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Week of Kiliel
Welcome to Week of Kiliel!
This event will be held May 17-23! The goal of this week is to celebrate and be creatively inspired by the relationship between Tauriel and Kili Durin! We want to encourage The Hobbit community to make Kiliel art, fanfiction, edits, crafts, and more!
Rules:
• There are prompts for every day to inspire your creativity! You can pick one or multiple from each day, and they can be followed as loosely or as closely as you would like!
• Please use the tag “#week of kiliel” so we can reblog your entries! You can also tag @weekofkiliel! We are so excited to see and support all of your work!
• Late entries are fine, though we ask that you do not post earlier!
• If you have an existing work that fits one of these prompts that you would like to submit, that is fine, but please repost about it with the hashtag on the day it corresponds to! While we accept already existing works, we really want to encourage new Kiliel content as that is one of the goals of Kiliel week!
• NSFW is allowed! While none of the prompts are explicitly NSFW, NSFW is permitted as long as it is properly tagged!
• While the main ship and characters should be Kiliel, background ships and characters are welcome! However, for this event we do not accept Durincest or other incest ships.
NO AI WILL BE PERMITTED FOR THIS EVENT, ANY AI ENTRIES WILL BE UNOFFICIAL AND WILL NOT BE REBLOGGED OR ENDORSED
Prompts
Day 1 - Modern AU, First Kiss, Dating, Fluff
Day 2 - Courting, Erebor Never Fell AU, Wingman, Khuzdul
Day 3 - Sickfic, Poison, Angst, Healing
Day 4 - Mirkwood, Culture Shock, Meetcute, Sindarin
Day 5 - Height Difference, Cuddling, College AU, Bed Sharing
Day 6 - Crossover AU, Fake Dating, Arranged Marriage, Confession
Day 7 - Afterlife, Everybody Lives, Scene Rewrite, Alt First Meeting
Aspec Arda Week 2026
Aspec Arda Week: May 10th-16th, 2026
This event celebrates asexual and aromantic spectrum interpretations and headcanons of Tolkien's Legendarium.
Any creations about the aromantic and asexual spectrums are welcome! You can create edits, gifs, fanart, fanfic, fanmixes, and more! All versions of canon/fanon and characters are included, be it from the books, movies, TV, OCs, etc. Please tag your posts with #aspecardaweek AND @ mention this blog @aspecardaweek so that your work can be easily found. If you are posting your submission to AO3, we will have an event collection! This is not an event for generative AI works.
The prompts below are a guideline for the week’s events, though you are not obligated to stick to them when participating. They’re completely optional, and more of a source of inspiration than a mandatory guideline. Feel free to explore them however you’d like; an explanation for each is given, but you can interpret them differently if you want to.
Day 1 / May 10th: Asexuality || Hope
Day 2 / May 11th: Aromanticism || Community
Day 3 / May 12th: Across the A-Spectrum || Loneliness
Day 4 / May 13th: Worldbuilding || Dragons
Day 5 / May 14th: Relationships || Linguistics
Day 6 / May 15th: Intersectionality || Found Family
Day 7 / May 16th: Freeform
For further clarification, check out our FAQ, code of conduct, and prompts pages! Happy creating!!
Detailed Prompts
DAY ONE: Asexuality
What characters do you see as asexual? Why? How does that impact their lives?
Alternative prompt: Hope
DAY TWO: Aromanticism
What characters do you see as aromantic? Why? How does that impact their lives?
Alternative prompt: Community
DAY THREE: Across the A-Spectrum
“Asexual” and “aromantic” are umbrella terms encapsulating a wide spectrum of identities. From grayromantic to demisexual, and aroace to lithromantic —there are many other labels on the a-spectrum. This is a day for exploring those identities and the characters you associate them with.
Alternative prompt: Loneliness
DAY FOUR: World Building
How does acceptance and prevalence of aspec identity vary over both cultures and species?
Are all elves really baseline demisexual? What’s up with one third of dwarven populations focusing on their craft instead of taking a spouse? How do soul bonds work between elven couples who don’t want to have sex? Did Númenor get aphobic when they started distancing themselves from the Elves? Do aspec hobbits feel pressure to settle down and have large families?
Alternative prompt: Dragons
DAY FIVE: Relationships
Aspec people can have many different kinds of relationships, including romantic and sexual ones— but some kinds of relationships are more unique and common to the aspec communities, such as queerplatonic ones. Today is a day for exploring all these different kinds of relationships!
There are several relationships in Tolkien's works that could easily be read as queerplatonic, including Frodo & Sam, and Legolas & Gimli. There is also an interesting footnote in The Nature of Middle Earth which describes something like a queerplatonic relationship and provides some Quenya words for it.
Alternative prompt: Linguistics - Many of the terms for aspec identity come from root words of Latin, can you postulate translations for aspec terminology in any of Tolkien's languages?
DAY SIX: Intersectionality
There is more to a person’s life than just their orientation. Outside of fantasy species, how does being aspec interact with a character’s other identities and experiences, such as race or disability or religion? What’s the impact of a character’s aspec identity on their gender or other orientation labels? Today is a day for exploring the intersections of the aspec experience with other aspects of identity.
Alternative Prompt: Found Family
DAY SEVEN: Freeform
Post about something aspec related not yet covered in the topics this week, or return to a prompt you have more thoughts about! Alternatively, we have some additional prompts for inspiration that did not quite fit into the other days.
- Recommend a fic, meta post, etc. that includes aspec identity.
- How would a particular character respond to allonormativity / amatanormativity? What kind of amatanormativity / allonormativity have they faced?
- What is a particular character’s relationship with their aspec identity Is it a big part of their life?
- Post about an aspec character’s family, either found family, or blood relations. Does their family support them? Does their family (or society) have expectations of marriage and children of them?
- Post about aspec community (symbols, cultural practices, mentorship and friendship with other aspec characters) within the context a culture within Tolkien's Legendarium, or take a character and post about what parts an aspec community they would resonate with in a modern Earth AU.
Angbang Week 2026
This is the official blog of Angbang (or Melron) week.
We follow the tags "#AngbangWeek" and "#Angbang Week" as well as the current year variations of those tags. We have our ask box and DMs open if you have any questions!
List of prompts for Angbang Week 2026:
- Day 1: First meeting/Reunion
- Day 2: Dating/Intimacy
- Day 3: Competitions/Rivalry
- Day 4: Eyes/Gaze
- Day 5: Letters/Long distance communication
- Day 6: Last day together/Separation
- Day 7: Canon divergence
As always, there are two prompts a day to choose between. You may create any original work you feel relates to the prompt, and if you did not connect with a prompt, feel free to skip it. All previously unposted creations made by you are accepted (fic, art, moodboards, playlists, etc). For any adult content, please keep it below a read more and tag it accordingly.
When posting your works, please post them on the day the prompt appears on or on a later day and tag this blog directly by using @, or add one of the following tags (#angbangweek2026, #angbang week 2026) to your post's tag list so we know the post is for the event. Please note that the event rules have been updated to clarify that we do NOT accept any creations made using Generative AI of any sort, and as such we will not be featuring any such content on this blog. For any questions or further clarifications, feel free to reach out in the asks or DMs. Happy creating and we'll see you in May!
April/May Teitho Challenge
Our prompt for April/May is Heartbreak. There are so many possibilities with this one!
Will you go back to the very beginning with the heartbreak of Melkor’s discord during the creation?
Or will you take us to the time of Miriel and Finwë? Fëanor’s heartbreak at the loss of his mother?And later his father’s death? Or the loss of the Silmarils themselves, that led to so much heartbreak for so many?
The kinslaying. The ship burning. The Helcaraxë. Battle after battle. Betrayal. The heartbreak of The Oath itself.
The death of Fingolfin. Fingon. Finrod. The sons of Fëanor, one after another. The heartbreak of those left behind: Maglor, Galadriel, Elrond.
The tragedy of the House of Hurin.
Or will you come to the time of Celebrimbor—the glory of Eregion and Khazad-Dûm and the devastation that followed? The Last Alliance?
The travails of Frodo. The lonely travels of Aragorn. The heavy weight of duty straining the hearts of both Boromir and Faramir. Eowyn’s heartbreak in Edoras.
The doomed love stories that are woven into Tolkien’s books—Turin, Finduilas, Gwindor, to name a few.
Heartbreak can be so many things—with love, with loss, with changes that shift our entire world. But heartbreak can also be in the small moments—for a child, a parent, a friend, a comrade. It can be momentary or span years. Or even lifetimes.
Will you break our hearts with your stories and art this time? Or will you find a way to heal the heartbreak and find the hope that can endure and persist?
We can’t wait to see what you do with this prompt!
Submissions are due May 31, 2026. Please send them to teitho.contest@gmail.com
Your teitho mods
Sian22, Lotrfan, and Cassie.
Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang 2026
Schedule
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March
1: 2025 Gallery Opens
The Gallery for 2025 is live! Enjoy the beautiful pieces created for last year’s TRSB!
22: Suggestion Form Opens
This form gives potential authors (or anyone else who wants to play!) the opportunity to suggest characters, places and scenarios they would like to see in the submitted art. We will post a link to the form on our Tumblr and here on the website. The answers will feed into a publicly available spreadsheet listing the ideas submitted; artists can peruse this to get inspired!
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April
12: Sign-ups Open
We post links to our sign-up form on all the usual platforms. You can then sign up as an artist, an author, a beta, a cheerleader, a pinch hitter, or as two or more of these. Please see the ‘Sign-ups’ section of the FAQ for more details on what these terms mean.
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May
3: Artist Sign-up Deadline
9: Art Draft Due
Participating art submissions must be sent to the mods by this date to be eligible for the Claims Gallery.
For more details on how to do this, see the ‘Art Submissions’ section of the FAQ. Artists may submit up to two pieces of art, for claiming by two separate authors.10: Discord Server Opens
Come hang out with your fellow participants!
15: Art Previews Open
Our online gallery of art prompts will be visible to signed-up participants only. Signed-up authors can browse the artworks and see which pieces appeal to their muses!
16-17: Discord Art Talks
These are live chats on Discord with mod presence – start times to be announced – where we go through the beautiful gallery and admire the work of our artists. It has been great fun in past years!
20: Author Signups Deadline
23 (Saturday) 17:00 UTC: CLAIMS
Authors submit a ranked list of the artworks they would like to claim to write fic for. Claims are on a first-come, first-served basis. One artwork will be allocated to each claiming author; the mods will email you to confirm which piece you have successfully claimed and how to get in touch with your artist. See the ‘Claims’ section of the FAQ for more information.
TBA – Additional Claims
If any artworks are left unclaimed, we will hold one or more additional claiming rounds as needed. Generally, there will be 24 hours between rounds, but the timing is at the mods’ discretion. The additional round(s) will be announced to signed-up participants by email and on the TRSB Discord.
31: Post-Claims Check-in
The mods will email each artist/author pair to ensure that you have successfully established contact – even if you are not planning on a close collaboration, it is polite to check in with your partner, say hello, and make sure you’re both clear on must-haves and do-not-wants. One person from your pair must respond and confirm that you have done this!
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June
14: Free Rein Art Due
We know some artists like to give their authors as much creative freedom as possible, and we have a dedicated collaboration option for this (see ‘Art Submissions’ FAQs). However, this means we require these artists to share the final art with their authors much earlier than artists who are prepared to be more involved.
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July
12: Check-in #2
The mods will email each pair to ensure everything is on track. One person from your pair must respond – see ‘Check Ins’ in the FAQ.
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August
9: Final Art Due
Artists must share the final art with their authors – but don’t post it yet!
Don’t email it to the mods.16: Final Check-in (#3)
Deadline to abandon your fic to a pinch hitter. There will be no penalty for dropping out on or before this date. This year we ask both collaborators to contact the mods at the final check-in.
The mods will email all participants beforehand to ensure everything is still on track. We will ask you to confirm:
- Whether the art is complete (Artists: did you share it with your author? Authors: have you seen the final art?)
- Whether you have discussed posting logistics (ie, have you talked about how the art will be posted (embedded and/or posted separately to the collection), who will handle promo posting, any specific posting needs)
26: Art Can Be Posted
Artworks can be posted to your preferred platform on or after this date (but before they are due in the collection). Hype your collab wherever you like and get the excitement going! Artists should ensure that their author has received a link to the art for embedding or linking in the finished fic as agreed upon before August 30th (deadline for posting the fic to the collection).
30: Fic Due In Collection
Authors should post their stories in our AO3 collection with the artwork embedded or linked. See the “Posting fic” section of our FAQ.
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September
5: COLLECTION REVEALS
Around the World and Web Archive
Events listed here are no longer active but are listed on the site for historical purposes.
Filiori Fest 2026
Filiori Fest (2026) is open to writers, artists, gif makers, edit makers, fic recommendation list makers, moodboard/aesthetic makers, music playlist makers, and every sort of fan content in between.
Rules
- Above else, be respectful: No hate speech or bigotry.
- No: AI-generated submissions of any kind, or incest.
- Content should be majority focused on the pairing in question.
- Past works are welcomed, and late posting is okay!
- When fanfiction or art is complete, feel free to add it to the Filiori Fest 2026 collection on AO3, which can be found here:
- NSFW content IS allowed, but please tag appropriately! (Utilize the cuts, and proper warnings, etc. Thank you!)
- Use the tag "FilioriFest2026" if you'd like to have your works or posts reblogged! If it is missed by the mod, please feel free to tag @filiorifest or @skatesfullofsunshine to get that rectified!
- Please credit your sources, when necessary!
Prompts
These are entirely optional prompts! (Take as much or as little as you need from what follows; mix and match, or change them up to your liking, to fit your creation style. Or don't even use them at all! These are just here for those who work better off of prompts. I may add more as we get closer, but for now here are 31 different prompts for those who'd like them.)
- "I thought you were dead."
- "Take whatever you want, just please don't hurt him/them."
- "Have you ever been in love?"
- "You know him?" ........ "I thought I did, once."
- "We've got to stop meeting like this."
- 4 Times X Did This (and 1 Time they Didn't)
- "Well, this is unexpected."
- "I'm trying to protect you." ......... "Well, don't."
- In Vino Veritas
- "And they were roommates!"
- "I thought I'd never see you again."
- "Loser has to take the other on a date." .... "You're on."
- "Draw me like you love me." <- Said jokingly. .... *Character takes a breath* "Okay."
- "You read my mind like a book," said disbelievingly.
- "Well, that escalated quickly."
- Angels & Demons
- Flowershop AU
- Rule 63 (F/F)
- Carnival
- Sickfic
- Wings
- Unorthodox (marriage/getting together) proposal - (Like, think Ring Pop ring in place of an engagement ring, because one of them wanted to propose on the spot, and did so impulsively but all they had was X to use. The more ridiculous the better, imho, but do with this what you will if you want to. Lol.)
- Fairytales
- Immortality
- Reincarnation
- Role Reversal
- Road trip
- Prank gone right/wrong.
- Fandom fusion or crossover (Think like placing them in St*r Wars or something like that.)
- Demigods
- Mythology
My Slashy Valentine 2026
Sign-up Period: January 17th, 2026 to February 1st, 2026
Assignments distributed: by February 14th, 2026
Deadline for first time participants: March 31st, 2026
Deadline for veteran participants: April 4th, 2026
Archive opens: April 11th, 2026
Tolkien Women's Week 2026
Welcoming all Tolkien fans to a brand new fandom event, Tolkien Women’s Week, which will run from January 8th-14th, 2026 on Tumblr and AO3.
This is a week where we can celebrate all of the wonderful women from Tolkien’s legendarium by creating dedicated original pieces for them.
Rules
- Each day will have four prompts (as listed in the graphic above and below), and you may choose any of them to create a work of fiction/art/headcanon list/blurb/collage/etc. with any woman of your choice from JRRT's legendarium.
- Tag your works with the hashtag #tolkienwomensweek
- NSFW is allowed, it is only asked that you tag it accordingly.
- Support other participants! No hate or discouragement on any pieces.
- Spread the word :) The more, the merrier.
- Please tag this account in your pieces as well! This is not mandatory, but it ensures we do not miss it.
- Please give your pieces a title, as there will be a completed masterlist once the event is over, and each piece will be alphabetized. Again, this is not mandatory, but if your work is not titled, it will be given a simple name on the masterlist. (ex: Day Two, Artwork by @ ___ )
- You have roughly six months to start and finish your pieces (from the time of this announcement), but late submissions are also welcome. However, no early submissions please. Post your pieces on the designated days unless you have late work/fall behind.
- We recommend you follow this blog to stay updated on the event. If not, make sure to check the hashtag “#tww update” for posts from moderators about any new rules/changes/answers/updates.
- *No work created by the assistance of generative A.I. will be reblogged on the official Tolkien Women's Week blog, and it will not be supported by the event runners. If work utilizing A.I. is posted in the AO3 collection for the event, it will be removed by the moderators.*
Additional FAQs can be found here.
Prompts
- Day 1: Love / Family / Lineage / Companionship
- Day 2: Betrayal / Curse / Spells / Enchant
- Day 3: Valinor / Journey / Death / Creation
- Day 4: Song / Language / Culture / Tradition
- Day 5: Fight / Sacrifice / Protest / Battle
- Day 6: Heartbreak / Longing / Determination / Reunite
- Day 7: Stars / Dream / Prophecy / Visions
Arafinwëan Week
Arafinwëan Week will run this year from January 4-10, 2026 on Tumblr and Archive of Our Own. There is an Archive of Our Own Collection for submissions.
Please mention @arafinwean-week in the body of your post and tag #arafinweanweek and #arafinweanweek2026 in the first 10 tags. You may also submit a post. Please place any NSFW content beneath a read more/link to AO3.
For more information, please see the FAQ. If you have any questions, drop them in the ask box.
Prompts:
Day 1: Finarfin | Eärwen | pre-Darkening | growing and becoming
Day 2: Finrod | Darkening and Flight of the Noldor | learning and teaching
Day 3: Angrod | Aegnor | Crossing of the Helcaraxë and War of the Jewels | fighting and sacrificing
Day 4: Galadriel | Second Age | preserving and protecting
Day 5: Orodreth | Finduilas | Third Age | crafting and creating
Day 6: Gil-galad | Celebrían | Valinor and re-embodiment | staying and leaving
Day 7: Later generations | free choice
Magolfin Day
What is Magolfin Day?
Magolfin Day is a one-day mini-event encouraging Silm creators and enthusiasts to delight in all things Maglor/Fingolfin. A hopeful goal of the event is to get to 50 fanworks in the Maglor/Fingolfin tag on ao3 by the close of 2025. As of this writing there are currently 37 works in the ship tag — the idea is to inspire the fandom to create and post at least 13 new works featuring this ship so we can achieve #50ficsmagolfin.
How can I participate in Magolfin Day?
There are several exciting avenues of participation: Create and post fanworks! On December 29, post Magolfin works on the platform of your choosing and tag @magolfinday or #50ficsmagolfin to be shared on this Tumblr! Magolfin works posted before 12/29 will also be very much celebrated, so please feel free to tag if you've got anything cooking. Mod will be monitoring ao3 in hopes of reaching the goal of #50ficsmagolfin, but Tumblr-exclusive fic and art will be gladly featured as well. Works can be whatever you are inspired to create — fic, art, podfic, etc. — and posted in any language, with any rating. In keeping with many other Tolkien events, Magolfin Day will not promote AI-generated work. Prompt creators! Very informal prompt-gathering will take place in the run-up to this event! More info about prompts can be found here. Share! Comment! Enthuse! Spread the word about event fanworks and Magolfin so we can all have more Magolfin :)
I'm a creator and I need inspiration!
We have prompts for you! Learn more about prompts here. Magolfin fic recs and vibes will also be shared periodically on this blog.
Are Fingolfin & Maglor works eligible for this event?
Platonic explorations of this relationship are fascinating — however in order to count towards Magolfin Day and our goal of #50ficsmagolfin, works must use the Fingolfin/Maglor tag.
What about works that also feature Maglor and/or Fingolfin in other ships?
Fingolfin/Maglor does not need to be the only ship featured in your work — indeed Magolfin pairs very well with Maemag, Feanolo, Russingon and any number of ships. Fingolfin/Maglor should just be a featured tag in addition to other ships — ideally as a central premise :’)
This is incest!
It is! Follow the principle of don’t like, don’t read. All posts on this blog will use the tag #cw incest and #magolfin for blocking purposes.
Fanart Frenzy (Multi-fandom Challenge)
Introducing Fanart Frenzy!
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As you may unfortunately be aware, scammers are currently flooding fanfiction comments with art commission scams (more info on the scam and what to look out for here). And we’re absolutely sick of it. So here’s our solution! Fanart Frenzy - an event designed to counteract these scammers and their impact on the fanfiction community, as well as raise awareness of their evolving scams.
What is Fanart Frenzy?
Fanart Frenzy is a month-long bingo event designed to bring a wave of fanfiction-inspired fanart into the community, entirely free and unsolicited, as fandom is supposed to be, in order to stem the flow of these scammers, encourage our favorite fic writers, and liven up our fandoms. This event is anti-AI - real, human-made art only! Our first event will take place from January 1-31, 2026.
How does it work?
You can sign up via our sign up form! In late December, we’ll send out bingo cards to each participant with prompts guiding you towards fics in your fandom to make art for. (Ex. Make art for a fic with no comments). Throughout January, you can make as few or as many pieces of art as you like - you can aim for a bingo, a blackout, or just pick one fic you really want to make art for. Post your work anywhere you’d normally post it, then share it with the writer and the Fanart Frenzy community.
Can’t draw?
No worries! This event is about all kinds of art, not just traditional art - everything from playlists to gif sets to cookies to fiber arts, memes, and more. Anything artistic you can do inspired by a fanfic is perfect for this event.
If you don’t enjoy making art, the event also includes a Comment Challenge! During sign up, you can choose a bingo card with only art-related prompts, only commenting-related prompts, or a mix of the two. Non-artists can participate alongside artists by following the prompts to find fics in their fandoms in need of thoughtful, kind comments. (Ex. Leave a comment on a fic you’ve reread.)
You can also help us out by spreading the word! Please tell your friends and fandom communities about our event!
Anairë/Fingolfin Day
Welcome to Anairë/Fingolfin day! This is a mini-fest running on December 13th, 2025.
This fest celebrates the Silmarillion characters Anairë and Fingolfin through the creation of fanworks. People can submit fanworks to be featured on the fest blog.
To submit a work to the fest, please mention @ananolvo-day in your post and tag it as #Anaire/Fingolfin 2025. There will also be an Ao3 collection called Anaire/Fingolfin Day 2025. This blog will reblog all submitted works.
Why Anairë/Fingolfin? Because the mod likes them and wants to spread awareness of them.
Rules
- All kinds of fanworks will be accepted, including fics, art, podfics, amv, memes, meta, etc
- To submit a work to the fest, please mention this blog in your post and tag it as #Anaire/Fingolfin 2025. There will also be an Ao3 collection called Anaire/Fingolfin Day
- All fanworks should feature Anairë/Fingolfin as the principal relationship. Other pairings and relationships are allowed, but this fest is about AnaNolvo
- Dead dove, darkfic, fucked up shit is allowed, I just ask that you use your best judgement in tagging your work
- On that note, please respect other creators. Don't read what you don't like. Be kind.
- All genres of fic are encouraged, both gen and smut.
but the mod really likes smut and she would be really happy if yall wrote smut - No use of generative AI is permitted
Prompts
These are just general ideas for fanworks, and people are encouraged to write/draw/make whatever they want, but these suggestions are available for you to use.
Gen prompts
- Courtship
- Courtly love
- Married life / Life in Aman
- Pregnancy and children
- Friendships
- Rivalries and court politics
- Elf patriarchy, gender inequality, and tradwifery
- Religion and spirituality
- Intellectual life
- Hobbies and crafts
- Unrest of the Noldor
- the Darkening and the Flight of the Noldor
- Growing apart
- DIVORCE <3
Sexy prompts
- First Time
- Bathing and washing
- Ritual sex
- LaCE but make it hot
- Trad marriage but make it hot
- Cultural taboo / Elf-Catholic guilt but make it hot
- Praise kink
- Food and drink/alcohol
- Conception/pregnant sex/lactation, etc
- Somnophilia
- Aphrodisiacs
- Holiday / Special occasion
- PIV (this is a given, but makes sense to include in the list)
- Oral
- Non-penetrative
- Hair kink
- Dubcon/Noncon
- Reluctant sex
- Sex outside/ kitchen table / not the bed
- Voyeurism
- Rough sex
- Loving sex
- Premature ejaculation
- Proxy sex
- Masturbation / wet dreams
- Last time
Celrond Week 2025
"...and it was then that Elrond first saw Celebrían, and loved her, though he said nothing of it."
Announcing Celrond Week, a Tolkien fandom event celebrating the relationship between Celebrían of Lothlorien and her husband Elrond Peredhel, Lord of Imladris and Middle Earth’s favourite wifewise-guy. This event will run from October 20th — 26th 2025, and will feature three elements from which participants can pick and choose if and as they wish, or just go rogue!
- A traditional “prompt list” — as seen in most fandom events, seven overarching themes and several literary/visual prompts within each one, to provide a spark of optional inspiration.
- Bingo Challenges — a set of “bingo boards” that cater to those preferring to write sentence-fics, drabbles or shorter ficlets. These will be thematic, and feature short, or single-word, prompts that you collectively 'tick off' to reveal a 'prize' image underneath. Inspired by the @silmarillionwritersguild Potluck Bingo challenge.
- Visual Prompts: for the artistically minded among us! These will include photo prompts, colour/mood boards, and even meme templates (Eg: “I bet Elrond is thinking about other elves…” Elrond: *thinking about taxation*) that you can take in whatever direction you see fit.
Prompts and boards will be shared on this blog across the next few weeks and in the run up to the event so do follow to keep updated, and the AO3 Collection will be linked when live.
Click here for a detailed guide to the event, including content guidelines and an FAQ.
Tolkien Fairytale and Folklore Week 2025
Have you ever imagined Lúthien as the fairest of them all — a hunted daughter with raven hair, echoing Snow White of the Brothers Grimm?
Or seen Yavanna, born of blossoms and divine power, in the image of Blodeuwedd from the Mabinogion?
Have you thought of Gandalf as Odin wandering in disguise? Or Fëanor as a fallen craftsman god, not unlike Prometheus?
If you’ve ever been drawn to the myths behind Middle-earth — the fairytales, epics, legends, and old gods that shaped Tolkien’s world — this is your invitation.
This is Tolkien Fairytale & Folklore Week 2025 — where we return to the stories beneath the stories. Where Middle-earth meets myths, epics, hearth-tales, and the whispering woods of old.
Tag: #TolkienFolkloreWeek2025
Date: December 1st – 7th (for when best to tell old tales than in winter?)
What is this?
A creative fandom event celebrating Tolkien’s legendarium through the lens of:
- Fairytales (classic, dark, and global)
- Folklore (rural myths, local legends, old wives’ tales)
- Mythology (Norse, Arthurian, Greek, Celtic, Hindu, African, and more)
- Ancient epics (Beowulf, Gilgamesh, Mahabharata, etc.)
Middle-earth was a mythology, after all — and Tolkien loved the tales that came before it. This week is about reimagining and rediscovering those mythic roots, through fanworks of all kinds.
What can I create?
- Fanfiction
- Fanart
- Edits / moodboards / aesthetics
- Meta / headcanons
- Original poetry / songs
- Playlists
- Worldbuilding
- Cosplay / crafts / anything that tells a story!
No need to follow a daily prompt schedule — use as many or as few as you like!
📖 Check out the FAQ and Rules, this year's prompts, and our AO3 Collection that is coming soon.
Díscember 2025
Is for pieces focusing on Dís! Not Dís the mother. Not Dís the perfect princess. Not Dís-dead-Frerin's-sister. Not-ambiguously-dead-husband-Dís.
Dís. Lets see some Dís without the focus being on how she's connected to a man or how she's better than a man.
- This event focuses on expanding and emphasizing Dís as a character ON HER OWN. This means not focusing solely on her connection to a male figure.
- Pieces can be any fan production including playlists, image boards, character analysis, headcanons, fan fics, etc, provided the focus is on Dís and it doesn't use AI.
- Past works welcome.
Examples could be:
- A fanwork of Dís' first trip to Bree!! What does she do? What does she think of the weird mix of hobbits, men, half-dwarrow, and all others mixing together? Does she buy anything interesting? (Insert cursed amulet joke here)
- A playlist depicting Dís' journey from carefree princess of Erebor to desolation to rising as a powerful royal of Ered Luin.
- Mood board of Dís and her ravens.
- A tale of Dís and her raven bestie.
- And so many more things qualify. Have fun and go wild, just remember: DÍS FOCUS.
- Tag #díscember (NOTE THE Í)
- If you have any questions feel free to reach out!
