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"Move farther north," Caranthir says to her a month after the attack, gaze steady on her even as his hands continue briskly gutting fish. "There is plenty of land closer to my fortress, and my people can help protect yours if there is another attack."
Fëanor shrugged, studying the contents of his wine glass. “Something must be done about that house. It will fall down eventually.” “It does not follow that it must be you that tears it down single-handedly. Are you sure you do not want help?” “It’s not as though I…
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Thank you! The perspective was inspired by the banner I made for the TSFW prompt "a change in the weather" showing the stars wheeling above, and I wanted to convey a sense of the rain falling on them.
I think this is easily my favourite Melian and Thingol art I've ever seen. The perspective, the giant trees, the sky overhead -- as if, no matter how majestic and holy they are, they are still just small compared to nature and the vastness of the universe.
This painting is going to be how I visualise this scene from now on.
I love how we look upwards with them to the crowns of these huge trees and the rain is falling down. And also the glow about their faces, they've found the Secret Fire in each other. The art goes very well with the fic.
I'm so glad the grand scale comes across! (I have to keep flipping my mind because I used a photograph I took in a local forest here and the trees are much smaller... I can hug my arms right round the main tree! (I know this for a fact because I do hug trees and have hugged this one!))
This piece is just astounding, from the unusual perspective (brilliant interpretation of the layback prompt!) to the light and color that draws my eye to the center of the piece to the falling rain. You have such talent!
Thanks StarSpray! Yes, I think despite Yavanna's Sleep lying over the land, Melian's power might have been amplified by her feelings for Thingol and the trees got a bit excited too! ;)
I love this painting and the ficlet it accompanies. The silvery rain looks like falling stars and really that's perfectly elvish. There's a vastness that's conveyed here, where the woods dwarf the Melian and Thingol that's also very fitting. Gorgeous work!
Thank you so much, Aipilosse! I'm so please you enjoyed and the ficlet, and I love that you see falling silver stars — which indeed could be just what Melian and Thingol experienced during the 200 years they stared into each others eyes!
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