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Silmarillion but as a ballet pt 3
I have evolved and I thought I should redraw him with a different pose
Glorfindel again can u tell i like him
I might draw him again in the first outfit i gave him just because its really pretty
#glorfindel#glorfindel art#glorfindel fanart#silmarillion#the silmarillion#silm#jrrt#silmarillion fanart#my art#I gave him a bubble butt praise me#the silmarillion ballet#glorfindel losgloriol#JRR tolkien#lotr#lotr elves#i kiss him#hes my meow meow
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A while ago, I saw a post about the story of Beren and Luthien as classical ballet. I had kept the idea in the back of my head as some fun project I could do one day but never found the time to do more than a couple of drafts.
But this is my final year of art school and, for our exam, we have to create a entire project, from characters to environments, so I jumped on the occasion and dusted off my old stuff !
Here you have the very first drafts for Beren and Luthien, I was mostly looking to make functional ballet costumes while given them each their own identity. Beren has a style mixing viking shapes and byzantine empire patterns, while, for Luthien, I have taken a lot of inspiration from Alphonse Mucha and Art Nouveau.
I will post the rest bit by by, you'll get character designs, set designs, cool puppets and, maybe if I am motivated enough, a PMV !
I hope you guys will enjoy this crazy project as I do by making it !
#the lord of the rings#digital art#my art#tolkien#tolkien art#the silmarillion#beren and luthien#classical ballet
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more concept sketches: The Doom of the Noldor as a three-act ballet!
It'd be impossible to adapt the entire Silmarillion into a single ballet, but I think this is the closest you can get to reducing the plot to its bare minimum. more details below!
Act I: (from top to bottom) Feänor and the silmarils, Mandos, Nerdanel, the Kinslaying at Alqualondë
Act II: (from top to bottom, left to right) Fingon and Maedhros, Turgon and Elenwe, Idril and Maeglin, Galadriel
Act III: (from top to bottom) Fingolfin facing Morgoth, surely that is a Silmaril that shines now in the West?, Maedhros and Maglor
#i don't normally like short haired elves that much but this is an exception#i don't know why i just think. they look neat#works better with the dancers' silhouette#tolkien ballet#the silmarillion#feanorians#clarisse doodles#ballet#tolkien#mandos#maedhros#fingon#maglor#noldor#elves!#elves elves elves#concept sketches#concept art#illustration
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Inspired by The Silmarillion Ballet sketches by @wanderer-clarisse. I’m still in my Earendil/Elwing phase so here they are in Swan Lake pas des deux 🤍
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#tolkien#silmarillion#silmarillion ballet#earendil#elwing#illustration#ballet#oneringnet#lycheedraws
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Silmarillion AU: The Ballet
Melian was skilled in songs of enchantment, and she filled the woods with song and taught the nightingales to sing. Thingol came to a glade open to the stars where Melian was singing, and took her by the hand. They stood thus while stars wheeled above and trees grew tall and dark... And ever after, they ruled as King and Queen of the Elves of Twilight.
Akane Takada as Melian, Steven Mcrae as Thingol
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Acceptable Silmarillion adaptations:
Anything directed by Guillermo del Toro (seriously, he could fuck it up and I wouldn't even care that much). Hellboy II is basically just a giant silm adaptation audition tape as far as I'm concerned.
Beren and Luthien ballet.
Children of Hurin opera.
Beren and Luthien by Cartoon Saloon.
Literally any human willing to cast the National Ballet of Georgia as an elven army.
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imagine if you will a maemag pas de deux in a silmarillion ballet adaptation.... for their last conversation about pursuing the silmarils...
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Another Fic for @candcweek !!! This one is independent to the "Kiss and Marry" multi chapter one I've got going -- in fact, it's part of a different universe. A modern AU I'm calling Family Of Nerds (I made a post a post it). Join C+C as they have a little picnic date at sunset.
Fandom: The Silmarillion
Pairing: Tyelkormo/Curufin (implied)
Tags/Warnings: Modern AU, Family Of Nerds AU, Motorcycles, Stargazing, Implied Incest, Ambiguous Relationships, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff
Word Count: 1k
Summary: “At about eight years old, Tyelkormo had become obsessed with outerspace and astronomy, spending many hours in their backyard with a small telescope. Little Curvo often joined him - sometimes even sneaking out past his bedtime - to observe the twinkling lights and listen to the history his brother read about in his library books. Stargazing had become a private tradition for the two of them.”
AO3 A/N: This is set in my “Family of Nerds'' universe. My Tumblr blog @thecoolblackwaves has a post explaining it - basically, it’s a modern AU where Feanor, a philologist, and Nerdanel, an arts professor, have raised their kids to be their fully authentic, artistic, nerdy selves. Tyelko is a bow and arrow wielding forest ranger and gym bro, Curvo is a ballet dancer who failed to go professional and now creates jewelry and accessories for dance companies instead. I’m hoping to continually add to this universe! Not all installments are slash/incest, neither are they linear, but with this one it’s implied. Also I know absolutely nothing about motorcycles or astronomy so sorry for any inaccuracies.
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Tyelkormo’s favorite brother needed cheering up, and by god was he going to do it!
He wasn’t sure what exactly had happened between Curvo and Angrod, but whatever it was, they had both stormed out of their grandfather’s house visibly upset. While he generally got on with that particular half-cousin, Curufin always came first for him. Always. So he tailed him home and watched closely as his little brother sulked around the kitchen - not eating anything, though he eyed some chips - and then took a rather violent sounding shower.
Curufin tended to deny himself food when his emotions were in turmoil. A leftover habit from ballet classes, he suspected. Even though he wanted nothing more than to eat away his feelings, and was no longer required to maintain a ruthlessly flawless physique, he would instead choose to punish himself. Tyelkormo wasn’t having it.
He snuck around the house to gather his supplies, careful not to alert his brother to the opening and closing of doors. He then went into Curufin’s bedroom and laid out warm, comfortable clothes, along with his own leather motorcycle jacket and spare boots.
“What are you doing?”
Curufin’s voice, though flat, held no malice as he moped in with a towel around his waist. Tyelkormo considered this a private victory. Even when he felt like shit, Curvo awarded him and him alone his patience and the softer, more vulnerable sides of his personality.
“I thought I could take you on a ride for a while. It’s a beautiful night, and I want to spend time with you.”
“Are you gonna ask me what happened once I’m trapped next to you going eighty miles an hour?”
“No, I won’t ask unless you want me to. And only seventy-five, don’t wanna deal with state troopers.”
Curufin snorted, then he nodded. He shut the door and dropped his towel, casual nudity not bothering him, and got dressed.
They wheeled the bike out of the garage, Tyelkormo giving it a kickstart. Curufin secured his helmet and sat behind him, holding on tight as they peeled out of the driveway. Sharp winds whipped around their bodies and twilight glittered across the horizon.
Tyelkormo pulled into a fast food drive-thru despite his brother’s feeble protests. He also paid for their meals, despite louder protests, and drove them down scenic country roads to a secluded field.
He unpacked a picnic blanket from one of his saddle bags and heard Curvo snort in surprise. Grinning to himself, he also pulled out the candle he had nicked from the dining room table and lit it with a flourish, setting it safely within a wide metal dish and laying it in the center of their blanket.
Curufin was giggling uncontrollably now, pink in the face, looking light and happy. He gracefully fell into a seated position and divied out their cheeseburgers and french fries.
“Sorry this isn’t chocolate covered strawberries and wine, or anything, but I was starving,” Tyelkormo said, laughing as well.
“It’s fine, I prefer this anyway. When did you come up with the idea for a picnic?” Curvo asked curiously as he drowned his fries in honey mustard sauce. Tyelko wrinkled his nose.
“While you were showering. I wanted to take you out to dinner, but I also wanted to be alone with you, and it’s so nice outside today. Seemed like a good compromise.”
“It is,” Curufin reassured. “This is nice. Peaceful.”
They fell silent for some time, admiring the last streaks of sunset while they finished their food. Around them, insects chirped and buzzed, and a few fireflies emerged from the grasses.
Curufin laid back with a sigh, arms crossed behind his head. Tyelkormo quickly joined him after blowing out the candle, cuddling close to his side.
“Will you tell me about the constellations?” his younger brother asked.
It was a question he’d heard many times over the years. At about eight years old, Tyelkormo had become obsessed with outerspace and astronomy, spending many hours in their backyard with a small telescope. Little Curvo often joined him - sometimes even sneaking out past his bedtime - to observe the twinkling lights and listen to the history his brother read about in his library books. Stargazing had become a private tradition, the vast night skies had witnessed the making of many intimate memories between them.
“Well, there’s Orion-Orome, the Hunter. He rides a white horse, Pegasus-Nahar - the one right there, to the left - and leads the hunt for evil creatures. Sometimes he’s accompanied by a pack of dogs led by Canis-Huan Major, the one stretching out its leg.”
“That’s who you named Huan after, right?” Curufin asked, curling into his side. Tyelkormo put his arm around his shoulders and played with the ends of his hair with his free hand.
“Yeah, that’s right! The best boy in the whole world. You know, he once helped the big constellation, Andromeda-Luthien, to defeat Cepheus-Morgoth. She was said to be incredibly beautiful, and sang a song that enchanted him so she could steal the jewels from his crown, and rode away on the dog’s back with her husband Perseus-Beren. It’s that one to the right straight ahead.”
“Sounds unfair to me,” Curufin muttered, “Stealing someone’s symbol of power. Where did she go?”
“No one knows, they disappeared into the night, never to be seen again. Some say that when great heroes die, they turn into stars themselves. For example, Cygnus-Elwing. She sacrified herself to save her people and turned into a bird flying the skies, then became a star with her husband, Auriga-Earendel. There’s a myth that once a year, they board his ship and sail across the skies as a bright shooting star.”
Curufin hummed, cuddling closer. He kissed his brother’s cheek.
“I don’t know how people come up with this stuff. I just like the way the light shines from them, it’s beautiful.”
“It is,” his brother agreed. “Like you.”
“Oh, sap. Knock it off.”
“Never. Oh look, Curvo, there’s a shooting star now!”
Closing his eyes and smiling, Curufin rested his hand over Tyelkormo’s heart.
“I’ve got everything I need.”
“Oh, my god. You call ME sappy?”
The End :)
#c + c week 2024#tyelcurvo#celegorm x curufin#tolkien#silm fandom#silm fic#silm#silmarillion#celegorm#tyelkormo#curufin#fanfic#my writing#my works
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On first seasons and adaptability
Seeing Wheel of Time fans sort of humbly recognizing the first season wasn't great but it's okay since [insert perfectly reasonable, but still subjective points] is wild to me, because no, it was a really good first season in comparison to many of my favourite shows.
It's not rare for TV shows to stumble in their first season, but still find their footing later on. I genuinely don't think The Wheel of Time swayed at all. Many choices feel pointedly intent in their understanding of later arcs from the books. That should be a source of relief for book fans.
I had never heard about the books before and the show got me to embark on a reading journey that's thrice the length of Proust's Recherche. If this isn't a win for book fans, I do not understand what they wanted an adaptation for.
The last time I had been this excited for a weekly release was Ted Lasso. The Wheel of Time is well-made, enjoyable, often thrilling, with lots of heart and ambition, and most importantly very intentional, and all that from the start. I watch too much TV and these really aren't a given in a first season.
This is making me very curious about what people consider a great first season? What are the criteria, beyond viewing numbers, for a good or bad first season? I personally believe it is about introducing to a world, establishing themes and yes, ensnaring watchers the way a skillful storyteller grabs your attention.
Regardless of how the shows evolved afterwards, some of my most memorable first seasons are Elementary, The Good Place, the OA, GoT (begrudgingly), Pitch, for instance. Note that my favourite shows aren't in there.
In fact having a great first season is a rarity, most of us have to wait for the second or third season for the lore to kick in (Person of Interest) or the tone to feel self-assured (Star Trek Discovery). Which isn't necessarily a defect! This is what working with a long format like TV entails.
To expand on the Wheel of Time first season particularly, the argument I have seen the most is the faithfulness of the adaptation.
I am putting aside the fact that I don't think an adaptation has to be a faithful translation to be a good one (Jackson's Lord of the Rings, still one of my favourite movies) for the sake of the discussion.
To me, as standard Fantasy show goes, it's a great show so far. As an adaptation, it is so clever, both incorporating tiny blink and you'll miss it fanservice-ish elements (Aes Sedai taking back trays to in their rooms) and bigger commentary on the main themes (the Stepin arc and what it means for Lan, Nyn, Moi and Rand). The latter is often decried as being unnecessary invention, but this is where the question of adaptability comes into play.
Regarding what would be better referred to as the unadaptability of TEotW, I hadn't read the book before watching the show. Some of my favourite scenes are in fact in the books and never made it to the screen (Nynaeve and Moiraine's discussion about Aes Sedai, White Bridge). Some depictions didn't match what impressed me so much in the books (the Blight, small angry black-eyed Moiraine).
Yet, as I read some, I knew it would not work on-screen.
It's a different medium!
When I was 19, I started planning what was essentially a five acts tragedy about the events that led to the burning of the ships at Alqualondë (in alexandrins, please) from the Silmarillion. Spoilers: I never finished it, barely started it.
TV shows are as different from novels than ballet is from comics. It's not only about codes and norms, as creating in a particular medium often comes down to simple abject feasibility: you can with great difficulty have 3000 soldiers on stage for Le Cid.
But here's the thing, it's often from these very practical limitations that creation is born. Take the Ways: in the books, they captured my imagination the way some of Tolkien's best descriptions did, but there was no way to depict it without tons of CGI. It was bound to look silly. The show's answer is ancient, alien and vast, with visual echoes to our world, as it should be.
It's brilliant, it's stunning and it is an even greater hommage to Robert Jordan's mythology about Ogier and the age of the Ways.
(And I am not even broaching how great a job the show does editing the book, which is fascinating to me as I am making my way through the books. )
#The wheel of time#Wot book spoilers#wot on prime#Some Twitter reflections transcribed here for preservation#I cannot find anything on Twitter it's annoying#Remblai#Ramblings#Wot meta#There now it is properly archived#This isn't a condemnation of anyone who hasn't been happy with the adaptation choices btw#Just thoughts about first seasons and adaptations#Idek what prompted all these tweets apart from the fact that I am distraught I could not buy the blu-rays since they sadly do not exist
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Silmarillion but as a ballet pt 4
I swear I love Glorfindel more I just think Finrod is a fanci boi ;-;
dont ask why there's a mesh
I followed my gut
#the silmarillion ballet#the silmarillion#finrod felagund#finrod fanart#my art#finrod felagund art#jrrt#jrr tolkien#silm#the silmarillion art#lotr elves#he's just a guy to me#and he's savage and killed a bunch of giant fukcing dogs with his bare hands and mouth while cuffed so yea#i will draw him wild one day akskaskkakks#fanart#ignore the hand proportions i suck ksksksks#Silmarillion
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FIRST BATCH LET'S GO !
I wasn't very satisfied with the version I made for my finals. Mostly, it suffered from being the first thing I made for the project as well as having the imperative of the deadline. It was also my first time using Rebelle 5, wich was a fun experience overall, but very different from how I usually approach digital painting. The end result was really nice though ! I did most of the work of the original project on Clip Studio but I might redo some of this stuff on Rebelle instead.
But enough rambling ! This outfit is Luthien's Act I costume ! I took inspiration from Mucha's illustrations while trying to keep it as functional as possible. The hairstyle was probably the hardest to design, as I wanted to continue with Mucha. His painting have incredible hairstyles but most are unfortunately unpratical for a dancer... I think maybe a wig or some extensions could do the trick.
Next time will be Beren's character sheet or some posing for Luthien, depending on what I finish first !
#the lord of the rings#the silmarillion#tolkien#lay of leithian#beren and luthien#luthien#tolkien art#classical ballet#digital art#my art#character design
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concept design for an Ainulindalë ballet: Varda! just in time for @ainurweek :P
#clarisse doodles#tolkien ballet#ainulindale#the silmarillion#tolkien#sketch#illustration#varda#elbereth#ainurweek#i hope this is ok even though i'm one day behind with the prompt :)
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Podfic Requests on Purimgifts
Below is a list of all fandoms in which podfic is requested on Purimgifts! Fandoms with more than on request are marked with *.
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
12 Dancing Princesses (Fairy Tale)
A Half-Built Garden - Ruthanna Emrys
A League of Their Own (TV 2022)
A Memory Called Empire - Arkady Martine
A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket
All-of-a-Kind Family Series - Sydney Taylor
Ancient Egyptian RPF
Animorphs - Katherine A. Applegate
Archive 81 (Podcast)
Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic)
Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
Bluey (Cartoon 2018)
Bomb Girls
Call the Midwife
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)
Captain America (Movies)
Captain Marvel (2019)
Captain Marvel (Comics)
Carmen Sandiego (Cartoon 2019)
Charmed
Chasing Liberty (2004)
*Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis
Contact (1997)
Criminal Minds
Dance of the Vampires (Broadway 2002/03) - Steinman/Ives/Kunze
Deadloch (TV 2023)
Deep Impact (1998)
*Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Disney Princesses
Downton Abbey
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine
*Emelan - Tamora Pierce
Enchanted Forest Chronicles - Patricia Wrede
ER (TV 1994)
*Fairy Tales & Related Fandoms
Felicity (TV)
Final Fantasy VIII
Firefly
Football RPF
For All Mankind (TV 2019)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Ghosts (TV 2019)
Giselle (Ballet)
Hacks (TV 2021)
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen (Song)
Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Hawkeye (TV 2021)
Hellspark - Janet Kagan
Hockey RPF
*Hunger Games Series - All Media Types
In the Loop (2009) & The Thick of It
InCryptid - Seanan McGuire
Jewish Hero Corps - Oirich/Randall (Comics)
*Jewish Legend & Lore
*Jewish Scripture & Legend
Kairos (O'Keefe) Series - Madeleine L'Engle
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
Kamen Rider Decade
Kamen Rider Kuuga
Killing Eve (TV 2018)
Kim Possible (Cartoon)
Le Chat du rabbin | The Rabbi's Cat (Comics)
League of Legends
Legends & Lattes - Travis Baldree
Leverage
Lilo & Stitch (2002)
Loki: Agent of Asgard
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Mediator Series - Meg Cabot
*Megillat Ester | Book of Esther
Merlin (TV)
Mirabile - Janet Kagan
Moon Knight (TV 2022)
Ms. Marvel (Comics)
Ms. Marvel (TV 2022)
NewsRadio
Numb3rs (TV)
October Daye Series - Seanan McGuire
Old Kingdom - Garth Nix
One Piece
*Original Work
Our Flag Means Death (TV)
*Post-Biblical Jewish RPF
Protector of the Small - Tamora Pierce
*Rabbinic and Talmudic Judaism RPF
Rise of the Guardians (2012)
*Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
RWBY
Schitt's Creek (TV)
Sefer Makabim Alef | 1 Maccabees
Sefer Yehudit | Book of Judith
Seven Kingdoms: The Princess Problem (Visual Novel)
Sfarim Chitzoniyim | External Books (Judaism)
Shadow Unit
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo
Spider-Man: Spider-Verse (Sony Animated Movies)
*Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik
*Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies)
*Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Enterprise
*Star Trek: Lower Decks (Cartoon)
Star Trek: Picard
*Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV)
*Star Trek: The Next Generation
*Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV)
Stellar Firma (Podcast)
Supergirl (TV 2015)
Teen Titans (Animated Series)
*Teixcalaan Series - Arkady Martine
Temeraire - Naomi Novik
Tennis RPF
The Americans (TV 2013)
*The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types
The Ballad of Lost Hollow - Shapera
The Defenders (Marvel TV)
The Diplomat (US TV 2023)
The Gilded Age (TV 2022)
*The Golem and the Jinni - Helene Wecker
The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo
The Innsmouth Legacy - Ruthanna Emrys
The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir
*The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
*The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
*The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
The Owl House (Cartoon)
The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon
The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
The Song of the Lioness - Tamora Pierce
The West Wing
This is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
This Is New Gehesran Calling - Rebecca Fraimow
Titanic (1997)
*Tortall - Tamora Pierce
Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold
Warehouse 13
Westing Game - Ellen Raskin
What's Up Doc? (1972)
*When the Angels Left the Old Country - Sacha Lamb
White Collar (TV 2009)
Women's Hockey RPF
X-Men - All Media Types
X-Men (Comicverse)
Yentl (1983)
Young Justice (Comics)
Young Wizards - Diane Duane
*Zionist Galactic Federation
Zootopia (2016)
הגדה של פסח | Passover Haggada
טעוויע דער מילכיקער - שלום עליכם | Tevye the Dairyman - Sholem Aleichem
*מדרש | Midrash
*תלמוד | Talmud
*תנ"ך | Tanakh
名探偵コナン | Detective Conan | Case Closed
文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs
機動戦士ガンダム 水星の魔女 | Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (Anime)
王様戦隊キングオージャー | Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger (TV)
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Silmarillion AU: The Ballet
When Túrin left Doriath, Beleg begged leave to follow after. He was captured by Túrin’s followers, who did not know Beleg and so tortured him, until Túrin returned and raised him up. Together they commanded the outlaws and guarded the land against Morgoth. But they were betrayed; Túrin’s men were killed, and Túrin himself captured. Beleg rescued him, but Túrin woke from his swoon in the dark of night and dealt his friend a mortal blow, for he did not recognize him.
Denis Rodkin as Túrin, Marcelino Sambé as Beleg
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I cant remember were I read this but it was a headcanon that Oropher was nicknamed the dancing warrior back in Doriath, and that got me thinking. If Oropher was alive in modern times he would be some kind of classical dancer, or something like that. With the vibe of a Russian ballet teacher. You know the ones that have been in the game since forever and know everything about everything
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I would love to teach the elves ballet. It's such a graceful and beautiful type of dancing, I think they would like it. They wouldn't like the costumes though way to short and revealing.
02.07.2021
Oooh the elves would adore ballet!
Hmm the costumes I think at first they wouldn’t like, but once they see the freedom of mobility it gives them, I think they’d understand and be able to rationalize the purpose of them being so short and appreciate the beauty of them.
#asks#theelvenhaven#ballet#elves#jrr tolkien#tolkien#the silm#the silmarillion#silm#silmarillion#fanfic#fanfiction#writing#headcanon#headcanons#imagine#imagines#one shot#one shots
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