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Portraits of Estel: a haunting collection of oil paintings by former High King Nelyafinwë, honoring the sacrifices made by the survivors of First Age conflict, highlighting the efforts of the Nelyafinwë Institute for Kinslaying Studies, and hoping for a better, brighter, more peaceful tomorrow.

Growing out of the prince’s personal commitment to survivors’ wellness, Portraits of Estel brings together sixty-four full-color original portraits depicting brave heroes from all sides of past military actions.  The collection also includes four murals, each representing a site of ancient violence: the starlit quays of Alqualondë, the wintry forest of Doriath, the melancholy shanties at the Mouths of Sirion, and the golden-bannered battle-tents of the War of Wrath. 

The metaphor speaks for itself: former opponents, all damaged by their experiences in myriad ways both visible and hidden, all now united in fellowship, side-by-side on the gallery walls, painted in the signature style with which Prince Nelyafinwë has recently distinguished himself.  In an age of Aman obsessed with technical mastery and emotional realism, the prince is interested in more fundamental questions of representation.  Must a landscape accurately depict its subject?  Must light sources follow the laws of physics?  Must a face suggest recognizable emotion?  Must the eyes, nose, and mouth occupy their customary positions?  His work answers each question with a confident and resounding "nah." 

for @silmarillionepistolary, 0.9k, General, No Archive Warnings Apply, Valinor in the Fourth Age of Arda (Tolkien), Re-embodied Elves (Tolkien), Propaganda, Art Criticism, Satire, inspired by real-world political figures, no real-world political knowledge required of the reader, Maedhros-unsympathetic

Thank you so much for sending me the ask (and @bad-writer and @ffigwit and @starshadeemilyart). I'm limiting this to completed fics (though I also love my as-yet-unfinished multichapter WIPs).

In order of publication:

Are you blind when you're born? Teen, Fingon/Maedhros, No Archive Warnings Apply, 2.3k. A little Years of the Trees comedy.

Elf-Absorbed Mature, Maglor/Orc, Maedhros/Maglor, Major Character Death, 2.6k. A dark comedy about sex pollen.

A Sound Like Mingled Song and Laughter Teen, Gildor Inglorion & Finrod Felagund, Major Character Death, 1.4k. Three short scenes in the life of Gildor Inglorion, a High-elf.

Strayed and Returned General, Original Elf Characters, No Archive Warnings Apply, 0.3k. Two very, very old Elves prepare for the return of a loved one, lost a long, long time ago.

His father knew just what to do. “Son, come home. We have Tirion on Túna again. The greatest and the first of the white cities. It even has a Tree. We just need to remember exactly The way things used to be.” But Turgon didn’t feel like remembering the way things used to be.

Turgon built a great city. Turgon lost his great city. Ages later, Turgon wandered alone through the hills and valleys of the Blessed Realm.

Inspired by a children’s story.

to ease this precious ache, Indis/Nerdanel, 0.5k, Mature, a post-Darkening sexy bathing ficlet about grief & healing.

Valinor Girls Make Do, Aredhel/Elenwë, 4.5k, Explicit, inspired by the prompts summer, competition, and fruit 🥒.

Glorfindel was tall and straight; her hair was of shining gold, fem!Glorfindel/Idril, 0.8k, Teen, drabble collection. My favorite of my femslash fics.

Pierced, Míriel/Nerdanel, 1.4k, Teen, a Yule gift for @elronds-library's 2025 Silm Secret Stocking, featuring sexy ear stuff.

Scissors in the Dark, Elwing/Míriel, 0.7k, Mature, a Yule gift for @vefanyar's 2025 Silm Secret Stocking, a fic that asks the question "What if the Halls of Vairë are a convent and Míriel is the Mother Superior, actually?"

🦷 ⇢ share some personal wisdom or a life hack you swear on

"If you don't know how to go on, look for the helpers."

I think that one is self-explanatory and quite true.

🦋 ⇢ share something that has been on your heart and mind lately

Climate-related pessimism or potentially realism under the cut. I know this is not everyone's cup of tea, so feel free to skip, but it answers the meme question. (And if you have questions, hit me up, I'll try and explain.)