Luthien's Song by Hrymfaxe

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Prompt and Path: Black and White; Blue path
Format: Drawing/painting
Genre: Art
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Luthien
Pairings: None
Creator’s Notes (optional): Created with Zeichentusche Schwarz and Chinese White watercolour, tiny and medium brush. :)
Summary: "In that hour Lúthien came, and standing upon the bridge that led to Sauron's isle she sang a song that no walls of stone could hinder"



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Comments

[kayleelupin.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've ever seen this kind of painting before! It's really interesting how it came out - I can just see the power in the Song! :) And I love the quote you chose to illustrate.

Kaylee Arafinwiel

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

I went in without too much of a plan, so it was fun to see it develop for me too. :) Glad the power of the song comes through.

Thank you for your comment!

[shirebound]

Although I've never pictured Luthien this way, the power of such a song, and the effort involved, clearly come through here.

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you can see the power and effort. :D Thank you for your comment.

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Awesome! It really comes alive!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It is sometimes difficult to portray intensity in an unmoving image, so I'm glad it works. :D

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

This is powerful artwork

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! :D

[binkaslibrary.livejournal.com]

She has an absolutely fu****g rock and roll energy to her! Like Janis Joplin :) LOVE it to bits!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you!! Now we can imagine Luthien headbanging in the glades of Doriath. ;) No demure elf-maiden this one.

[binkaslibrary.livejournal.com]

No demure elf-maiden this one.

Nopes, and a special no to flimsy elvish women on the day like today. They were powerful, independent, strong, and some of them were ultimate badasses, who took no shit from anyone.

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

I can only say this: ♥

[hhimring]

Wow! So that's how a song looks that can sing down walls!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm so glad you can imagine her crumbling walls with the power of her song! :D

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

Luthien was not exactly a fragile little violet, was she? I think this is appropriately intense. Great conception and outstanding execution. Really like it so much!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

The more I think about her, the less I can imagine her as fragile and delicate. She was pretty badass. :)

Thank you so much!

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Fantastic! It looks like it should be an album cover!
I love how you depicted Lúthien's raw power - a song that no walls of stone could hinder, indeed!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Yes, there is something old album cover style about it. :)

I enjoyed giving Lúhien a powerful look (appropriate on this day!) - she was not just a spectator in her own story. :D

[keiliss.livejournal.com]

That is the woman who could crumble stone and steal a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown. Oh yes, yes, I know Beren is the one who physically removed the Silmaril, but he was just the (good looking) sidekick, she was the Power who sung the Dark Lord into a temporary coma.

Great work!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

Beren as the sidekick indeed!! I'm happy you can feel her power here.

[liadt]

Ooh wonderful!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[foxrafer.livejournal.com]

This is so powerful. I love it.

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

[starbrow.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, she's so fierce, I love it! Just look at her, no wonder she took Sauron down! Such power and strength, and she's giving it her all.

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you!! I'm really happy you can feel her fierceness coming through! :D

[(Anonymous)]

Cool!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[ysilme]

Oooh, all that power and sound and intensity! I can literary hear the walls vibrate under the sound of her voice. I love to see her so powerful here.

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Oh thank you so much! I'm glad the intensity translates through the image. :D

[dawn_felagund]

I am in the midst of reading this chapter while collecting references to narrators, etc. and it struck me while doing so what a badass Luthien is. Tolkien cloaks her (pun. ha.) in this fairy-tale glamour, but I imagine she was more than capable of being just like you show her here. After all, this is a woman who brought Sauron to his knees.

A stunning, surprising, heretical piece--I love it! :)

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

I am in the midst of reading this chapter

Oh what perfect timing! It's been a long time since I read this story all the way through, but just reminding myself of what actually happens in it, I had a hard time reconsiling the fairy-tale glamour, as you say, with Luthien's actual actions. So I had to do this version. :D

Thank you for a wonderful comment!

[elleth]

This is such a fierce look for her, but fittingly so! A very powerful portrait, and I can't help thinking closer to life than the idea of a gentle, tame song (which would have its own power, but this breaks with some stereotypes surrounding her, so I like your interpretation a lot, too.)