"Beren and Lúthien: growing old together" by Mirach

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Title: Beren and Lúthien: growing old together
Artist Name: Mirach
Prompt: 'For our spring and our summer are gone by, and they will never be seen on earth again save in memory.' (Galadriel, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Farewell to Lórien")
Write or create art about a character who has reached old age.
Description: Tolkien and his wife, Edith, as Beren and Lúthien near the end of their life. The names "Beren" and "Lúthien" are written together with their names on the graves of Tolkien and his wife, so it seemed to me like a proper way of honoring them to use their faces for the characters in this drawing.
Rating: General
Warnings: none
Artist's Notes: Stock and references used: pose, background texture, Tolkien and his wife, heraldic devices
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"No Regrets" by Mirach

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Title: No Regrets
Author Name: Mirach
Prompt: "In that time the air of Middle-earth became heavy with the breath of growth and mortality, and the changing and ageing of all things was hastened exceedingly; life teemed upon the soil and in the waters in the Second Spring of Arda, and the Eldar increased, and beneath the new Sun Beleriand grew green and fair." (The Silmarillion, "Of Men")
Mortality, change, growth are key elements to define the different race in Middle-earth. Write a story or create art where these topics play a central role.
Summary: Finrod has always had a special friendship with Mortals, especially with those of the House of Bëor, and intellectual fascination about the different fates of their races regarding death and what comes after it. But now he faces it in reality - dying for one of them. How does it feel to an immortal?
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: violence, canon character death
Beta: Cairistiona

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Coming Together by Helenllama

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Title: Coming togethert

Author Name: Helenllama

Prompt: It's harvest time! Time to reap and thresh and store the grain; to pick the apples and pears; put the root vegetables into cellars and fill the larders with preserves. Create a story or a work of art featuring a Fall seasonal food. Bonus for including a recipe.

Summary: Fall SR 1420. How do the Hobbits manage collecting the “plenty”

Rating: G

Warnings: None

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Children's Game, by Elleth

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Title: Children's Game
Author Name: Elleth
Prompt: Suns...plash! by Mirach
Summary: First tidings of the ruin of the Union of Maedhros come to Eglarest.
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Discussion of war and violence, implied character deaths, grief.
Beta: Thank you so much, Indy, especially on such short notice.
Author's Notes: Some wording was taken almost directly from the Silmarillion; this was done on purpose. Many thanks to Giulia for inspiring an important element of this fic, and to the mods for being far more patient and accomodating than I deserve.

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Return of the Birds by laura_isabel

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Title: Return of the Birds
Artist Name: laura_isabel/Adanwen
Prompt: Return of the Birds by Mediaeval Baebes (listen here)
Description: Fem!Merry enjoying spring at the banks of the Brandywine
Rating: General
Warnings: none
Artist's Notes: inspired by the lovely song and this tumblr post.

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