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A brown and white artwork of Maglor and a harp, with the words "Noldolantë sing of honor lost"

Independence1776

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Preferred Name: Indy

Preferred Pronouns: she/her

Member since 4 February 2009.

About Me

Mae govannen! I’m Indy.

I first read LotR shortly before the movies came out and liked them well enough, though it took me nearly a year to pick up RotK after I finished TT because I had convinced myself Frodo was going to die. I reread LotR after RotK the movie was released and, from there, moved straight into The Silmarillion, which I fell in love with immediately.

I first became involved in Tolkien fandom– primarily LotR– on fanfiction.net in the 2004 to 2006 timeframe. I slid out of the fandom and didn’t return until the fall of 2008– this time, to the Silmarillion subsection. SWG is my main Tolkien fandom archive and I generally only participate in this fandom on Dreamwidth or in SWG spaces.

I primarily write about Maglor, Elrond, and some of the people related to them. I tend toward genfic and sometimes fics on the darker side of things.

Works based on mine: Fanart, fanmixes, and ficbinding are always welcome. Please ask if you want to translate anything or write fic. Everything else-- including podfic-- is a no.

I am now primarily in Star Wars fandom (Jedi-centric Prequels, JFO, and Rebels) and my non-Tolkien fic can be found on AO3.

Awards Won/Nominated For

2009 MEFAs: Judgement-- First Place, Alternate Universe: General
The Well-- Second Place, Times: Modern Times

2010 MEFAs: Every Wish-- Nominated, Times: Second and Early Third Age: Fall of Númenor
Never Look Back-- Nominated, Drama: Later Aged Elves

2011 MEFAs: A Kind of Poetry-- Nominated, Alternate Universe: General
Rise Again From Ashes-- First Place, Character Study: House of Finwë

 

Not That There's Anything Wrong with ThatThe Stars of Westernesse

RAFA's first place in Character Study: House of Finwë MEFA 2011 banner

Fanworks by Independence1776

This is a Writing fanworkThe Well by Independence1776

Post Fourth Age. Maglor meets someone unexpected. Nominated in the 2009 MEFAs.

Major Characters: Maglor
Major Relationships:
Genres: General Challenges:
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 601
Posted on 25 February 2009 Updated on 25 February 2009
This fanwork is complete.
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Co-Created Fanworks

This is a Writing fanworkStars, hide your fires by Lyra, Independence1776, Fernstrike, Raiyana

All things in Arda are filled with Song, and each Song is a story - even for that which does not seem to have its own voice. This is the tale of one such thing; of a smith, a dwarf, and a bowman, and the fallen star that sang its way through their histories.

Major Characters: Original Character(s), Bard, Maeglin
Major Relationships:
Genres: Experimental Challenges: Block Party
General Warnings: Violence (Mild)
Chapters: 9 Word Count: 3, 445
Posted on 17 May 2020 Updated on 17 January 2022
This fanwork is a work in progress.
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Independence1776's Gallery

Leaf by Niggle moodboard by Independence1776
Four images: Green leaves on tree, paintbrushes sticking up out of containers, a view of train tracks from the center of a railroad bridge, and a green tree in a field. The accompanying text is: It had begun with a leaf caught in the wind and it became a tree and the tree grew. Leaf: by Niggle.

A moodboard for Leaf by Niggle.

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Risk of the Day by Independence1776
Four image collage on purple background. Images clockwise from top left: woman with her hands pressed against a gree glass wall, cityscape under two planets, spaceship coming out of wormhole, pale-skinned woman with shoulder-length wavy auburn hair

My second moodboard for TRSB 2023: a rule 63 Maglor in space AU.

Major Characters: Maglor
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Maglor tortured moodboard by Independence1776
Moodboard. Background three images: Mordor screencap from RotK movie; sheet music; white cliffs of Dover beach. Interior images: branding irons, filled syringe, chair with spikes on seat and back, jail door, bridle with bit, suture needle, and torture table.

Moodboard for TRSB 2023, wherein I request Maglor to be tortured. The collage is not graphic, but does contain images of torture implements or things that can be used as such.

Major Characters: Maglor, Sauron
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: Adult
Warnings: Torture

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Smith’s Faery by Independence1776
Six-photo moodboard: white-capped ocean waves; a slice of yellow cake on a white plate; a tree silhouetted by the sun; sheer mountains in the distance and a creek in the foreground; a woman dancing in a field; and a lake colored red by the sunset.

A moodboard inspired by Faery.

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Elrohir/Lindir moodboard by Independence1776
Six photos: Asian man with shoulder-length hair; bird sitting on a branch against a cloudy sky; wind blowing snow off a mountaintop; woven tapestry of boats in water and houses on stilts; two wooden chairs silhouetted against a sunset; Asian musician resting a long wooden flute on his shoulder

An Elrohir/Lindir moodboard in memory of Keiliss, using one of her prompts from Ardor in August.

Major Characters: Elrohir, Lindir
Major Relationships: Elrohir/Lindir
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Elrond in Ar-Pharazôn's Númenor by Independence1776
Moodboard of 12 pictures: Elrond, stone buildings overlooking trees, dark hallway, queen with sword and cup, silhouette of person, smoke rising from volcano, rolling hills, a chain, a bloody curved needle, tall ship with no sails, Sauron with dark hair, and the Radcliffe Camera building.

My second artwork for TRSB 2022. Elrond is secretly visiting Númenor during the reign of Ar-Pharazôn, years after Sauron’s capture, and is captured himself.

Major Characters: Elrond, Sauron, Tar-Míriel
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings

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Storm Season by Independence1776
Photo collage with six photos: a wet wolfhound, a swing on a beach with dark clouds in the background, a barred window, an open doorway leading onto a stone patio, a lit hurricane lantern placed on rocks on a beach, and several overlapping hands.

My first artwork for TRSB 2022. Huan washes ashore in Fourth Age Harad, where Maglor has been living for decades.

Major Characters: Original Character(s), Huan, Maglor
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Autumn Reread by Independence1776
Five photo moodboard: column 1: the Shire, a map of Rohan and Gondor, dormant volcano, cliffs and the sea. Column 2: mountains partly covered with clouds

A moodboard for The Lord of the Rings.

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Nienna's House by Independence1776
Hand-drawn floorplan of a house. The left side is deliberately sketchy in pencil due to the shifting layout of the house. The right side is solid with colored shapes within the rooms to indicate furnishings. The compass rose has West at the top to follow Elven custom.

Floorplan of Nienna's house.

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Calm and Storm by Independence1776
Moodboard arranged in a plus shape. The four corners of the image are colored dark red with the quotes "Thy sent messages to the Havens of friendship and yet of stern demand" and "And so there came to pass the last and cruellest of the slayings of Elf by Elf." The five images, from top to bottom: river with marsh on a sunny day, sword held in hand with sun glinting off blade, letter with a quill pen and wax seal, albatross flying over water, and water colored red by a sunset.

The Third Kinslaying: the calm before the storm and the aftereffects.

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Opposites Attract
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Mature Themes

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Silmarillion as Space Opera by Independence1776
Moodboard: man holding tube of white light, scifi cityscape, mountains with two moons hanging above, white triangular-shaped corridor, woman holding a blue lightsaber with a white wolf at her side, spaceship entering wormhole

Evil Empire! Scrappy Rebel groups that have a similar overall goal and different ideas of the best way to achieve it! Different Elven cultures having unique styles of spaceships! Laser swords! Elven magic!

Maglor and his wife Calien (pictured) are on a scouting mission when they learn information that will lead them deep into the heart of Morgoth’s Empire: to the capital planet of Angband itself. They team up with Beren and Lúthien for the mission despite their groups’ differences.

Major Characters: Unnamed Female Canon Character(s), Maglor
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Off on an Adventure by Independence1776
Moodboard: a white man with wrist in a chain, camels in the near distance, map with compass and coins on top of it, smiling black woman, rain curtain in the distance across a plain

A Hobbit lass off on an adventure in the East stumbles across a captive Maglor. Further adventures ensue. 

Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Maglor
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Mature Themes

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This is how we defend ourselves by Independence1776
Moodboard pictures, clockwise from upper left: person with a harp, the Gamgee family from the end of RotK, Gandalf and Bilbo smoking, Eowyn facing the Witch-king, and the "There and Back Again" screenshot from RotK. Text reads: "This is how we defend ourselves: sword and shield, song and story, family and friends."

A graphic of ways Tolkien characters defend themselves, both literally and metaphorically: sword and shield, song and story, family and friends.

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Maglor Meets Roverandom by Independence1776
Mooodboard/collage with images of a black-and-white dog, ruins overrun with greenery, train bridge, sparkler, a male person, the northern lights, and a bunch of miles-to-city signs. Three quotes. Roverandom: "Indeed Roverandom grew to be very wise, and had an immense local reputation, and had all sorts of other adventures." Silmarillion: "And thereafter he wandered ever upon the shores singing in pain and regret." LotR: "Not all those who wander are lost."

Maglor meets Roverandom and goes on an adventure.

Major Characters: Other Fictional Character(s), Maglor
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Stamp Collection 2025

Independence1776's 2025 Stamp Collection

January 2025 Jubilee SWG challenge stamp - a photo of bright yellow sunflowers, with the number "2017" at upper right
January 2025 Jubilee SWG challenge stamp - a photo of several mirror balls, glitter, and sequins, all silvery. The number "2024" is in the middle in dark grey.
January 2025 Jubilee SWG challenge stamp - a closeup photo of a hand tossing color powder, as at Holi. The color purple predominates. The number "2025" is at the bottom of the stamp in pale purple..
January 2025 Jubilee SWG challenge stamp - photo of a young girl wearing a bright red top skipping exuberantly through the wet sand at the seaside. There are other people in the background at a distance, and it is a bright beautiful day.
January 2025 Jubilee SWG challenge stamp - photo of a man in long swim trunks doing a cartwheel on the beach on a sunny day. A surfer is entering the water in the background.
January 2025 Jubilee SWG challenge stamp - a photo of a 'tunnel' formed by hanging paper star lamps in many bright colors; the sky beyond is dark
February 2025 IFD stamp - the words 'anti-prompts' beneath a red 'no' symbol; at the bottom is the caption International Fanworks Day.

Independence1776's 2024 Stamp Collection

Triple Crown stamp for a fanwork created on a day when three challenges overlap, using all three challenges
February 2024 Meet & Greet SWG challenge stamp - illustration within the silhouette of a nesting doll, showing Beren coming upon Luthien dancing
February 2024 Meet & Greet SWG challenge stamp - illustration of three nesting dolls. The largest is at the back and is a silver-haired elf wearing a diadem; there is a forest around him. The middle is a dark-haired elf wearing white and carrying a bow. The smallest in front is a dark-haired elf with the body of the doll showing an intricate colorful scene.
March 2024 It Comes In Threes SWG challenge stamp - photo of three hot peppers piled together
April 2024 Tengwar SWG challenge stamp - stylized Tengwar spelling 'alaquenta' in a dark red font on a purplish watercolor wash background.
April 2024 Tengwar SWG challenge stamp - stylized Tengwar spelling 'ahto' in a dark red font on a lighter red watercolor wash background.
May 2024 Crossroads of the Fallen King SWG challenge stamp - photo of snowy crossroads in a rural region with the number 5 in the lower left corner
May 2024 Crossroads of the Fallen King SWG challenge stamp - photo of the crossing of two sets of wooden steps ascending a steep green hillside in a tropical region with the number 5 in the lower right corner
June 2024 Funky 70s SWG challenge stamp - photo of a room done in 70s decor - plastic chairs with velvet upholstery, striped wallpaper, and shag carpet
June 2024 Funky 70s SWG challenge stamp - photo of a 70s muscle car in what appears to be a mostly dry storm drain channel, with a concrete bridge in the background
October 2024 Orctober SWG challenge stamp - broken glass
October 2024 Orctober SWG challenge stamp - parched earth
October 2024 Orctober SWG challenge stamp - a gray forest
November/December 2024Potluck SWG challenge stamp - a long table with many place settings for a festive meal
November/December 2024Potluck SWG challenge stamp - a long table set for a feast with many dishes of delicious food
November/December 2024Potluck SWG challenge stamp - a copper saucepot with lid on a round wooden trivet
November/December 2024Potluck SWG challenge stamp - an unbaked pie on a countertop, with a baker's hands crimping the crust around the edge of the pie
2024 Festival of Lights Creator stamp - a tabletop covered in a blue tablecloth. There is a menorah with all candles lit in the foreground, and sufganiyot and challah in the background.

Independence1776's 2023 Stamp Collection

January 2023 Jubilee SWG challenge stamp - postage stamp with a color photo of the number 2022 in gold sparklers against a dark background
January 2023 Jubilee SWG challenge stamp - postage stamp with a color photo of the number 2023 being drawn in damp sand on a beach
January 2023 Jubilee SWG challenge stamp - postage stamp with a color photo of a tray of fancy pastries, text "Jubilee" and number 1.
February 2023 International Fanworks Day (IFD)
October 2023 Experimental SWG challenge stamp - photo of a large mass of brightly colored plastic beads

Independence1776's 2022 Stamp Collection

International Fanworks Day 2022 stamp - globe with googly eyes centered on central Asia, text above and below reads Intl. Fanworks Day
February 2022 SWG Opposites Attract Challenge Artwork stamp - a Black hand (which may be female or possibly elven or ainurin) reaching down to take an upturned white hand (which may be male or possibly Mannish or Dwarvish) against a background evenly split between black and white
February 2022 SWG Opposites Attract Challenge Creator stamp - a blue colored pencil and a yellow colored pencil diagonally through the middle, splitting a background of blue and yellow
June 2022 Also Appearing SWG challenge stamp - a rocketship with planets in the background
August 2022 Restoration and Rebuilding SWG challenge stamp - color photo of a partially gutted interior room, with construction debris on the floor
August 2022 Restoration and Rebuilding SWG challenge stamp - color photo of a hand reaching for a tool on a workbench
October 2022 X Marks the Spot SWG challenge stamp - color photo of a map, with a compass and autum leaves on top of it; a notebook is in one corner
October 2022 X Marks the Spot SWG challenge stamp - color photo of a map, with a notebook, pencils, and tools for charting on top of it; a hand points to a particular location on the map
November/December 2022 Manwë's Mailbag SWG challenge stamp - color photo of a number of colorful postcards suspending on a string by clothespins, with the text "Mailbag" and number 11/12

Independence1776's 2021 Stamp Collection

July 2021 SWG Middle-earth Olympics challenge commenter stamp - an archer dressed in blue/purple
July 2021 SWG Middle-earth Olympics challenge creator stamp - a dwarf weightlifter dressed in red
November/December 2021 SWG Challenge Holiday Party stamp - a fancy place setting for a holiday dinner
November/December 2021 SWG Challenge Holiday Party stamp - one pair of hands passing a wrapped gift to another pair of hands against the background of a holiday dinner table

Independence1776's 2020 Stamp Collection

January 2020 New Years Resolution challenge creator stamp with footprints

Independence1776's 2019 Stamp Collection

January 2019 SWG New Year's Resolution challenge stamp - multicolored confetti or bokeh effect on a dark background
February 2019 SWG Love Actually challenge stamp - illustration of a couple gazing up at the night sky
March 2019 Hidden Figures SWG challenge stamp - Jane Austen quote: "It is to be supposed that Henry was married, since he had certainly four sons, but it is not in my power to inform the REader who was his wife."
April 2019 Sirens and Songstresses SWG challenge stamp - painting of ancient Egyptian women playing musical instruments
April 2019 Sirens and Songstresses SWG challenge stamp - painting of a group of ryukyuan women playing music
April 2019 Sirens and Songstresses SWG challenge stamp - painting from Narga Selassie monastery of a woman playing a drum, with a group of women behind her
May 2019 Caprice And Chance SWG challenge stamp - Detail from Romeo & Juliet painted by Frank Dicksee
June 2019 Pride SWG Challenge Stamp - chalk drawing of a rainbow partially behind a cloud
July 2019 Solve A Problem SWG challenge stamp - Corner of a bulletin board with photos and sketches pinned on it
August 2019 Notion Club Revival SWG challenge stamp - Photo of Radcliffe Camera from street level
September 2019 In Rare Form SWG challenge stamp - Hand lettered and illustrated book, with text and embellishment on the verso and a map on the recto
October 2019 Start To Finish SWG challenge stamp - Text "I'll make my report as if I told a story, for I was taught on my homeworld that truth is a matter of the imagination. - Ursula K. LeGuin"
November/December 2019 Season's Greetings SWG Challenge stamp - watercolor of a mountain in silhouette against a colorful night sky with Earendil shining

Independence1776's 2018 Stamp Collection

January 2018 New Year's Resolution SWG challenge stamp - multicolored fireworks superimposed over black and white typewriter keys
March 2018 Middle-earth Museum SWG challenge stamp - photo of a wooden drop spindle with flower embellishment on a bed of carded wool labelled "Spindle, Haladin, 1st Age"
March 2018 Middle-earth Museum SWG challenge stamp - photo of a pair of hand-made shoes labelled "Fish-skin boots, 3rd Age"
March 2018 Middle-earth Museum SWG challenge stamp - photo of a wooden gate with ornate ironwork and a stylized flower window labelled "Gate from Khazad-dûm, 2nd Age"
March 2018 Middle-earth Museum SWG challenge stamp - photo of glowing round lamp with metal work labelled "Ñoldorin lamp, early 1st Age"
May 2018 Competition SWG challenge stamp - White silhouette of judge's scorecards showing 9.9 and 9.7 on a dark green background with the words "Contest & Competition"
May 2018 Competition SWG challenge stamp - White silhouette of a victor's laurels on a dark red background with the words "Contest & Competition"
June 2018 Analysing Arda SWG Challenge Stamp - stack of colorful books
July 2018 Teen Spirit SWG challenge stamp - Photo of a young person wearing a ballcap sitting in front of a circular cutout in a wall showing a cityscape visible in the distance
July 2018 Teen Spirit SWG challenge stamp - Photo of a person with short dark hair, wearing a white t-shirt and an army surplus backpack on one shoulder, with their back to the camera
September 2018 Sitcom SWG challenge stamp - Comics-style speech bubble reading "Sitcom!" with a background of yellow and red stripes radiating behind it
September 2018 Sitcom SWG challenge stamp - Comics-style speech bubble reading "Sitcom!" with a background of blue and green stripes radiating behind it
October 2018 B-Movie SWG challenge stamp - An illuminated jack-o-lantern that appears to have eaten another jack-o-lantern
November/December 2018 Holiday Feast SWG Challenge stamp - two hands clinking wine glasses of punch
November/December 2018 Holiday Feast SWG Challenge stamp - a festive display of osechi
November/December 2018 Holiday Feast SWG Challenge stamp - selection of meats and cheeses for grilling, with a grill in the background

Independence1776's 2017 Stamp Collection

November/December 2017 30-Day Character Study SWG Challenge stamp - color illustration of an elf, possibly Nerdanel, working on a sculpture
November/December 2017 30-Day Character Study SWG Challenge stamp - two column except of something written in tengwar