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“Come on.” Maedhros grabbed his hand and pulled him along down the path, both of them quickening their pace now, until the trees opened up into a wide meadow filled with flowers, bright yellow celandine and dandelions and sweet-scented pale chamomile mingling with cornflowers and irises. On…
“They can’t just assume we’ll let them leave us behind.” “But they are, and they will. Our fathers are the Heads of their Houses. Fëanáro is king. Defiance would be treason, beloved.” “I am his firstborn.” “You are his only daughter.” “I have…
“You’re not going to break me,” Russo huffed, finally cracking open his eyes, which were bright with amusement. “They could not, what makes you think you could?”
When Celebrimbor's attempts at forging the Rings of Power fail yet again, Annatar knows where to find the missing know-how. For all the wrong reasons, Celebrimbor agrees to an expedition to the ruins of Angband to search Morgoth's own laboratory, deep in the icy Northern Wastes. What…
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This presentation for Mereth Aderthad 2025 discusses the parallels between the concept of abnegation in the scientific work surrounding the atomic bomb and in The Silmarillion. The relinquishment of self-interest in favor of the interests of others, abnegation was identified by Tolkien as a powerful act of spirit and reason. The legendarium has many examples of the complexities of abnegation, which parallel similar discussions held by physicists during and after World War II.
This presentation for Mereth Aderthad 2025 discusses the many similarities between Tolkien's three "twilight children," Tinúviel, Lómion, and Undómiel (Luthien, Maeglin, and Arwen) in terms of appearance, plot, and cultural background. Yet these three characters play very different roles in the text.
Presented at Mereth Aderthad 2025, this paper makes the case thata, although the term "aromantic" had not yet been coined in Tolkien's day, many of his characters can be read as aromantic. The paper takes a closer look at Aredhel, Bilbo, and Boromir as three examples of characters who can be read as aromantic.
“There’s a goblin hiding in the taters, Dad!” Pippin hefted the pan, which was much too big for him to carry, let alone wield.
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Every serious House of Finwe writer has to eventually write their story of Thangorodrim. This one is difficult to read, but not without hope. (Or whatever it is that passes for hope for those living under the Curse.) Fingon's struggles and the physical details of those are communicated in a manner intense enough that reader feels like he has personally experienced them.
I liked the small scene at the end with Caranthir; it very much mirrors my own thoughts about the conflicting attitudes Maedhros' brothers mighy have had when faced with Fingon's rescue:
Caranthir tore his eyes away from his older brother and met Fingon's eyes, the traces of old friendship back warring with respect, gratitude and worry. 'And you, cousin, should I send healers to you as well?' his voice was gruff from carefully held back emotions.
Thanks for reading Oshun. Funny thing I writing Thangorodrim in such detail never entered my mind until this part of the vodka universe started clamouring for attention. It may sound odd but I am glad it was hard to read, it was hard to writ too trying to make it intense trying to catch what Fingon could have felt and had to do and so on. I wanted it to feel realistic if that makes sense with talking eagles and all ;)
Caranthir appeared from nowhere but was almost straight away torn in his reactions, the joy, the guilt... the gratitude and the renewed respect/ friendship of someone that they al seem to have been close to on the other side of the sea.
Fingon of course keeps trying to stand in the middle of it all :P Some day I might even add on another chapter to this, it feels like there should be one.
Never before I read something more graphic than this concerning Maedhros' being rescued from his torture, but is really next to what really would have happened.
Though using rough words and pictures, you really did this well, not weaving words around it, to hide the bitter and bloody trueth, but to change cruelty into mercy, and maybe some wish fullfillment, along.
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