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.
"They say that the Elven-lady, along with her companion, a beautiful Elven-woman, watches over the line of the Princes and weeps for every one of her children, and children-of-her-children."
A story about Mithrellas and Nimrodel, after they find each other.
(Written for Karari for Ship Swap 2016.)
Orodreth has been crowned king of Nargothrond. He's not taking it particularly well.
Maglor still makes music, and Maedhros listens, when it is all they have left.
A conversation with Thorin Oakenshield; Glorfindel knows more of Orcrist's history than he wishes to tell. (Triple drabble.)
There was a wound in his heart. Ingwion felt it tear; tear up his eyes and drench his mind in dark resignation and despair. Belatedly he realised the wound had been there an achingly long time and by forcibly involving himself in this he was reopening it. Or widening it.
Elwing's defiance at the Havens of Sirion.
Idril has a troubling encounter with her cousin Maeglin on the morning of her betrothal to Tuor.
Young Fëanor is working in his masters forge when he gets an unexpexted visitor, with a very naughty idea. Now how is he to prevent Mahtan from discovering that his daughter loved to play with the apprentice's...hammer.
Míriel has always loved the Sea. After the Downfall of Númenor, the Lady of the Seas offers her refuge and comfort. (Tar-Míriel/Uinen)
After her death, Nienor is found by the ghost of Finduilas, who has been watching over Brethil, and offered a new existence.
(I tagged for suicide and character death to be safe, but the character deaths are all canonical and take place before the beginning of the story.)
Gorlim searches for Eilinel.
Two women in mourning and defiance. (Two half-drabbles.)
Nolofinwë goes to Formenos in an effort to repair things with his half-brother.
Nolofinwë is dreaming. This must be a dream. If so, it is a very good dream.
Barahir and Emeldir try to hold their ground against the encroaching darkness from the North. (Barahir/Emeldir)
Newly arrived at the Havens of Sirion, the child Elwing tries to comfort herself with memories.
A collection of fills written for rthstewart's 3 Sentence Ficathon in 2013 and 2015, for Tolkien-based prompts. (Mostly Silmarillion, with one for Farmer Giles of Ham and Sir Orfeo, and one non-Tolkien crossover.)
Chapters 2 & 3: More Tolkien-based fills written for caramelsilver's 3 Sentence Ficathon in 2016 and 2017.
The smiths of Eregion prepare to face Sauron. (The narrator is Feredwen, an original character.)
Ninnachel and Baindir engage in a little roleplay and armour kink.
Baindir and Ninnachel's first time together, by the shores of Lake Mithrim.
After the end of the War of Wrath, Feredwen, a follower of the sons of Fëanor, decides not to return to the Blessed Realm.
Aredhel deals with Fëanorians, family, and the Ice. (A sequence of eight drabbles.)
Someday, she will devour the light-weaver.
Before the Sun or Moon rose, the River-mother sang to the waters and they awoke.
Tolkien-related poetry on various subjects, mostly written for B2MeM. (I've only cross-posted the Silmarillion poems here; the version on AO3 and MPTT includes the LOTR-related ones also.)