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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
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. |
A Terrible End by StarSpray
"There Celegorm fell by Dior's hand...but Dior was slain also."
Major Characters: Celegorm, Dior |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: B2MeM 2020 |
Rating: General | Warnings: Character Death, Violence (Moderate) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 952 |
Posted on 5 March 2020 | Updated on 5 March 2020 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Elvish Singing by StarSpray
An elf walks into a bar, meets an old friend, and almost gets arrested. Par for the course in 1920s NYC, really.
Major Characters: Daeron, Maglor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: Crackuary |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 464 |
Posted on 14 February 2020 | Updated on 14 February 2020 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Clear Skies and Bright Stars by StarSpray
“Come eat your supper, Eluréd,” said Nellas. “Afterward we’ll build a bonfire on the hillside, and I’ll teach you how they used to dance at Cuiviénen.”
Major Characters: Eluréd, Elurín, Elves, Nellas, Tom Bombadil |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: Season's Greetings |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 717 |
Posted on 7 January 2020 | Updated on 7 January 2020 |
This fanwork is complete. |
He Who Harps by StarSpray
While on a walking tour of the Shire, Bilbo goes looking for Elves in the Woody End. He finds one.
Major Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Maglor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 904 |
Posted on 13 October 2019 | Updated on 13 October 2019 |
This fanwork is complete. |
We Keep Living Anyway by StarSpray
Finally, Gil-galad said, "Why did you come out here alone?"
Elrond didn't answer right away. He picked up a seashell and turned it over in his fingers. "I was—angry," he said finally. "It would not be befitting for the lord of Imladris to stand in the middle of Mithlond and scream at the sky, I thought."
Major Characters: Elrond, Finduilas, Gil-galad |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Alternate Universe, General, Hurt/Comfort | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 264 |
Posted on 13 October 2019 | Updated on 13 October 2019 |
This fanwork is complete. |
My Dearest Makalaurë by StarSpray
Before he departs for Middle-earth, Gandalf takes pity on Nerdanel and offers to carry a letter for her.
Major Characters: Gandalf, Maglor, Nerdanel |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Family | Challenges: In Rare Form |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 3, 016 |
Posted on 8 October 2019 | Updated on 9 October 2019 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Nothing Beside Remains by StarSpray
Maglor comes to Ost-in-Edhil some time after its destruction.
Major Characters: Maglor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: Notion Club Revival |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 666 |
Posted on 26 August 2019 | Updated on 26 August 2019 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Fair vs Fair: A Meta by StarSpray
A look at Tolkien's use of the word "fair" as a descriptor in The Silmarillion.
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Genres: Nonfiction/Meta | Challenges: Solve a Problem |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 057 |
Posted on 31 July 2019 | Updated on 31 July 2019 |
This fanwork is complete. |
The Carriage held but just Ourselves by StarSpray
Melian cannot know death. Of her daughters, one embraces it, one rejects it, one accepts it, and one does not understand.
Major Characters: Arwen, Elwing, Lúthien Tinúviel, Melian |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: | Challenges: Sirens and Songstresses |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes, Violence (Moderate) |
Chapters: 5 | Word Count: 1, 357 |
Posted on 2 May 2019 | Updated on 24 July 2019 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Lovelier than Love by StarSpray
Not long come from Mandos, Minyelmë is visiting Tirion with her sister, and meets Lalwen for the first time.
Major Characters: Lalwen, Original Female Character(s) |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: Pride |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 066 |
Posted on 8 July 2019 | Updated on 8 July 2019 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Strange Company by StarSpray
Elured and Elurin are looking for the source of the River Langwell when they get distracted by a landslide.
Major Characters: Eluréd, Elurín, Orcs, Original Character(s) |
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Genres: General | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 512 |
Posted on 31 March 2019 | Updated on 31 March 2019 |
This fanwork is complete. |
New Day, New Age by StarSpray
It was the most thrilling thing, to sail away and watch the coastline of Middle-earth dwindle and fade into a dark line on the horizon, and then to vanish completely.
Major Characters: Elros, Eärendil |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Family | Challenges: B2MeM 2019 |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 990 |
Posted on 30 March 2019 | Updated on 30 March 2019 |
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A Poison Smile by StarSpray
Lady Tanith is well known for her gardens and her potions.
Major Characters: Original Female Character(s) |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, General | Challenges: B2MeM 2019, Hidden Figures |
Rating: General | Warnings: Mature Themes |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 297 |
Posted on 29 March 2019 | Updated on 29 March 2019 |
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Nightingales in Willow Trees by StarSpray
Celebrian goes down to the river to gather willow bark.
Major Characters: Celebrían, Elrond |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fluff, Het | Challenges: B2MeM 2019 |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 084 |
Posted on 25 March 2019 | Updated on 25 March 2019 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Familiar Stranger by StarSpray
Curufin returns from Mandos. Telpaltië isn't sure she wants to see him.
Major Characters: Curufin, Original Female Character(s) |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Het | Challenges: B2MeM 2019, Hidden Figures |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 904 |
Posted on 20 March 2019 | Updated on 20 March 2019 |
This fanwork is complete. |
StarSpray's Gallery
"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 | | |