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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…
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Allusive
Choose from our list of allusions to history, literature, mythology, and art to create a fanwork. Read more ...
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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Thank you :)\r\n\r\nTak - z polskiego, polska wersja jest na ff.net i tutaj:\r\nhttp://fanfiki.tolkien.com.pl/viewstory.php?sid=31\r\n\r\n(Szkoda, że SWG nie wysyła powiadomień o komentarzach.)
SWG wysyła powiadomienia o nowych komentarzach i o odpowiedziach autorów też. Można to ustawić w: Account Info --> Edit Preferences, zaznaczając checkboksy przy Contact for new reviews i Contact when author responds to review :)
I don't know quite why I liked this piece. It was so fresh (like the first snow itself) and so original that it stayed with me.
I especially liked the image of Maedhros turning his face towards the snow.
The following lines were also memorable:
Father, what jewel would you forge if you could capture a snowflake before it reached my face? How would you save the white frost gracing the world at dawn? Preserve a pattern embroidered with ice?
Apart from the beautiful imagery, I loved the idea of capturing a snowflake and of preserving a delicate thing of beauty.
The picture was also beautiful, and made this piece more memorable for me. Also, I think you're a great artist (although I know nothing about art)!
I'm favouriting this piece; thought I'd let you know.
This is my fav part of the story, too, the other came without plan, sometimes I think it would have better effect if I left him with his thoughts uninterrupted. The whole story is result of imagining the picture of his face in snow. I'm glad you like the image, too - I guess you're talking about the newer image from August (which I just liked here, too). I'm sure I'll paint it anew in the future to get even closer the image which made me to put this scene it in words :)
(One doesn't have to know a lot about art to appreciate it, all what matters is if it leaves impression.)
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