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Can You Hear the People Sing? by Drag0nst0rm
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
15 Jan 2019
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It's not easy being imperfect in paradise.
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02 Dec 2025
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Crown Prince Zuko discovers his bending when he is five and his sister is three, and she’s the first person he tells, juggling a flame while she admires its beauty. When he shows the rest of his family, his mother’s chopsticks clatter to the table, and when Zuko looks to his father, his eyes are wide with shock.
His grandfather speaks first, the head of the table, and approval runs thick through his tone: “Well, look at that. A true prodigy, wouldn’t you agree, Ozai?”
“Indeed,” he hums.
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(Princess Azula won’t summon her first flame—a guttering, timid thing—until she’s seven.)
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Or, in a world where Zuko is the prodigy and Azula is the one banished, destiny shifts accordingly.
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30 Nov 2025
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Of Dead Fire and Dragon Dreams by ChickadeeChickadoo
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
04 Oct 2020
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Ozai said he'd killed Iroh. So when he shot lightning at Zuko- the lightning came back. Azula's fire broke when she saw Ozai dead- Zuko promised to fix things.
Everyone is confused about where the Fire Nation troopes are going.
Zuko is Fire Lord. Everyone is kind of confused about that too.- Language:
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30 Nov 2025
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When Azula is nine, she becomes an only child. She hears the Fire Lord call for Zuko's life, and in the morning, her mother and brother are gone. Azula may be young, but she isn't naive. She knows what happened to them.
Which makes it all the more surprising when Azula tracks the Avatar down and fights his group of peasant friends, only to find herself staring into an eerily familiar face.
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30 Nov 2025
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Turnabout by True_Believer
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
23 Dec 2022
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Elros’ first instinct, when confronted with the unexpected transformation of his erstwhile guardians into tiny Elflings, was apparently to kidnap them.
Elrond’s first instinct, as it turned out, was to follow his brother’s lead.
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30 Nov 2025
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put your curse in reverse by sunshine_of_my_lifetime
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
06 Oct 2023
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“Every time I see you,” Gil-galad said, not entirely keeping his weariness out of his voice, “I am freshly amazed that you have not yet met with some horrible death.”
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Or, Gil-galad isn't entirely sure why the sons of Eärendil insist on keeping the last two Fëanorions around, but he is sure that it's all going to end in tears. Given that the sons of Eärendil in question don't feel the need to justify themselves to him, it takes a while for understanding to dawn.
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30 Nov 2025
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The Ashes at Thy Feet by WarriorEowyn
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
17 Oct 2024
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Maglor returns to Valinor, and Elrond’s family becomes even more complicated.
The costs and rewards of mercy, repentance, and reconciliation.
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30 Nov 2025
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We're All on the Same Page (of Completely Different Books) by Drag0nst0rm for Athlai
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
21 Jun 2022
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In which Gil-Galad wants at least the pretense of plausible deniability, Elrond wants to find Maglor, and Maglor just wants to avoid any more stairs.
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27 Nov 2025
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Familiar Strangers by SpaceWall
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
08 Sep 2023
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“Nobody will recognize someone half a foot taller than even the average Valinor-born elf, with bright red hair and scars still, even after his rebirth?”
Maglor laughed. “I’m not sure that you’re picturing what I am when I say ‘masquerade’.”
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Four reluctant attendees find unexpected happiness at Valinor’s largest costume party.
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27 Nov 2025
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The Second World by SunflowerSupreme
Fandom: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
11 Nov 2021
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27 Nov 2025
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The House of his Enemies and the Slayers of his Kin by Dorkangel
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
18 Aug 2021
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Himring is probably the coldest place that Maeglin has ever been.
He tries to put away that thought, and not to shiver very visibly as he glances up through his lashes at Maedhros Fëanorion. Terrible and fell, his father had always said were the sons of Fëanor, and Maeglin can believe it. Of course, his mother’s stories had been different. But they had been few and far between.
Above, Maedhros shifts forwards in his high seat with a slight rustling of heavy robes, and Maeglin trembles involuntarily. Out of the cold, he promises himself. Only the cold.
“You wish to leave Gondolin,” rasps the lord of Himring, with no small amount of incredulity in his voice. “To come here?”
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22 Nov 2025
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Retaliatory Kidnapping by darkfrozenabyss
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
04 Nov 2021
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In which, shortly before the War of Wrath, Elwing kidnaps the (forcibly) newly returned Amrod and Amras in a gambit to get her sons back from those kinslayers. (Because, apparently, morally objectionable things are the only kinds of things Fëanorians understand.)
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22 Nov 2025
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like a flame rained upon by coveredinthecolors
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
15 Sep 2024
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It was raining and there was no one waiting for him.
Fëanáro had known the second part would be true, but he had not expected his first steps out of the Halls to be met with cleansing water. A final insult, perhaps, that it was not even a dreadful thunderstorm that shook the world with a warning of the peril that now walked freely through these blessed lands, but rather a quiet lament. A light drizzle that would take long to so much as soak his white clothes. He hated this, how clean he seemed clad in these soft robes. Gentle rain drops trickling down his arms, past his unfamiliar, uncalloused hands, and coming out clear. As if he had indeed washed away the blood that had long stained his skin, his soul.
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[Or: Feanor comes out of the Halls and is slowly reunited with all of the people from his life]
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22 Nov 2025
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The Blank Tapestry by Linderosse
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
18 Jul 2019
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“Do not misunderstand me,” the Maia intoned. “This is not a kindness. You are still not allowed out of your room in the Halls of Mandos, nor will any of your kin be allowed in it. Take care not to cherish this gift overmuch, for as you will see, the blank tapestry is as much a curse as it is a blessing. Beware the histories it will reveal.”
In which Feanor watches from the Halls of Mandos as his sons are driven to ruin.
- A expanded retelling of the events of the Silmarillion from (dead) Feanor’s point of view
- The one where the Finweans accidentally invent a TV using threads and music.
- Despite what the previous statement might imply, this is not crackfic, I promiseBookmarked by flutterbottle
22 Nov 2025
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Bedtime by ZsforSs
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
22 Aug 2016
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A particularly loud thunderclap jolted Fëanáro from his dreams. Rain hammered against the windows. The storm that had been brewing on the horizon all day had finally broken, and it seemed to be dumping all its rain and lightning directly on them.
“’S a bad storm.” Nerdanel said sleepily.
Fëanáro smiled at his wife and reached out to play with the ends of her red hair. “How many do you think we’ll get?” he asked.
“All of them.” Nerdanel said immediately.
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22 Nov 2025
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Silmarillion Character Designs by Kokiri85
Fandoms: TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms, The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
05 Jan 2021
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Sketching out what they all look like, hopefully for future reference.
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22 Nov 2025
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Strands of Possibility by Drag0nst0rm
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
10 May 2025
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The music that makes up the world is sung again and again.
Sometimes the result is cheerier than others.
(A collection of the AUs I wrote for Back to Middle Earth Month.)
(Final chapter: Finarfin comes to Elrond in desperate need of a favor.)
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22 Nov 2025
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You're Still Young (That's His Fault) by Drag0nst0rm
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
14 Sep 2025
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It was probably unfair to declare this entirely Annatar's fault, but Gil-Galad was not much in the mood for fairness at the moment.
He rarely was when Elrond got hurt.
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22 Nov 2025
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Raise a Toast to the Lot of Us (Tomorrow There'll Be Less of Us) by Drag0nst0rm for LadyHaleth
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
17 Aug 2025
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It is, at the end of the day, a silly drinking agreement among cousins.
Unfortunately, it's also a binding oath and possibly, when viewed in certain lights, treason.
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22 Nov 2025
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The Ransom of Elrond by Drag0nst0rm
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
02 Nov 2025
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Elros was hiding under the bed when the nightmares came for his mother.
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22 Nov 2025