here's some eriador nandor as nomads in the dunland area
(somewhat inspired by cave creature thingol)
i feel like they would favor varda as Lord of Arda over manwe, since without the treelight, their only light source would be the light of her stars + her creations are basically the only ones they're guaranteed to see every day/night.
some groups of the eriador nandor (namely lenwe's group) created glowy starlight tattoos (like a wearable version of feanor's artificial gems) as a dedication to varda (and a convenient light source). and since it's mostly dark except for the starlight, they have purple/sable face paint for war/hunting to enhance the glowy starlight effect. they mostly stop doing this after the rising, though, since the sun/moonlight makes the contrast less effective than regular green/brown camo, and it becomes more of a traditional than practical thing. (maeglin got his color scheme from the sable paint)
eol is one of the former-nomadic-nandor laegrim who migrated sometime in the first age and ended up in nan elmoth (his starlight tattoos eventually faded bc he spent too much time either indoors or in a very dark magic forest and also he was evil so varda stopped recharging him or something)
the rising of the moon and sun + morgoth + men + migration of laegrim leads to an erosion of nandorin nomadic culture (since its a lot harder to wander around mostly-peacefully stargazing when the continent is suddenly full of orcs and men) and by the third age there are like three nandorin nomads left around the southern coastal region
the oldest nandor (born between cuivienen and the rising) are more cave-creature-y, with semi-translucent skin, really big dark blue eyes (like the waters of cuvienen at night), and extra good night vision but worse normal light and color vision. the ones born after the rising have normal skin and eyes, though most of them still have the white/silver teleri hair.
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a lot of one piece fanfics I’ve read that include Portgas D. Rogue make her into some variety of badass and while I think this is totally fair both in a watsonian way (she’s got that goddamn will of D. And no one with that initial can just be normal) and doylistically (she is an underutilized female character in a male-dominated story and deserves it) I simply cannot help but wish for more humble backgrounds.
“Rogue was a bounty hunter!” “Rogue was a pirate!” “Rogue was related to Garp!” How about Rogue was young woman from a small island in the South Blue who was swept up in the wake of the King of the Pirates. And when he died she wasn’t cool and snarky or righteously angry she was grieving and scared and dealing with the fact that she was going to have to raise their baby alone. And before she can even start to come to terms with that, the marines come sweeping into her town (or village, or city,) checking every pregnant woman and child as potential suspects. How about Rogue didn’t have a devil fruit or haki but she did have that goddamn D and the will to look fate and death and biology in the eye and not blink first, even if her hands start to shake. How about Rogue didn’t have crewmates, but she had neighbors, and family, and friends, and some of them had to have seen her and Roger together somewhere. And if they did, they closed ranks around her despite (or perhaps because of) the danger, and that wracked her with guilt. How about Rogue takes after her son, when the propaganda machine starts to churn, and lies awake at night wondering if her home, her people, the world would be better off if she gave herself up. If she didn’t exist. How about Rogue was scared, when the doctors told her what holding back her pregnancy is doing to her body. How about Rogue resented the pirate who came in with his devilish charms and convinced her he loved her, and then abandoned her. How about Rogue considering giving her baby up. How about Rogue feeling that baby move or kick and being filled with so much love that there isn’t room for fear or doubt or anything else.
I dont know a god damn thing about Portgas D. Rogue, I don’t know if she gets more background in the anime or in supplemental materials. But I know that Ace’s mom wore a pretty dress that didn’t show her baby bump, and wore flowers in her hair, and cried when Ace was born cuz she was happy he was alive. And I think a lot about what kind of woman could steal the heart of the king of the pirates, the freest man in the world.
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