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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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Middle-earth Museum
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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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This has a very particular feeling to it that is just perfect! The story is just happy enough and just sad enough to feel right. I especially love all the lines to do with Andreth, as well as this one: “Findaráto,” she says, and her voice is still the same, in cadence and pitch, but that is not his name. Not anymore.
Thank you! I was trying to get Back to Middle-Earth Month stuff done, and then I wandered into the Aegnor/Andreth/Finrod tag, and was promptly ambushed by Feelings. So I had to write this. I'm glad you think it's got the right vibe! I thought it had to have a very particular flavour, as a narrative, so I'm glad that carried through. Thank you!
I really enjoyed this take on their relationship. Although it's sad, it makes sense that neither of them are the people who fell in love all the way back in the Years of the Trees. It's good that they can both acknowledge it. And it also makes sense of that line in the Silmarillion that states that Finrod is walking with his father (rather than Amarie!).
Awww, thanks! That prompt quote with Gwindor and Finduilas gave me major Finrod feels. I'm thrilled that you liked it! I think they really have to admit that they've changed to find happiness going forward. They can't pretend to go back to the way things were before. All they can do is move forward.
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