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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.

The Box of TissuesThe Box of TissuesFirst TimesThe WordsmithThe Power and the Passion

SWG Fifth Birthday Banner

 B2MEM 2011 passport

B2MeM 2012 Participant

 

Back to Middle-earth Month 2013

 

 

Season of Writing Dangerously 2013 Participant

 

Season of Writing Dangerously 2013 Winner

 

SWG Re-Read 2014: Participant

 

 

Back to Middle-earth Month 2014 Review Challenge--Silmaril Award

 

 

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International Fanworks Day 2015 on the Silmarillion Writers Guild


Fanworks by Himring

This is a Writing fanworkStarlight, Moonlight, light my sky tonight by Himring

Celeborn and Tom Bombadil watch the moon above the Ered Luin.
For the first time, Celeborn begins to have faith in the Second Age.

Major Characters: Celeborn, Tom Bombadil
Major Relationships:
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet Challenges:
Rating: General Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 100
Posted on 1 April 2022 Updated on 1 April 2022
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This is a Writing fanworkKortirion by Himring

Maglor in Warwick.

Major Characters: Maglor
Major Relationships:
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet Challenges:
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 101
Posted on 25 March 2022 Updated on 25 March 2022
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This is a Writing fanworkWandering Woodcarver by Himring

During the Siege, one of the more peaceful times in the history of Beleriand:
Oderen, the woodcarver, and his wife Emlinn have returned from their travels to their home in Brithombar in the Falas.
But not for very long.
Soon they will set out again...

 

Major Characters: Original Character(s)
Major Relationships: Original Character/Original Character
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet Challenges:
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 205
Posted on 25 March 2022 Updated on 25 March 2022
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This is a Writing fanworkDeath of an Orc by Himring

Sometime in the Fourth Age, Maglor, wandering along the shore, comes across a dying orc.
This leads him to question some of his beliefs and reconsider earlier experiences.

Major Characters: Maglor, Orcs
Major Relationships:
Genres: General Challenges:
Rating: Teens Warnings: Character Death, Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1, 237
Posted on 13 March 2022 Updated on 13 March 2022
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This is a Writing fanworkSoothing by Himring

In Mithrim: Maedhros and his healer.

A bit of backstory for the later master healer of Himring.

Major Characters: Original Male Character(s), Maedhros
Major Relationships:
Genres: General Challenges: Opposites Attract
Rating: Teens Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 527
Posted on 26 February 2022 Updated on 26 February 2022
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This is a Writing fanworkLight in a Ruined House by Himring

Celebrian asks Elrond about Maedhros and Maglor.

Elrond does not find it easy to talk to her about them, so he begins in a somewhat roundabout way...

Major Characters: Celebrían, Elrond, Maedhros, Maglor
Major Relationships: Celebrían/Elrond
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet Challenges: Holiday Party, New Year's Resolution, Queens of the Quill
Rating: General Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 201
Posted on 6 February 2022 Updated on 7 February 2022
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This is a Writing fanworkElendil! Elendil! by Himring

Fixed length-ficlets featuring Elendil the Tall, one set during this childhood in Numenor, the other after the Fall of Numenor.

 

Major Characters: Elendil, Inzilbêth
Major Relationships:
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet Challenges: Holiday Party, New Year's Resolution
Rating: General Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 2 Word Count: 304
Posted on 22 January 2022 Updated on 22 January 2022
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This is a Writing fanworkLimits of Defiance by Himring

Finduilas considers the question whether she ever had a rebellious phase and remembers an episode from her childhood.

Major Characters: Finduilas
Major Relationships:
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet Challenges: Holiday Party
Rating: Teens Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 100
Posted on 4 January 2022 Updated on 4 January 2022
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This is a Writing fanworkMorwen Learns of her Cousin's Fate by Himring

Morwen hears from Annael that her cousin Rian has left his protection to seek death at the side of her fallen husband.

Major Characters:
Major Relationships: Morwen & Rían
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, Poetry Challenges:
Rating: Teens Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 102
Posted on 11 December 2021 Updated on 11 December 2021
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This is a Writing fanworkThe Hunter's Horse by Himring

Orome's horse Nahar shows interest in a certain descendant of his.

Major Characters: Nahar
Major Relationships:
Genres: Ficlet Challenges: Holiday Party
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 202
Posted on 26 November 2021 Updated on 26 November 2021
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This is a Writing fanworkThe Songs: A Story of East Beleriand by Himring

In the early days of the Noldorin settlement in East Beleriand, an ominous arrival disturbs the peace of mind of Maedhros and his people.

Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s), Elrond, Maedhros, Noldor, Sindar
Major Relationships:
Genres: General Challenges: Breaking Boundaries
Rating: Teens Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
Chapters: 5 Word Count: 7, 512
Posted on 17 December 2017 Updated on 25 November 2021
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This is a Writing fanworkOne Hundred Words About Maedhros by Himring

Drabbles in my 'Doom' series. Not necessarily gloomy!

100 words according to Word.

Last added: Deadlier.

Major Characters: Elrond, Fingon, Maedhros
Major Relationships:
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, General, Romance, Slash/Femslash Challenges:
Rating: Teens Warnings:
Chapters: 9 Word Count: 1, 016
Posted on 28 May 2011 Updated on 12 November 2021
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This is a Writing fanworkWho would come for you in the end but your best friend? by Himring

Huan finds Celegorm in Mandos.

Major Characters: Celegorm, Huan
Major Relationships: Celegorm & Huan
Genres: General Challenges:
Rating: Teens Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 147
Posted on 12 November 2021 Updated on 12 November 2021
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This is a Writing fanwork"A Different Kind of Flame" and "Fire and Terror" by Himring

A craftswoman weaves Feanorian flames, but Morgoth's flames prove deadlier.

She is haunted by flame, at first, even after her death.

Major Characters: Original Female Character(s)
Major Relationships:
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet Challenges:
Rating: Teens Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 2 Word Count: 200
Posted on 30 October 2021 Updated on 30 October 2021
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This is a Writing fanworkArithmetic Progression at Cuivienen by Himring

In Cuivienen, ancestral home of the elves, Imin, ancestor-founder of the Vanyar (originally called Minyar), makes a slightly tactless comment.

Major Characters: Imin, Iminyë
Major Relationships: Imin/Iminyë
Genres: Crackfic Challenges:
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 144
Posted on 22 October 2021 Updated on 22 October 2021
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This is a Writing fanworkA Farewell by Himring

Morwen departs for Dor-lomin, with Rian and some other refugees of the House of Beor, while Emeldir and others remain in Brethil.

Major Characters: Emeldir, Morwen
Major Relationships:
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet Challenges:
Rating: Teens Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 101
Posted on 22 October 2021 Updated on 22 October 2021
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This is a Writing fanworkAttercop by Himring

Beren in Nan Dungortheb.
And an in-universe explanation for a statement about spiders in The Hobbit.

Major Characters: Beren
Major Relationships:
Genres: Ficlet Challenges:
Rating: Teens Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 120
Posted on 22 October 2021 Updated on 22 October 2021
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This is a Reference fanworkBurning in the House: Éowyn's Outcry and the Death of Aerin by Himring

In an attempt to allow widely separated parts of the Legendarium to throw light on each other, Aerin's final acts are compared to the imagery in which Éowyn's expresses her concerns in The Lord of the Rings. The relevant passages share the motif of the burning house. The handling of this motif suggests authorial sympathy with Éowyn's plight.

Major Characters: Aerin, Éowyn
Major Relationships:
Genres: Challenges:
Rating: Warnings:
Posted on 22 June 2018 Updated on 22 October 2021
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This is a Writing fanworkThe Sea Comes for Helevorn by Himring

At the end of the War of Wrath, during the drowning of Beleriand, the Sea reaches ravaged Thargelion, where Caranthir once had his domain, and Lake Helevorn at the foot of Mount Rerir.

Major Characters: Unnamed Female Canon Character(s)
Major Relationships:
Genres: General Challenges:
Rating: Teens Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 510
Posted on 13 October 2021 Updated on 13 October 2021
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This is a Writing fanworkThis is just to say… by Himring

A letter to the author, by a writer of fan fiction.

That is, to Tolkien.

Written for a prompt of the "Dear Irmo" challenge.

Major Characters:
Major Relationships:
Genres: Experimental, Nonfiction/Meta Challenges: Dear Irmo
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 2 Word Count: 469
Posted on 25 September 2021 Updated on 26 September 2021
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Co-Created Fanworks

This is a Writing fanworkBruised Fruit, Bruised Egos by Dawn Felagund, Himring, catadromously, Kaylee Arafinwiel

Curufin tries to steal a book from the restricted section of the library to impress his friends, and it all goes pear-shaped. This plum fine story is the fruit of a relay writing session for the Middle-earth Olympics, and also stems from the Boxing prompt.

Major Characters: Curufin
Major Relationships: Aegnor & Angrod & Celegorm & Curufin
Genres: Drama, General Challenges: Middle-earth Olympics
General Warnings:
Chapters: 2 Word Count: 1, 754
Posted on 25 July 2021 Updated on 12 August 2021
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This is a Writing fanworkFinwean Correspondences on the Topic of the Edain (Posthumously Selected by Elrond Half-Elven) by Dialux, Anne Wolfe, Idrils Scribe, Dawn Felagund, Aprilertuile, janeways, Himring

Letters to and from the Feanorians, on the entry of humans to Beleriand.

Major Characters: Amras, Amrod, Caranthir, Celegorm, Curufin, Finrod Felagund, Maedhros, Maglor
Major Relationships:
Genres: Family, General Challenges: Middle-earth Olympics
Teens Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
Chapters: 7 Word Count: 5, 544
Posted on 8 August 2021 Updated on 12 August 2021
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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 listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Photo of yellow iris with an inset photo of yellow water lilies.

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Photo of moon in the night sky with surrounding clouds, captioned “Fair Ithil".

Major Characters: Tilion
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Holiday Party
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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