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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
As Stars From the Earth by StarSpray
"...and there in the forest of Neldoreth Lúthien was born, and the white flowers of niphredil came forth to greet her as stars from the earth.”
| Major Characters: Elu Thingol, Lúthien Tinúviel, Melian, Original Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Family, Fixed-Length Ficlet, Fluff | Challenges: Times of Bliss |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 292 |
| Posted on 20 February 2021 | Updated on 20 February 2021 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
Like a Silent Shadow by StarSpray
Huan helps Lúthien escape from Nargothrond--everyone knows that--but he doesn't do it alone.
| Major Characters: Celebrimbor, Finduilas, Huan, Lúthien Tinúviel, Original Female Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Alternate Universe, General | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 438 |
| Posted on 25 January 2021 | Updated on 6 February 2021 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Butterfly Wings by StarSpray
In the many gardens of Tirion there bloomed thousands of flowers, of all colors of the rainbow and more. And fluttering to and fro between the flowers and the trees and the shrubs were butterflies...
| Major Characters: Finwë, Indis, Míriel Serindë |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Fluff, Het | Challenges: Naturalist's Guide to Middle-earth |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 496 |
| Posted on 9 October 2020 | Updated on 6 February 2021 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Into the Mountains by StarSpray
Ohtar and his companion make their way into the Misty Mountains.
| Major Characters: Ohtar, Original Male Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: General | Challenges: Postcards from Middle-earth |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 626 |
| Posted on 10 December 2020 | Updated on 10 December 2020 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
An Unexpected Friendship by StarSpray
After strange music is heard in the woods near Tuckborough, young Belladonna Took goes to investigate, and strikes up an unlikely friendship over tea and music with a lonely wandering elf minstrel.
| Major Characters: Maglor, Original Character(s), Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Adventure, General, Hurt/Comfort | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 16, 064 |
| Posted on 12 September 2020 | Updated on 12 September 2020 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Preparation by StarSpray
After Gil-Estel appears, Círdan takes council with Ossë.
| Major Characters: Círdan, Ossë |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: General | Challenges: Utopia/Dystopia |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 599 |
| Posted on 25 August 2020 | Updated on 25 August 2020 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Come Back Broken by StarSpray
In one of her meadows, towering over all the other trees, her arms as branches reaching skyward, Yavanna stirred, and reached out to the little shadow as it made its way west, catching it as she caught baby birds who fell out of their nests, and cradling it in leafy arms. Her thoughts reached out to Estë's with the feeling of a sudden frost, shocked into stillness. The wounded shadow was one of their own—it was Melian.
| Major Characters: Estë, Lórien, Melian, Yavanna |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: General, Hurt/Comfort | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 633 |
| Posted on 9 August 2020 | Updated on 9 August 2020 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
The Price of Delay by StarSpray
Sauron is driven out of Dol Guldur, but the dungeons are not empty.
| Major Characters: Galadriel, Sauron |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: General | Challenges: True Leader |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes, Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 607 |
| Posted on 2 August 2020 | Updated on 2 August 2020 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
No Returning by StarSpray
Finwë looked at Elwë, and then at Ingwë. "What if we volunteered?" he asked. "I'm not afraid—and I want to see these Trees that Oromë keeps telling us about."
| Major Characters: Elu Thingol, Finwë, Ingwë |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: General | Challenges: |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 760 |
| Posted on 8 July 2020 | Updated on 8 July 2020 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
This Fresh Morning in the Broken World by StarSpray
Nienor meets her cousin.
| Major Characters: Nienor, Tuor |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Family, General | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 222 |
| Posted on 6 July 2020 | Updated on 6 July 2020 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Upon a Painted Ocean by StarSpray
“It is said that Amandil set sail in a small ship at night, and steered first eastward, and then went about and passed into the west. And he took with him three servants, dear to his heart, and never again were they heard of by word or sign in this world, nor is there any tale or guess of their fate." - The Silmarillion, “Akallabêth”
| Major Characters: Amandil, Elwing, Original Male Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: General, Hurt/Comfort | Challenges: Laws and Customs |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 160 |
| Posted on 30 June 2020 | Updated on 30 June 2020 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Letting Light and Twilight Mingle by StarSpray
It is Elros and Elrond's tenth birthday, and Middle-earth receives an unexpected gift.
| Major Characters: Elrond, Elros, Maedhros, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Family, General | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 265 |
| Posted on 18 May 2020 | Updated on 18 May 2020 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Passion to Make by StarSpray
The world is dark. Nerdanel creates.
| Major Characters: Nerdanel, Nienna |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: General | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 707 |
| Posted on 2 May 2020 | Updated on 2 May 2020 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Moonrise by StarSpray
A group of Vanyar gather on a hilltop outside of Valmar to witness the moon's first rising.
| Major Characters: Elemmírë, Elves, Original Female Character(s), Vanyar |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: General | Challenges: Block Party |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 652 |
| Posted on 18 April 2020 | Updated on 18 April 2020 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Comfort Food by StarSpray
March 25th is a difficult day for Frodo, but Bilbo knows how to cheer him up. Glorfindel helps.
| Major Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Frodo, Glorfindel |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Fluff, General | Challenges: Block Party |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 395 |
| Posted on 17 April 2020 | Updated on 17 April 2020 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Threads of Song by StarSpray
Lúthien loved to watch her mother at work.
| Major Characters: Lúthien Tinúviel, Melian |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Family, Fluff, General | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 409 |
| Posted on 2 April 2020 | Updated on 2 April 2020 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
New Neighbor by StarSpray
Roverandom catches up with friends, both canine and otherwise.
| Major Characters: Maglor, Original Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Crossover, General | Challenges: B2MeM 2020 |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 182 |
| Posted on 29 March 2020 | Updated on 29 March 2020 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Halls of Waiting by StarSpray
Dior comes to Mandos, and must decide how he will leave it.
| Major Characters: Dior, Mandos, Nimloth |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: General | Challenges: B2MeM 2020, Soundtrack |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 367 |
| Posted on 21 March 2020 | Updated on 21 March 2020 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Nothing Collapses by StarSpray
Dor Firn-i-Guinar did not sink with the rest of Beleriand, and it is a place heavy with memory.
| Major Characters: Elrond |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: General | Challenges: B2MeM 2020 |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 310 |
| Posted on 13 March 2020 | Updated on 13 March 2020 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
The Nights Your Heart Shivers by StarSpray
"All right, hunting down Daeron the Minstrel: that sounds like fun. But where would we even begin to look for him?"
| Major Characters: Daeron, Eluréd, Elurín, Ents, Nellas |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Adventure, General, Hurt/Comfort, Suspense | Challenges: B-Movie, Crackuary |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 7, 845 |
| Posted on 23 October 2018 | Updated on 9 March 2020 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Co-Created Fanworks
[podfic] Luminous by Chestnut_pod, StarSpray
Nerdanel crafts her first sculpture of strange but beautiful shape.
| Major Characters: Mahtan, Nerdanel |
| Major Relationships: Mahtan & Nerdanel |
| Genres: Podfic | Challenges: |
| General | Warnings: |
| Posted on 11 May 2023 | Updated on 11 May 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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[podfic] With What a Glory by Chestnut_pod, StarSpray
Goldberry has a song for each season.
| Major Characters: Goldberry |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Podfic | Challenges: |
| General | Warnings: |
| Posted on 19 May 2023 | Updated on 19 May 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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[podfic] Bookkeeper by Chestnut_pod, StarSpray
Elanor sits down to make a copy of the Red Book.
| Major Characters: Elanor Gardner |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Podfic | Challenges: |
| General | Warnings: |
| Posted on 21 May 2023 | Updated on 21 May 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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[podfic] Of Perfect Make by Chestnut_pod, StarSpray
A letter comes to the Lonely Mountain from Bag End, requesting a large number of birthday gifts for Bilbo's upcoming eleventy-first birthday. The Mountain gets to work immediately.
| Major Characters: Glóin |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Podfic | Challenges: |
| General | Warnings: |
| Posted on 25 May 2023 | Updated on 25 May 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
| Table of Contents and Single Chapters | Show All Chapters |
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 | | |
