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meanwhile the world goes on

Series Compiled By: StarSpray

Following Maglor as he suffers through captivity in Dol Guldur, and his journey to healing afterward. 

Major Characters: Maglor, Elrond, Nerdanel, Maedhros, Fëanor
Major Relationships: Elrond & Maglor, Maedhros & Maglor, Daeron/Maglor, Amras & Amrod & Caranthir & Celegorm & Curufin & Fëanor & Maedhros & Maglor
Genres: Drama, Family, General, Hurt/Comfort
Challenge: No challenge listed

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Instadrabbling, 2026-Present

Series Compiled By: SWG Moderators

We get together from time to time on the SWG Discord and produce spontaneous fanworks based on randomly chosen prompts. This collection includes drabbles, ficlets, and other flash fanworks produced as part of our instadrabbling sessions beginning in 2026.

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: No genre listed
Challenge: No challenge listed

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The Light and the Sea (Steampunk Númenor)

Series Compiled By: AdmirableMonster

Largely focused on Númenor, its fall, and the aftermath, as seen from the perspective of two Mannish scientists, bit players in some ways, but who nonetheless cast their shadows across the history of Middle Earth.

Major Characters: Original Character(s), Unnamed Canon Character(s)
Major Relationships: Original Character/Original Character, Unnamed Canon Character/Original Character
Genres: Science Fiction
Challenge: No challenge listed

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Growing Wild

Series Compiled By: Isilme_among_the_stars

A collection of works exploring Elrond and Elros growing up in the care of Maglor and Maedhros in Ossiriand. 

Major Characters: Elrond, Elros, Maglor, Maedhros
Major Relationships: Elrond & Elros & Maedhros & Maglor
Genres: Family, General
Challenge: No challenge listed

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Pennas Pengolodh

Series Compiled By: AdmirableMonster

The majority of the Silmarillion was penned by a single Elf--an Elf who was so thoroughly written out as to appear only through the ways in which their perspective shaped the stories we see. This is their story, the historian's history, the Pennas Pengolodh.

Major Characters: Pengolodh, Salgant, Gil-galad, Dírhavel, Elrond, Glorfindel, Elwing, Original Agender Character(s)
Major Relationships: Pengolodh & Salgant, Gil-galad & Pengolodh, Dírhavel + Pengolodh, Pengolodh/Original Character
Genres: Drama
Challenge: No challenge listed

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Instadrabbling, 2019-2025

Series Compiled By: SWG Moderators

We get together from time to time on the SWG Discord and produce spontaneous fanworks based on randomly chosen prompts. This collection includes drabbles, ficlets, and other flash fanworks produced as part of our instadrabbling sessions beginning in 2019 through 2025.

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: No genre listed
Challenge: No challenge listed

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Eat, Pray, Love

Series Compiled By: AdmirableMonster

The Darkest Timeline AU for my Steampunk Númenor series.

In which the Mouth of Sauron is originally a Númenorean chemister rescued from Ar-Pharazôn's intimate attentions by Sauron himself.

Major Characters: Mouth of Sauron, Original Male Character(s), Sauron
Major Relationships: Mouth of Sauron/Sauron
Genres: Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Science Fiction
Challenge: No challenge listed

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A System of Messages

Series Compiled By: AdmirableMonster

A collection of stories set in a post-apocalyptic New Mexico AU.

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: No genre listed
Challenge: No challenge listed

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Doom, Gloom and Maedhros

Series Compiled By: Himring

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Banner made for the series by Lingwiloke (Fandom Stocking 2016)

The main story arc of this series goes from just after the rescue from Thangorodrim to Maedhros's death. However, the narrative is not strictly chronological - there are flashbacks, flashforwards and recounted memories. These span from Maedhros's childhood in Tirion to his release from Mandos just before the end of Arda. The individual stories are told from different points of view: Maedhros himself, Fingon, Maglor and Elrond. Although the upshot of the series is that it is pretty tough being doomed all the time, some bits are a lot more gloomy than others. All the dialogue was even wittier before being clumsily translated from Quenya. Considering the subject matter, very little blood and gore (I think). The ratings and warnings for individual sections differ greatly from the overall rating: see the individual stories.

ETA: Since I wrote this description of the series, it has snowballed in all directions. I feel that the description ought to be revised, but it is difficult to know exactly how to tweak it. You may wish to compare the more recent description of the series (with notes) on AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/series/36091

Other links that might be helpful are these: a fragmentary timeline (https://hhimring.dreamwidth.org/61360.html), and a listing of original characters: http://hhimring.dreamwidth.org/69187.html (both on my Dreamwidth journal)

Illustrations to the series by Alasse now separately posted on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20456276/chapters/48536480

Major Characters: Elrond, Fingon, Maedhros, Maglor
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: General, Romance
Challenge: No challenge listed

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Like Father, Like Son

Series Compiled By: Fiamma Galathon

Aredhel runs from Nan Emloth just a few years earlier. This leads to a chain of events that might make the First Age just a bit lighter place.

Major Characters: Aredhel, Celegorm, Maeglin, Curufin
Major Relationships: Aredhel + Celegorm, Aredhel & Maeglin, Celegorm & Maeglin
Genres: Alternate Universe, Crackfic, Family, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort
Challenge: No challenge listed

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Their Long Homes

Series Compiled By: Isilme_among_the_stars

By the time the Silmarils find their long homes, their tale has passed from the high and beautiful to darkness and ruin. But the story does not end there, for even ruined things crave the light. The bearers of the gems turn their faces from the darkness and embark upon the long road to redemption.

Major Characters: Maedhros, Maglor
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: General, Fanwork Collection
Challenge: No challenge listed

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Doomed Wives (Barely Even Ghosts)

Series Compiled By: AdmirableMonster

A series of fics focused on my headcanons for the textual ghost characters of Curufin's Wife, Maglor's Wife, and Caranthir's Wife--not to be taken literally as necessarily their actual married partners (or even, in the case of Maglor's, romantically involved at all).  These are just the women who slot into my head in that Legendarium role, as it were.  Largely focused on Maglor's best friend and horsemaster, Hemmoril, who is very much a Horse Girl Lesbian.

Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Unnamed Canon Character(s), Haleth, Maglor, Caranthir, Nerdanel
Major Relationships: Original Character/Original Character, Maglor & Original Character, Caranthir/Haleth
Genres: Femslash
Challenge: No challenge listed

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I made loving you a blood sport

Series Compiled By: atlantablack

In which Fëanor & Fingolfin are re-embodied in 4th age Aman, are nowhere near as healed as everyone believes them to be, and decide to pretend that sleeping together will fix their relationship instead of causing more problems.

Major Characters: Fëanor, Fingolfin
Major Relationships: Fëanor/Fingolfin
Genres: No genre listed
Challenge: No challenge listed

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Celegorm

Series Compiled By: Aprilertuile

"And a hunter also was Celegorm, who in Valinor was a friend of Oromë, and often followed the Vala's horn." The Silmarillion, chapter 5

Celegorm started his life, trusting Oromë, having faith in a Vala.

What does it mean for the rebellion? What happened?

And his life in Beleriand?

Major Characters: Celegorm
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: Adventure
Challenge: No challenge listed

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i keep surviving the night - stillness the same as dreaming

Series Compiled By: atlantablack

Maedhros dies and opens his eyes to Losgar, to ships unburnt, and a heart like a mad thing. It depends on who you ask if this is a good thing or not.

Major Characters: Maedhros, Fingon, Fëanor
Major Relationships: Fingon/Maedhros, Fëanor & Maedhros
Genres: No genre listed
Challenge: No challenge listed

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there's a lake at the bottom of our river

Series Compiled By: atlantablack

In which Celebrían befriends Celegorm and sets off a chain of events no one expected.

Major Characters: Celebrían, Celegorm, Finrod Felagund
Major Relationships: Celebrían & Celegorm & Finrod, Celebrían & Celegorm, Celegorm & Finrod, Celebrían & Finrod
Genres: Alternate Universe, Family, Hurt/Comfort
Challenge: No challenge listed

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Tolkien through an Aromantic Lens

Series Compiled By: daughterofshadows

A collection of my Meta on Tolkien and aromanticism

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: No genre listed
Challenge: No challenge listed

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Anérea's podfics

Series Compiled By: Anérea

What it says on the box, i.e. all my podfics in one place.

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: Podfic
Challenge: No challenge listed

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Wise Hearts

Series Compiled By: Anérea

An evolving series exploring the life and times of the two wise-women of the Edain in Beleriand, Adanel and Andreth.

Major Characters: Adanel, Aegnor, Andreth, Finrod Felagund, Zimrahin
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: No genre listed
Challenge: No challenge listed

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Portraits of Elves

Series Compiled By: between_thepages

A collection of my portraits of various elves and the headcanons that lead to their depictions

Major Characters: Anairë, Eärwen, Indis
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: Character/Portrait, Clothing, Drawing/Painting
Challenge: No challenge listed

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Jedi Maglor & Singer Daeron

Series Compiled By: Independence1776

The adventure(s) of Jedi Maglor and Singer Daeron.

Major Characters: Maglor, Daeron
Major Relationships: Daeron & Maglor
Genres: Crackfic, Crossover
Challenge: No challenge listed

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Women of Beleriand

Series Compiled By: clotho123

Stories written to explore women of the First Age, whose histories I wanted to explore further.  Otherwise unconnected.

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: No genre listed
Challenge: No challenge listed

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Themed Collections

Series Compiled By: SWG Newsletter Staff

Themed Collections are a periodic feature of our weekly newsletter and are intended to feature fanworks centered on a theme as a jumping off point for members to add their own recommendations to the collection. Themed Collections are open to new contributions. You can find out more about putting together your own Themed Collection here!

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: Fanwork Collection
Challenge: No challenge listed

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The wandering of Maglor and Elrond

Series Compiled By: Aprilertuile

The Lost Road and other writings tell us : "Yet not all the Eldalië were willing to forsake the Hither Lands where they had long suffered and long dwelt; and some lingered many an age in the West and North, and especially in the western isles and in the Land of Leithien. And among these were Maglor, as hath been told; and with him for a while was Elrond Halfelven, who chose, as was granted to him, to be among the Elf-kindred; but Elros his brother chose to abide with Men."

Let's imagine that at some point during the War of Wrath, for safety's sake, Maedhros and Maglor send Elrond and Elros to Gil Galad... That there, Elros would learn to work with men, and would make his place among them...

How then would Elrond find himself back with Maglor for a time? And how long is a time anyway?

This is my answer.

Major Characters: Elrond, Maglor
Major Relationships: Elrond & Maglor
Genres: Adventure, Family
Challenge: No challenge listed

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After Tirion

Series Compiled By: clotho123

These are stories set in the Undying Lands begining at the end of the Second Age

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: No genre listed
Challenge: No challenge listed

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