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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Galadriel felt she had a well-matched friend in Princess Luthien, and she did not expect that ever to change.
Major Characters: Galadriel, Lúthien Tinúviel |
Major Relationships: Galadriel/Lúthien |
Genres: Drama, Femslash, Romance | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 9, 559 |
Posted on 22 July 2023 | Updated on 22 July 2023 |
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Tar-Miriel, last queen of Numenor, reigns in name only. Isolated and hopeless, she seeks little more than survival. As the doom of Numenor draws near, she finds herself facing unexpected temptations and strange alliances.
Written for TRSB summer 2023 for art by elvencloud_a_plotting
Major Characters: Ar-Pharazôn, Sauron, Tar-Míriel |
Major Relationships: Ar-Pharazôn/Tar-Míriel |
Genres: | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: Adult | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 13, 608 |
Posted on 22 July 2023 | Updated on 22 July 2023 |
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A Dwarf tries to come to terms with the cataclysm that was the end of the First Age. A four-drabble sequence.
Major Characters: Original Agender Character(s), Dwarves |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: Drama, Fixed-Length Ficlet, General | Challenges: Dip the Ladle |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 410 |
Posted on 20 July 2023 | Updated on 20 July 2023 |
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“And yet is it not the greater folly to imagine that such love could never grow between our kinds? Was it not folly for us to be made thus and yet driven to dwell together and take up arms together?” She cupped his face in her hand, beseeching him. “Would not the One, who your people say commands the Music of the world—though my people hear it not—have surely foreseen such a grief? And if he did foresee such grief and did nothing, allowing it to pass, what difference is there between his allowance and his will? And if he did will such a grief, then how can your people say that he is good?”
Andreth shares with Aegnor what the Wise say of Men's original nature, and of the wound dealt to them by Morgoth.
Major Characters: Aegnor, Andreth |
Major Relationships: Aegnor/Andreth |
Genres: Het, Romance | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 630 |
Posted on 19 August 2022 | Updated on 19 July 2023 |
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“I would honor the customs of thy people, Andreth, and marry thee in the manner of thy people,” he said at last.
“And if I did not want to?” she asked, so soft she barely heard her own voice. “If I wished to marry thee in the manner of thy people?” Her voice trembled, but she held his gaze.
Aegnor drew in an uneven breath, swift and sharp. His gaze roved her face, tracing her features. When he spoke, his voice was rough but tender. “I would take thee away, to the south or east, and marry thee under the light of the stars. And there none would speak against our union. And I would be thine and thou would be mine in every way that there is.”
A summer evening spent in a glade near the shores of the Aeluin.
Major Characters: Aegnor, Andreth |
Major Relationships: Aegnor/Andreth |
Genres: Het, Romance | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 143 |
Posted on 14 June 2022 | Updated on 19 July 2023 |
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The rise and fall of the House of Fëanor, told in 17 kisses. Each is a perfect drabble.
Major Characters: No major characters listed |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 828 |
Posted on 5 July 2023 | Updated on 19 July 2023 |
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Gil-galad is released from the Halls of Mandos in the Fourth Age, but settling into Tirion is not as easy as she would hope.
Written for Tolkien Gen Week on Tumblr.
Major Characters: Unnamed Canon Character(s), Unnamed Female Canon Character(s), Anairë, Círdan, Gil-galad |
Major Relationships: Círdan & Gil-galad, Gil-galad & Unnamed Canon Character, Anairë & Gil-galad |
Genres: Alternate Universe, General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
Chapters: 3 | Word Count: 4, 706 |
Posted on 9 July 2023 | Updated on 18 July 2023 |
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Fëanor takes a momentary interest in a youthful Fingolfin.
Major Characters: No major characters listed |
Major Relationships: Fëanor & Fingolfin |
Genres: | Challenges: Dip the Ladle |
Rating: Adult | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 616 |
Posted on 18 July 2023 | Updated on 18 July 2023 |
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A tragic figure of the Second Age, Tar-Míriel should have been the ruling queen but was usurped and forced into marriage by her cousin, leaving her to witness Númenor's fall.
After his death, Fingolfin does not go to the Halls of Mandos.
Major Characters: Fingolfin, Rochallor |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Dip the Ladle |
Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 101 |
Posted on 15 July 2023 | Updated on 15 July 2023 |
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In Numenor, Mairon contemplates a sacrifice.
Major Characters: Sauron |
Major Relationships: Celebrimbor/Sauron, Melkor/Sauron |
Genres: Ficlet | Challenges: Dip the Ladle |
Rating: Adult | Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes, Violence (Moderate) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 646 |
Posted on 15 July 2023 | Updated on 15 July 2023 |
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Fingon records a selection of details about his life from the Fourth Age onwards.
Major Characters: Fingon |
Major Relationships: Fingon/Maedhros |
Genres: Ficlet | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 658 |
Posted on 15 July 2023 | Updated on 15 July 2023 |
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The library and archives of Cîr Imladris contain many stories.
Major Characters: No major characters listed |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: Ficlet, Fixed-Length Ficlet, General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Warnings: No warnings apply | |
Posted on 15 July 2023 | Updated on 15 July 2023 |
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In Valinor, Cîr Imladris built, Elrond takes the opportunity to properly catalogue, categorize, and annotate one of the slowly diminishing collection of uncatalogued, uncategorized "miscellaneous objects with words attached" that had been part of the library and archive at Imladris from the beginning.
Major Characters: Original Agender Character(s), Original Nonbinary Character(s), Elrond |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: General, Mystery, Poetry | Challenges: Pride, Secret Gate |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 224 |
Posted on 15 July 2023 | Updated on 15 July 2023 |
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The Grinding Ice proves a deadly trap for Elenwë and her daughter. Turukáno is willing to give his own life to save that of his wife and child, and almost succeeds.
Major Characters: Turgon |
Major Relationships: Elenwë/Turgon |
Genres: Ficlet | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: Character Death |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 268 |
Posted on 11 July 2023 | Updated on 14 July 2023 |
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A character who remained in the legendarium, largely unchanged, since its earliest writings, Húrin lives an early life defined by valor and heroism. This first part of his biography explores his heroic youth, including connections to ancient and medieval history.
The recent Tolkien Society Seminar proceedings "Tolkien and Diversity" explore both cultural identity and the international fan community and how Tolkien's fanworks and fandom represent marginalized identities.
Celebrían wasn't caught by orcs. Unfortunately for Elrond and his children, something even more inexplicable happened...
Major Characters: No major characters listed |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: Crossover | crossed with Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Warnings: No warnings apply | |
Posted on 11 July 2023 | Updated on 11 July 2023 |
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Erestor and Gil-galad are not friends, to say the least, barely tolerating each other for Elrond's sake.
Their comfortable enmity, however, is interrupted one night, when Erestor finds Gil-galad at his door, hurt and terrified.
Major Characters: Erestor, Gil-galad |
Major Relationships: Erestor & Gil-galad |
Genres: Hurt/Comfort | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 588 |
Posted on 11 July 2023 | Updated on 11 July 2023 |
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Definition: An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.
Major Characters: Galadriel |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: Experimental, General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 861 |
Posted on 27 June 2018 | Updated on 10 July 2023 |
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‘And that is the device of the house of Bëor,’ Elwing adds. ‘My house.’
‘Mine too,’ Tuor says. ‘In part.’
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Tuor, a young Elwing, and the remnants of the Edain in the havens of Sirion.
Major Characters: Elwing, Tuor |
Major Relationships: Elwing & Tuor |
Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: Character Death |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 6, 328 |
Posted on 10 July 2023 | Updated on 10 July 2023 |
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When Tuor can't find Eärendil, he sends for Maeglin to help.
Major Characters: Eärendil, Maeglin, Tuor |
Major Relationships: Eärendil & Maeglin |
Genres: | Challenges: Secret Gate |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 171 |
Posted on 8 July 2023 | Updated on 8 July 2023 |
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They sat in silence for a little while, until Maglor finished his cup of water and sighed. “There is something on your mind,” he said. “Out with it.”
To his vague surprise, Elros did not look up. He carefully plucked another flower and added it to his growing chain. “Why did you do it?”
“Why did I do what?”
“Not—just you. You and—everyone. Why did you come to Sirion?”
Major Characters: Elros, Maglor |
Major Relationships: Elros & Maglor |
Genres: General | Challenges: Secret Gate |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 188 |
Posted on 8 July 2023 | Updated on 8 July 2023 |
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Who were Ulfang's people, and why did they betray the Elves? The truth as seen by Uldor, Caranthir, and Ulfang's granddaughter.
Major Characters: Original Character(s), Bor, Brodda, Caranthir, Dwarves, Maedhros, Thuringwethil, Uldor, Ulfang, Ulfast, Ulwarth |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: Drama, General | Challenges: 10th Birthday Celebration |
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
Chapters: 9 | Word Count: 10, 389 |
Posted on 4 July 2015 | Updated on 8 July 2023 |
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Quirky Tom is stumped in his investigation; his partner delivers the goods. (Deliberately misleading summary inspired by the challenge prompts! See Story Notes for more reliable information.)
Major Characters: Goldberry, Tom Bombadil |
Major Relationships: Goldberry/Tom Bombadil |
Genres: Crossover | crossed with Adventures of Tom Bombadil | crossed with Lord of the Rings | Challenges: Secret Gate |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 576 |
Posted on 5 July 2023 | Updated on 8 July 2023 |
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