Laura Michel
@aislings.bsky.social
A Tolkienista, translator, history fan, gamer, professor, and crazy cat lady. Hoping to live on my writing someday. Back at Twitter, I'm Aisling_ . ”S” stands for Seannachie. English/Spanish.
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please support ur friends making creative shit in this cruel world. u have no idea how much a kind comment can mean to an artist when every website just tries to make you focus on the numbers
April 27, 2025 at 5:08 AM
please support ur friends making creative shit in this cruel world. u have no idea how much a kind comment can mean to an artist when every website just tries to make you focus on the numbers
"You should get rid of some cats". Easier said than done! It is not that I will kick them out or put them back in the streets or anything. Either I find homes for them or they stay, and that’s it.
October 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"You should get rid of some cats". Easier said than done! It is not that I will kick them out or put them back in the streets or anything. Either I find homes for them or they stay, and that’s it.
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Preview for a later #Tolkientober but it kinda also fits today’s prompt, Fall!
October 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Preview for a later #Tolkientober but it kinda also fits today’s prompt, Fall!
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Fresh-from-the-oven ficlet for #Tolkientober Day 6: Seafarers
I thought, "Okay, this could be about Galadriel and Halbrand on the raft or it could be about Numenor," and then I thought, "fuck it, it's both."
#tolkientober2025
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I thought, "Okay, this could be about Galadriel and Halbrand on the raft or it could be about Numenor," and then I thought, "fuck it, it's both."
#tolkientober2025
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October 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Fresh-from-the-oven ficlet for #Tolkientober Day 6: Seafarers
I thought, "Okay, this could be about Galadriel and Halbrand on the raft or it could be about Numenor," and then I thought, "fuck it, it's both."
#tolkientober2025
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I thought, "Okay, this could be about Galadriel and Halbrand on the raft or it could be about Numenor," and then I thought, "fuck it, it's both."
#tolkientober2025
www.tumblr.com/lilyhandmaid...
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October 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Sticks of Power gets a bit meta with yesterday’s #Tolkientober prompt #3 Hope, and nothing gave me hope like Arondir and Bronwyn’s ill-fated love. Miss you, love you original otp 😭
October 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Sticks of Power gets a bit meta with yesterday’s #Tolkientober prompt #3 Hope, and nothing gave me hope like Arondir and Bronwyn’s ill-fated love. Miss you, love you original otp 😭
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So what if Halbrand did actually somehow whip out that armor for Galadriel in Númenor? Sticks of Power continues with #Tolkientober Day 4 “Armor”
October 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
So what if Halbrand did actually somehow whip out that armor for Galadriel in Númenor? Sticks of Power continues with #Tolkientober Day 4 “Armor”
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Behind but catching up on Sticks of Power! #Tolkientober - Day #3 Crown with some trouble in not-quite paradise for Halbrand Sauron and Galadriel
October 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Behind but catching up on Sticks of Power! #Tolkientober - Day #3 Crown with some trouble in not-quite paradise for Halbrand Sauron and Galadriel
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#Tolkientober Day 6: Seafarers
“The sea is always right.”
Elendil the Tall, a mariner and seafarer like most Númenóreans but also the man who would lead the Faithful to the shores of Middle Earth.
“The sea is always right.”
Elendil the Tall, a mariner and seafarer like most Númenóreans but also the man who would lead the Faithful to the shores of Middle Earth.
October 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
#Tolkientober Day 6: Seafarers
“The sea is always right.”
Elendil the Tall, a mariner and seafarer like most Númenóreans but also the man who would lead the Faithful to the shores of Middle Earth.
“The sea is always right.”
Elendil the Tall, a mariner and seafarer like most Númenóreans but also the man who would lead the Faithful to the shores of Middle Earth.
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#Tolkientober day 6: seafarers
“Then Legolas built a grey ship in Ithilien, and sailed down Andiun and so over Sea; and with him, it is said, went Gimli the Dwarf. And when that ship had passed an end was come in Middle-earth of the Fellowship of the Ring.”
“Then Legolas built a grey ship in Ithilien, and sailed down Andiun and so over Sea; and with him, it is said, went Gimli the Dwarf. And when that ship had passed an end was come in Middle-earth of the Fellowship of the Ring.”
October 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
#Tolkientober day 6: seafarers
“Then Legolas built a grey ship in Ithilien, and sailed down Andiun and so over Sea; and with him, it is said, went Gimli the Dwarf. And when that ship had passed an end was come in Middle-earth of the Fellowship of the Ring.”
“Then Legolas built a grey ship in Ithilien, and sailed down Andiun and so over Sea; and with him, it is said, went Gimli the Dwarf. And when that ship had passed an end was come in Middle-earth of the Fellowship of the Ring.”
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October 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Day 5 of #tolkientober "Hope"
"Estel" the name given to Aragorn by his foster father means hope...and I feel like this moment really captured that feeling for my beloved Pelargir,the war,and for the cursed as well to finally having the chance to fulfill their oath.
#fanart #tolkien #aragorn #lotr
"Estel" the name given to Aragorn by his foster father means hope...and I feel like this moment really captured that feeling for my beloved Pelargir,the war,and for the cursed as well to finally having the chance to fulfill their oath.
#fanart #tolkien #aragorn #lotr
October 6, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Day 5 of #tolkientober "Hope"
"Estel" the name given to Aragorn by his foster father means hope...and I feel like this moment really captured that feeling for my beloved Pelargir,the war,and for the cursed as well to finally having the chance to fulfill their oath.
#fanart #tolkien #aragorn #lotr
"Estel" the name given to Aragorn by his foster father means hope...and I feel like this moment really captured that feeling for my beloved Pelargir,the war,and for the cursed as well to finally having the chance to fulfill their oath.
#fanart #tolkien #aragorn #lotr
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#Tolkientober day 4: hope
The Phial of Galadriel, the light of Ëarendil Gil-Estel, the star of hope
May it be a light to you in dark places
The Phial of Galadriel, the light of Ëarendil Gil-Estel, the star of hope
May it be a light to you in dark places
October 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
#Tolkientober day 4: hope
The Phial of Galadriel, the light of Ëarendil Gil-Estel, the star of hope
May it be a light to you in dark places
The Phial of Galadriel, the light of Ëarendil Gil-Estel, the star of hope
May it be a light to you in dark places
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Hope: Adar extends the ring to her on his palm and her fingers close over it, brushing his skin, the dancing light of his fëa, stirred to the surface, but always, she understands now, present, and hers, tested in its own way, and the ring between them, a promise. A lasting peace. A lasting hope.
October 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Armor: Elrond exchanges his robes for armor, and she finds she does not very much like the shift. Not so long ago, she had accused him of playing courtier, of not knowing evil as she has known it. But she does not, in the end, wish for him to. A sword in his hand where a pen should be.
#Tolkientober
#Tolkientober
October 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Armor: Elrond exchanges his robes for armor, and she finds she does not very much like the shift. Not so long ago, she had accused him of playing courtier, of not knowing evil as she has known it. But she does not, in the end, wish for him to. A sword in his hand where a pen should be.
#Tolkientober
#Tolkientober
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Creation: The ring on her finger whispers as it slips back into place—a quiet, tinkling murmur, like the hush of a river. Nenya, a creation made to save her kind, perhaps his, all kinds of Middle-earth. Visions of peace dance for the first time in her mind. That too, a creation entirely new.
October 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Gardens:
The scent of flowers floating on the wind awakens memories long-buried by ash, dust, sand—blood. Her hair had caught the golden light of the lanterns as she’d spun and laughed. A garden. A glade. She’d been dancing. And there had been the scent of flowers on the wind.
#Tolkientober
The scent of flowers floating on the wind awakens memories long-buried by ash, dust, sand—blood. Her hair had caught the golden light of the lanterns as she’d spun and laughed. A garden. A glade. She’d been dancing. And there had been the scent of flowers on the wind.
#Tolkientober
October 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Gardens:
The scent of flowers floating on the wind awakens memories long-buried by ash, dust, sand—blood. Her hair had caught the golden light of the lanterns as she’d spun and laughed. A garden. A glade. She’d been dancing. And there had been the scent of flowers on the wind.
#Tolkientober
The scent of flowers floating on the wind awakens memories long-buried by ash, dust, sand—blood. Her hair had caught the golden light of the lanterns as she’d spun and laughed. A garden. A glade. She’d been dancing. And there had been the scent of flowers on the wind.
#Tolkientober
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Creation: The ring on her finger whispers as it slips back into place—a quiet, tinkling murmur, like the hush of a river. Nenya, a creation made to save her kind, perhaps his, all kinds of Middle-earth. Visions of peace dance for the first time in her mind. That too, a creation entirely new.
October 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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#Tolkientober Day 5: Hope
For this prompt I could only think of the most truly hopeful scene in all Tolkien adaptations for me🖤🤍
P.S: Inspired by "The Swan" by Hilma af Klint✨
#Adar #Galadriel
For this prompt I could only think of the most truly hopeful scene in all Tolkien adaptations for me🖤🤍
P.S: Inspired by "The Swan" by Hilma af Klint✨
#Adar #Galadriel
October 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
#Tolkientober Day 5: Hope
For this prompt I could only think of the most truly hopeful scene in all Tolkien adaptations for me🖤🤍
P.S: Inspired by "The Swan" by Hilma af Klint✨
#Adar #Galadriel
For this prompt I could only think of the most truly hopeful scene in all Tolkien adaptations for me🖤🤍
P.S: Inspired by "The Swan" by Hilma af Klint✨
#Adar #Galadriel
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October 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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#Tolkientober - Day 5: Hope
A little Maeglin collects fireflies in Nan Elmoth. We all start out hopeful after all, before we become jaded 😭
(NB repost of one of my old #Tolkientuesday works)
A little Maeglin collects fireflies in Nan Elmoth. We all start out hopeful after all, before we become jaded 😭
(NB repost of one of my old #Tolkientuesday works)
October 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
#Tolkientober - Day 5: Hope
A little Maeglin collects fireflies in Nan Elmoth. We all start out hopeful after all, before we become jaded 😭
(NB repost of one of my old #Tolkientuesday works)
A little Maeglin collects fireflies in Nan Elmoth. We all start out hopeful after all, before we become jaded 😭
(NB repost of one of my old #Tolkientuesday works)
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#Tolkientober
Jour 5: ESPOIR
"Par monts brumeux, cimes glacées
Jusqu'aux cavernes désolées
La harpe et l'or avant l'aurore
Il faut partir lui réclamer."
Hobbit, I
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnEP...
Jour 5: ESPOIR
"Par monts brumeux, cimes glacées
Jusqu'aux cavernes désolées
La harpe et l'or avant l'aurore
Il faut partir lui réclamer."
Hobbit, I
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnEP...
Le Hobbit : Par monts brumeux (chanson des Nains)
YouTube video by Bladorthin & Niphredil
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October 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
#Tolkientober
Jour 5: ESPOIR
"Par monts brumeux, cimes glacées
Jusqu'aux cavernes désolées
La harpe et l'or avant l'aurore
Il faut partir lui réclamer."
Hobbit, I
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnEP...
Jour 5: ESPOIR
"Par monts brumeux, cimes glacées
Jusqu'aux cavernes désolées
La harpe et l'or avant l'aurore
Il faut partir lui réclamer."
Hobbit, I
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnEP...
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October 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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A little vignette for #Tolkientober Day 5: Hope
"That, then, was where Galadriel felt her hope die: where the stones of Sauron’s fortress lay scattered under the stars."
#tolkientober2025
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"That, then, was where Galadriel felt her hope die: where the stones of Sauron’s fortress lay scattered under the stars."
#tolkientober2025
www.tumblr.com/lilyhandmaid...
October 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A little vignette for #Tolkientober Day 5: Hope
"That, then, was where Galadriel felt her hope die: where the stones of Sauron’s fortress lay scattered under the stars."
#tolkientober2025
www.tumblr.com/lilyhandmaid...
"That, then, was where Galadriel felt her hope die: where the stones of Sauron’s fortress lay scattered under the stars."
#tolkientober2025
www.tumblr.com/lilyhandmaid...