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Entry for Step Five of the Blue Path (Minimalist) and the Red Path (Act of Kindness)
For my Act of Kindness I chose to draw something inspired by Scattering Beacons of Hope by

engarian

Varda hangs the stars as a symbol of hope

"These celestial lights will give them hope; and hope, although a small, flickering thing, has immense strength."

B2MeM07 Quote Challenge: Ezellohar - And as they watched, upon the mound there came forth two slender shoots; and silence was over all the world in that hour, nor was there any other sound save the chanting of Yavanna. Under her song the saplings grew and became fair and tail, and came to flower; and thus there awoke in the world the Two Trees of Valinor.

B2MeM12: Bingo NN43 - Canon Couples: Manwë/Varda & Crackfic: Harlequin romance

[B2MEM16] Manwe&Varda - Harlequin cover.jpg

Manwë and Varda dramatically watching the birth of the Two Trees by Vairë (she's allowed to take a little artistic license once in a while)

What is it about Finrod and Turgon that they were the ones Ulmo chose? That’s my biggest question for this chapter. The only explanation I can come up with is that they didn’t originally desire to go back to Middle Earth (unlike Galadriel, for example). Maybe that meant they would they would give up more readily their new homes when the time came. Though the warning Ulmo gives Turgon seems to suggest he knew Turgon would get more attached to Gondolin than Finrod to Nargothrond. My little headcanon is that Finrod and Turgon used to spend a lot of time on the coast of Alqualondë when they were young, so Ulmo got to know them well, even if they never noticed.

There are people too self-centred to be good parents, and Fëanor belonged in that group. With his last breath he cursed not only Morgoth, but his sons too. When Fëanor made his oath, there’s no mention of him forcing his sons to take it too. From the narrative, it seems they did so willingly. But in this moment, he’s dying, and asking his sons to follow the oath and avenge his death... can anyone really blame them for saying yes to the last request of their father?
It’s told Fëanor would never leave Mando’s Halls. I wonder if it’d been different had he repented in his last moments, instead of spending them curing Morgoth and dooming his sons.

The coming of Fingolfin’s host to Beleriand will never stop being awesome. Though the Silmarillion would never make a good movie, there are many scenes that would look great on screen, and that is definitely one of them.

In this chapter we learn the Nauglamir was the best thing the Dwarves ever made. According to whom? If someone asked a Dwarf what’s the best thing ever made by a member of their race, would they say it’s the Nauglamir? Could it be there are many wondrous things they’ve created unknown to the Elves?

Glaurung makes his first appearance in this chapter, and it makes me wonder how much influence Morgoth has over his creations. Because it certainly wasn’t Morgoth intention to have Glaurung revealed so early. That was all Glaurung’s fault. Could it be the more intelligent the creation, the more independent from its master? It could be Galurung was just in his rebellious teen phase.

Finally, there’s the dream Finrod and Turgon have. From the text, it seems like they came from Ulmo, but wasn’t Irmo the one associated with dreams and visions? So, how much was Irmo involved there? I like to think of Ulmo going to Irmo and asking for help with this.

Something that really caught my attention is how little the Valar seem to involve themselves when it comes to Men. The only Power they were exposed to at the beginning was Morgoth, and while that was true of the Elves, at least the Valar did something about it when they found out. When Men appeared? No help would come from them until someone pleaded for the First and Second born... That’s incredibly unfair. The exiled Noldor screwed up, and then both Men and the Elves who never went to Valinor had to pay too?

Maybe the Valar were afraid of screwing up like they did with the Noldor. Maybe being around Men would be too much for Men’s bodies, like being in Valinor would be too much for them. Maybe they just decided to stay back because they don’t understand Men at all. In any case, it’s unfair suggest falling victim to Morgoth’s influence is Men’s fault, when the Valar stayed back and let that happen.

Irmo is the master of visions and dreams. In Lórien are his gardens in the land of the Valar, and they are the fairest of all places in the world, filled with many spirits. Nienna dwells alone. Her halls are west of West, upon the borders of the world. She mourns for every wound that Arda has suffered in the marring of Melkor. But she does not weep for herself; and those who hearken to her learn pity, and endurance in hope.

Nessa is lithe and fleetfooted. Deer she loves, and they follow her train whenever she goes in the wild; but she can outrun them, swift as an arrow with the wind in her hair

hhimring this is your fault...

Námo after spending some time with Vána

The Ever-young

Why would she be called Ever-young, when none of the Valar age? I remember reading something like that somewhere, and this is my answer to that question.

The Doomsman of the Valar

Estë the gentle, healer of hurts and of weariness. Grey is her raiment; and rest is her gift. She walks not by day, but sleeps upon an island in the tree-shadowed lake of Lórellin

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Silm thoughts - “Of Men”

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