Fannish squee

[oloriel]

Random fannish squee moment of the day, via ladyelleth.

Escrick sapphire ring's mystery history sparks meeting

LOOK AT THAT RING. THAT IS CLEARLY A STAR OF FËANOR. Well, very nearly. Very very nearly. 7th to 11th century? WELL MAYBE MAGLOR LOST IT.

Say, mirien, would you say you can replicate something like that? I mean, it's a genuine historical find, so it

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[spiced_wine]

That's really interesting! Thank-you for posting that. I hope there is more about it; I will have to keep checking the BBC site.

WELL MAYBE MAGLOR LOST IT.

Maybe Maglor made it. O_O

[oloriel]

Well, of course! Before he lost it. :D

[samtyr]

So cool! And did I read correctly that it is the *second* such find? Maybe Curufin or Celebrimbor made it for Maglor as a gift?

Oh my, the bunnies are feeding now!

[oloriel]

I think the other, similar find was likewise made of gold, glass and sapphire - the design may have been completely different. Or that's how I read it.

7th to 11th century CE is a bit late for Curufin or even Celebrimbor, but it would work perfectly with my "Putting the 'alf' in Alfred the Great" plotbunny. :D

[samtyr]

But what if Celebrimbor had a *daughter*? Or even a granddaughter? Wasn't it you who posted about the dig where the found a skeleton of a woman jewelry maker? So many women went unmentioned by the Professor, and if they were only half-elven -- unlike say the Peredhil...

[oloriel]

Hey, hey, hey. I did not, for a second, assume that the Austrian jewellery maker is half (or even a quarter, or whatever) Elven. She's human, or was when she was alive. I also don't think she's got to be related to anyone famous (real or imaginary); some people manage to acquire skills all by themselves, without helpful genetics. Thank you.

Also, there's just the teeniest, tiniest temporal discrepancy between "about 16,000 BC" and "between the 7th and 11th century [CE]".

I'm all for conspiracy theories, but linking these two is a bit too much for my humble tastes.

[furius]

I as thinking Feanorions when I saw the post then it corrued to me it might be one of the nine or even the seven, though the elven idea is of course far more attractive.

*sighs* Between this and the possibility that they might one day find and revive the White Tree of Gondor (I can hope XD), I love when Tolkien's Middle-earth joins up

[oloriel]

If it was created between the 7th and 11th century, that's definitely too late for the Seven or Nine. But as we never learn when and where Maglor died, he wouldn't break the timeline!

I love when Tolkien's Middle-earth joins up

Me too, it's always perfect!