this is a fandom-wide club that anyone 18+ can join! despite its name, this club does not actually have much to do with heated rivalry at all other than specifically being for the heated rivalry fandom. a lot of us have been wanting to get back into reading & watching movies so what better way to get out of our slumps than to do it together?
this is both discord & dashboard inclusive. not everyone enjoys discord and not everyone enjoys chatting on the dash, so regardless of which medium you prefer, you'll be able to participate!
use #heatedlibrary to tag us in your posts!
discord invite 📖📼
🍓 august prompts! 🍓
all info below the cut ⤵
blinkie by @ilyasmole ❤️
hollanov pixel art by @madebymothman 🧡
club name credit to @freakeduploser 💚
insp & encouraged by @averagesquire & @wyatthazy 💙
here's the general format for how this works:
❤️ each month, everyone participating pledges to read 1 (or more) book(s), and/or watch 1 (or more) movie(s). you make a post on the dash (and/or post in the discord) to share your monthly plan with others! all club posts can be tagged with #heatedlibrary or mention @heatedlibraryclub
🧡 due to not everyone having access to the same libraries, stores, and streaming services, we all choose our books and movies individually. however, if you'd like to read/watch the same things with a friend/friends go right ahead! there are specific channels in the discord for planning group activities, reading together, watching films together, or just chatting!
💛 on the first of each month i post 3 optional prompts. choose the prompt(s) that speaks to you the most and apply it to your book/movie search! these prompts are not mandatory to follow, just an added scavenger hunt element. ultimately, you can pick whatever book/movie you want! the prompts are mainly for people who struggle to choose what to read/watch and prefer some guidance. there is a channel in the discord specifically for recommending & suggesting books/films that fit the prompts if you're having trouble finding some!
💚 you do not have to complete all 3 prompts, nor should you feel pressure to finish all the books/films you planned to get to. the goal of this club is for everyone to just get back into reading/watching movies. the quantity doesn't matter, and neither does the length!
💙 throughout the month, everyone is encouraged to post (on the dash and/or in discord) reading/watching updates, thoughts, discussions, etc. you can plan to read alongside others at certain times, ask people if they'd like to read/watch the same things as you, or anything else you may think of!
💜 at the end of every month, we all post (on the dash and/or discord) a monthly wrap-up of what we read/watched. in these wrap-ups you can write reviews, share your favorite quotes, talk about what you did or didn't like, recommend or not recommend, etc. whatever you wanna talk about! and if you have nothing to say and just wanna share what you read/watched, that's cool too!
🩷 if you complete all your goals by the end of the month, you'll earn a special badge in the discord server to show off for all of the following month, as well as a special blinkie for your tumblr!
ultimately, this is a very low pressure/low stakes club that you really can do whatever you want in! following along with the prompts or doing group activities is not mandatory; if you've just been looking for an excuse to get out of your slump, that's what it's all about! there's no expectation to engage/interact in the discord (or even join the discord at all if you don't want to) and at the end of the day your goals are entirely your own. let's have fun! 🌈
LOTRWEEK is back for 2026! Mark your calendars for a week-long event on 21st-27th September to share our love and creativity for Lord of the Rings.
LOTRWEEK 2026 prompts:
Day 1 (21st Sep): beginnings | character | but it is not your own shire
Day 2 (22nd Sep): hobbit day | free day
Day 3 (23rd Sep): the past | adventure | don't the great tales never end?
Day 4 (24th Sep): the future | estel | courage is found in unlikely places
Day 5 (25th Sep): journey | heroism | I will take the ring, though I do not know the way
Day 6 (26th Sep): change | fellowship | for not all tears are an evil
Day 7 (27th Sep): endings | healing | sitting by a wall in the sun, laughing at old grief
See the FAQs below the cut for more info (and the extended quotes), and have fun!
FAQs - click here!
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Prompt quotes:
NOTE: Only the snippets above are the prompts themselves (deliberately short and open-ended to inspire a range of ideas), but if it helps to have a little more context, here are the full quotes:
Day 1:
‘But it is not your own Shire,’ said Gildor. ‘Others dwelt here before hobbits were; and others will dwell here again when hobbits are no more. The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.’
Day 3:
(Sam) '[...]Why, to think of it, we’re in the same tale still! It’s going on. Don’t the great tales never end?’
‘No, they never end as tales,’ said Frodo. ‘But the people in them come, and go when their part’s ended. Our part will end later – or sooner.’
‘And then we can have some rest and some sleep,’ said Sam. He laughed grimly. ‘And I mean just that, Mr. Frodo. [...] Still, I wonder if we shall ever be put into songs or tales. We’re in one, of course; but I mean: put into words, you know, told by the fireside, or read out of a great big book with red and black letters, years and years afterwards.'
Day 4:
‘But where shall I find courage?’ asked Frodo. ‘That is what I chiefly need.’
‘Courage is found in unlikely places,’ said Gildor. ‘Be of good hope! Sleep now! In the morning we shall have gone; but we will send our messages through the lands. The Wandering Companies shall know of your journey, and those that have power for good shall be on the watch. I name you Elf-friend; and may the stars shine upon the end of your road! Seldom have we had such delight in strangers, and it is fair to hear words of the Ancient Speech from the lips of other wanderers in the world.’
Day 5:
A great dread fell on him, as if he was awaiting the pronouncement of some doom that he had long foreseen and vainly hoped might after all never be spoken. An overwhelming longing to rest and remain at peace by Bilbo’s side in Rivendell filled all his heart. At last with an effort he
spoke, and wondered to hear his own words, as if some other will was using his small voice.
‘I will take the Ring,’ he said, ‘though I do not know the way.’
Day 6:
‘Yes,’ said Gandalf; ‘for it will be better to ride back three together than one alone. Well, here at last, dear friends, on the shores of the Sea comes the end of our fellowship in Middle-earth. Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.’
Day 7:
‘I would gladly learn how this creeping Smeagol became possessed of the Thing of which we speak, and how he lost it, but I will not trouble you now. If ever beyond hope you return to the lands of the living and we re-tell our tales, sitting by a wall in the sun, laughing at old grief, you shall tell me then. Until that time, or some other time beyond the vision of the Seeing-stones of Numenor, farewell!’ (Faramir)