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Character of the Month: Marach There are few details in the texts about Marach, but he is noteworthy for his allegiances and his descendants, who would become pivotal to the history of Middle-earth and the eventual defeat of Morgoth and Sauron.
New Challenge: Allusive Literature and art constantly refer back to each other using allusions, and this month's prompts are inspired by allusions to literature, myth, art, and history.
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.
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…
Of course, she knew that in the Blessed Land, true harm was unlikely to come to him. The Valar watched over them all, and the lesser spirits were everywhere. It was a great hound of Oromë who had found him happily splashing in the creek, in fact. But anyone could drown in mere…
Across three surveys and ten years, the Tolkien Fanfiction Survey has document when authors began writing. These data reveal trends in how film promotions, the films themselves, the books, and other historical contexts have influenced not only who writes but how long they stay.
Across three surveys and ten years, the Tolkien Fanfiction Survey has document when authors began writing. These data reveal trends in how film promotions, the films themselves, the books, and other historical contexts have influenced not only who writes but how long they stay.
There are few details in the texts about Marach, but he is noteworthy for his allegiances and his descendants, who would become pivotal to the history of Middle-earth and the eventual defeat of Morgoth and Sauron.
A dissenting voice in Marach's alliance with the Elves of Beleriand, Amlach experiences a change of mind after a mysterious twist in the story reorients his priorities toward enmity with Morgoth.
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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That's a nice explanation for how there might be a fair-haired Celegorm. I wish I had thought of that idea some 10 or 12 years ago. I might have used it for my own story-verse of the sons of Feanor. I do like the idea that one of Feanor's kids looked like Miriel.
Thank you so much! It was my first thought when I considered the angst possibilities and then I had to do it that way, lol. Now I'm curious to see where your interpretation comes from :)
Mine came for a desire to mix it up a little visually! I liked the visual effect of throwing in a tawny-haired blondish guy with all of those dark-haired or red-headed siblings. I saw some genetic information that indicated that some types of gene mutations that produce red hair can also produce blonds. I also was fond of Dawn Felagund's golden-headed Celegorm in Another Man's Cage. Back in the early days of my Silm fic writing, I relied heavily upon cross-fertilization from my fandom BFFs.
This is a really cool headcanon! I especially like the idea of borrowing headcanons from fandom friends - I don't really have friends in the fandom yet but I hope to make be able to do this at some point too :)
Oh wow! This is a really nice portrayal of Tyelkormo!
In the years of the sun, Celegorm was marked as "Heartless" and "Cruel", especially for his actions done to Luthien, but this story certainly showed a softer side to him!
Who would have thought that Tyelkormo, for all his brash temper and fell deeds could have been such a sweet child in Valinor?
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