between-thepages

[between-thepages]

[between-thepages]

Fun fact:

"Dog" in Middle Quenya is "huan" (glossed as such in 1930's Etymologies).

Which means, you guessed it, Tyelkormo Feanarion, son of a renowned labengolmo, named his magical, given by a Vala dog "Dog". And, quite frankly, should be recognized for that

[between-thepages]

#certainly more than advisable xD #more than 10

[between-thepages]

i updated it due to current happenings

edit: FUCKING REBLOG IT. LIKES DONT MEAN SHIT!

[between-thepages]

pfffft, you call yourself a supervillain but you’re STILL using chrome? dumbass! everyone knows REAL evildoers switch to firefox!!

[between-thepages]

[between-thepages]

in my head the star wars equivalent of tswift is some human woman named tay’lor spiff or something and her stans are losing their minds over theories that she’s secretly a jedi singing about the horrors of war, even though she’s from a neutral system that hasn’t seen so much as a moral panic in 50 years

[between-thepages]

🌻 a sunflower for everyone who is not feeling well today

[between-thepages]

some people think writers are so eloquent and good with words, but the reality is that we can sit there with our fingers on the keyboard going, “what’s the word for non-sunlight lighting? Like, fake lighting?” and for ten minutes, all our brain will supply is “unofficial”, and we know that’s not the right word, but it’s the only word we can come up with…until finally it’s like our face got smashed into a brick wall and we remember the word we want is “artificial”.

[between-thepages]

Reading a book about slavery in the middle-ages, and as the author sorts through different source materials from different eras, I am starting to understand why so many completely fantastical accounts of "faraway lands" went without as much as a shrug. The world is such a weird place that you can either refuse to believe any of it or just go "yeah that might as well happen" and carry on with your day.

There was this 10th century arab traveller who wrote into an account that the fine trade furs come from a land where the night only lasts one hour in the summer and the sun doesn't rise at all in the winter, people use dogs to travel, and where children have white hair. I don't think I'd believe something like that either if I didn't live here.

[between-thepages]

Not-Yet Written Fics

I was tagged by @fishing4stars, thank you <3

I restricted the ideas to my Canon Universe/the related AU, just to keep some sort of theme going. All of them have at least a sheet of notes attached, or a short scene written (otherwise the chance of me just never working on them is very high).

Lost Wives Club - The story of all the left behind (and reborn) wives and girlfriends in Valinor. Also, an excuse to write something canon-adjacent for Anaire/Nerdanel. They're the main pairing in this one.

Three truths - Finrod gets reembodied, he and Amarie get back together, and at some point, they realize that they are both in love with Edrahil (who has also been reborn). It does continue further, with each of them dealing with some sort of problem (Amarie with her research, Finrod with his family, Edrahil with his future).

The Loves of Finrod Felagund - Finrod's sexual awakening (complete with the realization that he's bi), also featuring Finrod/Maglor.

Finarfin and Eärwen getting together - what it says on the tin, Finarfin/Eärwen first meeting (meet cute? it's close I think), complete with annoying family (Eärwen), lots of blushing (Finarfin) and misunderstandings (both cultural and in general). This one was originally started for a SWG challenge (the previous two as well, actually)

Amarie and Elenwe have a talk about motherhood and being female (and infertility) - These two deserve to be friends in the first age, while everyone they love dies tragically in ME. The basic premise for this is Elenwe struggling with the way her family treats her after she is reborn, the fact that she feels she has abandoned Idril, and a lot more.

Caranthir and his wife - This will probably be more of a collection of one-shots, and an excuse for me to fangirl about my OC Gwaewiel. Is it a bit morbid that the most structured Idea I have actually concerns her funeral? Others concern the story of them getting together, and a few snippets of life in ME (Gwae is a Vanya, but assimilates into Sindarin culture quickly, mostly for the freedom it gives her)

Turno and Elenwe get married - A sequel to Beautiful like Starlight, the story of a chaotic wedding, lots of siblings telling embarrassing stories, Elenwe hating Noldorin fashion and Anaire, Eärwen and Indis being awesome.

Finwean Family Reunion (the one where Maedhros realizes Fingon is hot) - I'll just dump my outline here, warnings, it's a bit long: Feanor wants to introduce little Curufin to the family (or rather, his father), Maedhros obviously has to look after him while also being tasked with making sure the almost-adult Celegorm doesn‘t do too much shit, Maglor gets to enchant everyone with his music skills, Caranthir and Nerdanel have stayed home. They‘re greeted by Fingon, who Maedhros takes a second to recognize because he hit a growth spurt since their last meeting more than 20 years ago, and also got a lot more jacked since (He‘s also an adult now, and Meadhros is very much attracted to him. He‘ll be in denial for a few more years and hate himself over it.) Turgon is a weird kid, Finrod charms everyone (even Feanor, but he‘ll never admit that)Lalwen is everyone's cool aunt (Celegrom loves her) and Feanor almost picks a fight with Indis, and starts a real one with Fingolfin, where Findis has to save them from escalating, as usual.

The Prince of Alqualonde - More OC things, this time Alparáto, Eärwen's oldest brother, and his boyfriend.

Arrival in Nevrast - Turgon's followers after the Helcaraxe, mostly Glorfindel and a bunch of Sindar OCs (and Ecthelion), trying to work out life in Nevrast and how to communicate with each other. Ultimately supposed to turn into Glorthelion, but knowing them, it'll probably take until Gondolin for that to happen.

The ever-expanding Rivendell Polycule - Mostly an excuse to write Glorfindel/Gildor, Erestor and Glorfindel get to navigate a poly relationship in the third age. Ever-expanding because I plan to throw some Elrond/Erestor in as well.

#tag game #feel free to ask me about any of these #my writing

[between-thepages]

So we all know that Tumblr is US-centric. But to what degree? (and can we skew the results of this poll by posting it at a time where they should be asleep?)

Reblog to increase sample size!

[between-thepages]

I am aware I have died on this hill before but people who really strenuously argue that fanfic isn't "real writing" drive me insane. what do you meeeaaaaannn. besides the fact that any attempt to define "real art" vs "fake art" is inherently reactionary, it just doesn't make any sense. it's Writing. people Write it. what the fuck are you talking about.

[between-thepages]

Our blessed "(m/w/d)", their barbarous "(gender neutral)"

[between-thepages]

[between-thepages]

#fingon/hurin(/morwen)

[between-thepages]

When I was younger, I wish someone had told me straight-up that not all adults experience “a calling”. That many of them never find particular purpose in a career. That sometimes, their job is just what pays the bills and they have to seek satisfaction and fulfillment elsewhere. 

Because as an adult, this pervasive notion that there exists a perfect path for everyone, that people should love what they do, and that work is meant to function as a vehicle for fulfilling a person’s grand life destiny is not only inaccurate for many of us, it can be toxic.

The ideal is so ingrained that I have to remind myself constantly I’m not a failure because I don’t adore my job, and because I’m not rocking the world with my work. That is okay. 

Sometimes, work is just work. There isn’t always a perfect career path, magically waiting to be discovered. There might not be this THING you were born to do. Sometimes, you discover that what you really want to be when you grow up is “paid”.