Headcanon Crafts for Everyone I Missed Last Time:
Idril: a sculptor. She worked with every kind of stone imaginable, and often went looking for new material in Gondolin’s mines with Maeglin. (Look my Maeglin head canons are complicated but they should get to be friends the narrative has hurt them too much already) She actually preferred not to make elvish figures, instead focusing on strangely beautiful stone landscapes and various animal-like figures. She was actually responsible for Middle-Earth’s version of the gargoyle, having carved several to stand guard over Gondolin. Several elves swore that the statues moved, but she never addressed those rumors. She also liked to paint her work with bright colors, which would’ve been seen as odd back in Valinor, but fit right in in First Age Middle-Earth.
Maeglin: a smith, but his craft was more in-line with Avarin practice than Noldor practice; with much less focus on the idea of making gems and heavier focus on understanding natural geology and the properties of various gems and metals. He knew the mines of Gondolin better than anyone, and wrote plenty about the the earth under the earth. His work also had fairly significant Dwarfish influences. He liked to make mechanically complex pieces, with moving parts or even some internal gear work.
Finduilas: a hunter. Her and her father were both nature people, just in very different ways. She was silent, with all the grace of a dancer, and quick enough to outrun most of what she hunted. She preferred to go after more aggressive animals– wild boar, wolves, bears, even wargs– and leave the deer and rabbits be. She was born in Beleriand, and had never met the Valar, but sometimes, privately, offered up prayers to Orome. She liked to imagine she could’ve been in his hunt, if things had turned out a bit differently.
Celebrimbor: a smith, in the very traditional Noldor sense. Gemworker, specialized in jewelry, made various famously beautiful pieces, etc. Was never quite happy sticking to hairpins and necklaces. Longed to try his hand at imbuing his work with real power, but always talked himself out of it. A whole binder of concepts for works of power sat locked away in a chest in his workshop for centuries. He never talked to anyone about it. He was as ashamed of his feelings for his craft as he was of his feelings for his family. By the end of his life, he’d made peace with only one of those things.
Earendil: a mariner? Alright, he was definitely a mariner, and he loved the ship life– he even built a few boats of his own, in a similar fantastic style to Turgon’s architecture– but he also had a longstanding fascination with the natural world, and filled volumes and volumes of journals with information on various plants, animals, and minerals. But natural lore isn’t a recognized Noldor craft, since it involves learning but doesn’t really produce tangible results. Still, it was a passion he got from afternoons spent learning about geology with “Uncle Mole,” and one he shared with Elrond. Researching the beauty and wonder of nature gave Earendil something to do with his immortal life, and was a big part of the reason Elrond chose to be immortal at all.
Gil-Galad: a king. No, really, he’d been the high-king of the Noldor since he was a child, and hadn’t really had time for trivialities like “finding a life purpose” or “having fun.” He was too busy learning how to stay alive in late stage Beleriand (read: hell) and learning to rule the least cooperative group of elves imaginable. He wanted to be a painter, and while he found enough practice time to get good at his chosen craft; because of how long detailed paintings can take, he almost never had time to actually make anything. He tried not to let it bother him too much. He didn’t always succeed at that.
Elrond: in a bit of a weird spot. Elrond is most associated with lore and healing; but, as discussed, “lore” isn’t considered a craft. And, well. Healing had to be Elrond’s craft, right? He’d been doing it since he was seven, and just about the only person in Amon Ereb who could still use healing powers. And it was good work, and it was rewarding, even if it often left him feeling so burned out and worried that he forgot to eat or sleep. It took him a long time to admit to himself that healing for him was what fighting was to many other elves: a necessity. Truth be told, he’d rather be gardener, working with the earth to create a place of peace and beauty. Also, Elrond is basically a nature spirit. So. It was something he began to explore in the peace of the early Second Age. He found that his Ainuric powers had all sorts of interesting effects on plant life. He also learned how to breed new varieties of fruits, vegetables, and flowers. Still, he never really considered that it could be a proper craft for him. At least, not until he first saw the valley that would one day become Rivendell.
Headcanon Crafts for Finwe and his Children, the House of Feanor, the House of Fingolfin, and the House of Finarfin.
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fishlegs’ display of unwavering loyalty to hiccup after everyone turned their backs on him has to be one of the most poignant moments in book 9 for me. the entire scene of him announcing ‘i do not turn. i do not turn… hiccup is still my king. slavemark or no slavemark.’ making sure he was heard by all the other tribes when he did and then bestowing his most prized posession to his best friend as a blessing for luck and as proof of his faith in him, putting the necklace around hiccup’s neck ‘so grandly that it was like he was a hero annointing his king’ because that’s essentially who they were in that moment… and then by the end when hiccup is forced to flee— crying for him and his fate but stubbornly holding on to hope, willing himself to be strong and wearing hiccup’s helmet instead of his own
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💘 r-runterra sett please my lord 😭😭🫶💘💘
"💘- 3 ways to win your heart?"
Let him FIGHT. Showing up to his brawls when you can. Supporting him by the edges of his arena would just make him melt. It is his work after all, it's what he's good at, he wants someone who can look at all that fighting, blood and gore and still not be scared of him. It is what got him the freedom and power to do what he wants. If you can respect the fact that the pit means something to him and not shun him for it. Ding ding ding you've caught his attention.
LOVE HIS MAMA. You have to treat women with RESPECT. He needs someone who knows his mother is above all. That woman has been through so much for him and he refuses to be with someone who cannot understand that he is a mama's boy. If you visit his mom with him, take care of her, spend time with her when Sett himself can't? Man would fold. He needs a caring partner who can respect the things that make him, him.
Let him be soft around you. Man is THE BOSS and already has such a prestige and persona to uphold. In private he needs someone who can let him relax and be himself. He doesn't want to have to always be the big strong unfeeling man that everyone sees him as, he wants to have hugs, lovingly sleep with someone in his arms, ask for kisses and be treated as an equal. He needs someone he can come home to and actually fully relax around. Let him be vulnerable and be accepting of it!
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Tubbo vlog is 10/10.
I genuinely started to tear up over him talking about how he finds it hard to be creative and how he feels like he’s losing time. Both because I can relate to that way too much and because he seemed to get a little emotional over it as well.
I’m also so in love with the editing, pacing, and storyline because it’s feels like it came from him. I’ve always kind of seen his past vlogs take a lot of inspiration from Tom Simons vlogs in the “there is a specific goal to this and it’s fast paced and attention grabbing”. I don’t necessarily think that’s a bad video style (I genuinely love a lot of the time Simons vlogs), but it definitely felt like Tubbo was trying to emulate some thing that he himself wasn’t fully into. I don’t think that’s wrong at all, especially when the person you go to for YouTube advice is TommyInnit himself, but it’s just genuinely nice to see him take creative steps in a direction that he enjoys and is different to other content and his own past content in a way that’s positive.
Overall, it was genuinely so fun and sweet to see him, hang out with friends, get into new hobbies, and come to realizations about himself and where he wants to be and how to get there. I can not wait ti see the next one
Absolutely recommend 
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I really like the concept of Ushijima just turning his brain off whenever he’s around Tendou in public. they need to order something? Ushijima is immediately standing behind tendou’s shoulder in complete silence and allowing him to do all of the talking. They’re going shopping? As soon as they enter through those doors Ushijima is walking to the soap isle and looking at all the colorful bathbombs they have (that or he’s just trailing behind Tendou and responding to any requests exclusively in grunts or nods).
I mean he’s been a volleyball captain since what? middle school? His parents got divorced when he was little and his dad moved over seas, so he largely had to take care of himself (he doesn’t have any siblings either). He’s been in charge of so much that he’s never been able to just… be there. To just exist without the need for constant contribution, the need to take charge in every situation or carry the burden of other people.
Tendou’s around now. He can stop running. He can breathe.
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