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01. GUIDELINES

This is just so… it’s written down somewhere and you have an idea about what’s cool and not around this blog. It’s a bit long but you’ll see I’m pretty chill with everything —most of the rules are just basic common sense.

BASICS

• I’m slow. Super slow. I work full time and have a busy life outside Tumblr. Keep this in mind if you have trouble writing with someone who might take several weeks to answer a thread.

• No godmoding. Do not control my character’s actions, unless we’ve talked about it and I’ve said it is okay to do so in certain threads. 

• Hate won't happen here.

• Let’s keep the drama in character. I won’t tolerate it ooc. 

• If you’re underage, I will not rp NSFW/smut stuff with you. I’m quite past of age, so NSFW can happen anytime and will be properly tagged. It may go under a read more. That being said, I would prefer writing with adult writers —nothing wrong with being a teen in the RP scene (I was one myself once upon a ton of blogs), but I would kindly encourage you to find writers closer to you in age.

• I’m selective. Just for my own sanity. It means I very much like to have a controlled number of threads and will not start anything new until there are slots available, so to say. I will also say I'm shit at keeping this rule up, specially if I like you.

• I do reserve the right to refuse to rp, specially if I feel our muses are not connecting at all.

• OCs are more than welcome, though I will need some details to get things going (bios, info, etc). Regarding AUs and crossovers, keep in mind I feel most comfortable within Middle-Earth and that I will be reluctant to write something set in a fandom I don’t know much about —or if I don’t really see Ereinion going there. Fandoms I won’t be interacting with include Harry Potter, ASoIaF, Marvel and videogame based ones. 

• On that note, I won't follow any HP related muse, neither characters coming from other JKR works.

• I won’t follow you if you’re not an rp blog just to keep my dash clean, but you’re welcome into my ask/messages anyway (I’ll follow if your rp blog is a sideblog, though, just let me know!)

•Racism, zionism, antisemitism and anti-LGTBQ+ commentaries and views will get you a block. Good riddance.

• Please, do not reblog my rp threads if you're not involved in them. I am cool with you liking them (or commenting if we are pals). You can go ham on the headcanons, drabbles and everything else I post, though.

•If you want to plot, or talk or whatever, IM and messages are open to everyone out there. I do not bite, though I’m shy as hell. Mutuals can ask for my Discord.

• HAVE FUN! That’s why we are here, right?

ABOUT EREINION & FANDOM STUFF

• I will be writing with The Silmarillion version of him being Fingon’s child. Yes, I know Christopher Tolkien believes that might have not been his father’s last word on the matter but I couldn’t care less. The Fingolfinian lineage is the one that makes the most sense to me, and I tend to take anything after the published Silmarillion with a pinch of salt.

•I don’t agree with LACE. Ereinion sort of… does? It has more to do with his image as the head of the realm than personal belief, for him.

•I also don’t agree with most fanon stuff, specially regarding the Fëanorian side of things; you are welcome to have your own opinions and views, of course, and I welcome healthy discussions and debates about the lore, but do not try to shove fanon down my throat disguised as a canon take because I won’t like it. 

•My portrayal leans heavily on my own headcanons about Ereinion’s life and what little bits the text lets you see about him. They’re part of my Ereinion and I’ve been developing them for years. Anyway if we’re writing and any of them collides with your own headcanons on whatever the matter, I’ll be more than happy to discuss them with you and get to a solution that works and makes sense for the both of us. 

•On that note, about headcanons: Gil-galad is a canon character and we all work with the same source material. If some of my headcanons, ramblings and conclusions about him resonate with you, feel free to adopt them into your lore. Crediting this blog would be appreciated but not really needed.

•While I do not expect anyone to be The Official Tolkien Walking Encyclopaedia, I do expect coherence.

•Also I’m not a big fan of biased and twisted interpretations for the sake of shaming characters you don’t like/hate. If you want to bash someone you personally don’t like, make it ooc and don’t involve me. I’m not a big fan of dog-piling either.

•Yes, I’ve watched the show and yes I have loved it. I will take bits from it, because the aesthetics and stuff are cool, but I will be keeping mostly to the books and my headcanons when writing Ereinion, as I did before. Needless to say, show fans are more than welcome in this blog.

SHIPPING AND PLOTTING

•I won’t romantically ship Ereinion with either Círdan or Elrond. I picture Círdan mostly as a father figure for Ereinion, being sent to the Falas so young; as for Elrond, I believe his relationship with him is either brotherish or some sort of parental figure/ward. I don’t feel comfortable writing something that feels like incest. 

•Exploring other romantic ships is cool, though! Just let me know, because I am selective in the sense that I need a bit of trust with the other mun before shipping our muses.

•Brotps and ships that have nothing to do with romance/sex are cool, though, as well as cracky ones just for the sake of certain memes.

•Romantic or not, I will need chemistry between our muses.

•I’m not exclusive with anyone, but I can do mains and affiliates. I welcome duplicates -even from my own muses! Each one of us brings something new to their portrayal, and that’s very enriching. I’ll be more than happy to gush about our characters.

•I actually do prefer to plot things out before starting a thread. Threads derived from memes are the exception to this rule, as they tend to be more spontaneous stuff.

•If we’re friends ooc and have talked a lot or if I’ve given you free rein to do so, you can send starters directly into my inbox without it having to be a meme, or start a thread without my explicit consent; if we don’t know each other yet, please don’t. Those will be deleted.

FORMATTING AND THREADS

• I think each thread has its own pace. Long replies are good for a certain plot, while short ones are good for a certain other. But one-liners? Not a fan. I tend to make long posts, but I won’t ask you to match my length if you don’t feel like writing that long, or that short. Write as much as you’re comfortable with.

• I’m open to all kind of threads, except for abusive relationships.

• I won’t format much, but I don’t mind if you do. Also I don’t really care if you try to match my lack of format in your replies or not. I’m no one to tell you how to run your blog. Same applies to icons.

•Please tell me if you need me to tag something for you. The most recurrent triggers are usually tagged by default but let me know  if you need something more specific.

•If you see I’m not cutting my posts it means I’m from mobile (which is from where I post mostly these days). Feel free to trim our threads down for me if it is an issue for you. 

•I don’t care if you continue a thread below an ask or if you open a new post for it; just tag me and I’ll be there. I personally do prefer continuing asks in a new post (unless I'm from mobile).

•Please, don’t feel compelled to go into the IMs to tell me “hey, I dropped this thread!” I know that conversation can feel awkward and uncomfortable for some people, so just skip it if you need to. Sometimes you’re just not feeling a thread anymore, right? Nothing wrong with that. 

•I don’t care if you reply to our thread in two hours, three weeks or some months. Even actual years. I’ll be more than happy to read whatever you’ve written and will try to write a reply as soon as I can (Hint: the term soon is not in my vocabulary).

ICONS AND EDITS

-I made all of them unless stated otherwise.

Note: I reserve the right to change these rules, should it be needed. Last update: June'25.

02. ABOUT THE MUN

Age: living the 30s.

She/her, though any pronouns work. 

Call me Nin, please.

Personal account at: @montalais​ or the sideblog @grillsalad​ Mutuals are welcome to ask for my Discord.

Location: Spain (GMT+1).

A couple of things, so you can get to know the person behind Ereinion a bit: I can’t live without music, cinema is 90% of my life and I could get lost in a library and manage to not find the way out. Winter, woods, tea, books and rainy days are my thing. Shy AF. When I’m not writing, I’m a costume/fashion designer teacher. 

03. VERSES

Although there’re five main verses covering from Ereinion’s childhood to his death in the Siege of Barad-dûr, I’ve divided each one of them in several smaller verses, as sometimes there are a lot of things going on there.  I’ll be adding the info and headcanons links once I get to write them.

CHILDHOOD

Covering since his birth in Hithlum to the Fall of the Falas. (Roughly F.A. 450 - 473)

More info: History.

Trackers: Snows of Hithlum, Círdan’s home.

YOUTH

Covering since the Fall of the Fallas to the War of Wrath. (F.A. 473 - 587)

More info: History. 

Trackers: The Pearls of Balar, Young High King of the Noldor, The War of Wrath

BETWEEN THE MOUNTAINS AND THE SEA

Covering since early Second Age to the Fall of Númenor (S.A. 1 - 3319)

More info: History.  

Trackers: Foundations of Lindon, Elvish Rings and Elvish Forges, The Faithful Ships

Sub-verse: Stardust and its chronology

Sub-verse: Silver stars and it's chronology

Sub-verse: I'd sing a song that'd be just ours and it's chronology

TALL SHIPS AND TALL KINGS

Covering since the Fall of Númenor to the years previous to the Last Alliance (S.A. 3319 -3429)

More info: About Starlight 

Trackers: Of Elves and Men,

Sub-verse: Starlight and its chronology

Sub-verse: Stardust

Sub-verse: Silver stars

Sub-verse: I'd sing a song that'd be just ours

THE LAST ALLIANCE

Covering the events from the Fall of Minas Ithil to the final stages of the Siege of Barad-dûr. (S.A. 3429 - 3441)

More info: History. 

Trackers: Moon’s Fall, Keep Darkness at Bay, Aeglos and Narsil, none could withstand, 

Sub-verse: Starlight

Sub-verse: Stardust

Sub-verse: Silver stars

Sub-verse: I'd sing a song that'd be just ours

INTO THE WEST

Ereinion’s arrival to the Halls of Mandos and his life in Valinor afterwards.

More info: History.  

Trackers: The Halls of Mandos, The Undying Lands

IN MORDOR WHERE HE NEVER FELL

AU where Ereinion never died at the end of the Last Alliance and lived to witness the events in the War of the Ring.

More info: x

Trackers: Into brightness springs his star,

Sub-verse: Starlight

Sub-verse: Stardust

Sub-verse: Silver stars

Sub-verse: I'd sing a song that'd be just ours

MODERN AU

The Shitcom: A chronology

More info: x

Trackers: 

04. AFFILIATES