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.
From the Statute of Finwë and Míriel to the ruffian’s curfew in The Scouring of the Shire, Middle-earth is governed by laws--laws of the various people living there, or laws of nature like the Gift of Eru. Sometimes they are invisible to the reader; sometimes they can only be gleaned through the characters’ actions and attitudes; and at other times, they are spelled out for us. Some are negotiable, like the tradition of male primogeniture in Númenor; others appear to be set in stone, like the idea that an oath must be kept no matter what. For this month’s challenge, we challenge you to make these laws, customs, traditions and guidelines the focus of a fanwork. You can write about a character breaking or upholding the law, speculate about the law code of a specific place in Arda, explore the unwritten laws underneath the surface, create art for one of the prompts … or, of course, take the law into your own hands.
To get you started, we have put together a list of quotes about law, judgement, and politics from the Legendarium. You may choose the quote or quotes that inspire you from the list below.
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Choose your prompt from the collection below.
Ficlets of Valinor, Beleriand, Ennor, and Middle Earth through the Ages.
Fulfilling a promise, Fingon and Celegorm discover they are remembered as Superheroes by the circus children.
A King Fingon's Menagerie quintuple drabble/ficlet.
In the beginning, the Elves awakened...what else happened at Cuivienen, and where might things go from there?
Amandil is pushed by developments into rejecting his loyalty to Ar-Pharazon.
(drabble)
“It is said that Amandil set sail in a small ship at night, and steered first eastward, and then went about and passed into the west. And he took with him three servants, dear to his heart, and never again were they heard of by word or sign in this world, nor is there any tale or guess of their fate." - The Silmarillion, “Akallabêth”
Elrond took his library with him to Valinor. In that archive are many things, and the librarians and archivists of Cîr Imladris (New Rivendell) are kept delightfully busy.
When Maglor son of Fëanor surrenders to Eönwë at the end of the War of Wrath, no one expects him to reveal the secret of the Silmarilli. And yet... However, he still participated in the Kinslaying, and Námo isn't known to be merciful...