how does he still sing

What is your favorite scene, passage or quote? It can be for what’s actually happening, the language or descriptions, amusement, or anything else!

Any book, story or other work is fair game! Let me know in the comments or tags!

a legacy to follow

A dragon is riding a trolley at full speed. You are in charge of the lever which controls the tracks. If you pull the lever, it will kill your sister. If you don't pull the lever, it will kill your wife. What do you do?

art by NimlothTheFair_

"He could build a fortress out of his lies and barricade himself in it. A lonely, sexless thing, remote in his furred cloak and marble walls, the commander of his people, even – dares he to dream of it? – the King of the reunited Noldor, the benevolent and stern father his people can rely on to carry them through this Darkness."

Chapter 2 is here!

Rating: E Tags: Fingolfin/Maedhros; graphic depictions of violence; explicit sexual content; politics, First Age; Beleriand; Uncle/nephew incest

Tirion upon Túna

Many months ago now, I thought it would be fun to try painting locations from the Silmarillion in the style of the Monument Valley games, because they are among my favourite games and I enjoy the art very much. Unfortunately, it turns out that this style enables my worst habits in terms of perfectionism and adding endless tiny details, and so this cityscape of Tirion has taken a grand total of 148 hours to complete. Please zoom in to see all the details!!!

I think the city was built to look beautiful under treelight, using principally white stone, which takes on a golden-pink hue under Laurelin's light and a silver-blue hue under Telperion's. Open spaces and tall windows let the light into every building, especially around the Great Square, where the royal and aristocratic families live. Valuing creativity and craftsmanship as they do, the Noldor experimented with different types of architecture and ornamentation (inspired by a mixture of real-world architectural styles as well as the architecture in Monument Valley). Some buildings have intricate painted designs on the walls, mostly based on natural imagery or geometric patterns; others have statues of Elven figures dancing, holding musical instruments, or holding birds. The flags around the Great Square are based on the Two Trees and Finwë's heraldry.

Yet the shellfish and the oysters no-one of Valar or of Elves knows whence they are, for already they gaped in the silent waters or ever Melko plunged therein from on high, and pearls there were before the Eldar thought or dreamed of any gem. - The Book of Lost Tales, Part One

Image description: Vertical photograph of chalk on concrete depicting a stylized oyster shell in white, beige, and blue-black, with hints of pink and light green suggesting pearlescence

For @fall-for-tolkien