The Official Post-Coital Satisfaction Assessment, for the Private Analysis and Edification of Lord Maedhros Fëanorion
by @annarobots @vaciena @beatles4ever65 @amorbidcorvid glitterlessgold @zealouswerewolfcollector @isilme-among-the-stars @gaydhros @justdrowthings @onereyofstarlight and @a-tehta
Rating: E
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Warn
Summary:
Lord Maedhros thanks you for your encounter, and hopes it was pleasurable for you both! Please take the time to answer the following questions, so he can more effectively service you in the future.
Among the possessions of Lord Maedhros Fëanorion confiscated by the Maia Eonwë at the end of the War of Wrath was a box containing a number of disorganized files. Shocked, perhaps, by their content, Eonwë decided not to take them to Valinor, and we have decided to publish them now for the benefit of First-Age Scholars everywhere.
- Elrond Peredhel, Loremaster of Rivendell
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When several folks in the @leaf-and-lore discord server began joking that Maedhros would make his lovers fill out a post-sex questionnaire, I (who has never known when to quit) took it upon myself to write the whole survey in Google Forms. People submitted such clever, creative, and hilarious responses that we decided to share them for @silmarillionepistolary Silmarillion Epistolary Week Day 4: Friendship, Alliance, Bookkeeping, because, well, Maedhros has several "friends," he's definitely trying to make some alliances, and what is an archive of sex survey responses if not a form of bookkeeping? @onereyofstarlight coded a Google Forms workskin, @justdrowthings started calligraphing in Tengwar, and I should probably never be trusted around Google Forms again.
Image Credits:
Photo of the Survey in Tengwar: @justdrowthings
Parchment background: Photo by Divya M on Unsplash
Thanks again for the tag, @glitterlessgold! Tagging whoever wants to take this on.
Yet again, here's a little tidbit of Metropolis II: The Second One. I am starting to think I need a beta...
“You’re such a help, and—oh, not again!” The last was because the lights flickered out. “I’m not going to be able to read this now. Do you know why this keeps happening?”
Josaphat shrugged, then remembered Freder couldn’t see him. “I’m not sure. I suppose it’s something to do with how hastily we got everything rebuilt. I wouldn’t understand. Grot might.”
“You should ask him.”
“I can’t.”
“Why not?”
Josaphat sighed and put his head in his hands. There was a great deal of awkwardness between him and Grot these days. He could barely talk to any of the workers out of his own guilt. Grot could barely talk to anyone of the upper class now that he realized how little regard he was held in. Freder couldn’t understand awkwardness, just as he couldn’t understand most things that regular mortals could.
“Come on, Josaphat, Grot’s not that scary!”
Case in point.
“Grot could break someone’s ribs with one hand if he wanted,” Josaphat replied darkly. “But that’s neither here nor there. What matters is that we need to get power on more quickly.”
“Hmm. Maybe you could shadow a shift and see what’s going on? I don’t really know these things.”
“I could,” agreed Josaphat, filing the idea away, reshaping it into something useful. “You should suggest that today.”
“Good idea.”
“It was your idea.”
“Well, you made it better. You always do. Thank you. I…” Freder sighed. “Josaphat, I don’t know what I’m doing.”
“I don’t think any of us do.”
“But I’m the Mediator. I’m supposed to know, aren’t I?”
Josaphat reached out in the dark to where his friend’s hands were resting together. He covered them with his own. Freder’s hands were warm to the touch. Everything about him was warm and bright. “Just do the best you can. That’s all any of us can ask—the workers, the upper class, everyone. Alright?”
“Alright.” He let out another sigh, this one sounding less defeated and more determined. Freder was easy to read. Most of the time, Josaphat found himself questioning every look and gesture—did they really mean that?—but not Freder.
Thanks @annarobots and @fiammagalathon for the tag!
From the next chapter of The Sun and the Clear Pebbles of the Rain:
Ecthelion sits in his cold spring room for a long time, listening to the rush of the waterfall until all his limbs grow numb, but still he hurts. He falls asleep there, and one of the servants finds him and half drags, half carries him, blue and trembling, to his bed. The next morning, when he wakes, he realizes he had forgotten to practice the flute, and there is no flower left on his windowsill. This realization is enough to make him vomit up the half-cup of tea that was all he could manage for breakfast. This is objectively bad, and he should probably do something about it or the city will never get interior running water, so he goes to the only place he can: the bank.
“I need to see Lord Egalmoth,” he announces to the teller at the window.
Tagging @whenstarsignite @a-tehta @eastofakkala @drowninginmytbr and anyone else who would like to participate!
Continuing this format. I saw two beautiful ORV pieces by @crimson-chains
"Hey, I like *pain*, let's draw this with Yin Yu!" This is my favorite quote from tgcf.
An Incident occurs and the Finwëan brood of Middle Earth are called to defend themselves.
The start of a charming tale of complete silliness told through letters.
@silmarillionepistolary
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Brought to you by the collective brains of Leaf and Lore with a huge shout out to @isilme-among-the-stars @glitterlessgold @a-tehta @beatles4ever65 @infiniteriver @mnimeresponding @stormsbreadth @motherfuckingnazgul @vaciena @gaydhros @dreamychaos
“There you are,” says Glorfindel with a smile, although he still looks a little frazzled. He is also wearing some of Turgon’s robes and they fit him better than Ecthelion’s do. They are a deep purple that sets off the gold in his hair and the green in his eyes beautifully. Someone has given him a crown of purple asters with bright yellow centers. Ecthelion feels his stomach flip, his mouth go dry. He takes a gulp of Aredhel’s wine in hopes that it will help. It does not. Glorfindel’s eyes flick over him. “Your hair is down.”
“Yes,” says Ecthelion, drinking more of the wine. “I—is that—”
“No, I—it looks nice.” Perhaps Glorfindel has been drinking—his face is a bit flushed. “Here, I—Lómion and I thought you might need some flowers as well.” He pulls out a wreath made out of bleeding heart flowers. The blossoms are pink. They are going to clash horribly with Ecthelion’s red robes. They are so beautiful. Glorfindel steps forward and holds out the wreath, then notices that Ecthelion has a goblet in each hand. “Uh,” he says, and lifts the wreath. “May I?”
Ecthelion almost flinches away, but then he realizes that he can’t feel Eru watching. No one has invoked Eru, this is no great gesture of commitment, or a symbol of promises to each other the way it was earlier in the day at the Gate of Wood. Ecthelion now has a data point. He knows what it is like when he is about to get married, which means that now he knows what it is like when he is not about to get married. And he’s not about to get married right now. Which means that Glorfindel can touch him.
Ecthelion steps forward and ducks his head slightly. “Yes.”
this is from my & @glitterlessgold's fic the sun & the clear pebbles of the rain!! i really wanted to give this moment from the most recent chapter a piece of art, because it's just so vividly in my head. glorfindel looking at ecthelion like he's the most beautiful thing glorfindel's ever seen, and ecthelion looking at him softly because it's a party and they rescued aredhel and everyone is safe and things are .... good ??? anyway !!
spring 2026 in review, silm Tolkien fandom edition
Every three months, I like to create a little round-up of my fandom experiences from the past season: fics I've written, great fics I've read, events I've participated in, and other milestones and notes. It's been a nice way to keep track of the highlights and raise awareness for some great fanworks that people are creating around the world.
Favorite fic I wrote this season: This might be the recency bias talking, but I'm extremely proud of The Sting of Salt and Pity, the fic I wrote as a fill for the May 2026 prompts in Leaf & Lore and LTC, and MerMay. Original female Elf character (a Bad Mom of Arda), Mature, 1.1k, horror themes, creator chose not to use archive warnings, see fic on ao3 for detailed tags and warnings.
Favorite fic I read this season: The Swan-Road by @glitterlessgold, Amrod-centric, General, 8.5k. A post-Losgar fic, not crispy Amrod, not toasted Amrod, but a new kind of Amrod we're calling BLANCHED AMROD!! I loved this fic so much. The imaginativeness, the grief, the inevitability & the Adventure of it all! Amrod talks to his boat much as Tom Hanks talks to Wilson the volleyball in Cast Away, and it's fantastic. (Btw, the author's Glorthelion WIP is also excellent!)
Complete roundup of fic and miscellany under the cut.
More fic recs:
A Florid Affair by @polutrope, Daeron/Maglor, Explicit, 3.7k, Sex Pollen (or is it)
Grounded by @amorbidcorvid, Celebrian/Elrond, Explicit, 2.5k, eldritch Elrond and FEATHERS this is so soothing and hot
Hand Over Heart by @a-tehta, Fingon/Maedhros's Severed Hand, Mature, 1.9k, this is so so funny i am giggling again just reading the tags and summary
History Obliterates by @regicidal-optimism, ensemble about the Third Kinslaying at Sirion, Teen, 1.3k, unreliable narrators
Hunger Inherited by @gaydhros, Fingon/Turgon, Explicit, 3.6k, guided masturbation, a brother sometimes just has to help another brother out like that
Metrology by @infiniteriver, Annatar-centric, General, 2.2k, Annatar invents the metric system!
Pet by Anonymous, Maedhros/OFC, Explicit, 1.5k, archive warnings for major character death & rape/non-con. This is such an unsettling and unforgettable fic. Maedhros keeps a tiny woman as a caged pet in Himring. I can't stop thinking about this story. I want to respect the rights of Anon but also I am just dying to crack open their brain and find more of their work
The Proper Bride-Price by @irnina, Celeborn/Celebrian, Celebrian/Maglor, Explicit, 6.4k, weird voyeurism and invented ritual sex practices. Incest!!
Sing for the Damage by @perchingpasserine, Maedhros/Maglor, Teen, 3.6k, angsty kidnap fam. SO good
the wittold's wife by @thepastisaroadmap, Curufin's Wife/Sons of Fëanor, Explicit, 5.0k, creator chose not to use archive warnings, wife-sharing, weird Noldorin sex rituals
Ficlets (which I am defining as works under 1k) and drabbles I wrote this spring:
Gil. Ga. Lad., Círdan/Gil-galad, Teen, 0.2k, an exercise in which I asked myself how could i take the intro of Lolita and make it Silmfic lol
I can't tell where your hair ends and mine begins, Marigol/Rose Cotton, Mature, 0.9k, hobbit femslash in a hayloft
Moonflowers, Earwen-centric, General, 0.1k
Naps in Alqualonde, Self-insert, Teen, 0.6k, written for Rare Kink Buffet 2026
nothing but the dark, Aredhel-centric, General, 0.1k
The Stone Eggs, Nerdanel-centric, General, 0.1k, Bad Moms of Arda
Longer fics I wrote:
Darling it's better down where it's wetter, Maglor-centric (well, Crablor-centric), Teen, 1.1k, Little Mermaid fusion fic for Crablor Day.
Freaky Friday, Aredhel/Fingolfin, Explicit, 3.5k, warnings for Rape/Non-Con and Underage.
Major Triad, Daeron/Maglor/Reader, Mature, 1.1k, a voyeur reader fic for Daemags week and polu.
The Queer Forest, Glorfindel/Treebeard, Explicit, 9.0k, WIP with 4/6 chapters posted, modern AU with Human Treebeard (or is he?), Huorns, dendrophilia & plantacles
Slain at Swanhaven, Galadriel-centric, Mature, 1.8k, Major Character Death, Canon-Divergence AU, Make It Worse
Firsts, milestones, and miscellany:
5 new ship tag inaugurations: Amrod/Glorfindel, Aredhel/Fingolfin, Glorfindel/Treebeard, Daeron/Maglor/Reader, Marigol/Rose Cotton
1 new character inaugurations: Marigol
1 fandom inauguration: The Hunt for Gollum (2027)
I reached 50 fics on AO3!
I discovered the Rare Kink Buffet which is just an absolute treasure trove of imagination and creativity. And may have claimed uhh 300 or so prompts 🤣
Events: the April 2026 Leaf & Lore was a wonderfully motivating community event as usual! I also joined TRSB26 as a writer for the first time, I wrote for Crablor Day & Daemags Day, and I participated in SWG Instadrabbling, the May LTC microfic challenge, and the May Leaf & Lore writing challenge.
This is my fourth "Season in Review" post, meaning that I'm rounding the corner on one full year as an actively sharing Tolkien fic writer! You probably won't hear me shutting up any time soon. Thanks everybody for making it fun 🫶❤️
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