I remember well the splendour of their banners, by Zdenka

[zdenka]

B2MeM Challenge: TVTropes of Tolkien: The Obi-Wan (N41)
Format: drabble
Genre: gen
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Characters: Elrond
Pairings: none
Summary: Elrond contemplates the Sword Re-forged.

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( also, have a long definition from TVTropes )

A quick word on tags

[zdenka]

There are tags! Which is very exciting. We are behind on tagging entries, but working on catching up. In order to make the volunteer taggers' job a little easier, I have a couple of requests:

Consider selecting your tags from the list rather than typing them in (or else checking carefully), because it's really easy to make typos or just type something inconsistently -- and then we have card:landscapes as well as card:landscape until the taggers fix it.

Please don't put a space after the colon. It's not that number: b10 is inherently wrong, but Dawn chose at the beginning to make the format number:b10, without the space -- and the tags need to be in the same format, or else clicking on the tag won't bring up all the stories, and that would be sad.

Thanks! Now back to your regularly scheduled writing! -Zdenka, who should really be asleep now. :-) (Oh, and if anyone else wants to join the tagging, there is plenty of work to do.)

ETA: This post refers to if you decide to tag your entries yourself, which some people have been and some haven't. If you don't, the taggers will get there sooner or later. :-) Not-a-mod, but please do whatever is comfortable for you.

Automaton by Dwimordene

[dwimordene-2011.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: O65: First lines: The towers of ____ aspired above the morning mist; austere towers of steel and cement and limestone, sturdy as cliffs and delicate as silver rods.
Genre 1: Sci-fi
Scientific achievement: statics (also statistics - thanks, Pande, for the correction)
Format: ficlet
Genre: Vaguely steam-punkish
Rating: K+
Characters: The Tower of Dúrin.
Summary: There will be no second Gundabad.

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A Memory Stirred, by cairistiona

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: N41 Botany: Niphredil, Roles and Names of Aragorn: Ranger
Format: Drabble
Genre: Romance
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Aragorn
Pairings: Aragorn/Arwen
Summary: A Bree pasture


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A Defense Wasted, by cairistiona

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: B10 Aspects of Aragorn: Sellsword
Format: triple drabble
Genre: Gen
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Aragorn, OC
Pairings: None
Summary: Thorongil checks the motivations of his heart.

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B2MEM Day 7 & 8: Memories

[arwen75]

B2MeM Challenge: Botany: Niphredil (N41) & Aspects of Aragorn: Sellsword (B10) + icon for Botany: Rowan (B10)
Format: Drabble
Genre: General
Rating: G
Warnings:  None
Characters: Aragorn
Pairings: None
Summary:  Memories of times past
Authors Notes: Stuff in italics directly quoted from J.R.R.Tolkien, Book Two: Chapter VI: Lothlórienin The Fellowship of the Ring.
Only a drabble today thanks to a busy few days - I had the start of this written 2 days back and only managed to finally finish it this morning
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Scribal Frustration, by Elleth

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge:
B10: Occupations: Scribe, Off the Map's Edge: Fell Beast
Format: Drabble
Genre: Er. Uninspired meta-ish humor?
Rating: G
Warnings: N/A
Characters: OFC
Pairings: N/A
Summary: Well, what do you write about Fell Beasts? A young Gondorian wonders.

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B2MEM2012, O65, Smells card - Soap: Clearer than the Water

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

Challenge: O65, Smells card - Soap
Author: Azalais
Title: Clearer than the Water
Characters: Legolas
Rating: G
Warnings: Elven nakedness. (Yes, I realise that may be an inducement rather than a warning...)
Format: Triple-drabble
Summary: Sometimes more than dirt needs washing away.

( Clearer than the Water )

"The Things I Have Heard" by Aliana

[aliana1.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: N41: God (Deep Thoughts); Lord of Gifts, your star shall fall; this is the end this is the freedom call - Battlelore - Into the New World (Song Lyrics)
O65: A Thousand Splendid Suns (Book Titles); March 6: The Haradrim in Ithilien (March 3019, TA)
Format: Ficlet (~200 words)
Genre: General
Rating: General
Warnings: Introspection!  Ambiguity!
Characters: Haradric OC
Summary: What should we believe about the enemy?

Link goes to my journal.

O65 - A Decayed House

[altariel.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: Off the Map's Edge: The Petty Dwarves; Scientific Achievement: Statics
Format: Drabble
Genre: Gen
Rating: G
Warnings: N/A
Characters: Mîm, Húrin
Pairings: N/A
Summary: Bodies at rest.

( A Decayed House )

Sword and Bow, by Starlight (Beregond)

[starli-ght.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: n41 Steward and his sons: Sword and bow
Format: Drabble
Genre: General
Rating: General
Warnings: None
Characters: Beregond
Pairings: None
Summary: "... Things may change when Faramir returns. He is bold, more bold than many deem." (Minas Tirith, TLotR)

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The Curious Incident of the Time-Travelers in the Battle-field - Zeen (O65)

[moetushie]

B2MeM Challenge: O65 Genre Card - Scifi (along with drabbles for B10 Sons of Fëanor Card, Maedhros as a leader and N41 ‘the evil servants of Celegorm’)
Format: Ficlet - 385 words + 2 drabbles
Genre: Humor, sort of.
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Violence!
Characters: OCs, Balrogs, Fingon. (Drabbles: Maedhros, OCs)
Pairings: None
Notes: Fingon’s death does not seem like a thing that would’ve been closely witnessed.
Title: The Curious Incident of the Time-Travelers in the Battle-field
Summary: Time-traveling shenanigans in the Fifth Battle.

Drabbles here / Ficlet here.

The Second Son by Zhie (O65)

[zhie.livejournal.com]

The Second Son

B2MeM Challenge:O65

Rare Characters: Ghân-buri-Ghân

Format:Ficlet
Genre:Humor
Rating:G
Warnings:none
Characters:Ghân-buri-Ghân, Elrohir, oc
Pairings:none
Summary:Elrohir asks for help.

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Fic: He is dead

[silver-trails.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: Card: Sons of Fëanor, N41: "The evil servants of Celegorm..."
Format: Ficlet
Genre: Not a comedy.
Rating: Adult for violence
Warnings: Death and violence, not graphic
Characters: Maedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Caranthir, Curufin, Amrod, Amras, OCs
Pairings: None
Summary: Celegorm's servants look for the Silmaril, and for vengeance

http://tati24.livejournal.com/275825.html

An Unexpected Battle by Dreamflower

[dreamflower]

B2MeM Challenge: O-65, Alternate Viewpoint, TH, "The Clouds Burst"
Format: Drabble:
Title: An Unexpected Battle
Genre: POV Gapfiller, Drabble
Rating: PG
Warnings: Battle violence
Characters: Legolas
Pairings: N/A
Summary: Legolas was very busy during the Battle of Five Armies.

An Unexpected Battle
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O65 - Soldiers of Ithilien

[altariel.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: March 3019 T.A.: March 6th - The Haradrim in Ithilien
Format: Drabble
Genre: Gen
Rating: G
Warnings: N/A
Characters: A captain of Ithilien
Pairings: N/A
Summary: For many years now, he has walked through this green land.

( Soldiers of Ithilien )

Time changes many thoughts, by Starlight (Ancalimë)

[starli-ght.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: n41 Adûnaic: jewel; O65 Adûnaic: Queen
Format: Drabble
Genre: Drama?
Rating: General
Warnings: None
Characters: Tar-Ancalimë
Pairings: None! ;-)
Summary: "No (wo)man is an island entire of itself..." (John Donne)

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Like father, like daughter, by Starlight (Thingol, Lúthien)

[starli-ght.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: n41 Canon couples: Thingol and Melian
Format: Drabble
Genre: Romance/Drama
Rating: PG-13
Warnings:
Characters: Thingol, Lúthien
Pairings: Thingol/Melian
Summary: Like father, like daughter

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Fic: My Life 7/25

[silver-trails.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: Card: Maglor in History, O65: The Fall of Numenor
Format: Triple Drabble
Genre: Not a comedy.
Rating: Adult?
Warnings: None
Characters: Maglor, Elros
Pairings: None
Summary: Maglor dreams of Elros

http://tati24.livejournal.com/276212.html

Healing of Moonlight

[rhapsody11.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: Powers and Underpowers O65 Tilion: the phrase "mooning over somebody"
Format: art
Genre: Romance & drama
Rating: pg13/teens
Warnings: none
Characters: Tilion, Nerdanel
Pairings: Tilion/Nerdanel
Art notes: This piece of art is based on a short work that I wrote in December 2006 as a Christmas gift in 2006 for galantha_nivala at the group beleriandbards, you can find the story (and now with artwork), here. Further art credits can be found at Deviant art
Summary: Nerdanel and Tilion both have been burnt by love, what do they have to offer to the other?

( Healing of Moonlight )

The BINGO Number for March 10 Is B7--CLOSED

[dawn_felagund]

This post is now closed. We are not accepting further requests for stamps for B7.



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Cerin Amroth, by Zdenka

[zdenka]

B2MeM Challenge: B7. Poetic Forms (poetry): haiku and Aspects of Aragorn: wooer
Format: poetry
Genre: romance
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Characters: Arwen, Aragorn
Pairings: Aragorn/Arwen
Summary: Aragorn's thought.

Looking at my prompts for today, this was a fairly obvious combination. Though I suppose I could have written a haiku about death from infection?

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Communication Log of Patient01000001 01110010 01100101 01100100 01101000 01100101 01101100 by Elleth

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge:
N41: Artifacts and Weapons: Ulumúri
O65: Artifacts and Weapons: Glingal, Genre1: SciFi, TVTropes: Overshadowed by Awesome, Women of the Silmarillion: Women of Gondolin
Format: Fic
Genre: SciFi
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Some crude language, binary, and made-up computer communication.
Characters: Aredhel (and various others)
Pairings: N/A
Summary: The communication log of Patient01000001 01110010 01100101 01100100 01101000 01100101 01101100 aboard Hospital Ship Halls of Mandos. (With apologies to aliana1, whose concept of space!Middle-earth I may have borrowed.)

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"The Fanfic Made Us Do It" by Aliana

[aliana1.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: _________ Made Them Do It! (Crackfic)
Format: Drabble
Genre: Humor, I hope.
Rating: General...I think?
Warnings: I think I've managed to offend just about everybody in 100 words. I AM A TERRIBLE HUMAN BEING.
Characters: Ummm...
Summary: Fanfic for Great Justice! Keep fighting the good fight!

Link goes to my journal.

O65 - Crooked Games

[altariel.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: Alternate Viewpoints: "The Clouds Burst"
Format: Drabble
Genre: Conspiracy theory
Rating: Gen
Warnings: N/A
Characters: Frodo, Merry, Pippin, Gimli
Pairings: N/A
Summary: He left us then, our hearth flickering with the image of dragon-fire in Eriador.

( Crooked Games )

"Of the Stars" by Kimberleighe

[willtherebetime.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: Poetic Forms Card: Haiku (B7)
Format: Poem
Genre: General
Rating: General
Warnings: None
Characters: Elwing
Pairings: None
Summary: Elwing jumps. I credit Pandemonium_213 for indirectly inspiring this. Gracias!

( Of the Stars )

O-65 Erulisse - Life's Flotsam

[engarian.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: O-65 – Maglor in History – The Fall of Numenor, Artifacts and Weapons – Glingal, Art Supplies - Metal
Format: Fictlet
Genre: Drama
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Maglor, OC
Pairings: None
Word Count: 699

Summary: Maglor has heard a rumor that Numenor is no more. He goes to the coast to try and check it out and comes across things that remind him of people he knew in his past.

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[N41] A theological debate beneath the Ettenmoors, of an evening

[huinare.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: "God" (Deep Thoughts), "The steady slowing down of the heart..." -C. Mews (Snippets of Verse)
Format: ficlet, ~970 words
Genre: General
Rating: G-ish
Warnings: Brief mention of booze, strong opposing opinions, philosophy
Characters: Saruman, Gandalf, Radagast, Alatar, Pallando
Pairings: This does not happen in my stories.  People in my stories argue.  K.
Summary: Wizards discuss Númenor and theology around a campfire.  This takes place within the first six months of their arrival in Middle Earth, while they're wandering about getting used to things.


( Wizard debate! )

Fic: About Men 3/6

[silver-trails.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: Card: Powers of the World, O65: Oromë among the Wainriders...
Format: Triple Drabble
Genre: Not a comedy.
Rating: General
Warnings: None
Characters: Manwë, Makar, Tulkas, Oromë
Pairings: None
Summary: Makar and Oromë speak about the Wainriders, among other things...

http://tati24.livejournal.com/276447.html

B2MeM 2012: "I will like it well enough when I get there" by Himring

[hhimring]

B2MeM Challenge: O65: Women of Gondolin (Women of the Silmarillion)
Format: Teaser, Quadrabble
Genre: Letter
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Mature Themes, Quenya names
Characters: Aredhel (mention of Idril and male family members)
Pairings: none
Summary: Aredhel writes a letter to Maedhros before leaving for Gondolin

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B-07 Four Words Drabble Bingo Card

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: B-07 Four Words Bingo Card, Words used:  Stratus, Core, Vulture, Maim
Format: Drabble
Genre: AU, Crack, just plain silly
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Characters: Boromir, Denethor
Pairings: None
Title:  Into the Stratus
Summary: Boromir must deal with the unknown in order to abide by his Father's wishes.


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B2MEM Essay: Finding God(s) in Middle-earth

[marta-bee.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: N41 on Deep Thoughts ("God")
Genre: Essay
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Characters: n/a
Pairings: n/a
Beta: just_ann_now
Summary: How might Third Age characters have viewed Eru Iluvatar, the Valar, and the supernatural more generally? Using the creation myth of the Dwarves and the exercise in divine fumbling that is the Akallabeth, I explore how Ring-War era Gondorians might have approached religion. (I also make some suggestions for how similar concerns might affect other LOTR-era characters, though my focus was on Gondor.)

Finding God(s) in Middle-earth