FST: Silmarillion: Epitaph on a Tyrant

[minviendha]

Fandom: Silmarillion
Medium: book
Subject: The House of Feanor
Title: Epitaph on a Tyrant
Notes: 23 songs, two for each member of the house (including Nerdanel and Celebrimbor, but the twins as one entity) and a bonus five for general purposes. This was a really fun mix to make, primarily graphically. So appreciate the pretty graphics. Because they were fun. (It has been too long since I made a fanmix for this fandom. I missed it.)


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[FEANOR]
uprising | MUSE
They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious

the curse of feanor | BLIND GUARDIAN
I will always remember their cries
Like a shadow which covers the light
I will always remember time
But it's past
I cannot turn back the time

[NERDANEL]
no surprises | REGINA SPEKTOR
You look so tired and unhappy
Bring down the government
They don't, they don't speak for us
I'll take a quiet life

enough to go by | VIENNA TENG
It was years ago, God knows
When you strained to tell me your whole truth
That you were not mine to save
That you could not change

[MAEDHROS]
speed me towards death | ROB DOUGAN
For life is a game fit only for fools
It's a horse that can't win
In a race rigged to lose

believe | THE BRAVERY
The faces all around me they don't smile they just crack
Waiting for our ship to come but our ship’s not coming back
We do our time like pennies in a jar

[MAGLOR]
bother | STONE SOUP
Wish I was too dead to cry
My self-affliction fades
Stones to throw at my creator
Masochists to which I cater

another year | K’S CHOICE
Another year to lie
Another year goes by
You're not sick, so you can't heal
But I wonder do you feel
The need to cry: 'I'm out of here'

[CELEGORM]
replica | SONATA ARCTICA
I'm home again, I won the war, and now I am behind your door
I tried so hard to obey the law, and see the meaning of this all
Remember me? Before the war
I'm the man who lived next door

soul society | KAMELOT
How could I be condemned
for the things that I've done
If my intentions were good
I guess I'll never know

[CURUFIN]
butterflies and hurricanes | MUSE
Best,
You've got to be the best
You've got to change the world
And use this chance to be heard
Your time is now

silver tongue | SONATA ARCTICA
I never saw anything so white
Call me Ishmael, if it ain't a lie
I am blinded by your revealing smile
I can only be guilty of an innocent try
You think you are right, in a way
It is something I hear every day

[CARANTHIR]
iron | WOODKID
A soldier on my own, I don't know the way
I'm riding up the heights... of shame
I'm waiting for the call, the hand on the chest
I'm ready for the fight... and fate

made example of | HA HA TONKA
Hindsight isn’t helping me
I wasn’t mindful
I wasn’t minding anyone

[AMBARUSSA]
attack | 30 SECONDS TO MARS
I would have kept you, forever, but we had to sever
It ended for both of us, faster than a
Kill off this thinking, it's starting to sink in
I'm losing control now, and without you I can finally see

song for the dying | THOUSHALTNOT
Do you feel the blood divide beneath your skin?
Do you know a thousand battles wage within?
Do you see your own reflection when you stare into the rising water at your feet?
Alone, you cannot win

[CELEBRIMBOR]
midnight land | EMPIRES
Oh, he went fast to the midnight land.
Among the dark holes, he took your hand.
And did you find out what it's really like?
Victim of trickery, you worn this voice

dust bowl dance | MUMFORD AND SONS
The young man stands on the edge of his porch
The days were short and the father was gone
There was no one in the town and no one in the field
This dusty barren land had given all it could yield

[THE HOUSE OF FËANOR]
hope on fire | VIENNA TENG
Ooh you're gonna make your mark this time
Ooh you're gonna set your hope on fire

live to rise | SOUNDGARDEN
Like the sun we will live to rise
Like the sun we will live and die and then ignite again
Like the sun we will live to rise again

blindhammer | ASSEMBLAGE 23
We live beneath the specter
Of an omnipresent doom
We know for sure it's coming
It's just a question of how soon

the cold, the dark, and the silence | SEA WOLF
If you were to roll, to roll down your window
you'd find the wind, the ice, the trees
that sway like skeletons outside

they are at rest | NIGEL SHORT & TENEBRAE
They are at rest:
We may not stir the heaven of their repose
With loud-voiced grief, or passionate request,
Or selfish plaint for those
Who in the mountain grots of Eden lie,
And hear the fourfold river, as it hurries by

Comments

[glimmerella.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous artwork, too. :)

[minviendha.livejournal.com]

I was going to say thank you, but I didn't do any of it. XD Ted Nasmith and Jenny Dolfen are indeed wonderful artists. Particularly the latter, oh my god.

[minviendha.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I have too much fun formatting my fanmixes. Hope you enjoy!

[moetushie]

Uggggh, this is great and I feel justified in thinking that Caranthir was the hottest one. Will d/l when I can.

[minviendha.livejournal.com]

Ohhh yeah. Caranthir is a total hottie. Although I am personally partial to Celegorm, but you know. I have problems.

Hope you enjoy!

[moetushie]

Ughhhhh icooooon looooooove.

[minviendha.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha, glad you appreciate! It came from a tumblr post about how the elves I roleplay are always commenting on things when I watch Lord of the Rings. "Time of the elves is fading? BITCH TIME OF THE ELVES IS ALWAYS NOW."

[mangacrack.livejournal.com]

Blind Guardian wrote a song about Feanor? WHY ... I NEVER KNEW!.... and the fanmix is gorgeous. Personally I would've put Hammerfalls - Blood Bound in there as well, but it's your fanmix.

*starts downloading it*

[minviendha.livejournal.com]

They have an entire album for the Silmarillion! It is actually fabulous: you should definitely give it a listen. And I don't know that song, so I'll check it out!

I'm glad you like it. This was fun for me to make. XD

[snacky]

This looks gorgeous, omg, the artwork! And I am totally dl-ing and listening forever. :D

[minviendha.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Jenny Dolfen is truly a god amongst artists. It makes my job easy. I hope you enjoy the mix!

[snacky]

Also, your icon is the best thing ever! :D

[flo-nelja.livejournal.com]

I love the graphics, and the music seems awesome too. *downloading*

[minviendha.livejournal.com]

I hope you enjoy!

[mauvais-pli.livejournal.com]

I love the concept and the art/fancast is very pretty! I mostly have all the music involved so I'm not downloading, just pawing at the pretty/my screen :D

Also, your icon iz teh awesome!

[lunasariel.livejournal.com]

Downloading this so fast, you have no idea. The graphics are a lovely touch!

[minviendha.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I had a lot of fun making the graphics with this fanmix. (No lie, one of my favorite parts of fanmixing.)

[lydzi.livejournal.com]

I don't know that fandom but this all looks mighty gorgeous (and since you used one of my very very very very favourite actor for Maeglor, I need to know who that character is :p).

[minviendha.livejournal.com]

Read the Silmarillion. Put down what you are doing and just do it. Now. Right now.

I command it.

[psychicvanity.livejournal.com]

Gah. This mix. So pretty. I wants it. FANTASTIC job. :D

[sargent-snarky.livejournal.com]

I have been away for far too long, but coming back and seeing this just makes me gleeful. c: I'm DLing and will listen to it and hopefully give you feed back later, but a cursory look tells me that a) beautiful picking on the artwork, b) I love how you edited it and then formatting things here and c) I like the song choices from what I can tell. Or at least I like the selected lyrics.

;u; I love your fanmixes, though, so I'm sure it sounds awesome together, too. Also you included Nerdanel and Celebrimbor, and that is extra wonderful. <3

Someday soon hopefully I'll catch up with things and maybe use LJ again...!

[minviendha.livejournal.com]

Heee, I'm glad to see you again! I have been wondering what you are up to, going back and rereading long conversations about Maeglin's emo musician phase and everything. And I hope you enjoy this mix!

Nerdanel and Celebrimbor are totally members of the House of Feanor and should not be forgotten, goddammit.

Well, whenever you are around, I am delighted to see you! As you can tell, I am...very very slow. Clearly.

[delacruz.livejournal.com]

Commented someplace else but I just wanted to say that this post is pretty much amazing. Taking, thanks!

[elvenpiratelady.livejournal.com]

Bonus points for the title, I love that poem! Also who is Nerdanel, she looks familiar?

[minviendha.livejournal.com]

It's a great poem! And, I thought, somewhat fitting in this case.

Nerdanel is Lena Headey, otherwise known as Cersei Lannister, which might be what you recognize her from?

[elvenpiratelady.livejournal.com]

I thought so! Actually I recognised her because rather a long time ago I made a fancasting for the Silm ladies (so long ago, in fact, that a lot of them have changed) and she was also my Nerdanel.

(Also, can I maybe steal your time of the elves is always now icon?)

[minviendha.livejournal.com]

NO. Yes, belatedly, of course you may! Just note that I made it.

TIME OF THE ELVES IS ALWAYS NOW.

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[adolfuli.livejournal.com]

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