Green Path, Animals; Do It Yourself!

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B2MeM Prompt and Path: Animals. Green Path
Format:Drabble
Genre:Gapfiller
Rating:PG
Warnings:None
Characters: The Teleri
Pairings:None
Creator’s Notes: I rolled an act of kindness as my wild card - and this has been done! This follows Dark Is The Night For All and is, again, written to also fulfil a prompt at tolkien_weekly.
Summary: Their ships have been stolen, their dead hardly buried...


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Bright Lights

[fernstrike]

B2MeM Prompt and Path: The Darkening of Valinor. Purple path.
Format: Triple Drabble/Poetry
Genre: Gapfiller
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Sauron; Morgoth
Pairings: Ambiguous (it's just barely Sauron/Morgoth)
Creator’s Notes (optional):I wanted to take this prompt in a different direction - outside of Valinor, if I could. This is the result. It's written in the same prose-poetry style as my longer fic about Sauron, The Blacksmith.
Summary: While Valinor was plunged into Darkness, Darkness was already waiting in the East.
Also available on AO3!

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The Riddle of Strider by Mirach

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B2MeM Prompt and Path: green path, prompts:
- “It was the possibility of darkness that made the day seem so bright” – Stephen King
- Lost & Found
- “On silver necklaces they strung… (etc.)” from the violet path as the wild card

Format: WIP story
Genre: Friednship, Hurt/Comfort
Rating: PG
Warnings: -
Characters: Aragorn, Bilbo, Elrond
Pairings: -
Creator’s Notes (optional): continuing this story after a hiatus, using the prompts for the last chapter (6)
Summary: The verses about Aragorn in Gandalf's letter were written by Bilbo. This is a story about the relationship of the Ranger and the Hobbit, and the events that inspired each of those verses.

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Of Piercing, Opening by amyfortuna

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B2MeM Prompt and Path:Red Path, "He chanted a song of wizardry / Of piercing, opening, of treachery...."
Format: Ficlet
Genre: Character Study
Rating: T
Warnings: Choose not to use warnings
Characters: Maglor
Pairings: None
Creator’s Notes: I posted this to Ao3 and my Tumblr but forgot to post it here!
Summary: Maglor discovers the true power of his voice.

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No Matter the Road by amyfortuna

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B2MeM Prompt and Path: Red Path, Obstacles
Format: Ficlet
Genre: Adventure
Rating: T
Warnings: None
Characters: Tuor, Idril
Pairings: Idril/Tuor
Summary: Idril and Tuor face shipwreck and the Grinding Ice together.

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6 Recs for the History of Middle-earth series by amyfortuna

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B2MeM Prompt and Path: Yellow Path, Favourite Book
Format: Recs list
Genre: Meta
Rating: See individual recs
Warnings: See individual recs
Characters: See individual recs
Pairings: See individual recs
Creator Notes: I struggled with this request, as I love the whole of Tolkien's universe so much it was extremely difficult to choose a favourite book. I finally resorted to the age-old you can only take one to a desert island, which do you choose?, which is when I realised I'd take the entire History of Middle-earth series!
Summary: Some recommendations for fanworks about characters only found in the History of Middle-earth series.

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(could I get a tag for character: daurin tórin please? )

Fruit and Flower by Dreamflower

[dreamflower]

B2MeM Prompt and Path: The Purple path; Prompt--“The gods were gathered on guarded heights, of doom and death deep they pondered. Sun they rekindled, and silver Moon they set to sail on seas of stars.” JRR Tolkien, Völsungakvida en Nÿja (Square 10)
Format: Poetry, Dribble
Genre: Gapfiller
Rating: n/a
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Yavanna, Manwë, Aulë, Varda, Arien, Tilion
Pairings: n/a
Creator’s Notes (optional): This is a dribble, a poetic form in which the first line is ten words, and each line decreases by one until there is only one word.
Summary: Of the Sun and the Moon, in fifty-five words.

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She Who Watches by Dreamflower

[dreamflower]

B2MeM Prompt and Path: Purple path; Prompt--Day and Night (Square 11)
Format: Triple Drabble (300 words)
Genre: Family, Gen, Narrative
Rating: G
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Frodo, Bilbo, Sam, Gandalf/Olórin, OFC
Pairings: n/a
Creator’s Notes (optional): This triple drabble features one of my OFCs, Mirimë/Adamanta, a Maia of Nienna, formerly of Yavanna. She is the legendary "fairy wife" of the Tooks, for long ago she took the form of a hobbit lass and wed Tûk, the ancestor of all the Tooks. Frodo and Bilbo meet her when they dwell on Tol Eressëa after sailing West. Her story can be found in my WIP, Ancestress. All chapters are only 300 words.
Summary: Adamanta knows that her time with her great-grandchildren will come to an end one day, and she must make the most of her time.

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Finrod reborn by Mirach

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B2MeM Prompt and Path: green path: "Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn." - Mahatma Gandhi
Format: comics
Genre: humor
Rating: G
Warnings: -
Characters:Finrod, Finwe, Amarie
Pairings: Finrod and Amarie
Creator’s Notes (optional):
Summary: Some time ago, I started the Finrod's travels project with polymer clay figures of the Elves traveling around the world. My figure of Finrod should have traveled around the globe, while Amarie waited at home. But after traveling three continents, he got lost. Or should I say, died in Middle-earth? The time for his rebirth just came!

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The prison opening, the chain that snaps by amyfortuna

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B2MeM Prompt and Path:Red Path, Torture
Format: Ficlet
Genre: Character Study
Rating: T
Warnings: Discussion of torture and suicidal thoughts
Characters: Maedhros
Pairings: None
Summary: Maedhros' thoughts on suicide, in Aman, and in Angband.

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Lake Helevorn 2/6

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B2MeM Prompt and Path: “Animals. Green Path.
Format:Fic
Genre: not sure what to put here...
Rating:PG
Warnings:None
Characters: Caranthir, Amrod, Amras
Pairings:None, but Caranthir and Aegnor were lovers in Tirion.
Creator’s Notes:The Valar, Maiar, Elves, Dwarves, and Men belong to J.R.R. Tolkien. No profit made and no harm intended. I’m just playing with them for a little while.
Summary: A few scenes in Thargelion.

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In Defence of Fanmixes + a fanmix for Maglor by amyfortuna

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B2MeM Prompt and Path: Orange Path, Multimedia
Format: Mixed Media, Essay
Genre: Meta, Fanmix
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Maglor
Pairings: None
Creator Notes: Could we get a new tag for genre: fanmix?
Summary: A spirited defence of fanmixes exploring the value they bring to the fandom, plus a new fanmix!

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( Legends & Cloudy Dreams: A fanmix for Maglor )

Wraiths of Númenor by LadyBrooke

[ladybrooke]

B2MeM Prompt and Path: Things That Go Bump in the Night - Purple
Format: Ficlet
Genre: Horror
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Disturbing imagery
Characters: OCs (Men of Númenor, Wraiths, Wights), Ringwraiths
Pairings: N/A
Creator’s Notes (optional): Probably not actually what happened in canon. Three of the Ringwraiths were supposed to be men of Númenor, though.
Summary: In Númenor, some men never return. Others do, but changed.

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Rainy Day at Bag End by Dreamflower

[dreamflower]

B2MeM Prompt and Path: Purple path; Prompt-- Inclement weather (Square 12)
Format: Short story
Genre: Family, Friendship, Fluff (My favorite three "Fs"!)
Rating: G
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Bilbo
Pairings: n/a
Creator’s Notes (optional): The set of figures referenced in this story can be found in my first chapter of A Mother's Work
I use the two-thirds ratio of aging for hobbits. Pippin is 7, Merry is 15, Sam is 17 and Frodo is 29 (The physical maturity of a child from the Race of Men of 5, 9, 11, and 18.)
Summary: Young Merry and Pippin are visiting Bag End, and face a dark and stormy morning.

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