#the unfinished tales

[essenceofarda]

did a lil' painting of Celebrian in my sketchbook today :)

You can watch the painting process in my latest sketchbook session on youtube!

#Lotr #lord of the rings #lotr fanart #tolkien fanart #celebrian #modern tolkien #the unfinished tales #the silmarillion #silm fanart #my art #sketchbook session #youtube art channel #youtube artist #Youtube

[maglorslostsilmaril]

hate people who have only read the lord of the rings and the hobbit and love to bitch about tolkien barely having any strong female characters

#HELLO FIRST OF ALL JUST BECAUSE EOWYN BECAME A HEALER DOESNT MAKE HER WEAK #arwen is stronger than all of y’all for her choice #galadriel is. galadriel. #but also like complaining about his works when you’ve only read some of them?? #ICK #this is not a post about disliking people who have only read lotr/hobbit #this is a guys READ THE FUCKING UNFINISHED TALES post #that is all ty #tolkien #lotr #the hobbit #the silmarillion #the unfinished tales #ancalime #tar ancalime #morwen #morwen eledhwen #nienor #no owl #aerin #rian #erendis #aredhel #luthien #elwing #haleth #haleth of the haladin #finduilas #melian #out of tags 😔

[lilyofthelaiquendi]

"Oropher: King of Woodland Realm"

8 x 10 Acrylic on Canvas Panel

I fell in love with Tolkien's high fantasy world all over again after watching LOTR: TROP, so I wanted to try and paint again after so long. Since I made quite a few sketches of Thranduil already (one with a very embarrassing self insert of me with him that you'll never see 🫣), I thought that it would be so cool to paint a portrait of his Father, Oropher this time instead.

P.S. I have been on an extremely long art hiatus due to some health issues (not that I actually post that much of my own art... ehehe), but I really liked how this one turned out and wanted to share it here :>

#Oropher #thranduil #legolas #lord of the rings #the hobbit #the silmarillion #the unfinished tales #lotr art #elf art #tolkien art #middle earth #fantasy #elven king #traditional art #acrylic art #acrylic painting #portrait painting #fantasy painting #tolkien elves #tolkien #i forgot how to use tumblr #i forgot how to use tags #my art

[ramoth13]

Dwarven Princess Disa, the Glorious

Lady Disa is everything that Dwarves and our Dwarven lovers have deserved and not gotten since time began. On top of being a wonderful character, an equal in all measures to the dense and valourous immovability of dwarven men, but best of all, she has PRESENCE!

Gimli nearly stole the trilogy and it was only Aragorns firm kindness and Legolas's graceful rivalry together that balanced his forceful nature in the movies. I was nervous, because Dwarves are a lot (not in a bad way, but even dwarves must admit, they are a lot) and I worried that any portrayal of dwarven women might be a simply masculine portrayal.

But dear Manwë how wrong I was. Sophia Nomvete's Lady Disa swept the room with her power and brazen audacity and I loved every second of it. The way she cut through Durin's hurt straight to his love by pointing out the Tree, recognizing that while Durin's feelings might be valid, he'd regret it for the rest of his life if he didn't fix it, and treating Elrond with love and kindness despite how badly hurt she knew Durin was, because in the end, no matter how hurt he was, he still cared for that tree.

She balances out the crudity of dwarven men not by being elven proper, but by dwarven keen. Oh, she's clever and reads those around her like the Sunday newspaper. She's steady in the way she presents herself, sturdy in the way she balances out the more ridiculous sides of her husband, and absolutely steadfast in her control of the situation.

She makes me believe that had Dwarven women been in the peace talks between the Elven kingdoms in the first age, they might have had peace sooner, one way or another. Because let's face it, she might have been the absolute picture of kindness and hospitality but she also scared me a little. I would not want to be on her badside.

There were few things in this show that I didn't know I needed, but between the friendship of Durin and Elrond and The great lady just being herself...

And the juxtaposition of Disa and the other great ladies of Middle-earth! Eowyn is mighty and must express it in battle, Galadriel is just so amazing and this post isn't about her so I'll stop there, and Arwen, whose power of choice and grace speaks volumes, but only Disa made me feel at home (and a little scared, the looks she gives are terrifying lol).

And to you Dwarven kind out there saddened by the lack of beard... I hear you, truly. But, tell me it was not amazing seeing a real Dwarven princess be an actual legend on screen? I think the Dwarven legendarium deserves this wonderful woman and just like Elrond's reception by the lady herself, it was such an unexpected joy.

#disa #ramoth13 #the rings of power #rop #the lord of the rings #Dwarves #khazad dûm #Moria #jrr tolkien #tolkien lore #tolkien #Aulë #durin iv #durin #sophia nomvete #silmarillion #the unfinished tales #elrond #lord of the rings

[wonderingboat]

“You found me !” 

Two times of hide-and-seek between Turgon and Eärendil.

Concept by me, pic by my friend~  Always want to see more kiddo Eärendil, and also wonder how Turgon and all the lords of Gondolin would think & feel about…… when they learnt that the once litte sweet soft kid they want to protect, is now a cold lonely bright star in the night sky, and a sign of hope for all  L('ω')┘

#silmarillion #the silmarillion #earendil #turgon #The Unfinished Tales #The Lord of the Rings #Gondolin

[beginnerblueglass]

canNOT believe that someone looked at the story of Celebrimbor, Annatar, Celeborn, Galadriel, Eregion, Khazad-Dum, and the creation of the Rings of Power, PEAK storytelling!! and said, “eh, I can do it better” ugh.

#the UTTER disrespect #anti rings of power #anti rop #celebrimbor #annatar #sauron #Eregion #Tolkien #the unfinished tales #jrr tolkien #second age

[brigwife]

Someone should write a 100k rivals to besties fic about Borondir and the other man sent by Steward Cirion as messengers to the Eotheod begging for help.

Someone should write the pain and despair as Borondir loses a companion he has grown to respect and love outside the gates of Dol Guldur, but has to continue his mission with no time for grief because the hopes of all his people rest on his shoulders

Wouldn't it be cool if someone wrote that

#Lotr #Fic ideas #Tolkien #The unfinished tales

[ohmyarda]

Just sketching some Númenor Tar-Mairon 🌙

#tar-mairon #sauron #the silmarillion #the silm #silmarillion #the unfinished tales #unfinished tales #silm #maia #maiar #jrr tolkien #tolkien #numenor #númenor

[general-illyrin]

Lately I've been doing research into the history of the Dwarves, focusing on the Petty-dwarves, and I came across an article in which the author used the etymology of the word "petty" as further evidence of Mîm being evil.

However, there is at least one main issue with this argument: the term "Petty-dwarf" is the translation of the Sindarin name for these Dwarves. Only once (in The Children of Hurin) does Mîm call himself a Petty-dwarf - all other times, he refers to himself as a Dwarf. And since "Petty-dwarf" is a Sindarin term, the potential biases and viewpoint of the Sindar need to be taken into account when considering the etymology of the name and what bearing it could have on the character of the Petty-dwarves.

Tolkien's texts* state that the Sindar first encountered the Petty-dwarves when the Sindar came to Beleriand and were promptly attacked by them. Because the Sindar didn't see the Petty-dwarves clearly, the Sindar thought that they were some sort of animal and hunted them until the Sindar encountered Great Dwarves. At this point, the Sindar recognized that they were Dwarves and named them "Noegyth nibin", which translates to "Petty-dwarf".

However, the Sindar's experiences with the Petty-dwarves had been mostly negative, so it's not surprising that they would give them a name which both conveyed the differentiating characteristic of their smaller size and reflected the idea that they were narrow-minded, ungenerous, or spiteful. But this does not mean that the Petty-dwarves were actually characterized by those traits; it only means that the Sindar may have perceived them that way. As such, the most that one can say about the Petty-dwarves' name is that it reflects how the Sindar viewed them; to use the etymology of the term "Petty-dwarf" as evidence showing the character of Petty-dwarves, especially an individual Petty-dwarf, is unfair to them (unless one considers the canonical origin of the term).

(The second major issue with this argument is that one cannot logically use the name of a group to determine the character of an individual of that group - the most one could say is that the individual exhibits a characteristic identified by the group's name.)

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* The Nature of Middle-earth, The Children of Húrin, The Silmarillion, The Unfinished Tales, and The History of Middle-earth

#Mîm's defense attorney #Mîm #petty-dwarves #the silmarillion #silm #silm meta #the history of middle earth #the nature of middle earth #the children of húrin #the unfinished tales

[elerondo]

wrong blog but i imagine Oropher would let Thranduil stay in Forlond for a long stretch of time, for as long as Thranduil wanted or needed, especially if Thranduil had made friends and a life for himself before Oropher completed the expedition of the East over the Misty Mountains. while Oropher isn’t a forceful person, and in my mind he is a lot gentler than Gil-galad   ( because Oropher is much older, and he is not King yet )   i think father and son would have to respect each other’s insecurities. Oropher does not want to stay in company of the Noldor, and as long as Elrond, last son of Elwing, was in good hands, Oropher wants to leave the High Kingship of the Noldor that had brought so much ruin to his Houses.

And it matters little if indeed the hosts of the Noldor fenced Beleriand from the forces of Morgoth. Personally, the scales are impossible to balance.

He putting Thranduil in Ereinion's care is also a show of trust. Can imagine that answering the call of the Last Alliance is very normal for Oropher, despite his reservations. The house of Nolofinwe has usually, mostly, been valiant.

#oropher #tolkien's legendarium #the silmarillion #silmarillion meta #the unfinished tales #house of oropher #thranduil #ereinion gil galad #gil galad #me crying over elven leaders 24.7? more likely than you think.

[eruscreaminginthedistance]

Found a new blorbo I’ve decided that I love Voronwë and his *checks notes* 30 or so pages of existence and the horrors he’s experienced on The Ocean and his Scouring of the Shire-esque Can Never Truly Return Home character arc and how he’s just a little baby born on Middle earth

#voronwë #sad boy who just wanted to pick flowers bedeviled by dooms #tolkien #the unfinished tales #of tuor and his coming to gondolin #silmarillion

[phynaofithilien]

Does the ring make only Hobbits invisible?

I've read somewhere the theory that the ring just strengthens natural magic, and as the natural magic of hobbits makes them disappear fast, it makes them invisible, but not other species. Is there any textual evidence for this? The ring is worn by Sauron (not invisible), Isildur (?), Gollum, Bilbo, Frodo and Sam (invisible) and Tom Bombadil (not invisible). Sauron is the master of the ring and if he doesn't want to be invisible, he won't be, and nobody makes rules about Tom Bombadil. The big unknown is Isildur. Luckily, Tolkien wrote something about that. Unluckily, i don't really understand what it means. Here the quote from the Unfinished Tales:

Isildur turned west, and drawing up the ring that hung in a wallet from a fine chain about his neck, he set it upon his finger with a cry of pain, and was never seen again by any eye upon Middle-earth. But the Elendilmir of the West could not be quenched, and suddenly it blazed forth red and wrathful as a burning star. Men and Orcs gave way in fear; and Isildur, drawing a hood over his head, vanished into the night.

There is a footnote to go with this:

The meaning, sufficently remarkable, of this passage appears to be that the light of the Elendilmir was proof against the Invisibility conferred by the One Ring when worn, if its light would be visible when the Ring not worn; but when Isildur covered his head with a hood its light was extinguished.

So does the Ring make Isildur invisible but the Elendilmir is stronger, but a hood can hide it? Or do I misunderstand the text? It is night, and a confusing fight in that instance, and noone sees anything anyway. And - other than Isildur - there was only one surviving non-Orc witness.

#tolkien #isildur #the elendilmir #lord of the rings #tolkien meta #the unfinished tales #the one ring #invisibility

[lowcountry-gothic]

Ulmo, Valar of the Sea, Tuor, and Voronwë from Tolkien's Unfinished Tales, by Alba Real.

#art #alba real #tolkien #the silmarillion #unfinished tales #valar #ulmo #tuor #voronwe

[wonderingboat]

‘But behold!’ said he, ‘in the armour of Fate (as the Children of Earth name it) there is ever a rift, and in the walls of Doom a breach, until the full-making, which ye call the End.’ —— Ulmo, to Tuor

Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin.

I put a very small six pointed star in the middle of the ‘rift’……as this kind of ‘rift’ is what we will call as ‘hope’ , or, ‘Estel’ maybe.

#The Silmarillion #silmarillion #the unfinished tales

[beginnerblueglass]

In these difficult times, I come to offer you a morsel of hope.

J. R. R. Tolkien’s the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Hobbit, the Silmarillion, the Unfinished Tales, and all of his other works still exist, and no matter how hard the corporations try to remove the soul from his art, they will never pry these books from our hands.

And Peter Jackson’s trilogy, made with love and heart, and respect for the Professor’s art — and those of us who love Middle Earth, also still exist. We can watch them as many times as we want, they can’t make us stop.

#tolkien #jrr tolkien #middle earth #the lord of the rings #lotr #silmarillion #the hobbit #the unfinished tales #anti rings of power #the rings of power #anti amazon #anti whoever the heck seems to want to mcu-ify middle earth #peter jackson

[brigwife]

Don't mind me I was just doing research for a completely different fic and then I found this and now I can't stop thinking about the possibilities for a fic because HE DIED IN HIS ARMS???

I stg these Gondor and (proto)Rohan guys need to stop with their constant... *waves hands* whatever the fuck this is that they have been doing all throughout the Third Age

#if i had a penny for every time i see potential for a beautiful and/or heartbreaking fic in one of tolkien's works... #I'M SORRY #gondor #rohan #these two lands and their centuries of gay heroism towards each other has a chokehold on me #the unfinished tales