Art: The Runner by Alassë

[alasse-mirimiel.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Prompt and Path: Step Three - Act of Kindness/Blue Path - Lost on the Road/Red Path

Format: digital art

Genre: Gapfiller (of a gapfiller)

Rating: Gen

Warnings: None

Characters: Elmo's daughter

Pairings: None

Creator’s Notes (optional): for silverstarspray, inspired by Lost & Found

Summary: “Send a runner to Finwë”

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Scattering Beacons of Hope

[engarian.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Prompt and Path:She Walks In Beauty Like the Night, Red
Format:drabble
Genre:spiritual
Rating:G
Warnings:None
Characters:Manwë, Varda
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:After the Lamps were toppled, Varda thought long and hard about how light could be provided. The Trees gave light to Valinor, but what about the Children still to come?

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The Blackness of Despair

[engarian.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Prompt and Path:Despair, Red
Format:ficlet
Genre:descriptive
Rating:PG
Warnings:Mention of death
Characters:Fëanor
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:Emotion is a powerful thing that can effect actions and reactions. Fëanor, as many others, reacted to emotion, bit it was his reaction to despair that determined his future.

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Dark vs Light: Contrasting Visions of the End of the World by amyfortuna

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B2MeM Prompt and Path: Analyse a chapter or passage, Orange Path
Format: Essay
Genre: Meta
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Characters: Barrow-wight, Morgoth, Tom Bombadil, Finrod Felagund
Pairings: none
Creator’s Notes (optional): This is also written for this week's silmread chapter of LOTR.
Summary: Morgoth's vision of the end of the world (as expounded by the Barrow-wight) is contrasted with Tom Bombadil's and Finrod Felagund's vision of Arda Remade.

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The Ghost of Malice by just_jenni

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B2MeM Prompt and Path: Torture (red path)
Format: Ficlet
Genre: Darkfic
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Descriptions of torture and instruments of torture that may be upsetting to some readers.
Characters: Sauron, unnamed elves
Pairings: None
Creator’s Notes (optional): For this fic I did some research on torture from the following sources: Gitmo Study: ABC News July 3/2009; Horror in the Mind - the Psychological Effects of Torture/brainblogger.com August 4/2011; Torture-International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims; The Psychological impact of torture-NCBI-National Institutes of Health-AC de C Williams-2013.
Summary: Sauron turns elves into orcs.

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Art: A Merry Finch by Alassë

[alasse-mirimiel.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Prompt and Path: Step Four - Primary Colours/Blue Path - “And the night shall be filled with music And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, and silently steal away.” Henry Wadsworth/Red Path

Format: digital art

Genre: Gen

Rating: Gen

Warnings: None

Characters: Bird?

Pairings: None

Creator’s Notes (optional): Imagery from the song Sam sings in the Tower of Cirith Ungol. Looked up finches on Google but I don't know if I used the right reference :P

Summary:
“In western lands beneath the Sun

the flowers may rise in Spring,

the trees may bud, the waters run,

the merry finches sing."

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The Darkening of Valinor - Linda Hoyland

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Prompt and Path: The Darkening of Valinor. Purple Path.

Format: Ficlet.

Genre: Childhood, drama., bedtime story

Rating: PG

Warnings: None

Characters: Aragorn, Eldarion, Morgoth, Ungoliant

Pairings:none

Creator’s Notes (optional):The events take place after my story “Eclipse of Reason.” http://lindahoyland.livejournal.com/659691.html


Summary: Aragorn tells Eldarion a bedtime story.

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Art: Hope by Alassë

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B2MeM Prompt and Path: Step Five - Minimalist/Blue Path - Act of Kindness/Red Path

Format: digital art

Genre: Gen

Rating: Gen

Warnings: None

Characters: Varda

Pairings: None

Creator’s Notes (optional): for engarian, inspired by Scattering Beacons of Hope

Summary: "These celestial lights will give them hope; and hope, although a small, flickering thing, has immense strength."

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