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.
Include Beyond the Silmarillion Fanworks
In that moment he envied for the first time the mortality of Men. He coveted a death that came upon you softly, death that whispered and held out a hand and let you slip into his arms in sleep. Death that passed his fingers over your eyes and left a visage in peace. Balan’s death.
It's the Fen of Serech, more or less. An oath for an oath, blood for blood.
Major Characters: Barahir (First Age), Finrod Felagund, Orcs |
Major Relationships: Bëor/Finrod, Barahir & Finrod, Finrod & Gelmir |
Genres: Drama, General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Violence (Moderate) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 250 |
Posted on 1 March 2023 | Updated on 8 March 2023 |
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Finrod felt the other’s panic strike his perception like a blow and was running even before Balan’s cry reached his ear. In a glance, his eyes took in the scene before him: the camp in sudden stillness, one of the Laiquendi staggering through the clearing, a limp body slung in his arms, Balan and Baran sprinting toward him.
It was Belen in his arms.
The Edain and the Laiquendi cross paths in the woods of Ossiriand and are faced with immediate conflict. Finrod and Estreth work to heal the damage, Balan (Bëor) tries to learn the communication of thought, and the Edain choose where their loyalty will abide.
Major Characters: Balan, Belen, Bëor, Edain, Elves, Finrod Felagund |
Major Relationships: Bëor/Finrod, Belen & Bëor, Baran & Bëor |
Genres: Drama, Family, General, Hurt/Comfort, Romance | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: Violence (Mild) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 6, 735 |
Posted on 22 February 2023 | Updated on 8 March 2023 |
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It was danger only if the goal was avoidance, and Balan had no desire to escape. The urge to laugh returned and his heart dared Estreth’s cautions to be true so he might find himself ensnared forever, held motionless on this hilltop, a statue cradled within the other’s hands till the world’s ending. If his soul was consumed in the process, then let it be so. It was a fair price.
A few months after Finrod discovered the Edain near Thalos, he continues to dwell with them and form friendships. Balan (Bëor) attempts to learn multiple languages, some old folktales of the Edain come up in conversation, and Balan and Finrod discuss grief with a side of constellations. Balan has a crush.
Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Balan, Bëor, Finrod Felagund |
Major Relationships: Bëor/Finrod, Baran & Bëor, Belen & Bëor |
Genres: Drama, Family, General, Hurt/Comfort, Romance | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 9, 413 |
Posted on 22 February 2023 | Updated on 8 March 2023 |
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“I convinced myself the situations were different. I built labyrinths within my reason to justify the pretense, and in their twisting ways I wandered blind till faced with her grief—the tribute paid in pain, as thou hast named it. Till then I could contend that I suffered so thou might be spared; I grieved so that thou might hold love in memory untarnished. That I learned at the feet of Doom to thus keep its step from thine own neck, and so should goodness come of it. Eru forgive me, I was wrong.”
After his conversation with Andreth forces him to face his own rationalizations and hypocrisies, Finrod realizes he needs to come clean to Aegnor and confesses to him both the consequences of his former advice, as well as his own secret grief that motivated it.
Major Characters: Aegnor, Balan, Bëor, Finrod Felagund |
Major Relationships: Aegnor & Finrod, Aegnor/Andreth, Bëor/Finrod |
Genres: Drama, Family, General, Romance | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 6, 135 |
Posted on 22 February 2023 | Updated on 8 March 2023 |
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Sequel to 'Tinker, Tailer, Bromance, Spar' (itself sequel to 'Duty, Wine, Gossip, and Buoys') - so, I guess it's a 'verse now?
Two months, three weeks, and four days after returning home from an eventful/misfired/unrequited sojourn at the Guard Academy, Gil-galad and Elrond finally consummate their fast friendship turned mutual attraction.
Graphic, shameless, partially telepathic elf smut.
Major Characters: Elrond, Gil-galad |
Major Relationships: Elrond & Gil-galad, Elrond/Gil-galad |
Genres: Erotica, Slash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: Adult | Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Graphic) |
Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 6, 206 |
Posted on 1 March 2023 | Updated on 8 March 2023 |
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Combatants returning from the War of the Last Alliance to the coast of Gondor.
A vignette.
Major Characters: Men, Sindar |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: Ficlet | Challenges: Cheesy Corn Chips |
Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 458 |
Posted on 4 March 2023 | Updated on 7 March 2023 |
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In the wake of Melkor’s latest swath of destruction, Aulë found Yavanna kneeling, disconsolate, on the barren ground.
Major Characters: Aulë, Yavanna |
Major Relationships: Aulë/Yavanna |
Genres: Ficlet, Het | Challenges: Cheesy Corn Chips |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 432 |
Posted on 7 March 2023 | Updated on 7 March 2023 |
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Aegnor and Andreth and fires in the dark.
Major Characters: Aegnor, Andreth |
Major Relationships: Aegnor/Andreth |
Genres: | Challenges: Cheesy Corn Chips |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 180 |
Posted on 6 March 2023 | Updated on 6 March 2023 |
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One among Tolkien's several fictional loremasters, Quennar was briefly an intermediary between Rúmil and Pengolodh and later attested as the loremaster who wrote on the reckoning of time by the Elves, a role that overlaps with the medieval historiography familiar to Tolkien.
Arwen remembers a dream, Aragorn makes a prediction, and Minas Tirith flies.
Millenia later, Eärendil gets company on the Vingilot and remembers his childhood.
Oh, and there are hot air balloons.
Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Aragorn, Arwen, Eärendil |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: | Challenges: Cheesy Corn Chips |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 583 |
Posted on 4 March 2023 | Updated on 4 March 2023 |
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Maedhros and Maglor disagree about the education of the Peredhil.
Major Characters: Maedhros, Maglor |
Major Relationships: Maedhros & Maglor, Elrond & Elros & Maedhros & Maglor |
Genres: Drama, Family, General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 11, 754 |
Posted on 2 March 2023 | Updated on 2 March 2023 |
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Fingon accidentally ends up taking Maedhros's hoodie home with him & finds his iPod Nano in his pocket. Modern AU
Major Characters: Fingon, Maedhros |
Major Relationships: Fingon/Maedhros |
Genres: Alternate Universe, Fluff, Romance, Slash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 564 |
Posted on 27 February 2023 | Updated on 27 February 2023 |
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“We only have a few moments,” Arien whispers, her eyes sparkling like sunlight dancing upon water as she allows him to pull her closer.
“We need no more than that,” Tilion answers, dipping his head to meet hers and cradling her face in his hands, heedless of how the crackling heat of her scorches him.
They steal what moments they can.
Major Characters: Arien, Tilion |
Major Relationships: Arien/Tilion |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, Het, Romance | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 203 |
Posted on 26 February 2023 | Updated on 27 February 2023 |
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Finrod watches his lover sleep and things about their coming deaths. Luckily, Balan wakes to comfort him.
Major Characters: Balan, Bëor, Finrod Felagund |
Major Relationships: Bëor/Finrod |
Genres: Ficlet, Hurt/Comfort, Slash | Challenges: Cheesy Corn Chips |
Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 573 |
Posted on 25 February 2023 | Updated on 25 February 2023 |
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Celebrimbor muses on the meeting that changed his life.
Major Characters: Celebrimbor, Sauron |
Major Relationships: Celebrimbor/Sauron |
Genres: Poetry | Challenges: Cheesy Corn Chips |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 130 |
Posted on 25 February 2023 | Updated on 25 February 2023 |
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Sometimes it takes more than one night of passion to start a relationship on a sound footing. (Glorfindel/Erestor) Sequel to Osse's Gift.
Major Characters: Erestor, Glorfindel |
Major Relationships: Erestor/Glorfindel |
Genres: Drama, Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: Adult | Warnings: Mature Themes |
Chapters: 4 | Word Count: 21, 423 |
Posted on 24 October 2007 | Updated on 24 February 2023 |
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Glorfindel knows that his clandestine affair with King Turgon will cause a scandal if discovered, especially since the King has outlawed all sexual relationships. But when Glorfindel seeks to understand his own heart, he discovers how impossible it is to keep secrets in Gondolin’s closed community. Written for 2016 MSV.
Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s), Duilin, Ecthelion of the Fountain, Elenwë, Glorfindel, Idril, Pengolodh, Rog, Salgant, Turgon, Voronwë |
Major Relationships: Glorfindel/Turgon, Ecthelion/Glorfindel |
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: Adult | Warnings: Sexual Content (Moderate), Violence (Mild) |
Chapters: 6 | Word Count: 27, 472 |
Posted on 21 February 2016 | Updated on 24 February 2023 |
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Finwë and friends go West
Major Characters: Elu Thingol, Finwë, Ingwë, Nahar, Oromë |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: Drama, Ficlet, General, Humor | Challenges: Cheesy Corn Chips |
Rating: General | Warnings: Violence (Mild) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 814 |
Posted on 23 February 2023 | Updated on 24 February 2023 |
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Tolkien Fanfiction Survey data shows that femslash—the Tolkien fandom's youngest genre—has grown in popularity with readers, while authors may use it to share and reflect on experiences of marginalization.
“It is a high calling, then, to be counted among the Wise, Saelind,” Aegnor said, looking at her long with an expression that she could not read.
Andreth held his gaze, wordless, as some emotion that she could not name passed between them. Wise-heart, he had named her. Wise-heart, though she had lived but a moment compared to him and knew so little of what he knew of the world, born before the sun had ever risen.
They meet in springtime.
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: 4, 172 |
Posted on 8 January 2023 | Updated on 23 February 2023 |
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The long winter nights are not as cold when the lords of Dorthonion visit.
Major Characters: Aegnor, Andreth |
Major Relationships: Aegnor/Andreth |
Genres: Het, Romance | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: Adult | Warnings: Sexual Content (Moderate) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 610 |
Posted on 28 December 2022 | Updated on 23 February 2023 |
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Major Characters: Celebrían, Elrond |
Major Relationships: Celebrían/Elrond |
Genres: Het, Romance | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: Adult | Warnings: Sexual Content (Moderate) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 600 |
Posted on 20 December 2022 | Updated on 23 February 2023 |
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“Andreth fears for you,” Finrod says, barely louder than the popping of coals in the iron braziers that circle the tent’s interior. “She wishes for me to tell you not to be reckless, not to seek danger beyond need.”
Finrod watches his brother’s back as he stands silent. “Would you refuse her wish?”
Five times Finrod foresees Aegnor’s death, and one time he foresees his own.
Major Characters: Aegnor, Finrod Felagund |
Major Relationships: Aegnor & Finrod |
Genres: Family, Fixed-Length Ficlet, General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 622 |
Posted on 4 July 2022 | Updated on 23 February 2023 |
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A fleeting moment in the last days of Celebrimbor's life, in the dungeons below Eregion. Even if it hurts to kill the one he loves, even if Celebrimbor has forever changed him, it is too late for Sauron to turn back.
Major Characters: Celebrimbor, Sauron |
Major Relationships: Celebrimbor/Sauron |
Genres: Drama, Slash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Domestic and Partner Violence, Torture, Violence (Mild) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 576 |
Posted on 23 February 2023 | Updated on 23 February 2023 |
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Thuringwethil doesn't even know why she's here. It's not like the sex is rewarding.
Major Characters: Thuringwethil, Ungoliant |
Major Relationships: Thuringwethil/Ungoliant |
Genres: Femslash, Ficlet, Romance | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 158 |
Posted on 21 February 2023 | Updated on 21 February 2023 |
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