#venwe

[lie-where-i-land]

Venwe seems to have desisted from using her blog, and from interacting with the silm fandom in general - no new posts etc - likely because too many people know she’s a transphobe.

However she’s quite active on her replacement blog, formerly called suyao-supremacy and but now called holy—milk (two dashes). There’s a different blog called holy-milk (one dash) that’s blank but I don’t think that’s hers.

I doubt she’ll be coming back to the silm fandom but she’s posting a lot of Untamed stuff on holy—milk (I think it’s untamed? If it’s not, it’s … what’s the word? Danmei?)

But it’s funny how people crawled up my ass when I said that the folks supporting her are transphobes. This whole thing was deeply upsetting to the trans community here, dozens of trans people opened up about exactly how this was hurtful …. And cycas is still following venwe and holy—milk.

All that back and forth about “it’s so I can change her mind” yet no conversation has materialized, no one has apologized, and as per usual the only ones who offered any education were us trans people.

#Like whatever I guess #but venwe’s definitely not somebody “she doesn’t know who just asked her to boost that post”

[slowtides]

choose an artist you like and use the name of their songs to answer this as close to the truth as possible!

tagged by @sullengirl <3

name of the artist: Sade

1. what is your gender? "You're Not the Man"

2. describe yourself: "Clean Heart"

3. how do you feel? "Cherish the Day"

4. if you could go anywhere, where would it be? "Paradise"

5. describe your best friend: "The Safest Place"

6. your favorite time of day: "Morning Bird"

7. if your life was a tv show, what would it be called? "Hang On to Your Love--Long Version"

8. what is life to you? "It's Only Love that Gets You Through"

9. relationship status: "I Will Be Your Friend"

10. what do you fear? "Bullet Proof Soul"

I tag the following people and anyone who wants to do it! @sandovers @fyeahtheodyssey @kargyle @cloudbustng @venws @velvetbronte @blindmanbaldwin @maharanis @soyauntie @withdrxwl @riverthebanished

#to her own beloved self

[aprosa]

@thequeerlibrarian thanks for the tag baby ❤️❤️

hot shower or cold shower // texting or calling // earbuds or headphones // paperback or hardcover // matte or gel* idk jkkkkk // 12 hour clock or 24 hour clock // blue or green // sunsets or sunrises // tulips or orchids // candle light or moonlight // scifi or horror // pen or pencil // pandas or koalas // gold or silver // sneakers or boots // denim jacket or leather jacket // pink or purple // chocolate or sour candy // deodorant or perfume // drive-in movie theater or the cinema // pastel colors or neutral/ earth tones // lemonade or fruit juice // past or future //

I'm tagging @nowcelia @venws @dreary-to-be @to-need-somebody @poetrymoon @lastchanceforslowdance and everybody who wants to do it feel tagged by me <3

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[444namesplus]

Abliened Acted Activil Adays Agantry Ageresse Aleently Alhadles Amest Amplainge Antior Antryday Anymom Apabbeep Apaing Apped Apring Ardpone Arnass Arsonly Aselcon Aselilles Asketing Asles Aslie Asons Assiving Astret Atilless Atims Ativacle Atter Aumant Aways Awing Awite Badays Bades Badze Bantery Barls Bearat Beasil Beate Befixing Befoom Belie Belly Belson Betchamed Bicalil Bikedint Bille Bitteven Blesn Blrest Bmidest Bmishosts Borre Buresso Burety Caled Calests Cater Caugh Caumblr Champt Chassmady Chave Chents Chillose Ching Claxy Cloce Clond Clons Cloplass Clown Clugly Cocien Cocke Comeasham Comed Comem Comen Comenning Cometir Comosty Conase Corbille Corint Corse Corted Couge Couns Coutle Couty Culed Cyclock Daliest Dayed Deate Deatter Demarte Dempt Deounhe Dicasson Diett Dinagoing Dionat Doestior Dollang Doody Doole Doopt Doothic Dress Dureate Dzessed Eadved Earbited Earcises Endicaus Enturn Eving Evolympin Exers Expland Explson Eyour Fames Farable Faragoly Fatchy Fated Fatem Fathrow Fatione Favactin Favoics Feenwery Fereares Fiespiced Fixintive Folack Folly Foring Forse Foused Fressing Fundrals Givicting Golay Golle Grack Gragle Grathen Gressrom Gympin Hamed Hampar Hamping Hanuman Hartmes Hassomme Heack Heaugers Heaughts Hecon Helicjd Henny Hentiong Hentlien Hents Himed Hione Hipme Hobiker Hoblout Hollot Holvace Hosess Hostook Hosts Humbulety Humidn Humie Huseeknic Husts Ifixind Imment Impot Imuste Ineve Ingler Innymonly Ischere Itchons Itens Joetes Joind Joing Jumblure Kerse Kingery Kingtons Kinve Kipper Kiptie Ladporsty Laill Lased Lashon Leadve Leiga Liants Lienney Liern Lieving Lilly Lingto Litan Litanning Lizing Logals Losel Losted Lotle Lounnalif Mager Magivesn Maing Maloce Manal Mandem Manned Marat Marda Marect Mareo Marts® Meging Mendrelf Meourat Mishole Momes Moraug Morets Moutions Moutlint Neved Nfelf Nflogs Noretere Norrrry Nuever Olace Onlympold Optinart Ovate Owals Owlaing Paine Paing Pecal Pection Pedurna Petent Pichame Piona Pladed Plaut Poing Poldiants Poresport Porrible Pread Prigh Prippio Priver Pronics Prons Publoss Pudeck Pudiond Pupper Qualiong Quallors Quevei Ragame Ratims Rautiens Readver Reashow Reatelth Remeal Rinve Rommen Rompt Ronsons Ronve Rundes Runding Rundreat Rustic Rusup Rydant Saace Saack Saaclow Saactiews Saactimp Samed Sameds Sample Scheal Schena Scounner Scrawims Scrince Scrit Sculd Scult Shing Shinge Shiped Shitager Shoberne Shollonas Sight Simous Sinice Siong Sions Sking Skinic Slurts Soman Somes Somon Sooner Sortyle Sough Sples Spons Sponsomes Sporld Sposteb Spoth Stakina Stall Stand Steveri Stingold Stligally Stold Stopperch Strasor Styrs Sualre Subloss Suird Suirld Sweigay Swimmeart Swing Switited Synow Taged Taked Tantions Tartartme Temorn Thants Theada Thennym Therat Thing Thobice Tholly Thumaling Tined Tionsone Tivace Toning Toopt Toore Topps Torave Toriddles Tradeo Trans Trants Tratep Tratick Tualther Turciels Turgep Ughle Ughtleck Unbod Undicjd Undrack Ushons Ustre Usubtle Vathilly Venweing Vilympic Voick Voing Vones Waleast Wantil Waskid Wayed Weellack Weenes Welort Welorter Whaina Whamed Wheldices Whese Whindia Whinner Whinnes Whowedwer Whypeoth Wikedays Wimaking Winstar Womfook Worrite Worrry Wousual Wrentling Wring Wwedi Yamarvene Yeastes Yousebrat Youtions Ytpose

[oomeomitoalenda]

Caminhada à Redenção - Parte II (em Redenção - Parque Farroupilha) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpJbwMNu0pKPIlDiIG4-veNw-YxzcyqCPnrGp00/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[444names]

imperial and altmer names from tes

Adinus Adwen Airan Alamillus Alcalda Alciculus Aldil Aleniel Allen Alsil Altarie Altoria Amaricion Amolius Anan Anilia Anus Anwe Anwindolar Ararayne Argie Aridil Aril Arilius Arin Arion Arkramia Arlad Arnius Arormon Arus Arya Astelis Asterion Aureladac Bacia Barion Bellinbine Bendir Bertan Blaremia Blas Bley Boristius Bornus Bran Bren Britia Brosliana Brus Bure Caariil Cadar Calallin Calamerna Calarius Callalar Calwe Camallinis Camarlino Camawe Caras Carithia Cariti Ceius Cellia Celnus Ciinarulus Cinic Cinwe Cipito Citidil Clor Cloreius Colith Colucus Conaferdes Cornena Corte Cultie Cunin Curantimia Cyme Cymilyon Cyon Cyrair Cyranorin Cyremmen Derrion Dilanustir Dixesse Dorelandon Durinwe Ealcircas Ealstius Earcabel Elaus Eldomir Eldowe Elikaerion Elleno Elli Elsia Emar Emin Emme Erdor Erilus Esol Essinere Esus Etius Fabendius Faginwe Faingwe Faintiamus Falia Fallen Falurame Famalwe Fanil Fanus Farmine Feldilius Fenwe Fina Finil Fintie Fire Firion Firwandon Flanil Flav Floe Flon Frandna Fren Gaentius Gaepale Gaewentuch Galvartus Gampus Ganteron Garinor Gavius Gelsius Gemildue Gensantus Gera Gianca Gilion Gius Glorsius Glya Gnorion Gria Grinenus Grion Grulf Grumo Guntus Hael Harus Hasawen Heir Hellerath Hellin Hereranus Hidil Highilind Higil Hilius Himer Hlitedius Holarna Hora Hyakemer Idalf Inda Inia Inilwy Inus Irel Irith Itariorna Jakorriwe Janaren Jands Janier Jaronia Javerlia Jenwe Jeria Jorulcele Juvera Kalidawe Kemalus Kemius Kemo Korrel Kovindie Kviturius Lafav Lair Lana Lanatch Landil Landine Lanewe Larie Laryairus Lecia Leil Lematus Lenicil Lenkastius Lennanal Levetius Liangitil Lidominius Lindilan Lindruncos Linuathire Litar Lituno Llorellan Loctayia Lomello Loregre Lorortar Lorrie Lure Lyea Maan Maccurilia Macebel Malendel Manarmia Mande Manone Marinullus Marinwis Marmia Marunda Mecen Melon Meriande Mery Midinwe Milesalius Minia Minicur Mira Mirayon Mirtaal Mius Moreil Murosse Mutelwe Naissius Nala Nalaur Nalil Narindon Naryarfire Natius Nenon Nenuuya Nesynag Nianquil Niduryric Nipinius Nira Niriil Nius Noderva Norinianus Nortius Nulme Ocla Oiontilwen Opicar Ordalissil Orelamina Orinare Orre Oteria Ottius Pamirit Pandran Parria Pelsipitus Pelus Pengaen Pere Perisare Pernest Phon Phonis Pida Pidus Pilgus Plandus Plannelius Plenfin Porne Porwen Potchae Pron Prontius Psymbaren Pulon Pulus Qualaledel Quaraven Querde Raborius Raves Reginire Relia Rieloril Rima Rissirwe Rius Romel Romir Rormo Ruar Rubelalere Rulia Runa Rungla Sala Salomor Salor Santil Santion Sariele Sarina Saritus Sarto Sauryanwe Sawe Scil Selil Selucasto Severe Sewe Shastre Sidar Sillenana Simelia Siminius Sinar Sire Sius Solontus Solwatch Solwendur Sorfon Sorlan Sotharon Speline Sperimus Sponwe Stian Stius Storerinwe Stornenwe Strucinus Sure Taamyafwe Taawe Tahera Talion Tanwe Tarasta Tare Tari Taril Tastia Telirumus Tellere Tellio Teloranler Teluretius Tentia Tera Terg Terus Tess Thil Thina Thirie Thiss Throna Thyus Ticil Tius Trus Tunlil Turilmo Tymbucia Tyron Ulya Unius Unra Untarne Urinumnius Ursus Urwuluril Vain Valtamolil Valtarwas Valtus Vanius Vanne Vare Vastoromwe Venwe Vercos Verne Verwinia Veryehil Vide Videboron Vidil Vido Vierin Vimenis Vindil Viregil Visse Vius Vollion Vonse Vorantus Vorio Vyrinwe Wenis Wher Whitalan Yewen Zene

#444names #444 names

[henshengs]

☕️ nie huaisang did more harm to qin su (or at least her reputation) than jin guangyao did

Eh. I think this one pretty clearly depends on your interpretation of JGY’s culpability in Rusong’s death, because while JGY constantly attempted to protect Qin Su’s reputation, I think in the long run the murdered baby was the most salacious part of the whole situation. But to be honest, that’s not so relevant to me because I don’t think Qin Su herself cared even a fraction as much about her reputation as JGY did. She didn’t kill herself because she was afraid the incest would be revealed, she killed herself because her husband told her her baby had to die and then paralyzed her and locked her up.

You could argue that JGY only did any of that because of NHS’s manipulations, and NHS certainly either didn’t care if QS got hurt or actively wanted it, but I think that takes too much agency away from JGY. One of JGY’s tragedies is that his fear leads to him taking control away from the people he loves and it always makes things worse for him in the end. Idk if NHS anticipated that exactly, I think it’s likely he was just taking a bat to a hornet’s nest.

#I’m a jgy stan first and a person second but when it comes to the women and children among his victims #I’m as anti jgy as I can get #replies #venwe #jiggy blogging #like qs was the one who pushed to marry jgy despite his background and then risked premarital pregnancy #I think (for obvious upbringing reasons) she was much less afraid of the consequences of reputation than he was

[paradoxspaceheater]

what about suyao (as in su she/jgy)?

if the cultivation world hates you for stealing techniques and not being well-born enough simply unionize

#venwe #ask game #also they inexplicably have ‘sometimes things that are expensive are worse’ energy

[lie-where-i-land]

Silmarillion Fandom Transphobia

Hi, I’m @lie-where-i-land​ (James, 20s, gay trans man).  I’ve been thinking a lot recently about transphobia and trans allies in fandom spaces, and how people may pay us trans folks lip service but at the end of the day do little to support us. Yesterday was the final straw to break my back, shall we say. 

A while ago, it came to the attention of multiple trans tolkien bloggers that one semi-prominent user, @venwe, was a terf.  Most of us blocked and moved on.  It appears that this user’s original blog, @venwe, was terminated by staff, as they reappeared under a different url (@suyao-supremacy) with a promotional post asking other big name silm bloggers to boost and help them regain their mutuals. I sent the following anon ask to @cycas​, who had boosted the original promotional post.

Image Description: An anonymous tumblr ask to user Cycas that reads “Venwe (now suyao-supremacy) has been following and interacting with terfs for years. Their original blog was terminated but when it was around it was very easy to find receipts. The following list contained multiple terfs blogs and they posted some transphobic stuff in an argument a while back.  Them trying to minimize it or brush it under the rug like “I don’t Hate trans people, I just think there’s an undeniable and dangerous difference between cis and trans women aha” is not cute.  I have no receipts to send you because I don’t push callouts or cache dirt on people, but I am trans, and more than one trans friend of mine in this fandom has expressed concern over this user and their transphobic behavior, which seems to lie dormant for a while before cropping back up again (which is likely intentional as it allows them to fly under the radar).” (end image description)

@cycas​ responded below to me like this:

Image description: A text response by Cycas to the anon ask, which reads “Ok, look I’m going to answer this one publicly and, I hope, this will be an end to it even if the anons block me.  Tolkien fandom is an international, multilingual, and multicultural space. Sometimes there are going to be people with different ideas, sometimes ideas that are odd, difficult, jarring, or unpleasant. You can’t assume people will be coming to stuff with the same background as you.  I do not, on the whole, curate my tumblr feed to only people with whom I agree. That would take it down to a very small group and I don’t know how I would even begin to do that. I definitely don’t want to curate my tumblr feed according to the opinions of people who send me anon messages about who I should block. Venwe is not a celebrity with a huge influential following, and as such I don’t think should be the subject of campaigning of this kind.  Block her if you don’t like her - I’d block anyone who upsets you, whether or not you actually interact with them or just saw them in passing - but please don’t tell me who I should interact with. I am old enough that I can remember when being able to chat with a Russian woman about things we agree or disagree about was impossible. I can remember the first Russian fans coming to the UK to talk about how they had discovered Tolkien, and what an absolutely amazing moment that was, way back in the early 90s, that we were all able to share these books. And now the peace we all hoped for so desperately is over and I don’t know where to begin about that.  I’m betting you are young enough that you don’t know what you are asking me when you say ‘stop talking to a Russian woman because I think that they say the wrong things.’ I’m not dismissing your concerns (of the Ukraine war) and nor so far as I can see is Venwe). And I’m sorry to hurt your feelings, but I’m not going to do what you say on this one.” (end image description)

@cycas​ tagged the post saying any further conversation needed to be done off anon.  I was incredibly hesitant about this because I feared onlookers would put transphobic stuff in my inbox, but the response above was such a bad faith interpretation of what I’d actually written that I felt the need to clear the air. So, I reblogged the post with my addition below:

Image Description: A text reblog from lie-where-i-land, which reads “To be very clear, I’m not dressing some weird Russophobia up in some pro-trans trappings. I am a trans man. As I said before, I have had venwe blocked for over a year now for their overt following of radfems (inside and outside the Tolkien fandom) and some unsavory transphobic debate on their blog. I do not stalk blogs that I have blocked because I find that sort of internet behavior troublesome, unethical, and harmful to my mental health. Any comments that they have made regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I have not heard. Firstly, I have them blocked, and secondly, staff torpedoed their blog so I couldn’t find the comments even if I wanted to.

I am wondering if you have received messages from more than just me? Because I did not mention venwes nationality in this message or the follow up that I sent. I can see why you thought I might be motivated by venwe being Russian, but I couldn’t help but feel that you read something into this that I didn’t say, put words in my mouth, and spun this as me trying to isolate and alienate random Russians online. It makes you seem like the charitable and good hearted fandom participant, and me like some sort of miserly buzzkill.

I think we both know that this is not a case of “don’t talk to this Russian lady bc Russian cooties.” I think you’re right in saying that part of what makes the Tolkien fandom great is the depth and international breadth of its roots. My mutuals and I are from every corner of the globe, and I think that makes our friendship better not worse. And no, i don’t agree with them on everything (concerning Tolkien or offline matters). I find that maintaining a friendship with someone from a wildly different background mostly comes down to open mindedness, willingness to listen, taking things with good faith, and asking clarifying questions. As such, when my international friends have challenged my views or beliefs, we’ve managed to remain friends.

Posting transphobic rhetoric, following radfems, and being part of a circle of transphobes that operate within the tolkien fandom is not “having a difference of opinion.” I don’t need someone to have the same background as me, or to be knowledgeable in the same way I am knowledgeable. My grandmother is old, transphobic in the way much of her generation is, and her opinions like “[she] doesn’t care who uses the ladies’ room as long as no one pisses on the floor” are not PC. Her fumbling attempts at progress are done in better faith than the people on here that try to draw borders to distinguish perpetual man and perpetual woman, perpetual patriarch and perpetual victim, as if trans people are (depending on what is rhetorically suitable) dangerous invaders in need of purging or misguided mental degenerates in need of salvation.

I don’t comb through the blog of everyone that interacts with me on the off chance they might be “problematique.” I dont expect that level of effort from anyone. At best, I give new followers a cursory glance to their bio and top three posts. However, I think it is pretty reasonable that I don’t follow terfs or reblog from radfems in the fandom because “it’s not a post about radfeminism.” This is a pretty standard rule of thumb followed by every trans person I know. Why? You’re right, venwe is not a big platform influencer. But I am a trans man. I post something, an ally reblogs it, their follower is a somewhat stealthy terf and reblogs it, their followers are terfs and now I have terfs in my inbox. The silm fandom is small enough as it is. Terfs find blogs like mine in large part because “allies” overlook radfem rhetoric as a difference of opinion.

This fandom is either friendly to trans people or it’s friendly to terfs. If it’s friendly to both, then don’t be surprised if your circle ends up just being terfs, because trans people won’t stick around for long like this. No, i don’t need to follow you, or boost your content. Please then, do trans people the courtesy of not reblogging our content if you’re hiding terfs in your coattails.” (end image description)

@cycas​ did not reblog my addition, either to not draw more attention to their words or to avoid drawing attention specifically to my rebuttal.  Instead Cycas replied in the comments, which you can see below:

Image Description: A reply in the notes of the original post, by cycas to lie-where-i-land, which reads “I assume the account was removed because it had a Russian IP and was posting about Ukraine.  I very much sympathize with your position, but to me it seems that being a progressive Russian lesbian wondering whether to risk imprisonment and worse at a demo isn’t easy either.  I shared the post because I was asked to do so, and I don’t really think that counts as putting anyone at risk, except possibly for venwe.” (end image description)

So there was no acknowledgement from cycas that they had been and continued to be (as visible from their following lists - though venwe/suyao-supremacy’s has now been hastily privated) mutuals with a terf.  They continue to run with the false claim that this is beef because of the russian invasion.  And they double down on how the only one at risk here is venwe, not any of the trans tolkien fans that they are now introducing to a terf’s blog through a promotional post. I screenshotted the reply and attached it to a second reblog which is below:

Image Description: A text reblog by lie-where-i-land that reads “Cycas, again, I have no knowledge of venwe’s stance on the current invasion of Ukraine. I find it somewhat unlikely that her blog was terminated for having a Russian IP when there are other Russian silm bloggers currently living in Russia that are currently active. On the other hand, lots of people have know about her being a radfem for a year now, and while I dislike speculation, that was my initial suspicion for the termination of her blog. I sympathize with anyone who is caught between wanting to demonstrate against imperialism and the knowledge that they may be in grave danger if they do so. My initial message, and my reply above, had nothing to do with venwes nationality. I am sort of frustrated at this implicit “I see how trans ppl are a target, but consider that being a Russian lesbian is dangerous too… so.” It’s possible to be marginalized and still do harm to other marginalized people.

When I talk about harm: I’m not saying you knowingly promoted a radfem because you’re in cahoots or something. But you didn’t ask for proof, you didn’t ask if any of your other followers had seen venwe’s radfem rhetoric, you immediately assumed the worst faith position possible. boosting the new traction post from a terminated radfem helps that radfem gain back their follower base. It’s handing someone the keys to your metaphorical house. The more people that give radfems the fandom house keys, the more visible and vulnerable trans tolkien bloggers are. I don’t Want to post about my life or my trans tolkien content for my followers to reblog when I know there are cryptoterfs that are mutuals with some of you, terfs who will be reading about my personal life, climbing into my inbox, making me and my friends feel unsafe and unwelcome. Now, terfs are perfectly capable of combing trans tags for my blog. But being mutuals with them hands them a list of queer and trans bloggers, wrapped with a pretty bow.Either this fandom is safe for trans people or it’s safe for terfs.” (end image description)

I am at this point past my image limit, but I wanted to share some words from @warrioreowynofrohan​, who commented in support of cycas on the initial post. The screenshot and my reply are available here for proof. 

Warrioreowynofrohan: thumbs up emoji. the new attitude of you should never communicate with or even read anything said by anyone who disagrees with you on anything of substance is deeply destructive and harmful. If people want to curate their own social media experience selectively, that’s their own choice; but they have no right to demand/pressure that everyone else do the same.

my response from the comments: this was specifically about people being friends with terfs. I’m friends with lots of people that I disagree with on one thing or another. Taking a look at what the radfems are saying so you can stay abreast of the situation is really not the same as boosting a radfems promo post. Being friends with radfems and letting them into fandom bc their meta is good puts trans ppl at risk. Yall can choose your terf friendships over trans friendships if you like tho.

I’m a queer trans man. I am no stranger to the shadowy campaigns against bloggers for being the wrong flavor of queer or doing fandom in a way someone else doesn’t like. I think it is incredibly disrespectful to the queer bloggers that got harassed and are still getting harassed to the point of leaving this site to draw deliberate comparisons here in defense of a terf. People like terfs, exclusionists, and X Critical folks regularly deride and attack bloggers like me. Saying that you won’t allow bigots in your circle is a good thing actually.

Curating your social media to your “personal preference” is something like me choosing not to follow people that vehemently hate the noldor or who call elwing a bad mom.

Unfollowing and blocking bigots is not a matter of “personal preference,” it’s a matter of keeping your marginalized friends safe.

Final Thoughts: 

I don’t hold any anger or suspicion toward people that have followed venwe/suyao-supremacy in the past.  I know lots of people have had interesting, friendly, and rather innocent conversations with them (at one point, they were rather prolific on here).  It’s hard to tell if someone is a terf masquerading as a friendly blog.  And I don’t think the solution is to fall into paranoia, scrutinizing every acquaintance for rotten subtext! I just wish more people would appraise themselves of the base tenets of radfem rhetoric so that they can identify it when it crops up, and either re-educate or block the user it’s coming from.  

Honestly, I don’t know where to go from here.  I don’t want any hate or rude words sent to those involved.  But I feel apprehensive about the state of this fandom.  I wonder how many people saw this exchange yesterday and said nothing.  I am not even so much interested in venwe/suyao-supremacy, who will no doubt slip up again and present us with more terf evidence.  The verdict has already been dealt, months ago, on that account.  I am far more interested in such people in this fandom who prefer to befriend terfs over trans folks. 

#cycas #warrioreowynofrohan #suyao-supremacy #venwe #tolkien #trans tolkien #silmarillion #lord of the rings #noldor #feanorians #maedhros #fingon #finrod #galadriel #luthien #elrond #aragorn

[faustandfurious]

☕️ english speakers have no moral right to make snide remarks about spelling systems of other languages

BIG AGREE

The relation between English spelling and pronunciation is fucking nuts, it is the steaming pile of linguistic horseshit you get from mixing together a bunch of other, less nonsensical, languages and adding a sprinkle of extra “fuck you” to the mix. Other languages are at least vaguely consistent in their spelling, like German and Italian, where you can easily deduce the spelling from the pronunciation once you know the basic rules.

But English? Spelling is a joke, grammar is a joke, and only God knows how any foreigner is supposed to intuitively understand the differences in pronunciation between though, cough and bough.

#opinion asks #english #quenya or perish #venwe #answered

[eccentricmya]

3 + 4 for the ask 😚😚😚

Great to see you in my inbox sweetheart!

I already answered 3 here so I'll jump to the next one!

4. A sentence or para I'm proud of.

"He could plant himself in the ground and a forest of his people would grow around him."

This is from my latest fic, The Myth of Amras.

Now why it's my current favourite. Well. It's always been a fear of mine that if I stayed at one place, I'd be left behind. That if I'm not moving forward, I'd end up alone. That one must be constantly changing to matter in this world. You know, the frog and the well?

But that's not true, right? Staying still doesn't mean you've stopped living. And well, sometimes good things come to those who wait (at one place). So this line basically conveys that. That once you ground yourself, you won't be a lone tree but slowly, a forest of similar minded people will crop up around you. And you'll finally belong. (That's why I wrote 'his people', not to mean his followers but people he will call his own. A home in a way.)

#sorry i kinda rambled here lol #ask game #venwe

[tolkienrsb]

Good evening, Tolkienites!  It’s time for another showcase post, and today’s creator in the spotlight is...

Venwe

(@venwe )

Fun fact: I've been into Tolkien for pretty much my entire life, and in this case, that's not even an exaggeration! My mom says that I used to listen to this audio drama adaptation of the LOTR for little kids (which was, apparently, only a thing in Russia) for hours on end and drive the nannies at the kindergarten crazy by reciting the whole thing to them literally every day. I don't remember my early childhood very well, but that does sound like something I would do back then (or even now, if I'm being totally honest).

Where can we find you?  tumblr, AO3

How are you joining in with TRSB20? Writing \o/ I'm going to bring so much drama to the table since my artist has been pretty bad at dissuading me from doing it (by being a total enabler).

Marriage of Convenience

Link to your piece: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22587130  

Piece title, rating, and any warnings: "Marriage of Convenience", G, Maedhros/Finrod, pre-slash, crack

Info about your piece: Fëanor is trying to play smart by setting Maedhros up with Finarfin's eldest. Maedhros is not too enthusiastic about it. 

Alternatively, Fëanor hasn't been paying enough attention to his nephews and nieces all these years.

Top creative tips/words of wisdom for fellow participants: The only lesson I've learnt from this quarantine is that healthy sleep habits are important. I had ignored that for years, but honestly? Going to bed and waking up at the same time every day, as well as doing some proper stretching/relaxation before bed can actually drastically improve your general well-being! I may be one step closer to being a boring well-adjusted adult now, but it's not that bad up here. It counts as a creative tip as well, because it really boosted my productivity among other things.

#TRSB2020 Summer Showcase #trsb20 #venwe #tolkien fanfic

[ajlatomljanovics]

murder for the wip meme???

Oooh it’s this one! I haven’t worked on this one since the start of this year. It’s an original work. Basically, it’s a murder mystery, set in a manor in 1914 Scotland. 

Here’s the premise:

Moira Montagu Douglas Scott is a duchess and she throws a masquerade ball at Dalkeith Palace. Through some (undecided) circumstances the guests are stranded at the manor, so throughout the week, the guests get killed off one by one. (There is a reason they get killed.) Some of the guests that I have written are actually really interesting characters. Also, it switches from being in the 1920s to present day, where some people are intrigued by the bloodbath at Dalkeith Palace, which has been uninhabited since 1914. 

It combines 1914 Scotland with Scottish folklore and mythology 👀

#wip meme #ask #venwe

[arofili]

for the death meme: Beleg, Mablung, Fingon, Aredhel, Celegorm, Maedhros, Fingolfin, Finrod. Bonus: Maglor (I'll leave it up to you to decide whether canon means he faded or not :P)

[Beleg]

Mablung: When it came down to it, he chose his wife over his king. @em-cu :)

Fingon: Morgoth has a thing for capturing High Kings of the Noldor. And having Maedhros around for so long gave him plenty of ideas about horrible things he could do to Fingon :( He manages to escape/get rescued during the War of Wrath, though! @zealouswerewolfcollector :)

Aredhel: Caught the spear and threw it right back at Eöl. She’s FINE.

Celegorm: There wasn’t time for a proper burial at Doriath. His brothers didn’t realize he wasn’t dead. And he had to make up for what his servants did to Eluréd and Elurín somehow... @venwe :)

[Maedhros]

[Fingolfin]

[Finrod]

The Silm But No One Dies: NIGHTS!

~Where No One Survives, Not Even The Survivors~

Maglor: You can only wander the ocean shores for so long before you get recognized by someone you wronged, or sniped by a crab or something. At least Elrond is there to mourn him.

#silm #zealouswerewolfcollector #venwe #em cu #the silm but no one dies #to be caught #your name #the other side #noldolante #<fics i linked (including one of my own!) #tsbnod: NIGHTS! #mablung #fingon #aredhel #celegorm #maglor #ask games #thalassakimou #answers

[longlivefeedback]

Hi! I saw that you're hoping to translate your LLF Comment Builder into other languages but it seems that there have been no progress on that front?.. Anyway, if you're still looking for translators, I think I could give you a hand with the Russian version.

Hello! You are correct - there hasn’t been any translation work done so far, but if this is something you’re interested in, we’d love to see the comment builder in Russian! Go ahead and shoot us an email at [email protected], and we can send you the material in a format that’s easier to work with. 

For those who aren’t familiar with the LLF Comment Builder, this is a tool we created to help people leave comments on fanfiction by providing prompts and templates that you can mix, match, and personalize. It approaches commenting as a skill that, like everything else, has to be learned, and it’s intended as a tool to teach that skill as well as a thing you can use any time to help get your thoughts in order. 

You can read more about it (or try it for yourself) here. 

#llf comment builder #comment builder #llf asks #venwe #asks