I22 - Appreciating Literacy

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B2MeM Challenge: I22 - Four Words – Order, Cascade, Small, Dogwood

Format:  Drabble

Title:  Appreciating Literacy

Genre:  General

Rating: G/K

Warnings:  None

Characters:  Gaffer Gamgee, Samwise Gamgee, Bilbo Baggins (mentioned)

Pairings:  N/A

Summary:  Gaffer Gamgee needs assistance in understanding his employer’s wishes.

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Apology Across the Sea by Zhie (O68)

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Apology Across the Sea

B2MeM Challenge:O68
First Lines: One mid-winter day off the coast of...

Format:Drabble
Genre:Drama
Rating:G
Warnings:none
Characters:Maglor (unnamed) and random sailors
Pairings:none
Summary:A bottle floats towards Valinor...

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Cursing--and Blessing--the Stubbornness of Young Tooks

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: Five Books, Five Characters N-43: FotR: Pippin
Format: Short Story
Genre: Angst
Rating: PG
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Gandalf, Bilbo, Frodo, Pippin, Merry, Sam, Aragorn, Elves
Pairings: n/a
Summary: Gandalf watches at the doors of the Last Homely House for Frodo and his companions to arrive.

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"Sunset in Ithilien" by Alma Heart

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B2MeM Challenge: I22: Ecstasy prompt from Emotions card
Format: ficlet
Genre: romance fluff
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Faramir, Eowyn
Pairings: Faramir/Eowyn
Summary: Faramir shows Eowyn the first home he had in Ithilien.

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In Love and War by Dwimordene

[dwimordene-2011.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: N43: Powers of the World: Tulkas/"'We have invented happiness,' say the last men, and they blink"; I22: Aspects of Aragorn: Thorongil
Format: drabble
Genre: Character Study
Rating: K+
Warnings: n/a
Summary: Compromise comes in many forms.

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"Annoyed" by Independence1776

[independence1776]

B2MeM Challenge: o68 Women of the Silmarillion (sisters and sisters-in-law)
Format: Drabble
Genre: Gen
Rating: General
Warnings: None
Characters: Findis, Írimë
Pairings: None
Summary: The daughters of Finwë are displeased when they discover they have been left out of the Quenta Silmarillion.

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Let me not to the marriage of true minds, Starlight (Cannon couples: Manwë/Varda, Celeborn/Galadriel

[starli-ght.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: n43 Canon Couples: Manwë/Varda; i22 Canon Couples: Celeborn/Galadriel
Format: Drabble series
Genre: General
Rating: General
Warnings: None
Characters: Galadriel/Celeborn, Arwen
Pairings: Galadriel/Celeborn, Manwë/Varda, Thingol/Melian, Arwen/Elessar
Summary: Some choices are just hard to make. Some are made for you, and yet some you would make, again.

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Do not go gentle into that good night, Starlight (Pharazôn/Míriel)

[starli-ght.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: i22Festivals: Funeral/wake; Second Age: The Gift of Men
Format: Drabble
Genre:
Rating: General
Warnings: None
Characters: Pharazôn/Míriel
Pairings: None
Summary: Maybe if they had explained better...

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A Lesson in History, by Starlight (Faramir/Éowyn)

[starli-ght.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: i22: Gondorian History: The Kin-Strife, 068: War of the Ring; i22: The Steward and his Sons: Osgiliath; 068: Economy: War
Format: Drabble Pair
Genre:
Rating: General
Warnings: None
Characters: Faramir, Éowyn
Pairings: Faramir/Éowyn
Summary: A lesson in history is not the same as a history lesson ;-)

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Artwork

[havamahal.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: Relationship - O68 - same-sex relationship

Format: photo manipulation/digital art

Genre: slash

Rating: PG-13

Warnings: It's only a hug.

Characters: Aragorn, Boromir

Pairings: Aragorn/Boromir

Summary: Aragorn and Boromir and what could have been.

( Picture )

O-68 Crackfic Bingo Card, Time Travel

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: O-68 Crackfic Bingo Card Time Travel
Format: Ficlet
Genre: Crackfic and a bit of a Crossover and VERY AU
Rating: G
Warnings:  None
Characters: Gandalf, Frodo, Pippin, Merry, Sam, Bilbo, some visitors and an OC Elf
Pairings: None
Title:  Lies Told by Elves
Summary:  Bilbo, Frodo, and Gandalf are sailing to the Undying lands, or are they?


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Hope of the Dúnedain, by Starlight (Arathorn/Gilraen)

[starli-ght.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: i22: Economy: Climatic Change; o68: Rangers of the North: Fell Winter
Format: Drabble
Genre:
Rating: General
Warnings: None
Characters: Arathorn, Gilraen
Pairings:Arathorn/Gilraen
Summary: There are duties, and duties.

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n43 - landscapes - cove

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B2MEM Challenge: n43 - Landscapes - Cove
Format: Gen
Rating: G
Character: Tuor
Title: The Works of the Noldor
Summary: Tuor explores one of the coves at Drengist

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Another Wild Shieldmaiden, by Starlight

[starli-ght.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: o68 Forth Eorlingas!: Orthanc
Format: Drabble
Genre:
Rating: General
Warnings: You know when you're just trying to 'get done' when you write something like this :-) My only excuse is that I really like this bunch of people together, and could not resist to see the girls win one over the boys. If Léof or Aetheldred intrigue you, I've written more about them here
Characters: Éowyn, Éothain, Éomer, OCs
Pairings: none
Summary: Where Léof learns that shieldmaidens don't have to fight, necessarily...

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What the water gave me by Dwimordene

[dwimordene-2011.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge:I 22: Economy: Climatic change; Femslash: Valier; Four cards: order, cascade, small, dogwood
Format: drabble
Genre: Healing sex? Crackfic?
Rating: Um... K+? Teen?
Warnings: Incest; symbolism; splinters (probably).
Characters: Yavanna and Vána
Pairings: Yavanna/Vána
Summary: Lay me down, Florence...
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In the Steward's Presence (I22 & O68)

[arwen75]

B2MeM Challenge: 5 Books 5 Characters:Denethor, Aspects of Aragorn:Thorongil
Format: Drabble
Genre: General
Rating: G
Warnings:  None
Characters: Aragorn, Denethor
Pairings: None
Summary:  Thoughts of an heir
Authors Notes: Slightly changed from what I started as I didn't finish this yesterday and the prompt for today gave me new ideas

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Supplies (I22 & O68)

[arwen75]

B2MeM Challenge: Botany: Barley (I22), Rangers of the North: Fell Winter (O68)
Format: Fixed-length (200)
Genre: General
Rating: G
Warnings:  None
Characters: Gandalf
Pairings: None
Summary:  Thoughts of an heir
Authors Notes: Slightly changed from what I started as I didn't finish this yesterday and the prompt for today gave me new ideas

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i22 The Jay and the Moon

[huinare.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: Alternate Viewpoints ('A Thief in the Night')
Format: ficlet ~600 words
Genre: Character study?
Rating: G
Warnings: Author enjoys trying to do some justice to under-appreciated characters, does that count?
Characters: Bombur, Bilbo
Summary: Bombur's thoughts on the eve of Bilbo's little excursion with the Arkenstone.


( The Jay and the Moon )

Gone by Zhie (O68)

[zhie.livejournal.com]

Gone
[previous working title: Two-fold Tragedy]

B2MeM Challenge:(O68)

Quenya & Sindarin: Astarmo
Feanatics: Maedhros went to look for...
Horror: Footsteps and Whispers

Format:Short Story
Genre:Drama, Angst
Rating:PG-13
Warnings:character deaths
Characters:Feanorians, some archers
Pairings:none, really
Summary:Maedhros searches for Elured and Elurin.

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Security Blanket by Zhie (O68)

[zhie.livejournal.com]

Security Blanket (name subject to change)


B2MeM Challenge:(O68)

Textures: Fuzzy

Format:ficlet
Genre:drama
Rating:G
Warnings:none
Characters:Feanorians, Nerdanel
Pairings:none
Summary:Nerdanel waits for her sons to return.

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All Aflame -Linda Hoyland

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B2MeM Challenge FourWords1 order,cascade,small, dogwood. Canon couples- Celeborn/Galadriel

Format: drabble

Genre: romance

Rating: PG13

Warnings: mild sexual content
Characters: Celeborn /Galadriel

Pairings: Celeborn/Galadriel

Summary:A romantic moment for Celeborn and Galadriel

These characters all belong to the estate of J.R.R. Tolkien. This story was written for pleasure and not for financial gain.


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DRABBLE: "Frail" (G/K) by Febobe

[febobe.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: O68, Smells (pipeweed) and Hobbits (Sharkey)
Format: Drabble
Title: Frail
Genre: Angst
Rating: G/K
Warnings: None
Characters: Frodo, Sharkey (Saruman)
Pairings: N/A
Summary: Frodo's encounter with Sharkey is a nightmarish one, preying on the Ringbearer's deepest, darkest fears.

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Lavender's Blue - Linda Hoyland

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge AspectsOfAragorn1- Thorongil; Weather1- hurricane;Botany1- barley;colours1= lavender,;Emotions1- ecstasy;Caroling- heedless of the wind and weather;Steward and his Sons- Osgiliath

Format: short story

Genre: general

Rating: PG

Warnings: none

Characters: Aragorn, Denethor, OMS

Pairings: Aragorn/Arwen

Summary: Aragorn and his men relax after their duties.

These characters all belong to the estate of J.R.R. Tolkien. This story was written for pleasure and not for financial gain.

Lavender's blue, dilly dilly, lavender's green,
When I am king, dilly, dilly, you shall be queen. - Traditional



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Strength of Will, by Starlight (Faramir)

[starli-ght.livejournal.com]

IB2MeM Challenge:o68 March 3019: Denethor and the Palantír
Format: Drabble
Genre:
Rating:
Warnings:
Characters: Faramir
Pairings:
Summary: "And it was said that ever after, if any man looked in that stone, unless he had a great strength of will to turn it to other purpose, he saw only two aged hands withering in flame." (The Pyre of Denethor, The Lord of the Rings)

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Fated by Zhie (I22) (O68)

[zhie.livejournal.com]

Fated

[previous working title: Almost Like Finwe]

B2MeM Challenge:(I22) (O68)

(I22)
Occupations:Apothecary
Relationship: Remarriage
Controversial Topics: Fate: Free Will or Preordained?

(O68)
Relationship: Same-sex Relationship

Format:Short Story
Genre:Drama, Romance?
Rating:PG
Warnings:m/m relationship
Characters:Erestor, Bainith Proudfoot
Pairings:Bainith/Ellonur; Bainith/Valanyonnen
Summary:The day before Bainith's wedding, Erestor helps him with Sindarin and discusses philosophy.
Notes:permission for playing with Ellonur and Valanyonnen in fanficland okayed by their respective owners; Bainith's all mine (or is he really Ellonur's now? ;)

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Second-hand Knowledge, by Starlight (Artanis, Andreth)

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B2MeM Challenge: o68: Canon Couples: Aegnor/Andreth
Format: Drabble
Genre:
Rating:
Warnings:
Characters: Artanis, Andreth
Pairings: Aegnor:Andreth
Summary: (Almost) Would-be sisters meeting for the first time.

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A mere two years into the siege... By Starlight (Anárion)

[starli-ght.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: o68: Destruction of Barad-Dûr
Format: Drabble
Genre:
Rating:
Warnings:
Characters: Anárion
Pairings: None
Summary: Good things come to those who wait...

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O68 - Total War

[altariel.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: O68: Economy: War; March 3019: 7th March - Denethor and the palantír
Format: Drabble
Genre: Is there a name yet for stories about Denethor and Faramir being father and son? Gen, if not.
Rating: Well, it's not very jolly.
Warnings: N/A
Characters: Denethor and Faramir
Pairings: N/A
Summary: Mutually assured destruction.

( Total War )

Drabble and a Half: "Abandon" (PG/K+) by Febobe

[febobe.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: O68, Draw a Tolkien Character (on the dark side)
Format: Drabble and a half
Title: Abandon
Genre: Darkfic
Rating: PG/K+
Warnings: Darkfic, as if you couldn't tell that already...I decided what I wrote in my WIP wasn't dark enough, so here's this! ;)
Characters: Frodo, Nazgul
Pairings: N/A
Summary: Frodo yields to the Nine, abandoning himself to join them at the Ford of Bruinen.

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Sharkey Arrives at Bag End by Dreamflower

[dreamflower]

B2MeM Challenge: Hobbits: O-68, "Sharkey"
Format: Ficlet, Inner Monologue
Title: Sharkey Arrives at Bag End
Genre: Gapfiller
Rating: G
Warnings: N /A
Characters: Saruman, Grima Wormtongue, Lotho Sackville-Baggins
Pairings: N/A
Summary: Saruman's impressions of his arrival at Bag End.

Sharkey Arrives at Bag End
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Maglor the Mighty

[ignoblebard.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge:I18 Sons of Feanor: Maglor the Mighty, N43 Four Words Drabble: Smith, Consonance, Cradle, Mantle
Format:Drabble
Genre:Vignette
Rating:G
Warnings:None
Characters:Nerdanel, Maglor
Summary: A mother's thoughts

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The BINGO Number for March 6 Is O67--CLOSED

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B2MEM Essay: Profiles in Courage

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B2MeM Challenge: I22: Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
Format: Non-fiction Essay (1,460 words)
Genre: Essay
Rating: General
Warnings: none
Characters: Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
Pairings: n/a
Summary: Was Lobelia S.-B.'s defiance of the ruffians foolhardiness or bravery? A closer look at the incident that landed her in the lockholes.

Betas: just_ann_now, dreamflower02

Profiles in Courage: A Closer Look at Lobelia Sackville-Baggins

"Ecstasy" by Independence1776

[independence1776]

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o68 A Story of a Hound (cont.)

[huinare.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: First Lines "One mid-winter day off the coast of..."
Format: ficlet/chapter 930 words
Genre: Humor, General
Rating: PGish for references to intoxicated Ainur
Warnings: ^ Bottoms up
Characters: Huan, Oromë, Varda
Pairings: No, precious, we hates it
Summary: So just what is Huan, and why?  And what do they do at parties in Valinor, anyway?


The chapter on SWG [link's not working, sorry, whatever, it's on there]
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"Loves that dare not speak their name" by Aliana

[aliana1.livejournal.com]

A bit late in coming due to computer issues, but I've finished up my next offering.

B2MeM Challenge: I22: Unlikely pairings, and N43: Harlequin romance! Both on the "Crackfic" card.
Format: "Art"?
Genre: Romance
Rating: They'd sell it in a grocery store. That said...
Warnings: ...gratuitous bare chests, heaving bosoms, terrible puns, possibly implied bestiality.
Characters: Surprise?
Pairings: See previous.
Summary: Romance is ready for Arda. But is Arda ready for...oh, nevermind.

Link goes to my journal.

O72 Lake Nenuial, evening

[huinare.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: Deep Thoughts ("We"), Snippets of Verse ("In what furnace was thy brain?" -Blake), Weather ("Thundersnow")
Format: ficlet  1020 words
Genre: Character study, general
Rating: G
Warnings: Vague mentions of horror and torment, not enough to merit PG imo.
Characters: Gandalf, Saruman (other wizard cameos)
Summary: Peculiar weather ensues over abandoned Annúminas. The Istari need to clean all the things.  Gandalf and Saruman discuss time and memory

Author's note!  This is a chapter of a larger piece, but stands on its own. 
I decided to put just this one chapter here, because we're all insane(ly busy) and who has time to read all of them?  Should readers be interested in other recent chapters, I've a link to the story on MPTT at the bottom of this post.

( Lake Nenuial, evening )

The full story at MPTT.  Look, the story id is 2020, that's got to be good, right?
http://www.lotrgfic.com/viewstory.php?sid=2020

The home front by Dwimordene

[dwimordene-2011.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: O68: Economy: war; Women of the Silmarillion: sisters and sisters-in-law
Format: ficlet
Genre: Character Study
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Um... yes. Mature themes; story may not be suitable for children, regardless of their understanding.
Summary: Home is family. She wanted her home back.
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Wilderloves by Dwimordene

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B2MeM Challenge: O68: Powers of the World: Oromë makes the horses of Rhovanion; Economy: War
Format: Drabble
Genre: Character Study
Rating: Teen
Characters: Oromë
Pairings: Oromë/all good beasts
Warnings: Bestiality; metaphysics
Summary: Eat your heart out, Socrates - this worked for Penía.
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Fic: My Life 5/25

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B2MeM Challenge: Maglor in History 1, O68: The Manhattan Project
Format: Tripple drabble
Genre: Not a comedy.
Rating: General
Warnings: None
Characters: Maglor, OCs
Pairings: None
Summary: Maglor gives another class...

http://tati24.livejournal.com/274417.html

Attrition by Dwimordene

[dwimordene-2011.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: O68: Rangers of the North: Fell Winter; Economy: War
Format: drabble
Genre: gapfiller
Rating: K+
Characters: Arador, OMC Rangers and hobbits and wolves, oh my!
Summary: Unquiet on the western front.

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B2MeM 2012: "The Only Possible Thing" by Himring

[hhimring]

B2MeM Challenge:  O68: Humid (Weather), Sisters and sisters-in-law (Women of the Silmarillion)
Format: Snippet of a WIP
Genre: First Person
Rating: General
Warnings: none
Characters: Anaire, Earwen, Fingolfin, Lalwen (mention of Findis)
Pairings: Fingolfin/Anaire
Summary: Fingolfin is leaving Tirion. He wants his wife to come and his sister to stay. Has he got another think coming? (POV: Lalwen)

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