#main to outofangband andothers

[telpea-kalka]

Ok this is totally random but what if the Ainur see color differently than humans so Morgoth’s curse on Húrin fails because Húrin “sees through his eyes” and his eyes work totally differently

Melkor: haha your son is so doomed isn’t he Húrin

Húrin: what the fuck since when are sunflowers BLUE

-@outofangband

Oh god, this is hilarious and I fully accept this head canon! I imagine everything looks totally psychedelic, like he starts hearing colours and seeing in different directions of time and all that weird stuff. The real reason Hurin was acting crazy when he was released was he was totally tripping out on Valar-vision

#silmarillion #hurin #main to outofangband andothers #outofangband #thanks for the ask 💕

[feanorianethicsdepartment]

Hi I’d love to hear more about your headcanons on elven senses

-@outofangband

holy shit, a direct question about something i have incredibly detailed headcanons about! i've been waiting for an opportunity to talk about this, thanks

i talked about it a little here, but my alien!elves headcanons tend to go in a very... nocturnal direction. elves love the night sky, they view the sun with suspicion at best, their senses are optimised for a nighttime environment and a pretty heavily forested one at that. because you can see way less through the trees in the darkness than you can on the plains beneath the sun, elves are, compared to humans, worse at sight and much better at hearing

sure, elves can hear things from much further away than humans, but the soundscape they can perceive is also a lot more textured. they can pinpoint objects in their environment from sound alone, picking up on subtle vibrations humans just can't distinguish. they can keep track of a lot more sources of sound simultaneously, hear a much greater range of noises. their ears are shaped for precise soundwave channeling, and they flick and rotate them about to focus on specific sounds. legolas didn't see the rohirrim out past the curvature of the planet; he heard their horses' hooves pounding from miles upon miles away. the elves sometimes talk about hearing the song of the stars, and that's not a metaphor

their vision, on the other hand... it's not that it's bad, it's just that human sight is as amazingly good as elvish hearing, and the elves' functional-but-decidedly-secondary eyes just can't compare. elvish eyesight is more peripheral than humans, optimised towards spotting flickers of movements through the shadows, not discerning tiny gradations of hue in bright light. elves aren't completely colourblind, but their visible spectrum is definitely smaller and less nuanced than the human one. it's good for what it is, a backup sense designed to get the most out of whatever faint starlight it can snatch. it's just not the go-to elvish sensory tool. nice to have, but if there's not enough light to really work it no big deal

this difference in primary senses tends to manifest most hilariously when elves and humans try to appreciate each other's art. the most glorious elven works of music invariably sound like either atonal screeching or muffled monotones to human ears, because the brains attached to those ears can't process the complex interweaving of harmonies and dysphonics or straight up hear the difference between too-similar notes. by contrast, to elves who in addition to everything else just don't think of the world around them visually, most human pictorial art looks like either meaningless piles of shapes or indistinguishable squodges of colour

(the way i see it, the three sentient races of arda the silmarillion cares about is really good at one sense, passable at another, and mediocre-at-best with a third, relatively. humans are sight-touch-hearing, elves are hearing-sight-touch (this is why they don't hug and can't feel the cold.) dwarves are touch-hearing-sight, their vision isn't quite single-photosensitive-cell level but it's not that much better, they definitely can't see colour and have trouble distinguishing shapes. their hearing is Fine, but their tactile senses can detect movements through the rock all across a mountain)

#ask #main to outofangband andothers #elves #humans #dwarves #maglor haaaates human-recorded sound #it's all either full of jpeg artifacts or completely stripped of any shading #finrod: you can tell which army's with us by our standard! :) #balan: ... you've got them in six different colours what the fuck #none of this is to say different races can't use their less-optimised senses! #or find pleasure in them! we humans do music after all #it's just that our umwelts are different enough things tend to have Trouble crossing cultural boundaries #what this means for peredhil is left as an exercise for later!mitzi

[navyinks]

hello! your thangorodrim post made me cry! (literally). The comic itself is just absolutely gorgeous, the expressions waver from peaceful to a visceral pain and anguish that I feel physically. and the brand on Maedhros's cheek sends a chill into my bones. I have lots of ideas about his brands and ahh just *over excited noises and shuffling of papers* anyways you are just unbelievably talented-@outofangband

asdfsgfgh thank you <3 if it makes you feel any better, I also felt terrible drawing every panel of that comic x”D BUT no more of that, I said no more angst and Fingon arrives safely with Maedhros so it all ends well!!

if you got any headcanons on the branding please do share!! for me I realized that I really don’t like drawing extensive mutilation but still needed a visual hint of maedhros’s torment in angband, and a brand on his face seemed to be the most simple and effective way of presenting that x”D

#main-to-outofangband-andothers #askbox #this is already the second time i've drawn nolofinwe shouting at his stupid airhead son #sits back yes the kind of family drama i want to draw about #going back to my regular schedule of drawing happy things yessss

[eggxeggxegg]

What’s your timeline of the events of Silm

Like if you are saying the book is biased to the point that we can’t get an accurate understanding of the events from it what do you think actually happened? Or do you think like it could be literally anything and there’s just no way to know

(This isn’t meant to be sarcastic or anything I’m genuinely curious)

-@outofangband

Oof, I would have to do a real deep dive to asess all the things that must have happened vs is probably just a story with creative liberties.

Here’s an example of a partial and incomplete rundown of things I consider as undoubtedly happening because they are historical facts.

- The Ainur entered Ea

- The Valar created the Two Lamps and settled in Almaren

- Melkor overthrew the Lamps

- The Valar moved to Aman and grew the Two Trees

- There was the Battle of Powers and Melkor was captured

- The Elves were invited to Valinor

- Thingol met Melian

- Miriel died birthing Feanor and Finwe remarried

- Luthien was born

- Melkor was released and befriended the Noldor

- Feanor created the Silmarils

- There was a Feanor v Fingolfin squabble and Feanor was exiled

- Melkor killed the trees, stole the Silmarils, and returned to Angband

- The sun and moon were made

- Feanor did the Oath, there was the Flight of the Noldor

- The rest of the Noldor crossed the Helcaraxe

- Feanor died, Maedhros was captured

- Maedhros was rescued and lost a hand

- House of Finarfin entered Doriath

- Sons of Feanor relocate to East Beleriand

- Fingolfin became high king

- Nargothrond and Gondolin were completed

- Siege of Angband, Dagor Brogollach

- Melkor killed Fingolfin in single combat

- Mairon captured Minas Tirith

- Beren and Luthien met

- Mairon surrendered Tol-in-gaurhoth

- Beren and Luthien acquired a Silmaril

And, if course, there is leeway for debate.

#asks for egg #silmarillion meta #the silmarillion: what really happened? #red book of westmarch #main-to-outofangband-andothers

[afamiliars]

These are absolutely incredible

How do you choose which familiars to make variants of

Thank you!! We have multiple artists (8 right now!) and in general we just pick ones we like to draw and think have potential for new patterns and colors and such. 

#main-to-outofangband-andothers

[0operson-art]

your art of Melkor is so creepy and so so good-@outofangband

th-thank you! that means a lot to me! i’m glad the creep came across so well, and that other people like my melkor’s design as well <3

*+*+*✨(((o(///^ω^/// )o)))✨*+*+*

#response #gif #flashing #sorry it took me so long! i havent been on tumblr for awhile! >>" #tolkien #melkor #outofangband #main-to-outofangband-andothers

[windrelyn]

Fingolfin for @main-to-outofangband-andothers

Thanks for your request!

#fingolfin #helcaraxe #silmarillion #tolkien #nolofinwe #middle earth #my art #art request

[first-son-of-finwe]

Attn: Namo

Fëanáro's List of Complaints

1) Daily walks are not long enough, and I do not want to be attached to one of your maiar (or yourself) when taken on them. I am an independent elf, I can walk alone.

2) Not enough tools or space. Get Aulë to send me more things.

3) The food and drink options are average at best. I have not had a sparkling wine mixed with orange juice since I was alive, and the duck liver paté does not have enough seasoning. Please, talk to your chef.

4) Your maiar are BORING. You are boring. Let me see my parents, or at least talk to someone interesting.

5) There is some sort of restriction on fire lighting?? It makes no sense and I don't understand the purpose of it.

6) Please, keep the peasantry Teleri away from my quarters. Barely a day goes by where I don't have profanities yelled in my direction or my walls defaced with offensive images. It's not nice.

I trust that these will all be addressed immediately.

Sincerely, the former High King of the Noldor,

Fëanáro Curufinwë

Inspired by @sauronnaise's post and @main-to-outofangband-andothers for drawing my attention to it :3

#out of silmarils #feanaro vs mandos

[jaeheewillalwaysbemyfav]

How To Export/Backup your Tumblr

@main-to-outofangband-andothers​ has an excellent question! 

Here’s a step-by-step rundown of how to export/backup your tumblr. You’ll have to do this for each individual blog you have. Well, at least each blog you want a backup of.

I’m pretty sure this is only possible on desktop, so that’s the version I’m going to use.

Under the cut for ease of scrolling

Step 1: Go to your Settings

At the top-right of your dashboard (tumblr’s main page once you’re logged in), you should see this:

[Image ID: a screenshot of the aforementioned section of the tumblr dashboard. Several icons are displayed, from left to right: home, explore, inbox, messages, activity, Xkit, account, and post. End ID.]

(I have xkit installed so there’s xkit’s icon as well, you might not and therefore might not see that icon. Don’t worry, you don’t need X-kit for this!)

Click on the icon second from the right, that looks like a person. It will open this menu:

[Image ID: screenshot of the tumblr settings menu. From top to bottom: Likes, Following, Settings, What’s new, Help, Keyboard shortcuts, and Change palette. End ID.]

Click on settings, third from the top with the gear icon.

Step 2: Export your blog(s)

You should now be on a page that looks something like this:

[Image ID: A screenshot of the settings page for Tumblr. Personal/irrelevant information such as my email, password, and filtered content/tags have been censored with a black bar. End ID.]

On the bottom right of your screen is a list of your blogs, with your primary/main blog at the top and marked with a star. Click on the blog you wish to export to go to its settings page. It’ll look something like this:

[Image ID: a screenshot of a tumblr blog’s settings page, different from your general account settings. End ID.]

Scroll down until you see this button:

[Image ID: The bottom of a blog’s settings page. Again, irrelevant information has been censored. At the very bottom of the image is a grey button that says “Export [URL]”. This section is boxed in red for emphasis. End ID.]

Hit that button and you should see this:

[Image ID: A screenshot of the export blog feature once the button has been clicked. In the button’s place is the phrase “Backup processing...” End ID.]

Eventually (it can take over a day if you have a Lot of stuff on your blog, or a couple minutes/hours if you’ve got less), tumblr will finish backing up all posts on your blog and have them available to download as a zip file. When it’s ready, you’ll receive an email, which will link you to the exported blog’s settings page (or you can just refresh the tab if it’s still open), and you’ll see this:

[Image ID: a screenshot of the export blog feature once the backup is finished processing. Two buttons are available: the first says “download backup” and displays the date the backup was made to the right, and the second says “Export [URL]” to make a new export. End ID.]

Click on the “download backup” button, and you’ll get a zip file containing all your blog’s contents! Use your unzipping tool of choice and you’ll now have access to the backup of your blog! For writers, the most relevant thing is the backup of all your posts. 

Everything you’ve ever posted or reblogged on that blog will be stored in a folder titled “posts”. If you’re like me, that means you’ll have a lot of posts to sort through if you want to find your actual content. The posts are saved individually by their permanent url code (usually a series of numbers), so you’ll have to do some digging to find the copies of your work (again, if you’re like me lol).

They’re saved as HTML files and open with a bit of wonky formatting, but otherwise they contain all the text and images (and etc.) from the original posts!

Remember you need to make a backup for each individual blog you want a copy of, just repeat these steps for them as needed. I also recommend renaming the zip files as soon as you can because they’re complete gibberish by default. I named mine after the blog they’re a backup of.

Let me know if you have any other questions and happy fandom-doomsday prepping! 

#tumblr plus #tumblr premium #blog export #blog backup #post+ #mine

[winterinhimring]

Tagged by @hopefullystillliving. Thank you for the tag!

Rules: answer 10 questions and tag 10 people you want to know better.

Relationship status: Books! (No, I will not elaborate on this.)

Favourite colour: Uh, I have a lot, so let’s say olive green and grey.

Three favourite foods: Beef Wellington, smoked steaks, apple pie. 

Song stuck in my head: Lachian Dances by Leos Janacek

Last thing I listened to: see above

Last thing I googled: (location redacted) krav maga

Time: 18:06

Dream trip: Middle-Earth. ;-) Failing that, anywhere with snow, mountains, and hiking trails.

Anything I really want: A rapier. 

Currently reading: The Hobbit, Commodore Hornblower (for fanfic writing purposes), and my own fanfic The War of the Ring because sometimes you wrote the thing you want to read.

Last song: Uh...does the fact that I’m in the middle of listening to the entire LOTR soundtrack count as this?

Last movie: The Fellowship of the Ring

Last series: BBC Merlin

Sweet, savoury or spicy: Savoury.

Craving: None right now.

Tea or Coffee: TEA!!!!!! (But only good tea.)

Currently working on: Rewriting Commodore Hornblower with musewrangler, the day job, and...not really much else.

Tagging (no pressure, as usual): @musewrangler, @feanorianethicsdepartment, @fyeahmeninroyalnavy, @main-to-outofangband-andothers, @erai-crabantaure, @pathfinderswiftpen, and anyone who wants to play.

#tag game #winter says things

[anghraine]

main-to-outofangband-andothers replied to this post:

To be honest I don’t read a lot about after the first age but I saw Morwen mentioned so I was obligated to read more and I’m glad I did, this is fascinating -outofangband

Thanks! I think that, unfortunately, Silm fandom and LOTR fandom have a lot of overlap when it comes to fixating on blood partitions.

#outofangband #respuestas #legendarium blogging #legendarium fanwank #nice things people say to me

[telpea-kalka]

For some reason I always picture Húrin as Obi Wan Kenobi. I haven’t watched Star Wars in about a decade. Is this valid? If not someone please help me with a better one

-@outofangband

Okay, I know you’re probably thinking of older Obi Wan, and he would absolutely make a great Hurin—but now I’m just picturing Hurin as prequels Obi Wan being chained to the chair and tormenting Morgoth with an eternity of sass and zany one liners and that’s just so delightful! I could not resist making this

#outofangband #main to outofangband andothers #thanks for the ask ❤️❤️❤️ #I feel palpatine could play a very convincing morgoth #obi wan kenobi #Hurin #children of hurin #the silmarillion

[feanorianethicsdepartment]

You talked about Fëanorian folk songs but if you’ve heard One Tin Soldier by The Original Caste, that might give a good idea of what an anti Fëanorian folk song sounds like!

-@outofangband

okay now i'm imagining the ossiriandic fëanorians having a sing-off with the laiquendi and while the fëanorians are all yes-we-are-a-murder-cult-and-we're-proud-of-it the laiquendi bring their best you-are-going-to-lose-everything-and-it'll-be-entirely-your-own-fault-you-psychopaths game

#ask #main to outofangband andothers #that song is aimed directly at the murderelves it's great #feanorians #nandor #beleriandic politics in a nutshell #current mental image: extremely drunk amras getting folk songs mixed up #'do it in the name of heav-HIC' 'that's THEIR song you moron'

[rantingcrocodile]

Since “TERF” is supposed to be the (misleading and ignorant) acronym for “Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist,” I would love to see sources of actual radical feminists actively supporting people who are anti-abortion, @main-to-outofangband-andothers. 

[onthesandsofdreams]

@main-to-outofangband-andothers: Thank you very much, glad you liked it!

#comments

[telpea-kalka]

Wait a second I think I’ve solved The Silmarillion.

The oath says “Fëanáro or Fëanáro’s kin”

The obvious solution is one of the Fëanorians has to take one for the team and platonically marry Thingol or one of his kids.

They’re now Fëanor’s kin, no need for anymore kinslayings.

You’re welcome, Ñoldor.

(Disclaimer: this is mostly a joke. Also fits into my ridiculous AU where Lúthien hires Celegorm and Curufin to pretend to kidnap her to see what her father will do)

-outofangband

My god you cracked the code! Watch Feanor roll up to Doriath, 100% aggression, and just demand a marraige alliance because he think’s it’ll make Thingol chill. The only one who think’s it’s a great idea is Luthien—no one expects her level of crazy to be that high

#your au luthien reminds me of my one aunt who faked her death to see who would call about her funeral and I love tbag #thanks for the ask!! ❤️❤️❤️ #main to outofangband andothers