After Oropher dies, elrond and galadriel and others are waiting to see Thranduil and meet with him for things and they are dreading it bc Oropher is a character.

He’s a character that is hard to get along with because he does not let anyone tell him what to do.

And then they meet Thranduil and he’s literally one of the most calm and chill elves to have ever lived.

Oropher and Thranduil are total opposite in regards to temperaments and the other elves feel like it’s witch craft.

They don’t know that it’s because Thranduil, unlike Oropher, isn’t going to bother arguing with someone or announcing what he plans on doing. He’s gonna do what he’s gonna do, and you either find out after the fact, or not at all.

Hc in my au:

Thranduil doesn’t speak Quenya, but he does speak Primitive Quendian bc he was literally there when that was still the language used, so while he doesn’t understand exactly what people are saying when they speak in quenya, he does get the gist of it using context clues.

The thing is, no one realizes it, so sometimes some noldor elves are talking in quenya, talking shit in front of him, thinking he can’t understand them, but he can. He’s been wanting to drop that little tit bit of information forever, but he can only do it once, so it has to have the largest impact as possible.

Naturally, he replys to something galadriel said in quenya in sindarin, knowing exactly what the conversation was about, in the middle of a banquet, and he could see half the elves present go through the 5 stages of grief right then and there as galadriel reboots her systems.

Au in which

Miriel comes out of the halls almost the minute finwe dies, and makes a beeline for her son, only to arrive just after the feanorians have taken the ships to ME,

But Miriel promptly goes “fuck that bullshit” and highjacks another boat (all while the nolofinweons are watching in fascinated shock and horror) and books it across the ocean

And makes it just in time to prevent Feanor from becoming flame broiled bbq curtesy of the balrogs AND shows off just how badass she is.

That’s one hell of a way to reunite with her son, let me tell you.

Legolas: How is spring not everyone’s favorite season? The trees are PINK, guys! Lirion: Allergies are also a problem, y'know. Legolas: But pink. Kleoyia: And it's hot. Legolas: PINK!

Lirion, holding an empty bag of powdered donuts: you guys, who ate my donuts?

Legolas, looking innocent and hiding a bag of powdered sugar behind his back: wasn’t me.

Kleoyia, having just finished sprinkling powdered sugar all over her and legolas’s scapegoat: wasn’t me, either.

Lasgen, the scapecoat: i’m gonna kill the both of you.

A noldo meets lasgen, and notes that her hair is shoulder length and looks like feanor’s: what, are you a feanorian sympathetic too? Do you idolize that crazy as well?

Lasgen:

Lasgen: first of all, i’ve been wearing my hair like this since before finwe knew what sex was.

Lasgen: second of all, feanor’s crazy got nothing on mine.

Can’t get over how Miriel and Thranduil in my au mirror Elros and Elrond

Both of them are a set of twins that ultimately decide to go seperate ways, never to see each other again untill the end of time.

Both Miriel and Elros choose to leave the family they currently have in favor of what might be and ultimately die in the end.

Both Thranduil and Elrond decide to stay and have to live with the knowledge that they are sundered from their other halves forever through no fault of their own.

Both Thranduil and Elrond have to deal with and interact with the descendents of their respective twin, without really being able to acknowledge them as niblings.

Both sets of twins loosing their other halves not because of the darkness or sauron or morgoth, but rather because of life and the way it leads them down seperate paths.

Hey Guys!

I finally finished my Miriel Therinde.

this one specifically is from before orome found the elves, and from mu au. i hope i gave her enough character!

Entirely mu AU and self indulgent:

Noldo elf: so how did the silvans and avari stay out of the war with morgoth.

Legolas: hm? Oh, we brokered a truce.

Noldo: so? We did too, that didn’t stop him.

Legolas: yeah, but, unlike you, we actually had ✨power✨ backing us up that forced him to back off untill further notice.

Legolas: also, our diplomats made it very clear that if he didn’t comply, he would not like the outcome. Very agressive, 10/10.

Noldo: ok, well, how did it go, because Maedhros didn’t even get to morgoth, he was ambushed.

Legolas: weeelllll-

*flashback to beginning of the first age*

The silvan ambassadors *shows up at morgoth’s throne room without notice* we’re here make sure you don’t do something stupid like declare war on our people.

Morgoth, amused: oh, and how are you going to do that? For that matter, what’s stopping me from killing you here and now.

Ambassadors: what’s stopping you is the fact that, if we do not come back within the next hour to where we have to check in, the silvans will assume that you killed us and thus has made a declerarion of war. If it is assumed you have declaired war on the silvans, the long standing alliance between all the avari and silvan nations, pertaining to the terrorism and violance commited by a member of the ainur, will go into affect, and all our international grievances will be put on hold untill we’ve dealt with you-

Morgoth:

Ambassadors: to put this into context: not only will you have attracted the attention and wrath of the silvans, elves who are masters of espionage and assassination and magically above average and a people who’s known for their warrior culture which has amassed over a total of 4000 years with a fully stocked and experienced army, but you will also have the might of the Arctic Empire, who’s succesfully taken over the world, the Okrean kingdom, who’s become completely independent from all things magic, the Agtep Nation, ruled by an elleth known as the God of War, the Bali’tsa Empire, home to the largest army of all the avari nations, the Qitian Empire, who produce some of the deadliest weapons known to this realm, and the Fawneli Tribes, who have the strongest elves in existence, bearing down on you like a rabid dog. And unlike the Noldo and the Sinda you so love to bully, each one of these Nations have a full 4000 years of military history that they will not hesitate to unleash on you like a dam that finally broke. Mind you, that’s before we even take into considerarion the many other smaller elven societies who won’t hesitate to join the slaughter, hell, even the Edireths have thrown their hat in the ring, and they’re particularly known for eating ainur for breakfast. Literally.

Ambassadors: so what will it be? Time is ticking, and you’re almost out.

Morgoth: fuckin- fine. But i won’t lay off forever.

Ambassadors: oh we know. And we’ll be preparing our armies for when that time comes. I suggest you do the same.

*back in the present*

Legolas: yeah, let’s just say they really went in there with a “fuck all” attitude.

Hc that different types of elves are able to use magic in different ways/to different levels.

I will be focusing more on the avari and silvan elves as i am known to do:

Magic, in this sense, is more like the life force that flows through everything and everyone. Elves generate an extra amount of it which, they then can use through pathways in their body. Humans and dwarves, etc, are rarely able to use magic to an effective result bc they don’t generate as much as elves and aren’t built with the pathways to access it, though dwarves can occasionally channel the magic around them into the objects they create.

Silvans actually have a surprisingly high level of magic usage, even more than their valinorian counterparts, though most of it is passive. A surprising amount of people will hear “silvans can communicate with trees” and then never proceed to link it to magic usage. Of course it varies silvan to silvan, but a well trained silvan can actively use magic to protect and defend and lay down wards. Their link with the world around them through trees also allows them to boost their own magic when they need it. It’s because of this especially why silvans do not like being underground. Thranduil and Legolas are actually rather adept magic users, though they don’t show it off.

There’s also a type of elf that cannot use magic at all. These are the Fawneli elves. They are considered the strongest elves in the world, to the point they can pick up boulders the size of a palace and toss them about without breaking a sweat. They’re fast and their hardy. They are also referred to as “mini-giants” because it is as if someone took a giant and shrunk them, but kept all their strength in tact. However, in return for this strength, they are unable to use even the slightest bit of magic and are completely cut off from it. The Fawneli are mostly desert elves, and nomads. They don’t have a governing body and sadly most of them were hunted down and enslaved, which was made easier due to their vulnerability to magic of all kinds. There’s only a few dozen left in the world by the end of the third age.

If silvans were magic positive, and the Fawneli were magic neutral, than the Okreans are magic negative. Not only are they capable of seeing through any magic disguise of anyone, including maia and vala, but they are also mostly immune to any and all magic thrown at them. Whenever they are around, magic actively deteriorates. As a result, they are elves of science. And, as a result, the Valar do not like the Okreans as they see them as a threat bc of this immunity. Because the Vala saw them as a threat, they massacred the Okreans, with Tulkas and Orome themselves coming down to kill off these elves, during the second age. Only 8 Okreans surivied, including Kleoyia (though she was only 8 at the time), and they were cursed by the vala to live in agony untill they either killed themselves, or lost themselves to madness.

The Atric Elves share their magic with the forms of beasts. Individually, they cannot cast it the way most do, but rather they obtain the form of animals with their magic and get power through that. The Atric elves live in the the far north, mostly in the arctic circle, and thus tend to share the forms of arctic animals, whether they be from the land, air, or sea.

Aquatic elves are, as the name describes, elves that live in bodies of water, emphasis on in. Way back at the lake, they decided that the water was much safer than land, and so they took a plunge and never looked back. Aquatic elves are often refered to as mer-folk or sirens. Parts of their body take on shapes of aquatic life, and they come in many shapes and sizes. They have abit of a rivalry with the Atric elves, specifically the Atric elves that shape-shift into aquatic animal forms, as they compete for food. The silvans, however, they have a good trade relationship with. The Aquatic elves will provide silvans with good seafood, and in turn the silvans will give them a lot of land meat and vegetables the Aquatic elves can’t reach.

Sucian elves are probably the most common of Avari elves. They are also referred to as spiritual elves. Their magic mostly comes from their own power, and many will use tools in order to aid themselves. There are two major Sucian elf empires: the Bali’tsa empire and the Qitian empire. What is unique about the Sucian elves is that they can pass on their power to others, though it is extremely difficult. It is also the most diverse of the magic types, and tends to be more unique to each family.

Lastly you have the Agpetian elves, who get their power assigned to them, assumably by Eru himself. As far as i’m aware there’s no rhyme or reason as to why they get the magic they get, but when a child becomes 100 days old, their magic will display itself. As a result, they tend to be a little more…. Religious? Than other avari, though they do not worship or care for the valar at all.

The real reason Ingwe, Elwe, and Finwe went to scope out valinor:

A prank they played on Lasgen: Gone Wrong

Lasgen: *absolutely murderous and hunting them down as we speak*

Finwe, Ingwe, and Elwe: *huddled up in a hidden corner, going over their options*

Finwe: suggestions?

Ingwe: i mean running away, obviously

Finwe: that’s where i was going with that-

Elwe: i’m cool with “running away” really

Finwe: and how far should we run away?

Elwe: quite a long way.

Finwe: and how soon?

Inwe: Now?

Finwe and Elwe: Now.

Hey, yall!!! this is my thranduil fanart, specifically for the use of my au, but in general works as well.

Hope you enjoy!!!!!

*The siblings are about to do something dangerous*

Kleoyia: Shouldn’t someone give a pep talk?

Legolas: Go ahead.

Kleoyia: Be careful.

Kleoyia: Don’t die.

Lasgen: *Holds back a laugh*

Lirion: Great. We’re all bloody inspired.

So the question (in my au) is: did thranduil make his older children help raise his younger children.

And the answer is no.

Like, sure they babysat every once in a while, and he taught them how to properly interact with babies and elflings, but they were by no means saddled with their younger siblings.

90% of the child care was done by Thranduil, and the remaining 10% was split up between family members and special occasions.

Because why would he saddle his older kids with their younger siblings?

Yeah, his older kids were always at least 1000 years older than their new bby sibling, making them old enough to be adults and care for children.

But that’s exactly the point: they’re adults. With jobs. That they can’t just foster onto someone els just because.

Besides, Thranduil signed up to have another kid and raise them on their own, but his other children didn’t sign up to be caretakers.

In legolas’s family it’s actually pretty normal for sm1 to disappear for years on end with no warning, or for them to live seprate from the other family members.

Hell, Oropher and his wife, Cloudryad, lived apart for almost 4000 years, the entirety of the time Oropher was in Doriath, because they disagreed on how much they should get involved with the ainur.

And when Oropher came back, their relationship was still as steady as a rock.

It’s not that their solitary creatures. In fact, most of them are rather extroverted, it’s just that they don’t need to constantly maintain their relationship with each other in order to have a good relationship.

In fact, while Lasgen tends to stick to her home base most of the time, her wife, Oasis, is very much a wanderer that travels all over the globe, doing what she will, and it’s not that uncommon for her to only come back once every few decades. Though there are definitely times they spend years together without fail.

Kleoyia and Legolas also have a more nomadic life style, which is partially due to their jobs. Kleoyia travels all over the get information, and legolas is sent everywhere where there’s a problem that needs fixing.

Lirion will only travel somewhere if it’s necessary for whatever he’s experimenting with at the time, and Thranduil might as well be one with the forest, for all that he does not leave unless it’s for political reasons.

In short, they’re a family that loves each other, but they are chill with not seeing each other for long periods of time (unless there’s smth to worry about)l

Kleoyia: “Ladies and gentlemen” is unnecessarily gendered, overly formal, lengthy, and honestly, I’m falling asleep already. “Cowards” on the other hand, is inclusive to all genders, to the point, and dramatic.