#olorin is just vibing

[aemiron-main]

jamie as olorin

so ive been thinking about this for the past few hours and i need to make it everyone on tumblr’s problem because i’ve already made it everyone on discord’s problem.  regarding a live action silmarillion adaptation, i NEED to see jamie campbell bower as olorin. usually the obvious casting for him would be sauron/annatar/mairon but i think sauron is way too similar to henry to cast jamie and i actually think that jamie would be the perfect olorin/”younger” gandalf

LIKE!! jamie’s able to do the PERFECT “friendly but Slightly Wrong/offputting” vibes that you Need for a maiar like olorin, esp when he’s not in his old man form. like!! put a long white/blonde wig on him and let that man LOOSE, he would be absolutely amazing. 

Like we’ve already seen him with almost-white hair:

And just.

#jamie campbell bower #jamie bower #the silmarillion #olorin #silmarillion #gandalf

[tolkien-feels]

So like, if you've followed me for any length of time, you know I really enjoy the angst of betrayals or relationships that are otherwise damaged.

But having said that.

I really love the idea of Olorin finding Mairon Very Annoying even before he's turned evil. Just not vibing with him. Mairon is That Fucking Guy you work with that you feel petty for disliking but he really does get on your nerves for some reason.

Olorin as one of the Istari is just constantly muttering under his breath "Not That Fucking Guy again" but of course it's always That Fucking Guy

[aregebidan]

What’s your favourite (most likeable, most interesting, most fun to think about, whatever) Tolkien character and why? And do you have any headcanons about them?

Thanks for asking!

Depending on my mood / what day it is, my favorite character is either Maglor or Mairon. 

I have A Lot of headcanons about our dear minstrel, but the one I consider most important is that he has the gift of foresight, which he accesses via music (see this post for details.) Beyond that, my hcs for Maglor are mostly just little painful tidbits, like:

He’s kind to Elrond and Elros because they remind him of Amrod and Amras.

After the Oath, he becomes quite cold and cynical on the outside because he’s scared of what would happen if he loses control of his emotions again. This causes Caranthir, who’s known for being hot-headed, to dislike him. 

His songs weren’t very popular in Valinor because they always had a certain Sad Vibe about them, derived from his visions, that weirded out most of Tirion. It was only in Middle-Earth, where everyone had Sad Vibes and needed someone to express them, that he became known as a great musician.

He learned how to duel wield during his rebellious emo phase to spite Maedhros, who was always showing off his athletic skills at that time. “See Nelyo?? Anything you can do, I can do better!” *Nerdanel sighs in the background*

Spending so much time by the sea only enhances his “magic.” By the time the War of the Ring rolls around, even the Orcs know to avoid him. 

When Sam sails, Maglor protects him from storms and sings away the rough winds for him because even if he can’t go back to his friends and family, this precious child should be able to.

Headcanons for Mairon are more difficult to come up with-- I mean, he’s a millennia-old fallen angel who I first knew as a sentient flaming eyeball and I’m not even a legal adult. I still have a few though, which feature a lot of other characters:

His armor from the Battle of the Last Alliance isn’t made of plain metal, it’s made of the pieces of Grond that he found in Angband after the War of Wrath. Being surrounded by Melkor’s energy makes him feel a bit better. It feels like a hug

The dragons didn’t like him very much, which explains why Smaug didn’t ally with him in Mirkwood. I may or may not have thought of an entire conspiracy theory about why the dragons disliked Mairon, which revolves around Glaurung and Feanor, but it’s staying in my head for now. 

Before he joined Melkor, Olorin and Curunir hero-worshipped him and saw him as this perfect Maia. When he fell, Olorin had to go to Nienna to cope (Nienna being the resident Ainur therapist.) Curunir was too proud to go, which made it easier for Mairon to corrupt him later on. 

He hates being in Numenor as a prisoner because it reminds him of Melkor’s stories of when he was chained in Mandos. 

After Melkor leaves, Mairon practices his seduce-and-destroy act with  Celebrimbor mainly to understand him and how he felt when he was corrupting Mairon. Celebrimbor has a lot in common with pre-fall Mairon, which makes him a good subject. Later on, he accepts that he’ll never truly understand Melkor and it becomes a sort of hobby that he practices on Pharazon. 

Wow, that got out of hand. I hope you enjoyed it ;;