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Himring
|Member since 30 December 2009.
About Me
I've been a Tolkien fan since I was a teenager and have been recently been whiling away some sleepless nights reading Tolkien fan fiction on this and other sites, chiefly about Maedhros. However, my copy of the Silmarillion and the rest of my Tolkien collection are sitting in various crates in another country, so apologies for any canon errors... (P.S. I've meanwhile regained access to the Silmarillion, but my apologies remain!)
General Disclaimer: 'All mine, all mine!', shrills the magpie. 'Anything that glitters in this nest I stole my very own self!' (Clarifying footnote to that: Silmarils and other glittering material in the nest have been stolen from a) Tolkien, b) Dawn Felagund, c) ford_of_bruinen, d) Oshun, e) people whose work I admire but whose names I can't remember. I've tried to mention those items for which I can reconstruct a provenance in the endnotes of the individual stories.)
ETA (2013): This bio sort of needs revising as I originally wrote it when I just had started writing Silm fic...
Anyway, here is a link to a Silm fic rec/review post of mine at the silwritersguild community on LiveJournal, posted in January 2013:
http://silwritersguild.livejournal.com/209896.html
Please consult this instead of my Favorites section on the SWG site, which I am not really maintaining.
ETA (updated 2023):
Some of my non-Silmarillion pieces are currently only archived at AO3. I also used to cross-post to a number of smaller archives that have since been taken down. I have a small SquidgeWorld account, which only contains non-Tolkien fic.
If you are looking for a "Blanket Statement": see the following entry on LiveJournal, which applies to stories posted elsewhere as well: http://hhimring.livejournal.com/24129.html
ETA 2015:
For recs now also see the SWG re-read on LiveJournal: I've added recs to the fanworks posts there for the majority of the chapters of Silmarillion. (ETA 2018: the SWG re-read has since been mirrored to Dreamwidth).
ETA (at the time of the 5th SWG celebration):
Heartfelt thanks to Alasse, Angelica, Lyra, Oshun and Spiced Wine for the Tokens.
Fanworks by Himring
A Bridge in Dor-lomin by Himring
Maedhros thinks that he's had time enough to get over his feelings for Fingon. It turns out that he has not. At first he's disappointed, then he makes a discovery.
Told from Fingon's point of view.
For Oshun, because I re-read her biography of Fingon and realized I'd left something out.
Major Characters: Fingon, Maedhros |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: |
Rating: Adult | Warnings: Expletive Language, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Moderate) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 090 |
Posted on 7 March 2010 | Updated on 7 March 2010 |
This fanwork is complete. |
A Walk in the Forest, an Evening by the Fire by Himring
In East Beleriand: Elrond gets upset and runs away. Maedhros comes and finds him in the woods. Maedhros ends up being given a new name. Later, Elrond and Elros learn lessons and pretend not to--why? Finally, Elrond, now in Gil-galad's camp, learns of Maedhros' death by his own means.
Major Characters: Elrond, Elros, Maedhros, Maglor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Suicide, Character Death, Mature Themes |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 767 |
Posted on 27 February 2010 | Updated on 27 February 2010 |
This fanwork is complete. |
A Long Time Falling by Himring
Maedhros and Maglor decide to surrender to Eonwe to be put on trial back in Valinor. And then, at the last moment, they don't. Framing Maglor's memories of the Nirnaeth Arnoediad and the attacks on Doriath and the Havens of Sirion (or rather, mostly, the discussions among the brothers that led up to those attacks).
Maedhros/Fingon slash (very mild here). Definitely not Maedhros/Maglor slash; however, the subject is raised and the (false) accusation made by others in the story, so if this worries you, please regard yourself as warned.
Also, Maedhros's suicide isn't explicitly told, but strongly hinted at, so has been marked.
This story has been nominated for the MEFAs 2010 by Lyra. Thank you very much!
Major Characters: Caranthir, Celegorm, Fingon, Maedhros, Maglor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: Suicide, Character Death, Expletive Language, Mature Themes, Violence (Moderate) |
Chapters: 5 | Word Count: 9, 115 |
Posted on 27 February 2010 | Updated on 27 February 2010 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Praying for Lightning by Himring
A bit of pillow-talk between Maedhros and Fingon, framing memories of Araman, the Helcaraxe and Mithrim.
Fingon has to struggle to re-define himself twice, once when he learns what was really going on at Alqualonde, the second time when he realizes that their deepening love means that Maedhros and he have become mutually irreplaceable to each other and what that might entail. Each time, Maedhros turns out to be part of the solution as well as part of the problem.
P.S. In the last update I changed the title, summary and notes. No changes to story.
Major Characters: Fingolfin, Fingon, Finrod Felagund, Maedhros |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: |
Rating: Adult | Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Moderate), Violence (Mild) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 935 |
Posted on 27 February 2010 | Updated on 27 February 2010 |
This fanwork is complete. |
The Military Relevance of Sewage by Himring
Maedhros carries discretion to extraordinary lengths. In the Second Age, Elrond matches him for reticence.
Maedhros/Fingon slash, but sexual content only hinted at and off-stage.
This story has been nominated for the MEFAs 2010 by Dawn Felagund. Thank you very much!
Major Characters: Elrond, Erestor, Fingon, Maedhros |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: Lost Letters |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 076 |
Posted on 31 January 2010 | Updated on 31 January 2010 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Cabbages and the Embarrassment of Being Maedhros by Himring
Cabbages, because they are almost entirely unlike Silmarils...
Maedhros has been rescued from Angband by Fingon and has handed over the crown to Fingolfin. He recovers from his ordeals (more or less), sorts out things with his relatives (not quite), and departs with his brothers for points east. Later, after the Dagor Bragollach, he reviews the situation, considers giving up the struggle (not really), and is badly shaken by a presentiment of the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
Romance (Maedhros/Fingon) and in part a prequel to "Looking at the Stars", but also about Maedhros's relationship with Maglor, the "shadow of pain", etc.
Minor warnings: Non-graphic references to torture and swearing. Non-graphic descriptions of insanity and vomiting. Brief references to prayer.
Major Characters: Fingolfin, Fingon, Maedhros, Maglor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: |
Rating: Adult | Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Moderate), Violence (Mild) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 6, 688 |
Posted on 24 January 2010 | Updated on 24 January 2010 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Looking at the Stars and Counting the Hours by Himring
Falling in love helps Fingon cope with the death of his father, but on a visit to Himring a year later he finds love can't cure everything. Except I couldn't quite leave it at that...
Variation(s) on familiar theme(s). Not only do I not own the characters, I own very little else...
Fingon/Maedhros. Not rated this for incest, as cousins don't usually rate for incest on this site.
Character death only as per canon and also off-stage. Some angst and flashbacks.
This story has been nominated for the MEFAs 2010 by Angelica. Thank you very much!
Major Characters: Fingon, Maedhros, Maglor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: |
Rating: Adult | Warnings: Character Death, Sexual Content (Mild), Violence (Mild) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 5, 944 |
Posted on 30 December 2009 | Updated on 30 December 2009 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Himring's Gallery
Photograph of a tree in autumn (lightly edited) with two lines of accompanying text.
Originally submitted (without the title) for the Manwe's Mailbag challenge for a postcard prompt.
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
Photo of yellow iris with an inset photo of yellow water lilies.
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
Photo of moon in the night sky with surrounding clouds, captioned “Fair Ithil".
Major Characters: TilionMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Holiday Party
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |