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So. I read a really cool fic recently called The Harrowing by Chthonion which I would highly highly recommend-
I absolutely love it so much-
:D:D
I'm gonna go with how my sister recommended it to me, since that was what got me excited about it-
Imagine~ Sauron trying to be a good person. And having a very hard time of it because he has these things... I've heard they're called 'feelings'... Anyway. He's finding it a bit hard to deal with, but long story short, think Sauron getting a second chance and go from there.
And if you have read it-
Then you probably know exactly which moments I'm referencing here, but just in case,
No. 1 is Finrod, just before Annatar is about to have his first full on emotional breakdown, and the No.2 is Maedhros saying thank you. Which is fairly obvious. But still.
I love this fic so much!!!
(this is definitely not the last fanart I'm gonna do from this. Chapter 39 has some amazing moments that I am so gonna draw when I next have time~)
#The Harrowing#annatar#sauron#the silm fandom#the silmarillion#yeye#lotr#hehehe#chthonion#i love this fic so much#fic rec#i love this fic#:D:D:D#it has taken over my brain~#finrod#maedhros#he is very tall#i love drawing height differences#no idea how tall finrod is#but i decided to draw him slightly taller than annatar#because i can#>:D#HEH#silm art#silmarillion#sauron redemption arc#ya know?#the harrowing fanart#hehe#i can only really do this stuff on the weekends
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About This Recommended Fics List:
All the Tolkien fanfics in this list meet the following qualifications:
Fandom: All-inclusive Tolkien (LotR, Hobbit, Silm, RoP) Type: One-shot Length: approx. 1,000-6,000 words Ship/Pairing: Any, including OCs and Reader Inserts Rating: G or PG-13 Content: No excessive angst, violence, or death. No unresolved stress. Happy endings only!
Disclaimer: I (@sotwk) have not personally screened all of these fics for their content. There may be triggers. Please read descriptions, take responsibility for your own media consumption, and observe the Golden Rule: Don't Like, Don't Read!
Link sources are either Tumblr or Ao3. Some Ao3 works are locked to registered users only.
This list of comfort fics is a collaboration and compiled through the recommendations of Readers. Thank you to everyone who contributed!
This remains a work in progress, and I will continue to accept recommendations. Please send them via DM, Ask, or Reblog. We need more, please!
Last updated: 1/23/2024
THE LORD OF THE RINGS
Aragorn
Hush Now by @entishramblings
Mirage @sileastral
Boromir
You’re the one who’s calling me to heaven by @cauliflowertree
A Shield Against the Snow by @scyllas-revenge
A Thief in the Night by @scyllas-revenge
The Floor Is Molasses by @scyllas-revenge
Anything But This by @minaturefics
Elrohir
Just a Little Longer by @theelvenhaven
Elrond
The Weft Between the World by Antarctica_or_bust
Eomer
Alive and Alight by @minaturefics
Fair Enough by @middleearthpixie
Wildest Dreams by @scyllas-revenge
Blue Moon by @epilogue-and-prologue/@absentmindeduniverse
Eowyn
An Idiot's Guide to Gift-Giving by @scyllas-revenge
Faramir
Wrong Conclusions by @minaturefics
Frodo
Arda University by @lady-of-imladris
Over Joy by PurpleProsaist
Gandalf
Days for which they sit and wait by BloodwingBlackbird
Gimli
Mahal's Gift by @lemonsprite
Haldir
Unfairness by @errruvande
Serenade by @glassgulls
Three Weeks on the Nimrodel by @from-the-coffee-shop-in-edoras
Legolas
Sending Memes by @ironmandeficiency
Elucidative by @shrubdaddy
Winter Forest by @wordbunch
The Cruel Nature of the World by @entishramblings
What Haunts Your Heart by @entishramblings
Lindir
Bottled Up by @heilith
Merry [Seeking recommendations!]
Pippin [Seeking recommendations!]
Samwise
Better Company by @wordbunch
Let Met Take You Dancing by RaisingCaiin
THE HOBBIT
Bilbo
Primary Sources by bunn (@cycas)
Why Hobbits Eat So much by Madkat89
Fili
Sweets by @blairsanne
Lost My Way by @lathalea
Kili
Sapphires by @lathalea
Catch Her by a_daydreaming_writer
Porridge by @fili-urzudel
Insecurities by @bookworm-with-coffee
Tauriel
Royal Jar Opener, Reporting for Duty by @unendingwanderlust
Heavenly Inferno by midearthwritings
The Pairing Ceremony by dumbassunderthemountain
You Are My Happy Place by SmartassUndertheMountain
Liantë by WritingsOfAHobbit
Thorin
In The Woods of Ered Luin by @enchantzz
A Long Lost Home by @babe-bombadil
Dead End by @fizzyxcustard
The Arrival by @lathalea
Strong by @lathalea
Thranduil
Nothing by @entishramblings
Goodnight by @heilith
Under A Starless Sky by My_Marvel_Musings and RinzlersGhost
THE SILMARILLION
Finrod
here, at the end of all things by Dalliansss
Glorfindel
Warmth by @on-a-hill-by-the-sea
Stay the Night by @theelvenhaven
Golden by molerein
THE RINGS OF POWER
Elrond
My shadows by @thesolarangel
Dating shy Elrond by @thesolarangel
Perfectly Proper by @wordbunch
Haladriel
Stay by @scriberated
Covered in Colours by myfavouritelunatic
It’s the Last Thing I Wanted (It’s the First Thing I Do) by Helholden
Stay by @scriberated
Covered in Colours by myfavouritelunatic
It’s the Last Thing I Wanted (It’s the First Thing I Do) by Helholden
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#tolkien fanfiction#fanfiction#comfort fic#fanfic rec#fic rec list#tolkien fic rec#lotr fanfiction#lotr#the hobbit#the hobbit fanfiction#silmarillion#silm fanfic#rop#rings of power#rop fanfiction
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Modern day literature professor Erestor, from @glorfindel-of-imladris’s amazing (and spicy 🔥) Glorestor fic Naughty, Naughty. Ulan, your work astounds me as always!
I cannot get this version of three-piece-suit-wearing Erestor out of my head.
#erestor#silmarillion#silm art#silm#the silmarillion#lord of the rings#lotr#fanart#art#my art#fic rec#other people’s glorious writing#glorestor
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I've put together a list of some new and old favorites of mine for @genworkjune. Please leave a kudo and comment if you enjoy these!
A Crown of Bones by @thescrapwitch (G, Celegorm & his brothers, Celegorm & Aredhel, 4.2k):
Maitimo and Makalaurë have been lost in the disastrous parlay with Morgoth, and the crown now falls to Tyelkormo. He is greedy and selfish and brash, everything that a Noldor king should not be. Many expect that he will not be up to the task. They are wrong.
A Missive in all Goodwill by @actual-bill-potts (G, Finrod & Galadriel, Finrod & Beren, Finrod & Thingol, 3.3k):
From beloved to bereft: a chronicle of Finrod Felagund's last days as the King of Nargothrond.
Clearer than Clear Water by StarSpray (G, Goldberry, 2.2k):
The world begins with starlight and clear water. The River-daughter opens her eyes to see the stars as shimmering streaks blurring together. It is such a delightful sight that she reaches for them, and gasps when her hand breaks out of the water into cool air. The River-daughter, from her awakening to the sun's first rising.
Hearth Fire by @dreamingthroughthenoise (G, Fëanor & Findis, 1.5k):
They will have a home to return to. Findis and Feanor speak before the Flight of the Noldor and share in their grief the best they can.
The Last Queen of Númenor by NevillesGran (G, Tar-Míriel & Eärendil, 2.1k, major character death):
The Mariner's Star hung low as Tar-Miriel walked out of Armenelos, lower and brighter than she had ever seen it. This was right: it was an omen of the death of kings. Miriel would meet her death on the Holy Mountain, Meneltarma. That was the last decision remaining to her. She was almost too tired to enjoy it, but she had made it nonetheless.
Mercy by @cuarthol (T, Celegorm & Finrod, 3k):
Celegorm has many lessons to teach, not all of them expected or wanted. Finrod has learned the lesson, but perhaps not the one Celegorm thought he was teaching.
More, More, More by @sallysavestheday (G, Aredhel & Fëanor, ~600 words):
Fëanor tolerates most of his brothers' children. Aredhel, however, he enjoys.
Mother Wolf by @hobbitwrangler (T, Aredhel, Eöl, and Maeglin, 2.1k, graphic depictions of violence):
Aredhel breaks free.
Phantasm by ncfan (G, Aredhel & Maeglin, 1k):
Her child never cries, and he always seems to know when she's coming.
plundered her and stripped what remained by @swanmaids (M, Aerin & OFC, 2.2k, rape/non-con):
When Brodda and his men took Aerin’s hall, they enslaved all of her household and Brodda took Aerin to wife. The morning before the wedding, Aerin’s handmaiden dresses her in her bridal garments.
The Spinner by @searchingforserendipity25 (G, Galadriel, Earwen, Finarfin, and Míriel, 1k):
Nerwen was very young, when first she asked her father to teach her how to work the spinning wheel.
Things Yet to Be by @polutrope (G, Finrod & Turgon, 1.4k):
Young Finrod reflects on memory, foresight, and storytelling as he recounts the experience of a vision he had as an infant.
Threads by @slightnettles (G, Finduilas & Edhellos & OFC, 1k):
A ficlet on foresight & Finduilas.
Thus our hearts burn, oh brother mine by @melestasflight @runawaymun (G, Fëanor & Fingolfin, 1k):
Remember no grievance, as if we were not made to grieve one another, to wound each other as no one else could. For I knew you as deeply as I knew my own self. And could anyone else hurt us better than we hurt ourselves? - Fëanor and Fingolfin reunite in Arda Healed.
your veins are empty of dust by @echo-bleu (G, Nerdanel & her sons, Nerdanel & Anairë, 1.7k):
Anairë finds her late one day in her workshop, surrounded by slabs of stone larger than her. Nerdanel is hammering forcefully at one of them, the barest hints of an elven shape already taking form in the marble. Bitter, stinging tears run down her cheeks and into her collar, and her arms ache with exhaustion. The body is only barely sketched, but the face is already chiselled, smooth curves and angular cheekbones. Fëanáro emerges out of the marble, looking like he’s about to take life. (Across the sea, her sons lead a funeral.)
#the silmarillion#genworkjune#fic recs#rec list#.txt#tried to get a good mix of characters here but i think my arafinwean bias still shows
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Friday Fic Recs: Long WIP edition
I’ve been thinking a little bit about the (very arduous) process of writing longfic, and how much of a difference support and cheerleading can make on that particular journey; so, although it’s been a while since I’ve made a Friday rec list, I thought I’d put one together celebrating all the incredible in-progress longfics in the Tolkien fandom I’m keeping up with at the moment!
Atandil series by @eilinelsghost. Such a gorgeous graceful moving exploration of Finrod and his relationship with Men, and the slowest and most sensual of slow burns in his romance with Bëor. The amount this series has made me THINK – about love, and hope, and memory, and Taliska grammar – is off the charts, and to top it off it’s written in the loveliest most Tolkienesque prose.
we will make this place our home by @leucisticpuffin. Ohh this AU is just like a warm gentle hug after a long day. The “kidnap fam but make it a classic children’s novel” concept is so so inspired, all the characterisations are so nuanced and moving (Maglor my beloved!!) and the OCs will steal your heart.
And Love Grew by @polutrope. On the other end of the kidnap fam spectrum, this complex and careful examination of the time after the Third Kinslaying is SO brilliant. Incredible characterisations of all the key players, some truly fascinating OCs (Dornil!!) and of course beautiful graceful prose.
tongues of the sky series by @welcomingdisaster. The first fic in this series, seabird, was written for me and I can be SO obnoxious about this :) but also it’s a wonderful moving ultimately hopeful fix-it AU with note-perfect russingon and m&m dynamics. The sequel, sparrowhawk, is currently in progress and soooo good.
ashes, ashes, dust to dust — the devil’s after both of us by @that-angry-noldo. This is SUCH an original and fascinating take on an AU where Maedhros and Maglor take Finarfin captive to bargain for the Silmarils, featuring incredible character dynamics and a terrifyingly eldritch Eönwë.
and all his towers cast down by @actual-bill-potts. What if Finrod survived the events of the Leithian? Well, angst and trauma, to start off with. And also beautiful beautiful writing, impeccable characterisation and a Maglor-Lúthien teamup!! I adore this AU.
All That Glitters Gold Rush AU series by @allthatglittersisnotgoldrush. This one is LONG LONG LONG, but also SO worth it. Ever wanted to see the entire Silmarillion retold as a western, complete with a terribly tragic and complicated Maedhros, Morgoth the terrifying slave-owner, and a beautifully multicultural Doriath? The authors have you covered.
And the Stars Shine the Same series by @runawaymun. OC-centric fic is such a rare delight and this series set in early Third Age Rivendell is just wonderful, tender and complicated and with a truly incredible Elrond.
Retelling the Hobbit comic by @retellingthehobbit. Something a little different, but I binged all of this comic retelling of The Hobbit on a plane recently and GOD it’s so so beautiful. A truly gorgeous art style, and slowly converting me from a Bilbo/Thorin sceptic into an enjoyer!
In Heart by @tanoraqui. An AU where Fëanor takes the Doom of the Noldor as a what-not-to-do manual and ends up making better choices! Featuring incredible worldbuilding and fantastic characterisation.
Please add on the longfics you love in the reblogs! Let’s get some love going for these difficult beasts!
(Couple of incest recs under the cut.)
naught green upon the oak series by @welcomingdisaster. A CoH-inspired Maedhros/Maglor AU in which Maglor winds up with amnesia after his encounter with Glaurung. I’m SO insane about this series that I can’t be coherent but it is fantastic and chilling and devastating with the most beautiful prose aahhh.
Strange Currencies by @jouissants. Maedhros is re-embodied at last only to learn that he is married to Maglor: a touching and painful post-canon fic interleaved with incredible flashbacks to the First Age.
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I'm thrilled to to share my @tolkienrsb collaboration with @naryaflame! Narya's fic features "elven social history, in-world meta, and an OC scholar learning more than he bargained for!" It is absolutely AMAZING, check it out!
A chance encounter in the library leads a young scholar to friends and discoveries he didn't expect.
Rating: Teen and up audiences
Warnings: No archive warnings apply
Relationships: Minor or background relationships
Characters: Original character(s), Caranthir, Finrod
Word count: 6,054
Read it here on Ao3!
And you can find the full artwork, "Untitled Map of Beleriand" here!
#trsb24#trsb2024#tolkien reverse summer bang#trsb#fic rec#silm fic#silm art#silmarillion fic#silmarillion art#silmarillion fanfic#silmarillion fanart#silmarillion#the silmarillion#tolkien#finrod#caranthir#tolkien oc#silm#trsb promo post#art#fic#fanfic#fanart#silm fanart#silm fanfic
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I think one of my favorite Silmarillion fandom tropes is "Arda Remade is fucked up actually."
Because who gets to decide what a perfect world looks like? Is that even possible? Most of the work I've seen about Arda Remade explores what would happen if the Valar made those choices, and perhaps, chose wrong.
If Miriel never dies, Finwe never remarries, and his other children never exist. If the latter bond takes precedent, and Finwe marries Indis first, what about Feanor? After all, even if Miriel, Finwe, and Indis would be happy with some sort of poly situation (good for them), there's no guarantee that whoever remakes the world would see it that way.
If a perfect world means the elves never leave Valinor, what happens to elves born from unions between exiled Noldor and elves in Middle-Earth? What happens to the half-elves? Is there no need for Earendil, in a world with no Morgoth to fight against? No need for Elrond in a world that shouldn't need healing?
Does anyone even know what's missing? What choices have been made for them? There's just so much tragic potential there.
Anyway, you should go read We Dream of Truth by Drag0nst0rm because it's a beautiful story about the imperfections of Arda Remade.
#silmarillion#arda remade#dagor dagorath#elrond#elrond peredhel#miriel#indis#finwe#feanor#earendil#fic rec
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A Tolkien Fic Rec
let the gods look down on this and wonder by @dialux & rainforezt - Aredhel-centric, 22.5k, rated T (complete)
This post canon Valinor fic has everything. Aredhel being a flawed badass. Nolofinwean drama. Complex mother-daughter relationships. Come for female-focused Silm Fics, stay for Aredhel breaking Valinor while dealing with her family. Cannot recommend enough.
A Boy, A Girl, And a Dog: The Leithian Script posted to Ao3 by GammaCavy (originally by Philosopher At Large) - Lúthien/Beren, 593k, rated G (complete)
A retelling of the Lúthien and Beren in script form based vaguely on Ol’ Will Shakes. I rarely read true canon compliant works, but this is worth every heart wrenching second. It’s funny, poignant, and deserves to be produced as an actual production. I would pay money to see it.
Aurë entuluva - series by @theheirofashandfire - multi pairing mainly Fingon/Maedhros, 589.5k over 17 installments, rated G-M (ongoing)
THIS. This is The Silm Fix-It. Begins with A Thread Unraveled, a Nirnaeth Arnoediad Ground-Hog day style fix-it centered on Maedhros, then expands. The author does a great job with the politics and the fallout of the Nirnaeth being a success and how that changes the rest of the events of the Silm. I especially love her characterizations of Melian, Finduilas, Turgon, and all the Brothers Fëanor.
The Last Spring by clothonono on ao3 - Finwëan fam + background Fingon/Maedhros, 26.2k, rated G (complete)
This right here is how I imagine the Family Finwë pre-canon. Fëanor brings his children to visit Tirion for the first time. The tension between the children of Finwë is delicious. The characterization of Fëanor is delicious. The foreboding ending, also delicious. This could be an entire six course meal if it was edible. Also baby Galadriel is amazing and terrifying.
As a Star Upon a Hill by @mynameisjessejk - Lúthien/Beren & Fingon/Maedhros, 11.9k, rated T (complete)
A fix-it au where Celegorm and Curufin decide to not be assholes, Beren and Lúthien steal all three Silmarils, and everyone agrees that dads kinda suck. Borderline crack, but such a feel good fic ugh it makes me happy.
Light Touched by whovianhiddlestoner on ao3 - kidnap + peredhel fams, 48.9k, rated T (complete)
Another (relatively) lighthearted fic where everyone who touches the Silmarils get to be Eldritch and Elrond has a lot of family reunions. Mainly set in the third age, ending in Valinor. Beautiful language all around, and also Maedhros’ hair is on fire. Which is awesome.
The Iron Ring by lulumiche on ao3 - Glorfindel/Maeglin, 39.2k, rated M (ongoing)
Post-canon in Valinor. Maeglin was actually in love with Glorfindel, which no one but Idril knows. Come for the discussions of homophobie in elf society, stay for some of the realest feeling characterizations I have ever read. Seriously, I don’t really like Maglor as Lindir but I ate it up here. Also lots of interesting magic.
The Silver Rule by SpaceWall on ao3 - Celebrían/Elrond/Gil-galad, 70.4k, rated T (complete)
More post-canon Valinor shenanigans. This time, Celebrían argues law, makes friends, and wants her husband back. I love breaking Valinor, and I especially love when Tolkien women do it. And let’s be honest, the Statute of Finwë and Míriel is utter balogney.
I Do; I Will by @littlewhitemouseagain - Fingon/Maedhros, 22.8k, rated M (complete)
The one in which everyone is on their worst behavior and the sons of Fëanor challenge Fingon to duels over his crown. I cannot emphasize enough how this is The Fingon Fic. His flaws are exposed and addressed in such a way that I’ve never seen before. The insights into the Fëanorians, especially Mae, are also really super poignant. This deserves so much attention.
Across The Table by Tuginda on ao3 - Gimli/Legolas & Glorfindel/Erestor, 9.5k, rated G (complete)
A conversation between two couples at Aragorn and Arwen’s wedding. Beautiful, sweet, and containing one of my favorite things: crotchety old Fëanorian Erestor. Somehow feels like both a conversation about dwarves and elves, and a lovely tribute to the Noldor.
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of drowning men by bimmyou on ao3 - Isildur/Valandil, 26.5k, rated E (complete)
The best Rings of Power fic I’ve read so far. Nails all of Isildur’s character flaws and gives such an incredible depth to Valandil.
#fic rec#tolkien#silmarillion#elrond#maedhros#maglor#the rings of power#silm#lotr#russingon#luthien#Beren#Tolkien women#this took me forever#please appreciate#fanfiction#valandil#isildur
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End of the Year Fic Recs
thank you @thescrapwitch and @sallysavestheday for tagging me!
This is a wonderful game, I love reccing fics and I should do it more. I'll keep it all Silmarillion for the recs, since that's the bulk of what I've read this year. I haven't had the spoon to leave proper comments on some of these, so hopefully reccing them can count too?
Recommend up to 5 series or multi-chapter fics from 2023 that everyone should read (multi-year WIPs count, if the last update was in 2023).
- The Harrowing by @chthonion. I am forever in awe of this whole series and of Chthonion's writing. Somehow every single sentence is relatable and at least half of them are a punch in the gut, but in a healing way. A delightful Frodo, Celebrimbor and Finrod working through their trauma and Annatar, remade as an elf, learning how to be a good person (and a person at all, really).
- we will make this place our home by @leucisticpuffin. Truly delightful 70s AU as narrated by 8 year old Elrond, who just makes my heart melt in every chapter. Maedhros and Maglor as traumatized foster parents doing their best, the twins with their antics and their fears and joys, it's such a breath of fresh air and I can't get enough of it.
- Hanged Man by @tethysresort. Second age fic about the fall of Eregion and the start of Imladris with so much interesting worldbuilding and plot, and characterization of Elrond and Glorfindel especially that I really loved.
- Everlasting Song by @amethysttribble. This is perhaps a little more niche, a crossover with A Song of Ice and Fire, but I'm not an ASOIAF fan at all and I have like two whole memories of the books and I'm still finding absolutely delightful. Top-notch characterization of the Fëanorians, and it really keeps you on your toes.
- Aurë entuluva by @theheirofashandfire. Just very recently caught up with it and I love it to bits! The time loop is all kinds of angsty and breathtaking, and I really love the world that is being constructed afterwards. Wonderful Russingon, and I'm also, especially, in love with her Curufin and Celegorm.
Recommend up to 5 single chapter fics/one-shots (long or short) from 2023 that everyone should read.
- Wayward Son by @thescrapwitch. Angst exactly like I like it. Fëanor and Maglor, and it will make you cry. @thescrapwitch writes Maglor just wonderfully and I really love this Fëanor that will do absolutely anything for his son.
- On the difference between hostages and sons by leodesic (and the rest of the series as well). Absolutely delightful Elrond and Elros, as seen by Gil-galad when they first come to his court. I love Elrond defying expectation, and this was such a wonderful read.
- the world to come by arriviste. Arda Remade, told through the shadows and the gaps of what's missing. It's eerie, and I love a well-written eerie fic that leaves you feeling a little off-balance. Wonderful reflection on the price of perfection.
- Sea-Bells and Sunlight by @actual-bill-potts. Finrod, Lúthien and Beren in Mandos. This broke my heart in the best way.
- in the breaking by @thelordofgifs. Short but terribly impactful study of Maedhros and Maglor before the end, one of the best I've read of them.
Recommend up to 5 fics NOT from 2023 that everyone should read (oldies but goodies).
- A Farewell to Arms by MorwenSteelsheen (LOTR, Farawyn). Such a wonderful characterization and development of Faramir and Éowyn's relationship in a slight canon divergence where Éowyn arrives in Gondor two years before the end of the war of the Ring.
- The Splintered Light by @thearrogantemu. The whole series. These Gifts That You Have Given Me (Silvergifting) is well-known in the fandom, I think, and I absolutely loved it, but the other fics set in the Fourth Age were among the first I read in this fandom that I just fell straight in love with.
- The Host of the West by @mynameisjessejk. Various fics of the Otter Mayhem and Otterless Mayhem series could have gone into every category here because I love them all, but this is the one I chose because I reread it yesterday for the fourth (fifth?) time and it still had me bawling my eyes out. Probably my favourite Finrod, and definitely an inspiration for my own writing. The whole series is about healing and redemption and elf therapy and all of it is delightful.
- The Peril (and Potential) of Unleashing Lightning in a Fishbowl by @dawnfelagund. This one took everything I thought I knew about Caranthir, threw it out the window and gave me a truly brilliant characterization I didn't know I needed in my life. The worldbuilding is also delightful, and so is Amarië.
- Aranya by SpaceWall. I read this recently and it's really staying with me. Some people in my asks have expressed interest in fics that take the Valar to account for their mistakes, and this is a wonderful one. With a bonus revolution. I really love the non-linear storytelling as well, a hard-to-use tool that is done wonderfully here. Plus the title is inspired.
Recommend up to 5 of your own fics (completed or WIP) from 2023 that everyone should read.
- your veins are empty of dust. Character study of Nerdanel as feels her family die across the sea, and she sculpts. This is also the fic for which I made the art I'm probably the proudest of to date.
- your smile tells me I'm safe. Modern AU with aro Maedhros and a Russingon QPR.
- silver. Míriel, Celegorm and Celebrimbor, and living with chronic illness.
- the light that you keep burning there. Part of a much larger AU where the second and third kinslayings don't happen, but this one is about Maedhros, Maglor and Fingon in the later years, as the world crumbles, trying to remember what (who) they're fighting for.
- if I am to braid my mystic crown. The Silmarillion retold through worldbuilding headcanons about braids.
Tagging @unforth @foodsies4me @wren-of-the-woods @camille-lachenille (I don't know who has already done it, so feel free to send me a link if you have!)
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I forgot I made a process video for my trsb piece so here it is! Go read the amazing fic that platinum_firebird wrote for it
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Maedhros & Thrór, Elrond Peredhel & Maedhros
Characters: Maedhros (Tolkien), Thrór (Tolkien), Elrond Peredhel, Gandalf (Tolkien)
Additional Tags: Slide 60, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Time Travel, (kind of), Father-Son Relationship, Magic
Summary:
A miner in Erebor digs into a strange piece of rock and finds the unthinkable; a jewel long believed lost and an elf who, despite being buried for nearly six thousand years, is still alive.
Thrust thousands of years forward in time in almost an instant from his perspective, Maedhros begins to grapple with this strange new Age.
@tolkienrsb
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I made a little moodboard after reading the most wonderful Silm story. It's an ao3 story written by @theheirofashandfire. The story is called The Threads Unraveled and it's an absolute must read if you haven't already.
Hope you like the moodboard. <3
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I have discovered this absolutely amazing story by @saurongorthaur9, about Mairon who came back to Valinor after the War of Wrath. Recommended read. Possibly the best longfic about him I have ever read.
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do you have any recommendations for writers of gen fic? <33
*trips over myself in the rush to answer this Ask* DO I EVER!!!
I happily and highly recommend the following Tolkien Gen Fic Writers, and have included their Ao3 accounts for easy binging access:
@emyn-arnens - Ao3: Arveldis
@hobbitwrangler - Ao3: obsessive_combustive
@cuarthol - Ao3: cuarthol
@cycas - Ao3: bunn
I must also mention a couple of my favorites who have written excellent Gen/Family fics alongside their ship/romance fics:
@from-the-coffee-shop-in-edoras - Ao3: Showed_Up_Late_To_The_Muster
@scyllas-revenge - Ao3: Scyllas_revenge
Thank you so much for Asking, Anon! I don't get to make rec posts often enough, so I'm so glad when I'm pushed to do so by Asks. :)
#sotwk answers#anon asks#fics of friends#sotwk recommends#tolkien fanfiction#lotr fanfiction#silmarillion#silmarillion fanfiction#tolkien rec list
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It's that time of year again! In honor of the season and for @tolkienhorrorweek, I’ve put together a rec list of some LOTR and Silm horror fics I've been enjoying. You can check out last year's list here. Please leave a kudos and comment if you enjoy!
call it peace by @simaethae (G, Celebrimbor, Sauron, and Galadriel, 3.6k):
Celebrimbor dies. Then he wakes up again.
the clear air, the shining sea by @simaethae (G, Idril/Tuor, 0.6k):
Very soon then the fëa and hroa of a Man in Aman would not be united and at peace...Either his fëa would be wholly dominated by the hroa, and he would become more like a beast, though one tormented within. Or else, if his fëa were strong, it would leave the hroa. Then one of two things would happen: either this would be accomplished only in hate, by violence, and the hroa, in full life, would be rent and die in sudden agony; or else the fëa would in loathing and without pity desert the hroa, and it would live on, a witless body, not even a beast but a monster, a very work of Melkor in the midst of Aman, which the Valar themselves would fain destroy. - Myths Transformed, Text XI, “Aman and Mortal Men"
from this darkness, flowers by Anonymous (T, implied Elrond/Thranduil, 0.7k):
“The forest has changed me,” he says, voice like a breeze through the leaves, a casual toss of branches, a rise and fall like a whisper carried. “It is a part of me as I am a part of it.”
Morning Star by @lemurious (G, Eärendil, 0.3k):
And we still call him the morning star. Sentenced to ride the heavens for all eternity, how could he not have fallen in the end?
Mother Wolf by @hobbitwrangler (T, Aredhel, Maeglin, and Eöl, 2.1k, graphic violence):
Aredhel breaks free.
Of Hanging Trees and Gallows-Weed by @naryaflame (NR, Celegorm, gorcrows, Bilbo & Maglor, 1.5k, CNTW):
What are the mysterious gorcrows, mentioned in passing in the Red Book of Westmarch, and why does the poem have no author?
Of the Dead that Live by @lemurious (T, Lúthien, Sauron, and the Nazgûl, 0.6k):
The name was the fault of the guards, who could no longer return to Doriath, not after what they had witnessed. The Island of the Dead that Live, they whispered in the dark. Lúthien, surviving.
Other Shadows by Drag0nst0rm (T, Fingon & Maedhros, Caranthir & Fingon, Finarfin & Fingolfin, Celebrimbor & Celegorm, Curufin & Fëanor, Dior, Finduilas, Finrod, Irmo, Mandos, Yavanna, Ulmo, Oromë, Nessa, Nienna, Varda, Manwë, and Vairë, 4.8k, graphic violence):
Melkor was the one to fall, but he didn't have to be. What if it had been another Vala that fell to the dark?
Song of the Deep by @thescrapwitch (G, Maglor, Elrond, Arwen, and Sauron, 1.5k):
It wasn't that Sauron hadn’t tried to have Elrond and his heirs assassinated. It was just that, each time he did, something got in the way.
the plain sight of our destiny is the cruellest thing of all by @hobbitwrangler (T, OCs, 4.3k):
As Umbar falls beneath the Dark Lord's sway, he commands that a new temple be built. Few who go in ever come out.
#tolkienhorrorweek#tolkienhorrorweek2024#the silmarillion#lotr#fic recs#rec list#a bit of a shorter list this year unfortunately. i wanted to include more but just didn't have time this month for much fic reading#q
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End of Year Fic Recs
Thank you @sallysavestheday for the tag and the kind rec 💕
Recommend up to 5 series or multi-chapter fics from 2023 that everyone should read (multi-year WIPs count, if the last update was in 2023).
Recommend up to 5 single chapter fics/one-shots (long or short) from 2023 that everyone should read.
Recommend up to 5 fics NOT from 2023 that everyone should read (oldies but goodies).
Recommend up to 5 of your own fics (completed or WIP) from 2023 that everyone should read.
Five WIPS from 2023:
we will make this place our home by @leucisticpuffin. 200k, AU, kidnap fam. The loveliest softest 1970s AU! It feels like reading all my favourite cozy childhood books and the characterisation is impeccable (Maglor my DARLING). Cannot recommend enough.
seabird by @welcomingdisaster. 24k, AU, russingon. "Give me a quick russingon prompt for smut week," Lena said. I obliged. This happened. Anyway the dynamics are so so good and the characterisation is so so good (Maedhros you little IDIOT) and the suspense!! is so good!! Everyone go and read it immediately.
ashes, ashes, dust to dust — the devil's after both of us by @that-angry-noldo. 9k, AU, Finarfin and Maedhros and Maglor. Maedhros and Maglor come up with a plan to capture the High King of the Noldor in return for the Silmaril. SUCH good m&m (I am a single-issue voter ok!) and incredible Finarfin/Eonwe dynamics as well, I cannot wait to see where this fic goes next.
Atandil by @eilinelsghost. 105k, canon compliant, Finrod/Bëor. The best worldbuilding, THE most gorgeous flowing heartrending prose, absolutely incredible characterisation... I am so so obsessed with this series you can't imagine. Still weeping over part 14 a month later.
And Love Grew by @polutrope. 8k, canon compliant, kidnap fam. A newer WIP, but I'm already so hooked! So far the characterisations of all the Fëanorians have been delicious and there are SO many compelling OCs as well.
Five one-shots from 2023:
Sea-Bells and Sunlight by @actual-bill-potts. 4.5k, canon compliant, Finrod and Lúthien and Beren. Lúthien finds both Finrod and Beren in the Halls of Mandos. LOVE the shifting dreamlike nature of Mandos here, and my darling Lúthien is so so perfect. Also all the Finrod feels... aahhh.
Somewhere To Return To by @searchingforserendipity25. 4k, canon compliant, Maedhros and Maglor, russingon. Just the softest loveliest most heartbreaking post-Thangorodrim fic. LetMaedhrosNap2k23.
the world to come by @arrivisting. 4k, AU, Fëanor/Nerdanel. A chilling imagining of Arda Remade, featuring some incredible Fëanor characterisation and the most gorgeous beautiful prose.
Quicksilver by @clothonono. 26k, AU, Indis/Míriel. Beautiful beautiful writing and wonderful characterisation. One of the fics that made me adore Indis.
What Will the Kinslayer Lord Do Next? by @tanoraqui. 3k, canon compliant, Maedhros and Maglor. Ok this is a spin-off of The Minstrel and the Star which you should also read because it's excellent but. again. SINGLE-ISSUE VOTER. and this is a top-tier m&m fic, all that tenderness and grief and bitterness and some delicious musings on the Oath and Silmarils.
Five older fics:
and one man, in his time, plays many parts by @lintamande. Canon compliant, Maglor and his younger brothers. One of my favourite Mithrim-era fics.
seven years of holidays by @jouissants. 10k, AU, kidnap fam. Elrond and Elros find a strange elf in the woods. Excellent kidnap fam dynamics and absolutely beautiful prose.
A reason to live (a reason it is not permissible to die) by Chestnut_pod. 27k, canon compliant, Eärendil/Elwing. Absolutely incredible Sirion worldbuilding and a wonderful depiction of Elwing.
elves, once by @ceescedasticity. 43k, canon compliant. THE most horrifyingly plausible theory of how orcs came to be. Both heartbreaking and fascinating.
It's the New World, Darling by @avantegarda. 107k, AU. A truly delightful 19th-20th century AU of the silm. Nothing makes me laugh as much as Victorian!Fëanorians.
Five self-recs:
The hard bit!
Ilimbë. 15k, canon compliant, Fëanor/Nerdanel. I still think this is the best thing I've ever written! Check it out if you're interested in Greek mythology, or in baby Fëanor making an idiot of himself.
the fairest stars. 78k, AU, Maedhros & Maglor, russingon, Beren/Lúthien and more. Probably my favourite of my fics, if not objectively my best. I know I love to hate on tfs for being completely insane, but I'm also pretty proud of it. It's got some of my best m&m, a rather in-depth exploration of the nuances of the Oath of Fëanor, and SO SO MANY cliffhangers. A silly bullet point fic that is also somehow the one I've put the most thought and effort into over the year.
in the breaking. 2k, canon compliant, Maedhros & Maglor. Still very fond of this one.
Inflection. 9k, canon compliant, kidnap fam. A very difficult one to write, but I'm proud of the result.
The Stranger. 928 words, canon compliant, Maedhros and Maglor. A very tiny little ficlet, but I like how I captured the post-Thangorodrim dynamics here.
Going to tag everyone I mentioned here, if you'd like to share!
#silmarillion#fic rec#my writing#tag game#a lot of fics here! go forth and feast#missed sooo many incredible fics off this too
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fics where someone goes to angband instead of/with maedhros
[in the brackets are the characters who are captured]
For Want of a Crown by theScrap_Witch [maglor]
The Price We Pay by theScrap_Witch [maglor]
A Different Kind of Doom by Aemileth [all sons of fëanor]
A Perfect Pair by SunflowerSupreme [finrod and maglor]
A Songbird in Angband by AdmirableMonster (Mertiya) [maglor]
Mountains Don't Sing by MathConcepts [maedhros and fingon]
Animal Skins by Ilye [celegorm]
In Gold gefasst and Prized Jewel by Siana [maedhros and maglor]
A Fair Evil by Siana [maedhros and maglor]
A Broken Voice by Silentx13 [maglor]
Wisdom Prevails by Ardruna [nerdanel]
What If It Hadn't Been Maedhros? by ArvenaPeredhel [maglor, celegorm, caranthir, curufin, amras] (it's five different stories, not "all of them get captured together")
Aphonia and Mother Who Bore Me by ArvenaPeredhel [maglor]
Hard Choices and Silenced by waitingfover [maglor]
The Expendable One by The_Cinderninja [celegorm; he isn't exactly captured but it fits]
+ three in russian
Услышь меня, брат... by Nolofinve [feanor]
Кроме пыли и пепла by vinyawende [feanor]
За перевал by ��. Кимури [it doesn't quite fit the description but still has a similar plot]
this list probably isn't comprehensive, if you know more fics with a similar plot, please tell me!
if you are the author of one of the fics here and would like to be @'ed or to have your fic removed from here, please tell me! if i made a mistake in the descriptions tell me also
#the most frequent maedhros substitute: maglor#the most surprising one: nerdanel#disclaimer: i haven't read most of these. honestly i knew there was a lot of these but SO MANY OMG !!!!!!!!!!!#THERE WAS ALSO a fic i don't remember what exactly happened but ? i think all of the sons of feanor were taken#and some of them killed later#and the remaining ones got out but they were super traumatised#i remember maglor died and maedhros was unnormal about it. that's all i remember lol it was a long time ago#IF YOU KNOW THE FIC I'M TALKING ABOUT PLEASE PLEASE SHARE#also TWO different fics in russian by different authors where feanor gets captured surprised me#i've only read the second one but i think in the first fic fingolfin also saves him? more similarities? though i've only skimmed through it#silmarillion#fic recs#maglor#i'm only tagging him lol bc the other characters have like 1 fic per character#well okay#maedhros#he's also there
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