#elros imagines

[imagine-all-the-elves]

Imagine getting drunk with Elros and Galion and ending up having a threesome.

Author: @thatkgrl

#elros #elros imagines #galion #galion imagines #imagines #elves #elf imagines #tw:dni18 #mirkwood elves

[softlysilverfountainsfall]

Anyway, I think Elrond had a breakdown on Elladan and Elrohir's sixth birthday because they're so young, which means that he and Elros were that young when—

#because when you're a kid your living your full lived experience #so you don't know how young you are #but oh boy do I think it hit home for Elrond on his sons' birthday #imagining what he went through at that age on /them/ #...angst hours over here #elrond #elros #elrond and elros #elladan #elrohir #the silmarillion #lotr #lotr appendices #third kinslaying #softlysilver

[light-of-the-two-trees]

It is possible according to canon that Elrond and Elros were names given by Maedhros and Maglor based on where they found the twins; the names they were given by Elwing and Earendil are probably lost and forgotten. So consider:

Elrond meets Elwing in post-Fourth-Age Valinor. She calls him by the name she gave him, and he does not respond to it, for he has forgotten that name.

#guys much as I love kidnap fam I do hate that what the feanorians did TO elrond and elros is erased sometimes #elrond was basically a father to all of middle earth. he has room to love as many parents and relatives as you can imagine okay #and the same way his relationship with earendil and elwing can be read as complex his relationship with m+m can be read so too imo #and a name lost due to maedhros and maglor can definitely play into that. they kept their lives but lost their names. is this anything #anyway #elrond #elros #elwing #meta #the silmarillion #silm #legendarium tag #and it was not void #no discourse please let there be no discourse here hoping praying

[sakasakiii]

the idea of the peredhel twins having heightened senses due to their maia blood is one of the concepts ive seen floating around that i really like, so here's my take on it combined with the feanorians (+ fingon) lingering about as houseless spirits that i explored some time ago in an old inktober post 😌

houseless spirits see all, but they can't interact with the world around them so i suppose that makes for quite a static existence...but compared to an oathbound eternity in Mandos (sans Fingon??), i like to imagine they'll stay a little longer to watch over those left behind, just to make sure they're doing alright 👍🏻

some more lighthearted bonuses cuz why not:

#silmarillion #maedhros #maglor #kidnap fam #elrond #elros #silmarillion comic #itd be pretty freaky to see injured ghost dudes lurking around but honestly i think after sirion its just another monday to the the twins #maglor has an inkling of whats going on but maedhros shrugs it off as kids having overactive imaginations #fingons here to mourn over maedhros' decline but also to make sure turgons great grandkids are doing aite #i despise colouring 😭😭 #peredhel twins #sons of feanor #celegorm #caranthir #curufin #fingon #ambarussa #amrod #amras #mnm's dysfunctional family #noldor #amon ereb #silm #the silmarillion #the silmarillion fanart #elves #sakasakart #silm art #ghosts

[sesamenom]

Flavors of numenoreans (minus the druedain because i still haven't figured out how i want to draw them)

#silm #silmarillion #numenor #numenoreans #idk why mr. edainic is so small sorry #idk if rhunic is the right word for it but rhundrim sounded wrong-er #this would probably be sometime in the late elros era? #i imagine he would encourage a lot of immigration early on to bolster the population #the kingdom literally popped up from the sea and started with what. one city worth of people? #you have to get citizens from somewhere #so a lot of travelers ended up settling down there #plus a few ancient mongolian soldiers who somehow ended up in the union of maedhros (?) #idk if i missed something but i am still unsure how bor and ulfangs people ended up in the general himring area #sorry druedain ill add you when i decide on a design #maybe im just tired but idk who the druedain align with geographically

[thevalleyisjolly]

Headcanon that none of the Peredhel twins were identical, however, all of them do bear uncanny resemblances to various ancestors.  Eluréd and Elurín looked precisely like Dior and Barahir, respectively.  Elrond canonically resembles Lúthien, while Elros was nearly an exact copy of Haleth, although there wasn’t anyone left who recognized it.  Former Doriathrim agree that Elladan is the image of Nimloth, and the handful of Gondolindrim and Sirion survivors still in Middle-Earth swear up and down (though not to the Everlasting Darkness) that Elrohir is Tuor reborn. 

Arwen, for all that she strongly resembles her father and Lúthien by extension, is actually closer to Elwing in appearance if one looks really closely.  Eldarion doesn’t especially look like any one ancestor in particular, but Aragorn says that he has Gilraen’s eyes, and Celeborn does a double take the first time he meets his great grand-son because that is undoubtedly Elu Thingol’s bone structure right there.

#silmarillion #lotr #eluréd #elurín #elrond #elros #elladan #elrohir #arwen #eldarion #i just like the idea of the frankenstein behemoth that is the peredhel family tree(s) resulting in some really weird genetics #almost everyone looks like some ancient ancestor! unfortunately almost no one is left alive who can make that comparison #you'd think that in a story with a lot of immortal elves; one or two of them would survive long enough to recognize family resemblances #this post also brought to you by the absolute palpitations that thingol would have over a descendant with his face being a king of men #i imagine elwing looking somewhere between luthien and dior; and earendil mostly resembling idril with some traces of rian

[hollowwhisperings]

Justice For Celebrian!

Celebrian is a Character of Absence in Tolkien's Legendarium: we never truly meet her and yet her absence lingers throughout the text, affecting most every major actor of the Third Age (the eldar most of all).

How-so it this? Through this: the devastating grief, unspoken yet doubtless, of those who knew & loved her.

For Celebrian was this: to Celeborn & Galadriel, their daughter and only child; to Elrond, the Great Love of his life; to Elladan & Elrohir, a mother whom they failed to quickly rescue; to Arwen Undomiel, the mother whom she was never to meet again for choosing the Path of Man.

Celebrian was the Lady of Imladris, the princess in all but name to Lothlorien. She was kin to two Ringbearers and yet neither Ring could save her. We know only that she was gentle and beloved, by some of the most crucial players in the events of the Second & Third Ages of Middle-Earth.

Why Celebrian is Absent

Celebrian's status as one "beloved" by the eldar creates a formidable motive in their hatred of The Shadow. For the means by which Celebrian was "absented" from Middle-Earth was entirely of Its Reckoning: in the 2509th Year of the Third Age, Celebrian was "waylaid by orcs". She was "captured and tormented" until she was, at last, found and rescued by her twin sons.

This Fate is one of Horrific Implication, one that Tolkien's Appendix B avoids elaborating upon (beyond her "receiving a poisoned wound").

Fans have Imagination Enough to consider what Hurts could be beyond even Lord Elrond's means to Heal, beyond any of Galadriel's many powers, beyond the careful comforts found in Imladris & Lothlorien. Whatever befell Celebrian by the creations of Sauron, it left her so wounded that Sailing West (& thus Away from most everyone she had ever known) was her only Hope for recovery.

"Justice" within the Legendarium

The Fate of Celebrian was yet one blow more in a long list of Personal Grievances borne by her Kin against Sauron. The vigilance and ample assistance of Celebrian's Kin during the War of The Ring was undoubtedly inspired, in no small part by her Fate & subsequent Departure.

While Elrond & Galadriel would doubtlessly have aided The Fellowship without this most recent grievance to drive them, the otherwise reclusive eldar of Imladris & Lothlorien would certainly have found Celebrian's Fate "inspiring" enough to take arms once more, "postponing" (or hastening) their Leave of Middle-Earth to seek Justice for their Lost Lady.

"Injustices" in Adapted Works

The Injustices that adapted Tolkien works have done unto Celebrian are many: they have erased her very existence (TROP); they have denied her her Epic & Untold Love Story with her Husband (TROP, again); they have Lessened the person she chose to love by making him a Minor Antagonist (both of PJ's film trilogies); they have stolen the kinship between other characters that they share for her existence (PJ's trilogies imply her existence but fail to utilize its possibilities, many of them comical: Elrond is Galadriel's Son-in-Law; Gimli's Championship of "Grandma Galadriel"; Arwen's Looks being inherited not from Celebrian but from Elrond; etc).

The effects the Live-Action Adaptions have had on the Modern Tolkien Fandom are also Significant: Hugo Weaving's portrayal of Elrond is the most commonly known, despite its OOC-ness; the relationships between Celebrian's Family are unrealised or dismissed; the "Last Homely House", a title probably earned by Elrond & Celebrian both, is considered falsely named; the Many Incentives for Galadriel to Hate Sauron & to have ALWAYS Hated Sauron are... forgotten to enable a "will-they won't-they" romance(???).

To erase Celebrian is to remove from the Second Age one of its silliest love stories: she & Elrond were silently pining for each other for almost 2000 years! This surely amused her mother, who had become afflicted with Sea-Longing some few years prior, & caused Conflict at the Court of King Gil-Galad (for, by wedding Celebrian, Elrond's Claims for High Kingship of the Eldar would become even stronger). The politics are, perhaps, the primary purpose of the would-be couple's long silence: audiences do not know as the potential of their love story has had little attention dedicated to it.

Injustice to Celebrian exists also in the mischaracterization of Elrond: what impression must an audience have, afterall, of the one to love & be beloved by someone so antagonistic to those most in need of "The Last Homely House"? The hostility, the begrudging "hospitality" exhibited by the Elrond of PJ's film trilogies tarnishes not only Elrond but the Legacy of Celebrian as that House's Lost Lady.

(It also creates some varyingly minor/major Plot Holes, such as Elrond's ability to host a Council of the "Free Peoples" in the first place. If his hospitality is so poorly to non-elves, why on Arda would he so frequently be sought for counsel? Furthermore, the Elrond of the Third Age has made himself a Healer: how many elves of this Age would ever need his skill?)

More, varyingly serious charges of "injustice" to Celebrian are sure to follow: my discontent began in the rendering of her husband into a petty antagonist; it has been reignited upon my learning of Amazon's choices in its adapting of the Second Age. Mostly, however, my rallying cry is made in jest: "failures" of adaptions to make Elrond sufficiently pretty for his wife; the lack of "Celebrian/Elrond" content in tumblr feeds; melodrama over how many elven names start with "Celeb".

#celebrian #tolkien meta #silm #house of elrond #elrond meta #galadriel meta #justice for celebrian #let elrond be hot #let galadriel be a grandmother #let gil-galad have headaches over the political clustercluck possible were elrond to ever admit to pining for celevrian #srsly how stressful must it been for gil-galad when maglor tagged him as elrond's new guardian? #maglor: i found this in a cave plz look after them #gil-galad: the missing princes of doriath??? #elrond&elros: so when will you be abandoning us for a silmaril? #gil-galad: oh no they have anxiety #i wonder how elrond reacted to hearing galadriel gifted gimli three strands of her hair #srsly the guy was abandoned by parents over silmarils THREE TIMES #and then people started calling his daughter evenstar & luthien reborn #i imagine that celebrian spent most of her kids' early childhood pointedly telling them that she loved them more than the stars #and keeping her mother from going around in her recreated swanboat #galadriel sending the fellowship off from a swanboat while singing in quenya was peak pettiness at the valar #her exile was lifted so she just went all in with noldolante references #celeborn: why are you like this #galadriel: do you remember where i put that tunic with a star of feanor on it #galadriel powerhoused through the entire exile powered by spite & thirst for celeborn

[djemsostylist]

Also, I'm absolutely gob-smacked that Elros apparently just, doesn't exist??? In this new universe?? Or something??? Like, does he or is Elrond being the twin brother of another half elven who chose mortality and founded a kingdom that Elrond had to watch sink slowly into madness and then shepherded its heirs through countless generations until Aragorn could again take up the crown and scepter just like, not a thing? Like is he even the son of Earendil?? I mean who knows really, but I have a hard time seeing Elmer the Keebler elf having gone through the sack of Sirion and then confinement with Maglor and co but I mean maybe he really did experience all that and yet is still being lectured about being young or whatever idk. I mean he's an architect or some such in this, so I guess the whole healing is like...not a thing or whatever. But this is totally cool and fine and very okay.

#elrond #elros tar minyatur #rings of power #i mean justice for elros imagine forming the kingdom and then not even getting a name drop #rough buddy #some would say not to spread hate #to those i would say #normally i agree but in the case of rings of power #which is literally garbage made by an evil corporation with a desire only to make the next hit that will print them more money #i will hate away #bc its garbage #and also i dont care #'but you haven't seen it' #dont have to smell roadkill to know it stinks buddy

[imagine-all-the-elves]

Imagine Elros always smiling at you, when he sees you.

Author: @thatkgrl

#elros #elros imagines #elves #elf imagines #mirkwood elves

[decadentpostnacho]

If ur requests are still open, could u write a drabble about Maedhros and Maglor talking about the twins after the kidnap fiasco? Thx :)

Memories - Maedhros and Maglor

A/N: Hi! I am not sure if this is what you requested per se, I'm sorry, it ended up being more of a look inside Mae's head instead of a dialogue... Anyways, my take on: Maedhros thinks that he's the worst, Maglor behaving a bit like a mom and the twins being cute with wooden swords. Also, my requests are still open, yes!

Words: about 900

Maedhros stood at the edge of the courtyard, watching the twins play fight with their newly carved wooden swords.

"They remind me of Amrod and Amras when they were younger."

He had not realized his brothers arrival, his mind buried too deep in memories that slowly faded into nothingness, of times so long ago, so long before all his atrocities, when his hands — two of them — had not yet been tainted by the blood of innocents. When he had to play fight with his brothers, two of them not much older than Elrond and Elros were now.

He remembered playing the part of the exasperated eldest brother, but secretly enjoying their plays.

Now, there was no one left, except for Macalaurë. His younger brothers he failed to protect, as he should have done it, despite all their differences.

"They are nothing like Amrod and Amras." The words came out harsher than he intended them to be, but Maedhros could simply not help it. He had not been not as close to them as he was to Maglor, them being the youngest of the bunch, yet they still shared their heritage. They were his brothers. The two had died, as had the other three brothers, in the battle at the mouths of Sirion. Another kinslaying inflicted upon innocent elves by Fëanors line for those damned stones, which seemed to loose all their worth as time went on, simply because they had taken so much. Once it had looked like a glorious desire to claim the Silmaril, but this was back in Valinor. He should have known, Maedhros thought, back then he should have known and he should have swayed his younger brothers from taking that forsaken oath. Ai, he should have.

The Ambarussa had only reached maturity a few decades ago, before they left Tirion, Curvo had his own family, one that was not broken at that. This ripped apart after their departure from Valinor. Even Carnistir, though ever the grumpy one, had been more content, happier even. What had Fëanor's house gained from leaving Valinor, and what had they lost in comparison? Nothing and everything. And now it was only the eldest, him and Maglor, left with the orphaned Peredhel twins.

"You just don't want to admit it, Russo. I know that you also think of them when you see Elrond and Elros."

"Do not call me that. I am Russo no more, only Maedhros." He felt caught. Normally, he would not allow himself to dwell on thoughts like this for too long, at least not while he was in company.

He felt Maglor's hand clasp his shoulder. "Stay here, brother. I do think of them too, every other day. It might be that our ways will cross again in the realm of Mandos, or even in Valinor, should the Valar ever forgive us for our misdeeds. Although for now, we have to take care of them." He vaguely pointed a hand in the direction of the younglings, still engrossed in their play fight.

Maedhros looked at his brother. Kanáfinwë, the strong voice, the mighty singer, he had been long ago. The mighty singer had not taken a harp in hand in what felt like ages.

"It is our fault that they have no parents, Maglor. We made them orphans."

Maglor gave a gentle nod of his head. "I am aware. We ripped them away from their parents, because of an oath that does not mean anything but a burden anymore. Now, brother, let us at the very least try and give them as much of a happy childhood as we can."

Meadhros nearly had the urge to laugh at that. "Two scarred, cast-out, veterans, who are looked upon by all of Beleriand? Who killed their own kin? It is very optimistic of you to say, that we could give them a childhood at all."

His brother chose to not give an answer to this, aside from a little sigh. Instead, he changed topics, as he always had when it became too troublesome to talk about something.

"Elrond want's to learn the art of healing. He has always been the calmer one of the two, whereas you should teach Elros more about the art of fencing. Not that Elrond should not be taught in this as well, but I feel he does not enjoy it as much as his brother does."

Secretly Maedhros had entertained the thought of teaching the Peredhel twins in combat too, he just never spoke to his brother about it.

"That shall be it. Why did you come here in the first place Kanò? You were supposed to watch the food."

The nickname had slipped, in a matter of habit. Maglor shook his head yes.

"I came out here to tell you that said food is ready. Get the children and tell them to wash up; they seem to be full of dirt."

"You sound like mother when she chastised Tyelko for coming home looking like he took a bath in mud."

When he smiled, Maglor looked shockingly like he had when they were still in Tirion, when he was named Macalaurë. Less gaunt and younger, less tired. It was thin lipped and did not quite reach his eyes, but it was a smile. One that Maedhros hadn't seen in years, and as to not wipe away that rare smile by making him talk again, he simply turned to Elrond and Elros.

"Are you not hungry?"he yelled, "Maglor made food!"

#maglor #kanafinwe #makalaure #maedhros #nelyafinwe #nelyo #maitimo #russandol #elrond #elrond and elros #elros #fanfic #imagines #writing #my fic #elrond peredhel #peredhil #silm fic #silmarillion #sons of feanor #house of feanor

[bitterfoam]

//serious question though: did Tolkien just forget about Daeron and Maglor or what?

Did they bump into each other in the Third Age, form an emo duet, and spook travellers by singing eerie songs at dusk?

#did Daeron see Arwen and creep around after her? #did Maglor see the Arkenstone snd msitake/recognise it as a Silmaril like I'm convinced Thranduil did? #did Daeron recognise the Anduin from old tales Saeros told him from before Lenwë vanished #did Maglor have to hide from Galadriel #EDIT I somehow forgot about Elrond and Elros in this imagine Maglor fishign for news like a proud but exiled parent

[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

[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

[arlenianchronicles]

"Out of the Great Sea to Middle-earth I am come.”

I was inspired to draw this when Clamavi de Profundis released their cover of the Oath of Elendil, but then I just left it to gather dust in my folders for months loll As messy as it is, I’ve decided to post it anyway because I really do like it (though I wish I had the energy to clean it up more).

Anyways, for context, it’s yet another scenario with Maglor and Tar-Minyatur! Maglor was wandering around the beach, only for Elros to sneak up on him and bring him back to Numenor. As for how Maglor was caught off-guard, I imagine Elros used a trading ship that Maglor was tracking in the hopes of doing some trade with humans, and he didn’t expect Elros to be there.

Then again, I think it’d be funnier if Elros appeared out of nowhere in his fancy king’s ship, and Maglor just stood on the beach staring at him like a dumb crab XDD

#i completed another sifu painting series so i decided to get some of my tolkien drafts done #i legit have no ideas for silm paintings atm #i've just been hyperfixated on sifu loll i love that game so much #art #my art #tolkien #silmarillion #fanart #elros #elros tar minyatur #maglor #makalaure #comic #kidnap fam #kidnap dads #family #platonic love #eldar #elves #noldor #sindar #i also changed the design for elros' crown #i just love the feathered wings more than the previous one XDD

[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

[victorie552]

I headcannon that after 3rd Kinslaying, and especially after Elrond and Elros left them in whatever fashion, Maedhros was a total dick to Maglor.

You know how sometimes old or sick people are nice to neighbours/nurses/strangers, but are horrible to their primal caretakers? That's them.

People aren't dicks to their caretakers just to be dicks - it's because they are often frustrated with themselves or their situation and don't know how else to deal with it or they can't deal with it the usual way. It also happens because, paradoxally, they feel safe around their caretakers - you can be a dick because you know they won't leave just because of that.

And boy, did Maglor cast himself in a role of caretaker (let's not kid ourselves, he wasn't qualified, and with his own problems to boot), and BOY, did Maedhros resent him for it. He did not NEED help, he did not DESERVE help, he's not another kidnapped child MAGLOR, I'M the older brother, I should take care of YOU YOU WRECK, WHY DO I ALWAYS HAVE TO BABYSIT YOU GROW UP ALREADY and leave me Nothing is EVER your fault, even when you left me to Angband as you should Why would you care now, it amounted to NOTHING before, it's WORTHLESS

And about half the time Maglor just takes it, actually likes it even. Mostly because of his guilt complex about how he deserves it, but also because Maedhros is only like this with him - he's trying his best to pretend to be fine and be a leader to few followers they have left, because they deserve better and that's the only thing he can give them now, and their brothers are all dead and would always be Too Little to act like that around them anyway. Maedhros would behave himself even around Fingon, to make him think rescuing him was worth something. So by being a dick to Maglor, Meadhros sees him as an equal, a safe haven. Maglor basks in that.

But obviously no one could just take such abuse like it's nothing, and Maglor is a Feanorian too, is prideful and stubborn, with his own laundry list of complains about Maedhros, and also unwell, and also thought of a new insult while lying awake at night and just wants to yell too. So half the time Maglor yells back and their yelling matches would bring orcs to tears, with hate and blame dripping from every word. I don't have enough imagination to picture it realistically, and actually I don't want to, it's too heartbreaking.

And sometimes, one or the other just starts crying. They don't talk about these times.

After some time, their arguments and insults are just a noise, something to repeat endlessly to the point of boredom.

By then, what actually hurts are the words that were not meant to harm.

Example 1:

Maedhros: 'did an all-night inspection of their stores cause he couldn't sleep' I found a herb you always liked to wash your hair with.

Maglor: 'doesn't remember last time he washed his hair, no less scented them'

Maglor: 'choked up' Appreciated.

Example 2:

Maedhros: 'feels like he's dragging Maglor to damnation with him' You could go with the twins, you know.

Maglor: 'doesn't want to upset Maedhros today so decides to pretend as if that was actually an option' Vanyar would probably like my singing but you know they would get mad at you for having better battle plans than them.

Maedhros: 'now KNOWS he's dragging Maglor to damnation with him'

Maedhros: 'dying inside' Of course they would.

When love hurts, it's easier to be a dick.

#maedhros #maglor #silmarillion #silm #barely related but it plays into my headcannon that when nerdanel didn't went with them and feanor died #maglor and maedhros became New Mom and Dad for the rest of Feanorians #not even with any creepy context from them it was an automatic process #oh Mom left Dad Maglor is similiar to her guess Maglor is New Mom #oh Dad's dead? Maedhros is New Dad #boom problem solved #when Maedhros was unwell after Tears Celegorm got to be Dad for some time #it's so unhealthy when you look from the outside #it's unrelated to anything except Maglor as New Mom resents any mentions of abandoning the others #Maglor is NOTHING like Nerdanel #THIS mom won't leave anyone thank you very much #and then Maedhros stays in Angband for 30 years lmao #so unhealthy #angst I guess #I feel it went in different direction than it started but eh