aipilosse
from dark beginnings to uncertain goals
A huge Tolkien nerd and known Celebrimbor enjoyer. I mostly reblog, but sometimes I write and say things.
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'Speak of neither to me!' said Andreth. 'I desire neither. I was
young and I looked on his flame, and now I am old and lost. He
was young and his flame leaped towards me, but he turned
away, and he is young still. Do candles pity moths?'
'Or moths candles, when the wind blows them out?' said
Finrod. 'Adaneth, I tell thee, Aikanar the Sharp-flame loved
thee. For thy sake now he will never take the hand of any bride
of his own kindred, but live alone to the end, remembering the
morning in the hills of Dorthonion. "
J.R.R.Tolkien, Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth, History of Middle Eart Vol. X, Morgoth's Ring
Andreth and Aegnor for the Tolkien Advent Calendar!
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Using dissociate instead of zoning out. Describing a hobby as a hyperfixation. Saying nonverbal when you want a bit of quiet. Saying intrusive thoughts because that must mean an urge like to buy coffee or hair dye. Do you know feeling off sometimes is a sign of autism? Lying is gaslighting. Everyone I dislike is a narcissist.
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cave painting capybara
(based off this painting!!🧡🧡)
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tolkien guys: oromë, gandalf, círdan, and thorin
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Well, I made beautifulfairy doodle n my sketchbook and it ended up being Finrod Felagund ♥ (little messy thing in his hands is supposed to be the ring of Barahir ♥)
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galadriel & melian 🕊️
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Been thinking about Luthien and that cloak she makes of her hair.
Also, Luthien is tall, but what if she was even taller with some good old-fashioned 18th century-style shoes. :D (And yes, Beren would also be wearing heels, and still be shorter).
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Nimloth (of Doriath)
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more tolkien ladies: melian, uinen, haleth, and arien
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three rings for the elven-kings under the sky
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'The Reluctant Bride' but it's the Nargothrond trio 🌹✨
• prints!
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42+ ways to fix a story in progress
(Also posted on: 42+ ways to fix a story)
Here is a list of (some) ways to fix a draft or story in progress. I started it in the observation journal when I was struggling with some story changes.
In summary, these can be reduced to intensify; focus/tighten; swap/invert. But in a tight spot, specifics are often more useful. And making the list was also important, because it reassured me I knew all these techniques, and had used them before, and should calm down.
List 10 terrible endings (adapted from a Helen Marshall exercise), or just 20 endings. Or 100…
Re-outline it
Map it onto another story (I like to quick-outline fairy tales until one resonates, and then identify the parts to strengthen)
Fill it out as a synopsis questionnaire (I used to use Sue Dennard’s 1-page synopsis to trap story ideas)
Ask — what is the story behind the story?
Change the place
Change the era
Genderflip main character
Genderflip everyone
Change the genre
Change the adjectives
Describe the story in one emotion, & align/adjust
Do the same for each scene/section (see also three moods)
Flip (main) character’s personality (quiet to loud, etc)
What happens after
What happens before
What’s happening at the same time
It’s a metaphor for: ___
Pick/change emotional note for end
Scene-map
Match to 3-act structure
Match to 5-act structure
Give characters a preoccupation or secret
Start it later
Start it earlier
End it earlier
End it later
Map it onto a song
Blow something up
Make everything worse
Change [define & intensify] the aesthetic
Explain the reasons
Invert
Make it/ the weak bits A Whole Thing
Make it/ the weak bits a Good/Bad Thing
Make it/ the weak bits The Shape of the World
Tell from a non-obvious point of view (see also: by whom and to whom, and some less common points of view)
Change the type of character in the role (think archetypes and stereotypes)
Change drama – pose (?)
Change motifs
Change sentence structure
Change form, shape (e.g. list, pastiche, non-fiction)
And to these I’d add:
change voice, and
change age.
I might add more as I go. But in the meantime: hey, my debut collection of short stories, KINDLING, is now out from Small Beer Press (in the USA, and coming soon to Australia). It includes the new story “Annie Coal”. And if you look closely at the journal page above, you’ll see that was the story I was editing when I made this list.
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Upon Doriath evil days had fallen. Grief and silence had come upon all its people when Luthien was lost. Long they had sought for her in vain. And it is told that it that time Daeron the minstrel of Thingol strayed from the land, and was seen no more.
The Silmarillion - Tolkien
Daeron Speed Painting - my relationship with trees is controversial
(full view please! C; )
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IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!!!!
ITS TIME FRIENDOS!!! NO EXCUSES, JUST RESULTS!!
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Do you think out of all the people in silmarillon, sauron got to live his best life as he actually almost succeeded in doing whatever he wanted and was even enjoying watching his enemies fall to ruin?
Thank you for the ask, anon, I always love them 💙
And lol! There weren't many people in the Silm who got to lead their best life, were there...
But I don't, actually. One thing that comes up in a lot of places is all the negative emotions that he experiences. You could argue that something like black anger can be grimly satisfying - and it can be - but fear is also one of the main emotions. It doesn't pop up all the time, but it's a common one. In LotR, he's said to be afraid of his enemies' plans.
I talk about fear with him less than I might in meta because. Hmm. Because I think it doesn't come from deep personal insecurities? He's not afraid all of the time and when he is it's often very rational. Like he's right to be very scared when Luthien beats him. He's right to be afraid of the Numenoreans, because their army genuinely can beat his (canonically why he surrenders to Pharazon; it wasn't his preferred choice but the better ones - diplomacy that let him stay ruling in Middle-earth and/or militarily defeating the Numenoreans - weren't possible). And yeah, he's right to be afraid of Gandalf too (he doesn't understand Gandalf nor what Gandalf will do, which makes him more dangerous).
Fear and rage and bitterness and anger that others are living well are there, and those emotions generally aren't fun to experience. Then there's his longing for the Ring.
Which isn't to say he's not confident (if anything, his self-esteem is far too high). He came very, very close to winning the War of the Rings.
And, well, he did lose. Multiple times. Loser 🥰
But I do think he had fun too! He definitely enjoys himself from time to time and watching his enemies fall to ruin was likely enjoyable. I headcanon his emotional state as quite mercurial, and amusement is definitely part of that.
Haha maybe "living his best life (thwarted)" is how to describe S.
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