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 ground is wet and rotten and the fire is wasteful, and madness slowly turns vices into virtues. Or is it the other way around?
The first meeting of Voronwë and Tuor.
It is written that Melkor was imprisoned in the depths of Mandos for Three Aeons after his capture in Middle Earth. Studies in modern times have proven that true solitary confinement leads to madness and that interaction with others is essential to mental stability and healing. Yet, Melkor sat isolated and alone - was he already insane, or did his extreme solitude tip the balance and plunge him into deeper madness. I present a conversation between Melkor and Namo written for the Taboo challenge categories of Murder, Cannibalism, Ostracism and Exile and Consequences.
Galadriel attends the wedding of Beren and Luthien, newly returned from their journey to Angband. There, a roast boar is cause for the resurgence of old, bad memories - and consideration of what truly makes one an outsider in Doriath.
An Orc dies; what happens when he wakes up again in the Halls of Mandos and is forced to remember that he too belonged to the race of the Eldar?
Elrond rescues Maglor from a laboratory. Hurt/comfort.
Dust is the only Secret—
Death, the only One
After the Nírnaeth Arnoediad, Maedhros struggles to continue on.
Written for Trick or Treat 2016, for Amyfortuna.
Mithrandir brings news of grim findings at the fall of Dol Guldur.
Annatar gets a guided tour of Amon Lanc from Thranduil.
Concerning The Shadow, and the battle between Sauron and Elendil and Gil-galad.
It was said that Gorlim greatly loved his wife, Eilinel. Other things went unsaid, though the result was the same either way.
Lorgan goes to Angband.
Thuringwethil feeds.
A cleaner at the Temple makes a badly-timed remark.
Angmar is given a ring by Annatar...
A letter from Turgon to Fingolfin re spiders.
A letter from Beren to Galadriel concerning Finrod's death.
After wandering accidentally near to Mandos, Caranthir encounters a procession delivering his newly reembodied brother back to the world: Maedhros. Caranthir breaks into his tent, and the two discuss healing, mutability, and the things that will never change. For Silver Trails.
Morgoth's victory approaches, but Arien will still choose her own fate. (Arien/Ungoliant)
Gorlim searches for Eilinel.
Barahir and Emeldir try to hold their ground against the encroaching darkness from the North. (Barahir/Emeldir)
The story of the ninth companion of Finrod and Beren to die in the dungeons of Tol-in-Gaurhoth.
Held captive in Nargothrond, Lúthien dreams of Beren and exchanges one prison for another. (Triple drabble.)
Someday, she will devour the light-weaver.