Canon with a Twist

Have you ever wondered, what if just one thing had been done differently in the canon? Maedhros had decided to hold off on meeting Morgoth? What if Oromë had taken a different road and hadn't discovered the Elves for another five centuries? What if Haleth had taken Caranthir's offer to stay in Thargelion? What would have changed?

This challenge asks you to think about just that. Choose a single moment in Tolkien's canon and have the character make a different choice. How does history change? Or how does fate fulfill itself? The response may be any length and format--poetry, drabble, or fiction--but should ask what might have happened if one thing had changed.

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Shore Beyond the Shadowy Sea by Quente

In which Elfwine goes to sea to find himself, but finds Beleriand instead, and then finds himself.

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Ulmo sends another human in a swan crest to Gondolin, with expected results.

  • This tale is a paean (and sequel of sorts) to Bunn’s work, the Undying Lands. This will have a few spoilers, so you might go and read this glorious work, and the one before it.
  • But long story short, Beleriand is back, and Fëanor might have built a few pathways between Middle-earth and Beleriand, just for fun.

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Her Black Prince Vorandil Aglamir by JT Tomas

Kyron Tramell is a black high school student waking up everyday in a caged life of cocaine fumes, gunshots and abuse at the hands of thugs and a drug addicted stepfather. Then one day he opens his eyes to a magical reality. Kyron's a changeling, the son of a Noldorin Prince will his heritage & romance save him from the vengeance his heart craves for past bullies?

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Rian's Only Metal Hit by Elwin Fortuna

The Elves make no song of Fingolfin's last stand. One of the Edain, however, did.

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Mountains High Above by Independence1776

Maglor, mountains, and ruling in Valinor during the First Age.

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Unconquered by Rhapsody

Once Morwen finally arrives in Doriath to be reunited with her son, she learns that not all of her sacrifices made have been in vain.

Written for Ludovica for Sultry in September 2013.

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Five Ways from One by clotho123

Five different paths the history of the Noldor might have taken if Fëanor had sworn a different Oath

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Ulmo’s Palace by oshun

Written for the prompts: Curufin and Ulmo's Palace; for the Probably AU Genfic Swap at Elffetish. One of those cute 'lil elfing stories which contains dark undertones and/or is blasphemous to the Valar.

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Three Year's Thrall by Anu

More about the Man that Idril married.

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Golden-Haired by Anu

Turgon's tale; briefly spoken.

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House of the Golden Flower by Anu

The story of Glorfindel's life, in his own terms. (Began 2003, Completed 2008)

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