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Preferred Name: StarSpray
Preferred Pronouns: she/her
Member since 15 September 2013.
About Me
Hello! I am StarSpray; I can be found under the same username on AO3 and Tumblr and Dreamwidth. I like crying about Elves and giggling about Hobbits.
Fanworks by StarSpray
Pearl Diving by StarSpray
Daeron, Beleg, and Mablung go to the Falas for pearls to take back to Thingol.
Major Characters: Beleg, Daeron, Mablung |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Ficlet, Fluff, General | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 403 |
Posted on 17 May 2023 | Updated on 17 May 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Upon the Grass Untroubling by StarSpray
"It was often said (among other families) that long ago one of the Took ancestors must have taken a fairy wife. That was, of course, absurd, but..."
Faramund Took goes wandering through the South Downs, and comes back home with a rather unexpected bride.
Major Characters: Original Character(s), Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s), Hobbits |
Major Relationships: Original Character/Original Character |
Genres: Family, Fluff, Het | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 206 |
Posted on 22 April 2023 | Updated on 22 April 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Telling Tales by StarSpray
Earendil's stories of his voyages are passed down through the years.
Major Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Eärendil, Elrond, Elros |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Family, Ficlet, Fixed-Length Ficlet, Fluff, General | Challenges: Rejects |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 462 |
Posted on 19 April 2023 | Updated on 19 April 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Divine Things Well Envelop'd by StarSpray
Legolas and Gimli pass through Fangorn Forest, and it isn't as bad as Gimli had expected.
Major Characters: Gimli, Legolas Greenleaf |
Major Relationships: Gimli & Legolas |
Genres: Ficlet, Fluff, General | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 923 |
Posted on 3 April 2023 | Updated on 3 April 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Wealth Enough of Joy by StarSpray
Elladan and Elrohir are born at twilight in summer.
Major Characters: Celeborn, Celebrían, Elladan, Elrohir, Elrond, Eluréd, Elurín, Galadriel |
Major Relationships: Celebrían/Elrond |
Genres: Family, Fluff, General, Het | Challenges: Cheesy Corn Chips |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 726 |
Posted on 11 March 2023 | Updated on 11 March 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Out of the Ashes by StarSpray
In the wake of Melkor’s latest swath of destruction, Aulë found Yavanna kneeling, disconsolate, on the barren ground.
Major Characters: Aulë, Yavanna |
Major Relationships: Aulë/Yavanna |
Genres: Ficlet, Het | Challenges: Cheesy Corn Chips |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 432 |
Posted on 7 March 2023 | Updated on 7 March 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Heavy of Heart by StarSpray
In the wilds, Aragorn dreams one last time of his mother.
Major Characters: Aragorn, Gilraen |
Major Relationships: Aragorn & Gilraen |
Genres: Family, Ficlet, General | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: Character Death |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 405 |
Posted on 9 February 2023 | Updated on 9 February 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Power and Desire: The Silmarils vs The One Ring by StarSpray
What do the Silmarils and the Ring have in common? They are both the titular objects of their respective books around which the major plot turns, it is true. They are both made by powerful individuals, and are desired by many different people, and when they are lost and/or stolen their makers are desperate to retrieve them. Characters die for them, and kill for them. At this extremely surface level reading they do, indeed, seem very similar. But the deeper you look at each object the more glaring differences show themselves, until you realize that they do not parallel, but rather oppose each other.
Major Characters: |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Nonfiction/Meta | Challenges: Analysing Arda, Jubilee |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 4, 391 |
Posted on 22 January 2023 | Updated on 24 January 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Daughter of the House of Beor by StarSpray
Whenever he came to visit, or when they were in company together, Elwing was aware of Finrod watching her, searching her face as though he was looking for something. (A double-drabble)
Major Characters: Elwing, Finrod Felagund |
Major Relationships: Elwing & Finrod |
Genres: Family, Fixed-Length Ficlet, General | Challenges: Ancestors, Jubilee |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 202 |
Posted on 21 January 2023 | Updated on 21 January 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Runes by StarSpray
“I think,” Lúthien said, “that the Naugrim would like to see your writings.”
This made Daeron pause, and blink. “My Cirth?” he asked. “Why?”
Major Characters: Original Character(s), Daeron, Lúthien Tinúviel |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fluff, General | Challenges: Breaking Boundaries, Jubilee |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 880 |
Posted on 20 January 2023 | Updated on 20 January 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Retiring Fogs by StarSpray
On a foggy cold morning Eluréd sits atop Elrond's roof, watching the armies of Lindon and Arnor gather.
Major Characters: Eagles, Elrond, Eluréd |
Major Relationships: Elrond & Eluréd |
Genres: Family, General | Challenges: Jubilee, Start to Finish |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 131 |
Posted on 16 January 2023 | Updated on 18 January 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
No Tale Tells by StarSpray
of the fate of Eluréd and Elurín no tale tells.
Except these.
Major Characters: Eluréd, Elurín |
Major Relationships: Eluréd & Elurín |
Genres: Adventure, General | Challenges: |
Rating: | Warnings: |
Posted on 7 March 2021 | Updated on 18 January 2023 |
This fanwork is a work in progress. |
This Notable Thing by StarSpray
A series of fics centered around characters' return from Mandos to Valinor, and other characters' reactions, set primarily after the beginning of the Third Age; the title of the series comes from Mary Oliver's "Starlings in Winter".
Major Characters: |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: | Challenges: |
Rating: | Warnings: |
Posted on 16 January 2023 | Updated on 16 January 2023 |
This fanwork is a work in progress. |
Chase the Wind by StarSpray
Then he heard movement in the bushes. He tensed, hand going to the hilt of his knife, but the next sound to emerge was a small whimper. “Eluréd?” called Elurín from across the camp.
“One moment,” said Eluréd. He crept closer to the sound, and parted a few branches to find a bundle of blankets, tightly wrapped, and something squirming and crying inside them.
“What is it?” Elurín asked from behind him.
“A child.”
Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Eluréd, Elurín |
Major Relationships: Eluréd & Elurín |
Genres: Adventure, Family, General | Challenges: Jubilee, X Marks the Spot |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Violence (Moderate) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 4, 130 |
Posted on 6 January 2023 | Updated on 6 January 2023 |
This fanwork is a work in progress. |
All the More Did He Seek Their Friendship by StarSpray
Silver light poured through the windows, catching and refracting on the crystals hung about the room, twinkling like tiny stars. The court of Tirion was particularly splendid that evening, Indis thought as she sat upon the dais beside Finwë, watching the dancing. A rare event: all of their children and grandchildren were present, and even Fëanáro seemed to be in good spirits as he twirled about the floor with Ëarwen.
But still Indis felt uneasy.
Major Characters: Indis, Melkor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Ficlet, General | Challenges: Jubilee, Major Arcana |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 698 |
Posted on 2 January 2023 | Updated on 2 January 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Old Swords by StarSpray
Elrond and Gandalf chat about Glamdring.
Major Characters: Elrond, Gandalf |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 674 |
Posted on 31 December 2022 | Updated on 31 December 2022 |
This fanwork is complete. |
In the Elm-Woods of Ossiriand by StarSpray
Maglor and Maedhros lead the remnants of their people into Ossiriand to escape the worst of the War of Wrath.
Major Characters: Elrond, Elros, Maglor |
Major Relationships: Elrond & Elros & Maglor |
Genres: General | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 305 |
Posted on 18 December 2022 | Updated on 18 December 2022 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Radiance by StarSpray
Maitimo was crossing the courtyard, thinking of lunch, when his father burst out of his workshop, where he had been holed up for the last several days, neither eating nor, as far as anyone could tell, sleeping. “Maitimo!” he cried, eyes alight with the fire of success. “Come! Come and see!”
Major Characters: Fëanor, Maedhros, Maglor |
Major Relationships: Fëanor & Maedhros |
Genres: Ficlet, General | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 663 |
Posted on 15 December 2022 | Updated on 16 December 2022 |
This fanwork is complete. |
The Breathing Sea by StarSpray
‘Alas! there are some wounds that cannot be wholly cured,’ said Gandalf.
‘I fear it may be so with mine,’ said Frodo. ‘There is no real going back. Though I may come to the Shire, it will not seem the same; for I shall not be the same. I am wounded with knife, sting, and tooth, and a long burden. Where shall I find rest?’
Gandalf did not answer.
- The Return of the King, “Homeward Bound”
Major Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Elves, Frodo, Gandalf |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General, Hurt/Comfort | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 10 | Word Count: 18, 709 |
Posted on 18 February 2019 | Updated on 8 December 2022 |
This fanwork is complete. |
StarSpray's Gallery
Art for TRSB 2024! Featuring Psamathos' cove from Roverandom, and Psamathos himself if you know where to look.
AllyThistle wrote a delightful fic, Once Upon A Time On Psamathos' Cove, to accompany it. <333
Major Characters: Psamathos PsamathidesMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
"This mighty beech was named Hírilorn, and it had three trunks, equal in girth, smooth in rind, and exceeding tall; no branches grew from them for a great height above the ground." - The Silmarillion, "Of Beren and Lúthien"
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
"I want to see mountains again--mountains, Gandalf!"
inspired by Tolkien's own drawing of the Misty Mountains, as seen on the Tolkien Estate's website.
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
My piece for Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang 2023! This is my first year participating as an artist and I'm very excited.
The title comes from Legolas' song in ROTK; Zhie wrote the accompanying fic Never and Forever, featuring Legolas and Thranduil!
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
"And then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a far green country under a swift sunrise." - The Return of the King
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
"The little silver nut [Sam] planted in the Party Field where the tree had once been; and he wondered what would come of it...
"Spring surpassed his wildest hopes...In the Party Field a beautiful young sapling leaped up: it had silver bark and long leaves and burst into golden flowers in April. it was indeed a mallorn, and it was the wonder of the neighborhood. in after years, as it grew in grace and beauty, it was known far and wide and people would come long journeys to see it: the only mallorn west of the Mountains and east of the Sea, and one of the finest in the world."
- The Return of the King, "The Grey Havens"
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
“Under her song the saplings grew and became fair and tall, and came to flower; and thus there awoke in the world the Two Trees of Valinor. Of all things which Yavanna made they have the most renown, and about their fate all the tales of the Elder Days are woven.”
~ The Silmarillion, “Of The Beginning of Days”
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
"Then [Varda] began a great labor, greatest of all the works of the Valar since their coming into Arda. She took the silver dews from the vats of Telperion, and therewith she made new stars and brighter against the coming of the Firstborn ... And high in the north as a challenge to Melkor she set the crown of seven mighty stars to swing, Valacirca, the Sickle of the Valar and sign of doom." - The Silmarillion, "Of the Coming of the Elves"
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |