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The Elusive Soleil
I blog about whatever story is currently holding my brain hostage (currently Silmarillion), sometimes including my original writing. Can be found at sunshine_of_my_lifetime on AO3, sunshine-of-my-lifetime on Elysian Fields, and Soleil Demavie on Kindle Vella.
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okay, i know about all the aus in your post except the Art Therapy in Mandos one. can you pleeeease enlighten me? :>>>
Ok, it's very simple and here goes.
Art Therapy in Mandos
So, we all know how Feanor must constantly be working on projects and doing things or else he might actually die (exaggeration), right? Well, filling your mind with projects etc isn't great for having time to meditate upon your actions and heal from traumas in Mandos, but Namos can clearly see that the traditional 'meditate in silence and isolation' that works for most of the eldar is not going to cut it for firey Feanor.
Namo comes up with a new kind of healing method for Feanor that involves 12 crayons and one of those adult meditative coloring books. He gives these items to Feanor without explanation.
Feanor hated it so much. It's so dull and pointless to color everything in, but he has to be perfect and the best so he colored the first several books in shocking realism given the limited colors, staying exactly inside the lines. Every time he finishes, a maia comes and takes the book away and replaces it with another.
He doesn't understand the purpose of this ridiculous assignment, the maiar hardly speak to him, and Namo won't answer his shouted demands for answers. They just keep giving him fresh books and replenishing the crayons and the only explanation Feanor can come up with is that he somehow isn't completing the books the way the Vala wants him to.
'Namo is unreasonable' he seethes to himself as he creates yet another near exact replica of Lorien's gates. Never have any coloring books been competed with such exacting attention to detail and symmetry using only the waxy crayons given to children who have yet to earn the right for better tools. 'The Valar are unreasonable,' he spits as he recreates a swan boat with the lightest touches of yellow and orange and pink and white.
So it continues until one day Feanor has screamed himself nearly hoarse at the absent Vala. Why persist in playing this game when Namo makes it clear he will never accept his work and will always make him do it again, he wonders. He takes up the red crayon. It has no purpose here in this picture. He drags it across the page anyway, crossing over the lines with an out of place streak of red.
Somehow, through all of this, Feanor learns to let go of his perfectionism, accepts that his ability to create wonderful and miraculous things does not determine his worth, etc etc, healing and understanding, etc etc.
Eventually, Namo lets him out of Mandos :)
Ask me about fics that live rent-free in my head!
#i would be down for this#one of my biggest pet peeves with mandos usually is the lack of Stuff To Do#you seriously think you're gonna keep *any* Noldo in there long?#let alone Feanor#Namo actually sounds smart in this one
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May Fic Recs
All That's Best of Dark and Bright
Author: clothonono
Characters: Thingol/Melian
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 1844
Tell me more about married.
"I do not know very much," Thingol said. "I have never been married before.”
The night laughed. The woodland breeze caressed his hair. A nightingale settled on his shoulder. We are the same.
He thought they must be the two most different people in all of Arda. He tried to think of more to tell her.
"Among my people, marriage is a bond in the spirit and the flesh."
Flesh! So much of you is flesh. What is it like to be matter?
"I am matter?"
You are enormous! she said. And you are very full of water.
"No lady has ever given me such a compliment," he said. He could tell that it was a compliment, a strong one.
In which Thingol and Melian finally take stock after the dissipation of the enchantments of Nan. I think this is one of my favourite fics of this pairing that I read so far. They are both so delightfully weird and low key creepy but in a way that shows how perfect they are for each other. I love it so much!
Read here.
Author’s Tumblr: @clothonono
Note: This fic is archive locked
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FanFic Rec Moodboard Masterlist
Bookmark Fic Recs
art for fics I found in my bookmark lists and I loved
Eldritch Maglor (Maglor & Lindir)
On the ephemeral beauty of mortals (Caranthir & Angrod)
The Kingmaker (Maedhros & Curufin)
And in doing so, you will fail (Maglor & Glaurung)
And she danced on feet of silver (Maedhros & Idril)
lakesong (Maglor & Maedhros)
The One (Maedhros & Eru)
I promise you I'm not broken (I promise you there's more) (Maeglin & Celebrimbor)
All That's Best of Dark and Bright (Elu Thingol/Melian)
in the ranks of death you will find him (Turgon & Finrod )
Heart and Head (Nimloth & Celegorm)
Louder than Words (Celebrimbor & Sauron)
Presentation Practise (Feanor/Nerdanel & Maedhros)
ao3 links and tags are on the linked posts but lmk if you rather they were here to. Definitely check them out, they are all really good!
Avengers x Silm.
these ones are all inspired by the same marvel crossover fic by @the-elusive-soleil, again definitely recommend!
Maedhros (Captain America)
Ambarussa (Hawkeye & Black Widow)
Celegorm (Hulk)
Curufin (Iron Man)
Caranthir (Loki)
Maglor (Darcy Lewis)
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Chapters: 4/?
Fandom: The Magnus Archives (Podcast), The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Martin Blackwood & Sasha James & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist & Tim Stoker, Sasha James/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
Characters: Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Martin Blackwood, Sasha James, Tim Stoker (The Magnus Archives), Elias Bouchard | Jonah Magnus, Melanie King, Basira Hussain, Alice "Daisy" Tonner, Georgie Barker, Maedhros (Tolkien), Maglor (Tolkien), Celegorm (Tolkien), Caranthir (Tolkien), Curufin (Tolkien), Amrod (Tolkien), Amras (Tolkien), Agnes Montague, Gerard Keay, Annabelle Cane
Additional Tags: Fix-It, what if I put some Feanorians in this thing?, would that make it better, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Feanorians in modern day, monster hunter Feanorians, there are 15 Valar and 15 fears (counting Extinction) and this is not a coincidence, Sasha James Lives, Gerard Keay Lives, Agnes Montague Lives, this isn't an archivist!Sasha fic but it's not NOT an archivist!Sasha fic
Summary:
"He did break out, in the end. But he was changed, warped--more of an ‘it’ than a ‘him’. He had spent millenia in true nothingness, with nothing to tie him to who he once was, and so he emerged as a pure force of darkness and destruction. And instead of instigating a glorious, narratively satisfying final battle...he corrupted the other Powers, breaking them and twisting them to be things like what he now was.
We have not been able to save everyone touched by the Fears. But I like to think that we have done some good, saved at least a few lives."
Jonathan Sims has more than enough to contend with as the new head archivist of the Magnus Institute. When mysterious, purportedly ancient individuals start cropping up first in statements, then in his own life, the situation only becomes more complicated.
#silmarillion#the magnus archives#tma#stars in their eyes#new chapter! feat.#sasha james#jonathan sims#martin blackwood#tim stoker#jane prentiss#agnes montague#caranthir feanorion#soleil writes things#refracted (fanfiction)
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One more drawing based on a stress-relief doodle from a work meeting.
The death of Fingon. This scene is so terrible and emotional(at least makes me emotional) and once again, I couldn't find enough artwork that captures it. So I made one myself. Also here, I wanted to make light that looks like tree-branches ♥
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One of my fav things about Gandalf is, he can & canonically does Full Name hobbits when he’s angry like he’s their mum or something
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Vaïre Radiant WIP
I’m on the verge of a nervous breakdown and drawing helps ^^
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Kind characters are not boring; in fact, due to the vast amount of people who hold that opinion, kind characters are as edgy as it gets. In this essay I will
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bring back tumblr ask culture let me. bother you with questions and statements
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Dinner time
AU in which Caranthir and Haleth have a kid.
It's fine, its fine. As long as the child is kept out of any offical record the Doom of Mandos cannot touch him, right?
#caranthir#Haleth#I support the idea of a secret feanorian baby!#plus I love the idea of Erestor being Caranthir's kid#they just have to cover his ears and it's all fine right? :P#<<prev tags#erestor caranthirion & son of haleth my beloved#excellent art#love all the detail!
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Curufinwë Fëanáro // Fëanor & Nerdanel Mahtaniel
For @feanorianweek day 7
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Chapters: 3/?
Fandom: The Magnus Archives (Podcast), The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Martin Blackwood & Sasha James & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist & Tim Stoker, Sasha James/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
Characters: Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Martin Blackwood, Sasha James, Tim Stoker (The Magnus Archives), Elias Bouchard | Jonah Magnus, Melanie King, Basira Hussain, Alice "Daisy" Tonner, Georgie Barker, Maedhros (Tolkien), Maglor (Tolkien), Celegorm (Tolkien), Caranthir (Tolkien), Curufin (Tolkien), Amrod (Tolkien), Amras (Tolkien), Agnes Montague, Gerard Keay, Annabelle Cane
Additional Tags: Fix-It, what if I put some Feanorians in this thing?, would that make it better, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Feanorians in modern day, monster hunter Feanorians, there are 15 Valar and 15 fears (counting Extinction) and this is not a coincidence, Sasha James Lives, Gerard Keay Lives, Agnes Montague Lives, this isn't an archivist!Sasha fic but it's not NOT an archivist!Sasha fic
Summary:
"He did break out, in the end. But he was changed, warped--more of an ‘it’ than a ‘him’. He had spent millenia in true nothingness, with nothing to tie him to who he once was, and so he emerged as a pure force of darkness and destruction. And instead of instigating a glorious, narratively satisfying final battle...he corrupted the other Powers, breaking them and twisting them to be things like what he now was.
We have not been able to save everyone touched by the Fears. But I like to think that we have done some good, saved at least a few lives."
Jonathan Sims has more than enough to contend with as the new head archivist of the Magnus Institute. When mysterious, purportedly ancient individuals start cropping up first in statements, then in his own life, the situation only becomes more complicated.
#silmarillion#the magnus archives#tma#stars in their eyes#new chapter! feat.#sasha james#michael distortion#caranthir#agnes montague#jonathan sims#soleil writes things#refracted (fanfiction)
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In the snowstorm - Maedhros & Maglor
At the battle of flashflame(dragor Bargollach),in the Himring,the reunion of Maedhros and Maglor.
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The voyage west at the end of Return of the King is extremely funny to me, because just look at who's on board. You've got:
Frodo Baggins, hero of the Shire, in need of healing but also excited to see Valinor and meet the legendary elves who live there, a gentle soul
Elrond Halfelven, as kind as a summer, looking forward to peace west of the sea, probably wants to go chill out in a cottage with his wife for the next thousand years
Which seems fine. And then we get to everyone else.
Gandalf, cheeky bastard who's gotten so used to being a weird old wizard in Middle-Earth that's he's forgotten what Maia are supposed to act like, will immediately cause problems
Bilbo Baggins, noted storyteller, definitely planning to break into Aule's halls to see his dwarf friends, will ask all the elves weird questions and then sing about their lives and deaths in front of them, will immediately cause problems
Galadriel, who came to Aman half for Celebrian and Elrond's sake and half to taunt all her cousins about being the only one of them to survive the First Age, enjoys causing problems, will immediately cause many problems
(Also, to be clear, these are not three isolated problem-causers, they absolutely spent the entire trip to Valinor actively planning to give Amanyar society and the Valar an aneurysm.)
I just love the idea of Elrond, now reunited with Celebrian, and Frodo happily having tea with Elwing and Earendil, with nothing to interrupt them but the gentle sounds of the tides.
Meanwhile Galariel, Bilbo, and Gandalf are collectively bullying Mandos into releasing Maglor Feanorian from the halls because:
Bilbo wants to read him his translation of the Noldolante, which is written as a cheery Hobbit drinking song
Elrond always complained about how Gandalf and Maglor were both insufferably vague about advice and Gandalf needs to make sure he's more infuriating than Maglor as a matter of his wizardly pride
He still owes Galadriel money
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levels of headcanon:
This is heavily supported by text/subtext and is likely what the creators intended for me to get from this
this is sort of supported by the text and could, conceivably be what the creators intended for me to get from the text/subtext
there is no evidence either way
there is slight evidence against my headcanon, but I don’t care
I’ve stopped giving a crap about canon
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something something Buffy has paint on her face in the same place Spike has blood on his face, something something red string of fate, something something destiny
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