
bitter songs for bitter strings

Okay, I have been sitting on this gif for ages and have not found an appropriate context to use it. So I thought I would share what I have titled “the aragorn upskirt minidress high kick” with all of you for your giffing wants and needs.
“Legolas, what do your elf eyes see?”
“Far, far too much.”

European (German) riveted mail Bishops mantle, 16th c, iron and copper alloy, designed to protect the neck and shoulders.

Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Copper, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silverThe Met

Melian was a Maia, of the race of the Valar. She dwelt in the gardens of Lórien, and among all his people there were none more beautiful than Melian, nor more wise, nor more skilled in songs of enchantment. It is told that the Valar would leave their works, and the birds of Valinor their mirth, that the bells of Valmar were silent and the fountains ceased to flow, when at the mingling of the lights Melian sang in Lórien. Nightingales went always with her, and she taught them their song; and she loved the deep shadows of the great trees. She was akin before the World was made to Yavanna herself; and in that time when the Quendi awoke beside the waters of Cuiviénen she departed from Valinor and came to the Hither Lands, and there she filled the silence of Middle-earth before the dawn with her voice and the voices of her birds.
For @legendariumladiesapril and SilmWeek.

Is nudity still allowed on this godforsaken hellsite? If so, please enjoy some Melkor being sassy with Grond. His aesthetic is All Spikes All The Time.

‘All who dwelt in Aman were filled with wonder and delight at the work of Fëanor, And Varda hallowed the Silmarils so that thereafter no mortal flesh, nor hands unclean, nor anything of evil will might touch them, but it was scorched and withered; and Mandos foretold that the fates of Arda, earth, sea, and air, lay locked within them. The heart of Fëanor was fast bound to these things which he himself had made.’ – Of the Silmarils, The Silmarillion.
Light in Darkness, by MathiaArkoniel

A pair of daggers with goat horn hilts, India, 19th century.
from Hermann Historica

talking with Sath yesterday made me want to draw some Elrond-Maglor interactions, so I did this, with a bonus Elros