B2MeM Final Good-bye

[independence1776]

'Beren now, he never thought he was going to get that Silmaril from the Iron Crown in Thangorodrim, and yet he did, and that was a worse place and a blacker danger than ours. But that's a long tale, of course, and goes on past the happiness and into grief and beyond it – and the Silmaril went on and came to Eärendil. And why, sir, I never thought of that before! We've got – you've got some of the light of it in that star-glass that the Lady gave you. Why, to think of it, we're in the same tale still! It's going on. Don't the great tales never end?'

'No, they never end as tales,' said Frodo. 'But the people in them come and go when their part's ended. Our part will end later – or sooner.'
~ The Two Towers, The Stairs of Cirith Ungol

Thank you to everyone who participated in Back to Middle-earth Month this year, commenting and creating and encouraging. We especially want to thank jenni_blog for volunteering to tag one last time.

A heartfelt and deep appreciation to the hundreds of people who have participated in this version of Back to Middle-earth Month for the past nine years. We’ve had a good time and we hope you’ve had a great one.

Our prompts are always available for anyone to use, as is the Dreamwidth community and AO3 collection.

As previously stated, we don’t own the Back to Middle-earth Month concept. If you want to do something next March (and we know at least one person is already planning), please do. We want B2MeM to continue.

Namárië!

~ Independence1776, Dawn Felagund, and Linaewen

Comments

[heartofoshun]

Thanks so much! I really had hoped to participate more! I like your citation at the top. Good choice.

[independence1776]

You are very welcome! As said, the community and prompts are still available if you want.

I had it in mind since we decided this was our last event.

[grundyscribbling]

❤️
Thank you so much, mods/volunteers!

[independence1776]

You are very welcome.

[hhimring]

Thank you so much, Indy, Dawn, Linaewen and Jenni, for all your hard work this year, and also to all other mods and volunteers over the past nine years!

The tale will go on, but this part of the tale, these nine years, will be a memory to treasure greatly.

So much ingenuity and inventiveness in coming up with a new plan every year!

And also so many contributions by participants over the years that I remember fondly!

[independence1776]

You are very welcome!

[jenni_blog]

You're very welcome. I've been a bit slack the past couple of weeks but I'll stay on top of it for the next several days in case anymore stories are posted.

It's been a pleasure this past few years. I do hope very much that B2MEM will continue.

[independence1776]

I haven't been checking the tags daily the past couple of weeks, either, life being what it is now.

So do we.

[nienna324]

Thank you so much Indy, Dawn, Linaewen, jenni_blog, and anyone else who has worked to make B2MEM happen!
I did not really participate this year, and as I am relatively new to fandom I do not have the long history with B2MEM that some people do. But two years ago when I joined SWG/Silm fandom, B2MEM was what inspired me to create and post my first fanworks, and I have had such a blast at B2MEM for the past 2 years! I will remember it very fondly, and hope it lives on in some form!

[independence1776]

You are very welcome! It's wonderful to hear B2MeM inspired you that way.

[narya_flame]

Thank you so much for everything, guys. You've been incredible <3

[independence1776]

You are very welcome.

[keiliss]

Sometimes I've participated, sometimes I've watched, this March has been a time of zero creativity for me, which I'm sorry for as I'd have liked to take part one last time. Thank you for nine wonderful years --- and I still have unfinished Bingo and Market prompts to go back to.

[independence1776]

You are very welcome. Have fun working on them when you're inspired.

[lferion]

Thank you all so much for running this! I did not really get actively involved in participating in the fandom until too late to join in the fun last year, though I read with enthusiasm. I'm glad I got to write some things for it this year.

[independence1776]

You are very welcome! We're glad you were able to write.

[nialoke]

Thank you all so, so, so much to everyone involved in organizing and moderating B2MeM during these past ten years. I haven't been a part of the online fandom community for that long, and I'm sad I just couldn't get into the writing mood this month, but past B2MeMs have been some of the most creative and fun times for me. Truly wonderful times, thank you for making them possible!

[independence1776]

You are very welcome! I think a lot of us weren't able to be creative, but the prompts and community are always available for when you are.

[zdenka]

I didn't have the creative brainspace to do B2MeM this year, but I was glad to see it going on. *salutes*

[independence1776]

You're welcome! And thank you for the work you put in for eight years.