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] 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] No Time Have I by Flora-lass
A Silmarillion acrostic.
[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…
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Bollywood
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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
I Won't Bite by Agelast
Love, politics, and werewolves in the First Age! Oropher of Doriath, through no (or, at least, very little) blame of his own, gets far over his head, and comes out the other end a different person. (Thanks, in part, to Maedhros Fëanorion, cursed kinslayer and otherwise very unlikely lover.)
Written for chaotic_binky, Ardor in August 2012.
| Major Characters: Maedhros, Oropher |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, Humor, Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Sexual Content (Graphic), Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 8 | Word Count: 11, 506 |
| Posted on 6 August 2012 | Updated on 6 August 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Trinity by Urloth
Three are one. There are no love songs to encompass what they share save the songs they sing themselves.
| Major Characters: Finwë, Ingwë, Míriel Serindë |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Alternate Universe, Erotica, Het, Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 930 |
| Posted on 5 August 2012 | Updated on 5 August 2012 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Price of a Broken Promise by Himring
Erendis has given up on her errant husband and is no longer waiting for Aldarion to return from his voyage to Middle-earth. Or so she says.
Originally written for B2MeM 2012, but posted here for Akallabeth-in-August and to go with Oshun's excellent new biography of Erendis.
| Major Characters: Erendis |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: Akallabêth in August |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 549 |
| Posted on 2 August 2012 | Updated on 2 August 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Sylvanlight, Book I by slflew
What if Feanor's accusations to the Valar were correct?
What if everything you hoped for was a lie?
Valinor is not the paradise expected to be; Earendil's star has fallen - is it the beginning of Dagor Dagorath?
In Sylvanlight the stories of the Silmarillion are turned over and inside out, mysteries and dark intent surfacing if one simple fact is truth.
| Major Characters: Ainur, Amarië, Caranthir, Curufin, Elrond, Elu Thingol, Elwing, Eärendil, Fëanor, Finrod Felagund, Manwë, Melian, Melkor, Original Character(s), Sons of Fëanor, Tulkas, Túrin, Ulmo, Valar, Varda |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Adventure, Alternate Universe, Drama, Science Fiction | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 23 | Word Count: 86, 296 |
| Posted on 9 July 2009 | Updated on 27 July 2012 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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The Sleep of Reason by Michiru
After the Prophecy in the North, before the creation of the Sun and Moon, Námo visits Irmo’s gardens. Because sometimes even the wisest turn to the lesser.
| Major Characters: Lórien, Mandos |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 797 |
| Posted on 26 July 2012 | Updated on 26 July 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Unrequited by Michiru
Ingwë dreams of what he knows he cannot have.
| Major Characters: Ingwë |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Romance | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 100 |
| Posted on 22 July 2012 | Updated on 22 July 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Leaves before the Wind by Dawn Felagund
Following the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, the sons of Fëanor wandered in the woods of Ossiriand. Maglor and Maedhros travel together, recovering from their physical wounds and slowly succumbing to their emotional ones. Maedhros/Fingon. Dark.
| Major Characters: Caranthir, Fingon, Maedhros, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Character Death, Expletive Language, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Moderate), Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 438 |
| Posted on 21 July 2012 | Updated on 21 July 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Small Eccentricities by Michiru
A letter from one twin to another is recovered from Beleriand before its destruction.
| Major Characters: Amras, Amrod |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: Fifth Birthday Celebration |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 021 |
| Posted on 14 July 2012 | Updated on 14 July 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Nothing To Forgive by oshun
This was inspired by Jenny Dolfen’s lovely painting of Nerdanel and Maedhros called “Forgiveness.” The artist and I interpret the canon slightly differently. I call mine “Nothing To Forgive.”
| Major Characters: Maedhros, Nerdanel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: Family Matters |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 838 |
| Posted on 8 July 2012 | Updated on 8 July 2012 |
This fanwork belongs to the series
| This fanwork is complete. |
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To Move a Star by Kimberleighe
A brief glimpse into the moments before Gil-galad's combat with Sauron.
| Major Characters: Elrond, Gil-galad, Original Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, General | Challenges: B2MeM 2012 |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 012 |
| Posted on 7 July 2012 | Updated on 7 July 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Starlit Sky by Cirth
Elrond's account of his boyhood with the Fëanorians. Complete.
| Major Characters: Elrond, Elros, Maedhros, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Expletive Language, Mature Themes, Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 11 | Word Count: 31, 020 |
| Posted on 23 February 2012 | Updated on 27 June 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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| Major Characters: Fingon, Maedhros |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Humor | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 311 |
| Posted on 23 June 2012 | Updated on 23 June 2012 |
This fanwork belongs to the series
| This fanwork is complete. |
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A Brief History of the Fall of Utumno by Huinare
Regarding the siege of Utumno by Valinor, as seen from various characters’ viewpoints.
(Very well. As seen mostly from the dark vantage. It’s me we’re talking about here..)
Assembled responses to Tolkien Weekly’s “Natural Disasters” drabble challenge (Apr-May 2012).
| Major Characters: Aulë, Eönwë, Glaurung, Gothmog, Melkor, Oromë, Ossë, Salmar, Sauron, Tulkas, Ungoliant, Valar, Varda |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 689 |
| Posted on 20 June 2012 | Updated on 20 June 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Melkian Dialogues by Huinare
Melkor engages in dialogues with friend and foe (all right, mostly foe) long before the light of the Trees. Assembled responses to Tolkien Weekly’s “Transactions” drabble challenge (Jan-Feb 2012).
| Major Characters: Aulë, Manwë, Melkor, Nienna, Sauron, Varda |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 562 |
| Posted on 20 June 2012 | Updated on 20 June 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Sleepers in that Quiet Earth by Narya
Maedhros/Fingon. A supernatural double drabble. Warnings for slash and canon character death.
| Major Characters: Fingon, Maedhros |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Sexual Content (Mild), Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 181 |
| Posted on 20 June 2012 | Updated on 20 June 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Amras and the Elements by Iavalir
A series of fanfiction involving Amras and the elements.
| Major Characters: Amras, Amrod, Caranthir, Celegorm, Curufin, Fëanor, Maedhros, Maglor, Sons of Fëanor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, General, Het | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 114 |
| Posted on 17 June 2012 | Updated on 17 June 2012 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Lessons from the Mountain by MithLuin
What happened to the spirit of Maedhros when he died?
| Major Characters: Maedhros, Mandos |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: Halls of Mystery |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Character Death, Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 16 | Word Count: 65, 034 |
| Posted on 28 January 2008 | Updated on 4 June 2012 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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At Fault by talktob3cks
The kinslaying at Doriath from different perspectives. After the battle, two children are lost, two hearts are broken, two people are at fault.
| Major Characters: Celeborn, Eluréd, Elurín, Elwing, Maedhros, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: B2MeM 2012 |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes, Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 628 |
| Posted on 3 June 2012 | Updated on 3 June 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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| Major Characters: Maglor, Uinen |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: B2MeM 2012 |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 667 |
| Posted on 25 May 2012 | Updated on 25 May 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Prophecy Of Gondor by gamil-zirak
Gandalf tells some important friends about the Stewards of Gondor and the fate of a miserable Stoor.
| Major Characters: No major characters listed |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 10, 132 |
| Posted on 19 May 2012 | Updated on 19 May 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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A Cloak of Hunter Green by Erulisse
A cloak of hunter green is given to a young Silvan girl. I wanted to write a light-hearted romp through the Greenwood. My muse did not cooperate.
| Major Characters: Original Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Rape/Nonconsensual Sex, Torture, Character Death |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 362 |
| Posted on 13 May 2012 | Updated on 13 May 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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| Major Characters: Celeborn, Galadriel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: B2MeM 2012 |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 197 |
| Posted on 13 May 2012 | Updated on 13 May 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Captain Tinkerbell by Lipstick
Maglor is in the British trenches in WW1, and he gets to meet a certain young officer with a liking for ancient mythology.
| Major Characters: J.R.R. Tolkien, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Mature Themes, Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 219 |
| Posted on 13 May 2012 | Updated on 13 May 2012 |
This fanwork belongs to the series
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Fool's Strike by Arinwende
A young Noldorin warrior is the first to encounter Orcs on the shores of Drengist. Maedhros gives him a sword made by Feanor as a gift, and finds, much to his dismay, that even his superb fencing skills do not protect him from sheer unpredictability.
| Major Characters: Maedhros, Original Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: Just Say It with a Gift! |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 881 |
| Posted on 9 May 2012 | Updated on 9 May 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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And after much thought, she changed it all. by Urloth
Choices define us. Choices define history.
| Major Characters: Elrond, Elros, Elwing, Maedhros, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Alternate Universe, Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 415 |
| Posted on 9 May 2012 | Updated on 9 May 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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