#Silmarilion

[dawnfelagund]

I wrote this article for my monthly Tolkien fandom studies column, Cultus Dispatches as part of the OTW's "ten things about fandom" challenge for International Fanworks Day. Normally, my Cultus column begins with a gnarly soup of data, and I often don't even know what (if anything!) will come out of analyzing it. This month, due to the relative lack of data, I thought I was giving myself an easy month of writing. I just needed to come up with ten things, right?? Ha! I think this might be the most challenging article I've written for this column to date.

Here are some fun facts I learned while researching these 10 Important Moments in Tolkien Fanfic History:

Tolkien fanfic is older than Star Trek fanfic.

The first known Tolkien fanfic was an alternate-history Sauron redemption fic.

The first Tolkien fanfic archive was a slash archive.

Three out of four archives opened after the LotR films left theaters used the eFiction open-source script.

The first Angbang story was posted in 2002 (though it wasn't called Angbang yet).

Want to know more? Go read the article! And I'd love to hear what I didn't include that you'd add to your own list. (Or if you make your own list, let me know!)

Many, many thanks to all of the people who talked with me about their work for this article and to those involved in the discussion on the SWG Discord's #fandom-studies channel about this topic.

#tolkien fandom history #tolkien #silmarilion #lotr #lord of the rings #the hobbit #fandom studies #fandom history #ifd2024

[firinaira]

Maitimo with Elros

Do not use without my permission, please

#firinaira #maedhros #maitimo #elrond and elros #elros #elrond #kidnap fam #art #elves #tolkien #fantasy #silmarilion #the silmarillion #the silm fandom #the silm #digital art #tolkien art #tolkien tag #sons of feanor #feanorians art #feanorians #elf #elf art #silm #noldor #silmarillion #silm art #silmarillion fanart

[lidoshka]

Hopeless, Hopeful

While traditionally they used to mean "hopeless love" now yellow tulips represent the oposite, becoming a symbol for happiness, cheerfulness and hope.

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Caranthir and Haleth, hopelessly in love!

just Caranthir and spider lilies + just Haleth and sacahuance flowers

in my mini poll black locust and acacia got the same amout of votes, but the yellow tulips won by one point and I think that was very apropiate for this particular couple!

#mis trazos #silmarilion #feanorians #caranthir #haleth #tolkien world

[drunkshogun]

Feanor and the Kestrel

#Feanor #Silmarillion #Silm #Silmarilion #Tolkien #Tolkien's legendarium #tolkien's elf #tolkien legendarium #feanorian #feanaro #middle earth

[hoofclid]

#trees of valinor #applejack #princess celestia #princess luna #silmarilion

[antaarf]

Galadriel ♥ Commissions info ♥ My gallery ♥ My twitter ♥ Support me on Patreon

#galadriel #rings of power #lotr #lord of the rings #Silmarilion #tolkien #tolkien universe #lotr art #illustration #fantasy art

[elithilanor]

#lotr #Elithilanor polls #polls #lord of the rings #hobbit #the hobbit #silm #silmarilion #Elrond #Thranduil

[estel-elrondion]

It's in my nature to be

Kind, gentle and loving,

But knowing this thee

When it comest to matters of defending

Mine friends, mine family

Do not trifle with me!

- Kanafinwe Makalaure Feanorion

#maglor #lotr #silm art #art #silmarilion #feanorions #tolkien #greenleafshope:fanart

[cilil]

If you think about it:

Mairon's arc in the Silmarillion (and later LotR) is an epic tale of stylish and sexy villainy with a few minor setbacks that requires Eru himself to intervene several times to stop him.

Melkor's arc in the Silmarillion is an epic series of hilarious fails with a few minor successes that had Eru just munching popcorn in the Timeless Halls. Also if he didn't happen to be the mightiest of the Valar and have Mairon babysit him he would've gotten his ass kicked on day 1 and and he's damn lucky that YouTube compilations weren't a thing yet

#mairon #sauron #melkor #morgoth #crack #silm crack #shitpost #silm shitpost #silmarilion #lord of the rings #lotr

[azrithart]

Annatar (Sauron) and Celebrimbor at the forge. Drew this in place of a scene in ROP.

Love these lads!

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Please do not use or repost. Not for AI use.

Reblogs are cool though! Thanks :D

#celebrimbor #sauron #annatar #the silmarilion #silmarilion #silm #silm art #rings of power #screencap redraw #silvergifting #lotr #lord of the rings #tolkien #bros of the forge #azrithart

[eloquentsisyphianturmoil]

hm so I don’t know this lore but I can’t be bothered to look it up; I’ve seen suffix -ion used as ‘son of’ (uncertain if gender neutral?) and noticed telperion sort of means ‘son/child of silver’, possible laurelin means ‘daughter of gold’ where -in prefix is feminine? (In archaic Quenya mind)

long story short is it grammatically correct to call Galadriel finarfinin and can I do it anyway because it’s hilarious

#Silm #the silm fandom #the silmarillion #if I had any real interest I would solve this problem myself #No instead I’m here screaming into the vois #Silmarilion #the silm #silm fandom #artanis ig #Linguistics #tolkien #tolkien lore #Proper nerds help me out I’m like #A casual nerd #an amateur nerd

[ellrond]

#lotr #tolkien #silmarilion #reblog for bigger sample etc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[firinaira]

Before the last step...

Do not use without my permission, please

#firinaira #maedhros #maitimo #russandol #feanorians #feanorians art #sons of feanor #silmarillion #the silm fandom #the silm #silm #silmarilion #tolkien art #tolkien tag #tolkien #elves #fantasy #digital art #art #the first house #nelyafinwe maitimo #house of feanor #noldor #digital drawing #digital illustration #illustration #fanart #rop #the rings of power #lotr

[eldamaranquendi]

Sauron by Kerulin

#tolkien #jrrt #jrrtolkien #jrr tolkien #the silmarilion #silmarilion #the hobbit #hobbit #The Lord of the Rings #lord of the rings #LOTR #sauron #mairon #Tar-Mairon #Necromancer #Annatar #the one ring

[ughtumno]

adding this to my art queue lmfao

2 of 3 panels of a funny melkor comic i made a long time ago where when he cries from staring at one of the silmarils (cuz i dont wanna draw 3) and it reflect a 0.5 pov of him

#silm crack #melkor #morgoth #silmarilion #silmaril theft #silmaril #I'll never think 0.5 pics aren't funny #ughtumno made art

[ezzuka]

The heart

Turgon, the night she died with suffering

#silmarilion #the silmarillion #tolkien art #turgon #aredhel #silm elves