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New Challenge: Orctober
Orcs on a quest for freedom seek a place sheltered and safe from the Dark Lord. Fulfill prompts to gather the clues needed to bring them to freedom.
Mereth Aderthad 2025: Call for Presenters for Meta, Research, and Scholarship Open
We welcome proposals from creators of meta, research, and scholarship about Tolkien for our July 2025 hybrid Mereth Aderthad event!
A Sense of History: Doom and Ascent
In the final essay in the series about the tower allegory in Tolkien's "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics," Simon J. Cook pulls together the series to give the full picture of how not just the allegory but the legendarium can be read.
Newest Fanworks
One Flesh, One Soul. Part I by FellFireFan
Aegnor, Lord of Dorthonion is a Noldorin Prince with a bold reputation. Earthy and fiery with a wrath that no one would knowingly provoke, he is as dangerous and unpredictable as he is beautiful, sensual and playful. A far cry from the decorum expected of him as a Prince of the Realm and a member of the Elven Counsel of Lords.
Where I Cannot Follow by cuarthol
After no one returns from the Nirnaeth, those left in Hithlum must make a choice.
An lao ite i mbolg na bó by cuarthol
Before Doriath, before Gondolin, others found their way to the mouths of Sirion, fleeing the destruction of the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
The Last Queen of the North by Flora-lass
Arvedui is gone, and Firiel reflects.
Along with her newly demonstrated concept for flying, Tindomiel has to explain a few other things from California.
New in References
Doom and Ascent: The Argument of ‘Beowulf: the Monsters and the Critics’ by Simon J. Cook
Simon reads 'Beowulf: the Monsters and the Critics' to conclude his account of the Anglo-Saxon tower of its allegory.
Why People Don't Comment: Data and History From the Tolkienfic Fandom by Dawn Walls-Thumma
A reworking of the 2018 article for Long Live Feedback that includes data from the 2020 Tolkien Fanfiction Survey, pointing to a lack of comments as related to skill, confidence, and community connection.
Death, Grief, and the Other in the "Quenta Silmarillion" by Dawn Walls-Thumma
The narrator of the Quenta Silmarillion uses death, grief, and mourning rituals to generate sympathy for or dehumanize groups of characters considered the Other.
Newest Artwork
On the Way Home by silmalope
Doriath Family Reunion AU: Túrin twisted his ankle in the woods, and big sister Lúthien is giving him a ride home. :)
Rating: GeneralWarnings: No warnings listed
Behind God’s Back by silmalope
A short comic for the Sept-Oct 2024 Idiomatic challenge. The stifling environment of Eöl’s “dim halls, silent and secret” contrasts with young Maeglin’s idealized vision of Gondolin as a divine, sunlit paradise, home to the godlike Noldor.
Rating: GeneralWarnings: No warnings listed
Around the World and Web
Tolkien Latin American and Caribbean Week 2024
Tolkien Latin American and Caribbean Week is a Tumblr event dedicated to celebrate Latin American and Caribbean cultures, peoples and traditions through Tolkien's Legendarium.
Lúthien Week 2024
Lúthien Week is dedicated to the characters of the Beren and Lúthien story, from the star-crossed protagonists to faithful allies to villains ... and everyone in between.
Half-Elven Week 2024
Half-Elven Week is a Tumblr event dedicated to celebrating Tolkien's half-Elves.
