YET HOPE REMAINS;

[muir_wolf]

Welcome to yet hope remains; a Lord of the Rings comment ficathon.

I know some us were involved in LotR fandom way back when, but it's been ages since I've read or written LotR fic, and with the tumblr rewatch and the countdown to The Hobbit trailer, I kept thinking about how much I'd love a LotR ficathon. So here it is

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QUESTIONS/COMMENTS

[muir_wolf]

Please reply to this thread with any questions/comments. ♥

Re: QUESTIONS/COMMENTS

[ladyelleth]

I'm positively bouncing right now, what a great community! :)

One idea to perhaps sustain interest in this comm if activity starts dwindling: I've seen a few other comment fic communities where guest hosts were posting a daily theme and using Delicious or Pinboard to keep prompts organized and easy to find. How does that sound to you?

(Reposted because I occasionally forget how to construct a logical sentence.)

Re: QUESTIONS/COMMENTS

[muir_wolf]

There aren't any plans for this to be a permanent community, unfortunately - it'll (hopefully) last through the Return of the King rewatch (three weeks from now), and after that I have no idea, but I imagine a lot of people will be busy with Yuletide treats, etc.

Mostly I didn't want this on my journal and I wanted someone to help me mod, since I've never done that before ;)

Thanks for the ideas, though! =)

Re: QUESTIONS/COMMENTS

[idleleaves]

YAY!

... That's all I really have to say right now: YAY. ♥

Lesion — Númenor, Second Age — Sauron and Ar-Pharazôn (Part 1)

[pandemonium_213]

It was said that Nimloth descended from the white tree, Celeborn, of Tol Eressëa, and before that, Galathilion of Tirion, created by Yavanna herself as a replica of Telperion.

It's a far cry from that botanical extravagance, thought Mairon as he ran his fingers over Nimloth's bark and marveled at its color and texture: white like the birches whose yellow leaves fluttered in the autumn wind of Eregion, but smooth like the beeches of drowned Neldoreth. Now, he was about to seek out its deepest secret. He pressed the palms of his hands against the trunk, closed his eyes, and breathed deeply. He let his mind expand to flow into the very substance of the tree

Lesion — Númenor, Second Age — Sauron and Ar-Pharazôn (Part 2)

[pandemonium_213]

Mairon watched Ar-Pharazôn, his broad shoulders hunched with the signs of age, walk into the deep shade of the colonnade that surrounded the Court of Nimloth. Left alone, Mairon placed his left hand against the tree once more. Sunlight glanced golden off the ring on his forefinger.

I could cure the disease if I wished, he thought idly. All I need to do is reach back into the heartwood and cauterize the lesion to destroy it and seal it off from the rest of the tree. It would not be that difficult.

Once again, he found his conscience nagging at him, urging him to cure the tree. Truly, how hard could it be? This is a unique tree. Doesn't it deserve to live a healthy life, like any of us?Yet when he envisioned the flames leaping red and gold from the Altar of Fire, the eyes of the temple congregation and their chants in response to his litany, and, he dared to hope, the people's admiration as he took the throne as the ruler of Númenor, an immortal king who would lead them to greater and greater power, his conscience was silent

Re: Lesion — Númenor, Second Age — Sauron and Ar-Pharazôn (Part 2)

[dreamflower02]

Ooh! Complex and conflicted-- just what I've learned to expect from your Dark Muse. I love the way he's tempted to cure the tree, yet rejects it in favor of the thing that will further his plans. He has become quite adept at quelling his conscience, but it hasn't given up on him yet!

Butterfly Heart, RotK, Rosie Cotton

[notalwaysweak]

When the strangers come to town, Rosie takes against them from the first moment they enter the Green Dragon in sneering silence. Nobody ought to look down their noses at a fine tavern, or roll their eyes at the very good brew served up to them, least of all strange Men who smell of far-off places and the long road

Re: Butterfly Heart, RotK, Rosie Cotton

[muir_wolf]

This is PERFECT. Oh, Rosie. This is absolutely my head-canon now. <33

Re: Butterfly Heart, RotK, Rosie Cotton

[belleferret]

I love reading about brave Rosie. She has grown much while her Samwise was away, and they will be a fine pair.

[galfridian]

Pre-series - Theodwyn, Eowyn - As Théodwyn's days dwindle, she teaches Eowyn as much as she can.

[galfridian]

The Return of the King - Haldir - the battle at Dol Guldur after the passing of the Shadow