March 2015 – MisbehavingMaiar: Tumblr Archive

goldseven:

Maedhros therefore, being in anguish without hope, begged Fingon to shoot him with his bow; and Fingon strung an arrow, and bent his bow. And seeing no better hope he cried to Manwë, saying: ‘O King to whom all birds are dear, speed now this feathered shaft, and recall some pity for the Noldor in their need!’

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myrkskog:

Which tolkien culture is most likely to have strip/burlesque/erotica-ish clubs or tavers tho?

Ainur strip tease would be the most boring show. They’d be like “hey baby” *body disappears completely* “ooooh I’m ~unclad~”

oreophers:

VALAQUENTA ALL-STARS ↭ OSSË

…for the delight in violence has never wholly departed from him, and at times he will rage in his willfulness without any command from Ulmo his lord. Therefore those who dwell by the sea or go up in ships may love him, but they do not trust him.

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scorpionhoney:

TURIN TURAMBAR/THE CHILDREN OF HURIN PLAYLIST: LISTEN

beguilingblackness has brought to my attention that on 8tracks the playlist shuffles the tracks after the first playthrough TuT So they asked for an order of the tracks for the playlist I made (and the list on the original post is hard to read).

So here’s the songs in their order as well as which event they’re associated with in Children of Hurin/Turin Turambar.

Edit: (typo) Santa Esmeralda for 1st track on 2nd image

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apfelstrudelz:

moar angbang doodles + draft designs of Ungoliant & Thuringwethil (half-shapeshifted lmao)

yay, drawing the baddies is fun :3

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#BlacktoSilmWeek is upon us, and I am outrageously excited that this is a thing! Tolkien is often credited with being the origin of High Fantasy as a genre, and unsurprisingly, that entire genre has been desperately in need of diversifying and deconstructing since its inception.

Diversity in fiction is important (I’d argue that it may be MORE important in fiction than in non-fiction), and should be encouraged and celebrated, AND THAT INCLUDES: Diversity in the fandom!
What else, and who else, is diversity in fiction for, if not for real people to connect with? Representation matters, and it matters because of fans of color (and queer fans, non-binary fans, etc.), not because tumblr says it’s a hip thing.

SO: take this as an invitation, if you’re comfortable doing so and if you have the time and inclination, to reblog this post if you identify as a person of color and consider yourself a Tolkien fan of any variety! Silmarillion, trilogy, Hobbit, movies, whatever. 🙂 And if you want to, add something about yourself and your experience with Tolkien and/or the fandom! Are you a content creator? Are you a voracious reader of fanfic? What do you enjoy most about the stories? Feel free to toot your own horn a bit; if you’re super proud of something you’ve contributed, or of your expansive storehouse of collected lore, I want to know about it so I can keymash excitedly in your direction!!

Also: shout out to fans of color who have had to deal with not only the racism in the texts, but also in the fandom. Mainstream fantasy is rife with racist, othering bullshit, and if you’re still here you deserve a goddamn medal. And better content. I want to be in your corner, and hopefully we can get some hands raised from others in the same boat.

#BlackToSilmWeek

arafinwean:

#BlackToSilmWeek is a week that celebrates the black characters in the Silmarillion.

Create art or fic with a character from the Silmarillion you headcanon as black during the week of March 23rd to March 29th 2015 and tag it with #BlackToSilmWeek to participate.