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Anhedonia by EmberOfTheSea
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
31 Oct 2025
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Valinor was every bit as beautiful as the songs promised.
Its streets glittered with the dust of diamonds, gleaming under the radiant light of a sun that shone brighter, purer over the hallowed lands than it ever had over Middle-earth. The peaks of the Pelori, soaring and snowcapped, loomed pristine in the distance, mocking her with every glimpse. These were not mountains that had ever known the tread of an orc's foot, nor suffered spilt blood or harrowed screams. Even the sands of Eldamar were white and silken underfoot, nothing like the abrading grit of the beaches of Belfalas where her mother had once reigned.
Celebrían hated it.
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On names, grandmothers, and what it's like to live when the whole world thinks you should not have.Bookmarked by orange_balm
03 Nov 2025
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fools enough to love each other more than we can bear by potatoesanddreams
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
18 Jun 2020
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The braids lay on the table between them. They had been bound off neatly at both ends, to keep them from unraveling before they had been delivered. Maedhros stared fixedly at them. His eyes were dry.
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Fingon was not killed but captured in the Battle of Unnumbered Tears. Maedhros must decide whether to try to save him.
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04 Oct 2025
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ask the sky to rain a new name for everything by marvelruinedmyspirit
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
29 Jan 2024
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Finally, Haleth had the thing in her arms. She handed it wordlessly to Caranthir, a challenge in her eyes.
He looked down, cold with terror. “What is this?” he whispered.
“A baby,” said Haleth.Or, my addition to the Erestor son of Caranthir headcanon
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14 Sep 2025
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The Nargothrond Debacle by IAmTheHero
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
03 Jan 2025
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Curufin often thought about what he could have said, what he could have done, to change Finrod's mind.
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- Part 11 of Tolkien
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14 Sep 2025
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Mockingbird by Littlewhitemouse
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
22 Feb 2024
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One of his captains had asked him, “Maglor, do you not sleep beside with your brother when visiting him?” and Maglor had replied, “I do, as it makes it easier for me to sleep,” and his captain had said, “Which is good, because you do not usually sleep,” and Maglor had said, “I do not.”
But his captain had then asked, “but doesn’t Prince Fingon also bed with him, on account of their completely secret and frankly astounding incestuous affair that no one knows about (and I certainly don’t myself)?” and Maglor had replied, “Yes, and that makes it harder to sleep.” On account of that being a full and complete explanation, Maglor’s captain had said, “Ah,” and that was the end of that conversation.
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13 Sep 2025