Tolkien Meta Week Starts December 8!
Join us December 8-14, here and on Tumblr, as we share our thoughts, musings, rants, and headcanons about all aspects of Tolkien's world.
The Queen of Faery takes a little light trip down memory lane.
Berion, captain of Barad Eithel under King Fingon, laments Fingon's death and the loss of his home.
On some days, maybe, we just get homesick for that Last Homely House?
An invitation to return to Rivendell.
A very great man dies, and asks if he can be of more help to the universe because it has been so good to him.
...Eru Illúvatar takes him up on the offer.
Xie Lian and Hua Cheng accidentally visit Nargothrond during its fall and help out.
Bëor: Halt! Who goes there?
Finrod: It is I, Felagund, son of Finarfin of Valinor. King of Nargothrond, builder of Minas Tirith, sovereign of all Dorthonion!
Bëor: Pull the other one!
Finrod: I am! And this is my trusty servant, Edrahil.
Maglor, a Jedi in hiding, is a mechanic for the Rebellion during A New Hope.
Thranduil names an unexpected successor.
Imagine a self-help group for fictional characters who have lost one or several hands. That's it. That's the idea.
A very rough sketch to get in just under the wire to respond to three challenges at once:
- Tengwar (ampa - hook; technically Noldo)
- Crossroads of the Fallen King (Crossover with Star Wars, Peter Pan, the MCU, the Aubreiad, real world history, Mad Max and the Queen's Thief series)
- Funky 70s (Star Wars; some of the fancy drinks)
Nimruzimir's father interrupts him while he is reading the most recent novel in his favorite series.
Meister Eder is comissioned to repair a staff. Pumuckl does not seem to like the customer.
What if, instead of taking Marty and Jennifer to 2015, Doc accidentally took them to Years-of-the-Trees Valinor?
One such evening gathering, however, brought a new acquaintance to the Elliots’ attention. He was known to Lady Dalrymple, and had connections to the De Bourgh family, and to the Darcys of Pemberly, and happened to have come to Bath on business that week. “He is a most marvelous musician, however, “Lady Dalrymple told Miss Elliot. “Perfection at the pianoforte!"
Aerandir, a mariner who accompanied Earendil on his voyages, finds himself at loose ends when he arrives in Valinor after the War of Wrath.
He is haunted by an encounter during one of their earlier voyages and comes to a decision..
Maglor's westward odyssey nearly fails when he is led astray by an enthralling light and song in the depths of the sea.
The Straight Road is barred to mortals. But he's not a mortal anymore...
Morgoth lost the Silmaril. Elrond lost his parents because of the Silmaril (and that was just to start with). Sauron lost the One Ring. All have lost something, or someone precious to them.
Re-embodied Celebrimbor can’t find peace in Aman, so he takes the icy road Helcaraxë back to Middle-earth. The world is changed, however, and he finds himself in a very different place. But what if his past comes back to haunt him even there?
Humanity took to the skies. Eärendil and Ilmarë adjust.
During his incarceration in Roderick Burgess' basement, Dream receives a strange, ancient visitor.
a traveler meets a stranger at a crossroads.
Jedi!Maglor, meet Daeron. A double drabble.
Elrond is curious about the music - and why his daughter has been avoiding certain subjects.
Círdan has a curious guest.