#silmarillion edit

↳ @esotolkienweek Day one: Mountains

The chief citadel of Maedhros was upon the Hill of Himring, the Ever-cold; and that was wide-shouldered, bare of trees, and flat upon its summit, surrounded by many lesser hills.

The Silmarillion as a Cdrama [7/?]: Númenor

“Then suddenly fire burst from the Meneltarma, and there came a mighty wind and a tumult of the earth, and the sky reeled, and the hills slid, and Númenor went down into the sea, with all its children and its wives and its maidens and its ladies proud; and all its gardens and its halls and its towers, its tombs and its riches, and its jewels and its webs and its things painted and carven, and its laughter and its mirth and its music, its wisdom and its lore: they vanished for ever. And last of all the mounting wave, green and cold and plumed with foam, climbing over the land, took to its bosom Tar-Míriel the Queen, fairer than silver or ivory or pearls. Too late she strove to ascend the steep ways of the Meneltarma to the holy place; for the waters overtook her, and her cry was lost in the roaring of the wind.”

This is an edit of Maedhros Fëanorian with the music from “Let Down” by Radiohead.

It is my first edit, and I know that it could be much better, so constructive criticism is more than welcomed!

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“But Aredhel said: 'I am your sister and not your servant, and beyond your bounds I will go as seems good to me. And if you begrudge me an escort, then I will go alone.’” —The Silmarillion, JRR Tolkien.

It always irks me whenever people talk about women in Tolkien as some sort of a “gotcha” to imply Tolkien was misogynistic, yet they always fail to include Aredhel or any of the other badass women in the Silm, (Melian, Lúthien, Idril, Haleth, Tar-Ancalimë, etc). That’s why I made an edit for all my fellow Aredhel lovers out there. She’s Aredhel my beloved 🤍 I had a dream with her while I was questioning my gender in which she kissed me and said “I don’t care if you’re a boy or a girl, I want you,” and I will never forget that 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

** ~ Maglor and Melino ~ **

LALWEN - FIERCE, FREE, FORGOTTEN. ft Way Out There by Lord Huron

The Noldorin High Princess Lalwen has been deeply neglected by history, yet lacked not in the same achievements her brothers and other close kin had realised on Middle-Earth - most notable of her accomplishments were as a fierce & ruthless soldier in battle, an extraordinarily talented cartographer, and a traveler who went & explored all corners of the world. She survived near all of her family who came here, save her niece Galadriel & her family, and was the last child of Finwë to dwell in Middle-earth until boarding the last ship to Valinor.

If you think that I'm scared you've got me wrong

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