Vanillekeks In reply to Niizu [2014-04-30 20:24:28 +0000 UTC]

AAaaaaahhhhhh this is so adorable!! <33

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Niizu In reply to Vanillekeks [2014-05-01 08:04:49 +0000 UTC]

hehehe glad you like it   !

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Vanillekeks In reply to Niizu [2014-04-30 20:24:55 +0000 UTC]

You are very welcome, I adore your Finwion art.

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Vanillekeks In reply to Ilweran [2014-04-29 14:57:36 +0000 UTC]

You are welcome!

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Vanillekeks In reply to Niizu [2014-04-06 13:51:21 +0000 UTC]

You are very welcome! Your art is great!

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Niizu In reply to Vanillekeks [2014-04-06 17:04:53 +0000 UTC]

thanks !!  

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Vanillekeks In reply to chibicloud21 [2014-01-16 15:29:43 +0000 UTC]

You are very welcome! *hugs back* <333 8D

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Vanillekeks In reply to MariaB9 [2013-07-04 08:21:39 +0000 UTC]

You are very welcome! That pic was just too true.

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Vanillekeks In reply to LimeGreenBunny [2013-06-11 19:11:20 +0000 UTC]

You are very welcome!

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Vanillekeks In reply to LadyBrookeCelebwen [2013-06-05 20:20:32 +0000 UTC]

Ohh, hello there! :'D Yes, I guess I outed myself. XD But I don't do much here. There is more art to be found on my art blog.

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LadyBrookeCelebwen In reply to Vanillekeks [2013-06-05 20:27:31 +0000 UTC]

Hello! Yeah, a little bit. I do almost everything here...I hope you know who I am, or this is really, really awkward and I just came off as a creep.

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Vanillekeks In reply to LadyBrookeCelebwen [2013-06-05 20:33:03 +0000 UTC]

You're ladybrooke on tumblr, right? :'D The name's a give-away. I wasn't aware you were part of the Noldorin Family Store though - I follow you guys. XD

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LadyBrookeCelebwen In reply to Vanillekeks [2013-06-05 20:37:09 +0000 UTC]

Right! It is a bit of a giveaway, and I use some form of LadyBrooke almost everywhere (the sole exception is Twitter). Yes, I am part of it. Have been seen almost the beginning, though I rarely remember to submit things there (plus, most of my writing isn't appropriate). Glad you follow us (maybe at some point membership will open back up, so we can fulfill our few missing people).

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Vanillekeks In reply to LadyBrookeCelebwen [2013-06-05 21:20:22 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, ain't I a clever one. XD
Aww, that's sad then when you can't submit the things you do. I just thought the icons and the idea were adorable! XD

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LadyBrookeCelebwen In reply to Vanillekeks [2013-06-05 21:28:55 +0000 UTC]

You are!
I accepted when I joined that Maedhros/Fingon was off limits, in return for OCs being off limits. It works out.
I thought so too! I'm partial to my own, of course.

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Vanillekeks In reply to LadyBrookeCelebwen [2013-06-05 21:31:38 +0000 UTC]

Haha, oh well, I can understand it if people want that, but in my head they at LEAST share an incredibly close friendship, and I am very sad when that is not pronounced. XD (Other than that, they are my role model for perfect romance, but I am weird like that. )
OCs can work, at times, but it really depends. :> And for the good stuff, there's always tumblr.

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LadyBrookeCelebwen In reply to Vanillekeks [2013-06-05 21:37:01 +0000 UTC]

The friendship is allowed, just not overt relationships. (They are one of my three serious OTPs in this fandom. ) And almost everyone in it follows my personal account anyways, and reads my fanfics, so...
The OCs do work at times, though there's some...Yep. Except Tumblr can also be slightly vicious at times.

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Vanillekeks In reply to LadyBrookeCelebwen [2013-06-05 22:17:48 +0000 UTC]

Pfft, oh well, then it doesn't matter anyway. Oh dear lord I ship them to bits, they are my forever OTP and I love them both, as single characters and as friends/lovers.
There's some where you just want to cry, yes. :'D
Oh, believe me I noticed. You can't have opinions or else you immediately 'hate' on things. Like, if I 'hate' something you can be sure you will notice, just that I don't. At all. :'D

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LadyBrookeCelebwen In reply to Vanillekeks [2013-06-13 22:04:21 +0000 UTC]

Late reply.
It doesn't, at all. I'm happy with the level of interest I get on my stories. So do I! I just also add in a few other pairings.
Ugh, exactly. If I outright hate a character, I don't even bother talking about them (like the lack of Elwing discussion by me - it only shows up if prompted by someone else).

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Vanillekeks In reply to LadyBrookeCelebwen [2013-06-17 14:58:27 +0000 UTC]

No problem!
Hehe, well, they are not the only interesting ones. The Silm is practically full of interesting dynamics!
Yeah, exactly. Normally I hope for intelligent conversation because maybe someone else might allow me to see an angle of a character which I haven't seen before. But then there are others I don't think I will ever care for. (Like Indis. I can understand her situation but I will never pity her - she has a brain, she should have known what she was getting into, honestly. And yeah, both Elwing and Eärendil. Nope. :/ )

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LadyBrookeCelebwen In reply to Vanillekeks [2013-06-18 02:11:30 +0000 UTC]

It really is!
I don't even mind intelligent conversation even if I don't think I'll ever see a difference for a character, as long as it stays respectful. And I'm still not sure why moral relativist is apparently a bad thing...(I don't see why anyone thinks characters need pity to begin with. I like my Indis, and she doesn't want anyone's pity because she did know what she was getting into (aside from Finwë's murder). Yeah...I just don't get Elwing. And the next time someone says that people who get on Elwing for how she acted don't dislike male characters that do the same, and bring up Dior...well, I've ranted about his decisions before too. )

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Vanillekeks In reply to LadyBrookeCelebwen [2013-06-18 18:05:02 +0000 UTC]

UNF YES THANK YOU.
I actually think it kind of cheapens a character (Indis is a good example) because by pitying them you imply they were too stupid to make an educated decision in their life an that... is sad. In Indis' case, I wonder if she thought that the Valar's statute made things 'right'... but either way, she must have known how much Finwe loves Feanor above all else. (Because I kinda can't see Finwe talking about much else at that time)
Pfft. Actually I dislike Elwing and Eärendil equally. And Dior. Don't even get me started on that dork. To his defence, who knows on what dreamy crap his parents raised him... he probably thought he was untouchable by default because his mum was Lúthien. Oh well.
I also have a problem with people telling others that you ought to like female characters - well sorry, I personally ignore all the characters that seem unimportant and uninteresting to me, male or female, and I won't like ladies just to get more of them into the story. That's... desperate idk. :/

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LadyBrookeCelebwen In reply to Vanillekeks [2013-06-18 18:18:15 +0000 UTC]

WELCOME!
I think so too - granted, I get accused of pitying Fëanor a lot (I don't. I just think that it's not our world, and applying our moral standards to him is idiotic, the same way I think it's idiotic to apply them to the Aztecs, for example). I've toyed with making it a generational thing, like I said on Tumblr (agreed. He was one of those parents that won't shut up about his kids).
I actually kind of like Dior (at least after RPing as him...he had to do growing pu in it though).
I have a problem when it's implied that I need to write more! Especially because it seems that more means "write femslash, Galadriel, Aredhel, or Nerdanel". I write plenty of female characters - I wrote 26% of the tagged with Indis stories on Ao3, 1 of the 4 Nimloth stories, 4 of the 14 Eärwen, 1 of the 2 Eldalóte, and 42% of the Anairë stories. Just because I don't write the popular characters who go out and do things, doesn't mean I don't write female characters.

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Vanillekeks In reply to LadyBrookeCelebwen [2013-06-18 19:18:04 +0000 UTC]

One does not simply pity Feanor. It is not done. XD I don't pity him either, but I can safely say I understand his emotions - I would have reacted pretty much the same (if maybe less dramatic) as he did in such a situation. People who think he's just an irrational dick obviously have no idea how powerful a force jealousy and possessiveness are. :'D
And yeah, his situation sucked, not because there have been no other elves to loose parents, but because he was the only elf out of a dissolved marriage.
Lol, Dior. I had so many hopes for him... But no, he turned out as stupid as Thingol. I mean, he of all people ought to have understood that the Silmaril wasn't the thing this was about but his parents love! No jewel can symbolise that. Really.
Yes, exactly. Idk, I can't help it, I am more interested in male characters, maybe because I identify with them more, being active and travelling. (I do like female characters when they show the same characteristics just that there aren't many of them in the Silm.) Also, all my favourite OCs are female. I dunno if that counts. :'D

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LadyBrookeCelebwen In reply to Vanillekeks [2013-06-18 20:03:12 +0000 UTC]

It isn't. Sympathize, perhaps, but that's entirely different. So do I. *sigh*

Lol, I like Thingol - actually, I like most of the characters. And yeah, no jewel can.

I'm not really that interested in a lot of characters - there's entire ages in Middle-earth that I don't like almost any character in. (I like female characters when they're like me, most of the time - which translates to bookworm or artistic, without much adventuring urge). I think it does!

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Vanillekeks In reply to LadyBrookeCelebwen [2013-06-21 17:15:04 +0000 UTC]

Exactly. Fandom can be exhausting, tbh. XD

I like to poke fun at him. XDD He makes it so easy too - giant grumpy cat that he is.

Me neither. It's really nice then to meet other people who like those characters and can do the 'head canon' work for you. :'D *lazy*
Idk I think it's totally fine for everyone to like whomever they want to like. This is fandom, it should be fun, not forced.

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LadyBrookeCelebwen In reply to Vanillekeks [2013-06-21 22:35:43 +0000 UTC]

It really can. I've left it at times, because of how exhausting it can be. Always end up back in it though...the HP fandom was more suited for my temperament (or at least the parts I spent time in were), but I love Tolkien more...so, here I am.

He does! I don't know, I love him as an offshoot of my Celeborn and the House of Elmo love.

It is! Except then I get involved in determining if it fits my other head canons to be adopted.
So do I. But at times that seems to not be acceptable to other people....

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Vanillekeks In reply to LadyBrookeCelebwen [2013-06-24 09:29:11 +0000 UTC]

Yes, I am starting to see that. Tolkien is the last-resort-fandom for me - I have nothing left that I like that hasn't been ruined by others. :/ So for better or worse I have to stick to it. And it is also the one thing I love most, so I won't get away easily. XD But it's good that there are at least some people who agree with me.

I like Celeborn too - he must have one hell of a patience to put up with that wife of his. XD

Yeah exactly! Some people really have great ideas and since I don't want to spend too much time on characters I don't like, I just see how it fits and accept it. XD
Yeah, idk, I would really love more respect of people's opinions. It is perfectly fine to not like a certain type of ff, or a certain character - and to say so. Just that it doesn't seem possible. :/

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LadyBrookeCelebwen In reply to Vanillekeks [2013-06-24 20:24:43 +0000 UTC]

Tolkien's not my last resort fandom (that would be...I don't know yet. I've only written in two fandom so far.) It is good that some people agree!

He must have! And been determined, to have such a cross-cultural marriage while going his own way at times.

That's the best way to do it, imo.
It doesn't seem possible, unless you're saying you don't like something that most of fandom has deemed unacceptable - especially on Tumblr or FFN.

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Vanillekeks In reply to LadyBrookeCelebwen [2013-07-04 08:26:15 +0000 UTC]

Ohh okay, then you are lucky. XD For me it is - it's the place I always come back to when stuff sucks everywhere else, and right now I don't even want to be anywhere else. <3

Yeah, exactly. I used to wonder if that wasn't politically motivated by Galadriel, because she WAS related to Thingol but he was suspicious of everyone, so a marriage would help that. But oh well. :'D

Yep. Lazy but the best. XDD
Yeah, heavens forbid I admit to not liking Galadriel, Finrod and Lúthien. Even though I could explain it, that makes you immediately the victim of everything.

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LadyBrookeCelebwen In reply to Vanillekeks [2013-07-06 22:50:26 +0000 UTC]

Perhaps. I don't know, if I leave the Tolkien fandom, I doubt I'll get involved in another one - probably fall into academia and leave fandoms behind, until I drift back to Tolkien.

Who knows? I'm sure politics was involved somehow, you don't get two such important people without it being so.

Lazy is sometimes best.
Ugh, yes. The strangest thing is, I used to like a lot of characters, until I realized that fandom wanted them to be perfect - and I can't do that.

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Vanillekeks In reply to LadyBrookeCelebwen [2013-07-07 16:51:02 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I can't really imagine another fandom for me either. This is just the nicest place to be.

Yeah, I am sure as well. Maybe Thingol was being a suspicious dork again and so Galadriel was all 'OKAY I WILL MARRY THIS GUY now stfu and leave me alone.' XD

Who the heck wants perfect characters anyway? They are fun because they are NOT. (Aside from Nelyo, he is so close to perfection even though he is basically ruined he is just unfair. XD) Every one of them has flaws (even oh-so-cute Fingon who nobody seems to remember as the kinslayer he is) and that is what makes them so interesting.

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LadyBrookeCelebwen In reply to Vanillekeks [2013-07-09 19:43:09 +0000 UTC]

It can be.

I think they were truly in love. I just think there was a lot of politics too - and I've always toyed with the idea that her brothers did not improve.

I have no idea! I get accused of wanting perfect characters at times, but...yeah. I don't. I've played with the idea of a dark!Fingon story, where he's obsessively in love and committed kinslaying knowingly in the hopes he would be able to stay with Maedhros forever in the Halls because of it...

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Vanillekeks In reply to LadyBrookeCelebwen [2013-07-12 13:58:34 +0000 UTC]

Hmm, considering her brothers I think they wouldn't disapprove, because well, related after all. XD And yeah. I do agree they were in love, especially later on. (I just prefer not to think about first age Galadriel because I get all kinds of aggressions. XD)

Ohhhh how amazing is THAT? That's a great AU!!! I'd totally read it. And let's not forget that Fingon killed at the first kinslaying too, basically rushing in to save the day. (And no matter how much people say it was because he thought the Teleri had attacked first - we all know he just wanted to save Nelyo. >.> Not fooling anyone there, Fingon.) So yeah, I find it a bit suspicious how the Nolofinwion side always plays up their kings as if they were the epitome of goodness - and Fingon is pretty high up there anyway, being such a cutie and hero and badass - but he's definitely got a dangerous/dark side as well! (Or I wouldn't be surprised if he did..)

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LadyBrookeCelebwen In reply to Vanillekeks [2013-07-12 18:57:22 +0000 UTC]

I've always had this idea they would, because my Celeborn is so much older than Galadriel. And he very much dislikes his in-laws (with the exception of Orodreth and his kid(s)).

Thanks! Maybe one day I will finally finish it. (Exactly! It was totally to save Maedhros). I think it's because in universe, the book was written/edited by one of Turgon's followers. Portraying that half-cousin that your King hates as an evil cackling villain? Totally okay. Portraying your King's older brother as the cackling villain? A very bad idea, and could be constructed to be treason.

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Vanillekeks In reply to LadyBrookeCelebwen [2013-07-12 20:23:20 +0000 UTC]

Haha, oh dear.
'Galadriel what do you want with this old guy??'
'Sis, didn't you crush on cousin Nelyo, HE was more your age...'
'A Sinda? REALLY?? And a silver-haired one?? I see a pattern...'

(*snort*)

YES and yes. Totally. Though it is very curious that even though that writer leaves no good hair on most other Feanorions, Nelyo is always mentioned with this grudging respect... *cough* They so knew what was going on. Everyone knew. But yeah, Fingon so did that only for Nelyo, no fucks given because NELYO. (He walked right into ANGBAND just for him. Alone. So yeah. Nobody stops Fingon when he wants the Nelyo.)

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LadyBrookeCelebwen In reply to Vanillekeks [2013-07-12 21:31:30 +0000 UTC]

That's about how it is in my mind.

Maedhros and Maglor both seem to come off alright - I've wondered if some of it didn't have to do with "Those three middle children leading Princess Aredhel astray". Or maybe there was just "Prince Fingon might see this one day, best not to piss him off talking about Maedhros". (No one will ever stop Fingon).

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Vanillekeks In reply to LadyBrookeCelebwen [2013-07-14 09:25:41 +0000 UTC]

Pfft, Turgon did not approve of Tyelko giving his baby sis all the bad ideas. But stopping HER is about as impossible as stopping Fingon, so all that was left to him was be passive-aggressive about it. XD
'Prince Fingon might see this one day and come storming in demanding the heads of all those who portrayed his favourite cousin wrong, so yeah, better not piss him off and say Maedhros was all cool and stuff.' (Nope, one does not piss off Fingon. Or try to stop him. He will not take it.)

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LadyBrookeCelebwen In reply to Vanillekeks [2013-07-14 20:00:27 +0000 UTC]

Turgon must have been lost in his family sometimes.

Exactly! (He will not take it at all. He might pretend to take it, and then plot and sneak and do what he wants anyways, but that's about the extent of it.)

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Vanillekeks In reply to LadyBrookeCelebwen [2013-07-15 09:38:32 +0000 UTC]

Turgon sure didn't have it easy. XD All the crazies about him... no wonder he went off to talk to Finrod instead, that one was (almost) normal. XDD

Heh, there is no messing with Fingon. He might look cute. He might be cute on most days. But when someone threatens his Nelyo then things get PERSONAL.

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