The Dust is mirroring my Dreams

This is just about anything you dream, write, do or just think.

[mirroringdust]

Masterlist Haladriel Week

I had a blast writing for Haladriel week and reading all these beautiful and inspiring writings. I'm relatively new to rings of power and the Haladriel corner, so naturally I was worried (am generally a worrier) how my fics would be received but you were all so so lovely and I just want to say thank you so much for commenting and encouraging me. It means incredible much ❤️ It even got me to write more than I actually thought! Looking forward to replying to the comments and reading more of you! (links to AO3)

DAY 1 KING AND QUEEN - Crashing Waves

Galadriel's POV during Sauron's offer in episode 8 | G | 1636 w

DAY 3 HEIRS AND HEROES - Destinies can be Deceiving

Short ficlet of Sauron's long way to the light | T | 204 w

DAY 4 BINDING - A Familiar Place

Drabble of Sauron reaching out to Galadriel during s2 | G | 100 w

DAY 6 SHADE - Shades of Darkness

When an enemy saves her, unresolved questions of his and her own darkness appear (s2 first meeting) | T | 1688 w

DAY 7 FREE - Settle your trembling heart (added later)

After all battles are fought, this overaching fear still trembles Galadriel's heart and she reaches out to the only person who understands her struggles. Happy Ending for Haladriel | T | 1838 w

I love them so much and I'm so happy I can share my love and fascination with others!

[haladrielficxch]

nexus

written for: @aeviagreenleaf by: @mirroringdust

I cannot tell you when it began or when it ended and maybe there is neither an end nor a beginning, but I can tell you what I remember.

[mirroringdust]

Wrote something for Aevia 🥰 and immensely enjoyed writing it. Happy to share with you 🤗

[haladrielficxch]

Happy Tolkien Reading Day! And happy Day 1 of the Haladriel Fic Exchange! Every day for the next 10 days, we will reveal 3 fics a day*, so watch this space!

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/2026_Haladriel_Exchange

*except today there will be 4!

[mirroringdust]

It's happening!!

[samia-escorcio]

I finally managed to finish this drawing. It was inspired by the rumors about the 3rd season of Trop, with a more fantastical touch from my imagination.

[mirroringdust]

In case you missed it, have this AU with mafia and Romeo and Juliet vibes as someone told me 😄 a forbidden love. Always so lovely when someone reads my stories ☺️ especially one shot get buried quickly.

He didn’t take his eyes off her, not even for a blink. In fact, it seemed he wasn’t blinking at all.

He just stared at her, took in her whole shape, until she couldn’t bear it any longer.

Galadriel never liked to give in, but those piercing green eyes were a challenge.

She hated it. Yet she had to unshackle herself from the suction of his gaze before the blood rushed to her cheeks and let her inner constitution shimmer through to everyone, but most of all to him.

She might have lost the first battle, but she wouldn’t be humbled to lose the next one.

As she raised her head again and her eyelids flew up, he was still standing there. She wasn’t even surprised.

There he leaned, against the cold stones framing the fireplace, casually with his tall, slender stature, his chin raised, his expression calm and almost cool, as if no one in the room could take away this inner self-confidence. He looked at her as if she were the only person important in the place she called home.

Galadriel gritted her teeth, brushed her long hair over her shoulder, and tried not to clench her fists. She felt her lavender dress suddenly so close on her skin, so tenderly wrapping around her and so very light.

Only for a moment, he straightened, and the black suit that sheltered and supported his self-effacing yet self-assured presence just creased a little as he leaned against the reddened stone of the fireplace again.

This wasn’t the first time he was watching her. But she had noticed him before, too, and she’d known very well who he was ever since he had entered her father’s house and joined the festivities of the night.

Read more on AO3 here:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/76460261

[flossiew]

From the House of Lothlórien

(A companion to RINGS: for men)

[flossiew]

“I am your partner, no more, no less. A sharer of gifts. Annatar.”

[mirroringdust]

Never posted ch. 5 here, so here we go 🫣

“My lord,” was the first thing Galadriel heard from the approaching man as he came closer with each passing moment. Soon, she no longer had to squint to make out his stature and bearing from the distant speck.

The herald was wearing a light green tunic with a loose golden belt wrapped around his waist, and a dark coat pulled over his slim shoulders. But even when his horse stopped in front of them and he was close enough for Galadriel to see his face, it still looked bleak to her. She scrutinised him more closely, tilted her head curiously, but she still couldn't make out anything of remembrance, anything that stood out in his rosy face with his cheeks slightly flushed from the wind. His brown hair was brushed over to one side. He wore it like any other man Galadriel had seen.

Kemen glanced at Halbrand, and then immediately jumped down from his horse. His linen-wrapped and little pointed shoes touched the green grass, before he bowed down deeply in front of the man standing beside Galadriel.

“My king, I am more than delighted to see you,” he said in a most gallant voice, smooth and smouldering.

Galadriel lowered her gaze and fixed her attention on the blades of grass in front of her, which suddenly seemed much more interesting. Her mare snorted softly behind her, as if reflecting her inner self.

Read more on AO3 here: ☺️

https://archiveofourown.org/works/60159784/chapters/172258777

[lockwood-fic-recs]

Tulips and Other Flowers

by Mirroringdust on ao3

Rating: G | Category: F/M | Relationship: Lockwood/Lucy, Platonic Iron Trio

Some happy romantic moments in Lockwood & Co.

[shady-swan-jones]

Haladriel Fics - 2025

Multichapters

I.

Love Me, and Let Me Go by Leannin_Ayanian

When the Coliseum falls, Rome shall fall by @dinosaurswant2rule

indelible, i can't forget by below_the_starry_clusters_bright

Sordida Sanguine by renlem

Salt of the Sea and Iron Smoke by @poopsiekitten

Just One More Night by @aeviagreenleaf

what kind of man by @willowaus

The Tale of the Lady of the Light and the Black Knight by @mirroringdust

The War Between by Captivating_Mouse379

Chains of Light and Shadow by @iconicament3

with mazes for their dead down a wandering world by @stitchingatthecircuitboard

II.

Caress the light by Chicanary_chic

Of the Flesh by extrapolation

cleanse me with hyssop by @czernyfanclub

Temptation waits by ReyKryzeJakesTherapist

Symmetry Across Scale by eastwynds

Something Just Like This by @stardustandtwilight

Halcyon Days by artanis_armor

Absence by brunheaut

all i want is to remain (bare both your wrists) by ninathena

love makes monsters of us all by @softlighter

III.

Out of the Ordinary by @okay-thanks-bye

Inyë by FormerlyIR (Irony_Rocks)

World Spins Madly On by @coraleethroughthelookingglass

Something Sacred in Salt by @songofthelark-blog

Ink & Insight by @hippievamps

all the gods have been domesticated by hellocarolhere

Incitement by Reese

stardust by @essaupe

divortium by vuas

peace as an abstract concept by nixxxy

at the dawn of our folly by @ichabodcranemills

IV.

Heavy is the Head (I did not know the way) by @maeday1551

Until the Dawn Comes by @scriberated

everything is romantic by constellatns

Espresso by no_more_fucks_given

Autocorrelation by @theriverwild

Fractured by MyteMarx

It's not a bad thing with good intent, right? by Cherokeewriter

The Flame Without a Name by ariadna119

Loose Ends by LastOfTheLilacWine

The Stars Don't Reach Me Here by Ashes_of_Rowan,  galadrielsdagger

by His stripes (i am healed) by songofthesun

On Thin Ice by @hakones

One Shots

Liminality by shady-swan-jones

o sea, bear me witness in the hour of wolves by enloquecidaporti

don't make me your enemy by @softingazi

As certain dark things are loved by @conundrumoftime

love, we shine like a burning star by @myrsinemezzo

Had I The Heavens' Embroidered Cloths by @supervillainarchaeologist

here at the end of all things by sk8ryoon

let me put my lips to somethin' by abigay

In the throes of fate by brunheaut

Out Of The Box And Into Hers by BellaGia

circle the firelight of my thought by @nocaptainonthisship

what a big heart I have (the better to love you with) by serpentsbride

A Dream Of How Alone (We Were) by @klynnvakarian

True Colors Shine in Darkness by Shield_Theyden 

in this world, it's just us by @poeticmemory

Part 1 - Alternative Timeline, Numenor, Southlands

Part 2 - Modern AU, Explicit & ABO

[mirroringdust]

So honoured to be part of this list 🥰🥰

[btheriella-art]

The darkness and.. his light queen

(Yes, I’m in with you guys in this ship. Because I SEE it)

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[ayy-junipei]

A Defense of Unfinished Fic

I was talking about abandoned unfinished fics on Discord when someone said along the lines "FR bro I don't even read fic if not marked as completed" and that made me scootch my chair out to think a bit.

I think that's a little cruel, refusing to engage with a fic because its not 100% done yet.

Not only are people who do this missing out on great experiences, but its a refusal to engage with the author. It's refusing to acknowledge the author's effort in sharing something they worked a lot of hours on.

Like I get it. Nobody wants to take the cliffhanger or get mad that a fic they let live rent-free in they head disappeared into the ether, never to be updated again.

But that's part of life sometimes man. Sometimes stories are left unfinished. That didn't stop people from loving it as it was and taking inspiration.

Case in point is the manga Berserk. Highly influential series that inspired lots of others (e.g. Dark Souls, Elden Ring, even you guy's favourite Black Butler) amongst other things. The author Kentaro Miura struggled with juggling other projects and his declining health. He died before it was finished. But without this series being read and becoming popular, a lot of things we enjoy would have been really different. FF7 Cloud would have been carrying a little baby Fischer Price sword maybe idk.

So please, I invite you to engage with unfinished fanfic, whether it's one chapter done, or seven out of thirty planned. Give it your time and your comments.

Fanfic writers are not as visible a part of fandom community as artists or cosplayers. When a fic writer posts on social media or TikToks it doesn't make the same numbers as a cosplayer posting part of they fit or an artist posting a WIP.

But boys would cry, scream, throw up, piss they pants, shit and possibly die if Ao3 and FFnet were taken down permanently.

But interacting with the fic as its posted chapter by chapter? That's giving the writer that connection to the community one would give an artist or cosplayer when their work is still cooking.

I don't want this post to make people feel like they're being guilt tripped into participating in reading and commenting on fics. But there's really few ways I can convey how this is vital to the fandom ecosystem. It's like thanking the bus driver or washing your hands. If you don't wash your hands I will curse your crops.

Tl;dr: plz read unfinished fic and comment too thank you

[mirroringdust]

Never posted ch. 4 here, so here it is (medieval AU)

The surroundings changed slowly, yet far too quickly for Galadriel.

Leaning forward on her light amber mare with a black tail and mane, she could sense the change in the air as it brushed around her nose. At first, there was the smell of a distant lake wafting towards them, the odour of wood and withered, damp leaves.

Then the further they rode through the kingdom, of which she'd apparently only known a fraction, and the further south they travelled, the more the air wavered in its inertia between dry and damp, and the scents became heavier.

Occasionally, Galadriel thought she could still see the remnants of autumn flowers, but she wasn't sure whether they were real or just a product of her wishful thinking.She had expected her senses to be almost overwhelmed by all the impressions, but she had not expected the vastness of the land. The size of the realm in which she had lived.

She kept wondering when they would leave it, but even after a day they still seemed to be in the land under the rule of Gil-galad and every time they passed through a village or town, she pulled her cloak closer over her head. She wasn't sure if someone would recognise her. Yet no one even glanced at them, if they met people at all.Most villagers retreated immediately upon the arrival of the knight in black armour, not daring to come any closer. As at the tournament, he drew all eyes to himself, or rather made them turn away.

Galadriel had become accustomed to having this armour, this black speck, constantly in front of her. The lightly silver-cut edges that framed each metal part made the armour look more like decoration — a display of wealth rather than protection against enemies. But to others it seemed more like a deterrent, and a threatening aura seemed to cling to Halbrand's stature wherever they went. Even more so when he was sitting on his majestic stallion of a dark bay.

Read more on AO3

https://archiveofourown.org/works/60159784/chapters/170695591#workskin

[mirroringdust]

Never posted ch. 4 here, so here it is (medieval AU)

The surroundings changed slowly, yet far too quickly for Galadriel.

Leaning forward on her light amber mare with a black tail and mane, she could sense the change in the air as it brushed around her nose. At first, there was the smell of a distant lake wafting towards them, the odour of wood and withered, damp leaves.

Then the further they rode through the kingdom, of which she'd apparently only known a fraction, and the further south they travelled, the more the air wavered in its inertia between dry and damp, and the scents became heavier.

Occasionally, Galadriel thought she could still see the remnants of autumn flowers, but she wasn't sure whether they were real or just a product of her wishful thinking.She had expected her senses to be almost overwhelmed by all the impressions, but she had not expected the vastness of the land. The size of the realm in which she had lived.

She kept wondering when they would leave it, but even after a day they still seemed to be in the land under the rule of Gil-galad and every time they passed through a village or town, she pulled her cloak closer over her head. She wasn't sure if someone would recognise her. Yet no one even glanced at them, if they met people at all.Most villagers retreated immediately upon the arrival of the knight in black armour, not daring to come any closer. As at the tournament, he drew all eyes to himself, or rather made them turn away.

Galadriel had become accustomed to having this armour, this black speck, constantly in front of her. The lightly silver-cut edges that framed each metal part made the armour look more like decoration — a display of wealth rather than protection against enemies. But to others it seemed more like a deterrent, and a threatening aura seemed to cling to Halbrand's stature wherever they went. Even more so when he was sitting on his majestic stallion of a dark bay.

Read more on AO3

https://archiveofourown.org/works/60159784/chapters/170695591#workskin

[serailovesbagelsetc]

I wrote another Elrondriel fic (Smut! Actual and real smut!?!!) (please help me I have wips and actual work assignments but I keep procrastinating). I’m basically trying to exorcise these two out of my mind, let’s see if it works.

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Summary:

“You might give me the wrong idea, saying things like that,” there was no smile in his voice now. He sounded almost angry. Galadriel found that she liked that anger. “What sort of idea?“ “I would almost think-,” he smiled, voice still unable to hide the hardness in it, reaching blindly for a towel on the bed behind him. “I would almost think that you want me.”

This one is smut, which as a person on the ace spectrum who has struggled to even READ smut, I fear is an achievement I will absolutely never be able to top. I still cannot believe that I wrote this without crying in frustration.

[serailovesbagelsetc]

Annatar sticker today ✨

It’s a tweaked version of my older illustration, because I’d already made him and he was right there ready-made for me to use

[haladriel-fluff-week]

Haladriel Coffee Shop AU Week, August 3-9!

Introducing the Coffee Shop AU Week! The event will be run from August 3-9, and to participate in the evemt, use the hashtag #haladrielcoffeeshopauweek. An AO3 collection will open closer to the start of the event.

What Are the Content Expectations?

You can submit fanfiction, fanart, gifsets, and any other type of fan-created work to the event. The work must focus on the Sauron/Galadriel ship in some way, though if you want to focus on an OT3 with them and someone else, that will be accepted. All ratings will be accepted. What I won't accept are works created using AI.

The theme of the event is around coffee shop aus, so please keep your works on that theme. That being said, you can use whatever genre you wish, whether it be fluff, smut, etc.

Who Can Participate?

Anyone, even people who don't normally write for this ship! If you are blocked, though, you will not be reblogged and I will likely remove your work from the collection.

What are the Prompts?

I have more of a...moodboard I guess?

You can become inspired by this. You can do your own thing. It's just there to spark some imagination if anyone needs it.

Coffee Shop AU Week Menu:

Mocha -- Espresso & Chocolate, Dark Notes

Chai Latte -- Tea & Steamed Milk, Warm Spices

Cafe Au Lait -- Drip Coffee & Milk, Velvety Finish

Ristretto -- Concentrated Espresso, Intense

Macchiato -- Espresso & Foamed Milk, Mild Flavor

Caramel Latte -- Espresso, Milk, & Caramel, Sweet Notes

Frozen Latte -- Espresso, Milk, & Ice

Hot White Russian -- Espresso & Kahlua, Boozy Finish