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"Into Darkness Fell His Star" by Narya

Fri, 03 Apr 2020 21:51:56 GMT

Posted by: narya_flame

B2MeM Prompt: Daily prompt 6, "Finish a WIP fanwork"; Generator, "finishing a book, song, or other creative work"; 2019 prompt G48: Maglor Through History, 'The Death of Gil-galad'
Format: Short story
Genre: Gen
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Maglor; Original Male Character
Summary: A bard of Annúminas cannot find the right melody for his song - but help is waiting in the shadows.
Creator’s Notes: The bard of Arnor writing the Lay is originally bunn's headcanon, which I have adopted.

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Rearrange by smilebackwards

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 22:55:39 GMT

Posted by: smilebackwards

B2MeM Prompt: Day 6 - Finish a WIP fanwork. Generator: Beginnings - meeting your future spouse
Format: Fic
Genre: Romance, Alternate Universe
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Gimli, Legolas
Pairings: Gimli/Legolas
Summary: Prince Fili’s betrothal to the elf prince of Mirkwood causes Gimli many problems, not least of which, he’s beginning to strongly suspect that Legolas may be his One.

Link: Rearrange on AO3

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a piece of her old life by Alasse

Tue, 24 Mar 2020 03:51:05 GMT

Posted by: alasse_mirimiel

B2MeM Prompt: Day 15 - Begin your story in the middle of an important scene and watch how it unfolds from there! For non-story responses, choose a book from your shelf, open it to the middle, and choose a sentence from the middle of the page; create a fanwork starting from that point and see what develops. Day 24 - He sat down on the bank at the side of the road and looked away east into the haze, beyond which lay the River, and the end of the Shire in which he had spent all his life. (The Fellowship of the Ring, Book I, Chapter 3). Generator: last line - There was only silence.

Format: art

Genre: gen

Rating: gen

Warnings: none

Characters: Elwing

Pairings: none

Creator’s Notes: Sorry for the drop in quality... my computer died on the second day of quarantine and my tablet is not compatible with the one available at the moment ;n;

Summary: Elwing waits for Eärendil to come home.

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Lights Without Beginning, Middle or End

Sun, 22 Mar 2020 22:44:37 GMT

Posted by: lilith_lessfair

B2MeM Prompt Generator: Creation

Format: Ficlet
Genre: gen, alternate universe
Rating: gen
Warnings: a female Sauron?
Characters: Mairen (Lady!Sauron), Celebrimbor, Original Character
Pairings: Sauron/Celebrimbor (admittedly as much a complex friendship as anything else)
Creator’s Notes: The room Mairen created was inspired by one of Kusama’s infinity rooms. The title refers to Kusama’s descriptions of her own work which plays tricks with perception through repetition of an image. The apprentice was borrowed, with apologies, from Pandemonium’s “The Apprentice.” This verse is ever and always offered in gratitude to those whose work has moved me.
Summary: Mairen has an unusual surprise for Celebrimbor’s begetting day.

“Should I go?” Tyelperinquar asked. ( Read more... )

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Escape by Alasse

Thu, 19 Mar 2020 20:48:59 GMT

Posted by: alasse_mirimiel

B2MeM Prompt: Day 17 - “For nothing is evil in the beginning. Even Sauron was not so.” (The Fellowship of the Ring, Book II, Chapter 2). Generator: endings — last day of work; last line — This is the way we protect ourselves; silmarillion location — Nan Elmoth; character groups — Elves

Format: art

Genre: gen

Rating: gen

Warnings: none

Characters: Maeglin and Aredhel

Pairings: none

Summary: 'Lady, let us depart while there is time? What hope is there in this wood for you or for me? Here we are held in bondage, and no profit shall I find here; for I have learned all that my father has to teach, or that the Naugrim will reveal to me. Shall we not seek for Gondolin? You shall be my guide, and I will be your guard!' - Of Maeglin

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Ambassadors by Alasse

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 00:20:41 GMT

Posted by: alasse_mirimiel

B2MeM Prompt: Day 11 - Milky Way and person next to a lake. Generator: beginnings - first sight of the sea; first line - We were wanderers from the beginning

Format: art

Genre: gen

Rating: gen

Warnings: none

Characters: Finwë, Elwë, Ingwë

Pairings: none

Creator’s Notes: Used the prompt image as background

Summary: Therefore Oromë was sent again to them, and he chose from among them ambassadors who should go to Valinor and speak for their people; and these were Ingwë, Finwë and Elwë, who afterwards were kings -Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor

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"Nothing Collapses" by StarSpray

Thu, 12 Mar 2020 18:56:02 GMT

Posted by: starspray

B2MeM Prompt: Daily: All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses, / And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier. -Walt Whitman, excerpt from "Song of Myself" ; Generator first line: CHARACTER tripped over a root and hissed a curse.
Format: short story
Genre: gen
Rating: general
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Elrond
Pairings: n/a
Summary: Dor Firn-i-Guinar did not sink with the rest of Beleriand, and it is a place heavy with memory.

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A Poisoned World, the Poisoned Trees

Thu, 12 Mar 2020 14:46:47 GMT

Posted by: lilith_lessfair

Prompt: Very loose use of the song prompt: “The Dreaming Tree” by Dave Matthews Band (Use the title, lyrics, song, or a combination as inspiration for your fanwork: https://genius.com/Dave-matthews-band-the-dreaming-tree-lyrics):

Remembered Mother's words
There beneath the tree
"No matter what the world
You'll always be my baby"

Format: Writing
Genre: Gen., Alternate Universe
Ratings: Gen.
Warnings: Alternate Universe: Gender Bending
Characters: Celebrimbor, Mairen (Lady!Sauron)
Pairings: none really, but their too-complicated friendship is very much a feature of this.
Summary: Changes in the season from summer to fall and fall to winter cause Celebrimbor to remember his childhood in Valinor.

As the summer slid towards fall, Mairen had begun to notice changes in Tyelperinquar’s mood. ( Read more... )

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Mithrim

Thu, 12 Mar 2020 03:44:39 GMT

Posted by: lilith_lessfair

Prompt: Photo prompt: Milky Way and person next to a lake (https://pixabay.com/photos/milky-way-human-lake-dreams-4500469/)

Format: Writing
Genre: Gap Filler
Ratings: Gen.
Warnings: Reference to canonical character death.
Characters: Galadriel, Celebrimbor
Pairings: the ever-unrequited Celebrimbor/Galadriel
Summary: Galadriel speaks with her cousin on the shores of Lake Mithrim after the crossing of the Helcaraxë.

Artanis lay upon a tall flat rock, the top edge of which, for the lower portions had been worn away by the water below them, extended from the rocky beach over water’s edge, and looked at the stars above. ( Read more... )

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A Hopeless Dawn by Alasse

Mon, 09 Mar 2020 02:13:50 GMT

Posted by: alasse_mirimiel

B2MeM Prompt: Day 2 - "A Hopeless Dawn" by Frank Bramley. Day 8 - Create a fanwork that is set in the aftermath of a disaster, either natural or human-caused.

Format: art

Genre: gen

Rating: gen

Warnings: none

Characters: Nerdanel & Mahtan

Pairings: none

Summary: The War of Wrath is over but for Nerdanel there is no victory...

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The Boy

Sun, 08 Mar 2020 02:19:00 GMT

Posted by: lilith_lessfair

Prompts: death via the prompt generator. It might also be loosely read in terms of the March 8 prompt “the aftermath of a disaster” if one wants to read the fall of Eregion as such a disaster.
Format: Writing
Genre: Character Study
Ratings: Gen.
Warnings: Reference to canonical character death
Characters: Galadriel, Celebrimbor, Maedhros, Fingon, Finrod
Pairings: unrequited Galadriel/Celebrimbor
Summary: Galadriel remembers her cousin after his death.

She had felt the moment he’d died, at the hand of the one he’d trusted and chosen over her. She had felt it, despite the distance, as she had felt the death of her brother. She felt it as a fading of the light, a loss of it and of warmth, not unlike the days following the death of the trees, the world suddenly gone cold and dark.

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All goes onward

Sat, 07 Mar 2020 13:18:16 GMT

Posted by: lilith_lessfair

Prompt: All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses,
And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.
-Walt Whitman, excerpt from "Song of Myself"
Format: Ficlet
Genre: Alternative Universe Gender-bending.
Rating: Everyone
Warnings:
Characters: Mairen (Lady!Sauron), Amandil
Pairings: N/A
Creator’s Notes (optional): N/A
Summary: Amandil and a female version of Sauron set sail from Middle Earth to Numenor.

Amandil walked towards the stern of the vessel. The prisoner, housed upon his ship and not the king’s flagship, stood quietly and looked back towards the direction where the coastline of Middle Earth might have been seen, had one had the sight of the Eldar or, perhaps, of the Maiar.

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"A Terrible End" by StarSpray

Thu, 05 Mar 2020 20:40:41 GMT

Posted by: starspray

B2MeM Prompt: Daily Prompt: “He thought he had come to the end of his adventure, and a terrible end, but the thought hardened him.” ; Generator Prompts: ending: death of a leader, first line: LOCATION burned.
Format: short story
Genre: gen
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Major Character Death, Violence, Second Kinslaying in general
Characters: Dior, Celegorm
Pairings: n/a
Summary: “There fell Celegorm by Dior’s hand…but Dior was slain also.”

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"This is how we defend ourselves" by Independence1776

Thu, 05 Mar 2020 13:46:46 GMT

Posted by: independence1776

B2MeM Prompt: "This is how we defend ourselves." (generator prompt)
Format: Graphic
Genre: Gen
Rating: General
Warnings: None
Characters: None (or all?)
Pairings: None
Creator’s Notes: This is meant to include all Ages of the Legendarium, which is why I went with a public domain photo of a harpist instead of a screenshot from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. That photo was the closest thing I could find to something from The Silmarillion.
Summary: A graphic of ways Tolkien characters defend themselves, both literally and metaphorically: sword and shield, song and story, family and friends.

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The King’s Garden

Thu, 05 Mar 2020 03:15:25 GMT

Posted by: lilith_lessfair

B2MeM Prompt: March 4: Partly open blue door
Format: Ficlet
Genre: Gen
Rating: Gen
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Tar-Miriel
Pairings: n/a
Summary: Miriel considers the changing nature of the King’s Garden in Armenelos.

The King’s Garden

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Light Fails At Dawn by amyfortuna

Thu, 05 Mar 2020 01:45:58 GMT

Posted by: elwinfortuna

B2MeM Prompt: March 2: A Hopeless Dawn
Format: Ficlet
Genre: Gapfiller
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Character death
Characters: Andreth, Emeldir, Morwen, Aegnor
Pairings: Aegnor/Andreth, Emeldir/Barahir
Creator’s Notes (optional): The title is from “Time Stands Still At The Iron Hill” by Blind Guardian.
Summary: As the Battle of Sudden Flame rages on, both Aegnor and Andreth meet their fate.

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A Hopeless Dawn - Aredhel/Eöl

Wed, 04 Mar 2020 00:16:55 GMT

Posted by: heartofoshun

B2MeM Prompt: March 2 - "A Hopeless Dawn" by Frank Bramley
Format: Art/photomanip
Genre: Drama
Rating: All
Warnings: None
Characters: Aredhel, Eöl
Pairings: Aredhel/Eöl
Summary: Aredhel awakens to many a hopeless dawn before she decides to leave.

A Hopeless Dawn

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"Winter, Brought By Letters" by LadyBrooke

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 17:19:25 GMT

Posted by: ladybrooke

B2MeM Prompt: March 2 - "A Hopeless Dawn" by Frank Bramley
Format: Ficlet
Genre: Angst
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Canonical Character Deaths
Characters: Anairë, Nimloth
Pairings: Anairë/Nimloth, Dior/Nimloth, background Anairë/Fingolfin
Creator’s Notes (optional): Dior is given the Gift of Men in this fic. Part of a series about Nimloth in Valinor.
Summary: Nimloth and Anairë receive letters from Mandos.

For one of them, the news brings nothing but despair.

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"Family Business" by StarSpray

Sun, 01 Mar 2020 20:40:58 GMT

Posted by: starspray

B2MeM Prompt: Daily Prompt: “He was interested in roots and beginnings…” ; Generator Prompt: a character’s education begins
Format: ficlet
Genre: gen
Rating: general
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Hamfast Gamgee, Samwise Gamgee
Pairings: n/a
Summary: Hamfast is starting to despair of any of his children taking up gardening—until Sam is old enough to start digging in the dirt.

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Roots and Beginnings, by Kaylee Arafinwiel

Sun, 01 Mar 2020 02:33:37 GMT

Posted by: kayleearafinwiel

B2MeM Prompt: "He was interested in roots and beginnings..."
Format: ficlet
Genre: gen
Rating: PG-13 for mention of violence
Warnings:
Characters: OC elves, Legolas, Aragorn II, Gandalf, Pippin (Mentions of Feanor and Fingolfin. Gimli, Frodo, Sam, and Merry are also present)
Pairings: OC/OC, though not really explored
Creator’s Notes (optional): For B2MEM, the first prompt was "He was interested in roots and beginnings..." OC names are taken from the realelvish.net randomizer, first lines, last lines, canon beginning and canon ending from SWG's randomizer. That's a lot to make sense of...hopefully I succeeded.
Summary: A gem-crafter of Imladris, prompted by a group of enthusiastic elflings, tries to tell the story of the most famous gems in all of Arda. May or may not be complete...

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Posting and Tagging Rules

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 18:31:54 GMT

Posted by: independence1776

Here are the rules for posting and tagging your fanworks in the B2MeM Dreamwidth community. Even if you’ve done B2MeM before, we encourage you to at least skim them and refresh your memory. Please either comment here or email the mod team at b2mem.mod@gmail.com if you have any questions.

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