Hey! I just want to say to you that I really adore your artworks! I find it's incredible how you have so many different designs and ideas for such an amount of characters. You have quite inspired me to draw fanart and comics myself, and I really like to see your process and developement throughover the years. So you have recently updated your family tree (which is really helpful, btw), and I have noticed the absence of Maglor's (noncanonical) children who you have included in your older family trees. I really liked this headcanon of yours (actually I find a lot of you headcanons really interesting and at some points even sensible), and thus I became curious whether you have changed you mind about Maglor, his wife, and their maybe-children? Just wanted to ask, I would totally understand if you changed your mind :)
And please forgive me for those mistakes in the text above; English is not my native language, and I am trying to get better at it!
hello!!! thanks so much for checking in! first off, you are too kind ( ;´ - `;) it's always humbling to hear people are still enjoying the stuff i put out even though ive been so inconsistent on tumblr these past few years. thank you for enjoying my work and for sticking along all this time!! i hope i wont disappoint and as long as im able, ill keep drawing these funny little elves ^^
i was especially shocked when i got your ask because you mentioned some characters i havent thought about in many many years... my tolkien ocs!!! you can imagine my surprise at seeing them in-ask, because im the most guilty of neglecting them. For context, my doodles on Maglor's wife and their hypothetical children can be found here and here. tldr: years ago, i had a what-if where Maglor married a Vanya woman, had many tensions with Feanor bc of it, and his wife only found out she was pregnant (with twins!!) a week before the Noldor exile and didn't follow Maglor on the Journey.
to answer your question, the reason i didnt include Marilde or their children in my recent updated family tree is because i figured she wasn't relevant hahaha. i wasnt content with a lot of things about my first family tree from 2022, where i unintentionally presented some of my HCs as 'fact' which was likely quite confusing!! so i figured that while i could label some of the other noncanon relations accordingly (e.g. rumil to miriel, glorfindel to elenwe, caranthir to haleth), i would just save space by not including maglor's family as it was completely oc-based 🙂↕️
i dont have any particularly strong feelings about Marilde, Lindion and Laurelote since i see them more as concepts than actual characters, so it's not to say that ive changed my mind on them or anything! its a bit confusing to explain but in my mind Maglor always switches between being married, estranged or single, depending on which the narrative calls for more :D however, your very kind words about them inspired me to brush the dust off for a bit, so i started doodling them again bc its been what.... 4 years? 3 years? since i last drew em yippee!
ill drop them here as a sketch dump abt maglor's married life pre/post exile but in continuing with my usual stuff, it might be a while til i next do anything oc-related just bc i alwways feel a bit sheepish abt sharing ocs n stuff
she likes physical touch and while he does as well, he is also probably the most bashful when it comes to romance. he may sing lots of songs abt love and longing but i love to think he's actually the most shy about actually experiencing it ദ്ദി ˉ͈̀꒳ˉ͈́ )✧
this an unserious answer to the what-if scenario of Maglor reuniting with his wife and children post-War of the Ring :D maybe he did so about a week after returning bc he had to psyche himself up + nerdanel nagged him nonstop... long story short, i cant imagine his family back home would be able to accept him so smoothly, even if they are happy to have him back safe. marilde would probably need to get to know him all over again, and at least one of his kids is fully hell-bent on making it known how much he dislikes him !!
and this final doodle is to respond to the anon screenshotted above!! they actually sent that ask a few years back and i just didn't have the right opportunity or thoughts to answer then- many apologies for that ^^;; thank you for your kind words - you have no idea how flattered i was to receive your ask out of the blue when i'd been neglecting my silm ocs for so long OTL
all in all, i hope this sketch dump answers the questions as best it can! thank you again for sending in such kind asks and remembering my silm ocs!!!! im very touched you like my headcanons; it's the greatest honour i can receive to hear that <3 have a wonderful rest of your week!
