Restoration & Rebuilding Drabbles by Grundy

Fanwork Information

Summary:

Drabbles written for the Restoration & Rebuilding challenge instadrabbling event. Each drabble is its own chapter, with the main character(s) listed in the title. Prompts are listed in the chapter notes.

Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Arwen, Celeborn, Celebrían, Elendil, Elrond, Elros, Tuor, Vána, Yavanna

Major Relationships:

Artwork Type: No artwork type listed

Genre: Fixed-Length Ficlet

Challenges: Restoration and Rebuilding

Rating: General

Warnings:

Chapters: 14 Word Count: 1, 435
Posted on 20 August 2022 Updated on 24 August 2022

This fanwork is complete.

Table of Contents

I can see in the acorn the oak tree. I see the growth, the rebuilding, the restoring. - Maya Angelou

Prompt: image, brick warehouses with modern renovations/additions.

Prompt: Video, Whychus Creek Restoration (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN7XG89WTyo)

Prompt: When the storm has passed, put your energy into rebuilding your life. Don’t waste time looking back. - Leon Brown

Prompt: Image, mushrooms growing on a decaying log

Prompt: image, stoneware cup showing kintsugi-style repair

Prompt: image, a small forest fire on a sunny day

prompt: Designing a dream city is easy; rebuilding a living one takes imagination. - Jane Jacobs

Prompt: image, showing a mosque that may have formerly been a Byzantine church, with visible scaffolding as it undergoes restoration of its interior

Prompt: Action on behalf of life transforms. Because the relationship between self and the world is reciprocal, it is not a question of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting. As we work to heal the earth, the earth heals us. - Robin Wall Kimmerer


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I read these during the instadrabbling session and not only enjoyed them, but was rather impressed with how you came up with them so quickly and prolifically!

They all brought a lightness to my hear. My favourite, though, is Elros' spot.

These were all lovely!

A library can start with a single book

A beloved item can be recrafted from it's shards

The many differences between the two kindreds

But I think my favorite was this one:

But it seems more like his work than yours to me

Yikes! ?   I agree, mushrooms are a repudiation of decay, life where it 'ought' not be.  (Vana is officially not the Hobbits' favorite lol)

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