little exasperated.

And MMM i'm sorry lmao im so focused on Nasra becoming her own person than the actual romance aspect of it all. Nasra cuts her hair short for the same/similar reasons that Danny keeps his long - to try and gain a semblance of autonomy and identity that's away from their original. Danny has his alternative rock-kinda geeky look and Nasra's got, from influence from Sam, a more alternative fashion style. Although she still leans into being feminine, which is a good challenge to Sam's belief that feminity = bad, and gets her to unlearn those bad habits since her new adoptive sister is feminine while still being an unapologetic badass.

And ykw I think Nasra gets into rollerblading and loves it. She rollerblades constantly. Damian is furious because skating is his thing (even if what he gets later on is a skateboard - skater boy damian ftw. i can see him wearing flannels and graphic tees as a teenager. very grungy/skater aesthetic. He also has a much more relaxed and teen-y speech pattern compared to DW's more formal way of talking. He also spray paints as his form of artistic medium.) and he refuses to have Nasra be a copy of him.

They will sort out their differences eventually. LMao.

Anyways they eventually do get together, but not before Danny finally has his run in with Mister Wayne. Which, they only meet because Danny starts destabilizing, and thus needs Bruce Wayne's DNA to help stabilize himself. Which that meeting in and of itself is pretty chaotic on its own, but then add clone Damian and Nasra? Bruce needs coffee.. or alcohol.

Because picture this: its late at night, you're on patrol with the rest of your family. It's like, two in the morning. You suddenly get a call in from your butler, Alfred, informing you that not one, not two, but THREE children -- two of them in their late teens and the other one not even ten yet -- showed up on your doorstep. One of them is unconscious. They are all clones.

The girl and the boy are twins - and are clones of YOU - and the girl isn't even technically YOUR clone she's a clone of your clone - and also this clone of you is your college friends' kid. And then the youngest boy is a clone of your youngest SON. Bruce is running across rooftops when he gets this call and does a literal 180 degree turn and touches the ground because he basically did a figure skating turn, and sprints back towards the manor because what the fuck? He needs to check this out.

And then half a day later a clone of your fucking ex shows up on your doorstep demanding to see the clone of you - the boy that is, not the girl - and then immediately gets into a verbal lashing with the clone of your son. Like what a fucking DAY. Your kids are equally as baffled but also laughing their asses off -- except your bio son, who is very unhappy about this turn of events and keeps getting the stink eye from his clone.

Like??? I'd quit right then and there.

While Danny recovers he's staying in Wayne manor and Damian is very reportedly not leaving his side. Ellie has to leave to help take care of Amity Park with RH, and then Nasra is also very determinedly not leaving his side either. This is her friend dammit. The first thing she does when he becomes lucid is insult him, and he insults her back - they're bantering. It's how they flirt later on. None of the Bats know how to deal with this situation.

#dpxdc #dp x dc #dp x dc crossover #dpxdc crossover #dpdc #dpdc crossover #dpdc au #dp dc #dp dc crossover #clone^2 #danny fenton is a clone #danny fenton is not the ghost king #sorry this got so long and i barely even got into them falling in love with one another #satoshy you should totally reblog this so we can talk about this more i'd love to bounce ideas with you or anyone else about it 👀 #this is so funny to me personally because like. im imagining nasra doesnt show up unti danny's like at least 18-19 #which is a wild set of 3 years for danny because he finds out he's a clone when he's 15 #acquires Damian at 16 and then meets nasra at 18 #like he got one grace period where it was just him and his new little brother and then BAm another clone #damian showed up by accident but i promise you nasra was specifically clockwork's doing because its hilarious to me personally #CW loves danny but also he's a little shit. i was originally gonna call Nasra's vigilante name 'revenant' but thought it was too basic #also danny not meeting bruce until he's almost 20 is very funny to me. especially since baby dames was with the league for 6 years #beforehand #like what do you mean my clone has been living unnoticed for 18 years. he's had damian for HOW LONG? THREE YEARS? #morally gray danny has my heart ever since my post where he murdered three guys for nearly killing his brother. #nasra attacks danny and yay! he doesn't hurt his hands this time around! he's grown since he met damian. that was also a large part why dee #didn't like nasra right off the bat. she could've hurt him and made his hands even worse.

[gophergal]

Life on the farm

#gopher art #mortal kombat #subscorp #mk subzero #mk scorpion #kuai liang #hanzo hasashi #mortal kombat legends #been holding onto this one for a bit! finished it more than a month ago lol #i was originally going to save it for subscorp week but then i was like. nah. that wouldnt be entirely fair lol #and besides. ive been wanting to share it for long enough and my resolve has kinda worn down #anyway - snowblind but AU'd! heres my concept of this (which i may use later on for something idk): king kano got his shit wrecked #like way before the events of the movie. by the revenants in fact. i want him torn to shreds. you still have random roving assholes #making trouble across the wastes. but its much less dire. kuai still retires to his farm. kenshi still falls for shang tsung's bullshit #and kuai mentors him. hanzo becomes warlord of netherrealm. BUT. he and kuai keep in contact. its long distance and they make it work #sometimes scorpion vacays to Kuai's farm. as a treat. thats what this drawing is #i cant deny that i literally just want them to be happy ok. thats literally all i want for these gay old ninjas #bonus commentary: at the time of drawing this i was still figuring out how i wanted to draw hanzo. he's so fucking hard to draw #when i draw him without his mask or beard he looks so fucking off. but if i draw him with the beard it feels weird too. #babygirl why are you so hard to draw?? dont you want me to draw you?????

[feivelynart]

Art Nouveau King of Worms

#art #fanart #the elder scrolls #theelderscrolls #mannimarco #lich #altmer #teso #feivelyn #feivelynart #the elder scolls online #undead #revenant moon #king of worms

[junkobato]

Upcoming Kdrama June 2023 🩷

5/6: the Villain of Romance with Baro, Ha Seung Ri. 10 episodes; romance. Trailer

9/6: Bloodhounds with Woo Do Hwan, Lee Sang Yi, Park Sung Woong. 8 episodes; action, thriller, crime. Trailer

17/6: See You in My 19th Life with Shin Hye Sun, Ahn Bo Hyun. 12 episodes; rom-com, fantasy. Trailer

17/6: King the Land with Im Yoon Ah, Lee Jun Ho, Go Won Hee. 16 episodes; rom-com. Trailer

19/6: Lies Hidden in My Garden with Kim Tae Hee, Im Ji Yeon, Kim Sung Oh. 8 episodes; thriller, mystery. Trailer

23/6: Numbers with Choi Jin Hyuk, Yeon Woo, Kim Myung Soo. 12 episodes; mystery, business. Trailer

23/6: Revenant with Kim Taeri, Oh Jung Se, Hong Kyung. 12 episodes; mystery, thriller, supernatural. Trailer

26/6: Heartbeat with Taecyeon, Won Ji An, Yoon So Hee. 16 episodes; rom-com fantasy. Trailer

28/6: Miracle Brothers with Jung Woo, Bae Hyun Sung, Lee Ki Woo. 10 episodes; mystery, drama. Trailer

30/6: Celebrity with Park Gyu Young, Kang Min Hyuk, Lee Chung Ah. 12 episodes; thriller, mystery. Trailer

Where can I find the time to watch so many shows? 🥲

*REBLOG FOR UPDATES*

#kdrama #upcoming kdrama #june 2023 #the villain of romance #bloodhounds #woo do hwan #lee sang yi #see you in my 19th life #ahn bo hyun #shin hye sun #king the land #im yoona #lee junho #lies hidden in my garden #kim tae hee #im ji yeon #numbers #choi jin hyuk #kim myung soo #revenant #kim taeri #heartbeat #taecyeon #won ji an #miracle brothers #jung woo #celebrity #Netflix celebrity #park gyu young

[khaoray]

@kdramaspace YEAR IN REVIEW 2023 | From the Heart @asiandramanet december bingo: animation

favourite OSTs of 2023

#kdrama #kdramaedit #kdramasource #kdramadaily #kds2023 #revenant #king the land #unlock my boss #evilive #biography of a villain #evillive #userdramas #asiandramanet #asiandramasource #*gifs #*weeks #*bingos #all of these soundwaves are made from the actual songs btw

[dracomeir]

Anyway, I had enough of paranoia preventing me from posting stuff. I haven't said shit about any AU of mine for a hot minute, so today I'll say something about King's Guard. I won't be writing this story for awhile (like a year or more in the future since I write slow), and this is prologue stuff anyway so it isn't that much of a spoiler. If you're like me, you'll probably forget this by then anyway. Still going to put it under the read more though. :3

Warning: Major character death, but also not.

For better context, Pico and Boyfriend had no idea about the other's true identity as an assassin and prince respectively. They happened to bump into each other in the market when dressed as commoners, and increasingly frequent encounters made them slowly fall for each other.

When the night the crown prince was going to be named arrived, Pico used the masquerade as an opportunity to sneak in. A few other assassins from the Ravenlight Order, the group he works for, joins him to ensure the prince with the Voice of Authority wouldn't escape. All the ginger was told about his target was that he had blue hair, and that he would be wearing a raven mask. He was also told to proceed with caution since there were rumours about the danger of the prince's Voice. It alone could cause the heaven's light to smite him, and he didn't want to get into a fight if the rumours were true. He could only do so much as an ordinary human after all.

As the target was walking to the throne to accept his role as crown prince, Pico emerged from the crowd to strike. He ended up slashing the man's mask in half, and saw his lover beneath it. With no time to think, he betrays the Ravenlight Order to protect him. An unknown third party overwhelms him as a curse of silence was placed upon Boyfriend. The ginger was stabbed in the back, and his vision faded as the prince was taken away. He thought it was over when a female voice echoed in the darkness.

"I can give you the means to live until you avenge your king. All I need is your soul."

#fnf #friday night funkin #fnf au #fnf king's guard #assassin pico #revenant pico #prince boyfriend #archdemon girlfriend #bf x gf x pico #d&d inspired story #like most of my AUs now that I think about it #I like medieval fantasy too much #the only one I drew for this AU is pico which I posted awhile ago #girlfriend has no idea what she's doing #girlfriend is just a really good actor #pico is her first uh... #idk the proper term so I'll just say champion/servant for now #pico regrets selling his soul to an idiot #in a fuck maybe I should've just died kinda regret #and gf is like noooo I can totally help you haha #story with a bittersweet ending

[revenantstrampstamp]

The banners & the death totem statue omg. Shadow Rev went ALL OUT this year. The fact that he transformed Olympus into his own creepy city advertising HIM has me speechless-

#and he coordinated a weekly game schedule??? #The king of Halloween #everybody say thank you Shadow Rev #apex legends #apex lore #apex revenant #revenant #kaleb cross #apex

[18butyouact80now]

kdramas are kdramaing now

#king the land #see you in my 19th life #revenant

[lovexthexflash]

Asian Men 2023 - Unholy [kdrama actors + Mackenyu]

Dramas: Alchemy of Souls 2, Black Knight, Crash Course in Romance, Dr. Romantic Season 3, Island Part 2, King the Land, Moving, One Piece, Revenant, See You in My 19th Life, Tale of the Nine-Tailed Season 2, The Heavenly Idol, Taxi Driver Season 2, The Glory Part 2, The Killing Vote, The Worst of Evil.

#video #fanvid #kdrama #asian men #mackenyu #alchemy of souls #black knight #choi chi yeol #dr. romantic #king the land #moving kdrama #roronoa zoro #one piece #revenant #see you in my 19th life #tale of the nine tailed #the heavenly idol #taxi driver #the glory #the killing vote #the worst of evil #so hot #jdrama #Youtube #happy holidays #merry christmas #merry xmas #happy new year

[new-revenant]

Oooh! I loved the last headcanon. What if the Crown and the Ring change their appearance depending on the wearer? When Pariah seized power, the Crown became fiery, the Ring becoming known as the Ring of Fury. With the change in power, learning Danny's condition, the Crown changed its appearance, adopting the "Crown of Ice," the Ring of Fury could become something else.

And imagine, for example, when Danny meets Constantine, a Crown suddenly appears over Danny's head, as royal adviser, and flashes with an angry ghostly fire. Danny reports that the Crown is pissed at Constantine for something, probably because of a pile of documents with his soul, but he checks with her for details anyway.

I find it very funny that a crown would be pissed at someone. Especially with the Crown of Fire being mad at Constantine. And the Ring of Rage could become something like the Ring of Responsibility, making sure that Danny would actually do his paperwork or his school work, even if he doesn’t want to.

#danny phantom #danny fenton #dpxdc #dp x dc #ghost king au #ghost king danny #anon ask #revenant prompted

[brokehorrorfan]

The Marsh King's Daughter will be released on Blu-ray + DVD on January 2 via Lionsgate. Based on Karen Dionne's 2017 novel, the 2023 psychological thriller film is currently available on VOD.

Neil Burger (Limitless, The Illusionist) directs from a script by Mark L. Smith (The Revenant, Vacancy) and Elle Smith. Daisy Ridley and Ben Mendelsohn star with Garrett Hedlund, Caren Pistorius, Brooklynn Prince, and Gil Birmingham.

Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary by director Neil Burger

The Art of Survival: Making The Marsh King's Daughter

Theatrical trailer

Helena’s (Daisy Ridley) seemingly ordinary life hides a dark and dangerous truth: her estranged father is the infamous Marsh King (Ben Mendelsohn), the man who kept her and her mother captive in the wilderness for years. When her father escapes from prison, Helena will need to confront her past. Knowing that he will hunt for her and her family, Helena must find the strength to face her demons and outmaneuver the man who taught her everything she knows about surviving in the wild.

Pre-order The Marsh King's Daughter.

#the marsh king's daughter #neil burger #daisy ridley #ben mendelsohn #garrett hedlund #caren pistorius #brooklynn prince #gil birmingham #dvd #gift #karen dionne #lionsgate #limitless #the revenant #star wars

[dramaism]

weekends are basically non-existent for me at this point

#I'm still not sure about king the land because i don't see their chemistry at all? i like them both separately but don't see them together #hope first 2 eps will change my mind also I'm in for the comedy #as for the see you in my 19th life I'm actually so excited i love fantasy and i love both actors i hope it won't disappoint #and of course the revenant!!!! great great synopsis i hope it'll be good #jey talks

[mediumsizedpidegon]

if i ever made art or fic depicting the events of the Silmarillion I think the thing I'd have the most fun with is setting up the sheer contrast between the previous High Kings of the Noldor and Gil-Galad.

Gil-Galad Erenion rises to kingship during the First Age's apocalypse. He is no one, unknown– he does not exist in the narrative until things go fully to shit– only to appear with the trappings and responsibility of leadership already upon him. This is not the sort of character that exists without hardship to shape them: these are the sort of names a person is earns, not born with. Whoever Gil-Galad was before, that person is dead, forgotten, and Erenion sprung fully formed from their ashes.

(All his names are titles. All his names are epessë, his mother and father names dead in the dirt. What was your name before you were Erenion, Elros asks him, and Gil-Galad says, Finellach. It is a lie.)

Gil-Galad is a king in suffering and starvation, in the end of times. He is not getting ceremonial gowns fitted or a crown commissioned. He is Noldorin, of a great people of many crafts, and still he wears no rings on his fingers, no earrings in his ears, neither necklaces nor bracelets upon his wrists and neck– a lack of ornamentation that is akin to nakedness. The only place he yields is his hair, woven with black ribbons into a crown of braids, small blades tucked between the folds forming a halo around the circumference of his skull.

Gil-Galad is High King of steel and brass instead of silver and gold. He is a King with no clothes for leisure– never is he seen without his many layers of furs or the bright armor laying beneath. He wears blue like the Nolofinweans before him, and his hair, silver veined with black, is almost Fingon's inverse. He has the silver tresses of the Teleri, so surely (surely?) he's Arafinwean. He wears none of the symbols of the many branches of the Finweans, only his own. His eyes have the unforgiving blaze of a white star, as if he absorbed the piece of one.

He is Fingon's son, except Fingon was not married and couldn't have hidden a child. He is Orodreth's son, except Orodreth's had one child, and she is dead. He is Lalwen's son, but she does not claim him.

The biggest difference between the preceeding High Kings and Gil-Galad is this: they have known peace, a time before Morgoth.

Gil-Galad, war-child, spear-son, soldier-king, has not.

#the silmarillion #tolkien #gil galad erenion #silm meta #IF YOU CAN GUESS WHO GIL GALAD WAS BEFORE THE CROWN I WILL BE *SO* PLEASED #i just. have many many feelings about gil galad #Gil Galad is a corpse waiting to happen. he's a revenant that's still living. he's a ghost that's reinvented himself. #this crown will kill him. he will never win this war. but he can make it hurt. he can make it harder for the enemy. #he can stretch the time they have left. He can be a ghost with a beating heart and steal victory from death's teeth. #except Morgoth is defeated and Gil Galad still lives. #what the FUCK is he supposed to do with that? how is he to learn to live again? how is he to be a king in peace time? #my posts