New Challenge: Crossroads of the Fallen King
Cross "The Silmarillion" with a second text or fandom in this month's crossover challenge.
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A Sense of History: Thálatta! Thálatta!
While he never climbs the stairs of this Elf-tower, in Lothlórien Frodo Baggins descends a flight of steps to look into Galadriel’s Mirror, wherein he first sees the sea. This post examines the view.
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New Challenge: Tengwar
Each day for thirty-six days, we feature a randomly chosen letter from the Tengwar as a prompt.
New & Updated Fanworks
[Writing] History abandons us by AdmirableMonster
During his incarceration in Roderick Burgess' basement, Dream receives a strange, ancient visitor.
[Writing] Tengwar: To The Letter by cuarthol
For the Tengwar prompt challenge. To be updated as new prompts are completed.
Current up through '…
[Writing] Tengwar Acrostics by Himring
Responses to the Tengwar Challenge in which first letters spell out the name of a tengwa.
1) Early Encounter (Nerdanel, Indis)
2) Numenorean Lullaby (Almarian, Aldarion)
[Writing] Tengwar Drabbles by cílil
A collection of Silmarillion-centric drabbles written for the Tengwar Challenge. Short and sweet!
[Writing] If i get home before daylight by BloodwingBlackbird
a traveler meets a stranger at a crossroads.
[Writing] I Stood Aside by Flora-lass
Maedhros' horror at the burning of the ships. Inspired by a painting (see notes).
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Crossroads of the Fallen King
Create a fanwork that crosses with a second text or fandom. Read more ...
Tengwar
A daily prompt of a Tengwar letter per day. Read more ...
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Gift of a Story
Create a fanwork as a gift to show thanks and appreciation for someone in the fandom. Read more ...
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Thálatta! Thálatta! by Simon J. Cook
[]While he never climbs the stairs of this Elf-tower, in Lothlórien Frodo Baggins descends a flight of steps to look into Galadriel’s Mirror, wherein he first sees the sea. This post examines the view.
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With Gildor Inglorion we finally climb the stairs of Elostirion and look on the view, and what we see appears to reveal a hidden thread in the story of Frodo Baggins. This post reads two annotated translations of two Elvish songs to step through a crossroads in the narrative to arrive at the tower on the margin of the story, wherein is a stone that is a window onto Valinor.
Grief, Grieving, and Permission to Mourn in the "Quenta Silmarillion" by Dawn Walls-Thumma
[]In a book as full of death as the Quenta Silmarillion, grief and mourning are surprisingly absent. The characters who receive grief and mourning—and those who don't—appear to do so due to narrative bias. Grief and mourning (or a lack of them) serve to draw attention toward and away from objectionable actions committed by characters.
Beyond the Silmarillion
[Writing] Waybread (The Waybredlik) by Himring
[]Lembas speaks out.
[Series] Apr 1st Stories by Uvatha the Horseman
[]Once a year on April 1st, a canon character from LOTR or the Silmarillion gets pranked.
[Writing] Crossing Forest River by Dawn Felagund
[]Bilbo recounts, in verse, the attempt of Gandalf, Beorn, and him to cross the Forest River after the Battle of Five Armies. Written for the Hungarian Tolkien Society's 2024 Mailing Competition.
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May challenge at tolkienshortfanworks
The May challenge has been posted to the tolkienshortfanworks community on Dreamwidth. Thematic challenge: name; formal challenge: acrostic. As usual, these can be filled independently and freely combined with other prompts such as the SWG challenges. New participants welcome!
Ilverien by Lferion
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Desire
Fingon prepares himself for his lovers' arrival - a triple drabble and rondeau
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Prompts - L:I4 Literary Fairy Tale, A:N4 Quilling, P:G5 Rondeau , F:B5 Rule 34
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Oh, now he was aroused, nipples hard and breasts tingling at the thought of clever lips, caressing hands, pinching, kissing, sucking. Heat and hardness bloomed between his legs, a pulse between his nether-cheeks. He wanted their embrace, to be held by feä and flesh alike, filled, their captured prince, enchanted princess, harp aching to be played.
He was reminded of a picture he had seen once, made of long ribbons of paper, rolled and set on edge. Three figures engaged in intimacy, in intercourse, in making love, in intricate art.
Fingon had not allowed himself the indulgence of erotic fantasy while they were gone. It was much too easy, too tempting to lose himself in memory of love-play, of intense and energetic sex, of acting out stories Ilverien invented under her roused and rousing eye.
They would not arrive for hours yet. And once arrived there would be much to do, settling in. Erien to feed. Supper for themselves, for the household. Letters, news (letters would hold until morning.; news might also.) They would have public time together, and private time before too long. He wanted to wait for them. He wanted to be ready for them. (He wanted them to know he was prepared and waiting for them, theirs for the taking. Their princess-prince.) He straightened, stretched, feeling cloth caress breast and waist and buttock, the steady heat and pulse in belly, groin.
So then, use the time to make ready for them. Refresh the bed, prepare himself thoroughly (But not too thoroughly: find the point of balanced stillness, where arousal, stimulation was a simmer, present in the background, not the forefront.) Bath, hair, oil, intimate jewelry (cock ring, plug, slender chains between), makeup, kilt-skirt, matching breast-band that supported and displayed. Carefully chosen public jewelry.
Deep breath. Forward fare.
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I am your princess-prince, your lover true
Present with or far away, I burn for you
For carnal and for sacred joining flame
'Neath eyes that strip me bare and jointly claim
All of me revealed in your purview
Your kiss doth make me tremble, change my hue
To blazing red, set rod to weeping dew
Yours my secret places to touch, to fill, to tame
I am your princess-prince, your lover true
I am your willing vessel, yours to screw
With flesh or art, no element eschew
Sheathe me in you, yourselves in me the same
Plunder me completely, cry out my name
I ready come, my substance for you strew
I am your princess-prince, your lover true
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