#elros headcanons

[havenotwillnotreadthebooks]

Ok but wouldn’t it be funny if Elros put out a decree or something that if Maglor Feanorian is found, he is to be brought relatively unharmed to the king?

And then his descendants keep up the tradition, at first cuz they’re like “that’s the elf that raised dad/granddad/great grandfather/our ancestor”

But then the decree gets increasingly more vague as time goes on until its just “if you see a dark-haired, depressed elf that sings really good bring them to the king’s family”

Then The Fall of Numenor happens and it becomes a Dúnedain tradition to keep an eye out for a bedraggled elf singer with the self-esteem of a smashed coconut

It’s even funnier if Elrond is fully aware of this decree-turned-tradition and is the one encouraging it and keeping it going throughout generations like

Baby Dúnedain, pointing at a painting of Maglor & Maedhros Feanorian: who’a they?

Elrond, fostering another of his brother’s descendants: how about i tell you story about the time my brother and i rode mattress down the stairs, crashing straight into our atar, and afterwards you can learn about our family’s very special tradition

#silmarillion #elros #elros tar minyatur #maglor #elrond #elrond peredhel #cutscene to Maglor running away from numenorians for thousands of years #and then the Dúnedain #they catch him eventually in a hilarious game of #How Many Nets Do We Have To Wrap Around This Elf Until He Cant Break Out Anymore #silm headcanons #elros headcanons #tag.words

[thesummerestsolstice]

So I think one thing that really drives Feanor is his grief– he looses Miriel, and he very clearly never recovers from that. There's the pain of loosing a parent and the added layer of Miriel's death being, on some level, a choice to leave Feanor. You can't tell me he didn't internalize the idea that he wasn't good enough for his mother to stay ay least a little. And I can't help but imagine that most of Valinor really wasn't helpful. There was probably a lot of vague sympathy with no real understanding of the situation, people who in theory thought Feanor had the right to grieve but reacted pretty badly to any actual displays of grief, and some people who insisted that Miriel chose to stay dead, Finwe and Indis were happily married, and therefore, Feanor shouldn't feel sad about it anymore. Even for those with more understanding of grief, it's still a really complicated situation. But you know who would understand Feanor?

Elrond. And the reason is Elros and Arwen– Elrond knows what it's like when someone you love dearly chooses to leave you, essentially forever, not because they don't care about you or because you weren't good enough, but because they have to make the best choice for themselves. And how you can respect that choice, and be glad that they did what they needed to, but still grieve them and the relationship you had with them. He understands those complicated feelings and how to process them in a healthy and non-destructive way.

And I'm losing my mind over this because Feanor is the one who starts the kinslayings and the cycle of violence between elves, and Elrond is the end result of all that violence; born to two refugees and raised largely by Feanor's sons. But despite all that, he's good and kind and able to focus on healing instead of pain. He ends the violence and makes a sanctuary where everyone is welcome. And he's able to do what Feanor never could, and not be consumed by his pain. And that means so much.

#silmarillion #silm meta #silm headcanons #elrond #elrond peredhel #feanor #elros #arwen undomiel #miriel #screaming crying etc #Had this realization and it destroyed me just a little #I will never not lose my mind over Elrond and all the ways he's amazing #tw grief #tw death

[mamwieleimion]

Headcannon:

In Numenor the Fëanorians are remembered as tragic characters/heroes.

They talk all about their crimes all right. But they also talk about their tragedy and their pain and the world being set against them from the very start.

The Fëanorians aren't some boogyman. They are protectors who broke, who couldn't go on and stumbled down a line they shouldn't.

They are the symbol of oath wrongly sworn. They symbolise the importance of oaths' and they caution all who attempt to swear something.

The Fëanorians aren't just kinslayers. They are so much more. And that knowledge is passed down all the way to Gondor.

#silmarillion #tolkien #lotr #feanorians #numenor #elros started it #he just likes to piss off some elves #idk #silm headcanons

[lanthanum12]

When Fingon was young, he gave Maedhros one of his golden ribbons. Maedhros treasured it and tied his hair back with it or used it as a bracelet. Even when he couldn't visit Fingon, he still had something so special to remember him by. Then he was captured by Morgoth and the ribbon was taken along with everything else lovely he owned.

Imagine his joy when he was reunited with the person dearest to him and once again a golden ribbon was woven in his hair. When he awoke after being rescued, one was finally there again. A tangible reminder that he was safe.

Every time Maedhros saw Fingon ever after, Fingon would gift him another ribbon for his collection. They got lost sometimes in the ever increasing battles of Beleriand. It was no issue, as Fingon was always there to give him more.

Until Fingon perished in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad and thus there would be no more ribbons as gifts. Maedhros kept his remaining ones safe and wore them scarcely as to not soil them or risk loss. Despite these precautious, bits of fabric were easy to loose in the wilds and one by one his collection dwindled. The final proofs of his bond slipping away, leaving only memories.

He maintained them throughout the lonely years he fostered Elrond and Elros until it was time for them to leave and move on in the world. As a gift he gave them his remaining two which they held onto throughout the years. Elros kept his in his diary as a bookmark and it came over to Rivendell with the Faithful. Elrond tied his onto his silver harp. A little reminder of where they came from.

Once it came time for Elrond to depart for Valinor, he brought both shining strands of gold with him and wove them into his hair as he landed on the shore. There waiting for him, were Maedhros and Fingon with hair shimmering like the sun. They both saw those familiar ribbons and smiled. For they rightly took it as a sign that their legacy and love had lasted.

#my writing #fingon #maedhros #elrond #elros #silmarillion #angsty time #random thoughts and headcanons at random times #headcanons #tolkien fandom

[anna-dreamer]

Finwean generational trauma is so real. I imagine, after Maglor and Maedhros kidnapped the twins, there was a clear and brutal understanding that that was not them giving those children a good life; but also, also, with Maglor and Maedhros being prone to the Oath, with their lives and souls tainted and fractured by bloodshed and murder and violence and loss and despair, they'd think there was no chance in the void for them to make something good out of it. Not with the Oath, not with the Doom, not with the way their father was. Their grandfather, due to whatever eldritch horror haunted his childhood in Endorë, felt that he had to have as many children as possible, so that his family would not fail and he wouldn't be left alone and scared in the dark. As a result, their father, abandoned and traumatised and angry, felt that he had to have as many children as possible, so that he would never be abandoned again, alone and scared in the dark. And he made sure of that. He had seven children, and he tied them up with an unbreakable Oath that would sooner destroy all of them than let them give up on him. So many hurts in this family were attempted to be healed with the use of children. And now here are Maglor and Maedhros. Alone and scared in the dark. True, there are two little boys on their hands, yet they have already wronged these boys so deeply. If there is a small chance of salvation or even redemption through them, Maglor and Maedhros would not take it. Besides, it would not work anyway. Refusing to repeat the old pattern is a first step in the right direction, and on itself it wouldn't be enough, but...

But then Eärendil appears in the sky. This is Elrond and Elros' father up there - and at the same time there is Fëanor too, because it's the silmaril that shines, the unobtainable, unreachable, illusory silmaril, like a father Maglor and Maedhros still desperately long for. Oh, but he will not come back. He is as far away as any star in the sky. The twins can't have their father back, and neither can the last two Fëanorians.

And then it hits Maglor. True, his brother and him are Doomed. True, there is probably no happy ending for them two. But it doesn't have to be this way for Elrond and Elros. With whatever strength and will to live and hope that he has left, he will try to do better by them. Maedhros would try to argue, but Maglor would tell him, They did not have Fëanor for a father! And they will not.

He can only hope that his genuine love and care he will give to the twins is just enough for them to turn out better than Maglor and Maedhros did. Maglor and Maedhros took them in. Now they are responsible. They will try. If redemption comes, it's not through acquiring someone to love you, but through loving them as sincerely and selflessly as your broken heart can. And if redemption doesn't come at all, so be it. It was not about redemption anyway. The second step, to consciously break the chain, is made.

Alas, it does not work as well on Maedhros. He doesn't feel this bittersweet bliss. He has fallen too deep into despair. And as soon as Elrond and Elros are gone, it becomes not enough for Maglor to heal either. He has just enough hope left to argue with his brother whether or not to go for silmarils. But all those last years spent alone with Maedhros sucked a lot out of Maglor, and nothing is left, apart from the feverish devotion, Nelyo knows better, Nelyo always knew better, like a dark shadow of Father always knows better, we will follow him and we will die for him if needed... No matter that Maedhros is not in his right mind. Neither was Fëanor. Their father's Oath is intertwined with their love for each other, and it binds them together ever stronger. Maglor would not leave Maedhros. But Maedhros loves his brother too. He might have not been healed by a star, but he is still Nelyo. The big brother. And while he could not break any vicious circles with his life, but with his death, for his last surviving brother, he would try.

It was not enough for Maedhros or Maglor. But it was enough for Elrond and Elros. With them, Finwean generational trauma was healed. The chain was broken. And i firmly believe that, despite their own trauma, both ultimately had healthy and happy families.

And if Maglor is still out there, Elrond will find him. He will finish what Maglor - his father - has started.

#maedhros #maglor #elrond #elros #silmarillion #finweans #are a mess #but it gets better #With headcanons like this #does it even surprise you i love Maglor so much #he who probably thought himself a coward #was actually capable of quiet but powerful deeds of bravery #silmarillion headcanon #feanorians #finwe #feanor #sons of feanor

[marietheran]

I’m thinking how at some point Elrond, who definitely saw many Men die during his (immortal) life must have started saying something like “If you meet my brother, give him my love” to them on their deathbeds. And I think it became something of a tradition, something he was actually expected to say and maybe eventually when you had the Rangers of the North leaving Rivendell on some dangerous errand, they would add “I hope we meet again but if we don’t - I’ll be sure to tell Elros...” to their farewells and no one would be sure if that was more heartbreaking or heartwarming

#More heartwarming actually #But it would spoil my last line if I were to change it #elros tar minyatur #dunedain #Tolkien headcanons #the professor's mythopoeia #Elrond #My post #tt

[echo-bleu]

Noldor Hair Headcanons (3/4)

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | On AO3

Some lighter Kidnap Fam content, after the downhill freefall that was the last chapter. With a dash of Finrod in Valinor.

Elrond and Elros have never had their hair braided when they end up with Maedhros and Maglor.

They don’t realize what they’re asking when Elros grabs a hairbrush and puts it in Maglor’s hand.

Maglor understands that, but decides that the twins need parental care, even though he has no right. He brushes their hair and leaves it loose at first.

But the twins have watched Maglor braid Maedhros’s hair and they soon start asking for more interesting hairstyles.

Eventually Maglor explains to them that it can only be done by family.

The twins have a whole silent conversation.

“What does it take to be family?” Elros asks eventually.

Well, braiding an unrelated child’s hair is pretty close to informal adoption.

Elros forces the brush into Maglor’s hand again.

Maglor stares.

Elrond shakes his head and runs out.

Of course, Elrond must hate them. He has every right. Sure, Elros has started to warm up to them, but that’s just because he’s affection-starved, probably. They’re still kidnappers.

Maglor is about to put down the brush and try to refuse when Elrond comes back.

He’s holding a second hairbrush.

He hands it to Maedhros expectantly.

Maedhros cries.

Maglor cries.

The twins’ hair really doesn’t hold braids very well, and they’re still kids who run around and play, but damn them if Maglor and Maedhros aren’t going to do their best.

Now all of their people can see that the twins are well-loved.

Maedhros and Maglor also proudly sport a few clumsy, wonky braids each.

They’re less wonky with time, and eventually the twins are doing their fathers’ (kidnappers’) hair as often as not.

Finrod is reembodied shortly before Eärendil and Elwing gets to Valinor. It’s too early and he’s Not Doing Well. While in Middle Earth, he was the one who let basically every one of his friends braid his hair, now he can’t stand the thought of someone touching him that way.

But Beleriandic battle braids feel wrong in Tirion. And he’s desperately trying to reckon with his trauma, with Sauron defeating him by singing about the kinslaying, so he can’t leave his hair loose like the Teleri.

And he can’t quite get the sight of Edrahil’s bloody braids spat out by a werewolf out of his head.

He wears nothing but the very strange-looking (to Amanyar) Mourning Braids he designed after Dagor Bragollach for a couple of years.

Then after an episode of really bad depression and nearly fading, he cuts his hair short.

No-braiding-possible kind of short.

While not unheard of in Beleriand (sometimes former thralls keep their hair very short, like Rog), it’s unthinkable in Valinor, especially for the Crown Prince of the Noldor.

He is stared at a lot, his reputation goes down the drain, but to Finrod it’s liberating.

He does let his hair grow out again eventually, but only when other Exiles start coming back and choose to keep the Beleriandic braid styles, and it becomes a fashion statement rather than a mark of shame.

Finarfin is Very Shocked arriving in Beleriand when he finds his (single remaining) child with her hair loose and everyone else with weird self-braided battle hairstyles.

After a battle or three where he ends up with his hair matted with blood and mud, he caves and gets Galadriel to give him battle braids.

By the end of the war he’s even learned to do them himself! Let it not be said that King Arafinwë Ñoldóran didn’t rise to his calling.

The night before sending the Elrond and Elros to Gil-galad, Maedhros and Maglor undo all of their braids. Everyone cries.

Maedhros and Maglor meant this to minimize the ‘taint’ their names would put on the twins, by making it look like they were still hostages to the end, but the twins stop on the way to do each other’s hair because one does not meet a king with their hair loose, they have manners (which the Fëanorians taught them, so they’re Very Specific Manners), so the effect is lost. Gil-galad has Questions. The twins refuse to lie.

Then, before going to steal the Silmarils, Maedhros and Maglor do each other’s hair, in a style of their father’s that they haven’t worn since the Oath.

Maglor braids a single golden ribbon into Maedhros’s hair.

They have very few pieces of hair jewellery left of their brothers’, but they use all of them.

They both know it’s the last time.

To be continued

I did some sketches for visual reference of a few of the hairstyles mentioned here, if you want to see what I'm imagining!

#noldor hair headcanons #if i am to braid my mystic crown #noldor #maedhros #maglor #elrond #elros #finrod #kidnap fam #silmarillion #silm fic #tolkien #tolkien fanfiction #echo's fanfiction

[thevalleyisjolly]

As an intrinsic part of their Mortal heritage, I like to think that all the Half-Elven in Middle-earth have at one point in their lives (but most especially their youths) had a fairly unflattering haircut that they genuinely believed was the hottest shit ever:

Dior had a long feathered mullet that was a pure flex to show off how naturally full and voluminous his hair was. He only cut it once the twins were born and it became too much work to maintain while looking after two babies.

Elúred and Elúrin got their hands on an unattended bottle of hair dye when they were five and gave themselves skunk hair bangs that took months to wash out.

Elwing once experimented with teasing her curls into a big 80's hairdo because people told her how her father used to have big hair.

Eärendil had to cut his hair after a lice scare onboard one of Círdan's ships and went for a bowl cut that he thought would be quick and easy to do. Unfortunately, the bowl he used was a little too small and the high fringe made it look like he was wearing a small hat made out of hair. Idril had conniptions. Tuor managed to hold in his laughter until he could reach the privacy of an inner room. Elwing demonstrated the incredible power of love by both saying yes to his proposal and offering to neaten his fringe so that it at least looked a little less choppy.

Elrond stubbornly sported a man bun undercut for two whole years after he lost a bet with one of Maedhros' Mortal retainers and Maglor made a sighing comment about how he shouldn't worry because his hair would soon grow back out "nice again."

Elros gave himself curtained hair in solidarity with Elrond so that Maglor would get off his back, and kept it until the first time he commanded a war party and got good-naturedly ribbed to hell about looking like a 14 year old kid.

Like father like son, Elladan wore a rat tail for a few years after one of the Dunédain wagered he couldn't pull it off. He really couldn't, although he thought it looked great and was forever trying to do fancy styles with it until Elrohir staged a sibling intervention.

Elrohir maintained a buzzcut for nearly fifty years after his parents a little too amusedly said that he could do whatever he liked with his appearance now that he was of age.

Arwen went through a phase in her 200s where she dyed her hair with whatever colours she could get her hands on. The silver was very nice (Celeborn was extremely proud) and the blue highlights were interesting but still managed to work. She even made a decent ginger. However, the attempt at Arafinwëan gold just ended up a washed-out bleach blonde that is to date the only thing that has ever stunned Galadriel into utter speechlessness.

+Although not born Mortal, Lúthien spent a full Valinorean year with feathers instead of hair while trying to shape-shift into a nightingale. It actually made for quite an aesthetic when she took the time to preen them properly, but as she was far too busy running around having adventures with Daeron, the effect was more often ruffled bird's nest than sleek wings.

#lotr #silmarillion #dior eluchil #elúred #elúrin #elwing #eärendil #elrond #elros #elladan #elrohir #arwen #peredhil headcanons

[kaia-art]

"Elrond my dear brother! Do not cry for me for this is the path that I chose. I am contented, satisfied and happy..." The last words from Elros was finally sent to his brother after a very very long time. The reason why the letter had not been sent to Elrond from the beginning and lost for a long time is unknown, But Elrond finally got the letter from a herald of the Númenóreans - who could not hide their emotion while giving it to him solemnly. Then the night fell. The candle was out. The grief once more was unimaginable. But Celebrian was there... -------- -------- -------- -------- Elrond is usually in the role who taking care for others but when it comes to himself, I think it’s kinda hard because he has a deep background and history and all….so I just thought that even the person seems like they’re always doing a very good job at holding themselves together, can even show their true feelings. It’s OK to be sad, to miss someone, to be who you are.

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#Elrond Peredhel #elrond and elros #elros #Second Age #the lord of the rings #The Silmarillion #celebrian #middle earth #my art #kaia art #my headcanons #lotr fanart #LOTR fandom

[velvet4510]

What if…

What if Maglor not only lived on in the shadows into the Fourth Age, but also pulled a Boo Radley one day, emerging from hiding to save Aragorn & Arwen’s children from a hostile Easterling when they disobeyed safety rules and went walking in dangerous territory…

And in the aftermath, he looked into the children’s faces, and then he took them home to Gondor and looked into their parents’ faces…

And then he refused all rewards and celebration, and returned to the shadows. For he’d already received his reward.

He’d seen his boys’ faces in all of theirs.

And that was enough.

#lotr #jrr tolkien #lotr books #lord of the rings #the silmarillion #lotr theories #lotr headcanons #maglor #elrond #elros #aragorn #arwen #aragorn and arwen #and perhaps this earned him a spot #on the last ship #many years later #gondor

[tabioya]

I always love to think that Elrond picked up Maglors personality while Elros picked up Maedhros' personality. I mean think, like Maglor, Elrond is a poet who is peaceful, logical, wise, quiet, smart and he's way more chill. He tries to avoid fights and arguments at all times but if one arises he takes part in it. Elrond doesn't usually go for the big prize bc he's content with what he has. I feel like Elrond is very level headed and just calm (so calm sometimes it can come off as cold... Like Maglor) But Elros Is like Maedhros. Ambitious, much louder and more fiery, a bit of a rule breaker, he's also the main cause for confrontation. Also the whole "choosing to be mortal" and "chopping off my hair" was probably partially inspired by Mae. After bus torment from thangorodrim Maedhros wasn't exactly the epitome of an elf... He had scars everywhere he was missing a hand and he cut his hair short (I think) he probably resembled a human a bit. I like to think Elros partially did it to honor him. Especially the whole cutting hair thing. In simpler words, Maedhros is a fighter, Elros is a fighter, Maglor is a poet, Elrond is a poet. Maedhros is chaotic neutral, Elros is chaotic good, Maglor is lawful neutral, Elrond is lawful good

#they need to be talked about more #Elrond #Elros #Maedhros #Maglor #silmarillion #headcanons

[thesummerestsolstice]

People ask about Elrond and Elros and the Feanorians a lot, especially in the early days when they've just come to Gil-Galad's camp. Ask about, mind you. The twins are rarely directly approached, but the whispers follow them everywhere. There's a scar, across Elros's shoudler, and the elves point and murmur unhappily whenever it's visible. Elros's half-elven ears are sharper than they think; sharp enough to hear various versions of the word "kinslaying bastard" in angry, hushed tones. Elrond eats very little when they first get to camp– it's hard to adjust from scarcity rations to the relative abundance of Valinor's army– and from then on, rumors of cruel starvation follow the twins wherever they go.

There's sympathy for them, but it's a strange sympathy. They're seen as martyrs more than people. Things– warm clothes, trinkets, baked goods– get left outside their door. But at the same time, no one seems quite willing to look them in the eyes. Gil-Galad is one of the few exceptions, and the twins– Elrond especially– are glad of it.

There aren't many elves who are insensitive enough to directly ask how horrible the kinslayers were to them, or whether Maedhros Feanorian bleeds back like an orc, but there are a few. They don't get answers. Elrond and Elros almost entirely refuse to speak either of Sirion or of Amon Ereb. That just makes everyone else more uneasy. Are they offended, afraid? Are they hiding some awful secret?

Only Elrond and Elros know. And they refuse to say anything about it.

#silmarillion #silm headcanons #war of wrath #elrond #elrond peredhel #elros #maedhros #gil galad

[kitcat22]

More Elwing, Earendil, Elrond and Elros in Sirion headcanons!

Picture little Elros proudly standing at the bow of his father ship being lifted atop the barrier by laughing sailors

Picture little Elrond sitting in his mothers lap while she holds court, having his hand kissed by the lords, ladies and citizens that come to say their piece

Earendil’s fellow sailors taking him drinking to celebrate him becoming a father and giving him parenting tips.

Elrond and Elros playing with the birds that visit their tower. Elrond has a pelican friend that he once convinced to fly off with his brother after Elros lost his favourite toy. Safe to say Earendil and Elwing were not pleased.

Earendil keeping a box of his son’s things aboard his ship to bring out and reminisce on long voyages. This box includes drawings by both boys. A bracelet made by elrond. A pretty piece of sea glass that Elros found. Baby socks and little shoes.

Tea parties dont often happen in Sirion due to the scarcity of resources but it’s always an event when they do. Some Elwings ladies in waiting served Idril and Nimloth and even Melian and they like to tell how similar the boys are to their grandmothers personality wise. A lot of cheek pinching occurs. Little Elros is always able to sweet-talk one of the ladies from Doriath into giving him extra sweets. Elrond doesn’t even have to speak, he just smiles and giggles and a chocolate is put in his hand.

Elwing taking the boys along to meet the soldiers that are about to join Gil Galad’s armies. Elrond, friendly little creature that he is insists on meeting each of them and saying hello very loudly. The boys are overjoyed to try on the helmets but are upset when a suddenly anxious Elwing snatches them of their heads. She cries into Earendil’s shoulder that night about a vision of two young men in shining armour, both of whom bear a striking resemblance to Dior the beautiful, standing solemnly at the edge of a corpse filled battlefield. Earendil sets sail the next day determined to save his children from a future of war and destruction. He never sets foot in Beleriand agaim.

#silmarillion #elrond #elrond peredhel #elros #elros tar minyatur #elwing #earendil #silm #the silm #the silmarillion #silmarillion headcanon

[polutrope]

Elrond and Elros were already bilingual in Quenya and Sindarin when Maglor took them, because their father and the refugees of Gondolin spoke to them in Quenya. They never spoke Quenya with a thorn (ETA: this part is meant to be cheeky, I know it's more complicated than that).

Now I've developed this headcanon it just seems obvious to me.

#headcanons #elrond #elros #earendil #E&E quite likely also spoke Taliska like their dad and others around them #actually I don't even think it likely that Maedhros and Maglor were speaking with a thorn by that time #languages evolve feanor was long dead #i know very controversial of me #eta: see comments I have been reminded the thorn phase-out is canon

[archiveofthelibrarian]

Warning! Pain inducing headcanon!

Maglor wrote "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" in his exile. Delusional after wandering in grief for so long, he started singing this with the hallucinations of the twins. The original song was long lost until Jane and Ann Taylor returned it to life.

#silm #silmarillion #headcanon #silm headcanons #silmarillion headcanon #maglor #elrond and elros #kidnap fam #maglor in exile #pain inducing headcanon #middle earth is earth in the past

[lotr-bitches]

Maedhros would have been that Dad(TM) who tells Elros and Elrond (and Mags lowkey) that they’re not getting a dog but they get the dog anyway and he loves it more than the rest of the family

RIP Maedhros he would have loved ✨the dog✨

#silmarillion #maglor #Maedhros #elrond and elros #elros #elrond #silm headcanons #silm #kidnap fam