Silmarillion Semi-Drabble

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I must, must remember to post here!


That Which is Earned

It is not my first formal event, nor my first time amongst those of status. Yet my stomach turns nervously as I lace up my tunic and I grow frustrated as my attempts to braid my hair fail, my hands shaking too much to perform the usually simple task.

I feel panic rising within me – I can not be late! Yet nor can I leave before being properly attired, it would be disrespectful. Panic is not an emotion I am used to and I do not know how to deal with it. In my heart, I start to wonder if I should even attend at all.

Then I hear the door open and the soft steps of my father as he approaches me. He laughs lightly as he takes in my pale face and unbraided hair.

“Let me,” he says, picking up the brush. I relax, visibly relieved as he deftly braids my hair in the fashion of his house – of our house.

“There, all done.” His tone is so soft – I cannot remember hearing him so gentle since I was a child. Glancing in the mirror I nod in approval and turn to him, smiling.

“Thank you.”

He puts his finger under my chin, raising my head until it is held high.

“Be proud, my son,” he tells me, “You have done well. Tonight is your night.”

It is the greatest praise I could ever hear and spontaneously I hug him – a rare event these days.

“I will not let you down, father.”

Then, before I can further embarrass myself, I turn and leave, more confident now. Tonight I will sit in the halls of Oromë, with the greatest hunters in all of Aman, and know that I deserve my place amongst them.

END

ETA: It's from Celegorm's POV, in case there's any doubt. :)

THE MARRING OF BLISS

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I am posting a new chapter of "THE MARRING OF BLISS" entitled "Almost Bliss". Please be careful to check the warnings for this chapter, as below.

STORY TITLE: THE MARRING OF BLISS
CHAPTER TITLE: ALMOST BLISS
AUTHOR: Digdigil
CHARACTERS: Celegorm, Curufin, and Aredhel
RATING: For this chapter and the rest of the story: NC-17
WARNINGS: Warnings for graphic descriptions of angsty, fumbling first-time teenage sex.
SUMMARY: Curufin decides to declare his feelings for Aredhel as she and the boys go for a ride and a picnic.

( CHAPTER THREE: ALMOST BLISS )

NEW CHAPTER OF ILMARË THE HANDMAIDEN

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This is the latest chapter in the story "Ilmarë the Handmaiden", which is an entry in the "Strong Woman" challenge. The details are below.

STORY TITLE: ILMARË THE HANDMAIDEN
CHAPTER TITLE: MALICE AFORETHOUGHT
AUTHOR: Digdigil
RATING: 14A for Mild to Medium Horror
WARNINGS: Since Melkor is a character in this story, and there are big spiders, too, I guess I would have to give people a squick warning if they are bothered by these sorts of things.

CHAPTER SUMMARY: Melkor has entered Niënna's house in order to talk to his sister and his niece, Ilmarë, about doing him a favour.

( CHAPTER SIX: MALICE AFORETHOUGHT )

Drabblucious!

[dawn_felagund]

Generally, I do a daily drabble based on the word of the day, leading me to have quite the collection of drabbles and versions thereof. And so here's a new one and some of my old favorites.

Title: First Day at the Forge
Rating: General
Notes: Written for the New Beginnings challenge at drabble_madness
( First Day at the Forge )

Title: At the End of the Day
Rating: General
Notes: For allie_meril
( At the End of the Day )

Title: Nargothrond
Rating: General
( Nargothrond )

Title: To Wander Home
Rating: General
Warnings: Character death.
( To Wander Home )

Title: The Price I Paid
Rating: General
Warnings: Violence and character death.
( The Price I Paid )

There are lots more where those came from, but I'll save them for another time. (Although, if you're masochistic enough, I have all of my daily drabbles tagged here.)

The First To Fall

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I am doing a poetry meme on my Livejournal and am crossposting to here as this one is Silmarillion based. The meme if anyone wants to joinn can be found here 

 

This request read: “Something angsty involving a Feanorian...preferably Celegorm or Maglor.”

 

 ( The first to fall )

Secrets kept, Secrets Shared

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Title: Secrets Kept, Secrets Shared
Author: Uli (ford_of_bruinen@yahoo.co.uk)
Rating: R
Type: FPS
Pairing: Fingon/Maedhros
Disclaimer: Not in any way mine
Beta: Eni
Author’s Note: Another repost of an old Silmarillion fic. This was written for Mirien for the Christmas 2004.
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Descendents of Finwë Part 15: Orodreth

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As I contemplated writing something about Orodreth, I felt the will to live rapidly draining from me (the same thing happened when I tried to write about Turgon), so with apologies to Orodreth fans, I won't write an introduction for him.

( Descendents of Finwë Part 15: Orodreth )

Hador Part 2

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Title: Hador
Author: fanged_geranium
Rating: General
Warnings: None
Summary: Fingon wants to know why Fingolfin has given Dor-lómin to Hador.

( Hador Part 2 )

The Two Messengers

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Author: Ellfine
Fandom: Tolkien/Silmarillion
Rating: PG
Type: Angst
Warnings: Mention of character death
Betas: GhettoElleth, GeorgiaPiper, Des, Aqua Marina
Characters: Finarfin, Eärendil, Olwë

Summary: One messenger in Valinor bears the consequences of news received from another.


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