Fanworks Tagged with Mature Themes

The Halls of Mandos is both prison and place of healing... but not always.
In some walls, there are cracks.
And through cracks, enlightenment might find a way.

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Vëandis, formerly Lady of Andúnië, has been shipwrecked in Middle-earth. Now she and the other survivors of the Downfall have to find the strength to carry on.

Rated Adult for some upsetting content, mentions of death (animal and human), and suicidal ideation.

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Lady Tanith is well known for her gardens and her potions.

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Maglor Feanorian, self-exiled and a kinslayer; alienated, feared and hated, by almost everyone. Upon travelling and living in the wilds of Middle-earth; to his surprise, he stumbles upon someone from his past.

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The tale of how four left the hidden city of Gondolin and only three returned.

Aredhel thinks she's got everything as she wants it, but Turgon has his reasons for allowing her to leave the city and he's not above using manipulation. Glorfindel and Ecthelion are caught in the middle of a political ploy and poor Egalmoth is dragged along for the ride. Throw in some giant spiders and everything was bound to go to hell.

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A textual ghost is a son of Olwë's - another is Thranduil's mother... and this is why the daughter of the former finds herself in a position to become the latter... eventually.

Or, the First Kinslaying as seen by a young Telerin maiden.

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War was supposed to end by the light of the Silmarils. Millenia later, another gem grows from a darkness that is all too familiar.

Written for B2MEM 2019 with the prompts: Maglor in the Manhattan Project, silmarils

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A collection of Tolkien-based fills written for rthstewart's 3 Sentence Ficathon in 2018.

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Dor-lómin awaits word from the battle. Aerin makes piecrust.

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For Túrin, nothing turns out as he planned.
A series of drabbles (according to Libre Office) inspired by (of all things) the Sitcom! Bingo challenge and the Narn i Hîn Húrin.

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Erendis does not love the Sea.

The Sea loves her, anyway.

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Celebrimbor, Curufin and Celegorm in the aftermath of Fëanor’s death.

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During her forced marriage to Brodda, Aerin is consoled by the presence of Rían’s ghost. (Two versions of the story: chapter 1 in prose and chapter 2 in alliterative verse.)

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Míriel has a mysterious encounter after a Festival of Uinen at Rómenna. Much later, facing death for herself and her people, she makes a bargain with the Lady of the Seas.

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Celebrimbor has a realization about his partner, Annatar. Written for the Matryoshka Challenge 2018. 

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Celegorm decides to take a break from the Siege of Angband to spend time with his youngest brothers in the one hobby they all enjoy.  Things go awry, and that's the fun part.

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The story of the eighth companion of Finrod and Beren to die in the dungeons of Tol-in-Gaurhoth.

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"All right, hunting down Daeron the Minstrel: that sounds like fun. But where would we even begin to look for him?"

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Celebrimbor was first imagined as the descendant of Daeron. I decided to run with it.

Celebrimbor was the heir to the kingdom of Doriath before his father decided to vanish into thin air, leaving naught but a hastily scribbled note for a messenger to hand to him. In a difficult position as the black sheep of the royal family, Celebrimbor decides to leave for Nargothrond hoping not only to find a place where he fits in, but perhaps even word on the mysterious figure that was his mother.

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At a party, Maedhros meets Maglor’s (awful) artist friends and is quite shocked by their openly displayed brazenness.

– written for Fëanorian Week 2018

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In the Halls of Awaiting, Fëanor and Fingolfin meet again in exceptional circumstances.

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The story of the third companion of Finrod and Beren to die in the dungeons of Tol-in-Gaurhoth.

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Hador begs the forgiveness of Gildis. 

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In a post-apocalyptic world where only scraps of humankind survive, Eka discovers the lingering fëa of an Elf and is able to imagine a very different world. Written as a treat for Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang, for the artwork "Courting of the Wood Nymph."

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After the Darkening of Valinor, Anairë is sent to Alqualondë to offer aid and allegiance after the horror of the kinslaying. There, she finds Eärwen, her lover of old and beloved friend, left to care for her people amid her own inconsolable grief. Anairë and Eärwen will care for each other as they mourn the myriad ways their lives have changed forever with the Darkening and the exile of Anairë's family. It may be the rekindling of their ancient love that is the only force with strength enough to save them--and their people. Anairë/Eärwen; written for the 2018 Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang.

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