Makalaure - Blog Posts
So in my Spanish class, the teacher has assignments on the board that say something like, "Tiana es Alta y trabajadora."
But recently, she ran out of Disney princesses and random names, so she had us write names on index cards and turn them in.
She handed me a couple of index cards, and I immediately the knowledge of the House of Finwë spark in my brain like,
On that note though
Colin Spencer is Maglor lolol
Danael from Is It Love? is Celegorm from The Silmarillion. Change my mind.
Nelyo: Eru Iluvatar is the Allfather. He lives in the skies and answers our every prayer.
Káno: Even mine?
Nelyo: Especially yours! ^_^
---- later ----
Káno: Sky daddy! Please hear me and give me a sweet baby brother like Findekáno!
Eru:...
Eru: My name is Iluvatar, not sky daddy.
Káno: potato, potáto.
Eru:... :-|
Eru: *Gives him Tyelko*
Ah yes, the Seven Genocidal Sons of Feanor -
Helen of Troy, Beyoncé, Bear Grylls, Scrooge McDuck, Nikola Tesla and the Grady twins
Whoever mentioned a post about going to war and meeting Maglor is like going to war and meeting Beyoncé, I love you lmao- Now consider, going to war and meeting Maedhros, which is basically like going to war and meeting the world's top super-model✨
Like an old little leaf in its hopeless dream Can't forget its bygone beauty, dance on the wind I can wait all my life to be taken away with flow Autumn shrouded by rain turns to cold winter snow When the birds fly away I'm still left here alone I still search for my own land where flowers grow
~ Land Where Flowers Grow, Lind Erebros
The leaf is from Liriodendron tulipifera, a beautiful tree whose flowers strongly resemble tulips. It doesn't usually grow near the sea, but it's my favourite tree, and I liked the parallel between Maglor and the leaf—both alone and far from home.
@feanorianweek day ii; maglor the minstrel
And when this new star was seen at evening, Maedhros spoke to Maglor his brother, and he said: ‘Surely that is a Silmaril that shines now in the West?’ And Maglor answered: ‘If it be truly the Silmaril which we saw cast into the sea that rises again by the power of the Valar, then let us be glad for its glory is seen now by many, and is yet secure from all evil.’ Then the Elves looked up, and despaired no longer.
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, “Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath”
[ ID: A 12-picture edit for Maglor from the Tolkien legendarium. The prevalent colours are a green-ish gold and purple. Here’s what the images show:
black text on white background, reading “sole survivor”
The model Noh Seoung Hwa, an east asian man, facing front. He’s wearing a blazer and multiple rings
a detail from a baroque painting, showing a bushy sleeve with gold decor
white text on purple background reading “kanafinwe makalaure” and “maglor”
a bay by night with a reddish moon above
a yellow gem
a golden baroque-style harp
cut-open fig fruits
white text on purple background reading “greatest minstrel of the noldor”
golden glitter on the clavicle of a light-skinned person
Noh Seoung Hwa wearing a crown. His face is only visible from the eyes upwards
A crowd of people with swords shrouded in purple mist
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