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.
A collection of non-Silm-based drabbles and ficlets.
What was lost cannot be restored, but something new can always be found
Little snapshots of different worlds, for the restoration and rebuilding challenge. Written during Instadrabbling in August 2022.
Arvedui decides to sail, despite warnings to wait. (As told by a woman of the Lossoth.)
(The fate of Fíriel, wife of Arvedui, was never recorded; I like to think she was a tough cookie and had fought and fled with him to the Ice-bay of Forochel.)
Elemmírë gathers sparks in the Darkness -- light without end.
Caranthir pens a letter to his cousin, seeking assistance for the People of Haleth.
A teaser from the Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang 2022 fic Wanderlust which is now available to read in full on AO3
Indis struggles to understand her husband's son.
Maedhros and one of his followers discuss Elrond and Elros' future.
Finrod visits Andreth at her museum, where she works as a conservationist.
A museum/magical realism AU retelling of the Athrabeth for the "Also Appearing" Monthly Challenge.
Gil-galad comes face to face with Sauron.
Elros befriends some gulls
Before the Fall of Eregion, a minstrel who once was taught by Maglor is asked to revive a performance of his songs in the Hall of the Jewel-smiths in the presence of Celebrimbor.
Rain reminds Gil-galad of his childhood in Hithlum.
“Forgive me,” Finrod muses, the ends of his lips twitching up in a teasing smile as he ties a delicately embroidered burgundy sash around Maglor’s waist, “I had forgotten that you only hang out with me for the fashion advice. No other reason.”
Years of the Trees Gen Slice of LIfe fic
Five times Daeron meets Maglor by accident, plus one time it happens on purpose.
Daeron first fell in love beneath the dark tree-shadows of Neldoreth, not far from the starlit waters of the Esgalduin.
Erferil writes letters to someone who once was very dear to her.
And even if Amrûn cannot reply, the letters still comfort her.
A brief moment between a young Curufin and his future wife.
Started for a B2MeM prompt from a few years ago, "meeting your future spouse".
Elwing watched for the return of Earendil's ship.
Annael tells his fosterling Tuor about the rides of Orome in Beleriand, before the Darkening of Valinor.
Beren, Lúthien, and Huan circling each other, love, and doom.
Amrod makes a gift for Amras. The story of how it is passed down through the ages, in snippets.