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Himring
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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
While the Arrow Flies by Himring
While the arrow flies: that's the arrow in "speed now this feathered shaft".
What to do in the time we have?
Especially if the eagle never comes.
| Major Characters: Fingon |
| Major Relationships: Fingon/Maedhros |
| Genres: Alternate Universe, Poetry | Challenges: |
| Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 122 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
Pavane for a Horned Queen by Himring
An encounter far in the East.
One of the Kine of Araw responds to Daeron's music.
| Major Characters: Daeron, Kine of Araw |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Humor, Hurt/Comfort | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 807 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
Three Bredlik Poems by Himring
Three bredlik poems featuring an unnamed orc, Melian and Tilion.
| Major Characters: Melian, Orcs, Tilion |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Humor, Poetry | Challenges: Vintage |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 92 |
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Horseman Wild in Windy Clouds by Himring
Annael tells his fosterling Tuor about the rides of Orome in Beleriand, before the Darkening of Valinor.
| Major Characters: Annael, Oromë, Tuor |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Ficlet, General | Challenges: On a Different Page |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 553 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
Cruellest Month by Himring
Gwindor has returned after years of imprisonment and thralldom in Angband, but true homecoming continues to be difficult, a year on.
Finduilas, his betrothed, has tried to support him. Gwindor foresees that the strain will have an impact on their relationship.
| Major Characters: Finduilas, Gwindor |
| Major Relationships: Finduilas/Gwindor |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 222 |
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Reverse Death Spiral by Himring
Beren and Luthien.
| Major Characters: Beren, Lúthien Tinúviel |
| Major Relationships: Beren/Luthien |
| Genres: Poetry | Challenges: Arda on Ice |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 44 |
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Writing by Candlelight by Himring
Maedhros writes to Fingon.
| Major Characters: Maedhros |
| Major Relationships: Fingon/Maedhros |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 100 |
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Starlight, 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 |
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Kortirion by Himring
Maglor in Warwick.
| Major Characters: Maglor |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 101 |
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Wandering 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 |
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Death 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 |
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Soothing 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 |
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Light 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 |
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Elendil! 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 |
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| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
Limits 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 |
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Morwen 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 |
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| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
The 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 |
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One 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 |
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Who 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 |
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"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 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
Co-Created Fanworks
Interview with Zdenka by Himring by Zdenka, Himring
Zdenka is a fan writer, poet, and musician who will be performing both a song and an alliterative poem at Mereth Aderthad 2025. Zdenka spoke with Himring about about her love of music and her evolving understanding of what it means to be a Jewish Tolkien fan.
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Interview with Shadow by Himring by daughterofshadows, Himring
Aromanticism is a topic not often covered in Tolkien scholarship, but many Tolkien characters can be read as aromantic. In this interview, Himring talks with Shadow about their upcoming Mereth Aderthad presentation "The Aromantic in Tolkien."
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Bruised 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 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
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Finwean 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 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
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Himring's Gallery
Technically a failed photo of a firework, which I decided looked more like Ilmare the Maia, the Handmaiden of Varda, in one of her less embodied states.
Major Characters: IlmarëMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
Umbels, such as those among which Luthien danced.
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
Adaptation of a concrete poem by Christian Morgenstern for the Dark Matter Challenge.
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Dark Matter
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
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 | | |
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