“So it came to pass that when the light of Valinor failed, for ever as the Noldor thought, she joined the rebellion against the Valar who commanded them to stay; and once she had set foot upon that road of exile, she would not relent, but rejected the last message of the Valar, and came under the Doom of Mandos. Even after the merciless assault upon the Teleri and the rape of their ships, though she fought fiercely against Fëanor in defence of her mother’s kin, she did not turn back. Her pride was unwilling to return, a defeated suppliant for pardon; but now she burned with desire to follow Fëanor with her anger to whatever lands he might come, and to thwart him in all ways that she could.

Pride still moved her when, at the end of the Elder Days after the final overthrow of Morgoth, she refused the pardon of the Valar for all who had fought against him, and remained in Middle-earth. It was not until two long ages more had passed, when at last all that she had desired in her youth came to her hand, the Ring of Power and the dominion of Middle-earth of which she had dreamed, that her wisdom was full grown and she rejected it, and passing the last test departed from Middle-earth for ever.”

—J.R.R. Tolkien, The History of Middle-earth XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, Chapter XI “The Shibboleth of Fëanor”(Galadriel)

“As they passed beyond the green field of the Tongue, the trees drew down to the river’s brink. Here and there golden leaves tossed and floated on the rippling stream. The air was very bright and still, and there was a silence, except for the high distant song of larks.

They turned a sharp bend in the river, and there, sailing proudly down the stream toward them, they saw a swan of great size. The water rippled on either side of the white breast beneath its curving neck. Its beak shone like burnished gold, and its eyes glinted like jet set in yellow stones; its huge white wings were half lifted. A music came down the river as it drew nearer; and suddenly they perceived that it was a ship, wrought and carved with elven-skill in the likeness of a bird. Two elves clad in white steered it with black paddles. In the midst of the vessel sat Celeborn, and behind him stood Galadriel, tall and white; a circlet of golden flowers was in her hair, and in her hand she held a harp, and she sang. Sad and sweet was the sound of her voice in the cool clear air:

  I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew:
  Of wind I sang, a wind there came and in the branches blew.
  Beyond the Sun, beyond the Moon, the foam was on the Sea,
  And by the strand of Ilmarin there grew a golden Tree.
  Beneath the stars of Ever-eve in Eldamar it shone,
  In Eldamar beside the walls of Elven Tirion.
  There long the golden leaves have grown upon the branching years,
  While here beyond the Sundering Seas now fall the Elven-tears.
  O Lórien! The Winter comes, the bare and leafless Day;
  The leaves are falling in the stream, the River flows away.
  O Lórien! Too long I have dwelt upon this Hither Shore
  And in a fading crown have twined the golden elanor.
  But if of ships I now should sing, what ship would come to me,
  What ship would bear me ever back across so wide a Sea?”

luthien:

all the tolkien ladies ♥︎ galadriel

A sister they had, Galadriel, most beautiful of all the house of Finwë; her hair was lit with gold as though it had caught in a mesh the radiance of Laurelin.

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tolkienillustrations:

RingbearersbyJenny Dolfen

trying to hype myself up to draw again by making moodboards for this modern horror of elronduil based on how Greenwood becomes Mirkwood. this has been my fixation this year, anyway, kinda cringe but modernizing their names is for my own aesthetic  also made the Obligatory Playlist 

Elves  (3)

 Happy elves

Elves (2) Each has its own loss.

anyataylorjoy:

heroine, striding, powerful, into the arms of death

TOLKIEN WEEK 2021: women 

insp|poem 

emziess:

Cate Blanchett in Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

So the first look at The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, specifically this magnificent set of plate armor that has been made for a very badass looking Lady Galadriel has provoked some… eh… I think the professional term is “engagement” ? (Almost all of it positive, but of course there’s a select minority trying their hardest to appear relevant and failing to a comical degree)

Of course, they’re absurd as someone has already pointed out it could be inspired by the historical artwork depicting the armor of Joan of Arc and frankly, if you’re not in love with that blend of practicality and femininity in the fluting, the layering of plate and chainmail, and the adornment to emulate a delicate necklace then I don’t know what to tell you.

This is the best feminine fantasy armor I’ve seen made for film. Ever.

But it’s not just this amazing suit that man-children are shitting their pants over, there’s also the stills of certain characters who belong to certain fantasy races.

Their voices are, by far, outweighed by the people who are super excited to see this level of quality in the fantasy genre and the kind of story that this sort of commitment to quality warrants.

And for the sentient shitbags crying that “when this tanks, they’ll blame bitter white men” - I assure you that nobody will give you a second thought.

You already promised to tank the wildly successful films:

• Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
  
• Wonder Woman (2017)
• Black Panther (2018)
• The Witcher: Season 1 (2019)

Nobody believes your cadre of bitter little goblins has the power to crash shit, scurry back to your filthy warrens.

- wincenworks

Evenstar Celtic Weave Circlet Crown Tiara- Ian’s latest design now available at percirclets.etsy.com 

A Woodland Triquetra~ I love these shimmery aurora borealis leaf beads and have combined them in groups of three as the theme of my new Celtic elven jewelry collection now available at www.thyme2dream.etsy.com

Happy birthday Tolkien!