The Moon Endures by Linda Hoyland

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B2MeM Prompt and Path: Tyranny .Purple Path

Format: Short Story.

Genre: Angst, spiritual, family

Rating: PG

Warnings: mention of sacrifices and tattooing

Characters: OCs

Pairings:OMC/OFC

Creator’s Notes (optional): Tahir and Adiva are recurrent OCs of mine. Events here take place a few years prior to events in LOTR. The tribal customs are further discussed in my stories “East is East” and “Too Long a Sacrifice.” The Hamam is similar to a Turkish bath.

Summary: Tahir and Adiva are troubled about the future.


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"The Deaths of Kings: Historical Bias in the Death Scenes of Fëanor and Fingolfin" by Dawn Felagund

[dawn_felagund]

B2MeM Prompt and Path: Analyze a Chapter or Passage (orange path)
Format: essay
Genre: meta/nonfiction
Rating: General
Warnings: There is discussion of violence and character death, but nothing that exceeds what is in The Silmarillion itself.
Characters: Fëanor, Fingolfin, Pengolodh
Pairings: n/a
Summary: The death scenes of Fëanor and Fingolfin parallel each other closely in plot, beginning with the rash pursuit of single combat with Morgoth. Yet the manner in which the narrator of The Silmarillion, Pengolodh, employs language and symbolism leads to two very different conclusions that likely served to advance Pengolodh's political and personal agenda.

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Atop Minastir's Tower, by Kaylee Arafinwiel

[kayleelupin.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Prompt and Path: “That’s the advantage of insomnia. People who go to bed early always complain the night is too short, but for those of us who stay up all night, it can feel as long as a lifetime. You get a lot done.” Banana Yoshimoto- Purple Path.
Format:Ficlet
Genre:Drama
Rating: PG
Warnings:
Characters:  Tar-Ciryatan, Tar-Ciryatan’s wife, Tar-Minastir, Oropher, and OCs mentioned
Pairings: Tar-Ciryatan/OC
Creator’s Notes (optional): Celepharn is the name of Oropher’s father in Emma’s and my-‘verse, and Oropher also has a brother, Vehiron. In the Fiondilverse, Telemnar is the birth-name of Tar-Ciryatan, who here is a year shy of being crowned. Ciryatan, literally “ship-builder”, is the Quenya equivalent of Cirdan.
A/N the Second: Wow, I had to retitle it because I used the exact same title before, lol. And for B2MEM, too! *facepalm* I like this title better...(and when I say 'had to', I mean for my own peace of mind, not any modly reasons. Though, if the Mods are listing these somewhere, doubtless two "Atop The King's Tower, by Kaylee Arafinwiel" entries would look silly)
Summary: One winter’s night, on a visit to the King’s Tower, the Crown Princess of Numenor finds her husband never came to bed. She ascends the tower to find the Prince alone and wide awake, pondering many things.

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The Blacksmith by Fernstrike

[fernstrike]

B2MeM Prompt and Path: Wild card: select from a previous challenge; I chose B2MeM 2011, March 1: Nan Elmoth - a story where seduction plays a central role. Green path.
Format: Poetry/Short Story
Genre: Character Study; Tragedy
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Moderate violence; mild sexual content.
Characters: Sauron, Morgoth, Eonwë, Celebrimbor
Pairings: Sauron/Morgoth; Sauron/Celebrimbor
Creator’s Notes (optional): This tale is told in prose-poetry style and uses epithets rather than character names. If the latter should prove confusing in any way, there's a clarifying note at the bottom.
Summary: "The brightest flame within the forge will cast the darkest shadow.” Or, the seduction of Mairon, the fall, and his dark descent thereafter.
This is also available on AO3!
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