The Wandering Elves’ Eclectic Music (Other LotR-based locations and multi-Age)

[mistress-tanwe.livejournal.com]

“Music from all Ages and varied places, from the Noldolantë to songs celebrating the downfall of Sauron, focusing on the most recent times. (This is the stall for all prompts that are set in places in the Third and Fourth Ages that do not have stalls of their own, such as Moria and Lothlórien, or for stories that span more than one Age.)

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OR

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On their wedding night, Fëanor and Nerdanel end up not sleeping at all, as they are too busy enjoying each other.

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Comments

Governance in Lothlorien - Galdriel and Celeborn

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

How did Galdriel and Celeborn become the lord and lady of Lothlorien. Anything at all that includes their method of ruling and/or how they won the confidence of the indigenous people of that area. It appears they were welcomed and encouraged. But you can do something different if you feel like it. Mainly a fic that gives a feel for the time and place--late Second Age through early Third Age you chose!

The Elessar jewel, Aragorn, gen

[baranduin.livejournal.com]

I would dearly love to see a story that revolves around the history of the Elessar jewel, with Aragorn as a focal point. Doesn't mean he even has to be in it but he should have a central importance in the story.

I don't care if there is one version of the jewel or two, as you wish. Shoot, you could write a Fourth Age investigation into the provenance of the one Aragorn possesses.

Things that have been running through my head that I would love to see if it fits for you: Earendil, Vingilot, the Great Eagles, Celebrimbor, Gondolin, and a hobbit (an adventurous Took?).

ETA: You could have Merry and Pippin do the investigating after they return to Minas Tirith when they're elderly.

RE: The Elessar jewel, Aragorn, gen

[hhimring]

This prompt sort of fits a stalled series of mine--I've written and posted about Celebrimbor already, but got stuck with the bits about Earendil and Aragorn.
With your kind permission, I'll purchase the prompt to kickstart my series again--but I hope you find a second buyer as well, because I'm not sure there will be hobbits in my piece--although who knows...?

RE: The Elessar jewel, Aragorn, gen

[mirach-ravaia.livejournal.com]

I have written about this a few years ago, so I won't purchase the prompt, just leave you a link, if you would like to read something about this topic :)
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5585512/2/Hope-of-a-Star (Eärendil's POV)

Celeborn, Shagrat, and Gróin - gen or slash

[zopyrus.livejournal.com]

Teleporno the Telerin elf, Shagrat the orc and Groín the dwarf have THE WORST NAMES imaginable. Do they form a support group, or organize an orgy--or does one devolve into the other? Any rating and any scenario that gets these three into the same room (or maybe pen pals would be more canon-compliant?) would be a perfect fill for this.

RE: Celeborn, Shagrat, and Gróin - gen or slash

[huinare.livejournal.com]

*buys*

This is the first prompt I've bought so far. You should be very proud. XD

Maglor & Daeron, gen or slash, wandering together

[starbrow.livejournal.com]

I always thought it was interesting that both of Beleriand's renowned musicians ended up wandering off into the wilderness, never to be heard from again. I'd love to see some stories about them finding each other, wandering Middle-earth in each other's company, and making sweet sweet music together - whether in a platonic or romantic sense. Any Age can work for this, up to and including modern times and indeed the future.

RE: Maglor & Daeron, gen or slash, wandering together

[engarian.livejournal.com]

I'm buying this one.

- Erulisse (one L)

RE: Maglor & Daeron, gen or slash, wandering together

[silver-trails.livejournal.com]

This is one of my preferred pairings. I'm buying this one!

RE: Maglor & Daeron, gen or slash, wandering together

[mybluerose1990.livejournal.com]

Alright, you got me. Here is a farthing!

The Thirteenth Age, gen/any ship genre, Dagor Dagorath

[greatandgrey]

By the time of the Dagor Dagorath during the Thirteen Age of the Sun, the world has very much changed. Elves who have become Lingerers regain physical form by possessing mechanical bodies. Dwarves are pioneering complex cyborg technology, and the race of Men with a renewed fever of the old myths have discovered DNA which they believe could have belonged to Fëanor and Túrin and intend to revive them.

Meanwhile, Eärendil, residing on another planet, receives news of the ongoings of Middle-earth, keeping watch for any trouble.

These are all just ideas. :) Any aspect of a futuristic Middle-earth and of the final battle, fought against a very different Middle-earth backdrop, would be much loved!

RE: The Thirteenth Age, gen/any ship genre, Dagor Dagorath

[keiliss.livejournal.com]

This needs to be a novel, and I just wanted to say what an awesome prompt it is!

Maglor in history, gen

[independence1776]

What is says on the tin: Maglor at any point in history, from the Second and Third Ages through prehistory through history through the present day. No specific prompt and can be as light or dark as you prefer; I just don’t want Maglor to die.

RE: Maglor in history, gen

[keiliss.livejournal.com]

I'll pick this up, I think. Time to kick that bunny out the hutch.

Modern Archaeology Discover Proof of Elves

[samtyr.livejournal.com]

There is a modern-day archaeological discovery that ties in with Elves and proves they did exist (in the manner of finding King Tut or Richard III). Of course, there still a few elves still living... somewhere. They're just super-talented at not being noticed. Maybe Elladan and Elrohir chose to be elves but didn't want to leave. Perhaps Thranduil and some of the others didn't want to leave his/their home either. There's always a chance that Gildor and his people decided not to sail at the last minute. (Setting can be writer's choice but suggest using http:// lotr. wikia .com /wiki/Europe as a guide.)

RE: Modern Archaeology Discover Proof of Elves

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

I don't want to take on more prompts than I can chew, so I'm going to sit on my little pile of Farthings until I've written the ones I already snagged, but consider me very interested. :D

Maglor and the Doors of Khazad-dûm, gen

[zdenka]

During his wanderings in the Second Age or later, Maglor passes by the Doors of Khazad-dûm (it could be before or after the fall of Eregion). What are his thoughts on seeing the Star of Fëanor on the side of a mountain?

RE: Maglor and the Doors of Khazad-dûm, gen

[engarian.livejournal.com]

This one is on my "thinking about it" list. I'm very tempted and need to see where my already purchased ones take me before accepting another prompt. But ... thinking ...

- Erulisse (one L)

Sam, Boromir, Frodo, gen, Amon Hen

[openidwouldwork.livejournal.com]

When Sam realises both Frodo and Boromir are missing he follows them and saves both of them by braining Boromir - with a frying pan. Go ahead and poke a bit of fun at the D&D concept of 'weapon of choice' - there is absolutely no doubt that Sam's weapon of choice is the frying pan, and really Boromir stands no chance ;)

RE: Sam, Boromir, Frodo, gen, Amon Hen

[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

*counts farthings, sees she has enough*

I'll take this one! I've come back to look at it several times and now I can't resist it.

Any Character/Age/Genre, Idioms and Translations

[dawn_felagund]

I am researching for a Master's thesis on Beowulf. Today, I was reading a classic essay that argued that one of Beowulf's more superhuman feats--where he swims underwater for a full day to access the lair of Grendel's mother--was actually a misinterpretation of a word assumed to mean "all day" that (the author claimed) actually meant "daylight," offering the decidedly less exciting reading that a fully human Beowulf dove into a lake during the day.

This got me thinking about idioms and translations. I wondered if, 1000 years from now, scholars of English might marvel at stories that claim that pets rain from the sky and a political system where punches to the groin replace ordinary discourse! This in turn got me thinking about Tolkien's world and how idioms and other misunderstandings "lost in translation" might influence what we know about the early history of Middle-earth. Tolkien presented his stories as histories and myths passed down through the ages through both oral and written tradition. This tradition spanned thousands of years and often required translation from one language to another. Surely there were doubts, misunderstandings, and mistakes during this process.

This prompt is for any and all fanworks dealing with idioms in the languages of Middle-earth and translations between the languages of Middle-earth. How, for example, might Bilbo's imperfect understanding of Quenya have affected his understanding of early history? Did Maedhros, for example, really hang on Thangorodrim for years or decades, or was this like Beowulf's dive: based on a word with a fairly dull meaning but misunderstood to give the story a marvelous coloring? Or the prompt could be used to create a fanwork about characters who speak different languages or dialects trying to communicate. Would Luthien, for instance, fully understand the Sindarin spoken by an Elf raised in Mithrim? What conflict or comedy might arise at their first meeting? These are just a few ideas--all fanworks that feature idioms and translations will fit for this one!

[starbrow.livejournal.com]

How can I possibly resist this one? *hands over farthing*

Bombastic Inspiration: Tale of a Rune-keeper

[zhie.livejournal.com]

This is a prompt for the lotro players out there (or anyone who wants to tackle it - link here to info on rune-keepers in lotro (http://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Rune-keeper_Skills)). The rune-keeper is by far my favorite class in Lord of the Rings Online - and the most obvious canon-breaking class there is. My challenge to you is to write a tale of a rune-keeper. You could choose to write about an original character, about a canon character who has the abilities, or explain away some part of canon using the magical rune-keeper. It's whatever you want to do, as long as there's a rune-keeper popping in there somewhere.

Rune-keepers. The sparkly vampires of the Tolkien fandom.

No regrets. Any takers? I clearly need some rune-keeper writing buddies in this fandom...

The Trollshaws: Orcrist, Glamdring and Sting

[ysilme]

How do these three (and possible other) blades end up in the troll-hoard? Who owned them originally, and how and why were they lost? What if one of them belonged to an elf who still lives in Rivendell and recognises their old weapon, bringing back painful memories.

RE: The Trollshaws: Orcrist, Glamdring and Sting

[engarian.livejournal.com]

Damn. I can't resist since I've had bits and pieces of this in stories of mine before. Time to concentrate on the full story. Here's your farthing.

- Erulisse (one L)
once again shopping when she should be writing...

[starbrow.livejournal.com]

The Tolkien Sarcasm Page, any, quiz answers in fanwork form

So, lo these many years ago, when I was a young thing encountering the Internet for the first time & mad on all things Middle-earth, I came across the Tolkien Sarcasm Page and laughed my head off. One of the Page's features is a 'knowledge test' on LOTR: http://flyingmoose.org/tolksarc/test.htm

My challenge is for you to pick one of the questions and answer it in the form of some kind of fanwork!

[starbrow.livejournal.com]

What a great prompt, person who is clearly not me! How I can resist picking it up and probably writing about question 11?

Galadriel, Celebrían, Arwen, motherhood/family

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

I've seen Galadriel being written in a number of ways: as a princess of the royal houses of Aman, as the student of Melian, the ruler of Lothlórien and a fount of wisdom, even as a warrior to be reckoned with. I've hardly ever seen her written as a mother or grandmother, so I'd love a fanwork that shows her interacting with Celebrían, with Arwen, or with both of them, perhaps while they visit Lothlórien, or Galadriel comes to Rivendell.

Can be anything from fluff to angst or hurt/comfort, as long as it's family-centric. :)

RE: Galadriel, Celebrían, Arwen, motherhood/family

[keiliss.livejournal.com]

I will take this because it would feel strange not to. Galadriel and adolescent Celebrian are part of my Burning Bright series so they're regulars for me and have a dynamic I love. *hands over farthing, ignores the fact that this is the 8th prompt when the idea was to stop after 5*

[dreamflower]

OK, I want this one too!

The Children of Luthien - Gen

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Tolkien has Legolas say in LOTR " For is he(Aragorn) not of the children of Luthien? Never shall that line fail, though the years may lengthen beyond count."

What happened to the Children of Luthien? Are they still around? Were any famous people of the past Children of Luthien?

Bilbo's journey "back again"

[mirach-ravaia.livejournal.com]

The journey "there" is quite well described in the Hobbit, but about the "back again", there's very little written:

"He had many hardships and adventures before he got back. The Wild was still the Wild, and there were many other things in it in those days besides goblins; but he was well guided and well guarded-the wizard was with him, and Beorn for much of the way-and he was never in great danger again. Anyway by mid-winter Gandalf and Bilbo had come all the way back, along both edges of the Forest, to the doors of Beorn's house; and there for a while they both stayed. Yule-tide was warm and merry there; and men came from far and wide to feast at Beorn's bidding."

Write a story or create art about the "hardships and adventures" Bilbo had on the way back with Gandalf and Beorn, or about the Yule-tide in Beorn's house.

(I'm claiming this one myself as well)

Any Characters, Any Age, Spider Farm AU

[zopyrus.livejournal.com]

Inspired by this post (http://seagodofmagic.tumblr.com/post/113743921833/just-spitballing-here), write an AU in which your characters have to run a spider farm. In the original post, spiders were sold to fraudulent wine merchants; but in Middle-earth, I can imagine any number of more sinister purposes...

Perhaps your characters live in (or near) Nan Dungortheb or Mirkwood and harvest giant spider silk; perhaps they live in Bree and farm ordinary spiders for use in charms or poultices; perhaps they are just odd-balls who really like spiders.

BONUS POINTS if your story is about a well-known character.

RE: Any Characters, Any Age, Spider Farm AU

[huinare.livejournal.com]

I laughed so hard at that post OMG. *slaps own hand away from prompt*

LOTR Appendices

[zdenka]

There are so many fascinating fragments of story tucked away in the LOTR appendices! Pick one or more of them and elaborate. It would be especially interesting to do something with less well-known stories or characters.

Some possible ideas: the life of Finduilas of Dol Amroth, Dís and other Dwarf-women, Valacar and Vidumavi, the death of Ondoher and his sons, Mardil Voronwë trying to figure out what to do after Eärnur's disappearance, the fate of Baldor son of Brego.