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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Our temporarily titled "location bio" will focus on the landscapes and locations of Middle-earth. We need your help naming it!
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] On a night of stars, a bird by Quente
Nimloth and Dior meet, and he is naked.
Alternatively,
Melian travels south to visit her daughter, and meets a familiar looking bird.
Written for the Tengwar prompt, Quessë (feather).
[Writing] Apprentice by Quente
Dior is in Menegroth learning to be his grandfather's heir -- but his grandmother decides to take him as apprentice too.
Written for the Tengwar Challenge, May 15: Súlë (spirit).
[Writing] Tengwar: To The Letter by cuarthol
For the Tengwar prompt challenge.
All 36 prompts plus bonus chapter
[Writing] A blip on the radar by daughterofshadows
Humanity took to the skies. Eärendil and Ilmarë adjust.
[Writing] History abandons us by AdmirableMonster
During his incarceration in Roderick Burgess' basement, Dream receives a strange, ancient visitor.
[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!
Current Challenge
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 ...
Random Challenge
Fanon Inverted
Take a fanon you feel passionately about and turn it on its head, creating a fanwork that goes against the fanon norm. Read more ...
New in References
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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Mythcon 53: Fantasies of the Middle Lands
Mythcon 53 will be held 2-5 August 2024 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with the theme "Fantasies of the Middle Lands."
Teitho May/June Challenge: Joker
For the May/June Teitho challenge, you can pick ANY of our past challenges that stir your imagination and write a story or create art for it.
Monstrous May 2024
Monstrous May is a Tumblr event where, for each day of the month of May, there is a prompt involving and invoking the monstrous.
Fellowship of the Fics: Modern AU May
During May, Fellowship of the Fics offers modern AU prompt lists for setting, character occupation, and dialogue on Tumblr.
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!
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Mairon taps his fingernails impatiently on his desktop, absently hitting the “refresh page” icon for what seemed like the fiftieth time. He spares a quick glance at his watch. 8:17pm.
The page reloads. That same annoying little spinning icon appears in the middle of the screen to let him know the livestream has yet to begin.
KingofArda is now 17 minutes late.
Mairon normally wouldn’t be this agitated - KingofArda had a running habit of starting his streams well past the times he originally said they’d begin, and Mairon knew this and accepted it, being the long-time devoted fan that he was - but it had been a long week and Mairon just wanted to --
The screen flickers, the little spinning wheel of death now gone and replaced with the all-too-familiar sight of a dimly lit bedroom. KingofArda flashes the camera a smile as he adjusts it to take in the full view of the room: a large bed with black sheets framed by neon green backlighting. An odd color setup, but one that Mairon could appreciate.
He climbs onto the bed slowly, legs parting for just a moment as he leans back to get comfortable. Mairon’s eyes immediately focus on the way his muscles shift as he moves - the sheer power he always seems to carry about himself is intoxicating. His tongue darts out to wet his lips and he suddenly feels parched.
KingofArda’s skin is flushed and the smile on his lips seems wide and genuine. He slowly eases his dark briefs over his hips and down his legs, throwing them off screen a moment later. Mairon’s breath catches in his throat as takes it all in, eyes following the strong curve of his neck down to his broad shoulders, the swell of his chest, and --his cock straining up and arching toward his toned stomach.
He takes himself in hand and gives a quick stroke, grinning wildly into the camera. Mairon watches, enraptured, as his fist moves faster and faster, drawing out deep gasps and moans as he gives a slick swirl around the head. He thrusts up into his hand, hips arching off the bed as he sends himself over the edge.
Mairon lets out a long breath, readjusting himself in his seat. He could feel the pulse of his own erection straining against his pants, but he made no move to free himself. It always paid to wait - the first part of the show was always a bit too quick for his tastes.
KingofArda bathes in his afterglow for a long moment, chest heaving in the low light, and Mairon wishes (not for the first time) that he could be right there with him, running his hands along that sweat-damp skin, coaxing him back into hardness to go another round, worshipping him, as he deserved.
KingofArda says something and then lets out a long chuckle, the sound coming in tinny and distorted through Mairon’s headphones. He props himself up on one arm, a crooked smirk gracing his features as he pulls a small bottle of lube out from under the pillows and dangles it in front of the camera.
Mairon leans forward, his heart beating wildly in his chest as KingofArda trails a finger up his own thigh, higher and higher, until --
The screen goes video stops, frozen in place, and for a moment Mairon just thinks he’s dragging the suspense out. And then the video goes completely dark, only to be replaced a second later by a grey frown emoji, with bottom text stating: “ERR_INTERNET_DISCONNECTED”.
And Mairon ends the night by very nearly throwing his computer out of the window.
