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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
30 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 Purpleshift
19 Feb 2026
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Links to Resources on Writing by elsenorconejo
Fandoms: No Fandom, Original Work, Spider-Man: Spider-Verse (Sony Animated Movies), Mad Max Series (Movies), Spider-Man - All Media Types, Political RPF - Russian 21st c., Marvel Cinematic Universe, Loki (TV 2021), Witchbrook (Chucklefish Video Game), Tarzan - All Media Types, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! - Dr. Seuss, Political RPF - US 21st c., The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, Star Trek, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Lower Decks (Cartoon)
21 Feb 2026
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While writing fanfiction, I have done a fair amount of reading about how to be a better writer. Here are some links with information on this that I have looked at and have found to be helpful.
Its chapters are as follows:
* Chapter 1: Table of Contents
* Chapter 2: Information About Fanfiction
* Chapter 3: AI and Fanfiction
* Chapter 4: AO3 Scams
* Chapter 5: General Reference Sites
* Chapter 6: Information About Writing
* Chapter 7: Information About Storytelling
* Chapter 8: Information About Characters
* Chapter 9: Writing Characters Who Are the Opposite Sex from Yours
* Chapter 10: Information About Types of Characters
* Chapter 11: Information About Plot
* Chapter 12: Pacing, Conflict, and Tension
* Chapter 13: Information About Other Story Elements
* Chapter 14: Writing Types of Scenes
* Chapter 15: Evaluating Information
* Chapter 16: Survivorship Bias
* Chapter 17: Past UpdatesDate started: July 14th, 2025
Most recent update: February 21st, 2026—Guides to tagging, and lists of common tags (chapter 2)Bookmarked by Purpleshift
18 Jan 2026
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In a house in Godric's Hollow, three boys toss their magic around and a little girl dies… unless.
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04 Jan 2026
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goat milk and oats by novalotypo
Fandoms: Fire Emblem: Kakusei | Fire Emblem: Awakening, Fire Emblem Series
01 Jun 2020
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“I see and know everything whether I want to or not, because the universe hates me,” Grima explains. “Okay, so you two are finally getting married, thank the gods. That’s me! I’m a god. You’re welcome. So what kind of theme do you want to go for? And where are you going to live? Plegia’s pretty nice once you get used to the sand, the sand, and also the sand. Obviously I won’t complain about the occasional vacation to Ylisstol, since your... mountain vistas... aren’t half bad. Are you listening? Are you alive? Did I just break you?”
“I’m listening,” Chrom says weakly, his poor little brain struggling to keep up.
In which Grima is born into an existential crisis, accidentally nudges history the wrong way, and tries to make do in a world that is objectively more chaotic than he is.
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17 Dec 2025
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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
09 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