B2MeM 2012: Super-Duper Brag & Rec!

[dawn_felagund]

B2MeM 2012 is now safely behind us. My laundry pile no longer rivals Thangorodrim, and I can even see the word "BINGO" without have a mild panic attack. This year's B2MeM resulted in over a thousand stories, artwork, and other Tolkien-based creations, many of which are archived here on this community.

This post, however, is a chance to do a big favor for future browsers of our community who are interested in seeing some of the finest pieces to come out of B2MeM this year, as well as to celebrate our own successes this year. We invite our B2MeM participants and readers to suggest their favorite B2MeM 2012 pieces, both their own and those created by other participants.

Please comment here to brag about your best work and to recommend your favorite work by other participants. Please use the form below:

<b>Title:</b> <b>Author:</b> <b>Link:</b> <b>Rating/Warnings:</b> <b>Summary:</b>

We are not placing a limit on the number of recommendations a single person can make, so if you have several favorites or a few pieces you're really proud of, do feel free to recommend more than one!

Comments

[dwimordene-2011.livejournal.com]

Oh, you want my MEFA list already?

;-)

[dwimordene-2011.livejournal.com]

Ok, seriously - here are a few that stood out in my mind, although there's a truckload more, and I'll be slow getting to them.

Title: Total War
Author: Altariel
Link: http://tolkienfanfiction.com/Story_Read_Chapter.php?CHid=5994
Rating/Warnings:
Summary: Denethor learns the counsel of despair.


Title: Famine in the land
Author: Altariel
Link:http://tolkienfanfiction.com/Story_Read_Chapter.php?CHid=5996
Rating/Warnings:
Summary: The fell beasts dream of better days...


Title: Halo in the mist
Author: Elleth
Link: http://b2mem.livejournal.com/171741.html#cutid1
Rating/Warnings:
Summary: Choice is not given to Mithrellas.

Title: The Way to the River
Author: Aliana
Link: http://b2mem.livejournal.com/10375.html#cutid1
Rating/Warnings: Works best if you've read Fallen, but it's not necessary.
Summary: Sometimes you have to count a retreat as a victory.


Title: Queen and Consort
Author: Aliana
Link:http://aliana1.livejournal.com/83125.html
Rating/Warnings: political bdsm
Summary: All is barter: for those who’d rule kingdoms, there are no safe words.


Title: In the shadow of Gundabad
Author: Huinare
Link: http://b2mem.livejournal.com/109938.html#cutid1
Rating/Warnings:
Summary: The Istari encounter a strange creature in the shadow of the mountain. Gandalf has awesome hand-eye coordination. Takes place within the first year of the Istari arriving in Middle-earth.


Title: Like the heathen kings of old
Author: Marta
Link: http://b2mem.livejournal.com/92126.html#comments
Rating/Warnings: Jean-Luc Marion. ;-)
Summary: In the wake of Denethor's death on the pyre, Beregond and Pippin reflect.


Title: Queen of her domain
Author: Elleth
Link: http://b2mem.livejournal.com/179349.html#cutid1
Rating/Warnings:
Summary: Arien walks the Outer Lands


Title: Blood of Kings. And Queens.
Author: Starlight
Link:http://b2mem.livejournal.com/108963.html#cutid1
Rating/Warnings:
Summary: Of blood and bloodlines.

Title: Fine feathers make fine birds
Author: Dreamflower
Link: http://b2mem.livejournal.com/173792.html#cutid1
Rating/Warnings:
Summary: Robin Smallburrow becomes a shirriff.

[arwen75]

Think my favourite piece to write was the one that got me my BINGO. Although to be honest I just enjoyed the challenge of regularly writing:
Title: On Death
Author: Arwen75
Link: http://b2mem.livejournal.com/144982.html#cutid1
Rating/Warnings: none
Summary: Aragorn visits Gilraen for the last time.

I will have to go back and find my favourite pieces by other authors as there were a number - not now though as I am supposedly marking....Ok I had to post some of them anyway as I couldn't resist wandering back through the posts.

Title: Yuletide Cheer
Author: Larner
Link: http://b2mem.livejournal.com/178491.html#cutid1
Rating/Warnings:
Summary: It is not wise to treat Frodo's bounty with apparent disrespect.

Title: A King Comes Home at Last
Author: Cairistiona
Link: http://b2mem.livejournal.com/109123.html
Rating/Warnings: G
Summary: A father and son enjoy the rebuilt Minas Tirith market square.

Title: Protectors
Author: Linda Hoyland
Link: http://b2mem.livejournal.com/168558.html#cutid1
Rating/Warnings: PG13
Summary: Aragorn protects his people in many ways.

Title: Tookish Tradition
Author:Dreamflower
Link: http://b2mem.livejournal.com/164365.html#cutid1
Rating/Warnings: G
Summary: Pippin explains a Tookish custom to his daughter.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

I'm honoured that you have mentioned my "Protectors". I see we both enjoyed "A King Comes Home at Last" and I greatly enjoyed your "On Death,"

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Here are my recs
Title: A King Comes Home at Last
Author: Cairistiona
Link:http://b2mem.livejournal.com/109123.html
Rating/Warnings: G
Summary:A father and son enjoy the rebuilt Minas Tirith market square.

Title: Encouraging Local Authors
Author: Grey Wanderer
Link:http://b2mem.livejournal.com/62248.html
Rating/Warnings: PG13 slightly suggestive and a bit rude
Summary:Frodo discovers something upsetting in his morning paper.

Title: A Defence wasted
Author: Cairistiona
Link:http://b2mem.livejournal.com/77369.html
Rating/Warnings: G
Summary:Thorongil checks the motivations of his heart.

Title: With the Blood of Patriots
Author:Fidesquaerens (Marta)
Link:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11470456/Fanfic/With%20the%20Blood%20of%20Patriots.pdf
Rating/Warnings: G
Summary:"For though Sauron had passed, the hatreds and evils that he bred had not died, and the King of the West had many enemies to subdue before the White Tree could grow in peace."

Title: Love's destiny
Author: Ryselle
Link:http://b2mem.livejournal.com/27953.html#cutid1
Rating/Warnings:G
Summary: Back cover blurb for LOTR if it were a Harlequin or Mills&Boon Romance


Title:Realizations
Author:Larner
Link:http://b2mem.livejournal.com/93231.html#cutid1
Rating/Warnings: G
Summary:Gandalf finds reason to be concerned as he watches Frodo at the feast given to celebrate the Hobbit's recovery in the Last Homely House.


These are just a few of the many stories I enjoyed reading during BTME.

[hhimring]

Just to say, there are a quite a number of brags and recs among the answers to Aliana's questionnaire, even if they're not in the standardized format, and I thought it might not hurt to have a reminder of that here:
http://b2mem.livejournal.com/189312.html

I will try and see whether I can manage a few recs later. Between never having quite caught up and already forgetting half of it, they're bound to be slightly random (although each of them in itself well-deserved)!

[ave eva (from livejournal.com)]

You know what? I finally started posing my story written for this B2MeM! If you don't remember, I decided to write one continuous story with all my cards (too many). I didn't write it chronologically though, just added the prompts to the place where they fitted in the story, writing all chapters simultaneously. If the story seems strange to you, that might be the reason. I tried to edit it after the end of B2MeM. The state it is now is not as good as it could be, but it would need more time and effort to improve it, and I would like to bring this endeavour to closure already, so I'm going to post it at it is. Most of the chapters are short, but there are many of them, so I'll try to post one chapter a day when I'm able to. It's about 26.000 words long.

Title: A Spirit in Shadows
Author: Mirach
Link: FFN (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8278451/1/B2MeM_2012_A_Spirit_in_Shadows) or SoA (http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=7017)
Rating/Warnings: T
Summary: Gondor in the 4th Age. The Queen has been poisoned, and the King would do anything to save her. Will that be enough? And what about Sauron after the loss of his Ring? As the line between friends and enemies blurrs, Aragorn finds himself in a difficult situation.

Mirach