Fanworks Tagged with Mature Themes

In the woods, Sam encounters a very old elf. He's not sure how he feels about it.

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So, Curufin, son of Feanor, is conveniently walking around with a dwarf-made knife at his waist that just happens to be suitable for cutting a Silmaril out of Morgoth's iron crown and he just happens to give Beren enough provocation to rob him of his possessions, including the knife.
Here is a slightly AU gapfiller on the subject of the early history of Angrist, the knife that would cleave iron as if it were green wood.

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The story of two elves from Nargothrond, neither important enough to be mentioned in the family trees of kings or heroic songs, who lost their names in Angband's slavery. The childhood companion of Finduilas Faelivrin must take the princess's identity to survive in the enemy's hands. Another prisoner, regretting he did not join Beren’s quest, tries his best to save her.

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The later half of The Silmarillion from the POV of prisoners in Angband, as inspired by A Dance with Dragons.

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Loving mortals will end in death. Angrod knows this.

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Betrayal, the Dark One had told him. He cannot work through it, not when the wind blows through soft drapes while his mind screams.

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Who are you, Celebrimbor?

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The Silm you read when you are not really reading the Silm. Everything you wanted to know without all the boring bits.

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Indis and Nerdanel wait for the return of the host of the Valar after the War of the Jewels, but when the people they hope for do not arrive, they turn to each other for comfort.

Written for silmladylove's 2015 Tolkien Femslash Week on tumblr.

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It isn't the first time things got bad for Maedhros, but it is the first time that Elrond and Elros notice.

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Maglor finds himself in a difficult position at the Gap, and is forced to make decisions that will affect the lives of his people.

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The ups and the downs, and the things that lie between. A series of drabbles.

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Uldor never wanted this.

Written for Easterlings Appreciation Week.

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Despite her physical disability, a woman crosses Beleriand to assist a fellow victim. She has help on the way.

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As war presses in from the north, a woman of Cardolan meets a strange friend in the downs.

Written during B2MeM 2015, responding to a prompt by Elleth for a gen or slash story involving Goldberry and the lady of the blue brooch (mentioned in Fellowship, "Fog on the Barrow Downs").

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In another dimension this is exactly what's happening: Fingon and Maedhros visit Nargathrond, and Finrod sees things he really doesn't want to.

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Fingon rescues Maedhros from Thangorodrim, in all its awful detail.

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Maedhros and Fingon’s first attempt at re-establishing a sexual relationship after Thangorodrim and the challenges of that, for both of them.

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Finrod, Reborn, goes to visit Amarie, but isn't expecting the reaction he receives.

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Ninnachel fights, dies, returns to life.

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In the midst of last plans before battle, Fingon and Maedhros discuss the complexities of gender, avoid the complexities of politics, and embrace the complexities of their dreams for the future.

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Fingon asks Ninnachel to take a letter to his son, and grants Ninnachel an unasked-for favour.

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In the wake of the Battle of Sudden Flame, Fingon finds himself isolated except for his son, and then has to make the hardest decision of his life so far.

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Fingon falls head over heels in love for the second time in his life.

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Ninnachel has been called in to see Fingon again, and this time it's much less stressful an experience, for them both.

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Fingon must reprimand the unfortunate poet, but soon realises that the situation is somewhat more complicated.

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