HI LET’S DO THIS.
There’s so much excellent meta and analysis produced by this fandom, but it can be hard to find! Not everything gets tagged, and unlike fic posted on ao3, older content on tumblr isn’t exactly easy to browse.
This is intended as a replacement for the long-dead @universityofarda, to make interesting content a little easier to find. I ANTICIPATE YOU MAY HAVE QUESTIONS and have set some answers out in handy FAQ format below:
What sort of content are you planning?
Meta, primarily. So, posts analysing Silmarillion characters, narration, anything like that. It doesn’t all have to be Srs Textual Analysis, just have enough substance to it to be interesting or make you think. No headcanons or fanfic, those are great but not the point of this. I’ll queue up some content to give a flavour.
I’d also like to put together a solid, up-to-date resources page plus a page specifically for new fans – there’s some great resources already out there, but tumblr’s decentralised system can make them hard to find and I think it would be great to have somewhere to point new people going through the “what the fuck are all these quenya names” “why are people using all this content that’s not even in the Silmarillion where do I find it aaaaaa” phase, like we all did at some point.
I’d like to help!
I AM SO GLAD YOU ASKED. I’m looking for co-mods! I want this to catch a decent spectrum of opinions and interests, so it’s interesting to more people than just me. All you have to do is be active in Silmarillion fandom, commit to reblogging the occasional interesting meta post and use a consistent tagging system when you do it – I’m not expecting the blog to be constantly super active, it shouldn’t be a huge time commitment. Message me if you’re interested!
(Or just reblog and follow, this is going to work better if more people use it!)
But simaethae, all your meta sucks and we don’t get on.
Totally fine. I already have a blog for Things I Personally Like: it’s @simaethae. I’d really appreciate having a few mods with interests I don’t share – unless I’ve literally blocked you, you can assume that I’m ok with you applying.
Is it just for the Silmarillion?
It’s primarily for Silm
fandom. Children of Hurin, LotR and Hobbit book-based content is
fine, and I’d be glad to get one or two mods with more interest in those
specifically – but I’m inclined to say no movieverse, because I don’t
want to get swamped by content for bigger fandoms.
Hey, don’t you keep complaining about how busy you are – ?
Procrastinating on my other commitments is great, thanks!!
ephal ephalak idon hi-akallabeth 