Beren and Luthien in the Court of Thingol and Melian; art by Donato Giancola.
Artist Donato Giancola has recently begun work on a new, and very large, Tolkien-inspired painting. It depicts the moment in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion when Beren declares his love for Thingol and Melian’s dauighter and vows to undertake the quest of the Silmarils.
And here is a photo of Giancola’s work in progress:
HEY it’s been a while since I last harped on about archiving this blog but bear with me:
I’ve got an enormous archive of significant threads and miscellany from MisbehavingMaiar that I’ve been meaning to migrate over to a less volatile platform than tumblr– somewhere less likely to change the terms of service on me overnight, or install some unannounced update that makes my content unbrowsable, or some other rebranding administrative horseshit that we’ve all come to know and love from our favorite blue aggregate microblogging platform. (In this case I’ve chosen WordPress.)
My main question is: when reposting a roleplay thread, how does one give due credit, and how does one go about obtaining that credit? I’m especially concerned about dead or deleted blogs whose muns are otherwise unreachable. 😦
On one hand, I feel like starting a roleplay thread on tumblr is implicitly giving your partner the right to post and respond to your words on their blog– that is the entire function of the “RE-BLOG”: You are reposting, on your blog, the content written on your partner’s blog. The formatting assures that your username, and a link to your blog, are attached to your words and are separate from the content added by the person reblogging. In that sense, starting a roleplay on tumblr is contingent on being able to repost someone else’s content on your own blog, so posting to a different-different blog shouldn’t be a problem– especially considering that tumblr is a public platform, and ostensibly reposting to somewhere like WordPress is just moving it to a different public platform (one that’s actually considerably less public and fraught with peril than tumblr).
But on the other hand: DUH, you ask for permission before moving someone’s content off-site, dumbass!
But on the other-OTHER hand: jfc how do I even get in contact with so many people, some of whom have vanished from tumblr, and ask them if it’s okay to repost their half of the collaborative material we made together? Material that I’ve already reblogged on my blog– changing nothing they wrote and including all the same crediting information contained in their original post– to an almost identical blog on a different platform?
I’m not so much asking for everyone’s opinion on reposting work so much as I’m looking for an honest-to-god concrete legal or moral line in the sand so I can determine what content I need to get express written permission for, and which content I am already entitled to quote off-site with due credit.
If anyone has any kind of previous experience with archiving fanworks and/or collaborative works, I could really use your help! Is there a resource I can use to look this stuff up? What has been your experience with situations like this? Also: is “contact me if you want your content removed” a legitimate route to take?
Come on, we’ve all wondered! And herein may be compiled a list of pros and cons to keeping one’s iron crown, resplendent in stolen jewellery, on during the act of copulation.
PROS:
Reinforces an air of majesty.
Maintains ‘Dark Lord of the Earth / Moringotto’ aesthetic at all times.
Amazing toplighting courtesy of Silmarils.
Asserts dominance. Mairon doesn’t have a crown…
Sort of helps to hold hair back from face while making out.
Fëanor seething with rage in the Halls of Mandos becomes actually audible haha suck it loser.
CONS:
Uncomfortable to lie on – spiky adornments are not overly conducive to relaxation.
Might accidentally disembowel lieutenant while giving head.
Balance becomes imperative. No salacious lunges unless that thing is glued on.
Might accidentally burn self or lieutenant during proceedings.
Potential for unsavoury bodily fluids on the Silmarils.
Mairon is occasionally distracted by bright shiny things so may detract from focus.
TTHIIISSSSS DUUUDDE RIGHT HEEEEERE aw yeah =w= 100% handpainted original Goldberry from her Dark Lord phase. It is mine now, this beautiful gift. My descendants will be handing down this artifact for centuries like “bro where would be without this sick plate it is the keystone of our outrageous fortune” “thank eru our nerdcestor made such sweet friends bro”
gxldberry you are the best and your handwriting is also the best ❤ ❤ ❤ so many thanks u3u
strange-red-apple: Razarî || Human!Melkor AU/s || semi-active and super sloppy since I sometimes post Raz stuff on this blog too *SHRUG*
nightmare-jockstrap: Cossimo Pitchiner || RotG wardrobeverse college AU aka Nightmare Dork University YOU HAD TO BE THERE OKAY it was beautiful || inactive
tinyfurthings: King of Tiny Fur Things || a crackblog for Tolkien stuff starring a small pompous bunnyrabbit who wears a crown and has delusions of grandeur || inactive (unless i feel the need to lay down some FLUFFY DISCIPLINE on my UNRULY SUBJECTS).
People often argue about whether or not Elrond and Elros were twins, but a careful reader of Tolkien’s texts would realize that Elrond is clearly the Eldar brother.
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