six fanarts 5/6: faramir and éowyn

FARAWYN NATION!!!!

This one is not very different from movies design except from Galadriel’s crown

So, after reading their chapter in Return of the King, I can confirm that I ship them even harder now.

I honestly am not sure if I have ever read anything more romantic and beautifully written than their little section of this book. It actually brought a tear to my eye.

They are, without a doubt, my one true pairing

what if the fellowship went winter camping? 🏕❄

questions I think would be fun to be asked

(this post was stolen from @teenage-mutant-ninja-freak, since it couldn't be reblogged anymore)

Ask me some questions! :D

ON THIS DAY - April 1st

Peregrin Took is born (approximate date)

'"Oh! That was poetry!" said Pippin. "Do you really mean to start before the break of day?"'

Peregrin Took, Son of Paladin, Pippin, Pip, Razanur Tûk, Raza, Guard of the Citadel, Ernil i Pheriannath, Knight of Gondor, Thain, Counsellor of the North Kingdom

forgot to reblog this so happy late estimated birthday pippin took

more faramir fics. MOREEEEEEE

BACK ON THE ICE

Maeglin: Nana, I don't want this bread. It's hard already!

Aredhel: Back on the ice we would have been happy to have it!

Maeglin: Yeah, because it was fresh back then...

tag game!

i was tagged by @wchswift (thank you so much for tagging me! sorry it took so long lmao)

favorite dog breed?

mini lab (this is just bc the dog that i am an uncle to is a mini lab. i love her sm and miss her dearly)

favorite cat breed?

probably persian!!

favorite reptile/amphibians?

frog.

favorite fandoms?

x-men, star wars, marvel, critical role, six of crows/shadow and bone, genshin impact, once upon a time, hugh jackman, taylor swift… there’s probably more

favorite characters?

i’m just gonna do my top character from each one of the above: logan howlett (obviously), this was a close one but ahsoka tano, steve rogers, vax’ildan (i prefer him in the campaign over tlovm), jesper fahey, albedo, killian jones, and leopold!!

what’s your current special interest?

oh x-men for sure. i talk about x-men any and every chance i get, i wrote an essay on it last semester that my professor said i could turn into a thesis (and i highly considered it), i got one friend into x-men and have been planning to get multiple others to watch it with me, and i have another friend who is a fan who i've had over to rewatch the movies and give commentary on them. the x-men brainrot is crazy and has not really died down at all since it started in august lmao

what’s your current normal interest?

i'm gonna say music. am i normal about it? no absolutely not, but like, i'm not normal about anything so… either that or hanging out with my friends!! i love my friends :D

if you dyed your hair, what color would it be?

i would honestly love to have some navy streaks through my hair (i actually tried to do this in my freshman year and it did not work), or just straight up black would be fun too

favorite color?

navy blue!

no pressure tags (if you’ve already done this i’m sorry lmao): @lostinlovingrevery @rosenclaws @flowersforbucky @lubdubology @wlwloverwrites @sweetverine @sacredsorceress @ctrlaltsob @cenviswasteland

ty for the tag!

favorite dog breed?

YORKIESS. I have a baby yorkie and I love him so much

favorite cat breed?

Ragdolls. That's the kind of cat my bf has

favorite reptile/amphibians?

Dinosaurs idc if they're extinct I love them.

favorite fandoms?

Marvel, Hugh Jackman, Pedro pascal, Haikyuu!!, Doctor who, Pokemon.

favorite characters?

LOGAN, Peter parker, Doctor Strange, Leopold (my bby), Joel Miller, Tsukishima Kei, 11, Larry

what’s your current special interest?

Hugh Jackman rn lmao. I cannot shut up about this man all my friends have learned so much about him against their will

what’s your current normal interest?

I don't have normal interests low key. Ig crocheting??

if you dyed your hair, what color would it be?

Pink or silvery purple

favorite color?

Blue!

npt: @princessanglophile @heartthrobcinema @lubdubology @lostinlovingrevery @benispunk @tezooks

Thanks for tagging me @rosenclaws @lostinlovingrevery

favorite dog breed?

Any kind of mutts (which are what my two current dogs are). But if I had to chose one pure dog breed that I'd love to own, probably a West Highland Terrier.

favorite cat breed?

British shorthair or calico cat.

favorite reptile/amphibians?

Turtles!

favorite fandoms?

Marvel, Hugh Jackman, Pedro Pascal, Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon, Disney.

favorite characters?

Omg so many (I'll say a few from each fandom)---Leopold, Jack Willis, Logan Howlett obvs, Peter Parker, Gwen Stacy, Yelena Belova, Wade Wilson, Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Thor Odinson, Natasha Romanoff, Joel Miller, Oberyn Martell, Sansa Stark, Daenerys Targaryen, Rapunzel, Ariel, Belle, Cinderella.

what’s your current special interest?

Hugh Jackman and Pedro Pascal. GIMME THOSE DILFS. RIGHT NOW. PLEASE.

what’s your current normal interest?

Writing, analyzing movies, and history.

if you dyed your hair, what color would it be?

Green or purple.

favorite color?

Green.

Npt: @themareverine @lubdubology @damimami1994 @mandaloriankait @thevoicefromanotherworld @matronmothercrone @1800-fight-me @tezooks

tagged by @princessanglophile and @howlettsangel

Favorite dog breed? That I’ve owned—a Cocker Spaniel and Poodle mix. In general? Really would love a St. Bernard.

Favorite cat breed? Maine Coons!

Favorite amphibian/reptile? Probably turtles—not a fan in general.

Favorite Fandoms? Wolverine, most anything Hugh Jackman. Transformers, Batman, some Avengers. Jurassic Park. Terra Nova (2011).

Favorite characters? Wolverine/Logan Howlett. Optimus Prime. Commander Nathaniel Taylor. Bruce Wayne. Tony Stark, Steve Rogers. Miles Quartich. Charlie Kenton. Just about any Hugh Jackman character you could name. Owen Grady. Obi-Wan Kenobi. Leopold Mountbatten, Jack Willis. Curly McClain.

Current special interest? X-Men. Wolverine. Hugh Jackman.

Current normal interests? Writing, scriptwriting, acting, theatre, self studying film, poetry, art, horses, FanFiction, weight training.

If you dyed your hair, what color? A soft, off pink/neon coral. Champagne pink?

Favorite color? Yellow.

Tagging: @itsgoghtime @lubdubology @bpmiranda @damimami1994 @1800-fight-me @matronmothercrone @sidkneeeee @th3mrskory @saradika @briseroyawritingsblog @thevoicefromanotherworld and anyone else!

favorite dog breed? blue heeler

favorite cat breed? bengal

favorite amphibian/reptile? rain frogs (or if you're cool and let me, then a stegosaurus because those were reptiles)

favorite fandoms? anything and everything sean connery, jurassic park, james cameron's avatar

favorite characters? won't go into all of the connery characters but we know they are there, alan grant, vasili borodin, lyle wainfleet

current special interest? sean connery, us national parks

current normal interests? ummm I don't know. braiding fabric into coasters and rugs, wishing I could buy a Ford Maverick, planning trips I cannot afford

if you dyed your hair, what color? right now, I don't think I'd ever dye my hair. been there, done that and it wasn't great. I think I'd rather shave my head.

favorite color? green - olive and sage tones, secondary is soft yellow

tagging @permanentlyexhaustedpigeon88 and anyone else that would like to!

ooooh this looks like fun, thanks for the tag @itsgoghtime!!! 😊

favorite dog breed: silky terriers. after knowing my two precious girls, Moria (affectionately known as MoeRayRay) and Roxie (codename RooRoo), there really can't be any other choice, for me

favorite cat breed: definitely calico. my cousin had the sweetest girl (Checkers) when we were growing up, and she was my little buddy every time I went over for a visit.

favorite amphibian/reptile: leopard gecko. did a report on these little guys when I was in elementary school, and always thought they were rather adorable.

favorite fandoms: rings of power, yellowstone, and stranger things are the big 3 right now

favorite characters: adar (RoP), halbrand/annatar/sauron (RoP), thranduil (the hobbit), legolas (lotr), pete 'maverick' mitchell, tom 'iceman' kazansky

current special interest: rings of power for sure

current normal interests: normal? me?!?!?! impossible! (but if I had to name something, it'd probably be baking?)

if you dyed your hair, what color: so I had my hair died a few years back, and I can't remember the specific color, but it was a gorgeous red (as a redhead who hated her hair growing up, and then it turned a sort of mousey brown and I want it back to red, this was amazing for me). once I ditch the chemo peach-fuzz and get real hair again, I'll probably go for that color again! 😁

favorite color: turquoise without a doubt!

no pressure tags: @gauntletgirlie, @wowstrawberrycow, @varda-star-queen, @ohno-elrond, @lady-wyrd, @orehuna, and anyone else who wants to join!

Thank you so much @permanentlyexhaustedpigeon88 (loved reading all your answers!)

Here is my contribution:

favorite dog breed?

German shepherds. We had them when I was growing up and they were so loyal and protective, and they just have the softest hearts. One of them (Jake) used to sleep by my bed every night after I woke up screaming about a spider one time. He took it as his duty to protect me from eight-legged intruders after that 🖤

favorite cat breed?

Um... I don't really know. I like the black and white ones but I don't think they're a specific breed!

favorite reptile/amphibians?

We have newts in our pond that are fun to watch - I name them all Isaac Newton 🍎🦎

favorite fandoms?

Rings of Power/ Lord of the Rings/ Silmarillion

favorite characters?

Right now I just love Adar (from TROP)🥵, though I actually like most of the characters in that show, and Aragorn, Thorin, and others from period dramas

what’s your current special interest?

Adar and Adariel 🖤🤍

what’s your current normal interest?

Normal lol 🤣- I am not normal. I enjoy photography, writing, and drawing (though I'm not good at it)

if you dyed your hair, what color would it be?

I've dyed my hair lots of times - I'm not sure I actually know what my natural colour is now (probably grey 🤣). I've been brown, dark brown, golden brown, burgundy, ginger (I actually loved this colour!), and now I'm between dark blonde and light brown. If I was really brave I'd go back to ginger, but I doubt I will.

favorite color?

❤️🍎🍒RED 🍒⭕🔴 - I'm always drawn to red. It's like something subconscious pulls me to it!

If you want to join in then please do. Will tag a few 🖤

@itwillbeourswansong @iwanderbecauseimlost @redrosesandcharmingsouls @saffronstories @maul-of-shame @valar-did-me-wrong @dobriy-nunciy

aww, thanks for the tag @varda-star-queen 🫶🏼🫶🏼

favourite dog breed? Probably goldies. Although I've never owned a dog, one of my friends has one and he's adorable!!

favourite cat breed? Uhhh.. i like the ginger ones. I don't know if they're a specific breed.

favourite reptile/amphibian? I don't really like reptiles, too many bad experiences with them. If dinosaurs can be counted, I think pachycephalosaurus and ankylosaurus are really cool!

favourite fandoms? The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Rings of Power, The Silmarillion, basically anything Tolkien related.

favourite characters? I basically love everyone, but to name a few, I'd say Thranduil (what an elf, what an elf), Aragorn, Boromir, Faramir, Eowyn, Pippin, Bilbo, Adar, Elrond, Maedhros, Thingol, Huan.

what's your current special interest? Uhh.. Westron! I went down a rabbit hole searching for the Hobbits' names in Westron, and now I'm trying to find more on etymology and stuff! Very interesting. Also, the Rohan theme/leitmotif by Howard Shore. I'm currently trying to write something related to it, along with its connections to Carnatic music.

what's your current normal interest? Im currently working on my writing and drawing, as well as the few languages I'm learning.

if you dyed your hair, what colour would it be? Hmm.. difficult question, because I lovee my hair, which is a dark brown. I've always loved dark red hair, although I'm not sure how good it would look on me lol.

favourite colour? Green! Specifically dark, murky shades! I love them.

Wanna play? @gauntletgirlie @wowstrawberrycow @valar-did-me-wrong @gingeragenda @orehuna @lady-of-ithilien @mace-waz-here @numenoria @tuckboroughdays @silme-lorien @frodosrings @ghost-of-morrowbright @daughterofthesunlands + anyone else who wants to join!!

yay thank you for the tag @iwanderbecauseimlost !!! :)

favourite dog breed? Australian Shepherd! I've never had a dog, but if I got one this would be my first choice. A close family friend had one and as a kid, I spent a lot of time with that pup on backpacking trips. He was so sweet.

favourite cat breed? Any long-haired cat. I love me some floofs!

favourite reptile/amphibian? Man I Love Frogs! I enjoy all frogs, but love poison dart frogs specifically because wow, all those colors!

favourite fandoms? The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, and all things Tolkien; I also greatly enjoy ASOIAF and The Last Kingdom.

favourite characters? So I'll say that I generally find all characters wonderful and enjoy the respective roles they play in the story. That said, Éowyn holds a very very special place in my heart (to put it mildly), and Faramir also. I also have an abiding love for Boromir, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Éomer, Melian, Aredhel, and I could expand on this and would probably just end up naming everyone TBH so I will cut myself off now.

what's your current special interest? LOTR/Tolkien generally (but that's been true since I was like, 7), Farawyn specifically (also true for several decades); also Mary Oliver poetry and long distance hiking!

what's your current normal interest? writing (although that's in special interest territory too), camping, mushroom hunting, DnD, and microbiology (which is related to my work)

if you dyed your hair, what colour would it be? I've had my hair dyed dark brown for about a year. It's normally a light golden-brown, but I've always loved my mom's hair (black) and was sad that I didn't inherit her coloring, so I dyed it for a while. I'm now trying to go back to my natural color for a while. I don't know if I'll dye it again in the future; I have really long hair (to my hips) and it's a pain and/or expensive to keep it healthy and looking nice with dye. Sorry, that's a boring answer. If I ever wanted to do a fantasy color, I think I would do pink.

favourite colour? Pale blue, like an ice blue or very pale periwinkle. I own many objects in this color :D

No pressure tags to: @from-the-coffee-shop-in-edoras, @glorf1ndel @historicalfloralbonnet @bookish-tardigrade @nycteris-g and anyone else who wants to, consider yourself tagged :)

I love all books but sometimes you read a book and you’re like so were all 21 thousand of you blindfolded and at gun point when you rated it 5 stars

For the person in my messages who asked for tips on tackling the Silmarillion and then suggested that I put them in a post — here they are! This is just my personal opinion, and others have weighed in on this topic before. But in case it’s helpful:

1. Be kind to yourself about this task! There’s a reason lots of people find the Silm challenging, and if you do, too, that’s no judgment of you.

2. IMHO, the first few chapters are the hardest, so try not to let them intimidate you out of the whole thing. It starts off with this very formal, archaic tone, and the early chapters take on some very abstract, metaphysical ideas. But you get used to the tone, and the story comes down out of the clouds to something more grounded and closer to a traditional (but still mythological-style) narrative. (Note “hardest” does not mean “bad” — I love those chapters!)

3. Realistically, you are not going to remember every name, place, and detail, so have a plan for that. Everything’s got a thousand names and Tolkien doesn’t always do a good job telegraphing what info is significant and will come back later vs what will literally only ever be mentioned once in passing. So expect to take some notes or spend time flipping back to earlier chapters or to the index or just googling as needed to remind yourself exactly who that angry elf is and why it’s a big deal that his own magical dog wants nothing to do with him now.

4. Find someone to read along/discuss with you. Talking about it helps you retain the info better, puzzle out stuff you found confusing, and stoke your interest by letting you dive deep into characters or themes or ideas that are especially amazing (Gwindor my beloved!). You can read along with someone in real life, someone here (hi!) or with a podcast or YouTube series, of which there are a bunch that go through the book chapter by chapter in an accessible way. (If anyone wants recs for this purpose, just LMK!)

5. Embrace that the story is nuanced and complex, which means your reaction can be the same. If you read it and find yourself wondering, “I’m not sure how to feel about [cursed human X] doing [morally objectionable thing Y]” or “I don’t understand where [spider-shaped creature of darkness Z] came from and how she got so incredibly cool powerful?” — that doesn’t mean you read it wrong! There is room for interpretation, and a lot of questions raised by the book don’t actually have obvious answers. (Questions like, is evil ever justified? Can redemption be earned and how? What do we owe to others even at a cost to ourselves? Big stuff!)

6. DNF it if you want! There’s no rule that says you have to read the Silm to be a Tolkien fan, and you don’t have to suffer through something you find unpleasant just to earn some Tolkien Points. I think it’s a gorgeous book that feeds my need to wrestle with big Life Questions while giving me some indelible characters that will always stay with me, but you don’t have to think that. Art is subjective, and there are plenty of other ways to enjoy Tolkien if the Silm turns out not to be your thing.

Edit to say that the one thing I’d add is that if you’re a visual thinker like me, having maps on hand is incredibly helpful! I found that reading in parallel with referencing maps added a whole new depth to my read through and really improved my comprehension.

Summary:

"Lady Galadriel's husband?" Faramir asks in turn, and then flushes — no man would appreciate being addressed as his wife's husband. Well, he wouldn't mind, personally. But he's not like most other men. Nor, it seems, is this silver-haired elf, who is outright laughing at Faramir's flustered apology.

"Lady Galadriel's husband indeed, pleased to make the acquaintance of Lady Éowyn's betrothed," he smiles, bows low, and winks. "My name is Celeborn. And you have spent some time dead, I hear?"

"I have," Faramir nods. "Six minutes, they say."

For @frodosrings “random pair” wheel event, featuring an unlikely friendship between Celeborn and Faramir.

Read “The River Meep” on AO3

Meditations in an Emergency, Cameron Awkward-Rich

elizabeth's grand theory of faramirs

(Note: I do not like Faramir in the movies, and this is mostly an exploration of their differences from that perspective. I tried to avoid bashing, but eh. It’s also really long, much longer than I originally expected.)

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I think I’ve finally–after all these years–had an epiphany about movie Faramir vs. book Faramir. How the discussions generally seem to go is this:

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