New Challenge: Bollywood
This month's challenge offers songs, films, and tropes from Bollywood, the world's largest film industry based out of India, as prompts for fanworks.
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Cultus Dispatches: Fandom Chocolate … or Authors Love Comments
Tolkien Fanfiction Survey data provides insight into how comments benefit authors and which authors are most impacted by a lack of comments, with a digression on authors' perspectives one-click feedback like kudos.
A Sense of History: Passing Ships
As Tolkien's characters in various texts gaze out to the sea, what do they see? What is brought by the ships coming out of the West?
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New & Updated Fanworks
[Writing] No Time Have I by Flora-lass
A Silmarillion acrostic.
[Writing] An exercise in music... And patience by Aprilertuile
Makalaurë was sitting at the harp in his music room. He was holding a dark blindfold in his hands and was looking at it with much scepticism.
[Writing] I called it Fate that I should fail by AdmirableMonster
Nimruzimir, a natural philosopher recently out of his apprenticeship, hardly considers himself very important to anyone, least of all his colleagues. When his strange, prophetic fits bring him to the attention of the High Priest, however, he may find that his existence is less superfluous than…
[Writing] All of you by chrissystriped
Elrond and Celebrían celebrate their anniversary with their family.
[Writing] Lament for the Singer by daughterofshadows
A short thing about Maglor, death and grieving.
[Writing] Cosmological Poems of Arda by AaronAzrael
I would like to share my revelations of Tolkien's Universe in the form of narrative and emotional poems.
[Writing] Eä's Redemption by AaronAzrael
This is my new poetical attempt to add my own interpretation to Tolkien's Cosmology as to Eru's Creation and the Valar's minds and behind-the-scene providence reasons and mechanisms.. I often review Eä as part of our own world, just in another dimension, this is why I have always seriously…
Current Challenge
Bollywood
Prompts this month are films, songs, and tropes from India's dazzling film industry, Bollywood. Read more ...
Random Challenge
Within the Pages of Lore
Get your Silmarillion off of the shelf. Close your eyes, let your book fall open at random, and put your finger down on the page. Your challenge is to create a fanwork using that quote. Read more ...
New in References
Fandom Chocolate … or Authors Love Comments by Dawn Walls-Thumma
[]Tolkien Fanfiction Survey data shows that authors view comments as driving their motivation to create fanfiction. However, perception of comments by authors is part of a larger shift in fandom around how and how often fans interact with each other.
Passing Ships by Simon J. Cook
[]The arrival and departure of ships across the Great Sea carries mythic significance for the peoples of Middle-earth. The image of ships crossing out of and back into a mysterious West appears as well in Beowulf and is alluded to in Tolkien's tower analogy in his lecture "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics," where the tower allows those who climb it to observe the passage of the ships.
Fanfiction and the Serious Business of Writer's Craft by Dawn Walls-Thumma
[]Tolkien Fanfiction Survey data shows that while most authors self-identify as taking their craft seriously, a growing subset of authors may be pushing that norm.
Beyond the Silmarillion
[Writing] Staging a Battle by StarSpray
[]He and Diamond were visiting, though Pippin had been disappearing every afternoon, and taking Frodo and Elanor and most other lads and lasses in the neighborhood with him—though why they couldn’t use Pippin’s own pony, Sam couldn’t imagine.
[Writing] From whose bourn no traveller returns by losselen
[]So gathered they were to Bree, what lieutenants who could be spared, from their scattered watches west and east, for their chieftain had returned from his long sojourn in lands godless and mountains strange.
Aragorn returns from the South to tells his tales. Halbarad listens.
[Writing] Sand Sorcery by StarSpray
[]It is well known that Psamathos does not leave his cove. He does not like to get his feet wet, and prefers to spend his days dozing under the sun.
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Fellowship of the Fics: Summer Stories 2024
Fellowship of the Fics offers four weeks of summer-themed prompts during the month of July.
Elrond Week 2024
Elrond Week is a fandom event dedicated to Elrond Peredhel that will run from July 10th to July 16th on Tumblr.
July challenge at tolkienshortfanworks posted
The tolkienshortfanworks challenge for July has been posted to the Dreamwidth community. The thematic challenge is: original character or unnamed canon character; the formal challenge: fixed length of multiple of 50 words. New participants welcome.
July 2024 Call for Papers and Proposals
Conferences and publications that have open calls for papers and proposals in July 2024.
Teitho June/July Challenge: Mentor
The June/July prompt for the Teitho challenge is "mentor" and invites fanworks about this relationship in Tolkien's works.
New and Updated Fanworks
Include Beyond the Silmarillion Fanworks
Two Trees and Unnumbered Stars by DrummerWench
“While I lay drowsing on the earth, there came to me the voices of the growing things of Arda, mourning the loss of the light of the Lamps. Now the living things of Aman indeed rejoice in the light of the Trees, yet Middle-earth remains in darkness. And the time of the coming of the Firstborn of the Children of Ilúvatar draws near."
| Major Characters: Varda, Yavanna |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 712 |
| Posted on 28 October 2016 | Updated on 28 October 2016 |
This fanwork belongs to the series
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Wargs by hennethgalad
Radagast takes Thranduil warg-hunting.
| Major Characters: Radagast, Thranduil |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 931 |
| Posted on 28 October 2016 | Updated on 28 October 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Eöl by hennethgalad
Aredhel meets Eöl
| Major Characters: Aredhel, Eöl |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 506 |
| Posted on 26 October 2016 | Updated on 26 October 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Bringing Trouble to Barad-dur by Aiwen
In the Halls of Mandos, Celebrimbor and Gil-galad receive a unique assignment: go as ghosts to Barad-dur and distract Sauron from his war against the free peoples of Middle-earth. MEFA 2010 Humor Incomplete 3rd place winner.
| Major Characters: Celebrimbor, Dwarves, Elves, Gil-galad, Mandos, Men, Nazgûl, Orcs, Original Character(s), Sauron, Witch-king of Angmar |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, Humor | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes, Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 22 | Word Count: 23, 942 |
| Posted on 7 January 2015 | Updated on 26 October 2016 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Bitter Dregs by Aiwen
Diplomacy is generally a poor source for exciting stories… except when it goes horribly wrong, leaving Gil-galad and the ambassadors of Gondor and Arnor at death's door, and an assassin on the loose. If any of them dies, can the alliance between the Elves and the Numenorean Exiles survive?
| Major Characters: Elrond |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Mystery | Challenges: Crime and Punishment |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 4 | Word Count: 6, 591 |
| Posted on 4 May 2016 | Updated on 26 October 2016 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Poor Aim by StarSpray
Her contented peace that afternoon, however, was abruptly shattered when a spear shot through the branches scant inches from her head, narrowly missing a squirrel, which shot down the trunk with an angry chatter, to lodge in the trunk of the next tree over. Nellas shrieked and jerked back out of the way, arms flailing—and fell out of the tree. She landed roughly on the ground below, knocking her head against a root hard enough to make her see stars.
| Major Characters: Beleg, Mablung, Nellas, Original Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General, Humor | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 673 |
| Posted on 26 October 2016 | Updated on 26 October 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Under A Spell by hennethgalad
First Contact ! Finrod meets mortals.
(When i wrote this, i had paid no attention to Men, being only interested in Elves. But there is no excuse for forgetting the existence of Dwarves. Nor for not reading the book closely enough to spot the line "marched in warlike companies". Canonically, then, Men were iron age, not stone age when they met Finrod. My error.
But still, i like the story, so i'm leaving it there. Someone must have met them then, even if it was Morgoth.)
| Major Characters: Finrod Felagund |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 986 |
| Posted on 24 October 2016 | Updated on 24 October 2016 |
This fanwork belongs to the series
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Our Love is Great by Huinare
It was said that Gorlim greatly loved his wife, Eilinel. Other things went unsaid, though the result was the same either way.
| Major Characters: Eilinel, Gorlim, Sauron |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, Horror | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Torture, Character Death, Expletive Language, Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 031 |
| Posted on 24 October 2016 | Updated on 24 October 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Lorgan by hennethgalad
Lorgan goes to Angband.
| Major Characters: Lorgan |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Horror | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate | Warnings: Torture, Violence (Graphic) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 4, 438 |
| Posted on 23 October 2016 | Updated on 23 October 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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When the Stone Awoke by Zdenka
How the stone giants came to be, and how they settled in the Misty Mountains.
| Major Characters: Aulë, Durin I, Original Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 250 |
| Posted on 23 October 2016 | Updated on 23 October 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Silver Vine by Zdenka
Newly released from Mandos, Maeglin is reluctant to rejoin society. A cousin he has never met comes to look for him. (Celebrimbor/Maeglin, pre-relationship.)
| Major Characters: Celebrimbor, Maeglin |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 4, 672 |
| Posted on 23 October 2016 | Updated on 23 October 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Thou Art the Spring by Zdenka
Haleth and her people are newly settled in Brethil. Lúthien is drawn to learn more about mortals, and Haleth in particular. (Haleth/Lúthien.)
| Major Characters: Finrod Felagund, Haleth, Lúthien Tinúviel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 913 |
| Posted on 23 October 2016 | Updated on 23 October 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Under the Evening Star by Himring
The first sighting of Gil-Estel by the Sons of Feanor.
Slightly canon-divergent.
| Major Characters: Elrond, Elros, Maedhros, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 251 |
| Posted on 23 October 2016 | Updated on 23 October 2016 |
This fanwork belongs to the series
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Deadly Doctor by hennethgalad
Maeglin after his father's death.
| Major Characters: Aredhel, Eöl, Maeglin |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Character Death |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 116 |
| Posted on 22 October 2016 | Updated on 22 October 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Grima Wormtongue by hennethgalad
Grima meets Saruman.
| Major Characters: Saruman |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 344 |
| Posted on 21 October 2016 | Updated on 21 October 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Give me a moment for pity's sake by Sleepless_Malice
Finding a few quiet moments to jerk off isn’t the easiest thing in the Fëanorian household. Caranthir + incestuous desires feat. the most annoying (shithead) brothers one could ever wish for.
| Major Characters: Amras, Amrod, Caranthir, Celegorm, Curufin, Finrod Felagund, Maedhros |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General, Humor, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Incest, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Graphic) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 121 |
| Posted on 19 October 2016 | Updated on 19 October 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Your tongue upon my scars by Sleepless_Malice
Fingolfin wants to make Fëanor pay for the burning of the ships in his very own way. Canon divergence AU for Fëanor being still alive when Fingolfin and his followers reach Beleriand.
| Major Characters: Fëanor, Fingolfin |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Incest, Expletive Language, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Graphic), Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 334 |
| Posted on 19 October 2016 | Updated on 19 October 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Shelob by hennethgalad
Isildur discovers the stairs to Cirith Ungol.
| Major Characters: Isildur |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 087 |
| Posted on 18 October 2016 | Updated on 18 October 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Thuringwethil by hennethgalad
Thuringwethil feeds.
| Major Characters: Thuringwethil |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Horror | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate | Warnings: Torture |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 103 |
| Posted on 16 October 2016 | Updated on 16 October 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Sacrifice me for my Sins by Sleepless_Malice
After the War of Wrath Mairon is brought back to the Blessed Realm together with Melkor who is cast into the Void shortly after.
feat. the requested h/c from the prompter, rebellious Mairon, and mention of past Angbang.
| Major Characters: Manwë, Sauron |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Expletive Language, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Moderate), Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 59 |
| Posted on 15 October 2016 | Updated on 15 October 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Metamorphoses by Sleepless_Malice
"Too deep Ingwion was caught in his thoughts to realize that his fears and dreams almost were identical; only the width of a blade separated them."
The story of Eönwë, the Maia, and Ingwion, son of Ingwë, told from both perspectives; a tale of crushed dreams and betrayal, unhealthy obsessions and desires as old as the world itself.
| Major Characters: Eönwë, Ingwë, Ingwion, Manwë |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Expletive Language, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Graphic), Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 5 | Word Count: 26, 645 |
| Posted on 15 October 2016 | Updated on 15 October 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Gollum by hennethgalad
Thranduil is disturbed by an unseen watcher while bathing.
| Major Characters: Thranduil |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 5, 109 |
| Posted on 14 October 2016 | Updated on 14 October 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Temple of Melkor by hennethgalad
A cleaner at the Temple makes a badly-timed remark.
| Major Characters: Sauron |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Horror | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate | Warnings: Torture |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 6, 384 |
| Posted on 13 October 2016 | Updated on 13 October 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Laying the Foundation by Lotrfan
Elrond and Erestor lead the survivors of the defeat at Eregion to a new home, which will eventually become Rivendell.
| Major Characters: Elrond, Erestor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 197 |
| Posted on 12 October 2016 | Updated on 12 October 2016 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Love Over Gold by Keiliss
Glorfindel meets a strange being beside the sea at Mithlond and is amazed months later when Erestor makes his way to Imladris to find him. But for everything, there is a price.
| Major Characters: Celebrían, Elrond, Erestor, Glorfindel, Ossë, Uinen, Ulmo |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, Mystery, Romance | Challenges: With a Bit of Fairy Dust |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Sexual Content (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 4 | Word Count: 15, 811 |
| Posted on 8 September 2016 | Updated on 12 October 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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