Gabriel
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Finwë Mourning Míriel by Steamy
Finwë mourned Míriel deeply after she became the first elf to die in Aman, having been consumed by the effort of bearing Fëanor. Overwhelmed by grief and loneliness, Finwë long haunted the gardens of Lórien where she rested, eventually leading to an unprecedented legal debate among the Valar that allowed him to remarry.

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I genuinely get a little annoyed when people call the Silmarillion "boring" and am convinced that the people who do this are either incapable of having or refuse to engage with their own imaginations.
Just look at this artwork. These are depictions by various artists of events through various time periods within the mythos. This stuff is exciting. Like REALLY exciting.




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The Silmarillion: Ainulindalë
“There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they were with him before aught else was made. And he spoke to them, propounding to them themes of music; and they sang before him, and he was glad.”
Art by: Kip Rasmussen

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Did you know C.S. Lewis predicted the modern obsession with “being nice” would destroy the soul?
In The Abolition of Man, Lewis argues that when a society stops believing in objective virtue, it doesn’t become tolerant… it becomes manipulable.
He calls the result “men without chests.”
People with appetites and intellects, but no courage, no honor, no trained moral instincts. They can calculate everything and defend nothing.
Lewis saw that once we reject inherited moral law, we don’t become free. We become raw material… easily shaped by propaganda, pleasure, and fear.
Modern man prides himself on compassion while quietly surrendering every standard that once gave compassion meaning.
Lewis’s insight is brutal: a civilization that educates clever cowards will eventually be ruled by tyrants or technicians.
Because when nothing is worth dying for, everything becomes negotiable… including human dignity.

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As above, so below. Nature is the visionary sculptor of Egypt's extraordinary White Desert, where Earth and the Cosmos interact in ineffable ways. At sunset, Hossam Ragab (@pharaoh_7osam), who accompanied me and Santha throughout our recent Sahara journey, took this photograph of me in a moment of reflection. The human eye is creative, not bureaucratic. What else do you see amongst the silhouettes?

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every few months, people discover the rings of power’s AMAZING costuming so here is a thread of the rings of power’s costumes…

K@imthespecialk
ok but why is the costume design of The Rings of Power so slay
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My Eowyn and Arwen drawings inspired by this

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Primrose and Feather, 1899, by Alphonse Mucha
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Legolas and Gimli depart Middle-earth for good.
By Turner Mohan
"We have heard tell that Legolas took Gimli Glóin's son with him because of their great friendship... But it is said that Gimli went also out of desire to see again the beauty of Galadriel... More cannot be said of this matter."

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