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New Challenge: Building Middle-earth Let global architecture be your inspiration in this challenge, where you will work with a prompts that are architectural styles, locations in Arda, or both.
He’d ventured into the little fishing village in search of food and maybe a dry place to sleep for a night of rain and wind—he hadn’t expected this, to be bullied into a hot meal and a healer’s attention.
Tuor and Elwing’s recreational sailing excursion goes terribly awry when a carnivorous siren casts her gaze upon their vessel. With her song, she enchants the mariners and boards with evil intent. She kills and eats their crewman, she demands Tuor’s hand in marriage, and for dessert…
Rescued from a brutal Angband hunt, an ex-thrall with a strange and powerful artifact embedded in his spine is brought to Himring, for it is one of the only places in Beleriand which welcomes such folk. Though he has no memories of his life before, Anniavas slowly becomes accustomed to his new…
Fëanor shrugged, studying the contents of his wine glass. “Something must be done about that house. It will fall down eventually.” “It does not follow that it must be you that tears it down single-handedly. Are you sure you do not want help?” “It’s not as though I…
As beautiful as he is dangerous, Aegnor, an elven prince, stands against the looming shadows of Angband. Brother to Galadriel, he commands the siege with a fierce intensity, a duty that exacts a heavy toll on him. But beneath the iron walls he has built lies a broken soul, haunted by a…
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Archetypes
Prompts for this Matryoshka challenge are based on the archetypes that pepper myths, legends, and literature found around the world. Read more ...
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Bilbo, the strange old hobbit with the wandering feet, senses something special in young Frodo the first time he sees the lad; as they become close, they find in each other a cameraderie not well understood by other hobbits. Five poignant moments between Bilbo and Frodo Baggins over the course…
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Oh, well done! You make me want to try this one with a different play or two. I guess that would be too much of a copy-cat stunt. Anyway, really enjoyed this one.
This is such a gorgeous fic, beautiful and majestic ♥♥♥. I love how well they complement each other, especially "their joy was so fierce and so complete that even Melkor dared not assail them."
(And I know this is nitpicking, and very annoying, but there seems to be a typo, 'bikd'.)
Thank you so much! <3 And don't worry about nitpicking, I don't mind at all (in fact, especially in this case, I'm very grateful!)! I've fixed it--should be BOLD, not BIKD.
Love all your drabbles. Particularly liked "Ruins of Himling Isle". I've often headcanoned Maglor returning to the island years after. You completely set the scene of dreariness, cold and damp that I imagine. Great job!
These were all wonderful, but I really loved the idea of even Tirion falling into decay with so many of her people having left. echoes of the fracturing of that kindred... ?
That was just beautiful! I love how Nerdanel finds relief from the sorrows of her heart, and your description of her climb really hits home with how she feels inside.
Nerdanel going to climb the highest peaks when Feanor and their sons leave for Formenos just feels right, though just like Nerdanel, I would not be able to explain why
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