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cosmerelists · 18 days

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Cosmere Characters in the Hunger Games

As requested by @sweetteaanddragons :)

I haven't read or watched Hunger Games, but I've picked up enough through cultural osmosis...I hope. They're kids in an arena fighting to the death, right? And it's a media circus? And there are 12 districts? And they're poor? I think I got it! Anyway, let's stick Cosmere characters in that arena and see how they do!

By the way, for the most part I'm imagining these characters in their own separate hunger games, not all together, just because I didn't want to imagine all of my blorbos killing each other.

1. Kaladin

After a kid who looks just like Tien literally dies in Kaladin's arms (note: all of the kids look exactly like Tien so far as Kaladin is concerned), Kaladin realizes that the Hunger Games are about kids dying, not about kids surviving. He decides that he has to save everyone, and quickly builds a coalition with the other tributes. They all die anyway and Kaladin wins.

He's not happy about it.

2. Shallan

Sadly, Shallan dies while trying unsuccessfully to convince a stick to become fire. Technically, I think this means the stick wins, but they give the award to some kid instead, for some reason.

3. Adolin

Adolin was doing really well until FOUR other tributes all decided to gang up on him. Even then, he fought like an uncaged tiger and very nearly survived. Nearly. (Hey, uh, most characters die in Hunger Games, right?)

4. Vin

Vin slices through the competition like a vengeful god. Emphasis on vengeful. And god. She barely even lets herself get distracted by the weird love triangle between that guy who wants to make the world better and the one who wants to burn it all down. She's too busy, like, killing everyone.

5. Zane

Zane thinks it's pretty swell to be in this killing arena killing people. What isn't swell is that Vin isn't into him, even AFTER their romantic killing spree. What gives? Anyway. Vin kills him.

6. Elend

Elend has a lot of thoughts about the sociological implications of the games. He does not have a lot of thoughts about how to sharpen a stick into a crude spear and ram it through someone's chest. (Is that what happens in the Hunger Games?) Regardless, I don't think he makes it long... Sorry, Elend.

7. Spook

Spook is a wraith. No one ever sees him coming. Or sees him at all. He keeps receiving supplies and weapons from a mysterious benefactor. At one point he starts wearing a handkerchief over his eyes and killing people by sound alone. I don't really see him winning, tbh (sorry Spook), but he is definitely a crowd favorite who makes it super far.

8. Szeth

"To kill innocent children for the amusement of distant viewers blackens my soul with a stain that shall never be removed. Oh, how I hate this. Oh, how I hate this senseless, senseless killing," Szeth thinks to himself as he constructs an unnecessarily elaborate death trap that kills his opponents horribly. "No one suffers like me," Szeth thinks, over all of the screaming.

9. Renarin

Hey remember when Renarin killed a Thunderclast mostly off-screen? Plus he has future sight. If they've got their powers in this game, then Radiant Renarin is probably taking it all. If not, well...let's not go there.

10. Vivenna

After her sister is sent as a tribute in Vivenna's place, Vivenna enters the Hunger Games anyway, determined to somehow put a stop to them. For example, she takes all the food she can find and hides it in one place so that it will be safe for everyone. She figures out how to predict supply drops to ensure that she always gets to them first. While convinced that she is the Hunger Games Breaker, she is actually the season's most notorious villain and eventually everyone bands together to kill her. Sorry, Vivenna.

11. Kelsier

Kelsier wins the hearts of viewers everywhere, mostly due to his determination to keep smiling no matter what horrors he must survive. He's, like, really good at killing people also. The Survivor, people call him. But when he is shockingly cut down and killed, his death galvanizes a rebellion against, uh, President Snow? Is that the big bad? Anyway. There's a religion about him now.

12. Ann

Oh, Ann. So excited to shoot guns. (Do they have guns?) So excited to shoot bows and arrows maybe. But she can't shoot worth a damn. She has a splendid time and hits no one. And, well, she does not win.

13. Cord

Frankly, Cord wants to win and bring glory and money (?) back home to her people, who desperately need it. I'm assuming the districts get stuff if their person wins. Cord is in it to win it. And she's awfully good with that bow and arrow...

14. Lift

Man, I don't want Lift to be in the Hunger Games! Lift thinks killing is lazy and boring! Sure, she'd be great at hiding in trees and getting food, but I definitely do not see Lift actually being able to kill anyone. Is that allowed? Will she be disqualified?

15. Tress

Tress looks at the Death Arena Whose Purpose Is Death and says, "But is anyone gonna Make Friends about it" and doesn't wait for an answer. Somehow, by the end, basically everyone IS friends. Except for that one person who really did want to kill. But she and Tress went off together and only Tress returned. So.

Basically, Tress's influence ruins the Hunger Games that year. Nobody wants the Friendship Games.

#Cosmere #Cosmerelists #Kaladin #Adolin #Shallan #Vin #Elend #Spook #Zane #Lift #Tress #Vivenna #Kelsier #Szeth #Ann #Renarin #Cord

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the-elusive-soleil · 2 months

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Last Sentence/Tag Game

Thanks to @thescrapwitch and @cycas for the tag!

RULES: Post the last sentence you wrote (fanfic / original / anything) and tag as many people as there are words in the sentence.

Been a busy weekend and I haven't been able to write for a couple days, but here's the latest sentence from my current WIP, wherein Maedhros is That Dad Who Didn't Want A Cat:

Just before the door slams, he thinks he hears the creature on Caranthir’s lap let out a smug mewl.

Which comes out to...19 words. Whew! It looks like a lot of people I'd want to tag already have been, so I'm not going to get to nineteen, but I'll do some.

No-pressure tags: @winterinhimring @sweetteaanddragons @jaz-the-bard @leucisticpuffin @eleneressea @potatoobsessed999 @youareunbearable

#silmarillion #maedhros #cats #tag game #last line game

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thelordofgifs · 1 year

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A Completely Objective Rating of Gil-galad Origin Theories

So! My Research(tm) has informed me that Tolkien conceived of at least four potential parentages for Gil-galad, last High King of the Noldor, at various points. This plothole/controversy/mystery is deeply, deeply funny to me, so I decided to make a post arbitrarily rating various Gil-galad theories and providing examples of fics where they appear.

Some disclaimers:

I am very very new to the silm fandom and also tumblr and don't actually know anything! so there is a very high chance something will go wrong here

in compiling this I was very much indebted to this post by @sweetteaanddragons and this one by @tanoraqui

your headcanons, of course, are extremely valid! no shade at all to anyone who likes one of the theories I’ve rated a bit lower, and thank you for doing your bit to deepen the controversy. the more Gil-galad theories the better

Unsurprisingly, this turned out LONG. I split the parentages into four sections: Part 1 covers supposedly canon/canon-adjacent Gil-galad theories; Part 2, popular fanon theories that I've seen in a variety of places; Part 3 will cover rare fanon theories that I've only seen basically once, and ideas I literally just made up myself.

Baseline assumptions I'm using:

The "historical record", in-universe, is primarily the Quenta Silmarillion which states that Ereinion Gil-galad was the son of Fingon; and other documents variously suggesting that he was the son of Orodreth or Finrod, or a descendant of Fëanor. Sources give him the additional names Finellach and Artanáro/Rodnor.

It's fairly widely agreed-upon that Gil-galad was an adult and the High King by the time of the Third Kinslaying, when he was based on Balar and came too late to Elwing's aid.

(This means I won't further consider some rather fun, cracky theories that are based on the argument that Gil-galad only became the High King after the War of Wrath. That seems like a slightly excessive amount of historical revisionism for my taste, when he's named as the High King well before the WoW.)

So, with those established, what makes for a good Gil-galad parentage theory?

It has to make the confusion in the historical record, in-universe, make some sort of sense. Would someone with this parentage have a claim to the crown? If not, do they have a solid motivation to lie about it? Providing a neat explanation for other aspects of Gil-galad's characterisation and the way he rules would also be a bonus.

A storytelling concept I call weird questions must have weird answers. Neat origin theories that "make sense" tend to score low on this metric. The Gil-galad controversy is funny and needs to be kept that way.

How narratively satisfying is the theory? Does it ruin anyone else's arc, or fanon I personally like? Then it's scoring low.

This is already so long-

Time for looking at the four canon-ish Gil-galad parentages!

Gil-galad son of Fingon and, presumably, some unnamed wife. This is rubbish. Makes no sense. Not a fan. No. Primarily, it is boring, the death knell to any Gil-galad theory. Also, Fingon is never actually mentioned to have a wife because he's married to Maedhros and, while textual ghosts are obviously common in the Silm, I find it slightly harder to believe that a High Queen of the Noldor managed to escape being named anywhere. You could, I suppose, argue that she died before Fingon became King, but I don't want to. The confusion in the historical record also seems unnecessary here, because Fingon's son would presumably have a pretty ironclad claim to the crown after his death and certainly after Turgon's. No fic recs here, I don't like this theory. 2/10.

Gil-galad son of Orodreth and brother of Finduilas. Even more boring, and also makes less sense. Was Gil-galad in Nargothrond during Leithian and up to its fall? In that case, why wasn't he mentioned at any point, and if he survived the fall of Nargothrond and escaped, why didn't he go after Finduilas? If he wasn't in Nargothrond by the time of Turin, we can at least forgive his failure to rescue his sister, but why was he sent away from Nargothrond when, prior to the building of the bridge, everyone believed it was safe - and why wasn't Finduilas sent away with him? Again, there's no particular reason for obfuscating this parentage, so it fails on that metric too. At least Artanáro/Rodnor is a good Finarfinion name. Fics which use this theory: What is Wrought Between Us by @nikosheba, which voids all these objections of mine quite nicely - Gil-galad son of Orodreth, adopted by Fingon and Maedhros! Also it's one of the most heart-breaking, beautiful, canon-compliant Russingon series around, go and read it. That excellent example aside, 3/10.

Gil-galad son of Finrod and (iirc) a wife called Meril. An earlier version of the legendarium discarded when Finrod was made childless. This is potentially my least favourite of the four canon-esque theories, because Finrod's childlessness is imo a fairly important part of his arc, and Meril was replaced by Amarië, to whom Finrod was very much not married at the time of his death. Pretty much the only positive is that, again, Artanáro/Rodnor suits well as a name for Finrod's son. I don't think many people like this theory - we need not consider it further here. No fic recs. 2/10.

Gil-galad descendant of Fëanor. By far the most intriguing and also most implausible canon-esque theory, and as I understand only from one early draft of the legendarium. But there is so much to play with here. If Gil-galad's father is one of the sons of Fëanor, he has a rock-solid reason to lie about his parentage. His claim to the throne is also dubious, because Maedhros abdicated on behalf of the entire house. This gives excellent con-artist Gil-galad flavours to play with. On the narrative/emotional arc metric, this one falls a little short, though. We don't need another descendant of Fëanor in the Second Age struggling with the dark and messy legacy of their family - we have Celebrimbor! And Celebrimbor's status as the last scion of his house, and how his eventual tragedy owes so much to his heritage, is very important to me. Besides, the house of Fëanor going from 7 sons in the first generation to literally just one grandchild is so haunting. On a more practical level, I also don't think Gil-galad reads as particularly close to Celebrimbor? They seem more "distant relations" than first cousins. On the other hand, if Gil-galad simply doesn't know who his parents are, a lot of these problems disappear. We can also double up a few textual ghosts by making his mother one of the unnamed wives - preferably Maglor's or Caranthir's, because Gil-galad son of Curufin feels. doubtful. Fics which use this theory: A Gift from Father to Son by @amethysttribble explores every single potential Fëanorian parentage which is very fun, for a value of "fun" involving "sobbing on the floor about how terrible all these people are". Check it out! Theory as a whole gets 5/10.

#silmarillion #meta #fic rec #gil galad

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imakemywings · 3 months

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HI 🥺 I just found out that you like Fingolfin and I want to ask if you have any recs about him (and Finwe?). Like we already have the popular Finwe-Feanor father-son relationship, but what about my blue middle-child baby.

I LOVE Fingolfin, he was actually my first Silm fav <3 I had to stop reading the book for several days after he died to recover /_ \

I looked through my fanfic lists and I don't actually seem to have any that focus on Finwe and Fingolfin's relationship ono I picked out some other ones that focus generally on Fingolfin's relationship with his family, I hope that helps.

Do You Remember Me? by @sweetteaanddragons - Relationship with Feanor after Feanor is de-aged.

From the Heights, Such Light and Air by @sallysavestheday - Relationship with Turgon.

I Loved You Once in a Dream (mine) - Reunion smut with Anaire.

If Bitter it Must Be by @ettelene - Relationship with Feanor immediately after Alqualonde.

I'll Hold the Pieces Together with My Hands by Dialux and zuo_zuo - Relationship with Maedhros.

A King Uncrowned, A King Enthroned by @zealouswerewolfcollector - Relationship with Maedhros, particularly regarding Maedhros' abdication.

A Kiss Interrupted by @arofili - Relationship with Anaire.

Lament Before the Vast Sea by Tyeplerintal - Fingon's relationship with his father and others.

Over the Unclear Eyes of Memory by @maglors-anion-gap - Relationship with his wife and children after rebirth.

Spring in the Land, Light in the Day by Loriand_Lost - General focus on the relationships in the house of Finwe.

United We Stand (mine) - Relationship with the house of Feanor.

Untitled by @tanoraqui - Children of Finwe post-rebirth.

Untitled by @outofangband - Relationship with Maedhros after Maedhros' escape from Thangorodrim.

Water on a Stone by LadyBrooke - Relationship with Maeglin.

Wet Boots by @amethysttribble - Relationship with Maedhros when Maedhros was a child.

#asks #anonymous

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piyo13sdoodles · 8 months

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art for the @tolkienrsb with @sweetteaanddragons! you can check out the fic, The Last Homely Hostel, on ao3 once the works are all revealed on september 8 (link is live, but won't show a revealed work until then)! keep an eye out for promo post to come as well :)

#elrond #maglor #trsb #trsb23 #silmarillion #lotr #elrond peredhel #kanafinwe #makalure #this was super fun to work on!!! thank you for such a great collab ^^

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thescrapwitch · 3 days

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WIP Not Wednesday

Thank you @leucisticpuffin and @zealouswerewolfcollector for tagging me!

Here is a bit from my Seven Flowers for Seven Sons WIP, in which involves: Mahtan and Nerdanel and a mysterious silver-haired elf-lady visitor, healing through gardening, a million flower descriptions, Yavanna meddling with her husband's ex-student, lots of grief and rebuilding fractured relationships, and love.

Feanor looked at the cottage, at the barren, scarred land that surrounded it. “This is to be my place of exile, then?”

Yavanna laughed. “Such dramatics! Yes, oh poor Prince, this is to be where you will live until your task is complete. Whether it stays like this or blooms into something else is up to you. But do not fear, you will not be alone forever. There are certain visitors we will allow you, those who have volunteered to help with this task.”

“I see.” Feanor rolled up his sleeves. “I will take my leave of you now, Lady Yavanna. The sooner I begin, the sooner this will be done.” And then I can find a better task for my second life.

“True,” said Yavana, still laughing at him. “But a garden is not a simple thing, nor will it be rushed. Not that I expect you to listen to me. You’ll learn better through your own mistakes than my warnings. You always have.”

Tagging: @dreamingthroughthenoise @lordgrimwing @dovewifes @chthonion @sweetteaanddragons and @thelordofgifs and anyone else who wants to join. No pressure, of course!

#thank you again for the tag #my writing #feanor #silmarillion

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lidoshka · 2 years

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Maedhros is convincing Haleth that these horses are not a dowry gift, but part of a business deal. He's used to dealing with convincing people to do things they'd not expect.

Haleth however, has a very good eye for when something is genuinely just. nonsense.

Art for the story “Call It What It Is (Whatever It Might Be)“ by @sweetteaanddragons (work will reveal on Sept 10th! so look out for it!)

For the Tolkien Reverse summer Bang 2022 (info here: @tolkienrsb)

#mis trazos #fanfiction begets fanart #trsb22 #Silmarillion #fanfic recs #Maedhros #Haleth #part of a tolkienrsb project

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captainadwen · 1 year

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was reading sweetteaanddragons’ bad timing au and in line with the recent thoughts about funny gil-galad origins it got me thinking...

Mae-Galad

#silm

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aroace-moron · 1 month

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Tidbit Tuesday Thursday

(I am not waiting till tuesday)

Thank you, @tathrin, for tagging me! I haven't written a lot of fanfiction lately since I am working on my own book series, but I think this snippet of a Melian and Gandalf oneshot will suffice:

She makes a disapproving huff. Which student?

“Galadriel. She has turned into quite the competent leader since your departure.”

Well of course she has! What has been distaste just a moment ago has turned into pride, and the patch of air she is filling grows prickly. I expected nothing less from her. Is she still over there, then?

“No, she came with the Ringbearer and me back here.”

Melian’s nightingales erupt into laughter, and her branches stretch high up into the sky. For a moment, she leaves his side, returning into her clearing and cackling with delight in the voices of birds and bumblebees.

The Valar won’t like that! She is still laughing. Oh, They won’t like that one bit!

“I imagine They don’t, no.” Gandalf watches her gather next to him again, though she is taller in shape now. “She seemed very aware of that the entire course of our journey, of course. She couldn’t seem to stop smiling.”

It had been a very wicked smile indeed. He briefly remembered Frodo coming to him one evening after watching Galadriel stand still as a marble statue at the bow of their ship the entire day, grinning like she was thinking of strangling someone. The Ringbearer had asked, very quietly, so as not to have her overhear, if the Lady of the Golden Forest was plotting something. Gandalf had chuckled, and said that he would be quite surprised if she wasn’t.

I am actually quite confident I will get this one out soon, maybe even along with that Elrond & Elros in the Cottage of Lost Play one. I've been working on that one for way longer than I was planning.

I am hereby tagging! (Though not forcing) @tanoraqui @camille-lachenille @sweetteaanddragons @thelordofgifs @thescrapwitch and anyone who sees this and wants to get in too!I am very tired and hungry. Bye now.

#tag game #melian #gandalf #frodo #galadriel #silmarillion #lord of the rings #my writing

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cycas · 8 months

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Ao3 12345 Stats game thing

Nobody tagged me but I'm doin' it anyway, because I just worked out that if I post one more story that has at least 12953 words, then I'll hit the round million words on Ao3.

Rules: Give us the links to your fic with the most hits, second most kudos, third most comments, fourth most bookmarks, fifth most words, and fic with the fewest words.

Most hits : Quenta Narquelion - Ghost Feanor watches the First Age, and sometimes intervenes. Fic of my heart. Glad it won something.

Second most kudos : The House of Fëanor : Little Pity : Conclusion of my Return to Aman series, the bit where Maglor's return breaks away from comedy and breaks through to Epic. The other fic of my heart. I'd been writing parts of this in my head since roughly 1980. Glad I finally got it down.

Third most comments : Rexque Futurus. Novel length modern-day BBC Merlin epilogue. I had so much fun writing this up to the last few chapters where I stalled.

wow, this game favours the long stories

Fourth most bookmarks: All Our Old Follies, Come 'Round Again - Celebrian saves Celebrimbor and Elrond. At least half of these bookmarks belong to Drag0nst0rm, who wrote the first chapter, I just wrote the ending.

fifth most words: The Siege of Khazad-dûm - the much longer Celebrimbor Lives sequel to All Our Old Follies.

fic with the fewest words is actually a poem: In Honour of Bilbo Baggins which I feel rather self-conscious about, but then it was written in March 2020, which I feel should excuse a great deal.

I shall tag @joyfullynervouscreator, @starspray, @arianaofimladris, @sallysavestheday, @zealouswerewolfcollector, @meadowlarkx if any of you feel like it. Actually, I should tag @sweetteaanddragons too on the grounds of all those bookmarks. :-D

#meme #fic

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electroniccollectiondonut · 4 months

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Monthly Rec Lists In 2024: New Year's Day

For the last four or five years my New Year's resolution has been to get fit but I keep not doing that so this year my resolution is one I know can complete: making rec lists! So for the first rec list of the year I'm reccing some fics I read for the first time in 2023! I've tagged the authors' Tumblr if I could find one, otherwise I've just linked their Ao3.

Regularly Scheduled Miracles by TheSingingHoneybee (@starshinemaiden)

The thing about soulmates when you are a royal is that you don't get to keep them. Wu's mother's was shipped to the Outer Ring. His father's, never spoken of. His great aunt's was imprisoned if you believe the rumors. Wu believes the rumors. And when Wu becomes Prince Wu, heir to the Earth Throne, over night, his chances of finding and keeping his soulmate drop to zero. But despite that, when a soulmark appears on his arm the very evening of meeting his new, hot, firebending bodyguard, Wu can't feel anything but joy. The thing about soulmarks when you have a job that frequently leaves you bruised to hell and back is that sometimes you don't notice them until days later and now you don't know who caused them to appear. And the thing about being Prince Wu's newest bodyguard is that Mako has met so many people in the last week that his soulmate could be half of Republic City. The other thing about being Prince Wu's newest bodyguard is that half of Mako doesn't want to think too hard about his soulmate might be because there is no way someone like him would get so lucky as to have the next Earth Monarch as a soulmate no matter how lofty Mako's taste in people runs.

Cruising for a Bruising by kalechipbuoy

Crozier makes Fitzjames cry and cry and cry. Eventually, they reach something like an understanding.

Warm Sun, Fine Jade by DummyDipl0d0cus

Lan Xichen’s hair is up in a simple bun, careless. It’s a change from his half-tied hair. It uncovers his shoulders and neck, and Wen Ning gets a sinking feeling that they look more delicate now than ever. “Please stay warm, and eat well,” Wen Ning adds softly. Lan Xichen doesn’t say anything, just bows his head. Wen Ning turns to leave after a few long moments, as much as he doesn’t want to. Then hears the quietest request. “It’s raining. Please stay until it’s over?” - How Wen Ning helps Lan Xichen heal, and how Lan Xichen does the same for Wen Ning.

The Severing of Webs by chlodobird (@chlodobird-creations)

After Jon kills the world, he travels back in time. Once there, he gets ready to change the future, to save his Assistants, and to watch as everyone learns to hate him again. Unfortunately, the tapes wrap around him like a fly caught in a Web—he can't move. He's trapped reliving the original timeline, stuck acting out his past actions like an actor rehearsing his lines. Sasha will die. Tim will die. Martin— (Jon screams inside his mind, and someone hears him. Fate is not as immutable as he fears.)

Chameleonic by recrudescence (@re-crudescence)

When River finally takes a fall, the result of an ill-conceived equation and a screwdriver on the cargo bay floor, Mal gives her a knowing look and totes her to the infirmary.

7 rings by butterflywings6

random people watching kanej be rich and in love <3

Look into the Mirror (Tell Me What You See) by Drag0nSt0rm (@sweetteaanddragons)

His best guess for what had happened was some kind of head injury, given that he recognized almost nothing and had no idea what was going on. With few clues to work with, he was either going to have to confess the truth or bluff frantically. Gil-Galad had never in his life decided to confess anything.

A Little Mishap by Asidian (@asidian)

When the dust clears – and it is a frightful amount of dust, all told – Astarion is marginally surprised to see that no one has been left a bloody smear on the cave floor. Really, he can't be blamed for assuming the worst. The boulder is the size of the tunnel, nearly, the sort of impending doom that ranks with gale-force winds and approaching dragons on the list of things that might inspire a man to pray to any gods kind enough to lend an ear. Astarion isn't that sort – any god who might have granted him a boon has had centuries of prayers they might have chosen to answer before this, after all – and yet here they stand, miraculously intact, as though some deity just so happened to have glanced their way at just this moment. Perhaps Wyll is a religious man.

Underwater by euromagpie

About him, the world swam in dizzying degrees, pulsated with the throb of the veins at his temples. Beneath him, his legs, protesting against the movement like a couple of libertines, had gone frustratingly jelly like, and Hodgson stumbled, a landsman at sea, and crashed into the wall opposite. The wood was so cool, and he sank his burning forehead against it gratefully, for once gladly accepting of the biting freeze that prowled the desolate landscape. Booted feet clomped past his door and he jerked his eyes open, not having realised he'd closed them. Christ alive, but he wanted to stay there - in fact, he'd love simply to crumble and wait out the end of his days in a tidy pile of gormless flesh and lazy bones right in this place. Above them, Terror's bell rang in the turn of the watch, and Hodgson realised his plans of embracing mortality would have to wait. He had things to do.

That's 'Cause I Got People With Me by Castlewood_Bard (@r1ver-6)

Mal has to be sure he knows his crew

Beyond the Reaches of a Long-lost Life by elvntari

Feanor is reembodied at long last and Elrond attempts to reconcile the image that he has of him in his mind with the image of the man standing before him.

Fever Dreaming by dramatispersonae

Gerry encounters a plot by a nascent avatar of the Corruption. It should be straightforward enough to deal with, especially considering his apparently ongoing… "alliance" with Michael. But when have things in his life actually been as simple as they appear?

The World Was Young by Drag0nst0rm (@sweetteaanddragons)

This was not what Maglor had expected when he retreated to his brother's stronghold.

A Taste of Home by Twice2Ennien

"It's good, right?" Koveyook grinned all the way to his eyes, watching John's matching expression. This was the feeling that had drawn his family to restaurants: the warmth, the radiating comfort of a good meal, shared. John made a satisfied sound in the back of his throat, nodding. He covered his mouth as though tempted to speak but thought better of it. Still chewing, he took hold of Koveyook's right wrist and squeezed his thanks instead.

Refiner's Fire by JediRobertHogan

The men knew Hogan looked after them—more than was typical of a commander and his crew. It was in the little things, the details of everyday life, yet sometimes it struck them in undeniable ways. They saw Colonel Hogan as more than a commanding officer, and knew, somehow, that he saw them differently too. - or - Four times Colonel Hogan took care of his men, and one time they took care of him.

Wanted: Dead and Alive by Astereae (@astereaes)

“Hey, I do I... Do I know you?” Danny asks, a hand coming up to brush something off Tim’s cheek. “No,” Tim says. “We haven’t met.” “Oh, no, I do.” Danny says, and he smiles, teeth white and sharp. “You’re that guy who rearranged my guts!” Rearranged his- Tim glances at the knotted scars on the boy’s abdomen. He can see the shine and shadow of haphazard stitches that weren’t meant to hold forever, that tore and healed over. His- This- “WHAT!?” Nightwing shouts, equal parts confused and delighted. Tim’s fucked. OR Danny Fenton's been in GIW captivity for 4 months. Tim Drake gets kidnapped by the GIW one Tuesday evening in May. Considering how many of the Bats and the Birds have died and come back to life, it was only a matter of time for some people interested in the afterlife to come poking around. The detectives can't seem to uncover any information about the mysterious white vans, however. And they keep losing the mysterious boy who seems to be the one person in Gotham to know anything at all.

Like Melting Ice by pointyshades (@oughtnots)

Francis Crozier dies. Turns out he can't even do that right.

You missed a spot by Lookingkindofdumb (@lookingkindofdumb)

It is just like Dean, Sam thinks, to befriend the man who has chased them across the US in hopes of bringing them home in cuffs. AU where Victor survives and decides to become a hunter. He doesn’t stick around with them for long but they bump into him on occasion.

A Shot's Distance by Blue_Sparkle (@asparklethatisblue)

After digging the bullet out of James Fitzjames’ ribs, Dr Stanley kept it as a memento. A man needs something to hold on to while quietly pining after a friend after all.

we know nothing (so we hope) by TolkienGirl (@thelonelybrilliance)

Sometimes, Neal wonders if Kate loves him. (Mostly, not in so many words.)

A Pavlovian Approach to Honesty by Stratisphyre

“Are you feeling compelled to tell us anything?” Lan Xichen asked. “Not precisely. It does feel nice. I hadn’t associated honesty with anything pleasant before now.” “I don’t think you’ll appreciate this in the morning,” Nie Mingjue muttered. “Do you want us to leave you be? Or gag you?” “I’m finding this entire affair curiously enjoyable, actually,” Meng Yao stated.

Now Sure As the Sun Will Cross the Sky by providing_leverage (@providing-leverage)

Dean Winchester wakes up in his car quietly, heart racing. He reaches for his stomach where the metal bar or pipe or whatever it was had been but there’s nothing but flannel and leather. Leather he’d long ago lost. He rubs the sleep from his eyes and digs a phone from one of the pockets of his Dad’s jacket. Flips it open to check the date. “Well shit.”

Zapped by unholygrass (orphaned)

Gavin Reed used to think androids couldn't feel pain. He's proven wrong. He may hate Connor's fucking guts, but he wouldn't wish this on anyone.

#monthly rec lists 2024 #fic rec #my recs #okay so theres some recency bias toward the terror #but i made sure to get at least one from every fandom i read in this year so it evens out alright #if you know the tumblr url of any author i havent @'ed please let me know and i'll add it!#all the fics in this post are complete but that wont always be the case #also i'm more than happy to give commentary on any of these recs if you want #just shoot me an ask #also there are like 20 recs here but this is a years worth of reading #the monthly lists will probably be more like 5

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wren-of-the-woods · 1 year

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the funny numbers 69 and 420 pls <3 <3 (and I hate to ask but if you wouldn't mind sending one my way :) :3

Thank you!! Will do. For some reason I mixed up 49 and 69 and only just noticed so you get number 49, too 😂

49: It Started With Fish Heads by @helloprudabagastuff

An utterly delightful AU where Geralt is a merman who attempts to court Jaskier as merfolk do, but Jaskier thinks he's being punked. I first read this when I was having a very hard time and it really helped, and I've reread it at least once since then. I think I started drawing cover art for it at one point? I don't remember what happened to that, though.

69: Priceless by @handwrittenhello

Oh man, this one hurts so good! Jaskier is cursed so his blood, when spilled, creates rubies and his tears turn to diamonds. Geralt finds out and together they work to break the curse. It's deliciously painful and wonderful -- I've read it at least twice!

420: The Opposite of Ambition by @sweetteaanddragons

This is a Tolkien fic I bookmarked back in 2019, featuring Elrond and Gil-Galad! Everything this author writes is absolutely lovely -- I've never not enjoyed a fic of theirs.

Send me a number between 1 and 452 and I'll tell you what fic it corresponds to in my AO3 bookmarks!

#wren talks #imnotgrimimjustagrumpyreaper #this was fun!#hopefully y'all don't mind being tagged i just couldn't keep quiet about how much i love your fics <3

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thelordofgifs · 10 months

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Friday Fic Recs

A compilation of gen fic recs for @tolkiengenweek!

a cup in summer’s hand by @vidumavi. Maglor and Caranthir cuteness!! Love love love Maglor’s characterisation here and the complicated loving brotherly dynamic. 3k, canon compliant, complete.

lakesong by @welcomingdisaster. Maedhros and Maglor and a skirmish with orcs, featuring terrifying unearthly Maglor and sad protective Maedhros. 1k, canon compliant, complete.

Friendship and Stern Demand by @polutrope. An incredible epistolary fic exploring the exchange of letters between Maedhros and Elwing pre-Third Kinslaying. SUCH fantastic characterisations and linguistic details as always! 2k, canon compliant, complete.

Faithless Is He That Says Farewell When the Road Darkens by @cycas. A War of Wrath-era fic in which Elrond and Elros encounter Celebrimbor, fight some ghosts, and have a fraught meeting with Maglor. 13k, canon compliant, complete.

Through the Smoke I See You by @sweetteaanddragons. The Dagor Bragollach, featuring Maedhros, Maglor and his Guilt. 3k, canon compliant, complete.

And What Happened After by @thearrogantemu. One of the absolute best post-canon Valinor fics of all time. It’s so hopeful and clever and touching and redemptive. Also Fëanor made me cackle from his first introduction. 73k, canon compliant, complete.

we will make this place our home by @leucisticpuffin. My favourite kidnap fam fic of all time!! I’d say I rec it too often but… it’s impossible to rec this too often. A 1970s rural England AU featuring traumatised eight-year-olds Elrond and Elros, Maedhros and Maglor as war veterans who have lost pretty much everything, a host of very charming and delightful OCs, and ghosts. 166k, AU, in progress.

let us love him at right angles (and each other not at all) by @thelonelybrilliance. Just Faramir and Boromir and Denethor being dysfunctional and heartbreaking 💔 629 words, canon compliant, complete.

where no storms come by @arrivisting. A lovely sad elegiac piece in which Maglor comes to Rivendell shortly before Elrond Sails, and must reckon with a wealth of memories as he decides whether or not to go with him. 14k, canon compliant, complete.

The War of the Ring by morwen_of_gondor. The sons of Fëanor sail back to Middle-earth to help with the war against Sauron. General chaos (in a non-cracky sense) ensues. 178k, AU, complete.

The Care & Feeding of Hobbits by Baylor. Boromir and hobbits you guys. BOROMIR AND HOBBITS. They are adorable. 20k, canon compliant, complete.

#silmarillion #lotr #fic rec #tolkiengenweek

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