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 story of Beren and Lúthien told as a fairy tale.
Beren and Lúthien win a Silmaril. (Artwork)
The (in)famous song duel at Tol-in-Gaurhoth, as told by Finrod.
At long last, Emeldir leads her people into the forest of Brethil.
When Celebrimbor is summoned by Annatar to his workshop late one night, he immediately grows suspicious, all the more when he finds the door locked. He imagines the worst, but the truth is nothing like what he thought.
Warning for: lots of science, chemistry, world-building (Eregion/Gwaith-i-Mírdain), more science
Maedhros, at the moment of his death.
Fingolfin passes on the crown to Fingon his son and heir.
The reflections of Bëor as he is welcomed to Nargothrond.
The account of Lord Eöl and Lady Aredhel, from the perspective of two of Eöl’s smiths.
And Aredhel strayed from her companions and was lost. (Artwork)
Some of the Sindar may have practical reasons to like their king’s edict that banishes Quenya from Doriath. (Drabble)
“When twenty years of the Sun had passed, Fingolfin King of the Noldor made a great feast; and it was held in the spring near to the pools of Ivrin, whence the swift river Narog arose, for there the lands were green and fair at the feet of the Mountains of Shadow that shielded them from the North. The joy of that feast was long remembered in later days of sorrow; and it was called Mereth Aderthad, the Feast of Reuniting.”
The Grinding Ice (Artwork)
Fingolfin, his family and friends, confront the ice and the unknown, and are drawn closer together by their feat of endurance. But Fingolfin suffers bitter loneliness and only the great valour of the other Elves gives him the strength to keep moving.
The world is changing. Strange dreams drive an Avari chieftain to embark on a quest, where he unknowingly stumbles upon his people's doom.
"It was not Fëanor's fault there was only one bed."
Having noted the lack of Fëanor/Nerdanel fics from his point of view, as well as the lack of bed sharing fics for this pairing, I took it upon myself to resolve both.
Elrond and Elros have recently arrived on Balar, and Elrond is not happy to be back among his mother's people. But with some help from his brother, he begins to see Elwing in a different light.
Arien of Anar and Tilion of Isil. (Artwork)
Arien's experience following the death of the Trees.
After the battle, too few of Denethor’s people remain to search through all the bodies alone.
After the Exile of the Noldor, Arafinwe and Aule reflect on things which can be fixed, and those that cannot.
The first kinslaying. [Artwork]
Nerdanel remembers her husband and sons while creating pottery.
Melkor, Ungoliant and the darkening of Valinor.
Melkor meets Ungoliant within her lair in order to fulfill his plan. They both converge on Aman and Melkor takes his revenge.