“whenever someone asked me to describe myself with a word, i would say moon. and not because of the romantic interpretation of its illusory magnificence. but rather because of its reality. the fact that's it's a simple celestial corpse behind which the sun slithers to cast its light. it was always the sun. it will always be the sun. the moon has nothing of its own, only a shape and the ability to reflect the sun's kind offering, as if it's trying to bring the poor moon back to life. i'd rather say the sun is a fool in this story, because sometimes things are either lifeless ever since they are born, or they gradually give up what makes them alive. and the moon we see today is one of them. i am one of them.”
— excerpt from a book i'll (never) write
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sea.ya.later on tiktok, had a beautiful thing to say about Grief on their skit series, "Hell's Belles"
Judy: "Grief... it's just love with nowhere to go, baby"
my life has been forever changed. thank you.
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Some beautiful Elvish words/names I have found during my research.
Alalminórë: Lord Of the Elms
Aldëa: Tree-Shadowed
Aldëon: Avenue Of Trees
Eriol: One Who Dreams Alone
Fumellar: Flowers Of Sleep
Gar Lossion: Place Of Flowers
Ilinsor: Helmsman Of The Moon
Ilsaluntë: The Moon
Gil: The Star Sirius
Iska: Light Snow
Laurelin: Golden Tree of Aman, the female mate of Telperion, and the younger of the Two Trees of Valinor. She had gold-trimmed leaves and her dew was collected by Varda in her Wells.
Telperion: Elder of the Two Trees of Valinor, called the White Tree, which shed silver light on the domain of the Valar. His leaves were of dark green, shining silver beneath, and his boughs were decked with brilliant flowers that shed a rain of silver dew, which was collected as a source of water and of light.
Nūme: West
Pronto: East
Sil: Moon
Ûr: Sun
Luvier: Clouds
Uilos – ever-white snow
Nîn-in-Eilph – waters of swans
Nimloth – white flower
Mallos – golden-white (flower, plant)
Minas Anor – the tower of the sun minas (“tower, fort”), Anor (“the sun”)
Minas Ithil – the tower of the moon; minas (“tower, fort”), Ithil (“the moon”)
Minas Morgul– tower of black magic; minas (“tower, fort”), morn (“dark, black”) + (n-)gûl (“magic, necromancy”) As for the lenition inside the second word, in L:427, Tolkien explains that “…the triconsonantal group (rng) then being reduced to rg”.
Minas Tirith – tower watch; minas (“tower, fort”), tirith (“watch, guard, vigilance”)
Imloth Melui – sweet flower valley
Gwingloth – foam-flower
Gladhwen – laughing maiden
Hírilorn – lady-tree
Fimbrethil – slim birch
Elwing – star foam
Eregion – land of holly trees
Elanor – star-sun
Dorthonion – land of pines
Cabed-en-Aras – the deer’s leap
Brethiliand – beech forest
Amon Uilos– mount of ever-white snow
Amon Dîn – silent hill
Amloth – high flower
Aeluin — pale
Aeglos – snowthorn
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