Instadrabbling

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We get together from time to time on the SWG Discord and produce spontaneous fanworks based on randomly chosen prompts. This collection includes drabbles, ficlets, and other flash fanworks produced as part of our instadrabbling sessions.

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We get together from time to time on the SWG Discord and produce spontaneous fanworks based on randomly chosen prompts. This collection includes drabbles, ficlets, and other flash fanworks produced as part of our instadrabbling sessions.

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Fanworks in "Instadrabbling"

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2019 Summer Solstice Drabbles by Ismene

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A series of instradrabbles from the 2019 summer solstice!

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Adanel: never have I ever by Anérea

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A young Adanel in two drabbles from the Holiday Party Instadrabbling event using the "Never have I ever" prompt.

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After the Storm Waves by Himring

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The Downfall of Numenor has also inflicted considerable damage on settlements in Lindon.

When Elendil's ships arrive, Cirdan considers how to put up those Numenoreans who escaped the Downfall.

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The Afterlives of Orcs (Drabble) by lovelytimes

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Short drabble written for the 2019 Solstice instadrabbling challenge.

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After the Fall by Lferion

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The aftermath of the Fall of Numenor, from two different shores and three perspectives. Three drabbles.

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All Hues and Honeys by Dawn Felagund

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This is my latest collection of pieces too small to stand alone, often written for events on the SWG Discord.

The Latest:
"The First Orc." An Elven scout dreams of captivity.

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Always Been Best for Discovering (Drabble) by lovelytimes

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Short drabble written for the 2019 Solstice instadrabbling challenge.

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discarded by Fernstrike

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Celebrimbor learns a horrible truth.

Written for the December 2020 Instadrabbling event on the SWG server.

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Drabbles and one-shots by firstamazon

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Drabbles and one-shots written for instadrabbling sessions on the SWG Discord server.

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Elendil! Elendil! by Himring

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Fixed length-ficlets featuring Elendil the Tall, one set during this childhood in Numenor, the other after the Fall of Numenor.

 

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An eye in a blue face by Himring

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Arien looks down on Middle-earth and, thanks to Yavanna, she sees...

Can you guess?

(Gollum once guessed it long ago.)

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Flashes of Fancy by heget

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All the instadrabbles (100 words or less) written for the SWG Discord event on November 18th. 

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Flowing Songs of Healing by Anérea

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Yavanna and Ulmo in Middle-earth after the toppling of the Lamps.

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Fragments by SkyEventide

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Short stories mostly in drabble form written for the Solstice Instadrabbling Challenge 2019 on the discord server.

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"Fulgurite" and Other Drabbles by Dawn Felagund

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A collection of drabbles written for the 2019 Solstice Instadrabbling on the SWG Discord. See the Table of Contents for summaries (and content warnings, if needed) for individual pieces.

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Full transparency by Quente

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Instadrabble prompt: Something never seen before

Celebrimbor spots two newcomers to Aman.

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Gold-cleaver by chrissystriped

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Maglor finds peace in making art that is not music

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Holiday Party Instadrabbling by elennalore

Warnings: Violence (Mild)

Two drabbles written at the Holiday Party instadrabbling event.

1. Maedhros almost (but not quite) makes his little brothers cry. Russingon. Valinor, Years of the Trees.

2. Sauron does something genuinely nice to someone. Tol Sirion, First Age.

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Holiday Party Instadrabbling by Lindariel

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From the Instadrabbling session on the SWG Discord server, 2 January 2022.

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In Our Hearts We Know the Truth by Saelind

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A collection of drabbles from the instadrabbling sessions on Discord. 

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Instadrabbles by Kaylee Arafinwiel

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Starting off with Oropher and Thranduil, unsure who else may show up as I participate in other ones. Various OCs of mine and AfricanDaisy's (Emma) will appear.

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Instadrabbling at the Ribbon-Cutting Event by elennalore

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Two drabbles (100 words) I wrote during the Ribbon-cutting event instadrabbling 25.04.2021.

The first is Silvergifting, prompt words daisy, riddle, sunlit, lawns

The second is Russingon, prompt words warmth, smile, memory, river

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Jubilee Instadrabbling by elennalore

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1. Ar-Pharazôn muses on progress and opportunity.

2. Curvo gives Tyelko a begetting day present.

3. Turgon misses Elenwë.

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letters from the front by Fernstrike

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Isildur contemplates what to to tell his wife as he writes home from the siege of Barad-dûr.

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Limits of Defiance by Himring

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Finduilas considers the question whether she ever had a rebellious phase and remembers an episode from her childhood.

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Lockdown Image Instadrabbling by Lindariel

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From the Discord server session on 10 May 2020.

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Lockdown Instadrabbling by Lindariel

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From the Discord server sessions on 25 March, 29 March, and 12 April 2020.

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A long-held debt by Quente

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Instadrabble prompt: Friend, want, bad, gesture.

Ioreth probably should not have been carrying that basket over wet cobblestones...

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Meet & Greet Instadrabbling by elennalore

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Two drabbles written during instadrabbling event on SWG.

1. Eönwë and Manwë. Prompt: Birdseed for Manwë.

2. Nerdanel. Prompt: Being delayed.

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Midwinter 2020 Image Instadrabbling by Lindariel

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From the SWG Discord server sessions on 9 January 2021.

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Midwinter 2020 Instadrabbling by Lindariel

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From the Discord server sessions on 27 December 2020.

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Misdirection: first impression by Quente

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For the Instadrabble prompt: Murphy’s law kicks in (anything that can go wrong will).

What was Tuor's first week like in Gondolin? 

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Morning Mist and Silver Sun by StarSpray

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A place to store drabbles and ficlets, mostly written for various prompts.

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Motley Crew by Himring

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Maglor survives the tsunami that hit the coast of Middle-earth during the Fall of Numenor, in the company of a somewhat unexpected group of fellow survivors.

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Natural History of Middle-earth: A Tour by Himring

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Drabbles inspired by natural history prompts, from the Years of the Trees to the Fourth Age, from Valinor to Far Harad.

Featuring Indis and Miriel, Ilmare and Varda, Earendil and his mariners, Aragorn and the past, and Beruthiel and her white cat.

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nightmares by Fernstrike

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In which Legolas has a bad dream.

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Olympics 2021 Instadrabbling by Lindariel

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Instadrabbles from the SWG Discord server sessions on 31 July-1 August 2021, with Olympics-flavored prompts.

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Only Starlight by Varda delle Stelle

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The relationship between the Eldar of a young Beleriand and Elbereth's Stars.

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Quilt of Growth by AdmirableMonster

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Little snapshots of different worlds, for the restoration and rebuilding challenge.  Written during Instadrabbling in August 2022.

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Restoration & Rebuilding Instadrabbling by elennalore

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Four different drabbles (100 words each) written during a SWG instadrabbling event 20.08.2022.

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Restoration and Rebuilding Instadrabbling by Lindariel

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Instadrabbles from the sessions on the SWG Discord server, 20-21 August 2022

 

 

 

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Restore and Rebuild by polutropos

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Instadrabbles for the August-September 2022 SWG Challenge, Restoration and Rebuilding. 

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Ribbon-Cutting Instadrabbling by Lindariel

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Instadrabbles from the ribbon-cutting event on the SWG Discord server, 24-25 April 2021, on the theme of renewal

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Shadow's Instadrabbles by daughterofshadows

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The home of my insta-drabbling pieces!

(and the odd drabble of undetermined origin)

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Short stories of Valinor by Aprilertuile

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My answers to some recent instadrabbles, featuring wild noldor in their natural habitat and disaster siblings.

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Simple Pleasures, And All That by Fernstrike

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A collection of ficlets written for the 2019 Solstice instradrabbling challenge on Discord.

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So It Comes by cuarthol

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For the instadrabble prompt: lost in memory

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Solstice Drabbles by Idrils Scribe

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Drabbles written for the 2019 Solstice instradrabbling challenge on the SWG Discord.

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Solstice instadrabbles 2019 by NelyafinweFeanorion

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three 100 word Drabble written for the discord summer solstice instadrabbles.

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Survivors: A Pair of Drabbles by Himring

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Written for an Insta-drabbling challenge for Orctober prompts, but not horror (or fluff either): two drabbles about survivors, Maglor and Haleth.

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They Went in Haste by Dawn Felagund

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A collection of drabbles written for instadrabbling sessions on the SWG Discord.

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Thirteen by Dawn Felagund

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This is a collection of drabbles (exactly 100 words) written for the instradrabbling session for the SWG's 13th birthday. See individual chapter summaries under the Table of Contents for summaries and any warnings.

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Two Journeys by Lferion

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In the First Age, Fingon traveled to Rerir after discovering Turgon's disappearance. In the Fourth Age, he travels to Rerir again in Beleriand Risen.f

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the war to come by Fernstrike

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A moment of foreboding between a Maia and an Elvenking during the funeral of Thorin Oakenshield. 

Written for the December 2020 Instadrabbling event on the SWG server.

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A Whisper of the Old World by Narya

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A brief moment in the woods between two old people who are more than they seem...

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With Him For A While by Independence1776

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At the end of the First Age, Elrond chooses to wander with Maglor.