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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
To Drain a Lake by Himring
Who would dream to drain a lake?
An attempt to answer this question, posed by my prompt, for Middle-earth.
A few short reflections.
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Genres: Poetry | Challenges: Queens of the Quill |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 236 |
Posted on 9 May 2021 | Updated on 9 May 2021 |
This fanwork is complete. |
An eye in a blue face by Himring
Arien looks down on Middle-earth and, thanks to Yavanna, she sees...
Can you guess?
(Gollum once guessed it long ago.)
Major Characters: Arien, Yavanna |
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Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 100 |
Posted on 25 April 2021 | Updated on 25 April 2021 |
This fanwork is complete. |
W by Himring
Short pieces for the "Words of Wit and Whimsey" challenge.
I. Wains
II. The Walrus That Went South
Major Characters: Men |
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Genres: Crackfic, Family, Fluff | Challenges: Words of Wit and Wisdom |
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 467 |
Posted on 30 March 2021 | Updated on 14 April 2021 |
This fanwork is a work in progress. |
In Honour of Oshun\'s 100th character bio by Himring
Oshun has tirelessly written character bios featured every month in the SWG Newsletter and always brings something special to them.
The character bio in the newsletter of May 2019 is no. 100 of these!
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Posted on 7 March 2021 | Updated on 1 April 2021 |
One Week in Himring by Himring
These stories are linked because together they form an account of a week Fingon spent in Himring a couple of years after the Dagor Bragollach. The days were taken up with a sequence of council sessions, but Maedhros and Fingon also spent the nights together, lovers in the full sense of the word for the first time.
Between them, these stories also outline the whole relationship from its beginning until Maedhros and Fingon meet again in Valinor. However, some episodes are described in much more detail in other stories of the series.
For warnings, etc. see the individual stories.
ETA: I stopped adding stories to this subseries at one point for technical reasons and never resumed. So some of the later stories in the overarching series would actually fit into this particular arc, but haven\'t been added.
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Posted on 7 March 2021 | Updated on 1 April 2021 |
Brandir by Himring
Brandir was the leader of the Haladin when he became ensnared in the downfall of Túrin.
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Posted on 1 October 2015 | Updated on 21 March 2021 |
Aerin by Himring
Like many women of The Silmarillion, Aerin receives little attention in The Silmarillion but plays a much-expanded role in other posthumously published texts. Aerin simultaneously fulfills the role of a victim and as an example of female agency.
Major Characters: Aerin |
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Posted on 1 June 2015 | Updated on 20 March 2021 |
Scout of the Third House by Himring
In the days of Fingolfin and Malach Aradan, an unnamed scout of the Third House of the Edain (later called the House of Hador) returns from a long journey in the North to Hithlum.
Major Characters: Edain, Men |
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Genres: Poetry | Challenges: Times of Bliss |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 109 |
Posted on 6 March 2021 | Updated on 6 March 2021 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Spring in Doriath by Himring
Doriath welcomes the spring.
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Genres: Poetry | Challenges: New Year's Resolution, Utopia/Dystopia |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 52 |
Posted on 13 January 2021 | Updated on 6 February 2021 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Maglor's Dream by Himring
Wandering Maglor dreams of Arda Marred.
Major Characters: Maglor |
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Genres: Poetry | Challenges: New Year's Resolution, Soundtrack |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 152 |
Posted on 22 January 2021 | Updated on 6 February 2021 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Natural History of Middle-earth: A Tour by Himring
Drabbles inspired by natural history prompts, from the Years of the Trees to the Fourth Age, from Valinor to Far Harad.
Featuring Indis and Miriel, Ilmare and Varda, Earendil and his mariners, Aragorn and the past, and Beruthiel and her white cat.
Major Characters: Aerandir, Aragorn, Berúthiel, Erellont, Eärendil, Falathar, Ilmarë, Indis, Míriel Serindë, Varda |
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Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Naturalist's Guide to Middle-earth, New Year's Resolution |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 5 | Word Count: 498 |
Posted on 30 January 2021 | Updated on 6 February 2021 |
This fanwork is complete. |
The Bitter Glass by Himring
Do not look in the bitter glass...
A poem drawing on the account of the song battle of Finrod Felagund with Sauron in the First Age.
A poem against pessimism and disillusionment, if you will.
I also had the Mirror of Galadriel and Galadriel's advice to Sam in mind.
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Genres: Poetry | Challenges: New Year's Resolution, Utopia/Dystopia |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 102 |
Posted on 2 February 2021 | Updated on 6 February 2021 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Clear Visions by Himring
Aegnor sings to Andreth of Valinor.
Major Characters: Aegnor, Andreth |
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Genres: | Challenges: Postcards from Middle-earth |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 203 |
Posted on 3 January 2021 | Updated on 3 January 2021 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Numenor That Was by Himring
An anthology for stories set in Numenor or involving Numenoreans.
Latest added: Became Estranged from the Eldar (drabble set in the time when the Shadow fell on Numenor)
Major Characters: Elros, Númenóreans, Tar-Ancalimë, Tar-Elendil, Tar-Míriel, Tar-Telperiën, Tar-Vanimeldë, Vardamir, Yávien |
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Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, General, Poetry | Challenges: Akallabêth in August, International Day of Femslash, Tolkien Femslash Week Bingo |
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
Chapters: 12 | Word Count: 5, 063 |
Posted on 14 February 2015 | Updated on 27 December 2020 |
This fanwork is a work in progress. |
A Light in the Storm by Himring
Maglor lights the way for ships in the storm.
A Maglor-in-history ficlet.
Major Characters: Maglor |
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Genres: General | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 370 |
Posted on 18 December 2020 | Updated on 18 December 2020 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Out Over Open Waters by Himring
The first of the great seafarers of Numenor is inspired by the tales of Elvish mariners of the First Age.
Update: another chapter / drabble added
Major Characters: Erellont, Vëantur, Voronwë |
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Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Naturalist's Guide to Middle-earth |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 199 |
Posted on 28 September 2020 | Updated on 28 November 2020 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Photosynthesis by Himring
Elrond and Bilbo discuss the importance of light.
Major Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Elrond |
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Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Soap Opera |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 100 |
Posted on 7 November 2020 | Updated on 7 November 2020 |
This fanwork is complete. |
The Place, the People by Himring
Turgon, who failed to evacuate Gondolin in time, will eventually become a driving force behind the successful evacuation of Tirion when Pharazon's army invades Valinor.
But the story begins with his return to Tirion from Mandos.
Major Characters: Elenwë, Turgon |
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Genres: General | Challenges: Akallabêth in August, Utopia/Dystopia |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 704 |
Posted on 6 September 2020 | Updated on 6 September 2020 |
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
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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
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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 | | |