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All That Glitters Gold Rush!AU: The Full Series by Mythopoeia, TolkienGirl, Victoryindeath2
Fandom The Silmarillion, The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
- General Audiences, Teen And Up Audiences, Mature
- No Archive Warnings Apply, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Underage Sex
- Gen, F/M, Other
- Series in Progress
09 Apr 2026
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
- Graphic Depictions Of Violence
- Major Character Death
- Underage Sex
- Aredhel & Galadriel | Artanis
- Fingon | Findekáno & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Fëanor | Curufinwë/Nerdanel
- Nerdanel & Sons of Fëanor
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Nerdanel
- Maglor | Makalaurë & Nerdanel
- Aredhel & Celegorm | Turcafinwë
- Aredhel & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Maglor | Makalaurë & Sons of Fëanor
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Nerdanel
- Anairë/Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Fingon | Findekáno
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Rúmil of Tirion
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Sons of Fëanor
- Fingon | Findekáno & Gandalf | Mithrandir
- Fingon | Findekáno & Turgon of Gondolin
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Fingon | Findekáno
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Finwë
- Manwë Súlimo & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Anairë & Fingon | Findekáno
- Maglor | Makalaurë/Maglor's Wife
- Finarfin | Arafinwë & Fingolfin | Nolofinwë
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Finarfin | Arafinwë
- Fingon | Findekáno & Sons of Fëanor
- Curufin | Curufinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Curufin | Curufinwë & Sons of Fëanor
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Curufin | Curufinwë
- Curufin | Curufinwë & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Curufin | Curufinwë
- Curufin | Curufinwë & Fëanor | Curufinwë
- Aredhel & Fingon | Findekáno
- Aredhel & Turgon of Gondolin
- Elenwë/Turgon of Gondolin
- Maglor | Makalaurë/Maglor's Wife (background)
- Fingon | Findekáno & Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- Finrod Felagund | Findaráto & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Finrod Felagund Findaráto & Olwë
- Finrod Felagund | Findaráto & Galadriel | Artanis
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Huan
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Sons of Fëanor
- Amras & Amrod (Tolkien)
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Huan
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Fëanor | Curufinwë
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Nerdanel
- Maedhros | Maitimo/Thuringwethil
- Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor & Thuringwethil
- Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor & Sauron | Mairon
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Finwë & Morgoth Bauglir
- Fingon | Findekáno & Maedhros | Maitimo & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Ambarussa & Caranthir | Morifinwë
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Finwë & Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Indis
- Huan & Sons of Fëanor
- Ambarussa & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Finarfin | Arafinwë & Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Finarfin | Arafinwë & Indis
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Maedhros | Maitmo
- Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor & Rúmil of Tirion
- Fingon | Findekáno & Finrod Felagund | Findaráto & Maedhros | Maitimo & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Amrod & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Maedhros | Maitimo/Original Female Character(s)
- Amras & Fëanor | Curufinwë
- Amras & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Amras & Caranthir | Morifinwë
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Fëanor | Curufinwë
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Original Female Character(s)
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Original Male Character(s)
- Finwë/Indis (Tolkien)
- Finwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Eärwen/Finarfin | Arafinwë
- Finarfin | Arafinwë & Galadriel | Artanis
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Turgon of Gondolin
- Indis & Nerdanel (Tolkien)
- Indis (Tolkien) & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Indis (Tolkien) & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Indis (Tolkien) & Galadriel | Artanis
- Sons of Feanor with each other
- Amras & Amrod & Caranthir & Celegorm & Curufin & Fëanor & Maedhros & Maglor
- Finarfin | Arafinwë & Nerdanel
- Gothmog (Lord of Balrogs) & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Fingon | Findekáno/Original Female Character(s)
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Celegorm | Turcafinwë
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Sons of Fëanor
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Sauron | Mairon
- Maedhros | Maitimo/Thuringwethil (slight)
- Maedhros | Maitmo & Original Characters
- Gothmog (Lord of Balrogs) & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Gwindor
- Daeron & Lúthien Tinúviel
- Beren Erchamion/Lúthien Tinúviel
- Elu Thingol | Elwë Singollo/Melian
- Elu Thingol | Elwë Singollo & Lúthien Tinúviel
- Elu Thingol | Elwë Singollo & Fëanor | Curufinwë
- Elu Thingol | Elwë Singollo & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Amras & Amrod & Curufin | Curufinwë
- Mahtan Aulender & Nerdanel
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Mahtan Aulendur
- Anairë & Nerdanel (Tolkien)
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Indis
- Finwë/Míriel Þerindë | Míriel Serindë
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Míriel Þerindë | Míriel Serindë
- Amras & Sons of Fëanor
- Gothmog & Sauron | Mairon
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Oromë
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Nerdanel
- Daeron/Lúthien Tinúviel (one-sided)
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Original Character(s)
- Amras & Original Female Character
- Amras & Celegorm | Turcafinwë
- Amras & Original Female Character(s)
- Finarfin | Arafinwë & Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- Fingon | Findekáno & Finrod Felagund | Findaráto & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Amras & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Gwindor & Original Female Character
- Haleth of the Haladin & Haldar
- Gwindor & Original Female Character(s)
- Gwindor & Haldar
- Gwindor & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Gothmog (Lord of Balrogs) & Gwindor
- Gwindor & Original Male Character(s)
- Arien & Original Characters
- Arien & Gwindor
- Arien & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Arien & Gothmog (Lord of Balrogs)
- Fingon | Findekáno & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Argon | Arakáno & Fingon | Findekáno
- Lúthien Tinúviel & Melian
- Haleth of the Haladin & Lúthien Tinúviel
- Gothmog (Lord of Balrogs) & Sauron | Mairon
- Fingon | Findekáno & Maedhros | Maitimo & Maglor | Makalaurë & Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- Rumil & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Maeglin | Lómion & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Finwë & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Gwindor & Gelmir
- Gwindor & Arien
- Beren Erchamion & Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- Finrod Felagund | Findaráto & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Gwindor & Haleth of the Haladin
- Amlach & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Amlach & Original Female Character(s)
- Amras (Tolkien) & Original Female Character(s)
- Huan & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Aredhel & Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Anairë & Aredhel (Tolkien)
- Aredhel & Argon | Arakáno
- Aredhel & Finwë
- Aredhel & Indis
- Arien & Original Character(s)
- Arien & Fingon | Findekáno
- Fingon | Findekáno & Haleth of the Haladin
- Haleth of the Haladin & Gwindor
- Haleth of the Haladin & Arien
- Haleth of the Haladin & Elu Thingol | Elwë Singollo
- Fingon | Findekáno & Gwindor
- Fingon | Findekáno & Fingon's Wife
- Aredhel & Huan
- Fingon | Findekáno & Original Female Character(s)
- Finrod Felagund | Findaráto & Maedhros | Maitimo & Maglor | Makalaurë & Fingon | Findekáno
- Gandalf | Mithrandir & Fingon | Findekáno
- Arien & Original Female Character(s)
- Arien & Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Arien
- Beren Erchamion & Haleth of the Haladin
- Galadriel | Artanis & Turgon of Gondolin
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Finwë
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Amlach
- Amras & Original Character(s)
- Amras & Argon | Arakáno
- Arien & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Lúthien Tinúviel & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Maeglin | Lómion
- Galadriel | Artanis & Haleth of the Haladin
- Amlach & Beren Erchamion
- Amlach & Arien
- Gelmir & Gwindor
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Gwindor
- Fingon | Findekáno & Wachiwi
- Aredhel & Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Curufin | Curufinwë
- Arien & Sons of Fëanor
- Original Female Character(s) & Amlach
- Beren Erchamion & Original Character(s)
- Huan & Fingon | Findekáno
- Lúthien Tinúviel & Original Character(s)
- Maeglin | Lómion & Original Male Character(s)
- Maeglin | Lómion & Melkor | Morgoth Bauglir
- Maeglin | Lómion & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Original Characters
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Sons of Fëanor
- Melian & Original Characters
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Original Characters
- Amlach & Amras
- Curufin | Curufinwë & Turgon of Gondolin
- Curufin | Curufinwë/Original Female Character(s)
- Arien & Amlach
- Beren Erchamion & Original Female Character(s)
- Amras & Arien
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Gwindor
- Gwindor & Gothmog (Lord of Balrogs)
- Rúmil of Tirion & Original Male Character(s)
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Original Female Character(s)
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Original Character(s)
- Amlach & Original Character(s)
- Arien & Amras
- Fingon | Findekáno & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Arien & Caranthir | Morifinwë
- Aredhel & Curufin | Curufinwë
- Curufin | Curufinwë/Original Female Characters
- Curufin | Curufinwë & Original Female Characters
- Curufin | Curufinwë & Nerdanel
- Glaurung & Gothmog (Lord of Balrogs)
- Honestly basically Gwindor and Mae and Everyone Else
- Gelmir of Nargothrond & Gwindor
- Arien & Gwindor (Tolkien)
- Gwindor & Original Characters
- Daeron/Lúthien Tinúviel
- Curufin | Curufinwë/Original Female Character
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Original Female Character(s)
- Amlach (Tolkien) & Original Female Character(s)
- Aredhel & Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- Elu Thingol | Elwë Singollo & Haleth of the Haladin
- Maedhros | Maitimo/Thuringwethil (referenced)
- Sauron | Mairon & Thuringwethil
- Arien (Tolkien) & Original Character(s)
- Idril Celebrindal & Turgon of Gondolin
- Thuringwethil & Original Female Character(s)
- Arien (Tolkien) & Original Female Character(s)
- Curufin | Curufinwë & Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Beren Erchamion & Celegorm
- Fingon | Findekáno/Fingon's Wife
- Haldar & Haleth of the Haladin
- Aredhel & Fingon's Wife
- Aredhel & Arien
- Aredhel & Maeglin | Lómion
- Sauron | Mairon & Original Character(s)
- Arien & original female characters
- Amlach (Tolkien) & Original Character(s)
- Amras (Tolkien) & Original Character(s)
- Glaurung & Maeglin | Lómion
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Finrod Felegund | Findaráto
- Amrod & Caranthir | Morifinwë
- Aredhel & Huan (Tolkien)
- Maeglin | Lómion & Thuringwethil
- Ancalagon the Black & Glaurung
- Maeglin | Lómion & Turgon of Gondolin
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Maeglin | Lómion
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Sons of Fëanor
- Ancalagon the Black & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Gothmog (Lord of Balrogs) & Ancalagon the Black
- Glaurung & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Celeborn & Galadriel | Artanis
- Galadriel & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Eärwen & Galadriel | Artanis
- POV First Person - Relationship
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Haleth of the Haladin
- Haleth of the Haladin & Original Character(s)
- Maeglin | Lómion & Original Female Character(s)
- Haleth of the Haladin & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Azaghâl & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Arien/Maedhros | Maitimo
- Finwë & Manwë Súlimo
- Elu Thingol | Elwë Singollo & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Curufin | Curufinwë & Maeglin | Lómion
- Beren Erchamion & Emeldir
- Beren Erchamion & Barahir (First Age)
- Fingon | Findekáno & Finwë
- Elu Thingol | Elwë Singollo & Original Character(s)
- Celeborn & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Celeborn & Original Male Character(s)
- Celeborn/Galadriel | Artanis
- Amras & Arien (Tolkien)
- Aredhel & Arien (Tolkien)
- Fëanor/Nerdanel (Tolkien)
- Fëanor & Sons of Fëanor
- Arien/Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Fingon & Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Finrod Felagund & Maedhros
- Gwindor & Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Maedhros & Sons of Fëanor
- Maedhros & Maglor (Tolkien)
- Fëanor & Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Celegorm & Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Maedhros & Original Characters
- Fingolfin & Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Beren Erchamion & Finrod Felagund
- Ancalagon the Black & Gothmog (Lord of Balrogs)
- Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor & Sauron
- Gothmog (Lord of Balrogs) & Original Character(s)
- Maedhros & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Curufin & Maeglin (Tolkien)
- Original Female Character(s)/Original Male Character(s)
- Curufin & Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Fëanor & Maglor (Tolkien)
- Maedhros & Nerdanel (Tolkien)
- Maglor & Nerdanel (Tolkien)
- Amras (Tolkien) & Sons of Fëanor
- Amras & Amlach (Tolkien)
- Amras & Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Fingon/Fingon's Wife (Tolkien)
- Aredhel & Maeglin (Tolkien)
- Amras & Caranthir (Tolkien)
- Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor & Original Characters
- Maeglin & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Maedhros/Original Female Character(s)
- Amras & Celegorm (Tolkien)
- Celegorm & Huan (Tolkien)
- Indis & Maedhros & Maglor
- Fëanor & Maedhros & Nerdanel (Tolkien)
- Caranthir & Maglor (Tolkien)
- Celegorm & Maglor (Tolkien)
- Ambarussa & Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Fëanor & Maedhros
- Finwë & Maedhros
- Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor & Original Character(s)
- Lúthien Tinúviel/Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor (one-sided)
- Fingolfin & Finrod Felagund
- Fingolfin & Gwindor (Tolkien)
- Fingolfin & Turgon of Gondolin (Tolkien)
- Anairë/Fingolfin (Tolkien)
- Fingolfin & Fingon (Tolkien)
- Fingon & Fingolfin & Turgon & Aredhel
- Amras & Amrod & Caranthir & Celegorm & Curufin & Maedhros & Maglor (Tolkien)
- Fingon & Finwë (Tolkien)
- Gwindor & Haldar (Tolkien)
- Gothmog | Lord of Balrogs & Gwindor (Tolkien)
- Indis & Maglor (Tolkien)
- Celeborn/Galadriel (Tolkien)
- Finrod Felagund & Galadriel
- Caranthir & Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Amlach & Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Amras & Caranthir & Celegorm & Curufin & Fëanor & Maedhros & Maglor (Tolkien)
- Maedhros & Oromë (Tolkien)
- Maedhros & original male characters
- Tuor & Rog
- Celegorm & Oromë (Tolkien)
- Arien & Fingon (Tolkien)
- Fingon & Finrod Felagund & Maedhros
- Maedhros & Original Female Characters
- Gwindor & Original Female Characters
- Amlach & Original Female Characters
- Amras & Original Female Characters
- Maeglin & Original Female Characters
- Gwindor & Maedhros
- Maedhros & Maeglin
- Sauron/Thuringwethil (Tolkien)
- Maedhros/Thuringwethil (Tolkien)
- Maedhros & Sauron (Tolkien)
- Maedhros/Original Female Characters
- Huan & Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Amras & Caranthir & Celegorm & Curufin & Maedhros & Maglor (Tolkien)
- Fingolfin & House of Fingolfin Members (Tolkien)
- Aredhel & Fingolfin & Fingon & Turgon of Gondolin (Tolkien)
- Fingolfin & Original Characters
- Aredhel (Tolkien)
- Galadriel | Artanis
- Fingon | Findekáno
- Maedhros | Maitimo
- Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- Nerdanel (Tolkien)
- Fëanor | Curufinwë
- Maglor | Makalaurë
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë
- Caranthir | Morifinwë
- Curufin | Curufinwë
- Amras (Tolkien)
- Amrod (Tolkien)
- Finwë (Tolkien) (mentioned)
- Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Ambarussa (Tolkien)
- Gandalf | Mithrandir
- Turgon of Gondolin
- Indis (Tolkien) (mentioned)
- Rúmil of Tirion
- Manwë Súlimo
- Finwë (Tolkien)
- Anairë (Tolkien)
- Original Female Character(s)
- Argon | Arakáno
- Finarfin | Arafinwë
- Sons of Fëanor
- Gothmog (Lord of Balrogs)
- Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor (Mentioned)
- Fingon | Findekáno (mentioned)
- Elenwë (Tolkien)
- Sons of Fëanor (mentioned) - Character
- Sauron | Mairon
- Olwë (Tolkien)
- Maedhros | Maitimo (mentioned)
- Huan (Tolkien)
- others - Character
- House of Finwë
- Eärwen
- Indis (Tolkien)
- Aegnor | Ambaráto
- Angrod | Angaráto
- Original Male Character(s)
- Huan
- Thuringwethil (Tolkien)
- Sauron | Mairon (Mentioned)
- Original Characters
- Others (referenced)
- Thuringwethil (mentioned)
- Original Female Character
- Elu Thingol | Elwë Singollo
- Eöl
- Annatar (Tolkien)
- Feanorians (mentioned)
- Morgoth Bauglir (Mentioned)
- Gwindor (Tolkien)
- Haldar (Tolkien)
- Maeglin | Lómion
- Arien (Tolkien)
- Amlach (Tolkien)
- Turgon
- Ulfang (Tolkien)
- Lúthien Tinúviel
- Daeron (Tolkien)
- Mahtan Aulendur
- Melian (Tolkien)
- Oromë (Tolkien)
- Mablung of Doriath
- Beren Erchamion
- Eärwen (Tolkien)
- Ulfang (Tolkien) (mentioned)
- Haleth of the Haladin
- Haldad (Tolkien)
- Gelmir (Tolkien)
- Gelmir of Nargothrond
- Original Child Character(s)
- Mollie (OFC)
- Míriel Þerindë | Míriel Serindë
- Haleth
- various OCs
- OC Murphy
- Gwindor
- Arien
- Original Character(s) - Character
- Beleg Cúthalion (mentioned)
- House of Fëanor
- Idril Celebrindal (implied)
- Outsider POV - Character
- Rúmil
- Fëanor
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Írimë | Lalwen
- Ancalagon the Black
- Fingon's Wife
- House of Fingolfin - Character
- Finwë
- Glaurung (Tolkien)
- mentions of Olorin
- flashbacks - Character
- cousins - Character
- Wachiwi - Character
- Original Character
- Amrod (mentioned)
- Original Female Character(a)
- Others (Mentioned)
- Rúmil of Tirion (mentioned)
- Fëanor | Curufinwë (mentioned)
- Glaurung
- Ancalagon the Black (mentioned)
- Beren Erchamion (mentioned)
- Fingon's Wife (Wachiwi)
- assorted others - Character
- Haldar (Tolkien) (mentioned)
- aka good ol Galway and Jem
- Mairon (mentioned)
- Feanor (from afar)
- Elbereth Gilthoniel | Varda Elentári
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë (mentioned)
- Finrod Felagund | Findaráto (mentioned)
- aka Frog and Sticks
- Amras
- Other(s)
- aka Estrela
- Bëor the Old
- Gostir (Tolkien)
- Azaghâl (Tolkien)
- Finrod
- Thuringwethil (Tolkien) (mentioned)
- Maeglin | Lómion (mentioned)
- Galadriel
- Durin's Bane | Balrog of Moria
- Celeborn (Tolkien)
- Tulkas (Tolkien)
- Maeglin
- Thuringwethil
- a lot others mentioned but actually?
- it’s really just them
- the Problematic Duo
- Narvi (Tolkien)
- Surprise Friends(?)
- More to come - Character
- Eönwë (Tolkien)
- Emeldir (Tolkien)
- Barahir (First Age)
- Caranthir (Tolkien)
- Celegorm (Tolkien)
- Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Fingolfin (Tolkien)
- Fëanor (Tolkien)
- Maglor (Tolkien)
- Curufin (Tolkien)
- Fingon (Tolkien)
- Finarfin (Tolkien)
- Finrod Felagund
- Turgon of Gondolin (Tolkien)
- Galadriel (Tolkien)
- Rog (Tolkien)
- Sauron (Tolkien)
- Maeglin (Tolkien)
- Maedhros (Tolkien) (mentioned)
- Sauron (Tolkien) (mentioned)
- Fëanor (Tolkien) (mentioned)
- House of Finwë Members (Tolkien)
- Celegorm (Tolkien) (mentioned)
- Fingon's Wife (Tolkien)
- Historical Character(s)
- House of Fëanor Members (Tolkien)
- Also other characters perhaps
- Gothmog | Lord of Balrogs (Tolkien)
- Amlach
- Tuor (Tolkien)
- Original Male Characters
- Melian (Tolkien) (mentioned)
- Original Animal Character(s)
- Anairë (Tolkien) (flashback)
- the beginning of the Great Gold Rush AU
- Letters
- Female Friendship
- Finrod has been Lewis-and-Clarking it up in the west
- and now he's back
- and it all kicks off
- Gold Rush AU
- Family Politics
- Did I make Manwe governor? Yes
- Also Finwe was an IRISHMAN
- Foreshadowing
- if you think Feanor didn't coin the phrase MANIFEST DESTINY you are wrong
- Fingon is studying medicine
- of course he is
- POV First Person
- Finrod as usual befriends people he meets
- and appreciates nature
- Lewis & Clark vibes
- is that a Ben Franklin reference?
- Domestic Bliss
- for like a minute - Freeform
- Nerdanel and her BOYS
- Baking
- Formenos is a farm along the Hudson
- Valinor Park is...an undisclosed New York City neighborhood circa 1850
- Historical Inaccuracy
- proudly displayed
- Dysfunctional Family
- sleeping habits
- Westward Expansion
- not using the diacritical marks but AM using some mother names
- as I see fit
- WHY does everyone want to be written in First Person
- it's a sign of the times
- Aredhel is surprisingly effective at diplomacy
- First scene is just post-'news breaking'
- and then flashback from there
- but what WAS Feanor doing (what is Feanor EVER doing)
- Morgoth being a creep
- food insecurity
- Maglor keeps a diary
- of angst
- Character Study
- Fingolfin gets the news that prompts him to visit Feanor with a...slightly adjusted message
- Return of Morgoth
- Feanor has a lot of secrets
- Attachments
- Anxiety
- Abstract
- Nerdanel doesn't exactly want to be uprooted
- Apologies
- Fingon is very good and sometimes a little sanctimonious
- Poetry
- Humor
- brotherly shenanigans
- Homesickness
- School
- set eight years prior to 'the present'
- Abolitionist!Feanor
- so that's one unproblematic trait
- Slavery
- Morgoth being the literal worst
- Implied/Referenced Torture
- Politics
- Irish Mythology - Freeform
- Cú Chulainn parallels
- the title is the name for Cú Chulainn's battle frenzies
- Non-Linear Narrative
- In a way
- Mother-Son Relationship
- Everyone is so excited about something that is going to end so badly
- the OFC is a nod to Maglor's (sometimes) canonical wife
- Love Letters
- Partings
- Maedhros is a concerned big brother
- Maglor is an angsty poet
- Fingon is a dutiful doctor
- What else is new
- references to Maedhros being a ladies' man because I do what I want
- travel preparations
- Uneasy Allies
- Brothers
- Fingolfin wants to trust people so much
- Prayer
- Irish Catholic
- Roman Catholicism
- They're a mess
- Goodbyes
- Plots
- The Last Goodbye
- of sorts
- Male Friendship
- Burning of the Ships at Losgar
- Oath of Fëanor
- Angst
- Leaving Home
- War of 1812 (Referenced)
- I have to put SOME history in here
- Kinslaying
- Alqualondë
- Aftermath of Violence
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
- Post-kinslaying
- Curufin has...issues
- title from Siken
- Diary/Journal
- on the periphery of pain
- but there's still pain
- Worldbuilding
- What's that? The sound of vaguely researched Compromise of 1850
- Listen everyone evil is also racist
- that works right?
- Guilt
- Noldolante
- Songs
- all the poetry is by moi
- POV Second Person
- Unreliable Narrator
- Spying
- being the worst
- Murder
- Title from Bridge Over Troubled Water
- is that not fitting
- mentions of...hijinks
- Finrod is VERY good and we DON'T deserve him
- Negotiations
- Stream of Consciousness
- because you know
- it's a dog
- Artists
- Sculpture
- Recovery
- Title is punny
- Dubious Morality
- Westward Ho!
- Gunslinging
- Alliances
- Brotherly Angst
- first kill
- title from Louis L'Amour
- Implied Adult Situations
- Self-Destruction
- Implied/Referenced Sex
- Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
- Catholic Guilt
- Suicidal Thoughts
- Turgon is both a brat and an unreliable narrator
- Finwe’s Happy Retirement Party
- Aka that time Feanor and Fingolfin had dinner together and no one almost died
- Ceili
- Irish American Feanorians
- Flashforwards
- Warnings for some Turgon language ahem
- Hurt/Comfort
- Gunshot Wounds
- and the tending of said Gunshot Wounds
- but nothing too graphic I think
- Irish-American Feanorians
- 1850s Silmarillion AU
- Catholicism
- and what happens after
- Maglor is a Good Brother
- Huan Is A Good Dog
- Alcohol
- Stitches
- lots of guilt
- Inspired by a group chat w/TolkienGirl
- Like all this AU is
- Epic? Poetry
- Curufin is...not doing so well on a spiritual level
- the beginning of their alliance
- Beleriand is obviously a fictionally placed city here because I do what I want
- once more we dabble in Huan the sentient hound
- Huan is the only well-adjusted character on this journey
- Flashbacks
- Happier (?) Times
- Caranthir is deeply nostalgic and a Good Boy
- Mentions of Kissing
- Catholic Elitism
- Feanor's A+ Parenting
- I am not getting into the AO3 tag mess for this so just...Thuringwethil is a vampire
- here it is the culmination of Maedhros's self-destructive choices (so far)
- Disturbing Themes
- Dubious Consent
- title from Clive Barker
- Science
- Blood
- Catharsis? I hardly know it
- Brotherly Love
- Father-Son Relationship
- A TOTAL MESS OF ONE OR MORE
- Implied/Referenced Suicidal Tendencies
- Title from Poets of the Fall
- A direct follow-up to the Thuringwethil fic...so...the fall-out continues
- Breakfast
- fluff?
- Feanor absolutely went back into town for food and to see if Thur was kicking around
- She wasn't
- aftermath of the terrible no good thuringwethil fic
- Maglor thinks Maedhros is okay to ride a horse but Maedhros is not okay in any respect
- Maedhros is in hell
- Maglor tries to be a good brother
- the question is what kind of father is Feanor
- Angst without fluff
- what have i become
- this fic takes place in the middle of with the one who never grieves aka part 38 of Gold Rush AU
- California
- Finally
- Christmas Special
- ...but that is only in Chapter 1
- introductions
- Peril
- Feanor being...a lot to handle
- Maedhros being repressed AF
- everyone else being similarly problematic and lovable
- WE'RE HERE WE'RE HERE
- mining
- character and relationship tags to be added
- I do a lot of valuable work here by establishing that NO ONE HAS BEARDS
- as Tolkien (and I) intended
- also history will be made up COMPLETELY from this point out
- Thank you for understanding
- I would tag someone else but it would be a spoiler
- fairytale references
- mature themes
- Implied Adult Content
- Lectures
- Bad Influences
- Implied Debauchery of Various Kinds
- Fingolfin is a Protective Dad
- I felt like we hadn't had enough desperate Mae so here we go
- title from Bastille
- The year 1849 was...not a great one for Mae
- Slice of Life
- Happy moments at least
- like has there ever BEEN a more unreliable narrator?
- Sauron holds grudges
- like...immediately
- Homecoming
- A terrible one
- Gardens & Gardening
- Language of Flowers
- this is the loneliest Christmas in the world I'm broken
- immediate followup to part 42 aka look who's digging their own grave (that is what they all say)
- basically Maedhros is going through it and Fingon is oblivious but also the best
- BROTP of BROTPs
- Fingon is a medical student
- Maedhros is...a shaken young man
- I'm really tired so efforts at foreshadowing may be more anvilicious than they should be
- Injury
- whiskey is not a cure all
- but 1850s feanorians don’t know that
- thank goodness olorin has taught Fingon about carbolic acid
- Celegorm is a Good Brother and Huan is a Good Dog
- Primarily set during #38 in this AU
- Precursor to the Christmas at Formenos fic I need to write
- Conversation
- Finwe was a good stressed dad with blindspots
- Huan is worried that these boys don't have a mom now! And he should be!
- Huan continues to be a Force for Good
- Huan likes California but no one else really does (except Feanor dammit)
- Brotherly Bonding
- Plotty but hopefully poignant
- scouting
- Feanor is paranoid but maybe for good reason
- Camping
- Dynamite invented fifteen years too early
- Humor? did I write humor?
- For a second
- Christmas
- Christmas Fluff
- YES I SAID FLUFF
- it's Christmas at Formenos friends!
- And the boy is gleefully happy and ONLY SIXTEEN
- Poor Maedhros
- Fingolfin is a better dad than most even to sons not his own
- Trust Issues
- catch me calling a coffee pot a samovar
- Finarfin is perceptive but also very pure-hearted
- about two months pre-duelling pistols
- tensions are high
- Morgoth can't sweet-talk EVERYONE
- the whole Doriath storyline may not be developed n this series
- but it exists and will be important
- Morgoth is a creep
- Maglor is pining in CA
- in which Celegorm decides to wreak revenge for his cousin's sake
- Eol is a creep and has a terrible mustache
- Aredhel is my role model
- Maedhros is beautiful as always and surprisingly scary when he wants to be
- Family Feels
- Brotp
- Maedhros and Celegorm have a great brotherly dynamic
- this is the great thrashing fic
- Lake Mithrim
- It's not all fun and games
- Weapons
- Past Torture
- VERY UNRELIABLE NARRATOR
- Backstory
- abstract prose
- Torture
- Blacksmithing
- title from Bastille's 'Anchor'
- Post-Ceili-fic
- but like
- the HAPPY part
- platonic everything - Freeform
- Cousins
- slumber parties
- BUT WHERE??
- Doom Gloom and a lot of other stuff
- going to keep it lowkey with tags for now
- will add as we go
- It's now May it's been a year since Nerdanel was happy :(((
- Feanor is out there burning up railroad ties like a crazy bish
- Nightmares
- foresight
- Angband
- like VERY ABSTRACT
- but uh
- So it begins
- This is a weird one folks
- General Creepiness
- disturbing imagery
- Eating Disorders
- Food Issues
- because we messed Mae up real bad about everything and now here I am writing THIS fic
- Fingon and Nerdanel are the tag-team he needs always
- along with Maglor's nagging
- Feanor isn't a WILLFULLY bad dad he's just a DUMB dad a lot of the time
- will these issues be relevant later? yes
- Set to Mozart's Lullaby
- Fluff
- Light Angst
- You know there's always going to be some light angst
- Boys need their mom in case you'd forgotten
- Finwe's funeral
- there are obviously lots more characters but these are the four from whose perspective we see it
- Wakes & Funerals
- Grief/Mourning
- Also Feanor expects Fingolfin to be on board with his conspiracy theories
- and Fingolfin needs SPACE
- 10 sentence fic
- Indis is Good
- the Feanorians are Irish and Catholic hence the many sons and the Catholicism
- Fluff and Angst
- my sons as bby altar boys in robes way too long
- sacrament of the Holy Eucharist
- foreshadowing and callbacks wherever I can fit them lol
- no editing oops
- Angst and Feels
- Mea Culpa more like Mae culpa
- Post-Funeral
- more of Mae's miserable backstory
- it's hard to be the ones who were left
- this is sort of a setting for future happenings
- WE are not leaving these characters behind
- Villains
- Morgoth is less concerned than one might think about the Burning of Railroad Ties
- Morgoth doesn't care about railroads as much as he cares about being the worst
- Almost Crack
- Fingon is a pure innocent boy with zero taste in women (yet)
- happier times
- set approximately 5 mos pre-ceili
- Plotting
- change of plans
- Because you know...someone's out of the running
- Poor Mae (not yet tho)
- POV Alternating
- Like this is not a happy fic nothing about it is happy
- like going out on various suicide missions
- Maedhros isn't here and they NEED HIM
- Curufin you too even though you pretend not to
- Tags would be too spoilery but
- this is upsetting please don't read if you can't handle trauma
- Growing Up
- Hiking
- Babies
- First Haircuts
- Feelings
- 1838
- he's a responsible ten year old
- Extremely Dubious Consent
- Implied Sexual Content
- More of . . . Thur is a Vampire
- so just
- that
- 1850s Feanorians AU
- this is not a happy fic
- And Thuringwethil’s Mind is Not A Healthy Place
- Maedhros Deserves Better
- thanks tolkien
- Might as well also tag this as
- Because . . . Well you will see I guess
- Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
- Ugh why did I volunteer to write This One
- JUST GO BACK AND READ THE CEILI FIC INSTEAD IT WAS LiKE NUMBER 30 IN THE SERIES
- (And . . . Yes this is a companion fic to Number 36 in our Series)
- (If you skipped that one you definitely want to skip this one too)
- Psychological Torture
- Blood and Gore
- title from Shakespeare
- Body Horror
- this is not a nice fic and it's very violent and it is rated M for a reason
- Goodbye
- Mae's there too but he isn't conscious :((
- creepiness
- violation of personal space
- insert 'you're not my DADD' vine here
- set pre-chapter 1 of Angband but you'll want to read that first
- Unconsciousness
- a series of mismatched chapters chronicling what good have been
- Falling In Love
- in the cityyy
- Finrod plays matchmaker
- Enlightenment-era of sorts
- Judaism
- different POVs
- Angband reprieve
- Caranthir loves all his brothers but Maedhros is his favorite
- I mean who doesn't love Maedhros best? (Curufin don't open your mouth)
- Maedhros is the best big brother
- sometimes Caranthir wants to be like Maedhros and sometimes he doesn't
- gratuitous use of the name Maitimo
- some swearing because Maedhros is drunk and upset...again
- what happened that New Year's Eve
- Shattered Heroes
- we gave Maedhros an eating disorder and it haunts me
- fic in which Maedhros saves Caranthir several times over
- and Caranthir never knows quite how to return the favor
- Caranthir is a cute 10 year old bby who hates turnips
- Saint Medals
- Caranthir is both harsh and gentle and i love him very much
- Caranthir misses his mom
- Feanor loves his sons but he could be a better dad
- all the boys be hurting
- Caranthir really wants this to be a hurt/comfort fic emphasis on the comfort
- Nerdanel the Wise
- Just trying to be a good mom to a bunch of very different boys
- Vignettes
- the unfortunate chicken coop incident
- Violence
- Dreams and Nightmares
- Language
- Maglor does not want to lead
- Curufin does
- Time to negotiate Maedhros’ release from Angband
- 1850s AU
- maglor loves mae very much unfortunately
- Cattle ranching
- Strong Female Characters
- Pining
- plot filler
- Grief (the unprocessed kind)
- Terrible Coping Mechanisms
- Filler scene for dirgemaker
- Married Life
- Nerdanel Loved Her Dad But married Feanor
- As you do
- Title from Plutarch
- Coming of Age
- Boys going to the city
- Nerdanel tries to be a good mom but nobody's perfect
- and then there's Feanor
- HE IS THE ABSOLUTE WORST
- Angband Arc
- Unreliable Narrator bc the Narrator is the Devil
- Pre-Chapter 2 of "within the hollow crown"
- Ghost Concepts
- Loss
- Grief
- Betrayal of Various Kinds
- everyone at Mithrim is Not Having a Good Time
- Maedhros isn't here but he's all most of them can think about
- takes place directly after "dirgemaker"
- Mairon is Deranged but We Knew
- Post-Chapter 4
- Spoils of War
- Morgoth is a sore loser
- Post-Chapter 3 of within the hollow crown
- Slight Goriness
- Much Creepiness
- Morgoth is a racist
- surprising no one
- Family Dynamics
- quiet romance
- Fingolfin and Anaire are actually couple goals
- Feanor is a background menace
- 1800s AU
- Title card: MEANWHILE
- Medical Procedures
- 1800s medicine
- Fingon is 20 and a medical student
- And now he has to grow up
- Fingolfin is Best
- And thank goodness for Finrod
- Remember Ulmo’s Bridge?
- Yep we back there.
- The Feanorians took a long road West
- Fingolfin and co.’s road is Even Longer
- Villains Being The Worst
- Divide & Conquer (Mae's clothes)
- Luthien is a good and inquisitive and brave-hearted girl
- and that will only grow
- this is happening at the same time as Angband alas
- Post-Christmas at Formenos
- which was a very pivotal event to which I shall return
- Bonding
- Memories Good & Bad
- Feanor being a bit of...well you know
- Fingolfin remains the best of all dads
- Original Family Dysfunction
- Birthdays
- Gifts
- Fingolfin deserves better BUT WE KNEW THAT
- War of 1812 and the Revolution vaguely hinted at
- Bc you know
- History
- Irish Dance
- Fingolfin is always suspicious and trusting at the same time
- Ghost Shenanigans
- Mithrim
- Things are...not well
- happier moments
- Title from a Florence + the Machine Song
- Post-Chapter 6 of Angband
- Morgoth is Pissed
- unreliable narrators
- Silent Treatment
- Feanor being a sore loser
- All you need to know rn is that Feanor wanted Mae to replace Finwe on city council
- and Mae wouldn't
- Third Finwe Problems
- Chronologically post-Aperitif
- and the letter fic just preceding
- part of Mae's downward spiral of 1849 arc
- Feanor is mostly just clueless...MOSTLY
- Daddy Issues
- Feanor is...foolish
- Denial
- the problem is I love Feanor
- and so does everyone else FOR SOME REASON
- Questionable Parenting Decisions
- The last relevant vignette (for now) about Feanor and Mae's Big Fight
- Celegorm struggles with being the oldest at home
- Winter
- anger issues
- Sibling Rivalry
- farming
- title from 'In the Bleak Mid-Winter'
- POV Outsider
- Creepy
- Not that anyone here knows!
- Ranching
- Doriath
- Blood and Injury
- Blood Loss
- Shock
- Trauma
- Hallucinations
- Missing scene for within the hollow crown
- between ch 5 and 6
- this is not a nice fic
- Not that the Victorian context matters much here
- but there you go
- Aftermath of Torture
- Non-Consensual Touching
- Eating Disorder Trauma
- The East matters too
- Nervous breakdowns
- Gap Filler
- Daeron going one way Mairon another
- Dialogue Heavy
- Power Play
- Set during Chapter 8 of within the hollow crown
- title from Arabian Nights
- lovebirds
- teenage love
- mahjong
- Multilingual Character
- Rog is short for Balrog here
- not the actual character
- Introspection
- world-building
- LITERALLY
- set post-Chapter 9 of WTHC
- Memories
- A soft good fic...right?
- Missing Scenes
- title from a John Rodriguez poem
- Read pre-Chapter 10 of Within The Hollow Crown
- Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
- Friendship
- Shared Trauma
- Ghost Amrod
- just a couple of little souls that need protection
- title from gwendolyn brooks
- Post-Chapter 10 of Within the Hollow Crown
- but a brutally pragmatic one
- Morgoth is a fool
- we knew this
- SORT OF but as we know he's canonical and he's here
- Artist!Nerdanel
- time lapse
- Soft
- Non-Consensual Drug Use
- Coma
- Huan POV
- Symbolism
- Ghost!Amrod
- Shaky and non-linear
- poor boy
- More tags to be added
- Fourth of July
- POV Multiple
- Family Drama
- Angst and Humor
- Vacation
- sometimes I need an Angband break
- set in 1848
- title from John Brehm's 'Fourth of July'
- The great Poison Ivy Reckoning
- murmurs of familial dysfunction brewing
- we're one year out from duelling pistols here
- Tag fic to 4th of July Debacle
- with insight into What Mae Was Doing That Night in NYC
- and Why It Depressed Him
- Maedhros/Esther
- makes its return
- title from Nabanita Kanungo's 'Freedom'
- A Resolution to various Things
- Power Dynamics
- Quotations from the Book of Revelation
- title from Yeats
- Dark
- Aftermath of 'ceremony of innocence'
- Fall-Out
- Strategy
- Intrigue
- Curufin the schemer
- title is from...a T.S. song
- secret meetings
- Allies
- The OFC's name(s) shall be revealed in time
- All my (surviving) OCs in one fic basically
- Frog - Freeform
- Set in between the two fights in chapter 13 of WTHC
- Amorality
- this one's called Larsen and you shouldn't like him
- Gambling
- Fight Club - Freeform
- Post Chapter 13 of WTHC
- Colonialism
- title from Longfellow
- Twins
- set post-Chapter 13 of WTHC
- The Haladin are a fictional Native tribe
- Set post-chapter 14 of WTHC
- Gwindor has Regrets
- Male-Female Friendship
- Frog returns
- Companion Fic to WTHC
- Mostly hurt
- Eye Trauma
- Making of a Found Family
- Morgoth being the Worst as Usual
- but now in Flashback!
- Implied/Referenced Sexual Harassment
- Bc again Bauglir is the Worst
- Surprise Estrela is Canon After All
- Character Death
- obituary
- Tribute
- Implied/Referenced Underage Prostitution
- Maglor's descent into guilty madness chronicled
- title from a poem by Rita Dove
- Suspense
- Assassination Plot(s)
- Gwindor is the besttt
- title from Edna St. Vincent Millay
- post-Chapter 15 of WTHC
- Set post chapter 15 of WTHC
- Estrela worries a lot
- Family
- Domestic Fluff
- domestic dysfunction
- Pancakes
- Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
- this is set after the flashbacks in Chapter 3 of WTHC
- Paranoia
- And yet another character ISN'T an OC
- Unfortunately in Angband Snitches Get Stitches Too
- developing feelings
- New York City
- Flashback to Mae's 19th birthday when things were Good
- well...mostly good
- all the feels
- Maglor's Musical Talents
- Title from William Cullen Bryant
- Ceilis
- Caranthir being the Mary Bennet of the fam
- Middle Child Angst
- Mae being a bit of a flirt
- Dances
- Worry
- Set roughly chapter 17/18
- Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
- Sickfic
- Tea
- Maedhros is nursing a wicked hangover but Fingon is an innocent baby who doesn't know that
- Separation Anxiety
- Post-the fic where Nerdanel visits for Mae's birthday
- like right after
- Maglor is a mother hen
- Codependency
- title from Hugo
- Formenos
- summertime
- Celegorm is going on 15 and just wants puppies (and Mae to be always at home)
- this is set after the Nerdanel-visits-New-York-spring
- and before the Ceili
- title from Whittier's Barefoot Boy
- Set one year before WTIC
- Title from Robert Frost
- Technically Haldar is still alive isn’t that nice
- set after Daeron returns from the north
- with not much news bc he's a drag
- mentions of Haleth
- Killing Feanor bought him a boatload of trouble
- Set directly after Chapter 18
- I swear we're almost done
- Goodley is here being the worst for just a minute
- Four Oldest Cousins in NYC
- Food
- based in part on authorial groupchats
- an interlude of comedy amid all the pain
- Maglor is really used to having a cook now that he's not roughing it in Formenos
- Diva - Freeform
- Set during the ceili in 1847 and then again right before they leave
- needed more about their friendship
- Puppies
- title from the Hound of Heaven
- Gwindor is on wood-splitting duty but he makes good use of his time
- Murphy is a fool
- like all of our villain OCs...just the worst
- set mid Chapter 18 of WTHC
- backstory to riastrad and the 'cano' inside joke and just
- general atmospheric angst
- of a sort
- Morgoth shares his special interests with his most special interest
- some horror but mostly just sadness
- missing scene for within the hollow crown between ch 5 and 6
- set about a week after the fic the unquiet grave
- can the villains please stop touching Maedhros I cry as I post this fic
- Maedhros loves his family very much
- Morgoth loves science
- Maedhros does not love the things Morgoth loves
- Morgoth is both highly intelligent and incredibly dumb
- i said what i said
- Morgoth is the worst
- so is Murphy he needs to die
- it's been a week since Morgoth and Mairon attended a feverish bleeding Mae
- his flesh is healing but his soul? not so much
- another canon character makes a surprise appearance
- not gonna tag anything else don't be mad
- we have a Maeglin Mystery
- Angsty darkside boy
- spoilers through chapter 19 of Angband
- but primarily set at the end of chapter 17
- Depression
- MAGLOR BEING MAGLOR
- Dissociation
- written and posted in 10 minutes
- Unrequited Love
- on Daeron's part bc he's an idiot
- peripheral timeline
- Hair Braiding
- Rage
- I mean HAHA he's mad but also...that portends bad things
- Being Thwarted By Recalcitrant Redheads
- Graphic Description of Corpses
- gloating
- Set directly after chapter 19 of WTHC
- POV Third Person
- there's something of a POV crisis here
- ...and dysfunction because it's then
- Foreshadowing what foreshadowing
- set when Celegorm is an early teen
- Music
- Violins
- Sort of a musical battle but rather soft
- Maglor is a musical genius but FINGON HAS SKILL
- Post-Finwe death
- so...the Christmas four months before the beginning of the AU
- family dysfunction
- Parentification
- House of Finwe dynamics
- on the road
- this is before Ulmo's Bridge (Losgar) obviously
- Galadriel has a wee pinch of foresight
- discussion of other characters
- Gwindor...rescuing? Belle? or is it too late
- set after/during Chapter 19 of WTHC
- title from a Vachel Lindsay poem
- WAYYYY BACK
- Set at the VERY BEGINNING of the AU
- but also...with a very updated lens
- Aftermath of Finwe's Death AND the Dueling Pistols
- title from 'River'
- Thanksgiving Dinner
- just...fluff
- Basically
- set as a precursor to That Christmas Fingon Spent at Formenos
- other slight cameos
- journey west
- Pre-Losgar
- Fingon is mostly innocent but he HAS already seen some troubles
- And is about to see many more
- Conversations
- Sibling drama
- title from Ofelia Zepeda
- that thing where a conversation starts about one thing and ends about something else
- Set just before the Formenos Christmas fic that is way back in the series now
- Celegorm misses Maedhros
- Christmas Tree
- Celegorm is only 12 here
- title from a poem by Frost
- Collision of WORLDS in a way
- Gwindor's POV of...events
- Rescue Missions
- scenery
- Haleth has saved the day FOR SOME PEOPLE
- but...as usual what about Mae
- set during and after Chapter 20 WTHC
- Gothmog is done af and peacing out
- and who could blame him? i mean all of us he's the worst
- Villainy
- warfare
- General Bitchery
- Morgoth is a bad boss
- bad bad bad
- Child Death/Violence mentioned
- outsider pov
- Blood and Violence
- Abuse
- Maeglin is....a very troubled child but we been knew
- set during chap 22 of WTHC
- Title from LM Montgomery ironically
- Children unable to process Bad Stuff...of which there is always heaps
- Frog POV
- To say that Gwindor is having...the worst day...
- is an understatement
- Post-Chapter 21 of WTHC
- title from a poem by Claire Schwartz
- Sticks (OC) - Freeform
- Now we have Sticks' POV
- mentions of Belle/Estrela/Arien
- it's the last day before...big changes
- Very Bad Coping Mechanisms
- you know the drill
- title from a poem by Hilda Morley
- We love a Huan POV in this community
- Expectation of...Something...what could it bE
- Victorian Traditions with an Irish Catholic American twist
- Family Fluff
- Indis is the best grandma
- Finwe...should stop giving alcohol to children
- Conspicuous absence of Feanorians and Fingon
- Aredhel is 10 Fingon is 13 yes it's that christmas
- Set VERY early in the series...right after the current timeline events of fic no. 6
- Maedhros is a good big brother
- the Ambarussa regress whenever their parents fight
- I miss Amrod
- Fights
- Seven Deadly Sins
- schooldays
- city life
- Descent into...the Maedhros dissipation arc
- title from Doctor Faustus
- Descent into Madness
- Poor Maglor...he's really going through it
- title from a poem by Kim Addonizio
- Yes Belle is AU Arien in case u missed that earlier
- All the usual Angband tags
- you know
- Sort Of
- meanwhile: belle edition
- Angband Found Family
- Why did we make that a thing
- Starvation
- these tags are a mess
- happy new year
- Tag to Ch18 of WTIC
- Post-apastron and basically inspired by it
- Out of Angband! finally
- the title is from the old adage
- since her father was a mapmaker and she knew the sea
- Arien has a lot of feelings about our faves and one in particular
- We're all talking about Russandol but are we SAVING Russandol??
- Helcaraxë
- Haldar's death
- title from a poem about the Sioux by William E. Stafford
- in between Angband and Mithrim
- doctoring
- Frog and Sticks are here too!
- Whatever happened to Miriel's tapestries?
- they are mentioned in 'not doom itself' and then we never hear of them again
- well...here's the answer
- National Museum of Ireland origin story (actually historically based)
- Feanor being a little git
- Ireland
- enjoy the Beleg cameo!
- this is a month before Current Timeline
- Helcaraxe arc references
- Haleth is an ally worth having
- mutual respect
- Thangorodrim
- not alternating between characters alternating between persons
- Fingon is...there's no one better
- Fingon the Valiant
- expect violence and discussions of torture and peril
- expect copious flashbacks to everything that ran before
- Mount Diablo
- Folklore
- Irish Language
- Set during the end of chapter 2 of Fingonfic
- Reconciliation
- Late Night Conversations
- Tentative Allies
- Heartache
- referenced character death
- Anger
- Good Old Swears
- Pre-Helcaraxë
- Marriage
- Vague mythological references
- Unplanned Pregnancy
- title from Emily Dickinson
- Set post primum non nocere
- Coming clean about life choices
- these two! I love them
- Doctor Fingon
- Turgon being Embarrassed and Good
- Travel
- Pregnancy
- a tiny burst of time jump at the end
- Madness
- Maglor was meant to be dramatic but not insane
- Tries to write about fingon's hair and ends up writing about his grief
- Team Bonding
- Origin of the gold thread
- Wachiwi isn't technically an OC but shhh
- Fraunces Tavern
- this is relevant to exactly nothing except that I wanted to write about NYC history
- Kind Of
- Taverns! Drinking! Dickensian style!
- Everybody being...themselves...and having drink too young
- Surgery
- Estrela is so good and she shouldn't blame herself but
- everyone blames themselves here
- Post-chapter 3 of FingonFic
- Soft filler fic with no real purpose except to give us some momentary respite
- Fae & Fairies
- Caranthir is a tiny
- they all are
- Childhood
- everything would have been better if mahtan was the fave grandpa
- instead of finwe
- tags will change
- this is a fic about separation anxiety
- as in it is a fic about hands
- And one hand in particular
- Ho
- ohoho
- :(
- Title from Jane Hirshfield
- alqualonde fallout
- On the shores of Lake Mithrim
- Finrod staying when Fingon is going
- both good boys!
- Processing Stuff
- Finrod is the healthiest?? of all four cousins
- Finrod and Fingolfin's relationship is hella important
- title from a poem by Amy King
- Interlude
- Plots and Plans
- Haleth is a badass as always
- but also a Beren/Luthien shipper I mean who isn't
- title from a poem by Audre Lorde
- This is very random but I wanted to do it for some reason
- the thought of Nerdanel having a famous client and Feanor being jealous is funny to me
- also I get annoyed with Emerson but he had some interesting quotes
- Flashback
- unrelated to anything else happening in the AU right now
- title is quote by Emerson ofc
- Art
- Artist Nerdanel
- Historical Cameos
- Poor Maglor
- the other side of the lake
- not a nice place to be
- title and body quotes from a poem by Leonie Adams
- Mentions of Miriel's tapestries
- Flashback fic
- just a little snippet of Mae's happier days
- bc...we need that
- nomen was the second personal name of a Roman
- Trauma Boy
- Maeglin is just trying to get through
- Neglect
- Regret
- Mysterious Origins
- One Word Prompt Meme
- Art Alphabet
- Love doing this type of Thing
- little insights into the life and art of Nerdanel
- a Sad Queen
- Motherly love
- Title from a Halsey Song
- Remember when Finwe got real mad at Finarfin?
- he just couldn't deal
- and so he didn't
- anyway Finarfin had his head on pretty straight for a baby
- and so did Earwen
- Young Love
- They're on the same page but also...not
- Turgon is REALLY heartbroken by a lot of things
- Title from an Enya Song
- Poor Fingolfin
- title from a Kodaline song
- ponds - Freeform
- Swimming
- Summer Aesthetics
- Sneaky Acrostic
- you'll see - Freeform
- boys
- this series is now a year old exactly
- and this is the 200th fic
- the good gollumy Frog returns
- with Sticks in tow
- and sad best boy Maedhros
- yes he's still sad he's always sad you must have noticed
- loyalty has to begin somewhere folks
- and what is loyalty if not a facet of love
- there is some implied nastiness in this fic but it's not at the forefront
- Frog is a brave little bby
- I had to reread chapters of within the hollow crown for this do you know how painful that was
- First Meetings
- title from the poem 'Angel' by Angela Jackson
- Amras' saint name is Gabriel
- on the other side of the lake
- Wachiwi
- she isn't exactly an ofc but shhh
- Cooking
- gross gross gross
- Creep Factor is at 1000
- Read at Your Own Risk
- Opium
- The premise is: Morgoth is disappointed that Angband Arc is over and gets super high
- Racism
- I'm Done Tagging Now
- Difficult Decisions
- the last interlude really I promise I'll get back to the main event now
- Epistolary
- And thus ends the Angband Arc
- Melkor lies
- A lot - Freeform
- luckily for him manwe is dumb
- Foresight & Visions
- Immigration & Emigration
- Lalwen is Finwe's sister here not his daughter
- Title from a Sylvia Plath Poem
- may I offer you a soft fic in these trying times
- fluff with some angst slipped in because these are Feanorians we are talking about
- Nerdanel grows many things and creates many things
- once upon a time Feanor was not a mess (mostly) (kind of)
- (he is his always his own kind of idiot though)
- Maedhros is a tiny
- Miriel Serinde's absence is the most present thing about her
- New Villain Alert
- Coal-mining
- Gothmog is not as much a fool
- title loosely taken from a Jean Toomer poem
- Set in large part during the weeks between Feanor's departure and Morgoth's visit over a decade past
- Single Parents
- in effect
- Abandonment
- hardship
- domestic life
- title from a Cynthia Cruz poem
- Adolescent Folly
- for once?? a nice fic
- Victorian Fads
- Hinted at at least
- Ancagalon comes up again
- and...Goodley?
- Changing Tides
- Maeglin is haunted and really needs a hug from the (1) good person he's ever met
- Pre-Mithrim
- Animal Death
- Hunters & Hunting
- Not the supernatural kind
- the Celegorm kind
- Moving On
- These two are very bad for each other but
- they also desperately need each other
- or so they think
- do i still have to tag that
- Title from an Emily Dickinson Poem
- well sort of
- Set directly before the flashforward in No. 213
- and after Two Paths
- Curufin is plotting
- back to present timeline folks!
- Diamond Mine
- talking to dead parents
- what the authors call Healing Arc begins
- High Kings
- Opposite Side of Mithrim
- Set during Chapter 2 of where the hero shifts
- title from a poem by Edward Thomas
- Cats
- Yes this is a fic about a cat and Then Some Other Things
- Amras' secret visits to the Babies continues
- title from a poem by Jane Hirshfield
- POV Nonhuman
- Good Boy Huan
- makes his return in...the healing tent
- Weary trauma and over-exhaustion
- Someone let her have a nap pls
- Self-Loathing
- Happy Birthday Mae!
- (it's April 16th in the AU)
- BABIESS
- Cute little moment that isn't meant to hurt but probably will just bc context
- Eye of Sauron ayyyy
- Mairon on the Warpath
- Missing Scene
- Where Aredhel actually makes sure nobody gets killed when Celegorm barges into the camp
- Different ways of coping with trauma
- most of them unhealthy
- Aredhel is a brick tho
- Frog is Amlach
- Childhood Trauma
- Beren is the best babysitter
- Luthien chose the right boy
- Healing Arc is here!
- THE GREAT REUNION
- but seen through Gwindor's judgmental (conflicted) eyes to keep things interesting
- with flashbacks as always
- Heavy-duty identity crises
- Fevers
- Been wanting to write this for a while
- In the Healing Tent
- title from Keats
- title from a poem by Robin Blaser
- set before the Fingolfin tent fic
- by a few hours
- Five Stages of Grief
- Except it's five boys
- Curufin is Denial
- Amras is Anger
- Maglor is Barganining
- Caranthir is Depression
- Celegorm thinks he's Acceptance
- Brother-Sister Relationships
- The Arafinweans are very frank and good and solid
- even tho Galadriel has a long way to go with empathy
- set before Gwindor and FIngon leave The Tent
- title from Robin Blaser AGAIN
- Emotional Hurt/Comfort
- Honoring the dead and caring for the living
- Past Violence
- bringing back Violet Tibbs the terrible influence from Mae's past
- Tattoos
- title from a poem by Paul Celan
- Esther Landau
- she really was in love with him but we can't--have nice things
- 19th Century
- Political Alliances
- Medical Trauma
- title from a poem by Barbara Howes
- Implied/Referenced Underage Sex
- Bad Decisions
- transitions
- Logistics
- Subterfuge
- the inside of Thingol's house
- Chinese Cuisine
- you know all those things you expect in a Silm fic
- Leonids Meteor Shower of 1833
- References to Feanor's ill-advised pain training regime
- references to baby Finrod almost dying of scarlet fever
- references to baby Fingon being a late talker
- the good stuff
- title from e.e. cummings
- Mother's Day
- it was Mother's day last Sunday and it's Nerdanel's birthday next week so
- a little tribute
- Mostly...I mean there's a little angst in here
- Boys in the Kitchen
- title from a poem by Florence Randal Livesay
- Mr. Finney's turnip was written by Longfellow when he was 9
- Healing
- Major Character Injury
- Finally to Mithrim they go
- And now we brace for What Comes Next
- Title from a poem by Meghan O’Rourke
- Fingon is a valiant boy and he needs his bravery tbh
- and so does Maedhros
- do I have to keep tagging that
- by this point i need to tag when I am NOT writing for this Verse
- what else ehhh
- Always
- (Finger guns at Tolkien)
- Storms
- there was a tornado warning here the other day so
- this is what you get
- also the 1814 DC tornado is a real thing and did indeed kill some british soldiers
- Adolescence
- James Fenimore Cooper
- latent trauma from The Year Feanor Was Away
- Teen Finwions
- Courtship
- Estrangement
- Fishing
- Innuendo
- Fingolfin was and is a Dear
- Finarfin was and is a mischievous baby brother
- The Finarfin Elopement Scandal
- a cameo from baby finrod
- indis and fingolfin deserved more time
- Mild Angst
- Because this is Finwe’s family they are never without
- anyway the upshot is Finrod’s babyhood nickname was little minnow
- Chess
- The infamous attempt to put Mae on City Council
- makes a reappearance
- Drinking
- Grandparents & Grandchildren
- Finwe is blissfully ignorant of...so much
- Triptych
- Set after Feanor met Morgoth
- in the beginning of 1847 when Finwe was planning to retire
- (and Morgoth was under house arrest like the little bastard he is)
- and finally...well you'll know
- bc this is how you get Noticed
- Morgoth's hatred of Finwe is different than any of his other hatreds
- but it will be revisited
- Humiliation
- Estrela struggles to feel useful
- She is in fact indispensable
- Sticks and Frog in Mithrim
- Trauma Children
- Visiting the Sickbed
- title from the song Ghosts by BANNERS
- title from a poem by Rachel McKibbens
- Almost an outsider POV...of both Beren and Mithrim
- the bestest boy is keeping watch over the other bestest boy
- and trying to mediate squabbles in dog language
- set directly post the recent Sticks and Frog fic
- title from a poem by James Tate
- Luthien is interested in the outside world and now it's coming to her
- discussion of Feanorians
- because even when they're not there...they're there
- Secret Relationship
- set just post Haleth coming south...so late November early December 1852
- Child Neglect
- Survivor Guilt
- Maeglin leaving Angband and going ... To a new bad life
- Goodley the Overseer
- title from BANNERS
- Title shared with a poem by Yeats
- Convalescence
- An important development in Maedhros' healing
- Relative peace but a lot of angst
- And...a new villain appears
- San Francisco
- Actual History incorporated here
- Red Light District
- POV Third Person Omniscient
- set concurrent with Maeglin fic 'I too believe it's not dead and gone'
- Chinese History - Freeform
- Origin Stories
- Qing dynasty
- Chance Meetings
- title from Walt Whitman
- Amputation
- Medicine
- title from a poem by Adam Zagajewski
- Oldest Cousins
- this fic moves concurrently with The Cold Heaven
- at least to start
- Gwindor just wants Maedhros to be ok and
- Maedhros isn't
- Horses
- Set directly after Maedhros choosing to have Gwindor stay with him
- and your dog might be betraying you too!
- also: curufin has been up to no good as we know
- but Celegorm doesn't
- Villains Unite!
- Post-the recent Maeglin fic
- mentions of Ancalagon
- Misogyny
- title from the Hobbit
- Fluff? almost?? as close as we get
- Pets
- Mithrim Stables
- title from a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Bedside Vigils
- Hair Washing
- As in Maedhros was the one tortured
- but we all know this
- and Celegorm Stays a Problematic Boy
- Making Up Quarrels - Almost
- Celegorm swears a lot
- We also all know this
- Celegorm and Fingon do a Group Project
- Pre-Mae Waking Up
- You Didn’t Think We Were NOT Going To Write The Hair Washing Scene Did You
- but like...reasonable anger Turgon has many sound reasons for being upset
- Fingolfin is a good dad
- title from a poem by Robert Hayden
- Not quite a non-linear narrative
- but a very self-focused narrative
- metalwork
- title shared with a Plath poem
- Ambiguous Relationships
- set on the second day of Maedhros' waking
- but we're getting past that timeline
- Bigotry & Prejudice
- AKA what is everyone up to in these early days
- Caranthir is trying to be helpful
- and also is fed up with Curufin which is a valid way to be
- Grief and Loss and All That
- Discussion of Death
- title from a poem by Jane Huffman
- I mean technically Wachiwi has an arguably canon place and I'm sure you know what it is but
- spirituality
- The First Week concurrent with 'The Cold Heaven'
- title from a poem by Wallace Stevens
- Hasty Pudding callback
- Mithrim cats
- Vaguely referenced Sioux beliefs
- a conversation
- Aredhel choosing not to make friends
- for good reason
- Timestamp: the end of Mae’s first week back
- Fear
- Imaginary Friends
- Set directly post Chap 4 of The Cold Heaven
- Celegorm and Gwindor speak the same language
- so this was a joy to write
- discussion of trauma
- Violence ahead
- and slurs
- Processing Trauma but pretending you're not
- title from a poem by Ethan Canin
- Galadriel thinks she's above it all
- much like Haleth
- (they're not)
- this is set about a week after Maedhros wakes up
- because the timeline needs to move sometime
- Disordered Eating
- Disfigurement
- Celegorm is Trying
- Fingon is also Trying
- Maedhros would like to stop Trying
- Title from a Sleeping At Last Song
- hope the title isn't too blasphemous
- a direct follow up to 'and yet never grows'
- abstract??
- Gothmog ruminates...never a good thing
- Sadism
- Beren is smart and not preoccupied with Mae issues
- that puts him ahead of other people on the strategy front
- morning conversations
- Another vantage point
- we've briefly introduced Miles Red Cloud the healer before
- Mithrim is a safehaven but for how much longer
- Native American Character(s)
- Medicinal Herbs
- Odd Couple Friendships
- except not because they're perfectly matched
- set directly after chapter 4 of someone who no longer is
- Celegorm has a soft side but it's hard to find
- Hunting
- Post-Chapter 4 of someone who no longer is
- Celegorm is angsty
- and deserves better
- but also makes things worse
- title from a poem by William E. Stafford
- Frog creeping around and overhearing lots of different threads of conversation
- slice of life?
- set after Finrod and Beren go out scouting
- Conversations among friends
- Maedhros isn't here but his presence is felt
- Sewing
- whittling
- title from a poem by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson
- Mentions of Frog and Sticks being cute with Jib's kittens
- so you know
- bad everything
- Non-Explicit Sex
- Curufin Has Daddy Issues
- glad to see that's just... a tag that exists
- mental deterioration
- Scheming
- title shared by a poem by Carl Phillips
- Soft memories...and not so soft
- this is set shortly after Maedhros takes the babies to climb up the hill
- a fic written long ago
- it's been a while since we had Formenos Babies!
- Baby-sitting
- Maedhros is awake at last and Caranthir holds his own sort of vigil
- is it a gold rush au fic if there is no angst
- Caranthir has a sentimental soul and I love him very much
- Caranthir as always loves Mae very much
- holding on by a prayer
- sickbed visitation
- title from the hymn Stabat Mater
- extreme creepiness
- Emotional Manipulation
- Morgoth being the worst and enjoying it
- Dinner at Angband is a thing here
- Just Morgoth and Mairon and awful conversation
- The Great Wall of Turgon
- Parenting
- Fingolfin is a gem of a dad but he doesn't know it
- because Feanor formed his core beliefs in childhood
- Fingon comes to a decision
- set during chapter 5 of someone who no longer is
- Emotional Baggage
- Medical Care
- Caranthir trying to do everything he can to help
- still gets blind-sided from time to time
- Title from a poem by Sandra Simonds
- Deer Hunting
- Past Trauma
- set post-chapter 5 of someone who no longer is
- title from Robert Louis Stevenson
- teenage mischief
- Cousins Being Dumb
- the year is 1847
- copious amounts of self-indulgent Victorian nonsense
- also copious amounts of alcohol consumption
- Cards
- Poker
- Strip Poker
- oh now we have your attention I see
- finrod referenced this story to Fingon like 150 fics ago
- but uh now here is the longer version enjoy
- This is set shortly before finrod has his Intellectual Awakening(tm)
- back when he was Mae’s partner in almost-crime
- lets see what else to tag
- Crossdressing
- Oh Dear
- Trauma Survivors Unite
- Injury Recovery
- Estrela is everything that is good
- she even manages to get a little honesty out of Maedhros
- chapter 1 is set post-chapter 6 of someone who no longer is
- title from a poem by Jean Valentine
- Tabitha & Miles & Wachiwi are a good squad
- Wachiwi is charming
- Memories of Jem...RIP Jem
- Past Character Death
- Letters exchanged between a boy and his mom over three years
- just a lil
- title from Dear Theodosia
- Father and daughter
- Fingolfin is stressed about Fingon's tell-all plan
- Aredhel is solid as a rock
- Sticks and Frog come to visit
- Gossip
- Sticks has many opinions but is trying to develop occasional tact
- Frog is a darling
- Maedhros is...a complicated mess
- Sickrooms
- Implied/Referenced Abuse
- Celegorm is doing his best to speak to Maedhros in their shared language
- but it's not the same as it was
- nothing is
- Nonverbal Communication
- title from a poem by Ai
- set in the busy spring of 1847
- post-Nerdanel visiting the city
- post-Maedhros & Finrod antics
- pre-Ceili
- head colds
- Miscommunication
- Love
- Internalized Misogyny
- Nora is up to no good
- Survival
- Old West
- Umm...toxic masculinity in the extreme? general creepiness? you know the drill
- Morgoth's Era of Confinement aka 1843
- Mollie - Freeform
- Mollie deserves better
- Curufin/Nora references
- None happens in the fic to be clear
- Conversations at the Wall
- Build-a-Gondolin
- Fingolfin worrying about Fingon
- Fingolfin worrying about Maedhros
- Fingolfin worrying about Finrod
- you get the gist
- a bit of a...Silm Noir
- set after Finwe's death
- but before Finrod's return
- Feanor copes with grief very badly
- So does Maedhros
- title from William Blake
- some violence
- Villains being Villains
- Glaurung makes a friend
- set directly after the meeting where Goodley hands over Maeglin
- Slurs
- Title from Mary Oliver
- a new location--the Dragon Vineyards
- Glaurung is the Worst
- Coping Mechanisms
- there are a lot of conjured friends in this AU
- we like our tropes
- Maeglin has Issues
- healing arc
- medical things
- Post-Amputation Misery
- Gwindor Has His First Cup of Coffee in Seven Years
- So That’s One Good Thing
- Reverse Chronology
- best brotp
- everyone is trying
- No One Is Having a Great Time
- Dreams
- Lots of Stress About Keeping Continuity
- Fanart
- Four Cousins
- Light-Hearted
- and also...sad
- ALL BRILLIANT
- please share any fanart you've made!
- Medical Conditions
- in the aftermath of Fingon's Reveal
- aka chapter 7 of 'someone who no longer is'
- Fingolfin works to keep the peace
- and carry all burdens
- Maedhros has a neverending list of health problems
- title from a tumblr poem by j.p.
- title from a poem by Philip Levine
- Aredhel wishes her love was enough to keep them all from violence
- set directly after chapter 7 of 'someone who no longer is'
- title from August Strindberg
- Celegorm wants to be good but a fundamental part of him doesn't know how
- Physical Comfort
- No Anesthesia
- or almost none
- set directly after 'the sad refusal to give in'
- Past Slavery
- Freedom
- Complex feelings about celebration and peace
- Foreboding
- Rumil was an incredibly good man and he deserved better at all times
- title from a poem by Patricia Liu
- title from a poem by Wilfred Owen
- Long One-Shot
- Violence against women
- delving into the history of Gwindor before Maedhros meets him
- Frontier Settlement
- References to some pretty awful stuff
- But also
- Estrela being wonderful
- Maedhros being a gentle brat
- Celegorm's Bench
- Mentions of Formenos
- Post-Amputation
- Bedtime Stories
- Frog creeping around looking for his favorites
- Alexander the Horse
- set directly after the fic 'in low place not in high place' concludes
- the night after Estrela helps Maedhros sleep
- a day in the life
- Snippets
- Friends to...well we'll see won't we
- title form a poem by Richard Wilbur
- Sticks & Frog
- Ghost Twins
- Kittens
- christmas is coming
- the Daeron/Luthien thing is extremely unrequited
- never fear
- Beren has been gone for like five years and Daeron is still afraid of his return
- Daeron sneaks around Doriath like the little bish he is
- someone vibe check him please
- Luthien does not deserve his creepiness
- my file for this fic when writing it was entitled dumb Daeron
- One Word Prompts
- Set after everyone knows Fingon cut off The Hand
- but also...a vague timeline
- Missing Moments
- We haven't seen enough of the boys lately so
- title from Richard Siken
- title from W.H. Auden
- the truth comes out about Curufin and Nora
- and right when he's trying to strategize!
- nora - Freeform
- Dysfunctional Relationships
- Underage Sex - Freeform
- Strong Language
- the Feanorians remain hot messes
- Maedhros has lost track of how his brothers really are
- oh and it's almost Christmas
- Christmas Eve
- Mithrim Christmas
- Wachiwi is curious about Maedhros
- Maedhros is curious about Wachiwi
- Truces
- Wachiwi has a Crush
- (not on Maedhros)
- Domestic
- Oranges are a precious commodity in Mithrim as it turns out
- Tabitha Phillips
- Haircuts
- Processing Trauma
- Self-Esteem Issues
- Trauma Buddies
- unrequited something
- From chapter 5 of imagine a room a sudden glow
- Childhood Memories
- Mostly about Fingon
- Because Fingolfin and Mae Both Love Their Boy
- Timeline: shortly before Christmas
- Amputation Trauma
- also
- Fingolfin Being a Best Dad
- this is a tribute to a scene in MWT's Return of the Thief
- Frog is a Baby
- a somewhat ill-adjusted baby
- Bathing/Washing
- Christmas Dinner
- Fluff? Did I write fluff?
- Wilderness
- because they're gathering things to trade for PRESENTS
- Celegorm comes...bearing gifts?
- yes he does
- Um...endangerment of a teenager?
- A bleak setting
- in the Vineyard
- title from a poem by Philip Metres
- Forge Boy
- Canonical Character Death
- As In Like She Is Already Dead
- It’s Miriel
- Miriel Is The One Who Is Dead
- flashbacks!
- We Love Our NYC Flashbacks!
- Theology
- Tiny History Lesson Time
- yay
- Title From Tennyson
- Meanwhile in New York
- The Women Are Forming a Squad
- Writing Indis made me sad about Fingolfin as I knew it Would
- Manwe has a storm coming
- Finwe is also The One Who Is Dead now
- as is Feanor but
- shhhhhhhhhhh
- Poor Nerdanel
- Poor Indis
- whatever shall they do
- The A in AU stands for giving women Agency
- also hi Finarfin now go home and pretend to eat dinner
- so your wife doesn’t realize you were stress eating biscuits
- title from a poem by James Wright
- Henrik is the boy whose father Fingon tried to save at Ulmo's Bridge
- Silas is one of the former thralls under the mountain
- Henrik traveled west with Fingolfin and co.
- Silas traveled south with Haleth and the rest of the free people
- just to remind you of who they are
- Daeron is a lil snake
- Thingol is...a diva
- Haleth is a brick
- Suspicions
- tag fic to 'trying their wings'
- Fluffy
- Weaving and Looms
- Melian is the best
- the forgotten history of Thuringwethil's knives
- and present timeline
- partly set in the April of 1852 before Feanor's death
- and before Maedhros is captured
- but after Morgoth foolishly dynamites Mt Diablo
- for his berghoff
- Happy Halloween!
- The vampire is back (for a minute)
- Happy Halloween
- like...it's still Halloween somewhere right
- callbacks and call-forwards
- Complicated Marriage
- Weaving
- Lyrical prose
- sort of a nocturne style fic
- title ofc from Sylvia Plath
- Waiting
- outside the battle rages
- inside we have feelings
- this fic honors Election Week for all the American fans
- it's been long as hell
- Fingon left Mae and Mae is not happy about it
- Premonitions
- Battle of Mithrim
- Introspection...which is rare for Celegorm
- Weapons & Weaponry
- pay attention! guns are important
- set during chapter 12 of swnli
- Mithrim Politics
- callbacks to that one time Maglor killed Ulfang
- Turgon can't stand the Maedhros-coddling and the Christmas-feasting
- letter-writing
- Mithrim's storeroom has seen a lot I'm afraid
- Happy birthday to my co-author
- I’ve promised this for a while
- Fun fact the ship name is Gem
- and now I’m Sad
- Pre-Angband
- flirting???
- PTSD
- What a good pair of tags
- I’m so sorry
- In texting today it came up that Galway and Jem are basically divorced single parents with kids
- And I’ll never get that out of my head
- (The kids are the men of Mithrim and the March West)
- (and also Mae)
- Wholly unnecessary backstory
- and death
- Galway and Jem would have been immediate best friends with Gwindor and Estrela
- Mollie is fortunately not sleeping in the stables now!
- title from Sylvia Plath
- implied/referenced suicidal ideation
- Christmas Back East
- Manwe delivers the news he received in 'fraternal correspondence'
- he is...not good at it
- Bad News
- Indis is a badass
- the major character death is Feanor's and it already happened
- Awkwardness
- Finarfin coming into his own
- Curufin and Celegorm go to the stables
- Maglor has been faithfully guarding Maedhros' horse
- Nerdanel after Manwe brings the news
- Heartbreak
- loss of a spouse
- Indis is best
- Ominous portents I suppose
- what else is new when people are talking Melkor
- set after the disastrous Christmas dinner
- Psychological Horror
- title from Louise Gluck
- Morgoth has received Manwe's letter regarding reinforcements
- it improves his mood
- always a bad thing
- but it's over and these are the losers
- Shifting Alliances
- title is sort of from lines of Beowulf
- Tension
- (Almost) A Bottle Episode
- Our fave found family is not doing their best rn
- but they are trying their best
- and mae is just rly worried about Fingon
- Mithrim Christmas FIGHT
- During the skirmish
- After the skirmish
- Gwindor deserves only best things
- Mae also has Pre-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Life is hard
- merry christmas?
- it is Christmas once again
- more or less smol children dealing with grief and misunderstandings
- this is Amras' first Christmas without his twin
- Sticks is tetchy and dear and done with several people
- First Christmas
- sort of because Sticks does not really remember a good Christmas
- kittens are important
- flashbacks to Formenos days
- love mingled with grief
- Again
- Everyone Needs A Hug
- Everyone Needs Therapy
- Maps
- Estrela is trying to help as best she can
- the past is never far
- Christmas 1850...four months prior to the timeline beginning
- Swearing
- Despite that: sleepover vibes
- Maglor's Melodrama
- set directly after 'what we sow'
- title from a poem by MÓNICA GOMERY
- Chess Metaphors
- Actual (Chinese) chess
- Father-Daughter Relationship
- but like the Feanorian way so
- Not That Fluff
- Set immediately post my previous AU fic
- aka right after the Christmas battle at Mithrim
- Sibling Bonding
- Sort offf
- they ARE the three ghosts of Christmas
- fingon is both mentioned and slandered
- feanor is also mentioned and slandered
- But he deserves it
- Ghost!Feanor
- not really it's just in Curufin's head
- Curufin visits the Mithrim Mine to talk about Maedhros' "betrayal"
- the Feanorians are...not doing well. Again
- Finrod Wearing A Hat
- Beren rly misses luthien and is growing a lil restless
- even while he’s very loyal to his bestie Finrod
- this definitely won’t go wrong in any way
- Post Chap 14 of 'with someone who no longer is'
- Aftermath of a fight
- Maedhros is not coping well
- Maglor is not coping well
- Fingolfin is just trying to find out what happened
- Immediately post-Maglor reveal
- Unexpected Friends!
- or well
- could-be friends
- sigh
- Anger Management
- fieldtrip!
- basically every AU fic is PTSD tagged at this point
- Overnight expedition
- Maeglin is waiting for someone to rescue him
- So far no comers
- Glaurung is vile
- set at Christmastime
- and then time jumps about a month or so
- Set directly after Maglor jumps in the lake
- Gwindor is very done
- Suicide Attempt
- Hypothermia
- Medical Consent Issues
- There was only one bed - platonic
- The Great Lake Rescue of 1852
- Peripheral concerns
- Post suicide attempt
- Platonic Cuddling
- Maedhros and Maglor need each other eternally
- Amras is a good egg
- so is Mollie
- both trying to understand their place in the world
- and how forgiveness works
- After the Lake
- title from a poem by Mary Oliver
- And Estrela who has Neither
- more tags to be added later
- Watching Someone Sleep
- Literal Sleeping Together
- Fingon is Very Stressed
- M&M are Very Cute
- did u know every word in the entire AU can fit in a coke can
- a star sticker for anyone who catches the reference
- Physical Therapy
- The Geometry of Carrots
- Fencing but Metaphorically
- Misery
- i wrote ch3 and ch4 on my birthday uh
- we all celebrate in our own ways
- Pain
- lots of pain
- This has been a loooong time coming
- we in the home stretch of healing arc now
- good luck to us all
- Time Skips
- Not yet but they will happen
- Consent Issues
- Maedhros changes post-The Great Lake Rescue of 1852
- Fingon...deals with it
- Drug Use
- Morgoth is a Colonialist and a Lech
- Historically Typical Racism
- implied phrenology
- Morgoth is His Own Warning
- Coda to chap 2 of steadfast as the hills of stone
- Surgical implements
- nobody is fine
- pessimism
- Dark Humor
- title from Audre Lorde
- implied/references torture
- Claustrophobia
- Sleep Deprivation
- Sparring
- Tea Parties
- Yes a lot is happening here
- title from Lisa Robertson
- Other Additional Tags to Be Added
- Finally getting outside of mithrim
- Aredhel is the best
- Women Being Awesome
- Gwindor is the best person to talk to Mae right now
- Gwindor is the best regardless
- descriptions of torture
- the background of Gwindor's later conversation with Maedhros
- Title is a kind of knot
- Mae and Maglor only know how to be OK by being very Not Ok
- dark themes
- Nobody is being particularly helpful
- Curufin and Celegorm POVs
- Surgical Details
- St. Patrick's Day
- yes sometimes I write fluff
- Storytelling
- Hating on the English
- title taken a bit from the prayer of St. Patrick
- Irish heritage
- yes here’s some Irish specials for the occasion
- Dancing
- Maitimo’s first summer home from New York
- Siblings
- Happy times with a hammer and nails and Maitimo
- I know y'all want to catch up with Mairon
- he's currently overseeing The Mountain
- Murderous intent?? i mean what even to tag
- Attempted Grave Desecration
- title from Percy [Bish] Shelley
- Is the gen tag wholly appropriate for Estrela's thoughts
- perhaps not
- Identity Crisis
- Formenos days
- St. Patrick's Day fic
- (yes this should have been completed a week ago shh)
- in which Caranthir makes soda bread
- Curufin is a mischievous brat but I love him
- what is a large Irish family if no fighting is involved
- Nerdanel is so soft for her little Caranthir
- more people in-story need to appreciate my son
- I'm looking at you Feanor
- Children
- Hope despite trauma
- background trauma
- Post-Surgery
- forgiveness and redemption
- except both are very difficult to reckon with in as complicated a family as this
- Galadriel is immature but not wholly wrong
- title from a poem by Anne Stevenson
- Beren nopes out of one situation and into another...story of his life
- Delirium
- There Was Only One Bed (platonic)
- Brotherly comfort
- Maglor and Mae's Epic Dysfunction
- concurrent with the latest chapter of Steadfast as the Hills of Stone
- best bros
- Mae is a sad brat
- Gwindor is a saint
- Set post-Aredhel Chap 3
- Sexism
- Child Abuse
- nastiness
- Glaurung is his own warning I guess
- Sexist Language
- Finrod is not a counselor but he Does Help
- Illnesses
- References to Dickens
- Mae was u must remember a Fanboy
- Christmas in February
- Gift Giving
- Really this fic is Gen except that Mae Swears Sometimes
- And all this before Maglor returns from his Constitutional
- timeline tag to chapter 5 of steadfast as the hills of stone
- Adolescent Memories
- Finrod is a very Introspective Boy
- post-lake fiasco
- pre next crisis
- Caranthir the keeper of memories
- domestic Caranthir
- I mean there are soft moments but also Caranthir is really tired it's been a stressful 24 hours
- also people keep encroaching on his space so he is very grumpy
- the kitchen belongs to HIM but Miles missed the memo
- purposefully
- Amrod is gone but not forgotten never forgotten as long as Caranthir breathes
- (and Amras ofc but that goes without saying)
- Caranthir isn't very good at saying thank you but he's Feanorian
- it is to be expected
- ft. honey and distrustful Caranthir
- you get to decide if he is right to be distrustful
- title from the poem housekeeping by natasha trethewey
- The Sickroom
- Fingolfin is the best dad
- implied suicidal thoughts
- Tough Love
- David Copperfield references
- Frog makes a Discovery
- Reconciliation and growth happens partially through literature
- Storyteller Maglor
- Everyone is out looking for Aredhel and Celegorm
- Names
- Best Boy Huan
- What Happened to Celegorm
- Non-human POV
- Surprise Character Appearance - Freeform
- Mind the A/N
- title is a quote from The Children of Hurin
- lightly paraphrased
- title from Hanif Abdurraqib
- Escape
- Murdering people while you escape
- that's Celegorm's way
- Set during Within the Hollow Crown chapter 5
- hate that we're returning to THAT
- but - Freeform
- Maedhros is offscreen and not having a good time
- Morgoth is creepy
- Maeglin is a traumatized child
- Mentions of Death
- title from Macbeth
- neglect of a child
- Endangerment of a child
- aftermath of Glaurung losing Aredhel
- Glaurung is a fool
- Anne McCalagon is...not
- Gwindor does not let sleeping dragons lie
- Breaking news
- Discussions of slavery
- Maglor is...typical
- the return
- that's how the feanorians always are
- Celegorm and Maedhros have a complicated relationship
- I choose to see this as a fic with a bit of fluff
- Celegorm patches Huan up because Huan has more rights than most people
- Aftermath of Rescue
- runs concurrent with most recent Aredhel chapter
- Maeglin in Mithrim
- Birthday Fluff
- Sibling Love
- When the Finweans arent being dysfunctional
- they do manage to have a very good time
- Dinner Party
- Birthday Party
- Chopin Slander
- Victorian boys being Victorian boys
- Foreshadowing? It’s more likely than you think
- Surreal
- set in the middle of chap 9 of steadfast as the hills of stone
- Maeglin is a trauma child
- Turgon is a brick
- Fingolfin is a dad
- so: everyone in their usual roles
- Kissing
- Stargazing
- Romance! Fluff! the works
- Wachiwi knows how to set up a date
- set after Fingon and Mae make up in Steadfast as the Hills of Stone chapter 9
- two-part fic
- Part 1 is Formenos Era Part 2 is Current Timeline
- Celegorm takes an interest in the care & keeping of Mae
- Celegorm has good instincts (but doesn't listen to them)
- Leaving Formenos
- Coats
- Domestic Disputes
- Turgon POV again at long last
- turgon is still not fond of Feanorians
- A little bit of flashback for you
- as a treat
- and a little bit of foreshadow for you
- not as a treat
- Title of course from Emily Dickinson
- tho she has not written this poem yet in the au timeline
- it’s fine
- Teatime with two sad dads
- Doegred
- Healing is finally happening
- Soft Epilogue etc
- Tags to be added
- The Haladin visit Mithrim
- Beren bonds with Huan
- title shared by a poem by Thomas Nashe
- Gothmog pulls one over on Morgoth
- Morgoth immediately changes tactics
- Storms Are Brewing
- Chapter 2 is set concurrent with Chapters 8 and 9 of Within the Hollow Crown
- Grudges
- Maturity
- Galadriel doesn't forgive easily
- But that's a burden in itself
- Slow Burn
- Silas is Celeborn
- Haleth visits Mithrim
- Caranthir has chickens
- don't worry we will have insight into more of her Official Reports
- title from Robert Francis
- meanwhile in doriath
- Romance
- because of course there is its luthien
- breakfast at doriath
- Dubious poetry
- luthien grows tired of keeping secrets
- best friends?
- haleth and luthien?
- it’s more likely than you think
- Disclaimer i grew up calling it jook but congee is more universal so thems the word choice
- turkey jook is my fave comfort food and i like to think luthien enjoys it too
- Warning for more daeron be creeping moments but like
- very vague ones
- After the big council
- Huan sweeps in to try to keep the peace among the Feanorians
- who are not notably peaceful
- Curufin in particular is a little bih
- Musician!Maglor
- Maglor is growing and maturing more than some people give him credit for
- the lake - Freeform
- Lobbying basically
- in that Finarfin is trying to make waves about Morgoth's wrongdoing
- and nothing is coming of it...yet
- title is a quote from the declaration of independence
- art as therapy
- Art as Marital Conflict
- Art As Flirting
- y'know
- the range
- Maedhros' self-esteem issues
- Esther Landau welcome back
- Mapmaker Estrela is a badass
- Physical Disability
- Maeglin's early life
- dysfunctional found family
- Maeglin is raised by prostitutes
- references are made to their work but everything is implied/offscreen nothing is explicit
- Maeglin is a lonely boy who deserves better
- the women love him more or less but they have their own troubles to navigate
- Maeglin dearly wishes for his mother's affection
- chapter titles from poetry by e.e. cummings
- Dysfunctional Brothers
- Dysfunctional . . . Humans?
- Curufin Tries To Be A Relationship Counselor
- Except the Relationship is Between Celegorm and Huan
- Mae’s 25th Birthday
- I didn’t tag it as a Warning bc it is not evident in this fic
- But heads up that the sexual relationship Curufin thinks about briefly was technically Underage
- As he is seventeen
- Gunsmithing
- Squirrel Death (offscreen)
- title from a poem by mukoma wa ngugi
- Post-Haleth's visit to Mithrim
- Thingol POV
- Thingol is a wily old fox
- but also a drama queen and that's his downfall
- Reference to Mairon’s Stint at Doriath
- Yes way back
- mablung hi
- thingol is worried
- maedhros is plotting
- haleth just wants to throat punch anyone who threatens anyone she loves
- the great time jump of summer 1853 beginneth
- Journals
- Alternate History
- Second Sight - Freeform
- THE RETURN OF MAEDHROS POV
- Cultural Differences
- Wintertime
- Background Maedhros/Esther
- lowkey anxiety
- Aesthetics Overload
- Snow
- Title from a Passenger Song
- for context this is set in December 1848
- Maedhros and Feanor are about to fight about Maedhros' future prospects
- Indigenous Character
- Beren's tribe originated in the Pacific NW
- In part thanks to Thingol...oh no
- two vignettes
- Christmas Angst
- Maedhros POV
- Big Brothers
- Child Death
- title from tenebris interlucentem by James Elroy Flecker
- Formenos Flashback
- uhhh some of it's cute at least?
- Two timelines
- Winter and Spring
- title is the Sunday in Advent when I started writing this
- Third Wheels
- (sort of)
- Sort of? - Freeform
- he's trying
- Maedhros is Gone Again
- Celegorm Copes
- Pharmakos Adjacent
- rated T just bc Celegorm language like always
- the gift of horses (attempted)
- set during the healing year
- Maedhros feels guilty
- as usual
- Indulgent character descriptions because a reader asked
- I wrote this as a subtle Valentine's Day piece
- Estrela is wise and Maedhros knows it
- business as usual
- Post-Christmas aka the disastrous dinner
- Manwe is...grievously oblivious and kinda smug
- an enabler!!
- Morgoth Apologetics
- Threats of Rape/Non-Con
- Decided to fit in a little extra of the Sticks-Russandol friendship as it began
- Sticks POV
- first chapter is set concurrent with Chapter 11-12 of wthc
- Thralls of Angband
- companion piece to Mythopoeia's recently completed Sticks Fic
- Frog has FOMO
- cuteness
- Told across three timelines
- Finwe's death
- concurrent with earlier chapters of Pharmakos in part
- and also set in the City
- and also...in Angband
- title from a poem by Robert Pack
- Finwe's death is still an important event even though it feels so long ago
- Back at the ranch...
- Adventures
- Side Quests
- Uh...usual warnings for Curufin's victim-blamey mind
- mild violence
- Feanorian Shenanigans
- title from the Lost Pilot by James Tate
- Love Stories
- young Beren
- Beren in Doriath
- pardon me I'm going to complain here that there was no Beren & Barahir tag?
- not the first offense against Tolkien that has been committed this weekend
- but it's okay because now there is a tag
- rest in peace jirt and thanks for everything
- Finwe can see so much except...what's staring him right in the face
- Everyone is compensating for everyone else
- Fingon deserves better
- title from a poem by Kenneth Patchen
- a relevant flashback
- post-dueling pistols
- now there's a context we haven't revisited in a while
- Fingon POV
- Dream Sequence
- Prophetic Dreams
- a dream Maedhros is having during the timeline of Pharmakos...let's say TONIGHT
- but like...it's soft
- Fingolfin/Anaire is in development
- Maglor is in utero
- Finwe is already in his liquor
- Feanorian shenanigans already afoot
- Sticks and Amras have the best dynamic
- this is set directly post the most recent chapter of misfortunes
- where Sticks witnessed Maglor and Celegorm fighting
- Back at the Ranch
- aka Mithrim
- almost fluffy?
- Pharmakos update coming soon we swear
- title from the song Little Amens
- title from Richard Siken surprise surprise
- Oldest and Youngest
- this is set in May 1853 so it's about four months pre-Pharmakos
- no no foreshadowing of course not
- Amras tries to help supplement the left-hand dexterity regimen
- Memories of Trauma
- Brief Suicidal Thoughts
- Father Figures
- Profound worry and other Gwindor moods
- set in three timelines
- themes of hope and themes of Doriath...where there's maybe less hope right now
- Title from the Iliad
- Period-Typical Racism
- non-linear timeline
- Loyalty
- a look at what Silas is up to in Doriath during Maedhros' very extremely stressful time
- spoilers Silas is also stressed
- who isn't stressed tbh
- a reminder that Silas is our version of Celeborn
- fun fact in writing this fic I accidentally switched up Sanchez' name
- called him Vasquez for half the thing
- and this is why editing is important and we shouldn't die like mne
- I am so sorry Sanchez
- this fic runs concurrent with sections of Pharmakos
- Tumblr Prompt
- Dysfunctional Parenting
- non-linear timelines - Freeform
- David Copperfield (Dickens Novel)
- Charles Dickens References
- An indulgent journey through the parallels
- set during the Healing Year in Mithrim
- Reading
- almost but not quite a crossover
- I originally tagged this as non-con but that was a mistake! it's a very tame fic
- References to Frankenstein
- (including the title)
- teenage angst
- Underage Drinking
- Generally spooky vibes
- Set just following Beren's recent Pharmakos installment
- and just following Celegorm and Curufin's return to Mithrim generally
- Celegorm and Caranthir are actually uniquely suited to talking to each other
- they should do it more
- Begins the day after Celegorm and Curufin return from their expedition
- Doriath contingent is esconced
- Silas is nervous
- Gwindor is taciturn
- Estrela is...learning things
- new babies
- sibling dynamics
- more character tags to come
- Post-Pharmakos
- Maedhros Has Issues (Tolkien)
- Five Stages of Grief All at the Same Time
- Himring (looming)
- friends to lovers vibes
- Poor Life Choices
- Familial Politics
- High King Fingolfin (looming)
- Bonus Huan POV!
- Farewell for Now
- Back at the ranch (well the vineyard)
- Reunions
- Everyone's Maedhros obsession taking center stage so
- Poor Maedhros (Tolkien)
- title from Anne Carson
- aka what Curufin was doing right before he came crashing in
- at the end of the latest TTYWWTD chapter
- Curufin Has Issues (Tolkien)
- Curufin is a workaholic
- Reunion what reunion
- Mental Health Issues
- Post-Ceili fic
- or as close as this family gets
- Set concurrently with TTYWWTD
- aka our most recent chapter fic
- Amras misses Amrod so much even when he won't acknowledge it
- Amras and Sticks friendship
- Lake Mithrim (Tolkien)
- Frogs
- mentions of past traumas
- Just Add Kittens
- Title is a reference to the Seamus Heaney poem
- Angband (Tolkien)
- Medical Torture
- the return of Father Clement
- the missing two weeks of consciousness between Chapter 6 and 7
- of 'within the hollow crown'
- title translates to 'Blazing Prayer'
- Title and block quotes from Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Crack Treated Seriously
- Ironically this is the closest I will ever come to writing Phantom of the Opera fic
- Maglor's Musical Career
- Maedhros' Poor Life Choices
- Comedy of Errors (not that comedic)
- Set in January 1845
- Morgoth is still technically on house arrest
- the return of Violet Tibbs
- Outsider POVs
- our baby wolf is a legend in the making
- and he is justly most renowned
- the Great Christmas Attack of 52
- Title from the Bastille song 'Shame'
- Set directly after Celegorm leaves in Chapter 10 of TTYWWTD
- heart to heart
- Huan is Therapy
- Amrod's ghost flickering at the edges
- Curufin is in the doghouse at the moment
- so a different pair of brothers get to bond
- Set in 1842
- Right after the long-ago-mentioned episode where Maedhros breaks his arm
- post-Feanor's wild west venture (part one)
- Nerdanel relies on her children as models
- Set in the fall/winter of 1845
- Church Bazaars
- a cameo for Violet Tibbs
- and a touch of Formenos Christmas
- title from a poem by Katie Ford
- set concurrent with Maedhros napping by the lake-side
- Catching up with the other boys
- Family Fluff (comparatively)
- Family Dysfunction (always)
- Caranthir's Kitchen
- Altered Mental States
- Set very early in The Healing Year
- one of the Maedhros POVs we didn't get to see
- Other characters present but hazy
- Arachnophobia
- Set just after 'prophet may you be'
- in 1847
- Maedhros/Esther supplanting Maedhros/Violet
- Family Bonding
- Surprise Cameo
- the first time for a Maedhros flashback I think
- 1840s Fashion
- Victorian Style
- Dandies
- Fingon's Birthday 1847 (so pre-Ceili)
- Inspired by a joke in the authors' groupchat
- Historical References
- Implied/Referenced Consent Issues
- Just a cornucopia of Bad
- Melkor post-Doriath
- more characters to appear
- Kind of a non-linear narrative
- the Dostoyevsky quote is from The Grand Inquisitor
- which a reader once compared to Morgoth so
- Title from Edna St Vincent Millay
- set concurrent with Maedhros' eventful day
- Diplomacy
- fingolfin best dad best leader
- Doriath Contingent in Mithrim
- Title from 'The Breaking of the Fellowship'
- self reflection
- Growth
- Set directly after Fingon and Estrela split to search for Maedhros
- Christmas 1844
- Fingon's Christmas at Formenos
- Victorian Traditions
- Title from the Wexford Carol
- Mostly a happy fic but there are undertones
- midnight mass
- Mae is Dreaming Again
- Here we go next arc
- Dream Theories
- Is it coincidence or is spiritualism real
- Gwindor reflects on his alliances as Himring looms
- title from a poem by M.J. that is actually about a cat
- Motherhood
- The patriarchy??? somehow
- a coda to TTYWWTD
- Fort Mithrim
- Reflection
- Mutual Pining
- Title from a Louise Glück Poem
- Vignette
- Occasionally we delve into the past
- this is a companion fic to the one I just posted about Feanor and Miriel
- Valinor Park
- Implied/Referenced Emotional Abuse
- set fairly early in the city years
- Functional Family (Mostly)
- Change on the horizon
- Mithrim (Tolkien)
- Post-Doriath
- title taken from Joseph Fasano
- or at least very disturbing ones
- Risky behavior generally
- Double Life
- Finwe's A+ Grandparenting
- set in the fall of 1844
- Tuor is loosely adapted so he's called by one of his alternate names
- but surprise! new character adaptation just dropped
- this is chronologically a sequel to Penatralium
- Rated M to be cautious
- a little domestic scene and some (sort of) frank conversation
- August 1853
- AKA Celegorm's birthday month
- Pre-Pharmakos
- Summer 1853
- Flashbacks to Doriath
- Beginning of Himring Arc
- The usual Maedhros cocktail
- Repressed Feelings
- Mithrim Diamond Mine
- linked vignettes
- the vineyard
- first scene is set concurrent with Maglor chapter of "vow"
- Implied/Referenced Neglect
- Complicated Relationships
- Medical Examination
- set following Chapter 2 of 'and our vow remember'
- Himring Rising
- mentions of Doriath
- Engagement
- Sticks has a hard time with goodbyes
- title from a poem by Li-Young Lee
- Prosthesis
- Title from Hamlet
- Gift Giving (Fraught)
- Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault
- Horror
- eldritch vibes
- Title from a Shakespeare Work
- Two timelines: chapter 1 of wthc and present
- Set in summer 1849
- just after the Drawing of Pistols
- Fragile family stability
- Everyone's having such a good time! or else
- the return of the infamous OC Violet Tibbs
- Antisemitism
- Flirting
- this fic is all over the place
- Dinner Parties
- Maedhros the Dandy
- Set the evening prior to Ch 4 of 'and our vow remember'
- fluff and cuteness
- Himring Arc
- Goodbyes are hard
- When in doubt take your pent-up feelings out on Maglor
- (if you're Frog)
- gaelic
- POV Animal
- Set during the scouting expedition Curufin makes note of in Vow
- hitchhiking barn cat makes an appearance
- Himring Arc (Himring not yet appearing)
- Set concurrent with chapter 5 of 'and our vow remember'
- Amras gains a friend
- title from Carl Sagan
- Emotional/Psychological Abuse
- Fingolfin the High King
- Two-Part
- Set after the Feanorians depart Mithrim
Summary
Westward Ho! Instead of moving east, the Feanorians fulfill their Manifest Destiny...and doom. Lots of rushing, very little gold.
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- Maedhros | Maitimo & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Nerdanel
- Fingon | Findekáno & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Fingon | Findekáno
- Finwë & Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Indis
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Finarfin | Arafinwë & Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Finarfin | Arafinwë & Indis
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Maedhros | Maitmo
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Finwë/Indis (Tolkien)
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Finwë
- Fëanor | Curufinwë/Nerdanel
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Sons of Fëanor
- Curufin | Curufinwë & Fëanor | Curufinwë
- Finwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Eärwen/Finarfin | Arafinwë
- Anairë/Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Finarfin | Arafinwë
- Finarfin | Arafinwë & Galadriel | Artanis
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Turgon of Gondolin
- Fingon | Findekáno & Turgon of Gondolin
- Indis & Nerdanel (Tolkien)
- Indis (Tolkien) & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Indis (Tolkien) & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Indis (Tolkien) & Galadriel | Artanis
- Fingon | Findekáno & Finrod Felagund | Findaráto & Maedhros | Maitimo & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Finrod Felagund | Findaráto & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Fingon | Findekáno/Original Female Character(s)
- Maedhros | Maitimo/Original Female Character(s)
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Finarfin | Arafinwë & Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- Finrod Felagund | Findaráto & Galadriel | Artanis
- Fingon | Findekáno & Finrod Felagund | Findaráto & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Sons of Fëanor
- Nerdanel & Sons of Fëanor
- Fingon | Findekáno & Maedhros | Maitimo & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Fingon | Findekáno & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Argon | Arakáno & Fingon | Findekáno
- Fingon | Findekáno & Maedhros | Maitimo & Maglor | Makalaurë & Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Original Male Character(s)
- Finrod Felagund | Findaráto & Maedhros | Maitimo & Maglor | Makalaurë & Fingon | Findekáno
- Aredhel & Celegorm | Turcafinwë
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Fingon | Findekáno & Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Nerdanel
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Finwë
- Maedhros & Maglor (Tolkien)
- Maedhros/Original Female Character(s)
- Indis & Maedhros & Maglor
- Maedhros & Nerdanel (Tolkien)
- Fëanor & Maedhros & Nerdanel (Tolkien)
- Finrod Felagund & Maedhros
- Fingon & Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Fëanor & Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Indis & Maglor (Tolkien)
- Fingolfin & Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Finwë & Maedhros
- Fingon | Findekáno & Finwë
- Maedhros/Original Female Characters
- Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor & Original Characters
- Manwë Súlimo & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Maedhros | Maitimo
- Maglor | Makalaurë
- Fingon | Findekáno
- Fëanor | Curufinwë
- Nerdanel (Tolkien)
- Indis (Tolkien) (mentioned)
- Finwë (Tolkien) (mentioned)
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Finwë (Tolkien)
- Indis (Tolkien)
- Fingon | Findekáno (mentioned)
- Finarfin | Arafinwë
- Galadriel | Artanis
- Turgon of Gondolin
- Curufin | Curufinwë
- Caranthir | Morifinwë
- Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- Anairë (Tolkien)
- Original Female Character(s)
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë
- Ambarussa (Tolkien)
- Aredhel (Tolkien)
- Aegnor | Ambaráto
- Angrod | Angaráto
- Eärwen (Tolkien)
- Sons of Fëanor
- Eöl
- Original Male Character(s)
- Original Characters
- Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Maglor (Tolkien)
- Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Fëanor (Tolkien)
- Finrod Felagund
- Fingon (Tolkien)
- House of Finwë
- Manwë Súlimo
- Elbereth Gilthoniel | Varda Elentári
- Homesickness
- Letters
- Dysfunctional Family
- School
- set eight years prior to 'the present'
- Gold Rush AU
- Lectures
- Bad Influences
- Implied Debauchery of Various Kinds
- Fingolfin is a Protective Dad
- Flashbacks
- I felt like we hadn't had enough desperate Mae so here we go
- title from Bastille
- The year 1849 was...not a great one for Mae
- Father-Son Relationship
- Precursor to the Christmas at Formenos fic I need to write
- Conversation
- Finwe was a good stressed dad with blindspots
- POV First Person
- Poor Maedhros
- Fingolfin is a better dad than most even to sons not his own
- Trust Issues
- catch me calling a coffee pot a samovar
- Finarfin is perceptive but also very pure-hearted
- about two months pre-duelling pistols
- tensions are high
- Eating Disorders
- Food Issues
- because we messed Mae up real bad about everything and now here I am writing THIS fic
- Non-Linear Narrative
- Fingon and Nerdanel are the tag-team he needs always
- along with Maglor's nagging
- Feanor isn't a WILLFULLY bad dad he's just a DUMB dad a lot of the time
- will these issues be relevant later? yes
- Finwe's funeral
- there are obviously lots more characters but these are the four from whose perspective we see it
- Angst
- Wakes & Funerals
- Grief/Mourning
- Also Feanor expects Fingolfin to be on board with his conspiracy theories
- and Fingolfin needs SPACE
- 10 sentence fic
- Character Study
- Indis is Good
- Roman Catholicism
- Angst and Feels
- Mea Culpa more like Mae culpa
- Post-Funeral
- more of Mae's miserable backstory
- Almost Crack
- Humor
- Fingon is a pure innocent boy with zero taste in women (yet)
- Cousins
- Brothers
- happier times
- set approximately 5 mos pre-ceili
- Post-Christmas at Formenos
- which was a very pivotal event to which I shall return
- Bonding
- Memories Good & Bad
- Feanor being a bit of...well you know
- Fingolfin remains the best of all dads
- Backstory
- Irish Dance
- Family Dynamics
- Fingolfin is always suspicious and trusting at the same time
- a series of mismatched chapters chronicling what good have been
- Falling In Love
- Fluff
- in the cityyy
- Finrod plays matchmaker
- Enlightenment-era of sorts
- Judaism
- different POVs
- Angband reprieve
- title from Siken
- Silent Treatment
- Feanor being a sore loser
- All you need to know rn is that Feanor wanted Mae to replace Finwe on city council
- and Mae wouldn't
- Third Finwe Problems
- Chronologically post-Aperitif
- and the letter fic just preceding
- part of Mae's downward spiral of 1849 arc
- Feanor is mostly just clueless...MOSTLY
- Title from a Florence + the Machine Song
- Daddy Issues
- More tags to be added
- Fourth of July
- POV Multiple
- Family Drama
- Angst and Humor
- Vacation
- sometimes I need an Angband break
- set in 1848
- title from John Brehm's 'Fourth of July'
- The great Poison Ivy Reckoning
- murmurs of familial dysfunction brewing
- we're one year out from duelling pistols here
- Tag fic to 4th of July Debacle
- with insight into What Mae Was Doing That Night in NYC
- and Why It Depressed Him
- Maedhros/Esther
- makes its return
- POV Second Person
- title from Nabanita Kanungo's 'Freedom'
- New York City
- Flashback to Mae's 19th birthday when things were Good
- well...mostly good
- Mother-Son Relationship
- all the feels
- Feanor's A+ Parenting
- Maglor's Musical Talents
- Title from William Cullen Bryant
- Hurt/Comfort
- Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
- Sickfic
- Tea
- Maedhros is nursing a wicked hangover but Fingon is an innocent baby who doesn't know that
- Separation Anxiety
- Post-the fic where Nerdanel visits for Mae's birthday
- like right after
- Maglor is a mother hen
- Codependency
- title from Hugo
- Four Oldest Cousins in NYC
- Food
- based in part on authorial groupchats
- an interlude of comedy amid all the pain
- Maglor is really used to having a cook now that he's not roughing it in Formenos
- Diva - Freeform
- Music
- Violins
- Sort of a musical battle but rather soft
- Maglor is a musical genius but FINGON HAS SKILL
- Thanksgiving Dinner
- just...fluff
- Basically
- set as a precursor to That Christmas Fingon Spent at Formenos
- other slight cameos
- Seven Deadly Sins
- schooldays
- city life
- Descent into...the Maedhros dissipation arc
- title from Doctor Faustus
- Fraunces Tavern
- this is relevant to exactly nothing except that I wanted to write about NYC history
- POV Outsider
- Kind Of
- Taverns! Drinking! Dickensian style!
- Everybody being...themselves...and having drink too young
- Adolescent Folly
- for once?? a nice fic
- Victorian Fads
- immediate followup to part 42 aka look who's digging their own grave (that is what they all say)
- basically Maedhros is going through it and Fingon is oblivious but also the best
- BROTP of BROTPs
- Fingon is a medical student
- Maedhros is...a shaken young man
- I'm really tired so efforts at foreshadowing may be more anvilicious than they should be
- in which Celegorm decides to wreak revenge for his cousin's sake
- Eol is a creep and has a terrible mustache
- Aredhel is my role model
- Maedhros is beautiful as always and surprisingly scary when he wants to be
- Family Feels
- Brotp
- Maedhros and Celegorm have a great brotherly dynamic
- this is the great thrashing fic
- Flashback
- Nightmares
- Esther Landau
- she really was in love with him but we can't--have nice things
- 19th Century
- Chess
- The infamous attempt to put Mae on City Council
- makes a reappearance
- Drinking
- Grandparents & Grandchildren
- Finwe is blissfully ignorant of...so much
- Epistolary
- Letters exchanged between a boy and his mom over three years
- Parentification
- just a lil
- title from Dear Theodosia
- you know
- Spying
- Paranoia
- a bit of a...Silm Noir
- set after Finwe's death
- but before Finrod's return
- Feanor copes with grief very badly
- So does Maedhros
- title from William Blake
- some violence
- Implied Sexual Content
- Four Cousins
- Birthday Fluff
- Sibling Love
- When the Finweans arent being dysfunctional
- they do manage to have a very good time
- Dinner Party
- Birthday Party
- Chopin Slander
- Alcohol
- Victorian boys being Victorian boys
- Foreshadowing? It’s more likely than you think
- Unreliable Narrator
- Surreal
- but like...it's soft
- Fingolfin/Anaire is in development
- Maglor is in utero
- Finwe is already in his liquor
- Feanorian shenanigans already afoot
- References to Frankenstein
- (including the title)
- teenage angst
- Underage Drinking
- Generally spooky vibes
- Foreshadowing
- Title and block quotes from Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Crack Treated Seriously
- Ironically this is the closest I will ever come to writing Phantom of the Opera fic
- Maglor's Musical Career
- Maedhros' Poor Life Choices
- Comedy of Errors (not that comedic)
- creepiness
- Set in January 1845
- Morgoth is still technically on house arrest
- the return of Violet Tibbs
- Set in the fall/winter of 1845
- Church Bazaars
- family dysfunction
- a cameo for Violet Tibbs
- and a touch of Formenos Christmas
- 1840s Fashion
- Victorian Style
- Dandies
- Fingon's Birthday 1847 (so pre-Ceili)
- Inspired by a joke in the authors' groupchat
- Vignette
- Occasionally we delve into the past
- this is a companion fic to the one I just posted about Feanor and Miriel
- Valinor Park
- Implied/Referenced Emotional Abuse
- set fairly early in the city years
- Slice of Life
- Prophetic Dreams
- or at least very disturbing ones
- Risky behavior generally
- Double Life
- title from Louise Gluck
- Finwe's A+ Grandparenting
- set in the fall of 1844
- Finwe can see so much except...what's staring him right in the face
- Everyone is compensating for everyone else
- Fingon deserves better
- title from a poem by Kenneth Patchen
- a relevant flashback
- post-dueling pistols
- now there's a context we haven't revisited in a while
- Fingon POV
- the return of the infamous OC Violet Tibbs
- Antisemitism
- Implied/Referenced Abuse
- Flirting
- Dysfunctional Relationships
- this fic is all over the place
- Dinner Parties
- Maedhros the Dandy
Summary
A collection of antics, escapades, and unfortunate moral scrapes resulting from Maedhros and Maglor's move to NYC.
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All That Glitters: Formenos Flashbacks by Mythopoeia, TolkienGirl, Victoryindeath2
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- Graphic Depictions Of Violence
- Mahtan Aulender & Nerdanel
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Mahtan Aulendur
- Fëanor | Curufinwë/Nerdanel
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Nerdanel
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Fingon | Findekáno & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Fingon | Findekáno & Maedhros | Maitimo & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Anairë/Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Sons of Fëanor
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Nerdanel & Sons of Fëanor
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Nerdanel
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Sons of Fëanor
- Maglor | Makalaurë & Sons of Fëanor
- Maglor | Makalaurë & Nerdanel
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Nerdanel
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Ambarussa & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Fingon | Findekáno
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Fëanor | Curufinwë
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Nerdanel
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Curufin | Curufinwë
- Aredhel & Celegorm | Turcafinwë
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Huan
- Fingon | Findekáno & Finrod Felagund | Findaráto & Maedhros | Maitimo & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Amrod & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Maedhros | Maitimo/Original Female Character(s)
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Finwë
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Celegorm | Turcafinwë
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Oromë
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Fingon | Findekáno
- Fingon | Findekáno & Sons of Fëanor
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Sons of Fëanor
- Maedhros & Maglor (Tolkien)
- Fëanor & Maglor (Tolkien)
- Fëanor/Nerdanel (Tolkien)
- Maedhros & Nerdanel (Tolkien)
- Fëanor & Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Maglor & Nerdanel (Tolkien)
- Maedhros & Sons of Fëanor
- Celegorm & Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Maedhros/Original Female Character(s)
- Ambarussa & Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Fëanor & Maedhros
- Finwë & Maedhros
- Fingon & Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Amras & Amrod & Caranthir & Celegorm & Curufin & Maedhros & Maglor (Tolkien)
- Fingon & Finwë (Tolkien)
- Nerdanel (Tolkien)
- Mahtan Aulendur
- Fëanor | Curufinwë
- Maedhros | Maitimo
- Maglor | Makalaurë
- Indis (Tolkien)
- Fingon | Findekáno
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Anairë (Tolkien)
- Original Female Character(s)
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë
- Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor (Mentioned)
- Caranthir | Morifinwë
- Amrod (Tolkien)
- Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Curufin | Curufinwë
- Ambarussa (Tolkien)
- Sons of Fëanor
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Aredhel (Tolkien)
- Huan (Tolkien)
- Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- others - Character
- Turgon
- Argon | Arakáno
- Oromë (Tolkien)
- Amras (Tolkien)
- Finwë (Tolkien) (mentioned)
- Finwë (Tolkien)
- Arien (Tolkien)
- Gwindor (Tolkien)
- Maglor (Tolkien)
- Maedhros (Tolkien)
- House of Finwë Members (Tolkien)
- Fëanor (Tolkien)
- Celegorm (Tolkien) (mentioned)
- Celegorm (Tolkien)
- Fingon (Tolkien)
- House of Fëanor Members (Tolkien)
- Curufin (Tolkien)
- Dysfunctional Family
- Married Life
- Nerdanel Loved Her Dad But married Feanor
- As you do
- backstory to riastrad and the 'cano' inside joke and just
- general atmospheric angst
- Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
- of a sort
- Domestic Fluff
- domestic dysfunction
- Pancakes
- Unreliable Narrator
- this is set after the flashbacks in Chapter 3 of WTHC
- Paranoia
- Flashbacks
- Soft filler fic with no real purpose except to give us some momentary respite
- Fae & Fairies
- Irish Mythology - Freeform
- Family Feels
- Caranthir is a tiny
- they all are
- Happy Birthday Mae!
- (it's April 16th in the AU)
- Fluff
- BABIESS
- Cute little moment that isn't meant to hurt but probably will just bc context
- Flashback
- Growing Up
- Hiking
- Babies
- First Haircuts
- Feelings
- 1838
- he's a responsible ten year old
- Foreshadowing
- First scene is just post-'news breaking'
- and then flashback from there
- but what WAS Feanor doing (what is Feanor EVER doing)
- Morgoth being a creep
- food insecurity
- Maglor keeps a diary
- of angst
- Gold Rush AU
- Set in large part during the weeks between Feanor's departure and Morgoth's visit over a decade past
- Single Parents
- in effect
- Angst
- Abandonment
- hardship
- domestic life
- title from a Cynthia Cruz poem
- Storms
- there was a tornado warning here the other day so
- this is what you get
- also the 1814 DC tornado is a real thing and did indeed kill some british soldiers
- Adolescence
- Character Study
- James Fenimore Cooper
- Formenos
- Interlude
- latent trauma from The Year Feanor Was Away
- Poetry
- Humor
- brotherly shenanigans
- Title from Plutarch
- Coming of Age
- Boys going to the city
- Nerdanel tries to be a good mom but nobody's perfect
- and then there's Feanor
- Poor Maedhros
- Set just before the Formenos Christmas fic that is way back in the series now
- Celegorm misses Maedhros
- Christmas Tree
- Winter
- Family Dynamics
- Celegorm is only 12 here
- title from a poem by Frost
- Christmas
- Christmas Fluff
- YES I SAID FLUFF
- it's Christmas at Formenos friends!
- And the boy is gleefully happy and ONLY SIXTEEN
- This is very random but I wanted to do it for some reason
- the thought of Nerdanel having a famous client and Feanor being jealous is funny to me
- also I get annoyed with Emerson but he had some interesting quotes
- unrelated to anything else happening in the AU right now
- title is quote by Emerson ofc
- Art
- Artist Nerdanel
- Historical Cameos
- Family
- summertime
- Celegorm is going on 15 and just wants puppies (and Mae to be always at home)
- this is set after the Nerdanel-visits-New-York-spring
- and before the Ceili
- title from Whittier's Barefoot Boy
- ...and dysfunction because it's then
- Feanor's A+ Parenting
- Foreshadowing what foreshadowing
- set when Celegorm is an early teen
- Set during the ceili in 1847 and then again right before they leave
- needed more about their friendship
- Puppies
- title from the Hound of Heaven
- Letters
- title from Bastille's 'Anchor'
- Post-Ceili-fic
- but like
- the HAPPY part
- platonic everything - Freeform
- Cousins
- slumber parties
- BUT WHERE??
- POV First Person
- Roman Catholicism
- Nerdanel the Wise
- Just trying to be a good mom to a bunch of very different boys
- Non-Linear Narrative
- Vignettes
- the unfortunate chicken coop incident
- ponds - Freeform
- Swimming
- Summer Aesthetics
- Sneaky Acrostic
- you'll see - Freeform
- boys
- this series is now a year old exactly
- and this is the 200th fic
- Ceilis
- Caranthir being the Mary Bennet of the fam
- Brotherly Love
- Middle Child Angst
- Mae being a bit of a flirt
- Dances
- Feanor is...foolish
- Denial
- the problem is I love Feanor
- and so does everyone else FOR SOME REASON
- Questionable Parenting Decisions
- The last relevant vignette (for now) about Feanor and Mae's Big Fight
- Celegorm struggles with being the oldest at home
- anger issues
- Sibling Rivalry
- farming
- title from 'In the Bleak Mid-Winter'
- Mother's Day
- it was Mother's day last Sunday and it's Nerdanel's birthday next week so
- a little tribute
- Baking
- Mostly...I mean there's a little angst in here
- Boys in the Kitchen
- title from a poem by Florence Randal Livesay
- Mr. Finney's turnip was written by Longfellow when he was 9
- Artist!Nerdanel
- time lapse
- Soft
- Prayer
- Irish Catholic
- They're a mess
- Post-Finwe death
- so...the Christmas four months before the beginning of the AU
- family dysfunction
- Parentification
- Gardens & Gardening
- Set VERY early in the series...right after the current timeline events of fic no. 6
- Maedhros is a good big brother
- the Ambarussa regress whenever their parents fight
- I miss Amrod
- Fights
- Domestic Bliss
- for like a minute - Freeform
- Nerdanel and her BOYS
- Formenos is a farm along the Hudson
- Valinor Park is...an undisclosed New York City neighborhood circa 1850
- Historical Inaccuracy
- proudly displayed
- sleeping habits
- Westward Expansion
- not using the diacritical marks but AM using some mother names
- as I see fit
- WHY does everyone want to be written in First Person
- it's a sign of the times
- The Last Goodbye
- of sorts
- Male Friendship
- Set to Mozart's Lullaby
- Light Angst
- You know there's always going to be some light angst
- Boys need their mom in case you'd forgotten
- Attachments
- Anxiety
- Abstract
- Nerdanel doesn't exactly want to be uprooted
- One Word Prompt Meme
- Art Alphabet
- Love doing this type of Thing
- little insights into the life and art of Nerdanel
- a Sad Queen
- Motherly love
- Title from a Halsey Song
- Soft memories...and not so soft
- this is set shortly after Maedhros takes the babies to climb up the hill
- a fic written long ago
- it's been a while since we had Formenos Babies!
- Baby-sitting
- Homecoming
- Sickfic
- set in the busy spring of 1847
- post-Nerdanel visiting the city
- post-Maedhros & Finrod antics
- pre-Ceili
- title from Shakespeare
- Hurt/Comfort
- head colds
- Backstory
- Pregnancy
- Complicated Marriage
- Dysfunctional Relationships
- Christmas 1850...four months prior to the timeline beginning
- Swearing
- Despite that: sleepover vibes
- Maglor's Melodrama
- set directly after 'what we sow'
- title from a poem by MÓNICA GOMERY
- St. Patrick's Day
- yes sometimes I write fluff
- Storytelling
- Hating on the English
- title taken a bit from the prayer of St. Patrick
- Irish heritage
- two-part fic
- Part 1 is Formenos Era Part 2 is Current Timeline
- Celegorm takes an interest in the care & keeping of Mae
- Celegorm has good instincts (but doesn't listen to them)
- Leaving Formenos
- Mithrim
- Coats
- Domestic Disputes
- Wintertime
- well sort of
- Background Maedhros/Esther
- lowkey anxiety
- Aesthetics Overload
- Hunting
- Snow
- Title from a Passenger Song
- for context this is set in December 1848
- Maedhros and Feanor are about to fight about Maedhros' future prospects
- Post-Ceili fic
- or as close as this family gets
- title from Siken
- Set in 1842
- Right after the long-ago-mentioned episode where Maedhros breaks his arm
- post-Feanor's wild west venture (part one)
- Artists
- Nerdanel relies on her children as models
- title from Louise Gluck
- Mother-Son Relationship
- Set just after 'prophet may you be'
- in 1847
- Slice of Life
- Prophetic Dreams
- Maedhros/Esther supplanting Maedhros/Violet
- Family Bonding
- Surprise Cameo
- the first time for a Maedhros flashback I think
- Christmas 1844
- Fingon's Christmas at Formenos
- Victorian Traditions
- Title from the Wexford Carol
- Mostly a happy fic but there are undertones
- midnight mass
- Catholicism
- Motherhood
- The patriarchy??? somehow
- Set in summer 1849
- just after the Drawing of Pistols
- Fragile family stability
- Everyone's having such a good time! or else
- Tattoos
- Drinking
Summary
A mostly chronological collection of the good and bad times had at Formenos Farm.
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All That Glitters: Angband by Mythopoeia, TolkienGirl, Victoryindeath2
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- Gen, Other
- Complete Series
31 Oct 2025
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- Graphic Depictions Of Violence
- Major Character Death
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Gothmog (Lord of Balrogs) & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Gothmog (Lord of Balrogs) & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Sauron | Mairon
- Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor & Sauron | Mairon
- Maedhros | Maitimo/Thuringwethil (slight)
- Fingon | Findekáno & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Sons of Fëanor
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Nerdanel
- Maedhros | Maitmo & Original Characters
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Gwindor
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Manwë Súlimo & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Gothmog & Sauron | Mairon
- Gwindor & Original Female Character
- Haleth of the Haladin & Haldar
- Gwindor & Original Female Character(s)
- Gwindor & Haldar
- Gwindor & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Gothmog (Lord of Balrogs) & Gwindor
- Gwindor & Original Male Character(s)
- Arien & Original Characters
- Arien & Gwindor
- Arien & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Arien & Gothmog (Lord of Balrogs)
- Gothmog (Lord of Balrogs) & Sauron | Mairon
- Maeglin | Lómion & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Finwë & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Gwindor & Gelmir
- Gwindor & Arien
- Gwindor & Haleth of the Haladin
- Amlach & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Amlach & Original Female Character(s)
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Original Female Character(s)
- Arien & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Lúthien Tinúviel & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Rumil & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Amlach
- Arien (Tolkien) & Original Character(s)
- Maedhros & Original Characters
- Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor & Original Characters
- Maeglin & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Sauron/Thuringwethil (Tolkien)
- Maedhros/Thuringwethil (Tolkien)
- Maedhros & Sauron (Tolkien)
- Maedhros & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Gothmog (Lord of Balrogs)
- Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Maedhros | Maitimo
- Sauron | Mairon
- Original Characters
- Thuringwethil (Tolkien)
- Gwindor (Tolkien)
- Haldar (Tolkien)
- Maeglin | Lómion
- Arien (Tolkien)
- Amlach (Tolkien)
- Maglor | Makalaurë
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë
- Caranthir | Morifinwë
- Curufin | Curufinwë
- Amras (Tolkien)
- Original Female Character(s)
- Original Male Character(s)
- Haleth of the Haladin
- Haldad (Tolkien)
- Gelmir (Tolkien)
- Gelmir of Nargothrond
- Original Child Character(s)
- Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor (Mentioned)
- Maedhros | Maitimo (mentioned)
- Gwindor
- Arien
- Fingon | Findekáno
- Manwë Súlimo
- OC Murphy
- Ulfang (Tolkien)
- Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Sauron (Tolkien)
- Mae's there too but he isn't conscious :((
- creepiness
- violation of personal space
- insert 'you're not my DADD' vine here
- set pre-chapter 1 of Angband but you'll want to read that first
- Unconsciousness
- Aftermath of Violence
- Torture
- Psychological Torture
- Blood and Gore
- title from Shakespeare
- Body Horror
- this is not a nice fic and it's very violent and it is rated M for a reason
- Goodbye
- Angband
- HE IS THE ABSOLUTE WORST
- Angband Arc
- POV Second Person
- Unreliable Narrator bc the Narrator is the Devil
- Poor Maedhros
- title from Siken
- Pre-Chapter 2 of "within the hollow crown"
- Morgoth is a sore loser
- Post-Chapter 3 of within the hollow crown
- Slight Goriness
- Much Creepiness
- Morgoth is a racist
- surprising no one
- Unreliable Narrator
- Mairon is Deranged but We Knew
- Post-Chapter 4
- Spoils of War
- Grief/Mourning
- Villains Being The Worst
- Divide & Conquer (Mae's clothes)
- Post-Chapter 6 of Angband
- Morgoth is Pissed
- unreliable narrators
- Slavery
- Non-Linear Narrative
- Dialogue Heavy
- Power Play
- Set during Chapter 8 of within the hollow crown
- title from Arabian Nights
- Gold Rush AU
- Rog is short for Balrog here
- not the actual character
- Introspection
- world-building
- LITERALLY
- Villains
- set post-Chapter 9 of WTHC
- Post-Chapter 10 of Within the Hollow Crown
- but a brutally pragmatic one
- Morgoth is a fool
- we knew this
- POV First Person
- POV Outsider
- SORT OF but as we know he's canonical and he's here
- secret meetings
- Allies
- The OFC's name(s) shall be revealed in time
- All my (surviving) OCs in one fic basically
- Frog - Freeform
- Set in between the two fights in chapter 13 of WTHC
- Amorality
- this one's called Larsen and you shouldn't like him
- Gambling
- Fight Club - Freeform
- Post Chapter 13 of WTHC
- Colonialism
- title from Longfellow
- Twins
- set post-Chapter 13 of WTHC
- The Haladin are a fictional Native tribe
- Set post-chapter 14 of WTHC
- Gwindor has Regrets
- Hurt/Comfort
- Aftermath of Torture
- Flashbacks
- Angst
- Male-Female Friendship
- Creepy
- Frog returns
- Brotp
- Suspense
- Assassination Plot(s)
- Gwindor is the besttt
- title from Edna St. Vincent Millay
- post-Chapter 15 of WTHC
- Set post chapter 15 of WTHC
- Friendship
- Estrela worries a lot
- Implied/Referenced Torture
- And yet another character ISN'T an OC
- Unfortunately in Angband Snitches Get Stitches Too
- developing feelings
- Worry
- Set roughly chapter 17/18
- Killing Feanor bought him a boatload of trouble
- Set directly after Chapter 18
- I swear we're almost done
- Goodley is here being the worst for just a minute
- Gwindor is on wood-splitting duty but he makes good use of his time
- Murphy is a fool
- like all of our villain OCs...just the worst
- set mid Chapter 18 of WTHC
- Plotting
- we have a Maeglin Mystery
- Angsty darkside boy
- spoilers through chapter 19 of Angband
- but primarily set at the end of chapter 17
- Rage
- I mean HAHA he's mad but also...that portends bad things
- Being Thwarted By Recalcitrant Redheads
- Graphic Description of Corpses
- gloating
- Set directly after chapter 19 of WTHC
- POV Third Person
- there's something of a POV crisis here
- Peril
- Gwindor...rescuing? Belle? or is it too late
- set after/during Chapter 19 of WTHC
- title from a Vachel Lindsay poem
- Collision of WORLDS in a way
- Gwindor's POV of...events
- Rescue Missions
- scenery
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
- Haleth has saved the day FOR SOME PEOPLE
- but...as usual what about Mae
- set during and after Chapter 20 WTHC
- Gothmog is done af and peacing out
- and who could blame him? i mean all of us he's the worst
- Villainy
- warfare
- General Bitchery
- Morgoth is a bad boss
- bad bad bad
- Child Death/Violence mentioned
- outsider pov
- Blood and Violence
- Abuse
- Maeglin is....a very troubled child but we been knew
- set during chap 22 of WTHC
- Title from LM Montgomery ironically
- Grief
- Children unable to process Bad Stuff...of which there is always heaps
- Frog POV
- To say that Gwindor is having...the worst day...
- is an understatement
- Post-Chapter 21 of WTHC
- title from a poem by Claire Schwartz
- Sticks (OC) - Freeform
- Now we have Sticks' POV
- mentions of Belle/Estrela/Arien
- Title from a Florence + the Machine Song
- Implied/Referenced Sexual Harassment
- Yes Belle is AU Arien in case u missed that earlier
- All the usual Angband tags
- you know
- Pining
- Sort Of
- meanwhile: belle edition
- Angband Found Family
- Why did we make that a thing
- Starvation
- these tags are a mess
- happy new year
- Tag to Ch18 of WTIC
- Companion Fic to WTHC
- Mostly hurt
- Eye Trauma
- Making of a Found Family
- Morgoth being the Worst as Usual
- but now in Flashback!
- Bc again Bauglir is the Worst
- Backstory
- Surprise Estrela is Canon After All
- Character Death
- Blood and Injury
- Blood Loss
- Shock
- Trauma
- Hallucinations
- Nightmares
- Food Issues
- Eating Disorders
- Missing scene for within the hollow crown
- between ch 5 and 6
- this is not a nice fic
- 1800s AU
- Not that the Victorian context matters much here
- but there you go
- Violence
- Non-Consensual Touching
- Eating Disorder Trauma
- Character Study
- gross gross gross
- Creep Factor is at 1000
- Read at Your Own Risk
- Opium
- The premise is: Morgoth is disappointed that Angband Arc is over and gets super high
- Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
- Racism
- I'm Done Tagging Now
- title from Hugo
- Epistolary
- And thus ends the Angband Arc
- Melkor lies
- A lot - Freeform
- luckily for him manwe is dumb
- Morgoth shares his special interests with his most special interest
- some horror but mostly just sadness
- missing scene for within the hollow crown between ch 5 and 6
- set about a week after the fic the unquiet grave
- can the villains please stop touching Maedhros I cry as I post this fic
- Maedhros loves his family very much
- Morgoth loves science
- Maedhros does not love the things Morgoth loves
- Morgoth is both highly intelligent and incredibly dumb
- i said what i said
- Morgoth is the worst
- so is Murphy he needs to die
- it's been a week since Morgoth and Mairon attended a feverish bleeding Mae
- his flesh is healing but his soul? not so much
- another canon character makes a surprise appearance
- not gonna tag anything else don't be mad
- the good gollumy Frog returns
- with Sticks in tow
- and sad best boy Maedhros
- yes he's still sad he's always sad you must have noticed
- loyalty has to begin somewhere folks
- and what is loyalty if not a facet of love
- there is some implied nastiness in this fic but it's not at the forefront
- Frog is a brave little bby
- I had to reread chapters of within the hollow crown for this do you know how painful that was
- Threats of Rape/Non-Con
- Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
- Decided to fit in a little extra of the Sticks-Russandol friendship as it began
- Sticks POV
- first chapter is set concurrent with Chapter 11-12 of wthc
- Thralls of Angband
- Angband (Tolkien)
- Medical Torture
- the return of Father Clement
- the missing two weeks of consciousness between Chapter 6 and 7
- of 'within the hollow crown'
- Foreshadowing
- title translates to 'Blazing Prayer'
- Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault
- Horror
- eldritch vibes
- Thangorodrim
- Dysfunctional Relationships
- Title from a Shakespeare Work
- POV Multiple
- Two timelines: chapter 1 of wthc and present
Summary
Maedhros in Angband, from the perspective of himself and others.
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All That Glitters: Chronological Multi-Chaps by Mythopoeia, TolkienGirl, Victoryindeath2
Fandom The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
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- F/M, Gen
- Series in Progress
17 Mar 2026
- Graphic Depictions Of Violence
- Major Character Death
- Underage Sex
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- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Sons of Fëanor
- Fëanor | Curufinwë/Nerdanel
- Nerdanel & Sons of Fëanor
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Curufin | Curufinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Sons of Fëanor
- Amras & Amrod (Tolkien)
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Fingon | Findekáno & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Ambarussa & Caranthir | Morifinwë
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Fëanor | Curufinwë
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Huan
- Curufin | Curufinwë & Fëanor | Curufinwë
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Rúmil of Tirion
- Amrod & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Amras & Fëanor | Curufinwë
- Amras & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Amras & Caranthir | Morifinwë
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Curufin | Curufinwë
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Fëanor | Curufinwë
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Original Female Character(s)
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Original Male Character(s)
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Sauron | Mairon
- Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor & Sauron | Mairon
- Maedhros | Maitimo/Thuringwethil (slight)
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Sons of Fëanor
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Nerdanel
- Maedhros | Maitmo & Original Characters
- Gothmog (Lord of Balrogs) & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Gothmog (Lord of Balrogs) & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Gwindor
- Curufin | Curufinwë & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Curufin | Curufinwë
- Gwindor & Original Female Character(s)
- Gwindor & Haldar
- Gwindor & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Gwindor & Haleth of the Haladin
- Gwindor & Gelmir
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Fingon | Findekáno
- Fingon | Findekáno & Turgon of Gondolin
- Aredhel & Fingon | Findekáno
- Fingon | Findekáno & Sons of Fëanor
- Fingon | Findekáno & Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- Fingon | Findekáno & Gwindor
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Fingon | Findekáno & Fingon's Wife
- Fingon | Findekáno & Gandalf | Mithrandir
- Aredhel & Turgon of Gondolin
- Finrod Felagund | Findaráto & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- Arien & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Aredhel & Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Curufin | Curufinwë
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Original Characters
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Sons of Fëanor
- Beren Erchamion/Lúthien Tinúviel
- Daeron & Lúthien Tinúviel
- Elu Thingol | Elwë Singollo/Melian
- Elu Thingol | Elwë Singollo & Lúthien Tinúviel
- Lúthien Tinúviel & Melian
- Haleth of the Haladin & Lúthien Tinúviel
- Lúthien Tinúviel & Original Character(s)
- Maeglin | Lómion & Original Male Character(s)
- Maeglin | Lómion & Melkor | Morgoth Bauglir
- Maeglin | Lómion & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Original Characters
- Huan & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Huan & Sons of Fëanor
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Celegorm | Turcafinwë
- Arien & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Fingon | Findekáno/Fingon's Wife
- Aredhel & Celegorm | Turcafinwë
- Aredhel & Galadriel | Artanis
- Anairë & Aredhel (Tolkien)
- Aredhel & Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Aredhel & Fingon's Wife
- Aredhel & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Aredhel & Arien
- Aredhel & Curufin | Curufinwë
- Aredhel & Maeglin | Lómion
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Original Character(s)
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Maeglin | Lómion
- Amras & Celegorm | Turcafinwë
- Haleth of the Haladin & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Elu Thingol | Elwë Singollo & Haleth of the Haladin
- Azaghâl & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Arien/Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Fingon & Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Finrod Felagund & Maedhros
- Gwindor & Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Maedhros & Sons of Fëanor
- Maedhros & Maglor (Tolkien)
- Fëanor & Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Celegorm & Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Maedhros & Original Characters
- Fingolfin & Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Amras & Caranthir & Celegorm & Curufin & Fëanor & Maedhros & Maglor (Tolkien)
- Arien/Maedhros | Maitimo
- Arien & Gwindor (Tolkien)
- Arien (Tolkien) & Original Female Character(s)
- Amras & Arien (Tolkien)
- Amlach & Arien
- Aredhel & Arien (Tolkien)
- Maedhros & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor & Original Character(s)
- Lúthien Tinúviel/Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor (one-sided)
- Maedhros | Maitimo
- Fëanor | Curufinwë
- Nerdanel (Tolkien)
- Maglor | Makalaurë
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë
- Caranthir | Morifinwë
- Curufin | Curufinwë
- Ambarussa (Tolkien)
- Gothmog (Lord of Balrogs)
- Finwë (Tolkien) (mentioned)
- Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor (Mentioned)
- Fingon | Findekáno (mentioned)
- Amrod (Tolkien)
- Amras (Tolkien)
- Rúmil of Tirion
- Sons of Fëanor
- Original Female Character(s)
- Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Sauron | Mairon
- Original Characters
- Thuringwethil (Tolkien)
- Gwindor (Tolkien)
- Haldar (Tolkien)
- Maeglin | Lómion
- Arien (Tolkien)
- Amlach (Tolkien)
- Ulfang (Tolkien)
- Gelmir (Tolkien)
- Gelmir of Nargothrond
- Fingon | Findekáno
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Aredhel (Tolkien)
- Turgon of Gondolin
- Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- Beren Erchamion
- Haleth of the Haladin
- Fingon's Wife
- Huan (Tolkien)
- Lúthien Tinúviel
- Elu Thingol | Elwë Singollo
- Daeron (Tolkien)
- Melian (Tolkien)
- Original Male Character(s)
- Ancalagon the Black
- mentions of Olorin
- flashbacks - Character
- cousins - Character
- Azaghâl (Tolkien)
- Glaurung (Tolkien)
- Surprise Friends(?)
- More to come - Character
- Manwë Súlimo
- Narvi (Tolkien)
- Galadriel | Artanis
- Celeborn (Tolkien)
- Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Fingon (Tolkien)
- Finrod Felagund
- Turgon of Gondolin (Tolkien)
- Galadriel (Tolkien)
- Celegorm (Tolkien)
- Curufin (Tolkien)
- Maglor (Tolkien)
- Fingolfin (Tolkien)
- Also other characters perhaps
- Caranthir (Tolkien)
- Historical Character(s)
- Gostir (Tolkien)
- Burning of the Ships at Losgar
- Oath of Fëanor
- Angst
- Leaving Home
- War of 1812 (Referenced)
- I have to put SOME history in here
- Kinslaying
- Alqualondë
- Gold Rush AU
- Dubious Morality
- Westward Ho!
- Gunslinging
- Alliances
- Brotherly Angst
- first kill
- title from Louis L'Amour
- Implied Adult Situations
- Self-Destruction
- Implied/Referenced Sex
- Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
- Catholic Guilt
- Suicidal Thoughts
- California
- Finally
- Christmas Special
- ...but that is only in Chapter 1
- introductions
- Peril
- Feanor being...a lot to handle
- Maedhros being repressed AF
- everyone else being similarly problematic and lovable
- WE'RE HERE WE'RE HERE
- title from Siken
- mining
- character and relationship tags to be added
- I do a lot of valuable work here by establishing that NO ONE HAS BEARDS
- as Tolkien (and I) intended
- also history will be made up COMPLETELY from this point out
- Thank you for understanding
- I would tag someone else but it would be a spoiler
- fairytale references
- mature themes
- Implied Adult Content
- Doom Gloom and a lot of other stuff
- going to keep it lowkey with tags for now
- will add as we go
- It's now May it's been a year since Nerdanel was happy :(((
- Lake Mithrim
- Feanor is out there burning up railroad ties like a crazy bish
- Torture
- Psychological Torture
- Blood and Gore
- title from Shakespeare
- Body Horror
- this is not a nice fic and it's very violent and it is rated M for a reason
- Goodbye
- Angband
- Ghost Concepts
- Loss
- Grief
- Betrayal of Various Kinds
- everyone at Mithrim is Not Having a Good Time
- Brotherly Love
- Maedhros isn't here but he's all most of them can think about
- takes place directly after "dirgemaker"
- Set post-chapter 14 of WTHC
- Gwindor has Regrets
- Hurt/Comfort
- Aftermath of Torture
- Flashbacks
- Male-Female Friendship
- Slavery
- Collision of WORLDS in a way
- Gwindor's POV of...events
- Rescue Missions
- scenery
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
- Haleth has saved the day FOR SOME PEOPLE
- but...as usual what about Mae
- set during and after Chapter 20 WTHC
- Thangorodrim
- POV Alternating
- not alternating between characters alternating between persons
- Fingon is...there's no one better
- Fingon the Valiant
- expect violence and discussions of torture and peril
- expect copious flashbacks to everything that ran before
- Mount Diablo
- Folklore
- Irish Mythology - Freeform
- Irish Language
- what the authors call Healing Arc begins
- High Kings
- Trauma
- Medical Procedures
- Family Drama
- Political Alliances
- Medical Trauma
- Negotiations
- Mithrim
- title from a poem by Barbara Howes
- Implied/Referenced Underage Sex
- Bad Decisions
- Title shared with a poem by Yeats
- Convalescence
- An important development in Maedhros' healing
- Relative peace but a lot of angst
- Family Dynamics
- Doriath
- Coming of Age
- Luthien is interested in the outside world and now it's coming to her
- discussion of Feanorians
- because even when they're not there...they're there
- Secret Relationship
- title from Yeats
- set just post Haleth coming south...so late November early December 1852
- Child Neglect
- Survivor Guilt
- Unreliable Narrator
- Maeglin leaving Angband and going ... To a new bad life
- Goodley the Overseer
- title from BANNERS
- Healing
- Amputation
- Medicine
- title from a poem by Adam Zagajewski
- Oldest Cousins
- this fic moves concurrently with The Cold Heaven
- at least to start
- Caranthir loves all his brothers but Maedhros is his favorite
- I mean who doesn't love Maedhros best? (Curufin don't open your mouth)
- Maedhros is the best big brother
- sometimes Caranthir wants to be like Maedhros and sometimes he doesn't
- gratuitous use of the name Maitimo
- some swearing because Maedhros is drunk and upset...again
- what happened that New Year's Eve
- Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
- Shattered Heroes
- we gave Maedhros an eating disorder and it haunts me
- fic in which Maedhros saves Caranthir several times over
- and Caranthir never knows quite how to return the favor
- Caranthir is a cute 10 year old bby who hates turnips
- Saint Medals
- Caranthir is both harsh and gentle and i love him very much
- Caranthir misses his mom
- Feanor loves his sons but he could be a better dad
- all the boys be hurting
- Caranthir really wants this to be a hurt/comfort fic emphasis on the comfort
- Trauma Survivors Unite
- Injury Recovery
- Estrela is everything that is good
- she even manages to get a little honesty out of Maedhros
- chapter 1 is set post-chapter 6 of someone who no longer is
- Time Skips
- Not yet but they will happen
- Surgery
- Consent Issues
- Past Torture
- Dysfunctional Family
- Maedhros changes post-The Great Lake Rescue of 1852
- Fingon...deals with it
- did u know every word in the entire AU can fit in a coke can
- Other Additional Tags to Be Added
- Female Friendship
- Cousins
- Finally getting outside of mithrim
- Aredhel is the best
- Women Being Awesome
- Doegred
- Healing is finally happening
- Fluff
- Soft Epilogue etc
- Names
- Tags to be added
- Second Sight - Freeform
- Friendship
- THE RETURN OF MAEDHROS POV
- Family
- Politics
- Intrigue
- Cultural Differences
- Brotherly Bonding
- Sort of? - Freeform
- he's trying
- Introspection
- Slice of Life
- Maedhros is Gone Again
- Celegorm Copes
- Pharmakos Adjacent
- title from Emily Dickinson
- rated T just bc Celegorm language like always
- Epistolary
- Reference to Mairon’s Stint at Doriath
- Yes way back
- mablung hi
- thingol is worried
- maedhros is plotting
- haleth just wants to throat punch anyone who threatens anyone she loves
- the great time jump of summer 1853 beginneth
- Journals
- Letters
- Poetry
- Alternate History
- more character tags to come
- Post-Pharmakos
- POV First Person
- Maedhros POV
- Maedhros Has Issues (Tolkien)
- Five Stages of Grief All at the Same Time
- Himring (looming)
- Homecoming
- friends to lovers vibes
- Poor Life Choices
- title from gwendolyn brooks
- Familial Politics
- High King Fingolfin (looming)
- Bonus Huan POV!
- Outsider POVs
- our baby wolf is a legend in the making
- and he is justly most renowned
- the Great Christmas Attack of 52
- Surreal
- Mae is Dreaming Again
- POV Second Person
- Here we go next arc
- Dream Theories
- Is it coincidence or is spiritualism real
- Flashbacks to Doriath
- Beginning of Himring Arc
- Dreams
- Premonitions
- The usual Maedhros cocktail
- Brothers
- Repressed Feelings
- family dysfunction
- Fort Mithrim
- Mithrim Diamond Mine
- Begins the day after Celegorm and Curufin return from their expedition
- Doriath contingent is esconced
- Silas is nervous
- Gwindor is taciturn
- Estrela is...learning things
- discussion of trauma
- Pining
- Racism
- Historical References
- creepiness
- Implied/Referenced Torture
- Implied/Referenced Consent Issues
- Just a cornucopia of Bad
- San Francisco
- Worldbuilding
- Melkor post-Doriath
- more characters to appear
- Kind of a non-linear narrative
- the Dostoyevsky quote is from The Grand Inquisitor
- which a reader once compared to Morgoth so
- Happy Halloween
Summary
The core works, often most closely linked to canon events.
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All That Glitters: Pharmakós by Mythopoeia, TolkienGirl, Victoryindeath2
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- Gen, F/M
- Complete Series
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- Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Graphic Depictions Of Violence
- Gwindor & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Gelmir of Nargothrond & Gwindor
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Gwindor
- Haleth of the Haladin & Lúthien Tinúviel
- Haleth of the Haladin & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Elu Thingol | Elwë Singollo & Haleth of the Haladin
- Azaghâl & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Beren Erchamion & Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- Beren Erchamion/Lúthien Tinúviel
- Amlach & Arien
- Amlach (Tolkien) & Original Character(s)
- Amlach & Beren Erchamion
- Amlach & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Curufin | Curufinwë
- Curufin | Curufinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Curufin | Curufinwë & Sons of Fëanor
- Aredhel & Curufin | Curufinwë
- Curufin | Curufinwë & Maeglin | Lómion
- Amras (Tolkien) & Original Female Character(s)
- Celeborn & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Celeborn & Original Male Character(s)
- Celeborn/Galadriel | Artanis
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Celegorm | Turcafinwë
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Huan
- Arien & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Arien/Maedhros | Maitimo
- Arien & Gwindor (Tolkien)
- Arien (Tolkien) & Original Female Character(s)
- Amras & Arien (Tolkien)
- Aredhel & Arien (Tolkien)
- Maedhros | Maitimo
- Fingon | Findekáno
- Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- Maglor | Makalaurë
- Elu Thingol | Elwë Singollo
- Arien (Tolkien)
- Gwindor (Tolkien)
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë
- Original Characters
- Caranthir | Morifinwë
- Amras (Tolkien)
- Curufin | Curufinwë
- Daeron (Tolkien)
- Surprise Friends(?)
- Gelmir of Nargothrond
- Haleth of the Haladin
- Azaghâl (Tolkien)
- Original Female Character(s)
- Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Manwë Súlimo
- Narvi (Tolkien)
- Galadriel | Artanis
- Celeborn (Tolkien)
- Beren Erchamion
- Amlach (Tolkien)
- others - Character
- Original Male Character(s)
- Caranthir (Tolkien)
- Celegorm (Tolkien)
- Maedhros (Tolkien)
- Fingolfin (Tolkien)
- Aredhel (Tolkien)
- Other Additional Tags to Be Added
- Mithrim
- Doriath
- Alliances
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
- Second Sight - Freeform
- Trauma
- Friendship
- Negotiations
- THE RETURN OF MAEDHROS POV
- Gold Rush AU
- Family
- Politics
- Intrigue
- Cultural Differences
- title from Louise Gluck
- Memories of Trauma
- Implied/Referenced Torture
- Brief Suicidal Thoughts
- Father Figures
- Profound worry and other Gwindor moods
- set in three timelines
- themes of hope and themes of Doriath...where there's maybe less hope right now
- Epistolary
- Reference to Mairon’s Stint at Doriath
- Yes way back
- mablung hi
- thingol is worried
- maedhros is plotting
- haleth just wants to throat punch anyone who threatens anyone she loves
- the great time jump of summer 1853 beginneth
- Journals
- Letters
- Poetry
- Slice of Life
- Alternate History
- Indigenous Character
- Beren's tribe originated in the Pacific NW
- Bonding
- Past Trauma
- In part thanks to Thingol...oh no
- two vignettes
- title from Robert Louis Stevenson
- companion piece to Mythopoeia's recently completed Sticks Fic
- Frog has FOMO
- a day in the life
- cuteness
- Back at the ranch...
- Scheming
- Adventures
- Side Quests
- Uh...usual warnings for Curufin's victim-blamey mind
- mild violence
- Feanorian Shenanigans
- title from the Lost Pilot by James Tate
- Dream Sequence
- Prophetic Dreams
- Disturbing Themes
- a dream Maedhros is having during the timeline of Pharmakos...let's say TONIGHT
- Sticks and Amras have the best dynamic
- this is set directly post the most recent chapter of misfortunes
- where Sticks witnessed Maglor and Celegorm fighting
- Back at the Ranch
- aka Mithrim
- almost fluffy?
- Pharmakos update coming soon we swear
- title from the song Little Amens
- Loyalty
- a look at what Silas is up to in Doriath during Maedhros' very extremely stressful time
- spoilers Silas is also stressed
- who isn't stressed tbh
- a reminder that Silas is our version of Celeborn
- fun fact in writing this fic I accidentally switched up Sanchez' name
- called him Vasquez for half the thing
- and this is why editing is important and we shouldn't die like mne
- I am so sorry Sanchez
- this fic runs concurrent with sections of Pharmakos
- Set just following Beren's recent Pharmakos installment
- and just following Celegorm and Curufin's return to Mithrim generally
- Family Dynamics
- Celegorm and Caranthir are actually uniquely suited to talking to each other
- they should do it more
- title from Richard Siken
- Begins the day after Celegorm and Curufin return from their expedition
- Doriath contingent is esconced
- Silas is nervous
- Gwindor is taciturn
- Estrela is...learning things
- Flashbacks
- discussion of trauma
- Pining
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All That Glitters: The Eastern Front by Mythopoeia, TolkienGirl, Victoryindeath2
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- No Archive Warnings Apply, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Major Character Death
- F/M, Gen
- Series in Progress
12 Apr 2022
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- Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
- Major Character Death
- Fëanor | Curufinwë/Nerdanel
- Nerdanel & Sons of Fëanor
- Indis & Nerdanel (Tolkien)
- Finarfin | Arafinwë & Nerdanel
- Mahtan Aulender & Nerdanel
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Mahtan Aulendur
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Nerdanel
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Finwë/Indis (Tolkien)
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Indis
- Finarfin | Arafinwë & Indis
- Eärwen/Finarfin | Arafinwë
- Finarfin | Arafinwë & Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- Finarfin | Arafinwë & Fingolfin | Nolofinwë
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Finarfin | Arafinwë
- Nerdanel (Tolkien)
- Indis (Tolkien)
- Finarfin | Arafinwë
- Mahtan Aulendur
- Fëanor | Curufinwë
- Maedhros | Maitimo
- Maglor | Makalaurë
- Finwë
- Manwë Súlimo
- Eärwen (Tolkien)
- Elbereth Gilthoniel | Varda Elentári
- Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor (Mentioned)
- Fëanor | Curufinwë (mentioned)
- Maedhros | Maitimo (mentioned)
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë (mentioned)
- Finrod Felagund | Findaráto (mentioned)
- Míriel Þerindë | Míriel Serindë
- Tulkas (Tolkien)
- Eönwë (Tolkien)
- Homecoming
- A terrible one
- Gardens & Gardening
- Language of Flowers
- this is the loneliest Christmas in the world I'm broken
- it's hard to be the ones who were left
- this is sort of a setting for future happenings
- WE are not leaving these characters behind
- Dysfunctional Family
- Married Life
- Nerdanel Loved Her Dad But married Feanor
- As you do
- The East matters too
- Nervous breakdowns
- Grief
- Plotting
- Childhood
- Family
- Grief/Mourning
- Canonical Character Death
- As In Like She Is Already Dead
- It’s Miriel
- Miriel Is The One Who Is Dead
- New York City
- flashbacks!
- We Love Our NYC Flashbacks!
- Theology
- Tiny History Lesson Time
- yay
- Title From Tennyson
- Meanwhile in New York
- The Women Are Forming a Squad
- Writing Indis made me sad about Fingolfin as I knew it Would
- Manwe has a storm coming
- Finwe is also The One Who Is Dead now
- as is Feanor but
- shhhhhhhhhhh
- Poor Nerdanel
- Poor Indis
- whatever shall they do
- The A in AU stands for giving women Agency
- also hi Finarfin now go home and pretend to eat dinner
- so your wife doesn’t realize you were stress eating biscuits
- Christmas Back East
- Manwe delivers the news he received in 'fraternal correspondence'
- he is...not good at it
- Bad News
- Indis is a badass
- the major character death is Feanor's and it already happened
- Awkwardness
- Finarfin coming into his own
- Gold Rush AU
- Foreshadowing
- foresight
- Nerdanel after Manwe brings the news
- Heartbreak
- loss of a spouse
- Indis is best
- Conversations
- Ominous portents I suppose
- what else is new when people are talking Melkor
- set after the disastrous Christmas dinner
- Diary/Journal
- Politics
- Lobbying basically
- in that Finarfin is trying to make waves about Morgoth's wrongdoing
- and nothing is coming of it...yet
- title is a quote from the declaration of independence
- Post-Christmas aka the disastrous dinner
- Manwe is...grievously oblivious and kinda smug
- an enabler!!
- Morgoth Apologetics
Summary
After the skirmish at Ulmo's Bridge, Nerdanel returns to her mother-in-law's house. She finds that many choices still lie before her.
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All That Glitters: Doriath by Mythopoeia, TolkienGirl, Victoryindeath2
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- Series in Progress
10 Sep 2021
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- Graphic Depictions Of Violence
- Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
- Daeron & Lúthien Tinúviel
- Beren Erchamion/Lúthien Tinúviel
- Elu Thingol | Elwë Singollo/Melian
- Elu Thingol | Elwë Singollo & Lúthien Tinúviel
- Elu Thingol | Elwë Singollo & Fëanor | Curufinwë
- Elu Thingol | Elwë Singollo & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Daeron/Lúthien Tinúviel (one-sided)
- Lúthien Tinúviel & Melian
- Haleth of the Haladin & Lúthien Tinúviel
- Haleth of the Haladin & Elu Thingol | Elwë Singollo
- Lúthien Tinúviel & Original Character(s)
- Melian & Original Characters
- Daeron/Lúthien Tinúviel
- Elu Thingol | Elwë Singollo & Haleth of the Haladin
- Haldar & Haleth of the Haladin
- Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Elu Thingol | Elwë Singollo
- Lúthien Tinúviel
- Daeron (Tolkien)
- Melian (Tolkien)
- Annatar (Tolkien)
- Mablung of Doriath
- Beren Erchamion
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë
- Original Male Character(s)
- Haleth of the Haladin
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Original Characters
- Beleg Cúthalion (mentioned)
- Fingon's Wife
- Beren Erchamion (mentioned)
- Haldar (Tolkien) (mentioned)
- Letters
- Morgoth can't sweet-talk EVERYONE
- the whole Doriath storyline may not be developed n this series
- but it exists and will be important
- Morgoth is a creep
- Cattle ranching
- Strong Female Characters
- Pining
- Flashbacks
- plot filler
- Foreshadowing
- Luthien is a good and inquisitive and brave-hearted girl
- and that will only grow
- this is happening at the same time as Angband alas
- POV Outsider
- Post-Chapter 6 of Angband
- Creepy
- Not that anyone here knows!
- Ranching
- Doriath
- Gap Filler
- Mithrim
- Daeron going one way Mairon another
- lovebirds
- teenage love
- Hurt/Comfort
- mahjong
- Multilingual Character
- set after Daeron returns from the north
- with not much news bc he's a drag
- mentions of Haleth
- Unrequited Love
- on Daeron's part bc he's an idiot
- peripheral timeline
- Hair Braiding
- enjoy the Beleg cameo!
- this is a month before Current Timeline
- Helcaraxe arc references
- Haleth is an ally worth having
- mutual respect
- transitions
- Love Letters
- Logistics
- Subterfuge
- the inside of Thingol's house
- Chinese Cuisine
- you know all those things you expect in a Silm fic
- Title from Robert Frost
- Coming of Age
- Luthien is interested in the outside world and now it's coming to her
- discussion of Feanorians
- because even when they're not there...they're there
- Secret Relationship
- title from Yeats
- set just post Haleth coming south...so late November early December 1852
- Chinese History - Freeform
- Immigration & Emigration
- Origin Stories
- Qing dynasty
- California
- Colonialism
- Chance Meetings
- title from Walt Whitman
- the Daeron/Luthien thing is extremely unrequited
- never fear
- Beren has been gone for like five years and Daeron is still afraid of his return
- Daeron sneaks around Doriath like the little bish he is
- someone vibe check him please
- Luthien does not deserve his creepiness
- my file for this fic when writing it was entitled dumb Daeron
- title from a poem by James Wright
- Henrik is the boy whose father Fingon tried to save at Ulmo's Bridge
- Silas is one of the former thralls under the mountain
- Henrik traveled west with Fingolfin and co.
- Silas traveled south with Haleth and the rest of the free people
- just to remind you of who they are
- Daeron is a lil snake
- Thingol is...a diva
- Haleth is a brick
- Grief/Mourning
- Suspicions
- Gold Rush AU
- tag fic to 'trying their wings'
- Fluffy
- Domestic
- Weaving and Looms
- Melian is the best
- Chess Metaphors
- Actual (Chinese) chess
- Father-Daughter Relationship
- Interlude
- Female Friendship
- Sparring
- Tea Parties
- Yes a lot is happening here
- title from Lisa Robertson
- Post-Haleth's visit to Mithrim
- Thingol POV
- Thingol is a wily old fox
- but also a drama queen and that's his downfall
- Politics
Summary
Thingol's domain is, increasingly, an unwilling theater for events of the western war.
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All That Glitters: The Healing Year by Mythopoeia, TolkienGirl, Victoryindeath2
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- Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, No Archive Warnings Apply, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Underage Sex
- Gen, F/M, Other
- Complete Series
21 Aug 2021
- Graphic Depictions Of Violence
- Major Character Death
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
- Underage Sex
- Fingon | Findekáno & Turgon of Gondolin
- Fingon | Findekáno & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Fingon | Findekáno
- Aredhel & Turgon of Gondolin
- Aredhel & Fingon | Findekáno
- Finrod Felagund | Findaráto & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- Arien & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Gwindor & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Galadriel | Artanis & Haleth of the Haladin
- Haleth of the Haladin & Haldar
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Huan
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Huan
- Gwindor & Arien
- Aredhel & Celegorm | Turcafinwë
- Amlach & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Amlach & Beren Erchamion
- Amlach & Original Female Character(s)
- Amlach & Arien
- Gelmir & Gwindor
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Sons of Fëanor
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Anairë/Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Gwindor
- Finrod Felagund | Findaráto & Galadriel | Artanis
- Fingon | Findekáno & Fingon's Wife
- Fingon | Findekáno & Wachiwi
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Curufin | Curufinwë & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Curufin | Curufinwë
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Aredhel & Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Curufin | Curufinwë
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Fingon | Findekáno
- Arien & Fingon | Findekáno
- Arien & Sons of Fëanor
- Original Female Character(s) & Amlach
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Original Female Character(s)
- Beren Erchamion/Lúthien Tinúviel
- Beren Erchamion & Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- Beren Erchamion & Original Character(s)
- Huan & Fingon | Findekáno
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Original Characters
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Sons of Fëanor
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Original Characters
- Huan & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Huan & Sons of Fëanor
- Gwindor & Gelmir
- Amlach & Amras
- Elenwë/Turgon of Gondolin
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Turgon of Gondolin
- Curufin | Curufinwë & Fëanor | Curufinwë
- Curufin | Curufinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Fëanor | Curufinwë & Sons of Fëanor
- Curufin | Curufinwë & Turgon of Gondolin
- Curufin | Curufinwë/Original Female Character(s)
- Arien & Original Female Character(s)
- Arien & Amlach
- Arien & Gwindor
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Sons of Fëanor
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Curufin | Curufinwë
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Fingon | Findekáno & Original Female Character(s)
- Beren Erchamion & Original Female Character(s)
- Amras & Amrod (Tolkien)
- Amras & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Amras & Sons of Fëanor
- Amras (Tolkien) & Original Female Character(s)
- Amras & Arien
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Gwindor
- Gwindor & Gothmog (Lord of Balrogs)
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Gothmog (Lord of Balrogs) & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Aredhel & Galadriel | Artanis
- Arien & Original Character(s)
- Rúmil of Tirion & Original Male Character(s)
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Original Female Character(s)
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Original Character(s)
- Amlach & Original Character(s)
- Arien & Amras
- Arien & Caranthir | Morifinwë
- Aredhel & Curufin | Curufinwë
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Nerdanel
- Anairë & Aredhel (Tolkien)
- Arien & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Aredhel & Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Curufin | Curufinwë/Original Female Characters
- Curufin | Curufinwë & Original Female Characters
- Curufin | Curufinwë & Nerdanel
- Finarfin | Arafinwë & Fingolfin | Nolofinwë
- Honestly basically Gwindor and Mae and Everyone Else
- Gelmir of Nargothrond & Gwindor
- Gothmog (Lord of Balrogs) & Gwindor
- Arien & Gwindor (Tolkien)
- Gwindor & Original Characters
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Sauron | Mairon
- Curufin | Curufinwë/Original Female Character
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Celegorm | Turcafinwë
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Original Female Character(s)
- Amlach (Tolkien) & Original Female Character(s)
- Aredhel & Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- Arien (Tolkien) & Original Character(s)
- Idril Celebrindal & Turgon of Gondolin
- Thuringwethil & Original Female Character(s)
- Arien (Tolkien) & Original Female Character(s)
- Curufin | Curufinwë & Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Beren Erchamion & Celegorm
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Fingon | Findekáno & Gwindor
- Amras & Maglor | Makalaurë
- Fingon | Findekáno & Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- Fingon | Findekáno/Fingon's Wife
- Fingon | Findekáno & Sons of Fëanor
- Aredhel & Fingon's Wife
- Aredhel & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Aredhel & Arien
- Aredhel & Maeglin | Lómion
- Arien & original female characters
- Amlach (Tolkien) & Original Character(s)
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Original Character(s)
- Amras (Tolkien) & Original Character(s)
- Amras & Caranthir | Morifinwë
- Amras & Celegorm | Turcafinwë
- Maeglin | Lómion & Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor
- Maedhros | Maitimo & Maeglin | Lómion
- Maeglin | Lómion & Turgon of Gondolin
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë & Maeglin | Lómion
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë & Sons of Fëanor
- Celeborn & Galadriel | Artanis
- Galadriel & Maedhros | Maitimo
- Finarfin | Arafinwë & Galadriel | Artanis
- Eärwen & Galadriel | Artanis
- POV First Person - Relationship
- Haleth of the Haladin & Lúthien Tinúviel
- Caranthir | Morifinwë & Haleth of the Haladin
- Haleth of the Haladin & Original Character(s)
- Beren Erchamion & Haleth of the Haladin
- Maedhros | Maitimo
- Fingon | Findekáno
- Fingolfin | Ñolofinwë
- Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
- Turgon of Gondolin
- Aredhel (Tolkien)
- Fingon's Wife
- Arien (Tolkien)
- Gwindor (Tolkien)
- Original Characters
- Haleth of the Haladin
- Galadriel | Artanis
- Amras (Tolkien)
- Huan (Tolkien)
- Celegorm | Turcafinwë
- Amlach (Tolkien)
- Beren Erchamion
- Original Character(s) - Character
- Maglor | Makalaurë
- Sons of Fëanor
- Caranthir | Morifinwë
- Curufin | Curufinwë
- House of Fëanor
- House of Fingolfin - Character
- Original Female Character(s)
- mentions of Olorin
- flashbacks - Character
- cousins - Character
- Wachiwi - Character
- Original Character
- Amrod (mentioned)
- Original Female Character(a)
- Others (Mentioned)
- Original Male Character(s)
- Rúmil of Tirion
- Ulfang (Tolkien)
- others - Character
- Maedhros | Maitimo (mentioned)
- Rúmil of Tirion (mentioned)
- Fëanor | Curufinwë (mentioned)
- Nerdanel (Tolkien)
- Gothmog (Lord of Balrogs)
- Gelmir (Tolkien)
- Gelmir of Nargothrond
- Amrod (Tolkien)
- Fingon's Wife (Wachiwi)
- assorted others - Character
- aka Frog and Sticks
- Amras
- aka Estrela
- Azaghâl (Tolkien)
- Glaurung (Tolkien)
- Maeglin | Lómion
- Maeglin | Lómion (mentioned)
- Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor (Mentioned)
- Fëanor | Curufinwë
- Lúthien Tinúviel
- Celeborn (Tolkien)
- Finarfin | Arafinwë
- title from Siken
- what the authors call Healing Arc begins
- High Kings
- Hurt/Comfort
- Aftermath of Torture
- Trauma
- Angst
- Medical Procedures
- Family Drama
- Interlude
- Grief/Mourning
- Opposite Side of Mithrim
- Set during Chapter 2 of where the hero shifts
- title from a poem by Edward Thomas
- Cats
- Yes this is a fic about a cat and Then Some Other Things
- Amras' secret visits to the Babies continues
- Mithrim
- POV Second Person
- Abstract
- title from a poem by Jane Hirshfield
- Huan POV
- POV Nonhuman
- Good Boy Huan
- makes his return in...the healing tent
- Shock
- Weary trauma and over-exhaustion
- Someone let her have a nap pls
- Pining
- Self-Loathing
- Missing Scene
- Where Aredhel actually makes sure nobody gets killed when Celegorm barges into the camp
- Different ways of coping with trauma
- most of them unhealthy
- Aredhel is a brick tho
- Frog is Amlach
- Childhood Trauma
- Beren is the best babysitter
- Luthien chose the right boy
- Healing Arc is here!
- THE GREAT REUNION
- but seen through Gwindor's judgmental (conflicted) eyes to keep things interesting
- with flashbacks as always
- Heavy-duty identity crises
- Fevers
- Been wanting to write this for a while
- In the Healing Tent
- title from Keats
- title from a poem by Robin Blaser
- set before the Fingolfin tent fic
- by a few hours
- Dysfunctional Family
- Grief
- Five Stages of Grief
- Except it's five boys
- Curufin is Denial
- Amras is Anger
- Maglor is Barganining
- Caranthir is Depression
- Celegorm thinks he's Acceptance
- Brother-Sister Relationships
- Bonding
- The Arafinweans are very frank and good and solid
- even tho Galadriel has a long way to go with empathy
- set before Gwindor and FIngon leave The Tent
- title from Robin Blaser AGAIN
- Emotional Hurt/Comfort
- Memories
- Honoring the dead and caring for the living
- mature themes
- Past Violence
- Past Torture
- bringing back Violet Tibbs the terrible influence from Mae's past
- Tattoos
- title from a poem by Paul Celan
- Political Alliances
- Medical Trauma
- Negotiations
- title from a poem by Barbara Howes
- Implied/Referenced Underage Sex
- Bad Decisions
- Healing
- Humiliation
- Estrela struggles to feel useful
- She is in fact indispensable
- Sticks and Frog in Mithrim
- Trauma Children
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
- Visiting the Sickbed
- Foreshadowing
- title from the song Ghosts by BANNERS
- title from a poem by Rachel McKibbens
- Almost an outsider POV...of both Beren and Mithrim
- the bestest boy is keeping watch over the other bestest boy
- and trying to mediate squabbles in dog language
- set directly post the recent Sticks and Frog fic
- title from a poem by James Tate
- Title shared with a poem by Yeats
- Convalescence
- An important development in Maedhros' healing
- Relative peace but a lot of angst
- Family Dynamics
- Alliances
- Amputation
- Medicine
- title from a poem by Adam Zagajewski
- Oldest Cousins
- this fic moves concurrently with The Cold Heaven
- at least to start
- Gold Rush AU
- POV First Person
- Gwindor just wants Maedhros to be ok and
- Maedhros isn't
- Horses
- Soft
- Set directly after Maedhros choosing to have Gwindor stay with him
- Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
- and your dog might be betraying you too!
- Brothers
- also: curufin has been up to no good as we know
- but Celegorm doesn't
- Fluff? almost?? as close as we get
- Pets
- Mithrim Stables
- title from a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Major Character Injury
- Bedside Vigils
- Hair Washing
- As in Maedhros was the one tortured
- but we all know this
- Huan Is A Good Dog
- and Celegorm Stays a Problematic Boy
- Making Up Quarrels - Almost
- Celegorm swears a lot
- We also all know this
- Celegorm and Fingon do a Group Project
- Pre-Mae Waking Up
- You Didn’t Think We Were NOT Going To Write The Hair Washing Scene Did You
- anger issues
- but like...reasonable anger Turgon has many sound reasons for being upset
- Conversations
- Plots and Plans
- Fingolfin is a good dad
- title from a poem by Robert Hayden
- Unreliable Narrator
- Dubious Morality
- Not quite a non-linear narrative
- but a very self-focused narrative
- Logistics
- metalwork
- title shared with a Plath poem
- Ambiguous Relationships
- title from e.e. cummings
- set on the second day of Maedhros' waking
- but we're getting past that timeline
- Bigotry & Prejudice
- AKA what is everyone up to in these early days
- Caranthir is trying to be helpful
- and also is fed up with Curufin which is a valid way to be
- Grief and Loss and All That
- Discussion of Death
- title from a poem by Jane Huffman
- I mean technically Wachiwi has an arguably canon place and I'm sure you know what it is but
- spirituality
- The First Week concurrent with 'The Cold Heaven'
- title from a poem by Wallace Stevens
- Hasty Pudding callback
- Mithrim cats
- Vaguely referenced Sioux beliefs
- a conversation
- Aredhel choosing not to make friends
- for good reason
- Timestamp: the end of Mae’s first week back
- Fear
- Imaginary Friends
- title from Walt Whitman
- Set directly post Chap 4 of The Cold Heaven
- Celegorm and Gwindor speak the same language
- so this was a joy to write
- discussion of trauma
- Violence ahead
- and slurs
- Processing Trauma but pretending you're not
- title from a poem by Ethan Canin
- Galadriel thinks she's above it all
- much like Haleth
- (they're not)
- this is set about a week after Maedhros wakes up
- because the timeline needs to move sometime
- Disordered Eating
- Disfigurement
- Celegorm is Trying
- Fingon is also Trying
- Maedhros would like to stop Trying
- Title from a Sleeping At Last Song
- Beren is smart and not preoccupied with Mae issues
- that puts him ahead of other people on the strategy front
- morning conversations
- POV Outsider
- Another vantage point
- we've briefly introduced Miles Red Cloud the healer before
- Mithrim is a safehaven but for how much longer
- Native American Character(s)
- Medicinal Herbs
- Odd Couple Friendships
- except not because they're perfectly matched
- set directly after chapter 4 of someone who no longer is
- Celegorm has a soft side but it's hard to find
- Hunting
- Dialogue Heavy
- Post-Chapter 4 of someone who no longer is
- Celegorm is angsty
- and deserves better
- but also makes things worse
- title from a poem by William E. Stafford
- Frog POV
- Frog creeping around and overhearing lots of different threads of conversation
- slice of life?
- Kind Of
- set after Finrod and Beren go out scouting
- Conversations among friends
- Maedhros isn't here but his presence is felt
- Sewing
- whittling
- title from a poem by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson
- Mentions of Frog and Sticks being cute with Jib's kittens
- so you know
- Fluff
- bad everything
- Implied Sexual Content
- Non-Explicit Sex
- Curufin Has Daddy Issues
- glad to see that's just... a tag that exists
- mental deterioration
- Scheming
- title shared by a poem by Carl Phillips
- Fingon the Valiant
- The Great Wall of Turgon
- Parenting
- Fingolfin is a gem of a dad but he doesn't know it
- because Feanor formed his core beliefs in childhood
- Fingon comes to a decision
- set during chapter 5 of someone who no longer is
- Emotional Baggage
- Medical Care
- Caranthir trying to do everything he can to help
- still gets blind-sided from time to time
- Title from a poem by Sandra Simonds
- Maedhros is awake at last and Caranthir holds his own sort of vigil
- is it a gold rush au fic if there is no angst
- Caranthir has a sentimental soul and I love him very much
- Caranthir as always loves Mae very much
- holding on by a prayer
- sickbed visitation
- Family Feels
- Angst and Feels
- Catholicism
- title from the hymn Stabat Mater
- Friendship
- Cousins
- Hunters & Hunting
- Deer Hunting
- Past Trauma
- set post-chapter 5 of someone who no longer is
- title from Robert Louis Stevenson
- Trauma Survivors Unite
- Injury Recovery
- Estrela is everything that is good
- she even manages to get a little honesty out of Maedhros
- chapter 1 is set post-chapter 6 of someone who no longer is
- title from a poem by Jean Valentine
- Tabitha & Miles & Wachiwi are a good squad
- Wachiwi is charming
- Memories of Jem...RIP Jem
- Gardens & Gardening
- Past Character Death
- Father and daughter
- Fingolfin is stressed about Fingon's tell-all plan
- Aredhel is solid as a rock
- Sticks and Frog come to visit
- Gossip
- Sticks has many opinions but is trying to develop occasional tact
- Frog is a darling
- Maedhros is...a complicated mess
- Sickrooms
- Implied/Referenced Torture
- Implied/Referenced Abuse
- Celegorm is doing his best to speak to Maedhros in their shared language
- but it's not the same as it was
- nothing is
- Brotherly Love
- Nonverbal Communication
- title from a poem by Ai
- Internalized Misogyny
- Nora is up to no good
- Survival
- Old West
- Flashbacks
- POV Alternating
- Mollie - Freeform
- Mollie deserves better
- Curufin/Nora references
- Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
- None happens in the fic to be clear
- Conversations at the Wall
- Build-a-Gondolin
- Fingolfin worrying about Fingon
- Fingolfin worrying about Maedhros
- Fingolfin worrying about Finrod
- you get the gist
- healing arc
- medical things
- Post-Amputation Misery
- Gwindor Has His First Cup of Coffee in Seven Years
- So That’s One Good Thing
- Reverse Chronology
- best brotp
- everyone is trying
- No One Is Having a Great Time
- Dreams
- Lots of Stress About Keeping Continuity
- Medical Conditions
- in the aftermath of Fingon's Reveal
- aka chapter 7 of 'someone who no longer is'
- Fingolfin works to keep the peace
- and carry all burdens
- Maedhros has a neverending list of health problems
- title from a tumblr poem by j.p.
- title from a poem by Philip Levine
- Aredhel wishes her love was enough to keep them all from violence
- set directly after chapter 7 of 'someone who no longer is'
- Denial
- Surgery
- Blood and Injury
- title from August Strindberg
- Celegorm wants to be good but a fundamental part of him doesn't know how
- Physical Comfort
- No Anesthesia
- or almost none
- set directly after 'the sad refusal to give in'
- title from a poem by Wilfred Owen
- Long One-Shot
- Slavery
- Violence against women
- delving into the history of Gwindor before Maedhros meets him
- Frontier Settlement
- References to some pretty awful stuff
- But also
- Estrela being wonderful
- Maedhros being a gentle brat
- Celegorm's Bench
- Mentions of Formenos
- Post-Amputation
- Bedtime Stories
- Frog creeping around looking for his favorites
- Alexander the Horse
- set directly after the fic 'in low place not in high place' concludes
- the night after Estrela helps Maedhros sleep
- a day in the life
- Snippets
- Doctor Fingon
- Wachiwi
- Friends to...well we'll see won't we
- title form a poem by Richard Wilbur
- Sticks & Frog
- Ghost Twins
- Kittens
- christmas is coming
- One Word Prompts
- Set after everyone knows Fingon cut off The Hand
- but also...a vague timeline
- Missing Moments
- Late Night Conversations
- We haven't seen enough of the boys lately so
- title from Richard Siken
- title from W.H. Auden
- the truth comes out about Curufin and Nora
- and right when he's trying to strategize!
- nora - Freeform
- Dysfunctional Relationships
- Underage Sex - Freeform
- Strong Language
- the Feanorians remain hot messes
- Maedhros has lost track of how his brothers really are
- oh and it's almost Christmas
- POV Multiple
- Christmas
- Christmas Eve
- Mithrim Christmas
- Wachiwi is curious about Maedhros
- Maedhros is curious about Wachiwi
- Truces
- Wachiwi has a Crush
- (not on Maedhros)
- Female Friendship
- Baking
- Domestic
- Humor
- Oranges are a precious commodity in Mithrim as it turns out
- Tabitha Phillips
- Haircuts
- Processing Trauma
- Self-Esteem Issues
- Trauma Buddies
- unrequited something
- Nightmares
- Family
- From chapter 5 of imagine a room a sudden glow
- Childhood Memories
- Mostly about Fingon
- Because Fingolfin and Mae Both Love Their Boy
- Timeline: shortly before Christmas
- Amputation Trauma
- also
- Fingolfin Being a Best Dad
- this is a tribute to a scene in MWT's Return of the Thief
- Frog is a Baby
- a somewhat ill-adjusted baby
- Bathing/Washing
- Christmas Dinner
- Fluff? Did I write fluff?
- Fishing
- Wilderness
- because they're gathering things to trade for PRESENTS
- Celegorm comes...bearing gifts?
- yes he does
- Weapons
- Waiting
- Peril
- outside the battle rages
- inside we have feelings
- this fic honors Election Week for all the American fans
- it's been long as hell
- Fingon left Mae and Mae is not happy about it
- Premonitions
- Battle of Mithrim
- Introspection...which is rare for Celegorm
- Weapons & Weaponry
- pay attention! guns are important
- set during chapter 12 of swnli
- Mithrim Politics
- callbacks to that one time Maglor killed Ulfang
- As you do
- Guilt
- Turgon can't stand the Maedhros-coddling and the Christmas-feasting
- letter-writing
- Sort Of
- Mithrim's storeroom has seen a lot I'm afraid
- outsider pov
- of sorts
- Mollie is fortunately not sleeping in the stables now!
- title from Sylvia Plath
- implied/referenced suicidal ideation
- Curufin and Celegorm go to the stables
- Maglor has been faithfully guarding Maedhros' horse
- Tension
- (Almost) A Bottle Episode
- Flashback
- Our fave found family is not doing their best rn
- but they are trying their best
- and mae is just rly worried about Fingon
- Mithrim Christmas FIGHT
- During the skirmish
- After the skirmish
- Gwindor deserves only best things
- Mae also has Pre-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Life is hard
- merry christmas?
- it is Christmas once again
- more or less smol children dealing with grief and misunderstandings
- this is Amras' first Christmas without his twin
- Sticks is tetchy and dear and done with several people
- First Christmas
- sort of because Sticks does not really remember a good Christmas
- kittens are important
- flashbacks to Formenos days
- love mingled with grief
- Again
- Everyone Needs A Hug
- Everyone Needs Therapy
- Maps
- Daddy Issues
- Estrela is trying to help as best she can
- the past is never far
- Ghost!Feanor
- not really it's just in Curufin's head
- Curufin visits the Mithrim Mine to talk about Maedhros' "betrayal"
- the Feanorians are...not doing well. Again
- Immediately post-Maglor reveal
- Unexpected Friends!
- or well
- could-be friends
- sigh
- Anger
- Anger Management
- fieldtrip!
- basically every AU fic is PTSD tagged at this point
- Overnight expedition
- Post Chap 14 of 'with someone who no longer is'
- Aftermath of a fight
- Maedhros is not coping well
- Maglor is not coping well
- Fingolfin is just trying to find out what happened
- Set directly after Maglor jumps in the lake
- Gwindor is very done
- Title from Mary Oliver
- Suicide Attempt
- Hypothermia
- Medical Consent Issues
- There was only one bed - platonic
- The Great Lake Rescue of 1852
- Peripheral concerns
- Post suicide attempt
- Codependency
- Platonic Cuddling
- Maedhros and Maglor need each other eternally
- Amras is a good egg
- so is Mollie
- both trying to understand their place in the world
- and how forgiveness works
- After the Lake
- title from a poem by Mary Oliver
- Aftermath of Violence
- Finrod Wearing A Hat
- Survivor Guilt
- Beren rly misses luthien and is growing a lil restless
- even while he’s very loyal to his bestie Finrod
- this definitely won’t go wrong in any way
- And Estrela who has Neither
- more tags to be added later
- Watching Someone Sleep
- Literal Sleeping Together
- Fingon is Very Stressed
- M&M are Very Cute
- did u know every word in the entire AU can fit in a coke can
- a star sticker for anyone who catches the reference
- Physical Therapy
- of a sort
- The Geometry of Carrots
- Fencing but Metaphorically
- Misery
- i wrote ch3 and ch4 on my birthday uh
- we all celebrate in our own ways
- Pain
- lots of pain
- This has been a loooong time coming
- we in the home stretch of healing arc now
- good luck to us all
- Christmas Fluff
- but like the Feanorian way so
- Not That Fluff
- Set immediately post my previous AU fic
- aka right after the Christmas battle at Mithrim
- Sibling Bonding
- Sort offf
- they ARE the three ghosts of Christmas
- fingon is both mentioned and slandered
- feanor is also mentioned and slandered
- But he deserves it
- Time Skips
- Not yet but they will happen
- Consent Issues
- Maedhros changes post-The Great Lake Rescue of 1852
- Fingon...deals with it
- Coda to chap 2 of steadfast as the hills of stone
- Surgical implements
- tensions are high
- nobody is fine
- pessimism
- Dark Humor
- title from Audre Lorde
- Other Additional Tags to Be Added
- Coming of Age
- Finally getting outside of mithrim
- Aredhel is the best
- Women Being Awesome
- Gwindor is the best person to talk to Mae right now
- Gwindor is the best regardless
- descriptions of torture
- Past Slavery
- the background of Gwindor's later conversation with Maedhros
- Title is a kind of knot
- Mae and Maglor only know how to be OK by being very Not Ok
- dark themes
- Nobody is being particularly helpful
- Curufin and Celegorm POVs
- Surgical Details
- Is the gen tag wholly appropriate for Estrela's thoughts
- perhaps not
- Apologies
- Identity Crisis
- Children
- Hope despite trauma
- background trauma
- Post-Surgery
- forgiveness and redemption
- except both are very difficult to reckon with in as complicated a family as this
- Galadriel is immature but not wholly wrong
- title from a poem by Anne Stevenson
- Introspection
- Beren nopes out of one situation and into another...story of his life
- Delirium
- Storytelling
- There Was Only One Bed (platonic)
- Brotherly comfort
- Maglor and Mae's Epic Dysfunction
- concurrent with the latest chapter of Steadfast as the Hills of Stone
- time lapse
- Recovery
- best bros
- Mae is a sad brat
- Gwindor is a saint
- The Sickroom
- title from Yeats
- Fingolfin is the best dad
- Poor Maedhros
- implied suicidal thoughts
- Tough Love
- David Copperfield references
- Frog makes a Discovery
- Reconciliation and growth happens partially through literature
- Storyteller Maglor
- Anxiety
- Everyone is out looking for Aredhel and Celegorm
- Origin Stories
- Names
- Gwindor does not let sleeping dragons lie
- Breaking news
- Discussions of slavery
- Maglor is...typical
- the return
- Homecoming
- that's how the feanorians always are
- Celegorm and Maedhros have a complicated relationship
- I choose to see this as a fic with a bit of fluff
- Celegorm patches Huan up because Huan has more rights than most people
- Aftermath of Rescue
- runs concurrent with most recent Aredhel chapter
- Maeglin in Mithrim
- set in the middle of chap 9 of steadfast as the hills of stone
- Maeglin is a trauma child
- Turgon is a brick
- Fingolfin is a dad
- so: everyone in their usual roles
- Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
- Kissing
- Stargazing
- Romance! Fluff! the works
- Wachiwi knows how to set up a date
- set after Fingon and Mae make up in Steadfast as the Hills of Stone chapter 9
- two-part fic
- Part 1 is Formenos Era Part 2 is Current Timeline
- Celegorm takes an interest in the care & keeping of Mae
- Celegorm has good instincts (but doesn't listen to them)
- Leaving Formenos
- Coats
- Domestic Disputes
- Doegred
- Healing is finally happening
- Soft Epilogue etc
- Tags to be added
- mentions of Haleth
- Letters
- The Haladin visit Mithrim
- Beren bonds with Huan
- title shared by a poem by Thomas Nashe
- Grudges
- Maturity
- Galadriel doesn't forgive easily
- But that's a burden in itself
- Slow Burn
- Silas is Celeborn
- Haleth visits Mithrim
- Caranthir has chickens
- don't worry we will have insight into more of her Official Reports
- title from Robert Francis
- After the big council
- Huan sweeps in to try to keep the peace among the Feanorians
- who are not notably peaceful
- Curufin in particular is a little bih
- title from Louise Gluck
- Musician!Maglor
- Maglor is growing and maturing more than some people give him credit for
- the lake - Freeform
Summary
Fingolfin has brought his family west, and Fingon has rescued Maedhros. Now what?
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With Shield and Body by Mythopoeia
Fandom The Hobbit (2012), The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien
- General Audiences, Teen And Up Audiences
- Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
- Gen
- Series in Progress
08 Oct 2013
- Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
- Graphic Depictions Of Violence
- Major Character Death
- Thorin Oakenshield
- Kíli
- Fíli
- Balin
- Dwalin
- Gold
- yes it's a character in my stories
- Dís
- Beorn
- Bilbo Baggins
- Thranduil
- Nori
- Dori
- Ori - Character
- Bifur
- Bofur
- Bombur
- Óin
- Glóin
- Where's Thorin?
- Spiders of Mirkwood
- Lots of Spiders
- Woodelves
- the line of durin - Freeform
- Dysfunctional Family
- poor thorin trying to act like a father
- with questionable success
- Thorin POV
- Dís is mentioned
- because she's wonderful
- foreshadowing like whoa
- Reverse Chronology
- Durin Family
- Battle of Five Armies
- Post Battle of Five Armies
- Canonical Character Death
- Angst
- Lots of Mourning and Sombre Feelings
- Mirkwood
- Protective older brother Fíli
- Awesome younger brother Kíli
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- 7