#the grinding ice

[legendaryevokercupcake]

MAJOR Cannibalism TW

The journey across the Helcaraxe took far longer than the elves expected it to. They had nowhere near enough food, and even the elves need to eat. So they did what they had to do.

Fingolfin did what he had to do because he was stubborn.

Fingon does what he must because he has to survive long enough to see Maedhros again.

Turgon does what he must because he will not let his daughter be orphaned.

Galadriel does what she must because she still needs to punch Feanor in the face.

Argon and Elenwe did not live long enough to need another food source.

Glorfindel, half frozen to death himself from repeatedly diving into the frigid waters to rescue others, didn't even have the capacity to choose whether or not to take the actions he took until they had already begun, and once you start, you don't stop until there's a better option.

When it is finished, they will never speak of it again.

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Feanor's army is left without food a great many times.

Before the sun's first rise and set, the Feanorians have created a way to determine who lives and dies in times of starvation, and they too refuse to speak of what happened to their dead.

They refuse because Maedhros, for all his protest of killing other elves, was the first to slit the throat of the elf chosen to die.

They refuse because not even Maglor can bring himself to sing of this, and Maglor could sing of his own family dying.

They refuse because Caranthir, for all his brutality and cruelty, believes that they are wrong.

But most importantly, they refuse because the first elf they ate was Amrod.

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The second most important time the Feanorian army is left starving is in F.A 548. This is the event with the most guilt around it.

Survivor's guilt from Elrond, because for all intents and purposes, the stolen twins should have been the first to die.

Inequality guilt from Elros and Erestor, because they knew that they weren't going to be harmed and they did not step in to suggest something better.

Existential guilt from Maglor, because he cannot bring himself to think that this is their fault.

And the overwhelming, self-loathing guilt of Maedhros, because at the end of the long, bloody day, he knows he should have done something to stop this. To make sure two sixteen year old half-elves didn't have to choose between starving and sinning. To make sure his brother didn't have to make that decision for them. He should have done anything.

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By the late Third Age, the few elves who know all of what happened are together in a city. Odd behaviors surround them like shrouds, concealing a much darker past. The people of Imladris have learned not to try to pull back these shrouds.

They don't ask questions when the mere sight of a red drink forces Erestor to hide in his chambers and cry.

They don't ask questions when the mere sight of meat has a good chance of making sure Glorfindel won't be able to keep anything down for days.

They don't ask questions when a particular word or phrase has Elrond refusing any food altogether for days.

They don't question, because they don't want the answer. They don't want to know what can break a man like Erestor, who acts like a glacier made of intelligence. They don't want to know what makes a Balrog slayer feel sick. They don't want to know what manages to drive a perfect person like their lord to the brink of complete collapse.

#tw cannibalism #cannibal tw #cannibalism #the silmarillion #silmarillion #feanorians #helcaraxe #the grinding ice #elves #tolkien elves #TW Starvation #TW Vomit #tw emeto ment #This is some dark shit #TW ED #Glorfindel #Erestor #Elrond #Elrond Peredhel #Erestor is the son of some Feanorian loyalist who just kinda got picked up by Caranthir #Glorfindel is self explanatory #As is Elrond

[nighttimepatrons]

so while crossing the grinding ice I think that there needs to be a little party of elves who encounter The Thing

#the silmarillion #middle earth #the thing #the grinding ice #helcaraxe

[silvantransthranduiltrash]

Wait, how is it that Legolas could walk over snow, yet fingolfin’s host had elves that fell through the ice when they were walking on the grinding ice?

And don’t say “magic” because i’m asking why it’s not consistent. Either elves are light enough or something to not fall into snow, much less ice, or they are heavy enough to fall through snow/ice.

I don’t care about the explanation, but it has to be either/or, or there needs to be a specific reason why one does work and the other doesn’t.

#tolkien meta #legolas walking over snow #grinding ice #fingolfin host #legolas #silmarillion #lotr elves #lord of the rings #lotr #tolkien

[mspaintbladie]

i think being level 20 and unbuilt won't stop my yanqing from trying to fight blade,,

#doodle #shitposting #honkai star rail #hsr #hsr blade #hsr yanqing #mochi's art #i thought yanqing on a stool would be funny #anyway *adds yanqing to the to-build list* #welp he's my only ice dps for now might as well use him #...after bronya relic hell ends and after i build ratio #the grind never ends

[baloneydoodles]

Crawl on me, sink into me, die for me,

#jjba #jojos bizarre adventure #jojo no kimyou na bouken #jojo part 3 #stardust crusaders #dio brando #vanilla ice jjba #dionilla #took inspo from the album cover on Hellbilly Deluxe (on the song linked) #I was grinding so hard for the past few days holy shit #happy valentine's day!!!

[creepyscritches]

The way I am a bottomless pit for the paneer butter masala the restaurant down the street makes... I put myself in a food coma last night from it (no survivors) and I'm already like "Man I could go for some butter masala and garlic naan"

Maybe this means I should learn to cook this dish next 🤔

#Creepy chatter #I tried it w chicken but honestly how can you enjoy chicken when you know you could have had freshly made paneer #My partner has been fucked up on that lamb vindaloo grind #And it smells soooo good but he likes things spicy and christ alive be nice to me but I am so weak #Specifically to indian heat. God. Like pharoahs curse this heat will burn the tongue for generations. #Southern hot food? Girlies I love to burn my fucking face and sippy ice cold water #The flavor of the pain is so good idk how to describe it. I only drink ice water w hot wings #Ice water makes Indian heat worse and I too lactose intolerant to slam all the lassi I need to survive #I think the difference is southern food usually has like vinegar based spice and Indian food is more oil based heat? #Idk I'm weak to lingering spicy

[otiksimr]

A gift for @avianreptiles, a drawing of their character 'Icefinder.'

#wof #wings of fire #fanart #my art #icewing #nightwing #ice/night #doing a few Christmas drawings #back on my grind after not doing it for what? A year? #this used to be an annual thing on my deviantart. #guess I'm bringing it to tumblr. #Anyways #more on the actual person #I love their art style #I find it really unique and well #funky #always happy to see their art

[larsnicklas]

TJ OSHIE ✧ 240117 I told Tom and Dowder when we got over the bench to just shoot it, just win the game and end it, but uh, it's cool to get that recognition... The fans here — really my whole career — here, St. Louis, college, and Warroad before that, have always been so generous and so supportive of me, so I appreciate them losing a couple of bucks and throwing some hats out there.

#tj oshie #capitals #washington capitals #nhl #hockey #meg.caps #meg.gif #meg.all #am i making sense when i say tj oshie is such a Hearth and Home kinda guy #just someone who is SO important to the team on and off the ice #they literally play differently when he's in the lineup lol i'm NOT kidding about this!! #just always striving to give that extra bit you don't think he even has left in him. always working. always grinding. #and he was FLYING today. you could just TELL he was feeling so good and confident. had the puck on a string. #and those two one-timers in the slot ??? hello?? #man that was a vintage tj oshie game. i love him so so bad.

[pyotrkochetkov]

Andrei Svechnikov at the 2023 NHL All-Star skills competition (2.3.23)

#andrei svechnikov #carolina hurricanes #hockeyedit #myedits #so cute he was still one of the last ones off the ice at the warm up????? #the grind don't stop baybee

[stannussy]

Obsessed with Maester Cressen calling Stannis his' "Sullen boy".

Sir, your Sullen boy's bald spot is the size of Harrenhal.

#asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #im gonna start calling these posts like: #furious teeth grinding #edit to correct it #stannis would have me burn for the spelling alone

[thescrapwitch]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Fëanor | Curufinwë & Sons of Fëanor, Celebrimbor | Telperinquar & Fëanor | Curufinwë Characters: Fëanor (Tolkien), Maedhros (Tolkien), Caranthir (Tolkien), Sons of Fëanor, Celebrimbor (Tolkien) Additional Tags: Angst, Character Death, Grief/Mourning, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Good Parent Fëanor (Tolkien), (that does not stop him from making bad decisions) Summary:

When an act of diplomacy manages to avoid a kinslaying, Nolofinwë is given the ships before Fëanáro. He promises to send them back after his people arrive in Middle Earth. Fëanáro doesn’t believe him, and, impatient to get to Beleriand and take back what’s his, leads his family and followers across the Grinding Ice.

It does not go well.

#feanor #maedhros #caranthir #Grinding ice #silmarillion #my writing

[catkin-morgs-kookaburralover]

made gingerbread biscuits! just ate one fresh out of the oven almost too hot to hold. is good

#disaster in the kitchen #half of them are gluten free for dad (I made two batches) and that half are in the shape of what i think are whales #(i bought a bunch of different shape cutters at the op shop the otehr day) #the other half are in varied shapes of snowmen trees pigs stars and bells and tehre are six of each #so that would make thirty on the one half and the otehr idk i didn't count yet #i will ice them later #first i need to try grinding up caster sugar real fine in the thermomix to see if i can make royal icing so it sets real hard bc i love lov #love the texture of hard icing on gingerbread and the flavour of lemon in the icing is good too #things are gonna be okay and christmas is going to be fine #and then i am going to cope with having a birthday ( <- has had multiple breakdowns over it in the last few months bc i never expected to #reach 21!! ever in my life!! )

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[mothdalf]

Tolkientober day 20: The Flight of the Noldor through the frost of the Helcaraxë

#inktober #tolkientober #inktober day 20 #inktober frost #day 20 frost #helcaraxe #flight of the noldor #fingolfin #grinding ice #silmarillion #yott more like yeet #my art

[lexicog]

goated kantaro reference

#i recognized it because i really like this sprite from hgss and it makes me happy that someone else liked it too enough to reference it :] #even down to the design of the controller! #i didn't know of kantaro before the miku designs they've done but im so in love with their art now #i hope if this is like. their shot at proving design prowess to work on the games. i hope they pass with flying colors #literally the ice and poison mikus are the best ones... megumi's normal chatot one is so good too though #some of them are bad but i am focusing on the good right now 👍 hashtag positivity hashtag not grinding my teeth clenching my fist #oh my god im also obsessed with kantaro's rendering in their card art. the fuecoco shopping trip one #i neeeeeed to get better at rendering backgrounds so i can do shit as satisfying as that #pokemon #pokemon project voltage #project voltage #kantaro

[risingsunresistance]

why did glowing mushroom mixins go up to 4.5m, the update literally changed nothing. they last exactly as long, do the same thing, and are crafted with the same materials 😭

#man dont make me craft all that myself just to save a few coins. i crafted one once. it is TEDIOUS that was horrible i hated it #at least i have 2 brewed god pots left but i wanna keep one if i can since they dont exist anymore lol #anyways i am going to bed soon i am tired and sore from work today so i cant stay up as late as i was hoping >:( #20% to fishing 45 SOON SOON GOOD ARMOR SOON !!! #im almost fishing 50... what the hell do i do after that- #FORAGE??? i'll die #back on that extremely slow dungeons grind i guess kjfhkg #ehh i always have lil things to do here and there. but i like leveling skills i miss it :'( #the pain of having nearly maxed skills #you couldnt pay me to start a new profile tho i dont like early game lmao #bingo is on THIN ice #chat #sb

[lanshappycorner]

EVERYONE THIS IS IT FOR ME ITS SO OVER

#i will grind to 40 pulls watch me i will do everything for you babygirl #i did not expect this but senas alcryst is excellent...hes so pretty.... #i was in the middle of eating ice cream when i saw alcryst in my notifs and i started choking and coughing