antietam



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    Would it never end? Would there always be one more mother standing on the shore, looking out to sea, full of a grief made more terrible by hope?
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    Elwing and Nerdanel in Valinor in the Fourth Age; a story about children coming home.

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    05 Dec 2023

  2. Rec 20

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    Celebrian married Elrond because 1) her mother thought it was a politically astute move, 2) she was very fond of him and thought they could be mutual support, and 3) love, given time, can grow.

    Written for Kaz for the 2019 Tolkien Secret Santa on Tumblr

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    The voyages of Eärendil the Mariner over the Ages, among the stars, across the seas and beyond the reaches of the world, and those he guarded, those he guided and those who went where he could not follow.

     

    "But on him mighty doom was laid,
    till Moon should fade, an orbéd star
    to pass, and tarry never more
    on Hither Shores where Mortals are.”

     

    ― Song of Eärendil by Bilbo Baggins

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    Before Gandalf, then known as Olorin, heads to Middle-earth, he visits Elwing in her tower.

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    17 Dec 2022

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    When the child Aragorn asks to learn more about the folkloric Tevildo, Prince of Cats, Elrond can’t help him much. But there are other famous cats in the histories of Middle-earth…

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    04 Dec 2022