Entries tagged with genre:tragedy

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"A Terrible End" 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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RUSTY PRAYERS by Erulisse (one L)

B2MeM Prompt, Card and Number:B14: Rust (31-Orange), Spirituality (34-Blue)
Format: Drabble
Genre: Tragedy
Rating:G
Warnings:Mention of parental death
Characters: Maglor, inferences of his brothers and father
Creator’s Notes (optional):We've all experienced the death of a loved one, but how does an entity who is "immortal" handle death?
Summary:Feanor is slain and burns so hot that his body self-immolates, "borne away like smoke," leaving nothing but ashes behind

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The Second Disaster of the Morannon by lirin

B2MeM Prompt, Card and Number: Formats and Genres - darkfic (B11)
Format: drabble
Genre: tragedy
Rating: PG
Warnings: Everybody dies.
Characters: n/a
Pairings: n/a
Creator’s Notes (optional): I couldn't bear to write at length for this prompt, so a drabble it is.
Summary: The attack on the Morannon by the Captains of the West does not buy Frodo enough time.

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The Fate of a Leaf by amyfortuna

B2MeM Prompt and Category: March 2 Prompt: Rain on a Leaf
Format: Ficlet (~280 words)
Genre: Vignette, Tragedy
Rating: T
Warnings: character death
Characters: Beleg, Túrin, Gwindor
Pairings: n/a
Summary: A fallen leaf unwittingly interacts with tragic death.

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Faithful

Prompt and Path: Tyranny. Purple path.
Format: Short story.
Genre: Tragedy/Drama
Rating: Teen and up (see warnings)
Warnings: Moderate violence; Character death (it's Númenor under Sauron...so death by sacrifice, essentially).
Characters: Original characters; Isildur; Amandil; Elendil; Sauron.
Pairings: None.
Creator’s Notes (optional): It's taken me so long to get this done (ah, real life, always getting in the way), especially as it grew far beyond what I'd originally intended, and now stands at nearly 5000 words! I tried to incorporate lots of elements of the lore and legendarium, and it's my first time writing anything Second Age, so I hope everything turned out well enough. I created a lot of OCs for this - I might like to explore them more in future, as well as the Akallabêth in general.
Summary: The tenuous relationship between the King and the Elendili is coming to its breaking point. When Isildur steals the fruit of Nimloth, what follows brings the already-heavy boot of tyranny down harder upon the Faithful - especially the gifted healer, Nilûphel.
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How Long is Forever?

B2MeM Prompt and Path:How Long is Forever, Red
Format:Ficlet
Genre:tragedy
Rating:PG
Warnings:Mention of Death
Characters:Nerdanel, Namo
Pairings:None
Creator’s Notes:Tolkien provided the sandbox, I merely play with the bucket and shovel he left behind. No profit of any kind is made from my fanworks.
Summary:On a day when her courage ran high, Nerdanel visited the halls of the dead.

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We Are Sundered

B2MeM Prompt and Path: “I love the silent hour of night, For blissful dreams may then arise, Revealing to my charmed sight, What may not bless my waking eyes." Anne Brontë. Purple path.
Format: Triple drabble
Genre: Tragedy/Angst
Rating: PG
Warnings: Character death
Characters: Andreth, Aegnor, Finrod
Pairings: Andreth/Aegnor
Creator’s Notes (optional): As said in HoME, after the Dagor Bragollach, "it is probable, though nowhere stated, that Andreth perished herself[.]"
Summary: In the dream, she was young again, and she was laughing.

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The Brown Lands

B2MeM Prompt and Path: "We go, we go, we go to war, to hew the stone and break the door; for bole and bough are burning now, the furnace roars-- we go to war..." ~JRR Tolkien, The Two Towers. Green path.
Format: Drabble
Genre: Tragedy
Rating: PG
Warnings: Off-screen death
Characters: Oropher; Entwife
Pairings: None
Creator’s Notes (optional): I only recently learned about the tragedy of the Brown Lands. With that quote, this drabble begged to be written.
Summary: As the Last Alliance marches east through desolation, Oropher learns of what befell the Entwives.

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The Blacksmith by Fernstrike

B2MeM Prompt and Path: Wild card: select from a previous challenge; I chose B2MeM 2011, March 1: Nan Elmoth - a story where seduction plays a central role. Green path.
Format: Poetry/Short Story
Genre: Character Study; Tragedy
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Moderate violence; mild sexual content.
Characters: Sauron, Morgoth, Eonwë, Celebrimbor
Pairings: Sauron/Morgoth; Sauron/Celebrimbor
Creator’s Notes (optional): This tale is told in prose-poetry style and uses epithets rather than character names. If the latter should prove confusing in any way, there's a clarifying note at the bottom.
Summary: "The brightest flame within the forge will cast the darkest shadow.” Or, the seduction of Mairon, the fall, and his dark descent thereafter.
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And Maedhros Wept

B2MeM Prompt and Path:Lost trust or betrayal, Red
Format:Short story
Genre:Tragedy
Rating:PG
Warnings:Mention of death
Characters:Maedhros, Feanor, Maglor, Fingon
Pairings:None
Creator’s Notes:Tolkien provided the sandbox, I merely play with the bucket and shovel he left behind. No profit of any kind is made from my fanworks.
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"Save One Good Thing" by Amy Fortuna

B2MeM Challenge: Noldorin Beleriand: Gil-galad as Fingon's son.
Format: Short story - 2000 words.
Genre: Family, Gapfiller, Tragedy
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Discussion of suicidal depression
Characters: Fingon, Gil-galad, Fingolfin
Pairings: referenced Fingon/Maedhros
Creators' Notes (optional): This story follows up on 'From The Wrack And Ruin', and therefore forms part of my Ninnachel series, though Ninnachel does not feature (as this story takes place before their life intersects with Fingon's in any way).
Summary: In the wake of the Battle of Sudden Flame, Fingon finds himself isolated except for his son, and then has to make the hardest decision of his life so far.

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Noldolantë by The Wavesinger

B2MeM Challenge: Write/draw/create another type of fanwork inspired by this song: "The Riddle" from the musical of The Scarlet Pimpernel. (Lyrics in the video.) http://youtu.be/WAXm2FcEUBw --

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Format: Ficlet

Genre: Romance, Angst, Tragedy

Rating: R

Warnings: Suicide, suicidal thoughts, major character death, violence, PTSD, post-traumatic schizophrenia , projection of post-traumatic schizophrenia, tense changes. Also, incorrect use of musical forms, if that bothers anyone except me (the words are rough translations of a completely different Noldorin version?).

Characters: Fingon, Maedhros

Pairings: Fingon/Maedhros

Creators' Notes (optional): This is what happens when too much studying, exam stress, an entire box of those fancy liquor-filled chocolates, and 3 a.m. in the morning mix. Or, I meant to combine the prompt with another, but this happened.
The Doom, and one or two of the lines (Fingon’s prayer to Manwë), are taken from the Silmarillion.

Summary: Maedhros and Fingon; how they fight, and how they lose.
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"Now The Earth Has Stopped Her Tongue" by Amy Fortuna

B2MeM Challenge: Several prompts went into this one!
Rivendell: a book in the library of Imladris.
Multi-Age: idioms in languages/translations between languages.
Multi-Age: Galadriel as a mother.
Format: Short story - 3300 words.
Genre: Gapfiller, tragedy, family
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Discussion of rape and other disturbing content.
Characters: Celebrian, Elrond, Galadriel, Idril, Aredhel, Maeglin, Eol, Turgon
Pairings: hints of Celebrian/Elrond. Referenced Fingon/Maedhros and Tuor/Idril. Discussion of the relationships between Aredhel & Eol, and Idril & Maeglin.
Creators' Notes (optional): This was also inspired by (and the title is from) the Oysterband song "Oxford Girl", in which a young woman is killed by the man who abused her. I've quoted some of the lyrics underneath the cut.
Summary: On her first visit to newly-built Imladris and its library, Celebrian discovers the disturbing truth behind a very old story.

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Lords of the West, by Marta

B2MeM Challenge: "C" for Courage
Format: short story (4,260 + Notes)
Genre: angst, theodicy-by-any-other-name, family
Rating: Teen
Warnings: battle gore; canonical character death; marital intimacy if you squint
Characters: Fingolfin, Olwe
Pairings: Fingolfin/Anaire
Summary: Olwe and Fingolfin had more cause than most to resent the Valar's tendency to leave dark lords unchallenged. A meditation on courage, tragedy, and divine inaction.

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The Downfall by Marta

B2MeM Challenge: Day 12, second quote
Format: Short Story (864 words + notes)
Genre: Darkfic
Rating: Adult
Warnings: no graphic violence or gore, but deals with some very dark themes. This is the Akallabeth's aftermath, and I didn't pull punches.
Characters: Anarion, Meneldil
Pairings: n/a
Summary: "Nine ships there were: four for Elendil, and for Isildur three, and for Anarion two; and they fled before the gale out of the twilight of doom into the darkness of the world. [...] And all the coasts and seaward regions of the western world suffered great change and ruin in that time; for the seas invaded the lands, and shores foundered."

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The King Has Come Unto His Hall by Marta

B2MeM Challenge: Archetype
Format: Short Story (1,922 + Notes)
Genre: Angst, Gapfiller
Rating: Teen
Warnings: violence, character death, spoilers for The Hobbit book
Characters: Bilbo, Gloin
Summary: After the Battle of the Five Armies, Bilbo and Gloin consider legend's due.

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Farewell, O twice beloved! by Alasse

B2MeM Challenge: Loss of Innocence (day 1)
Format: Sketch
Genre: Tragedy
Rating: Gen
Warnings: Suicide
Characters: Nienor Níniel
Pairings: None
Summary: Nienor jumping to her death

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Sunset Into Night, by Elleth

B2MeM Challenge:
B9: Artifacts: Feanorian Lamp; Weapons and Warfare: Cavalry
B4: Silmarillion Fanon: Maglor the Mighty Wimp
Format: Double Drabble
Genre: Fluff for the first, tragedy for the second
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Offscreen character death
Characters: Maglor, Lasbaneth (his OFC wife), unnamed OCs
Pairings: Maglor/Lasbaneth
Summary: Maglor and his wife share a moment. Not much later, tragedy strikes in form of the Dagor Bragollach.

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O-68: Denethor's Choice

B2MeM Challenge: O-68 Five Books, Five Characters: Denethor
Format: ficlet
Genre: Drama, Tragedy
Rating: PG13
Warnings: canon character death
Characters: Gandalf, Denethor, Faramir, Beregond
Pairings: n/a
Summary: The unspoken dialogue between Wizard and Steward in the House of the Stewards.

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