FAP* (*Fractal Addiction Phenomenon) seems to only occur in Maiar who have been victimized by my blog some natural inclination towards structure and geometry, or a preoccupation with higher mathematics.
Eonwë is not affected by FAP; at least, not the way Sauron is. He might be slightly more engaged by wind patterns and cloud formations than the average Maia, but natural geometry and fractals are just signs to him of Eru’s perfect harmony manifesting in every strata of creation. They do not cause FAP.
The closest he’d get to being overcome by FAP would be if he meditated too long on the immaculate design of the universe and accidentally disembodied or lost track of time for a few years– a similar outcome to someone with FAP, but not caused by external means. In other words, you probably couldn’t just plop an impossible manifestation of infinity in his lap and have him bliss out for the entire Mesozoic–
–that response is limited solely to Maiar who are unfortunate enough to come into contact with the demons that keep this headcanon alive.
OH YOU ❤ you know that’s a softball, I already wrote a lot of Salgant! But I think if I were playing him on a regular basis I’d focus more on his duties as a lord of Gondolin and relationship with the royal family, and maybe less on his insecurities (though I still think those are a big part of his character).
I am thrilled and delighted that there are more people thinking about this problem besides me! Really, Arda is so young there shouldn’t be fossil fuels of ANY kind unless they were put there artificially. Yavanna and Aulë already had a little marital scrap over fuel sources in canon, so we can assume this problem plagued them as well!
My current theory is that Aulë is having them burn pure carbon, which he can whip up in varying degrees of purity from scratch.
“Then Túrin bowed before them, and took his leave. And soon after he put on the Dragon-helm, and took arms, and went away to the north-marches, and was joined to the elven-warriors who there waged unceasing war upon the Orcs and all servants and creatures of Morgoth.” ~Tolkien
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I remember being 17 years old, riding my bike back from the bookstore where I had pre-ordered The Children of Húrin. As soon as I got hope I opened it and began to read. I wept as I read because I was reading new, beautiful words written by Tolkien, when I thought I had already read them all. Since then I have been captivated by the story of the family of men who defined the Dark Lord and suffered for it. And I have long desired to posses the Dragon-helm itself. Thanks to our Patreon supporters, we were able to recreate the cover art of the book by Alan Lee. Many more photos to come as we tell the story of the House of Hador and it’s war with Morgoth through pictures!
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Many thanks to our friend Nicholas Bruno for capturing this moment.
Después de muchos intentos y pruebas por fin he acabado la primera página. Al final me he decidido por hacer una mezcla entre comic y manuscrito…y que los textos del Silmarillion aparezcan escritos en élfico. Esta página corresponde a justo el principio del capítulo 1 del Silmarillion, citando una parte sería:
“Chapter 1: Of the Beginning of Days
It is told among the wise that the First War began before Arda was full-shaped, and ere yet there was any thing that grew or walked upon earth; and for long Melkor had the upper hand. But in the midst of the war a spirit of great strength and hardihood came to the aid of the Valar, hearing in the far heaven that there was battle in the Little Kingdom; and Arda was filled with the sound of his laughter…”
Salen por orden de arriba a abajo: Morgoth, Tulkas y Yavanna
Ahora me faltará hacer la página simétrica a ésta, la número 2, que espero llegue antes que la primera; XD o no llegaré viva ni al final del capítulo 1…
After many attempts and tests I have finally finished the first page. In the end I decided to make a mixture between comic and manuscript … and that the texts of the Silmarillion appear written in Elvish. This page corresponds to just the beginning of chapter 1 of the Silmarillion, quoting a part would be:
“Chapter 1: Of the Beginning of Days
It was told by the wise that the First War began before Arda was full-shaped, and there was still something that grew or walked upon earth; and for long Melkor had the upper hand. But in the midst of the war a spirit of great strength and hardness came to the aid of the Valar, hearing in the far heaven that there was battle in the Little Kingdom; and Arda was filled with the sound of his laughter … “
They leave in order from top to bottom: Morgoth, Tulkas and Yavanna
Now I will need to make the page symmetric to this one, the number 2, which I hope will arrive before the first one; XD or I will not arrive alive at the end of chapter 1 …
↳ manwë was the leader of the ainur, one of the aratar, king of the valar, husband of varda, brother of the dark lord melkor, and king of arda. he was also known as súlimo, mânawenûz or valahiru and lives atop mount taniquetil in valinor, the highest mountain of the world.
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