Paper Telephone.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

And this time, it is here!

So, my fellow 'Downers, I present to you The Madness of Summer 2020 Paper Telephone.

It all began with an unassuming sentence, uttered once in the mists of time...

"Now it is time to drink the cup of farewell," she said. "Drink, Lord of the Galadhrim!"

The sentence got overheard by Brinniel, a promising artist-in-the-making, who depicted it thusly:



Little could she imagine the veritable Pandora's box this image would open. Already when Rune saw the art, he concluded:

After having dabbled in Silmaril and ring making, the latest elvish fad had become event-specific drinking vessels.

This was nothing to Eönwë, who promptly created his own rendition of such historical account:



It soon became clear that Rikae did not share the same view of events; observing the painting, they stated:

Goat-Legolas states the obvious to a case of party trophies.

The historical revisionism did not end there, however, as evidenced by the art of Pitchwife: