I am well as can be expected, the weather and ongoing siege being, as you astutely mentioned, dreadful.
You know my Master and I would be delighted to see you. We so seldom have welcome visitors of our own kind anymore, and the pitter patter of incandescent little feet do so brighten mood of this dreary fortress.
Alas, as much as I would appreciate a famulus to assist me, I have precious little time to train an apprentice in my craft. You deserve my full attention as an instructor, little flame. However, if you wish to observe me in my forge and act as my shadow, you may do so with my blessing– provided you are not underfoot.
Your Obedient Servant,
~Forgemaster Sauron
postscriptum: You know very well I left the name of ‘Mairon’ behind when I withdrew from Aulë’s service. My new name(s) suit me just fine for the time being. Perhaps one day I will adopt a name of my own choosing, just as I have chosen my current Master; I am merely awaiting the proper inspiration.
I feel like there should be a better understanding of the different classifications of fan content enjoyment.
Like there’s obviously the “I love this because I basically share the same headcanon” tier and the “this is not my headcanon at all and I hate it” tier.
But there’s also the “Wow, I don’t share this headcanon but it’s really interesting and I enjoy reading about it” tier, which imho doesn’t get acknowledged enough and it’s absolutely valid and encompasses a lot of my personal fandom experience. It’s also closely related to “Wow, this isn’t my headcanon but I wish I thought of it, damn,” which is also common.
There’s also the “I hate this but I’m also morbidly intrigued so I’m just gonna go with it for now” tier.
And the “this is dumb and probably ooc but I kind of love it so fight me” tier.
‘Tis a vast and varied spectrum. I personally REALLY enjoy seeing what other people come up with, even if I don’t agree with it or share the same ideas, and while of COURSE I like seeing stuff that lines up with my personal views, I’m not all that creative, so I like to see what other people do, too. I mean, at the end of the day I’m a fan of the original canon, so even if I’m playing in somebody else’s wacky sandbox, I can always go back to that. I always have my vision and my ideas and my images, but it’s fun to see different interpretations sometimes.
Well, there’s Goldberry. River-Daughter and wife of Tom Bombadil, both of whom always get cut from the movies. I want to draw a few more less well-known Tolkien characters before I move on. Maybe someone from the Silmarillion. We’ll see.
Will we ever know the mastermind behind @gorlim? no. no it’s better this way. they’re a beautiful mystery like @Dril. Maybe we’ve finally found Colbert’s tumblr. Let’s savor this precious Chanukah miracle they’ve given us.
YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK ITS FINALLY TIME TO LET YALL KNOW WHO GORLIM IS
Will we ever know the mastermind behind @gorlim? no. no it’s better this way. they’re a beautiful mystery like @Dril. Maybe we’ve finally found Colbert’s tumblr. Let’s savor this precious Chanukah miracle they’ve given us.
YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK ITS FINALLY TIME TO LET YALL KNOW WHO GORLIM IS
Dearest darling friends and followers, I am opening a couple of slots for commissions staring today. I’ve already received a few requests so I figured this was as good a time as any to take orders for Icon Commissions and other pieces. 🙂
If you are interested, please send me an ask or IM with the topic and type of commission you’d like, and we can hash out details when I get to your slot.
@adunxphel & @priestofmelkor you guys have been so, so patient; I’m sorry it’s taken me this long to get through my commissions queue; it’s been a rough winter for me and my mental health. I just wanted to check in with both of you real quick and verify your commissioner status– I realize financial situations and minds change, and there is zero pressure if you want to back out or change what you want me to draw. That said, if everything is groovy, I’ll be in contact with you for your commission details 🙂
Holly Berries in Vase, Fabergé, St. Petersburg, circa 1890. In a tapering rock-crystal
vase, with a realistically gold cast and chased stem from which emanate
carved nephrite leaves and enamel holly berries, marked on stem.
shoutout to the time where sauron canonically said that fucking wraiths is not as fun as it seems
Excuse me, but
WAT
1: this is quite plausible of him and I am not doubting your word
2: source?
I think OP means this gem from the Lay of Leithian (Recommenced), in the ‘Of Gorlim the Unhappy’ canto:
‘Thou fool: a phantom thou didst see that I, I Sauron, made to snare thy lovesick wits. Naught else was there. Cold ‘tis with Sauron’s wraiths to wed! Thy Eilinel! She is long since dead… ’
the exclamation point is canon, too. bless this giddy demon.
Haha yep that’s it! I planned to include the follow-up tonight when my internet is workable, but yeah that’s the quote.
Background on it: Gorlim wants to be with his wife since he hasn’t seen her in forever due to her being taken captive or something? Something along those lines, I’m a little fuzzy and don’t have my book right now.
In the Silm version, I think it’s just an apparition or a trick of the mind but here it’s a physical wraith being taking the FORM of his wife.
Keep in mind that “wed” in context here means “have sex with” since elven/1st age/traditional definition of marrying someone was that it’s official once the couple bangs.
So my favorite part here is the IMPLICATIONS
Sauron assumes that the first thing Gorlim will do upon reuniting with his wife is fuck her. Not talk to her or confirm its her or anything, just straight up pants off dick out first step. I just. Sauron really. Is that how you greet people? I mean to be fair the first thing he did when he captured Finrod’s squad was to have them strip. And old-version Melkor has sex with soooo many creatures. So this. Isn’t unlikely. BUT I DIGRESS.
It’s interesting that the wraiths are cold. Sauron, balrogs, dragons…most of the key demon type beings are fire-based.
The way he states with such certainty and insistence that sex with wraiths freeze ya dick is just….I think he’s serious. This isn’t even a metaphor or figure of speech. He’s literally just taunting gorlim that mistakenly engaging in intimacy with this wraith would be less pleasant than he would have imagined.
Can I go back to cold part???? Like excuse me but if I’m a fire demon you bet I’d LOVE some nice cooling popsicle dick or ice pussy. I am 100% sure Sauron and crew regularly had sex with these wraiths. Melkor had sex with everything that moved. This is an Angband tradition. Especailly good for a hot summer day,
The wraiths can EFFECTIVELY take the form of ANYONE- living or dead. Do you. Do you know the possibilities of this. Ever wanted to bang random middle earth celebrity? Just have a wraith copy them. Every weird fantasy Melkor ever wanted (Feanor? Luthien? anyone) could easily be done, the only lack of realism probably being the lack of heat and elf-like reactions/emotions. Even in a non-sexual context, these wraiths can easily be used to trick people. Do you know what good torture this is. You can easily trick Maedhros into thinking that they captured Fingon. You can manipulate people so bad with this, like they did with Gorlim.
The ring-wraiths do not have this ability of shape shifting. Maiar and part maiar are really the only ones who can truelly shapeshift. This means these wraiths arent just lame humans, they are a group of maiar, under the direction of Sauron, whose one goal in life is to fuck around and fuck shit up via trickery. Honestly THE FIC POTENTIAL HERE.
do u see why this is a very important passage
This is So Cool (see what I did there? See? See?)
Wraiths are the REAL ice ice baby
My wife is returned to me Wraiths: cold Wife: an impostor Dick: out
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