Beleriand's Finest by Zeen

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Title: Beleriand's Finest
Artist Name: Zeen (moetushie)
Prompt: Winter - "Let us think that at this midwinter the feast shall be merrier than in all our years yet, with a fearless spring to follow after!" (Children of Húrin)
Description: Five large images after the cut, political posters urging people to join the Union of Maedhros, a graphic with the text of the prompt, images of Morwen and Lalaith.
Rating: General
Warnings: Very large images (800x1024) under the cut. Will take some time to load.
Artist's Notes: So, this series plays around with the run up to the Nírnaeth Arnoediad, and Húrin (and his family's) place in it. Of course, knowing what we know, the prompt is incredibly bittersweet and filled with promises that are doomed to go unfulfilled. For a long time, I struggled how to convey that. In the end, I decided not to try -- instead, I went for something a little easier. Like trying to sell the Union of Maedhros! First thing to do would be to change the name...





[Image Description: The background is an image of a red poppy flower with a green grasshopper perched on a leaf. The foreground is black lettering that reads: "Let us think that at this midwinter the feast shall be merrier than in all our years yet, with a fearless spring to follow after!" (Children of Húrin)]



[Image Description: The background is deep red. The foreground is black and white text which reads: "Join the Union of Maedhros / because we have to do something, for Beleriand's sake!" Smaller text notes who paid for this ad.]

Join and die!



[Image Description: Against a light-colored background, a dark-haired Elf, a blond-haired Man, and brown-haired Dwarf are presented in profile. All are looking ahead, except the Man who will looking sides-ways to us. The black text reads: "Will you be left behind?"]

My original idea is that the Man is Húrin (of course.) You can decide who was, indeed, left behind.

(Also Húrin.)

A textless version can be viewed here.


[Image Description: Against a white background, a blurry image of a blonde little girl stares glumly back at us. Black lettering reads: "Never forget your dead little sister."]

Túrin, of course, is the proud possessor of a Dead Little Sister (warning: link goes to TVTropes.) He's even mentioned by name!



[Image Description: A stylized portrait of a dark-haired woman stands against a light blue background. Her features are indistinct because the artist happens to be kind of in love with the Photoshop Cutout feature at the moment. Grey and white text, positioned above her head reads: "The Iron Lady of Dor-lómin."]

I adore Morwen! She's so hardcore.

A slightly different, textless version can be seen here.

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