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Undimmed by Cloud or Shade of Night by Marta
Fandoms: The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
17 Jun 2024
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"They are old swords, very old swords of the High Elves of the West, my kin. They were made in Gondolin for the Goblin-wars. They must have come from a dragon's hoard or goblin plunder, for dragons and goblins destroyed that city many ages ago. This, Thorin, the runes name Orcrist, the Goblin-cleaver in the ancient tongue of Gondolin; it was a famous blade. This, Gandalf, was Glamdring, Foe-hammer that the king of Gondolin once wore. Keep them well!"
"Whence did the trolls get them, I wonder?" said Thorin looking at his sword with new interest.
"I could not say," said Elrond, "but one may guess that your trolls had plundered other plunderers, or come on the remnants of old robberies in some hold in the mountains of the North. I have heard that there are still forgotten treasures of old to be found in the deserted caverns of the mines of Moria, since the dwarf and goblin war."
Thorin pondered these words. "I will keep this sword in honour," he said. "May it soon cleave goblins once again!"
From "A Short Rest," The Hobbit
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To Sleep, Perchance by Marta for Fridaythegowerstreet
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
21 Jun 2021
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During the Great Hiatus, Holmes has cause to reflect.
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Beneath a Silver Tree by Marta
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
10 Aug 2020
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"”Now it is told that in the bearing of her son Míriel was consumed in spirit and body; and that after his birth she yearned for rest from the labour of living. And she said to Finwë ‘Never again shall I bear a child; for strength that would have nourished the life of many have gone forth into Fëanáro.’ Then Manwë granted the prayer of Míriel. And she went to Lorien, and laid her down to sleep upon a bed of flowers [>beneath a silver tree]; and there her fair body remained unwithered in the keeping of the maidens of Estë."
In which Indis comes to terms with the legacy of Miriel's choices.
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"The hobbits sprang to their feet in alarm, and ran to the western rim. They found that they were upon an island in the fog. Even as they looked out in dismay towards the setting sun, it sank before their eyes into a white sea, and a cold grey shadow sprang up in the East behind. The fog rolled up to the walls and rose above them, and as it mounted it bent over their heads until it became a roof: they were shut in a hall of mist whose central pillar was the standing stone.
"They felt as if a trap was closing about them; but they did not quite lose heart. "
(from The Lord of the Rings, "Fog on the Barrow-Downs")
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The Best Revenge by Marta for Trobadora
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
26 May 2019
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"I had of course read Doctor Watson's account in The Strand and my brother's eulogizing letters carried by the Daily Telegraph that preceded it. I was gratified by the latter's kind words, and even Doctor Watson's grudging admission of my criminal accomplishments did not go unmarked or unappreciated. A dead man will naturally have some interest in how he's remembered, or would if given the chance."
In which Holmes and Moriarty both survive the Fall, and meet one last time after it all.
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History Written on Skin by Marta
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
23 Jan 2019
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Watson had let his arm fall while I was deep in those thoughts, and now the hand not resting on my hip was mapping other parts of my body. He wrapped his hand around my forearm, over the discolored skin from an acid burn, a relic of my university experiments. Then with his forefinger he tapped the uglier needle-pricks along my wrist, the price of a 7% solution. Caressed the well-healed knife wound on my shoulder, acquired in Surrey when I had only Hopkins for company but stitched by my doctor's own hand.
I’d told him the stories behind each of these marks and others in moments like these, willing ablutions for the mischief I’d gotten into when he wasn’t there to watch over me. But some tales remained untold, the scars a testimony to the confidences we have still to share. And my Watson, my Boswell, is of course the master when it comes to words and story-telling, but I do love bearing my past to him like this. So I was not so surprised when he grasped at my thigh, pulling my leg against my chest so he could better see the puckered skin some six inches beneath my knee.
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In Heaven and Earth by Marta for Tazlet
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
10 Jul 2018
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"I fear that if the matter is beyond humanity it is certainly beyond me."
In which Holmes takes on an unsolvable case, and Watson makes some deductions of his own.
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“I didn’t quite mean it like that. Think of it as an experiment, or an experience, of sorts. I just think it would be good for you, quite good, to kiss a woman when there’s no one else, no man, around to see.”
A fix-it of sorts for the way Moriarty treated Molly in "The Great Game."
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And Ye Shall Live, And Ye Shall Know by Marta
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Sherlock Holmes (Downey films)
27 Jun 2017
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Holmes craned his neck back, tried to meet her eyes so she’d know what he knew. *That* he knew. He suspected his sincerity would be doubted just then, in any event.
She leaned up again, worried his earlobe with her teeth, whispered so only he could hear: “We’ll have none of that. No pleadings, no penance. You are beyond such attempts on your own behalf. Luckily for you, we are not."
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She’d answered the door, barefoot and flannel pyjama bottoms and a cotton tee I recognized as Jim’s, and then had unceremoniously deposited herself back on his couch. The butterfly tattoo on her ankle peaked out at me, a half-hidden secret not quite tucked under her thigh. Jim had looked up from his laptop then, introduced her as a friend of his from his Chicago days who was getting herself settled in London.
That was a lie, of course, but by the time I found out Jim had told so many lies (Galway-born, unassuming system administrator, not-gay, though he had oddly enough been telling the truth when he professed his love for Deep Space Nine), the ones about Irene hardly seemed to matter.
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When the Walls Fell by Marta for Himring
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
15 Aug 2016
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Telling the Bees by Marta for mainecoon76
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
01 Jun 2015
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A moment from the Great Hiatus, on the road to Damascus.
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Tumblr user ageofaquitiaine noted that, since Sherlock had the ring he'd used to propose to Janine on his person when he was shot, the hospital could easily have given it to John for safekeeping. Such high-quality angst requires redemptive fluff.
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Grit on the Lens by Marta for
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV)
03 Jan 2015
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To Mycroft Holmes she would always be the Woman. An attempt to nudge the BBC's version of Irene Adler in a direction more compatible with her Doyle self, and fix some of that episode's more troubling bits at the same time.
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As In Chess by Marta for Linaewen
Fandoms: The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
02 Jan 2015
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Gandalf, Húrin of the Keys, Faramir, and a game of chess; or, personal politics by another name.
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Dog Days by Marta
Fandoms: TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (Movies)
20 Oct 2014
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Faramir and Arwen share a lazy afternoon in Fourth Age Ithilien.
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Disturber of the Peace by Marta
Fandoms: TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (Movies)
20 Oct 2014
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On the eve of Bilbo's 111th birthday, Gandalf rides into the Shire.
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Getting Involved by Marta for dioscureantwins
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Sherlock (TV)
09 Jul 2014
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"Sherlock's smirk, the arched brow, the teasing humor suffusing his every word: these were chess-moves in a game the two of them have played for long years now, one Mycroft had initiated years ago but which Sherlock had long embraced as well. Mycroft was not bitter, did not wish things could have been different, save perhaps in the way God might move Aquinas's immovable boulder by rewriting the laws of reality. So he had always insisted, to himself most of all."
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Dark Have Been My Dreams by Marta for MonkeyBard
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
29 May 2014
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John Watson was three the first time he dreamed of Death, and eight when he first dreamed of dying. This was not as macabre as it might at first seem.
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The Adventure of the Dancing Man by Marta for lightinastorm, makanivalur
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
18 May 2014
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When the Countess Howard's family heirlooms are stolen, Holmes must take on a rather unusual disguise to recover them.