Lost In Beleriand

have you accepted annatar as your lord and savior?

silvergifting | day 5: manipulation

You know that stage of love, where even someone's foibles make you feel affectionate and fond? Imagine Celebrimbor experiencing that for Annatar. Imagine him biting his lip to keep from smiling at Annatar's flashes of haughtiness, his obsessive perfectionism, his poorly-concealed smugness whenever he gets his own way. Imagine Celebrimbor seeing through the remote, benevolent "Emissary of the Valar" persona, to someone he likes far more: a mind that’s passionate, complex, idiosyncratic, with a dark sense of humour and a million plans and calculations ticking away under the surface. Imagine Celebrimbor realizing that Annatar has probably concealed much of his past - and treasuring every slip of the tongue and chink in the armour, as signs of their growing intimacy.

@silvergiftingweek day 2 : attraction

Vying for Lordship of the Fountain

@silvergiftingweek day three | sunrise, eclipse, burning

Now Celebrimbor was not corrupted in heart or faith, but had accepted Sauron as what he posed to be...

—Unfinished Tales, “The History of Galadriel and Celeborn”

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Celebrimbor/Sauron (Tolkien) Characters: Celebrimbor (Tolkien), Sauron (Tolkien) Additional Tags: Second Age of Arda (Tolkien), Gwaith-i-Mírdain (Tolkien), Sadism, deeply awkward philosophical talks, Biting, Hair-pulling, Guilt Summary:

Celebrimbor burns himself, prompting a discussion about the purpose of pain.

Mairon aesthetic — in almaren

Little Talks

Another piece for @fall-for-tolkien Scribbles and Drabbles event!