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Feanor and the Impossible Dream by Anonymous
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
08 Nov 2025
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Why do so many in this fandom have such a fascination with Feanor and his sons? Why do these blatant criminals, warmongers, and thieves reliably draw admiration or even love from readers, clearly contrary to their creator's intent?
Part textual history of the stories of Feanor, his sons, his family, and his angelic enemies as their characters radically changed with Tolkien's increasingly rigid beliefs, part literary analysis, part raging against the gods, part questioning the glories of paradise, this aims to convince the reader that if Feanor the character is a villain, then Feanor the personification of man's rebellion against authority is not, even if Tolkien grew to believe he was. To be drawn to the Feanoreans in spite of Tolkien is to be drawn to Don Quixote in spite of his creator's attempt to bury the character, and with him an ideology.
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26 Nov 2025
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Aurë entuluva by ScribeofArda
Fandom: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
09 Nov 2025
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Maedhros wakes up again, on the first morning of the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
Of course, nobody calls it that. For them, it hasn't happened yet.
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Bookmarked by Purpleshift
14 Jun 2025
Bookmarker's Notes
If I had a nickel for every series involving art-based time travel which features as one of its main characters some guy who ends up as the general of some army at some point, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but is weirdly specific! (The other series I'm thinking of is the 1632 series.)
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Fascist ideology in the Harry Potter Fandom by Anonymous
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
15 Aug 2022
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A discussion of fascist and alt-right ideas in the Harry Potter fandom, and why I find them highly concerning.
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25 May 2025
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A Varda Elentári! by drZer0
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Origins
29 Aug 2025
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Maedhros eldest of the sons of Feanor plunged into a chasm, the Silmaril clutched to his breast. It should have been the end. Whether the Halls of Mandos or the Void were his fate should not have mattered. Instead he was dragged through the space between worlds and landed in Thedas. What will he do? How will he find his feet? Has he learned anything at all? The only way to know is to read.
A Varda Elentári
Á tire me imi ohta
Ar yá illi ná telnë,
Á tulya me mélamar- Language:
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02 Sep 2024
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Normally I prefer reading a quest in its original format because of the extra context like dice rolls and voting discussions ... but I don't have a Spacebattles account so I can't follow it there as easily.
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Lament by grayimperia
Fandoms: Fire Emblem Series, Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses
31 Dec 2019
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Game Over.
You have received an invitation to the goddess’s tea party. Accept?
Or,
After their deaths, Sothis reaches through time to invite each of the three who tried and failed to claim the crown of Fodlan to her tea party.
Bookmarked by Purpleshift
05 Aug 2024