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AU where Sauron goes to Eonwe after the war and begs for pardon. Where Eonwe apologetically tells him that is something he cannot grant, and Sauron will need to go to Valinor. Where Sauron decides to Nope right out of there rather than face possible punishment for his actions. Where Sauron’s fear of the Valar is never overridden by his guilt to rebuild. Where even when his solitude grows too much for him, he is wholly unwilling to actually show his face in Eregion.

So.

A black cat with orange eyes slinks into Eregion in the middle of the night. No one sees it arrive, but it must be a furious hunter for the mice and the rats and the birds in Ost-in-Edhil all but vanish overnight.

The animals know he is not one of them. They flee before the flick of his tail, and the city is his.

It takes the elves some time to notice their visitor. The cat is strangely aloof and stalks along the tops of walls and the rooftops rather than roam the streets. It is never seen eating. Never seen sleeping. Never even seen grooming, despite how luxurious its coat remains. It is not merely quiet, but completely silent. It never truly interacts with the elves, and they are more than happy to ignore it until-

“Would you like to come in?”

The first words spoken to cat are soft, kind, and accompanied by an open door. The heat radiating out from the forge is warm and comfortable and familiar, yet the cat merely stares from its perch upon a roof’s edge across the street. The snow swirls between the two of them, grey in the moonlight, and it is not the cat who blinks first.

“I’ll leave the door open for you,” Celebrimbor offers, leaning down to set a brick against the heavy door, propping it open. He returns to his work, humming softly as he does so.

If he notices the cat slink inside the forge a few minutes later, he does not comment.

If he notices the cat watching him work over the next few weeks, he does not say anything.

If he notices the cat drift closer and closer as the days pass until he could almost reach out to touch it, he gives no indication.

Until falls asleep there, as he often does when he is too busy with his work to return home.

He awakens to find the cat staring at him, a massive ruby between its teeth which it promptly drops in front of him as if it were a dead mouse before fleeing out the door. The next time he accidentally slumbers within the forges, its gift for him is an equally large sapphire, the following the next by some beautiful white adamant stone. Celebrimbor is left rightfully confused, though he supposes if pigs can hunt truffles why can’t cats hunt for gemstones?

The nickname Celebrimbor gives the stray is well-earned. It is, after all, quite good at giving gifts.

AU where Annatar is a cat.

#Silmarillion #Sauron #Mairon #Annatar #Celebrimbor #If I've got a Rapunzel 4th Age story and a Sleeping Beauty AU this is my Aristocats AU I guess #Or like Princess and the Frog ekansldanslkan

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Could I request another chapter of Rapunzel, Rapunzel?

Here's nobody new but instead just Mairon and his feelings.

#Tides of War #TOW Ficlet #Fourth Age #Sauron #Mairon #Manwe #This is his low point I prommy

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MY BOY

Some fanart of @minubell ‘s Sauron design

#Tides of war #sauron #mairon #tow fanart #HRGGGGGGGG #God I love him #Looks he gives to Morgoth

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Hey, I wanted to say that I love your writing!! I have no idea how long your backlog is, but I really like Rapunzel, Rapunzel and I was wondering if there would be another chapter soon? I would love some Vaire content!

Oh, I'm glad you're liking the story! It makes me so happy to hear when someone likes my writing! ヽ(⌒▽⌒)ﾉ

My update schedule has been pretty sporadic of late for both art and writing because I've been pretty bogged down by my board exams. It'll probably continue to be sporadic until around September.

BUT sporadic doesn't mean nonexistent! I'm actually hoping to publish something next weekend, although at this point the next chapter of Rapunzel, Rapunzel is competing with two other oneshots. All three are more than halfway written-I just need to finish writing them and then edit them haha. I also have some more Silmamemes I started up a while back that I need to finish lining and coloring.

#You can support my creative process by commenting on the fics you like or liking the art you see! #Comments like this where someone expresses joy inspires me more than demands to update #Engagement makes the little hamster in my head spin faster on her wheel

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#Tides of War #art #Silmamemes #Melkor #Morgoth #Silmarillion #Silmarils #Basically him the entire time he exists #So weird to draw him without the crown lol

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Last Line/Thought Tag

I've never done one of these before but @greyjedijaneite tagged me so why not. Here's the last two blips I wrote for the two WIPs I've decided to water this week.

In the Privacy of One's Quarters (New Oneshot)

His posture slips slightly, a sliver of his back makes contact with the door, and Khamul hisses away from the wood with a grimace.

Rapunzel, Rapunzel

“I may not have been present for your initial tantrum, but gossip flows like water here. You draw much attention to yourself for someone who does not like the staring.”

#Last Line Tag #Oh wowie I wonder who Sauron meets next in Rapunzel #It's a mystery

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#tides of war #art #Silmamemes #Morgoth #Melkor #It's not that he's evil meme #Manwe probably says this when he's trying to convince the other Valar to let his brother out of jail

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#writing #drawing #meme #WHOOPSIES

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Yeah so this turned into a Oneshot

Angmar comes back from war dragging dead bodies behind him with all the smug pride of a cat dumping a mouse on its owner's pillow.

#tides of war #TOW ficlet #Sauron #Mairon #the witch king of angmar #angmar #Angmar heard “You did well” and was so stoked #Compliment of the century boys

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Angmar comes back from war dragging dead bodies behind him with all the smug pride of a cat dumping a mouse on its owner's pillow.

#tides of war #tow lore #angmar #the witch king of angmar #Sauron “Get this thing off my desk.” #Angmar: “Tell me I'm a good boy first.”

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How would the nazgul react to someone screaming back? Or pulling out a Kazoo?

Probably still just stab them yeah.

#angmar #tides of war #I mean it'd be weird if they didn't scream at Angmar #He'd be more put off by someone just making no noise #Thats not fun #He doesn't know what a kazoo but also its none of his business stabby time

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You guys wanted more Sauron stuff, and what's more Sauron-centric than the Two Steps AU? Read the new chapter here

Hopefully Sauron doesn't get too territorial about Celebrimbor having OTHER friends...

#silmarillion #sauron #Mairon #Annatar #Celebrimbor #Narvi #Fanfic

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could you please mairon giving alue the middle finger sorry

POV: You are Aule

#tides of war #art #sauron #mairon #silmamemes #Presumably Morgoth is the one wearing the shirt #His default size does mean Sauron is sort of pocket sized in comparison #Travel-sized lieutenant for all your on the go paperwork needs

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Okay admittedly I'm not surprised Sauron is tied for first here, but I am surprised he's tied with Khamul and not Celebrimbor.

Anyway time for some more Sauron-POV and some Khamul-POVs!

I'm all out of requests and I have a million different WIPs/ideas for oneshots so help me narrow it down.

#wdl #Reminder you can always spam my ask box with requests or things you'd like to see updated #Otherwise I just update randomly

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I'm all out of requests and I have a million different WIPs/ideas for oneshots so help me narrow it down.

#wdl #“Gee minu maybe you should update Tides of War for once instead of just writing oneshots-” SHUT

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Could you write something about the childhood of Angmar or Khamul?)

Only now realizing you asked me to write not draw WHOOPSIES

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#tides of war #art #Khamul #Super secret BABY Khamul #Dang Khamul it's almost like you didn't have a good childhood or something weird #It's almost like accepting a ring of power was done under duress or something #Like you felt like you had no other options #Because your childhood would have been your future would have been your death as you were cursed to die as you were born

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Okay but melkor would of loved painting or at least done it. He rebelled not from Haye but jealousy , he was jealous only his farther eru could create so I cam picture a young melkor being shown how to paint and create pretty pictures but because he was almost perfect he is a natural incredible painter. He's almost perfect everything but making life. And then cut to an older melkor throwing a vile fit and just shredding his vocals at a painting he gave to eru as a gift only for mairon yo be watching

Melkor's incredible jealousy means he often dabbles in areas that are not his. While this absolutely applies to attempting to infringe on Eru's territory, it also applies to his fellow Valar's territory.

While creating orcs was originally an accident, he would pass them off as being similar to dwarves. Aule made his own little freaks, why can't he? It will be far funnier if his brother doesn't know he is actually slaying elves.

Ulmo made the lakes and the streams, why can't he? Tar pits bubble up from the ground, clinging to life, trapping it in the same way Melkor does. Oil stains the rivers. Fish choke and die.

Vaire weaves time into beautiful tapestries, why can't he? He carves time into the bodies of elves with a knife, documenting the end of their lives with a blade. He dives deeper, marring spirits, shredding them to thin pieces so he can try to weave them anew.

Melkor paints, but he paints in blood and mud. He paints with his fingers, in dimly-lit halls, upon the stone and upon the bone. He carves the rock with his nails and teeth and fills the trenches with tar. There is no beauty in his art because it is done in mockery, in jealousy, and most importantly done on purpose.

He could make beautiful things if he wanted.

He just does not want to.

#tides of war #TOW Lore #Melkor #Morgoth