#melian

[thesummerestsolstice]

I love how the entrance to Rivendell is shown in the Hobbit movies– the path is clearly enchanted; the geography is wonky, and the passage only shows up when Thorin & co really need to escape danger.

I feel like this is just how Rivendell works– there are no set pathways in and out of the valley, strange corridors and hidden passages to it just show up when and where they're needed. People who have been to Rivendell before can usually find their way back pretty easily, but even they usually can't explain exactly how they got there. Only the residents of Rivendell can reliably lead others to the valley– and Galadriel, because she's Galadriel. It usually takes Gandalf a while to find the path. He's convinced Elrond just like messing with him.

This is very much Elrond channeling his inner Melian. Doriath was extremely hard to get into, but in the normal fairy way where you just get lost in the woods endlessly if you're not welcome, and the forest parts for you if you are. Elrond saw that and decided to spice things up a little for his realm. You know, some impossible rock formations, a few very strange trees, landscaping that is vaguely beyond mortal comprehension, all that.

Rivendell's residents think it's great. Most outsiders think it's a little creepy.

#silmarillion #silm headcanons #the hobbit #elrond #elrond peredhel #eldritch peredhel #rivendell #melian #doriath #gandalf #galadriel #fae elrond fae elrond fae el–

[colleendoran]

LEGENDS OF THE QUENDI

Private commission, from The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Pen and ink, watercolor, 24 K gold.

Gandalf/Olorin, Cirdan, Celembribor, Gil Galad, Melian, Galadriel, Elrond, Arwen, The Elven Rings, The Elessar, and a symbolic Belt of Melian.

No, I'm not playing hooky on Good Omens, I get about 20 minutes a day to work on other stuff.

I was getting a half hour a day, but even that's too much at this point.

And yes, at roughly 25 minutes a day, a piece like this takes a really long time. Months.

I'm a big believer in making sure you pick at something else even while working on a big project, even if you only use that time for warm ups. Keeps you from crumbling under the weight of the main project.

#lord of the rings #jrr tolkien #pen and ink #arwen #elrond #gandalf #olorin #cirdan #celembribor #gil galad #melian #galadriel

[lowcountry-gothic]

Ilúvatar and Ainulindalë

Valar

The Two Trees of Valinor

Thingol and Melian

Ulmo, Ossë and Tol Eressëa

Fëanor and The Silmarils

The Flight of the Noldor

Maedhros and Fingon

The Fall of Fingolfin

Beren and Lúthien

Art by Wavesheep. Part I | Part II | Part III.

#art #wavesheep #tolkien #the silmarillion #eru iluvatar #valar #laurelin #telperion #ulmo #nienna #varda #manwe #yavanna #aule #thingol #melian #osse #feanor #elves #maedhros #fingon #fingolfin #morgoth #beren #luthien #ainur

[sempermoi]

Melian

Keeping in theme with too much hair, flowers and pearls: a portrait of Melian ^^

#melian #art #artists on tumblr #drawing #sketch #digital art #my art #illustration #tolkien #tolkien art #procreate #silmarillion #silm #silm art

[annoyinglandmagazine]

I love everything about Elrond’s complicated heritage and his relationship with it. Because that duality in not only being part human and part elf (plus a little Maia) but also being both very firmly of the Finweans and raised partially by Feanorians yet also being directly of the line of Thingol and predominantly ethnically Sindar. Potentially he has a direct claim to both the thrones of Sindar and the Noldor and that’s pretty incredible considering their shared history.

What made me think about this is the foundation of Imladris, because that’s some Melian shit right there. Seriously he’s drawing from his Doriathrim heritage, never mind Luthien come again that’s Thingol’s Maia queen behaviour. And yet he doesn’t use it like his ancestors did. They tried to protect their people sure, but he didn’t draw the line at his people. Rivendell is a direct contrast to Doriath and I feel like that tells you something important about Elrond.

Because Elrond knows his family history but he also has a unique ability to sympathise with yet assess critically all the actions of his ancestors as a consequence of his mixed heritage. He can empathise with the Feanorians because he’s witnessed how much they suffered and their capacity for kindness but he’s also experienced a kinslaying from a vulnerable child’s perspective and so understands the Sindar’s anger. But as a mixed race person who speaks multiple languages including Quenya and lost a lot of homes he can also acknowledge that Thingol went too far sometimes because he knows what it’s like to be different, to be living somewhere where your cultural identity is treated as something you can change or fix.

So we see that he learnt from their mistakes to try and do the best he could to be welcoming to other people regardless of anything else, by outright doing the opposite to Thingol. He also seems to have learnt similar lessons from his experiences with the Feanorians in his wisdom regarding the ring’s corruption and ‘I bind you to no oath.’

#silmarillion #tolkien #Meta #elrond #elrond peredhel #imladris #rivendell #thingol #melian #Maglor #maedhros

[fridaywormteeth]

every Tolkien romance is like

“ she was an elf lady, descendant of angels and the fairest creature to ever walk the earth. The light of creation itself was in her face and birds quieted as she sang.

He was a mortal king of great valor and ancestry who just happened to walk by.

They fell in love instantly”

#tolkien #lotr #silm #aragorn #arwen undomiel #beren and luthien #elwë #thingol #melian #Friday’s posts

[naarisz]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#silmarillion #silm #tolkien #elwing #maedhros #melian #turin turambar #idril #finrod #thuringwethil #sauron #aredhel #curufin #polls #silmarillion rpg game

[fflewddur-feanorion]

#tolkien #silmarillion #luthien #beren #thingol #melian #comic #partial redraw of a comic from a few months ago! #I wanted Beren to look like Aragorn and now he looks like Trevor from Castlevania

[red-raven-reading]

#the silmarillion #tolkien #melian #nerdanel #varda elentari #elu thingol #feanor #manwe sulimo #please don't keep the Silmaril #please don't take my sons - they will die #please don't trust your creepy pos brother #their wives were too good for them #melian was literally a goddess #and thingol was just like 'but what does she know???' #manwe: i can change him! #varda: respectfully dear husband no you fucking can't

[actual-bill-potts]

Very important poll 2

#silm poll #the silmarillion #finrod #finwe #turin #celeborn #Melian #luthien #celebrimbor #tuor #elwing #hurin #maedhros

[ayaosguqin]

“Family”

Fierce Love

For @tolkiengenweek

1.Aredhel and Maeglin through the forest

2.Melian and Luthien

#melian #aredhel #maeglin #luthien tinuviel #tolkien #silmarillion #lotr #lord of the rings #j r r tolkien #luthien #digital art #artist on tumblr #mother #elf #tolkiengenweek #art

[yashmel]

#silmarillion #fan art #elves #tolkien universe #melian #thingol

[aeondelirium]

Dear @elentarial, I’m your @ainursecretsanta! I hope your year is off to a great start <3

#melian #thingol #silmarillion #I loved your prompt! #ainur secret santa

[cirrdan]

Thingol, Melian and Luthien>

#and some comics #silmarillion #thingol #melian #luthien #tolkien universe #the silmarillion #tolkien stuff #digital art #silm memes #silm incorrect quotes #tolkien fandom #lotr #beren and luthien #silmart #silmarillion elves

[whiteladyofithilien]

This is for couples who have an in-text interaction... Because I know there's others that we love but it's all in our heads like Eomer and Lothiriel. I'm also not including the Valar because that's just a whole different cup of tea

You can pick based on books or films or a bit of both. Whatever moves you but I would LOVE it if you put which in the tags

#rosie cotton #samwise gamgee #melian #thingol #aragorn #arwen #tolkien #Silmarillion #lord of the rings #jrr tolkien #beren #luthien tinuviel #nerdanel #feanor #hurin #morwen #niniel #nianor #children of hurin #Faramir #eowyn #Earendil #elwing #aredhel #eol #Galadriel #Celeborn #goldberry #tom bombadil #turin turambar

[akzgaj]

Thingol and Melian.

#elves #fantasy #lord of the rings #lotr #lotr art #silmarillion #silmarillion art #the silmarillion #My art #Melian #Thingol #Elu thingol #Beren and Luthien #Luthien #Hobbit #Tolkien #Tolkien art #JRR Tolkien