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Himring
|Member since 30 December 2009.
About Me
I've been a Tolkien fan since I was a teenager and have been recently been whiling away some sleepless nights reading Tolkien fan fiction on this and other sites, chiefly about Maedhros. However, my copy of the Silmarillion and the rest of my Tolkien collection are sitting in various crates in another country, so apologies for any canon errors... (P.S. I've meanwhile regained access to the Silmarillion, but my apologies remain!)
General Disclaimer: 'All mine, all mine!', shrills the magpie. 'Anything that glitters in this nest I stole my very own self!' (Clarifying footnote to that: Silmarils and other glittering material in the nest have been stolen from a) Tolkien, b) Dawn Felagund, c) ford_of_bruinen, d) Oshun, e) people whose work I admire but whose names I can't remember. I've tried to mention those items for which I can reconstruct a provenance in the endnotes of the individual stories.)
ETA (2013): This bio sort of needs revising as I originally wrote it when I just had started writing Silm fic...
Anyway, here is a link to a Silm fic rec/review post of mine at the silwritersguild community on LiveJournal, posted in January 2013:
http://silwritersguild.livejournal.com/209896.html
Please consult this instead of my Favorites section on the SWG site, which I am not really maintaining.
ETA (updated 2023):
Some of my non-Silmarillion pieces are currently only archived at AO3. I also used to cross-post to a number of smaller archives that have since been taken down. I have a small SquidgeWorld account, which only contains non-Tolkien fic.
If you are looking for a "Blanket Statement": see the following entry on LiveJournal, which applies to stories posted elsewhere as well: http://hhimring.livejournal.com/24129.html
ETA 2015:
For recs now also see the SWG re-read on LiveJournal: I've added recs to the fanworks posts there for the majority of the chapters of Silmarillion. (ETA 2018: the SWG re-read has since been mirrored to Dreamwidth).
ETA (at the time of the 5th SWG celebration):
Heartfelt thanks to Alasse, Angelica, Lyra, Oshun and Spiced Wine for the Tokens.
Fanworks by Himring
Dealing with Dreams by Himring
Elrond and Elros are haunted by what happened and also by what did not. They live with it.
Major Characters: Elrond, Elros |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Ficlet | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 142 |
Posted on 27 April 2024 | Updated on 27 April 2024 |
This fanwork is complete. |
A Special Find by Himring
Minor catastrophes cluster on the site of an archaeological dig and someone even gets hurt. But it could be worse, as an unexpected arrival changes the course of events. Then something happens in the middle of the night... And it turns out that our heroine can't tell anybody, at least not in (academic) print.
Now with bonus gapfiller from Maglor's point of view.
Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Maglor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: Meet & Greet |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 3 | Word Count: 1, 660 |
Posted on 12 March 2024 | Updated on 14 April 2024 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Wingfeet: Racing across Ard-galen by Himring
A Dwarf, a Man, and an Elf race across a grassy plain... Except that these three are original characters of the First Age racing across the plain of Ard-galen and their plight is rather different.
Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s) |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Adventure | Challenges: It Comes in Threes |
Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 400 |
Posted on 7 April 2024 | Updated on 8 April 2024 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Yes, please do by Himring
A moment in the recovery of Celebrian in Valinor.
Major Characters: Celebrían, Finrod Felagund |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Ficlet | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 172 |
Posted on 16 March 2024 | Updated on 17 March 2024 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Vincenzia by Himring
Not everyone needs a train trip to Niggle's Parish in their afterlife.
How about some other trees by a rather famous painter instead?
Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s), The Porter |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 579 |
Posted on 28 February 2024 | Updated on 28 February 2024 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Settling Down by Himring
It is deep winter. Beorn and his friends settle down to a well-deserved rest.
Double drabble.
Major Characters: Beorn |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 203 |
Posted on 2 February 2024 | Updated on 2 February 2024 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Assistance by Himring
Early in the Second Age, Gil-galad receives an important collaborator.
Major Characters: Original Male Character(s), Gil-galad |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fluff | Challenges: Cheesy Corn Chips, Middle-earth Is Multitudes, New Year's Resolution |
Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 182 |
Posted on 28 January 2024 | Updated on 28 January 2024 |
This fanwork is complete. |
'The sea-gift well hath throve' by Himring
It is a bit nerve-wracking, courting a princess of the House of Elros.
Elatan of Andunie hopes he is up to her standards.
Major Characters: Elatan of Andúnië, Silmarien |
Major Relationships: Elatan of Andúnië/Silmariën |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Understory |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 101 |
Posted on 14 January 2024 | Updated on 14 January 2024 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Your Face in the Water by Himring
At the Mereth Aderthad, the Feast of Reunion, plenty is always going on: so many people, so many encounters and interactions, tensions and forging of friendships .
That night, in this moment, in this little corner of Mereth Aderthad, nothing happens. Almost nothing. But it fails to happen with some intensity.
Major Characters: Fingon, Maedhros |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 104 |
Posted on 25 December 2023 | Updated on 25 December 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Doom, Gloom and Maedhros by Himring
Banner made for the series by Lingwiloke (Fandom Stocking 2016)
The main story arc of this series goes from just after the rescue from Thangorodrim to Maedhros's death. However, the narrative is not strictly chronological - there are flashbacks, flashforwards and recounted memories. These span from Maedhros's childhood in Tirion to his release from Mandos just before the end of Arda. The individual stories are told from different points of view: Maedhros himself, Fingon, Maglor and Elrond. Although the upshot of the series is that it is pretty tough being doomed all the time, some bits are a lot more gloomy than others. All the dialogue was even wittier before being clumsily translated from Quenya. Considering the subject matter, very little blood and gore (I think). The ratings and warnings for individual sections differ greatly from the overall rating: see the individual stories.
ETA: Since I wrote this description of the series, it has snowballed in all directions. I feel that the description ought to be revised, but it is difficult to know exactly how to tweak it. You may wish to compare the more recent description of the series (with notes) on AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/series/36091
Other links that might be helpful are these: a fragmentary timeline (https://hhimring.dreamwidth.org/61360.html), and a listing of original characters: http://hhimring.dreamwidth.org/69187.html (both on my Dreamwidth journal)
Illustrations to the series by Alasse now separately posted on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20456276/chapters/48536480
Major Characters: Elrond, Fingon, Maedhros, Maglor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General, Romance | Challenges: |
Rating: | Warnings: |
Posted on 7 March 2021 | Updated on 25 December 2023 |
This fanwork is a work in progress. |
Holly by Himring
An exchange between Celebrimbor and Celeborn before the Fall of Eregion and its aftermath.
Major Characters: Celeborn, Celebrimbor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Ficlet, Poetry | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 179 |
Posted on 9 December 2023 | Updated on 9 December 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
"Extracts from the Noldolante as played by a small chamber orchestra in a seaside pavilion at teatime" & "No more laments for me" by Himring
Set after the First Age, probably during the Second Age: Finrod is invited to a small private concert in Alqualonde by members of the Falmarin music academy. Introduced to a piece of music he had no idea existed, he is taken aback.
Now with a related poem: "No more laments for me" posted as second chapter.
Major Characters: Unnamed Female Canon Character(s), Elulindo, Finrod Felagund, Teleri |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Roaring Twenties |
Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 127 |
Posted on 6 September 2023 | Updated on 9 December 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
The Morning Star Shines on Everyone by Himring
Short extracts from Pallando's notebook, mirroring encounters of the Blue Wizards in the East.
Major Characters: |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: | Challenges: Experimental |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 12 |
Posted on 31 October 2023 | Updated on 31 October 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Thuringwethil and Tilion by Himring
A haiku about Thuringwethil and Tilion. (I added a photo.)
Major Characters: Thuringwethil, Tilion |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Poetry | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 16 |
Posted on 28 October 2023 | Updated on 28 October 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Wayward Daughter, Carry on by Himring
The story of a young eagle: how and why she made her way from Valinor to Beleriand.
Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Eagles, Manwë, Oromë |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: Turgon's Rock Opera |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 3 | Word Count: 1, 911 |
Posted on 11 October 2023 | Updated on 15 October 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Elven Elements by Himring
Young Arwen and a very special necklace.
Major Characters: Arwen, Elrond |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 496 |
Posted on 7 October 2023 | Updated on 7 October 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
New Branches and Leaves by Himring
Galadriel prepares a gift for Sam.
Major Characters: Galadriel |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 100 |
Posted on 7 October 2023 | Updated on 7 October 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
I climbed a mountain by Himring
At the time of the Darkening, widowed Indis, having left Tirion, asks her daughter Findis to accompany her to Valmar.
Major Characters: Findis, Indis |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 100 |
Posted on 7 October 2023 | Updated on 7 October 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
For the Last Time, Laughter by Himring
Lalwen's last stand and her defiance.
Major Characters: Lalwen |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 101 |
Posted on 7 October 2023 | Updated on 7 October 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
History, Snatched from the Jaws of Defeat by Himring
The historian Pengolodh, faced with the destruction of his city, rescues what he holds most dear.
Major Characters: Glorfindel, Pengolodh |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 103 |
Posted on 7 October 2023 | Updated on 7 October 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Himring's Gallery
Photograph of a tree in autumn (lightly edited) with two lines of accompanying text.
Originally submitted (without the title) for the Manwe's Mailbag challenge for a postcard prompt.
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
Photo of yellow iris with an inset photo of yellow water lilies.
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
Photo of moon in the night sky with surrounding clouds, captioned “Fair Ithil".
Major Characters: TilionMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Holiday Party
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |