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.
In a joint effort to celebrate the erstwhile International Day of Femslash in mid-July, The Silmarillion Writers’ Guild and Silmladylove have joined together to play a week-long bingo game involving the women of the entire Legendarium in love and lust.
Tolkien Femslash Bingo ran from July 15 - July 24 as a joint event between The Silmarillion Writers' Guild and Silmladylove on tumblr. We are leaving the bingo cards on the site for historical purposes and to hopefully inspire future creators. As this was a femslash event, all responses must be femslash, that is, contain (a) romantic and/or sexual relationship(s) between female Tolkien characters or original female characters as a central element. The focus is meant to be on the women of Middle-earth, so fanworks focusing on "rule 63'd"/"genderbent"/"genderswapped" male characters or pairings will not be counted as responses (characters of indeterminate gender such as Elemmírë or Malbeth are permitted as long as they are written as female). While some challenges demand a particular format, otherwise, what constitutes an appropriate response is up to you.
Cards are available below; text-only prompts can be found on our prompt spreadsheet
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Choose your prompt from the collection below.
Amarie visits Elwing in her tower by the sea.
Tolkien drabbles set in the First and Second Ages of Middle-earth. (Exactly 100 words as counted by MS Word.) Please see table of contents for individual summaries and warnings.
Fíriel spends one last night with her lady.
As Ar-Pharazôn’s fleet nears completion, two childhood friends must decide what to do. (Double drabble.)
Samwise Gamgee's granddaughter Fíriel dreams of Cuiviénen under the stars.
A sequence of tanka in which Nerdanel contemplates Varda..
Aredhel escapes from Nan Dungortheb and is aided by a daughter of the river.
Snapshots from a visit to the ocean.
A seagull and the wind dance at the edge of the sea.
Írimë goes into exile and Elemmírë stays behind, but their thoughts are with each other, on the Ice or in the darkness. (A sequence of five drabbles.)
A song (or, more properly, a poem) from Elemmírë to Írimë.
When Haleth feels hope fades she reaches for light within and seeks her out.
The stream echoes Mithrellas' desperate search for Nimrodel.
I live under your/domain. You rule with gentle/kisses, golden smiles.
From Indis to Nerdanel.
"My problem is Meril, father,” Tindómiel said and took another deep breath, her heart pounding with the confession reaching her lips. “I love her deeply, and that is the source of my pain."
In the Third Age, Varda and Galadriel reflect on change and love.
A poem from Aredhel to Goldberry.
Two (female) Sindar before the return of Morgoth from Valinor--one of them looking back on that time.
A moment with Finduilas and Níniel.
Ilmarë and her lover, before and after.
Nerdanel fails to finish a sculpture, and admits to a defeat.
Morwen is summoned by Acca to fulfill the need of the latter.
Femslash Bingo Fills for the Flowers and Their Meanings Card for Femslash Week 2016
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.)