#Sauron Corruption

[lotrolulz]

It always really creeped me the hell out the way the Corrupted Soldiers in Udûn walk and behave. It is a really unsettling but accurate way of portraying how Sauron corrupts things - they are physically twisted and lame in their posture, and have the twitchiness in their heads and hands reminiscent of someone/something severely damaged and completely bereft of their previous selves. 

This instance was as sad as it was unnerving. :( 

#Udûn #Udûn LOTRO #LOTRO #LOTRO Game #LOTRO MMORPG #LOTRO Mordor #LOTRO Instance #Lord of the Rings Online #The Lord of the Rings Online #Mordor Udûn #Corrupted Soldier #Sauron Corruption

[k3yreviewer25]

One of my favorite hobbies is thinking about the fucked up implications of this fantasy world map my parents got me for christmas

[Image ID: photo of a map. On the left side of the map is Middle Earth, with the Shire and Mordor labeled. To the direct right of Mordor is Whoville.]

#like realistically what would this world look like? #is sauron just evil because like the grinch he too had to put up with the who's annoying noises? #could a who be corrupted by the ring's power? #it's so much

[perseruna]

i love that with heroine/villain dynamics you usually have the lowkey misogynistic trope of “she inspired him to be a better person” but trop haladriel said “no actually she inspired him to be the worst possible version of himself and try to take over the world again” fhskhd and i respect that!

#it’s about making each other worse actually ! and devotion turning into corruption ! #the rings of power #trop #galadriel #halbrand #sauron #galadriel x halbrand #galadriel x sauron #haladriel

[cilil]

In today's episode of random Mairon feels: Thinking about how insanely admirable and charismatic and beautiful he is... but when jealousy, grief or hatred take over, something savage and ugly shines through

#something something fallen angels and corruption #something something inner evil manifesting #mairon #sauron #headcanons #my headcanons #silm #lotr #silmarillion #lord of the rings #thoughts and feelings

[theworldsoftolkein]

Shadows of Middle Earth - by Breath-Art

#tolkien legendarium #middle earth #jrr tolkien #tolkien #dark lord #eye of sauron #sauron #melkor #corruption #greed

[whumpypepsigal]

me watching LOTR the rings of power for the plot :

the plot :

morals be damned i am supporting his rights and his wrongs

#charlie vickers #halbrand #the rings of power #haladriel #yes another obsession my friends! #screaming crying throwing up #hear me out guys… #HE JUST WANTED TO BE LOVED!!! #HE WANTED TO FORGET HIS PAST EVIL-DOING AND LIVE THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PEACE #HE LOVES GLADRIEL AND SHE LOVES HIM OKAY! HE WANTED TO MAKE TWO RINGS TO PROPOSE TO HER AHHHHHHHHH #SHE ACTUALLY MADE HIM BELIEVE HE CAN TAKE OVER THE WORLD AGAIN SHE GAVE HIM THE CONFIDENCE LMAO IF THAT ISNT (LOVE) I DONT KNOW WHAT IS #like someone said on twitter… it’s about making each other worse. love and devotion turning into corruption #is that my takeaway? yes YES IT IS #he so handsome and TALL #how can they make us hate villains when they make them this hot sexy and angsty ahhhhhh #morals be dammed i am rooting for sauron/halbrand #lotr the rings of power #the rings of power spoilers #3rd gif… rewatched that part countless of times. IT WAS SO HOT *faints* #my gifs

[saurons-pr-department]

I have feelings about how there's a whole Mairon|Sauron fall/corruption story that Tolkien keeps telling us exists but never actually shows us. Like every time he talks about Sauron this idea of a fall sneaks in there, unlike when he speaks about Morgoth. This to me implies that it's a rather important part of the character and what he brings to the legendarium but the actual details are hidden from us. He goes through this whole arc and we only really catch glimpses. If you're not paying attention to him, you may even think he's quite static (I've noticed a lot of people do). Tolkien tells us that some of his virtues turn into his biggest flaws. There'd be a tragedy in there somewhere if he didn't so often seem like he was having the time of his life on that ruinous path down into the void.

#mairon #sauron #it's past midnight i should really sleep #but i am having blorbo thoughts #sometimes i feel like padmé dying in childbirth and insisting there's good in him #i *adore* fall stories so it kills me that the corruption of my number 1 blorbo is kept from me

[sesamenom]

no living man may hinder me: The Gilded Wraith of Numenor

from the Reverse Gondolin AU, based on @who-needs-words's idea for Ar-Pharazon's fate! (they also wrote a ficlet for it, check it out here!)

#silm #silmarillion #lotr #lord of the rings #witch king #witch king of numenor #ar pharazon #eowyn #reverse gondolin au #ooh i need to do this pose for fingolfin and morgoth #the parallels though! eowyn facing pretty much certain death #but being brought back by hope in the Halls #while fingolfin faced morgoth because he lost all hope #also: in the au sauron & pharazon took a bunch of numenorean tech with them before the Downfall #bc nobody attacked valinor so all the airships and engines and stuff were still on the island #so we get Steampunk Tech Numenor #(perfect symbolism w industrialization too!) #which means of course the witch king of numenor gets a Gun Sword #which is frankly terrifying #his face is still visible here bc the tiny bit of maia/peredhel ancestry (still like 20x more than aragorn tho) protects him from the rings #enough that his fea & hroa haven't faded; just been corrupted #also in the au bc of Prince Elrond's involvement in numenorean politics ar pharazon is way more aware of potential loopholes #in the 'no living man' thing #aka arwen and galadriel #and honestly he expected to be slain by arwen #so he still overlooked eowyn (and merry) #just for very different reasons #less hubris in a 'i am invincible' way #and more hubris in a 'you arent nearly important enough to bother paying attention to' way

[rhiannons-bird]

currently going insane about all the dark rise / lotr parallels, thoughts not coherent someone send help

#like cmon ITS THE DARK LORD BUT IN HOT #actually if you think about it morgoth/sauron used to be hot too #ITS THE SILMARILLION U GUYS #MELKOR CORRUPTING SAURON #SAURON / ANHARION AS NEW NAMES #I KNOW PACAT READ THOSE MAIRON X MELKOR FICS #also #THE OLD WORLD #that has dissapeared into legend and is fading #the beauty and tragedy of it all #WHAT LIES UNDER THE MOUNTAIN SHOULD NOT BE DISTURBED #THESE OBJECTS HAVE THEIR OWN WILL #THE COMPULSION OF THE COLLAR ARGHHHHH #like pllslallsls #dark rise #the lord of the rings #the silmarillion #dark heir #mairon x melkor #st kempen #sarcean #anharion

[mortaltempless]

ours never knew peace, haladriel, soft-r

Artanis and Mairon meet in Valinor. Some things change, others...don't.

She was sat, a lock of her hair twirled around a pale finger, on a chair next to the fading embers of the fireplace. Her thin shift was translucent in the fading light, and her face was serious in a way that Mairon had become accustomed to of late. 

“You look like you’re deciding the fate of nations,” he prodded from the doorway. Artanis looked up at him and smiled weakly. 

“It has been a long day.”

He hummed in agreement as he came into her chamber and sat in the opposite chair. They had hardly seen each other for weeks, Artanis occupied with affairs far from Tirion. Even before that, his lover had been distant, less present than what he was used to. 

Mairon had spent her absence, not stewing, exactly, but rather contemplating. 

Artanis did not make a habit of involving him in her family affairs, so yes. 

It had taken him a while to understand.

“I saw your uncle today,” he told her, his voice filled with irony. Artanis played it off, offering a polite hum before turning her eyes rapidly to the fireplace. 

Mairon snorted.

“Did he look well?”

If he did not know his lover as well as he did, he would assume she was sincere in her question--a dutiful niece, asking after her brilliant uncle to the maia who perhaps saw him the most. 

Mairon raised an eyebrow and nodded.

“He was considerably more talkative than you,” he replied. Artanis looked away again, staring once more into the remnants of her fireplace.

He sighed. 

Of course he knew of Artanis’ enmity towards Feänor. Every soul in Valinor was aware of the dissent in the Noldorian ranks, and they had all long since made their decisions on who was the wronged party.

Few sided with the prideful princess.

“Aren’t you going to ask what he had to say?” he asked pleasantly. Finally, her eyes narrowed at him. Good, she was unwilling to be goaded. 

He had missed her suspicion of him. He might love her cries of pleasure, relish in her confidence in him, but part of Mairon missed the way she saw so little value in Aulë’s favourite servant. Getting under her skin was fun. 

He leaned forward in his chair, elbows on his knees. With a small flick of his wrist, the fire returned to life again. He grinned at her, but Artanis simply rolled her eyes at his theatricality. 

“Apparently he has renovation plans for your family’s beach palazzo,” he prodded. “New wing to the main building, perhaps a new lick of paint…”

He paused for dramatic effect.

“A new name on the deed,” he finished. Artanis stretched her legs before her in a feigned comfort. 

Yes, it had taken him a while to ascertain why, exactly, she had been so distracted lately. Why she insisted on being away so often, refusing to let him in to see her even in the dead of night when he knew no spying eyes were watching him enter her chamber. 

But he knew now.

Feänor cared little for leisure, but he loved reminding his brother who their family’s legacy belonged to. 

Mairon knew and cared little about how the elf-smith had teased the title for the palazzo from Finarfin’s grip, but he was aware the home held considerable value for Artanis.

Aegnor taught me to swim there. It holds good memories, and I want to go, she told him years ago on a night much like this one. Except, then she’d been naked and curled into his shoulder, her lips on his neck promising she’d return from the palazzo to him following her family’s absurd festival.

“You could have told me,” he said softly. Artanis sighed, standing and moving gracefully towards him. She draped herself in his lap, her legs softly bracketing his as his arms came around her. 

“It would have done little. My uncle is…a unique figure among our people,” she replied, a carefully hidden hurt creeping into her voice. Mairon’s hand smoothed down her back. He did not enjoy seeing her dejected.

Artanis was not meant to live in her uncle’s shadow. Not when her mind was as sharp, and her spirit so much lighter than the smith’s. 

But she was right, Feänor was untouchable.

“Perhaps,” the maia began, but then caught himself. Artanis was not the only one who kept secrets, and he knew her enough to understand why she would never consent to even listen to the one who called to him in the shadows.

Still, his lover prodded his shoulder. 

“What?” 

“Perhaps there are other ways to destroy an elf without a physical harm coming to him,” he finished. 

The words between them were barely spoken now, just filaments of language lying between their bodies like sticky spider webs.

Artanis considered.

“What do you mean?” she asked softly, her lips careful on his ear and his thumbs rubbing circles into her thigh. 

“Well, what makes your uncle great?”

Artanis paused and thought, her brow furrowing. Mairon pressed a light kiss to her jaw before her blue eyes flicked to his.

“His influence with grandfather,” she began and wound her arms around his neck, adjusting their bodies so their hips were flushed together. “and his genius.”

Mairon nodded, moving his hand under her shift so he could feel the bare skin of her back. He kissed her, opening her lips softly with his tongue. 

“What else?” he whispered against her once they parted. Artanis’ nimble fingers untied his own breeches, her soft hand reaching for his hardness as a small smirk appeared on her face.

“His skill as a smith,” she said, giving his cock a gentle pump. Mairon squinted at her teasing. She let out a breathy chuckle, putting her open mouth to the pulse point on his neck. “Well, you asked.”

Mairon patted her thigh, encouraging her to lift herself onto his cock. She let out a soft sigh as he entered her. 

“You don’t need to kinslay to deprive him of that,” he told her as he rocked her forward, her nails entering his shoulder as she gripped him with a pleasurable hum. 

“And then?” she whispered, her lips ghosting over his as she canted her hips in just the way he liked. 

“He won’t have a thing left to his name,” Mairon promised. Artanis gasped in pleasure. “He will be no more than a man.”

She rode him more forcefully, her blindingly bright hair clasped between his fingers to steady her as she reached between her own legs. 

“We will do this together?” she asked, her eyes pleading. He nodded silently.

“I will make enquiries,” he stuttered out, bucking his hips harshly up, causing Artanis to lose her rhythm. Her hiss was pleased, and she kissed him roughly, her hand spanning the front of his throat. “You are not the only one who would see the end of Feänor.”

#trop fic #galadriel x sauron #haladriel #my fic #corrupted in valinor au #i posted this on ao3 and then almost immediately deleted it #this is an experiment to see if tumblr will be more preferrable for my mental health lol #otp: bind yourself to me

[aotearoa20]

Second age redemption arc au

Annatar: what am I!? I used to be a glamorous, amazing mega bitch and now!?!

Celebrimbor: you have depth and… character

Annatar: (deep sigh)

#celebrimbor uno reversing Sauron’s attempts at corruption #poor mairon #he underestimated the Valar damned power of friendship #celebrimbor #annatar #mairon #incorrect silmarillion quotes #tolkien #silmarillion

[imakemywings]

RUMINATING on horror story Rivenwood...horror girl Thranduil who is being consumed by the darkness in the forest, physically corrupted by the deterioration of the landscape...Elrond who is desperate to understand, to save him...Thranduil who wants to be saved but has accepted it isn't possible and will go stoically to his end, helping his people prepare to flee and take care of themselves after his death...the inability to save Thranduil without rescuing the forest itself, the inseparability of them...

#watch him cough up blood and plant matter and turn ghostly pale and bruise like a peach #watch him understand his demise in real time #rambling #as if Sauron's corruption ISN'T a horror story for Mirkwood #elrond #thranduil #the hobbit #tolkien tag #elronduil

[demonscantgothere]

Someone zoomed in and brightened the shot of Sauron in armor from The Rings of Power, and all I can say is:

. . . Daddy.

#sauron #halbrand #the rings of power #rings of power #trop #sorry not sorry #corrupt me daddy #sHIT #i can see the eyes behind the helmet

[averagenolofinwean]

Celebrimbor: How do you spell "Ecstatic"?

Elrond: E - G - G - S - T - A - T - I - C.

Celebrimbor:

Celebrimbor: wait really??

#incorrect quotes #incorrect silmarillion quotes #incorrect finwean quotes #Celebrimbor is so naive he trusts all his friends so so much and in the end it was his downfall (Annatar) #he trusted the wrong people too much and the right people who actually wanted whats best for him not enough #and he did trust them. all of them. but that was the problem. he trusted everyone with his whole heart and believed in the good in people #he is such an angel and hes so so kind. to me. but then Sauron came and corrupted him #and he loved them all of them.

[cilil]

And here's my fic for @myslashyvalentine, written for @maironite:

Herald, Hero, Muse

Was this what desire felt like? Did he desire the proud fire spirit who was currently sculpting his likeness? What would happen if his fantasy by some miracle became reality?  Though deep down Eönwë knew the answer to that already. Too easily could he imagine himself giving in to Mairon's touch, kneeling on the ground and presenting himself to him in whichever manner he wished, inviting him to explore all of his fána and use it for his own pleasure. 

ʚ Pairings & characters: Mairon x Eönwë, some miscellaneous mentions of other Ainur

ʚ Synopsis: Mairon tries his hand at sculpting and is looking for a model and muse. Eönwë is happy to help.

ʚ Featuring: Eönwë is inexperienced and a sweetheart, pre-corruption Mairon, posing & sculpting

ʚ Warnings: Nudity, sexual content (explicit)

⪼ Read on AO3

#mairon #sauron #eonwe #eönwë #eonwe x mairon #mairon x eonwe #maiar #ainur #almaren #pre-corruption #oneshot #silmarillion #silm smut #silm fanfic #silmarillion fanfiction #cílil writes #my writing

[rohirric-hunter]

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#girl help people on the lotro forums are being stupid again #tolkiens catholocism is not an excuse to insist that all orcs are irredeemably evil #in fact its evidence to the contrary #because a really big important part of all different kinds of christianity is that no matter what there is always a chance for redemption #there is always a way BACK #(assuming were going with the story that orcs are corrupted elves which is most peoples go to if not strictly canon) #and like i dont want the whole game to be about it but once saurons out of the picture? #yeah i kind of like the idea that some orcs can find their way back #maybe it wouldnt happen this fast but everything in lotro happens fast. get over it #and dear lord i cant believe *i* have to be the one to say this #i dont post about it a lot but im like. extremely conservatively christian #why is it falling to ME to make this argument #FOR THE RECORD i have been on the forums for several hours and had a couple of very civil and good interactions there #but i think i am done for now i have a headache #for the record this wasnt the only stupid person #someone also said that half orcs were breaking tolkiens lore #????????????????????? thats literally in the book