penis isn't real. pussy isn't even real. the only thing that is real, is the pleasure of combat

The people call Maglor the right hand of Maedhros. Maglor is his elder brother's heir, his herald, his second in command. His sword is the one that defends Maedhros' vulnerable handless side. Maedhros entrusted the Gap in his care, and it is Maglor who slayed Uldor who attempted to slay Maedhros.

Maglor can always be found standing firmly beside Maedhros on his right. He is The Right Hand of Maedhros.

Maglor stands on Maedhros' right because Maedhros' left hand is too busy holding Fingon's hand.

2025 wrap up: odd news edition

it's that most wonderful time of the year again - time for a 2025 headline wrap-up!

Oromë and his domain have so much potential for the fantastical, dark and frightening to me.

Oromë is revered but many of the elves of Valinor avoid him. To some, this is merely because he represents the past as it was him who found them upon Middle Earth. But many fear him for other reasons. Not all have managed to separate the monsters that pursued them at Cuiviénen from the god that hunted those monsters, yet still wears the same features on his form. Indeed, we know Melkor intentionally made himself resemble Oromë and perhaps his other creatures like I talked about here, in order to cultivate this uncertainty

Cavern walls with hand paintings of the monsters Oromë and Nahar pursued upon Middle Earth, devotees of the hunt cloaked with madder red like blood and crowns of fern and brambles, horses with the teeth of hounds, rituals, the balance of pursuit and predation, the specters of the wild hunt…

Like the other domains of the Valar I don’t think it exists solely as a geographic location. It is a place within Valinor but it is also inextricably tied to the Vala himself and thus it’s not contained to physical boundaries of these wild woods.

Perhaps in every expanse of woodland, there are traces of Oromë; dark stretches where the chase seems to last forever, where the gaps in the trees have eyes and teeth that are neither malevolent nor safe

I don’t have a solid conclusion yet other than, just because the hunt is not demonized and is understood to be an integral part of ecological balance, that doesn’t mean that the lord of the hunt and his domain and disciples aren’t frightening. (Also thinking about how his domain can be corrupted and become harmful in other ways but I’ll make that a separate post!)

tagged by @sesamie! yay yippee manythanks!

favorite color: dark red enthusiam hours Return. tis the season.

last song: ...crazy train by ozzy osbourne. was in the car with my dad and the only things he plays these days are crazy train et le podcast ta vie en française avec jonathan soreau. tous les jours nous écoutons ce podcast. tous les jours de la semaine. n'est pas un podcast mauvais mais moi je suis un hater.

reading: between books right now! my planned next book was malinalli by veronica chapa, but I had to give it back to the library along with the rest of my books (cannot take the library books 1,500 miles to where I will be for the next month)... options for the next book are endurance by alfred lansing, the old ways by robert macfarlane, and a blood as bright as the moon by andrea morstabilini (moi je suis un hater: parte le seconde)

watching: ken burns’ the american revolution — I’m enjoying it a reasonable amount but it’s so very twelve hours long. and I say this as someone who yay yippee’d their way through ken burns’ the civil war. having fun identifying folk music though.

craving: hmmm… Frenched Toast… and also generally a more independent life with a good balance of alone time, mentally fulfilling and achievable tasks, and hanging out with friends. could also definitely go for a brown sugar boba.

and I’ll tag…. @jackimer, @paleode-ology, @dunadaan, @boltlightning, and anyone else who’d like to share.

@chiropteracupola Yay a tag game! Lets goooo

favorite color: appreciating a good rich purple rn (think nightvale purple)

last song: drag path by twenty one pilots. I need them to release it. I've forced my friends to listen to it. I've stared at the ceiling in a fuge state while it plays on repeat. I made my mom watch The Pufferfish Edit.

reading: i'll be honest guys it's been mostly fanfic rn. dispatch fanfic specifically. i need to bite robert robertson iii and shake him like a dog toy what can i say i love a sad pathetic hero.

watching: just finished stranger things. I have mixed feelings but it could have been worse. fully expected them to use the line 'we've seen stranger things' in the finale. I WILL miss my boys steve and dustin, they were my favorite duo to watch with great chemistry and steve ended up my favorite character.

I also have been convinced to read murderbots after watching the series on apple so that may be my reading project for the new year.

craving: a job in my field i'll be so real. the ability to write the fanfics banging around in my brain. also hoping to go visit my friends :)

idk who's done this yet but i guess i'll tag @wynlore , @getblobbedcomics , @beach-trash-360, and whoever else wants to play!

We know from the same passage that details Gwindor’s escape from Angband that other prisoners in the mines did sometimes escape through the tunnels. According to The Children of Húrin, these were mostly Noldorin elves captured during battles and kept alive for their skills locating and mining ores, gems and other resources

I always wonder what happened to the unnamed others who escaped in this manner.

We know that for much of the First Age, and in some communities even before this, former prisoners were looked upon with suspicion and even hostility. This is only heightened when Morgoth begins consistently releasing prisoners who have been traumatized or cursed, (ever a blurry boundary between the two in these stories!)into remaining in his power. Interestingly enough, we are told of few wrongdoings committed by these prisoners, but the fear of their presence is pervasive by the end of the First Age*.

I’m just thinking about the others who escaped through the mines after years or decades of imprisonment. Who burst out into cold air and felt foliage upon their injured bodies, who wandered senseless for weeks like Gwindor did

Who perhaps wanted to return home even despite the stigma but in the aftermath of the Bragollach and then the Nírnaeth, might have found no home to return to. Homesteads abandoned and villages destroyed. No news would have come to them in the mines of Angband. If they hailed from Hithlum, they would find the enemy occupying much of the inhabited areas, the others simply empty.

The shock and exhilaration of freedom and the gnawing loneliness and desolation of Beleriand after the Bragollach and Nírnaeth, even for those who hadn’t escaped the Hells of Iron

I wonder where they went, who if anyone they saw or sought, if anyone heard from them again.

Anyways, stigma against former prisoners in Beleriand is one of my favorite topics to write about and I’m planning to make another post specifically about those sent from Angband who returned to their communities.

i'll do it for sam

And when there was only one pair of footprints in the sand, that's when Samwise Gamgee carried me

I think we need sam more than ever this year. But we WILL get through it.

December the 24th

Yule Game: Éowyn x Faramir How many eight pointed star shapes are there on Faramir´s robe?

December the 23rd

Yule Game: Fingon x Maedhros How many eagles does Fingon carry?

my favorite genre of fictional character is like "i am terrifying to almost everyone, i'm very good at killing, i can endure anything, i've become exceptionally good at playing into my reputation, and if you try to give me positive social interaction i will react with confusion and cower in a corner like an abused animal. and i may try to shoot you. but there is also a chance i may imprint on you like a feral dog receiving its first loving touch! good luck."

December the 22nd

Yule Game: Caranthir x Haleth Where is Haleth´s sigil?