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    The Black Wave Rushes Down by

    Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien  

    10 Aug 2025

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    In the bedchamber, Annatar pressed the hilt of a dagger into Celebrimbor's hand. He held Celebrimbor's gaze, something pleading in his eyes.

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    Annatar is upset about something he will not speak about. Celebrimbor just wants to help. Unfortunately, he may have bitten off more than he can chew.

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    11 Aug 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 7

    Tangential - Just Another Modern AU Spare Bits & Pieces by

    Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, Angbang-Fandom  

    17 Feb 2019

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    A friend asked that I move a writing exercise from Tumblr to AO3 for ease of access and, as I was editing, it occurred to me to create a space to air writing that did not, for whatever reason, make it into the main body of that huge Modern AU WIP. So, here it is:

    A stash of unused chapters, character studies, world-building background, mojo stimulating writing exercises, vignettes, headcanons and any other spare bits interesting enough to read.

    With a story this long, and this complicated, a writer needs to trim things to the bone or cut it entirely to keep the narrative streamline and the plot moving at an exciting pace. So I'll tuck the better bits here for your amusement.

    Thank you, everybody, you've all been so wonderful! A humble writing mouse bobs in an awkward, Rat-like curtsey, very kind, much appreciated, may fortune find you and love walk with you every day of your life.

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    03 May 2024

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    Forgive Me, I Meant To Do It by

    Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms  

    14 Feb 2023

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    Freshly graduated from college, young Mairon is ready to start into his life. Finding a job. Buying a house. Having a family of his own. But then he catches the eye of one of the biggest investment management corporations of the world - and not in a good way.
    The slow descent into the shady machinations of the finance world, intrigue and debauchery awaits.

    A coming of age story about societal expectations, self-realization and fuckloads of money.

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    30 Dec 2022

  4. Public Bookmark 15

    Mystery Work

    Part of trashimnotdeleting
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    This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!

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    30 Dec 2022

  5. Public Bookmark 81

    Yield to the Moment by ,

    Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien  

    28 Aug 2023

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    “So, this Melkor. How do you feel when he looks at you?”

    Like I’ve swallowed lava and it’s burning me from the inside out. Like I’m poised on the edge of a cliff, looking down at the drop below, butterflies in my stomach and thunder in my heart. Like I’ve sunk down to the ocean floor, down where there is nothing but darkness and the ghostly white light of ancient things, unseen by any until now, until me.

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    In which love doesn’t come without work, walls built and broken, trust that must be tended as diligently as any growing thing.

    Melkor and Mairon, in the present day.

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    30 Dec 2022