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Seasons of Gladness

Author: Raksha
Rating: Adult
Chapters: 1
Genre:  General
Era: Multi-Age
Summary: Four drabbles dealing with different kinds of happiness experienced by Faramir over many years.  Originally written for, and loosely inspired by, the American Thanksgiving holiday.  (Thank you, Linda Hoyland; for beta-ing; and Pandemonium 213 for her helpful answer to my questio ...

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Bee-Elves

Author: Darth Fingon
Rating: General
Chapters: 1
Genre:  General
Era: 1st Age
Summary: At the end of the First Age, Finarfin, political missionary, travels across Middle-earth and finds his way to Oropher's court.  Much to his dismay. Written as part of a story swap challenge, using the following prompts: Finarfin and Mirkwood.

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Songs for the Seasons

Author: losselen
Rating: General
Chapters: 5
Genre:  General
Era: Multi-Age
Summary: Prose-poems of loss, across a spectrum of emotions. They are as follows: 1. "The Kingfisher's Wing" - Aegnor for Andreth 2. "The Late November" - Elrond for Arwen 3. "The Tolling Bell" - Arwen for Aragorn 4. "Midwinter Spring" - Daeron for Lúthien

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Glowing Embers

Freyalyn - 12 Mar 10 - 12:39 AM

Ch. 1: Glowing Embers

Poor Boromir.  He is already doomed; the sooner the fire consumes him, the better.  So casually dismissed for the greater good, and the scenario so chillingly plausible.

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The Counsels of Men

Freyalyn - 12 Mar 10 - 12:31 AM

Ch. 1: The Counsels of Men

Well thought out, and a good reason for them not to be present.   Well written and all strongly in character.  Trust Legolas to have a clean tunic... or is it the usual elven crease-free teflon-wear?

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In the Prophet's Tent

DrummerWench - 11 Mar 10 - 9:20 PM

General Comment

I really liked this! It "humanizes" the orcs, and shows the humans as not much better...  Also really appreciated the enigmatic treatment of the seer's vision & the way you let the reader wonder just what she said.  Very very nice!

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Glowing Embers

Adaneth - 11 Mar 10 - 8:51 AM

Ch. 1: Glowing Embers

My, I read that dark tidbit about Faramir being dismissed, which led me to this, which I like even better.  (I had never considered the possibility, but it rings all too true.)


Wonderful stuff!


Cheers--


Adaneth

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Spirit of Fire

TariElfLady - 10 Mar 10 - 10:20 AM

Ch. 8: Seven

This is so excellent.  I don't know what else to say except I can't wait for the next chapter.  I'll just have to keep checking this site so I don't miss it.

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Re: Middle-earth Orc Fanfiction (middleearthorcfic)

Posted On: 03/11/10 9:23 PM
By: DrummerWench
In: Here Be Orcs

thelauderdale, I will keep my eye out for orc fics!
About irritating "heroes", I know I found Odysseus (on whom Garandir is partly based) annoying as all heck, catting about the Med while ol' Penelope is being a good girl at home... and his son. and his hound dog.
Thanks so much for your kind comments on my little tales!
DW

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ET's Birthday Request

Posted On: 03/11/10 5:59 PM
By: Elena Tiriel
In: 2010 - HASA Birthdays

'Your pardon lord!' said the [herb-master to Aragorn]. 'I see you are a lore-master, not merely a captain of war.'


My birthday is March 14, and I've been racking my brains over what to request, until I stumbled upon an amusing paragraph from one of Tolkien's letters, which you can read in its entirety here.

In it, Tolkien goes into excruciating philological detail about the origins of a simple flower name (while disparaging "dogmatic scientists" and "meddlesome book-botanists" along the way)... and then goes on to lob a nuzgûl at himself.

So, I think my request is a drabble about Geeks being Geeks — whether you call them sages, scribes, lore-masters, healers, herb-masters, masters of tongues, jewel-smiths, Valar, or just The Wise.

Anything about what they (alone) see as important, or how they see others, or how others see them....

As always, if this doesn't excite your muse, any and all things Tolkienish would be much appreciated!


Thank you,
Barbara

P.S. Welcome back, Imhiriel!

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2010 March Treasure Hunt

Posted On: 03/08/10 8:16 PM
By: HASA Challenges
In: Treasure Hunt Challenge

The hunt is on!

A new set of treasures has been released tonight for your treasure hunting pleasure.

This month, the focus is on a building in Minas Tirith where almost anything can happen - a tale, a spectacle, an historic event, a deal cut, a romance blossom. For all of you Dúnedain fanciers, here is an opportunity to bring a number of your favorite (or detested) characters together.

What to combine with this? Quite a bit. There is another great city on a hill that someone might think of whilst enjoying the pleasures of Minas Tirith. Perhaps a traveler ponders a wonder he has seen, or a horror long past. Perhaps a tale is told of a famous warrior and his great weapon, perhaps the future is considered in light of a tangled past.

If you are a logged in member, there are more treasures to combine with the main place. There are places of rath- that might come up in conversation, given recent events.  Perhaps an answer to a question could be found. Rohan comes to mind. And then, perhaps, there is time for remembering things back home.

Post in this thread when you enter and again when you add a story to read. If you know you want to write a story, but aren't sure if you can have it completed by the closing date of the challenge, just enter a placeholder. Questions? Post them here!

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PS - Be sure to check out the treasures for a glimpse of some new features in our Research Library. Elena Tiriel has been very busy!

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Re: 2010 February Treasure Hunt

Posted On: 03/08/10 7:28 PM
By: Anglachel
In: Treasure Hunt Challenge

The February 2010 Treasure Hunt challenge has been converted to a Nuzgûl today, as it only has one entry, Aruthir's evocative Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay.

While the treasures are being changed for a new March set, they are still available for story writers.

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Re: Middle-earth Orc Fanfiction (middleearthorcfic)

Posted On: 02/26/10 2:02 PM
By: thelauderdale
In: Here Be Orcs

DrummerWench:

Thanks for the Orc fic recommendation!  It's gone to the list...

...as has Fairy Tales of Middle-earth, by the way.  I finally read the most recent story, A Son of Eärendil.  Garandir irritated me enormously, but I loved Tree and Star, and The Seeing Stones referenced "East of the Sun, West of the Moon," which is a favorite of mine.  This is such  lovely series.

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Farewell


Author: Lily
Rating: General
Status: General
Chapters: 1
Word Count: 1,806
Genre: Drama
Era: 3rd Age - The Stewards
Last Edited: 15 Dec 04


Summary

A few nights after his parents' death Frodo reflects over his feelings. - This story is a short sequel to my other story A Light from the Shadow Shall Spring, but I think it can also stand on its own. This story is inspired by a song by Within Temptation called Our Farewell and you can find some lines from its lyrics in it.

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