Hi! I'm Elleth, and can be found either under this name or small permutations of it (ladyelleth, awildellethappears) in most fannish online venues. I've been a fan for about a decade (the movies were what sent me spinning into the fandom at light speed, but I make a point of an at least annual re-read of the books). It's the Silmarillion where my heart is at, though - the historicism, mythological approach, doom and high fantasy get to me more than LotR because they afford more freedom of interpretation and filling the gaps, and dabbling in more obscure Tolkien lore to fit in yet another tiny puzzle piece toward whatever fraction of a complete picture there can be is tremendous fun. :D The House of Finwë and the Noldor in general interest me most, and among them the ladies especially - the named and unnamed women as well as OFCs - I refuse to believe they all sat at home and looked after the kids, even if not many of them made it into the histories.

I can be a meddler, so probably have fingers in more fannish pies than is good for me, but I post Tolkien-inspired photomanips at my deviantArt account (http://ladyelleth.deviantart.com/gallery/255609) and write Silmarillion fic. Sometimes I help out with projects as a graphics maker or something along those lines; a few of this year's prompt icons are mine. I also write Silmfic (http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/archive/home/viewuser.php?uid=10), do some betaing work and can't for the life of me point out something of mine that I'd recommend especially. Instead I'd like to rec In Neldoreth, the Muddy Season (http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/archive/home/viewstory.php?sid=1735) by new author PerpetuaLilium, a reconsideration of Lúthien and Beren's meeting that I had the pleasure of betaing and that I think should get all the reviews.