The Advantage of Insomnia - Linda Hoyland

[lindahoyland.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: Short story

Genre: Friendship, politics

Rating: G

Warnings: None

Characters: Éowyn , Faramir, Aragorn

Pairings: Faramir/Éowyn

Creator’s Notes (optional):

Summary: Rest eludes both the King and the Steward.


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The Advantages of Insomnia by Dreamflower

[dreamflower]

B2MeM Prompt and Path: The Purple Path; prompt, quote on insomnia below (Square 4)
Format: ficlet
Genre: vignette
Rating: G
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Bilbo Baggins
Pairings: n/a
Creator’s Notes (optional): none
Summary: Bilbo spends a sleepless night in literary endeavor.

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Oats by Fernstrike

[fernstrike]

B2MeM Prompt and Path: Animals. Green path.
Format: Drabble
Genre: Humour
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Bill the Pony, Shadowfax, Gandalf
Pairings: None
Creator’s Notes (optional): None
Summary: Bill the Pony meets a stranger in the Shire.

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A Mid-Summer’s Day Race in Rivendell

[engarian.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Prompt and Path:Obstacles, Red
Format:Short story
Genre:Humor
Rating:G
Warnings:None
Characters:Glorfindel, Erestor
Pairings:None
Creator’s Notes:Tolkien provided the sandbox, I merely play with the bucket and shovel he left behind. No profit of any kind is made from my fanworks.
Summary:Mid-Summer’s Day is celebrated with a horse race in Rivendell, but not just any horserace, a cross-country race with obstacles and straw enemies. Who will prevail and win the field?

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"The Harvester" by Lyra

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B2MeM Prompt and Path: Green - "We go, we go, we go to war, to hew the stone and break the door; for bole and bough are burning now, the furnace roars-- we go to war..." ~JRR Tolkien, The Two Towers
Format: Fanart
Genre: Character Design
Rating: Gen
Warnings: N/A
Characters: Yavanna
Pairings: N/A
Creator’s Notes (optional): A day late for International Women's Day, because I am sloooow. :P
Summary: We tend to think of Yavanna as a cuddly harvest goddess or a grand old tree, but we can probably trust that on occasions like the War of Wrath, she'd be quite the fearsome warrior. BUCKLE UP, ORCS, IT'S HARVEST TIME. Here's a battle look for the Mother of Ents!

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Just Another Word by amyfortuna

[starbrow.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Prompt and Path: Red Path, Freedom
Format: Ficlet
Genre: Femslash
Rating: T
Warnings: References to abuse
Characters: Aerin
Pairings: Aerin/Morwen
Creator's Notes: The title is from the saying, "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose."
Summary: Aerin survives the burning of the hall, and is, at last, free.

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Under Ancient Stars by amyfortuna

[starbrow.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Prompt and Path: Major Life Changes, Red Path
Format: Poem
Genre: Character Study
Rating: T
Warnings: None
Characters: Tom Bombadil, Morgoth
Pairings: none
Summary: Tom Bombadil has a terrifying encounter with Melkor that changes him forever. A poem he didn’t recite for Frodo & company.

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The Tapestry by Fernstrike

[fernstrike]

B2MeM Prompt and Path: Lost and Found. Green path.
Format: Triple drabble
Genre: General
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Aragorn; Faramir; Original character
Pairings: None
Creator’s Notes (optional):
Summary: A late night conversation leads Aragorn to seek a lost tapestry in the archives of Minas Tirith.
Also available on AO3!
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Foresight by Elwen of the Hidden Valley

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B2MeM Prompt:Tyrant - Path:Purple
Format:scenelette
Genre:Gen
Rating:Gen
Warnings:none
Characters:Elrond, Celebrian
Pairings:Elrond/Celebrian
Creator’s Notes (optional):None
Summary:For even the happiest of couples there is at least one topic that never fails to set off the fireworks. For each couple it is different, but there is always that one subject that they will just never agree upon . . .


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The Brown Lands

[fernstrike]

B2MeM Prompt and Path: "We go, we go, we go to war, to hew the stone and break the door; for bole and bough are burning now, the furnace roars-- we go to war..." ~JRR Tolkien, The Two Towers. Green path.
Format: Drabble
Genre: Tragedy
Rating: PG
Warnings: Off-screen death
Characters: Oropher; Entwife
Pairings: None
Creator’s Notes (optional): I only recently learned about the tragedy of the Brown Lands. With that quote, this drabble begged to be written.
Summary: As the Last Alliance marches east through desolation, Oropher learns of what befell the Entwives.

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Lost & Found, by StarSpray

[silverstarspray.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Prompt & Path: Green Path - Lost & Found
Format: Double Drabble
Genre: Gapfiller
Rating: General
Warnings: none
Characters: Thingol, Elmo, Olwë
Pairings: background Thingol/Melian
Summary: Thingol's disappearance, and return



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For she hungered for light by Hrymfaxe

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Prompt and Path: Abstract & Act of Kindness, Blue path
Format: Painting
Genre: Fanart
Rating: G
Warnings: Spider!
Characters: Ungoliant
Pairings: None
Creator’s Notes (optional): My attempt at abstract, but figures keep sneaking in.... Watercolour and zeichentusche.
Inspired by reading binkaslibrary story: First anarchist (Drabble, Melkor, rating G) and dawn_felagund's meta On Writing Aman, or the Balance between the Mythic and the Real for this year's B2MEM. :)
Summary: "Thence she had crept towards the light of the Blessed Realm; for she hungered for light and hated it."

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