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Tolkien100 Drabble Community

Tolkien100 is a long-running drabble community that originated on LiveJournal and is currently maintained on both LiveJournal and Dreamwidth (the first link in this announcement goes to the Dreamwidth community; the Livejournal community is here). The community focusses on fixed-length or "perfect" drabbles (100 words) inspired by any fictional works by J.R.R. Tolkien, including their movie adaptations.

In its current incarnation (since 2018) there are also regular writing prompts. The current prompt is "Green Leaves". 

New participants would be really welcome!

(A Dreamwidth or LiveJournal account is required.)

Please signal-boost even if you do not write fixed-length drabbles yourself! But also, if you feel you might like to try, you may find that fixed-length does more for you than you might expect.

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5 HASTY WEAPONS (2 - 2-HANDED STABBER-SCRAPERS 1 OF WHICH IS EXTENSIONABLE, 2 - 1-HANDED STABBER-SCRAPERS, 1 - FINGER BREAKER LEVER) FASHIONED IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES FROM A FOUND BENT-BEYOND-NORMAL-USE 5-FOOT FIXED LENGTH EXTENSION POLE; tue03:52:33pm26dec2017; powder-coated steel, rust-proof zinc alloy tip, plastic, paper sticker label, duct tape; 5 feet when all 5 pieces put end-to-end, 2 larger pieces are 18.5inches each, 2 medium-length pieces put end-to-end are 18.5inches together, small piece is 4.5inches in length, tube diameter is .875inches.

in BOX #19

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All roads are now bent

@numenorweek

Numenorean mariners on their first voyage after the changing of the world.

He folded the map and made to drop it over the side of the ship. Drawn up by the best cartographer in Numenor, it was useless now, all geography irrevocably altered. All those books that would have to be rewritten, because they were no longer true! Those that lay not drowned deep, library shelves among the corals.

‘Don’t’ said the first mate sharply. ‘Fold it carefully. We need to keep that one for the historians—not that many left, and it is nearly falling apart.’

She herself was already busy sketching altered coastlines and new islands, recording distances, triangulations, stars.

Written at an Insta-drabbling session on the SWG Discord for the following prompt: Vienna Teng: all my books are lying useless now / all my maps will only show me how to lose my way (From: "Nothing Without You")

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Same Place, Another Time

Wandering Maglor returns to Mount Dolmed.

Maglor takes shelter from a storm in a tunnel under Mount Dolmed. The Dwarven mine farther in has fallen into decay. He remembers they were here after the Dagor Nirnaeth Arnoediad. How desperate they were—and yet lacking in foresight how much more might yet be lost, how much farther they had to fall! In the dark, he hears the thundering sound of breakers borne up from the coast below. He closes his eyes and pretends defiantly that what he hears is only the gale in the branches of the forest, that not far off Caranthir’s keep still stands unconquered…

Here at the SWG Archive

(Written at an event on the SWG Discord, for a SWG Challenge.)

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

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Beorn (Tolkien) Additional Tags: Beorn's House, Animals, Pre-Canon Summary:

It is deep winter. Beorn and his friends settle down to a well-deserved rest. Double drabble.

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

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit - All Media Types, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Crebain - Character Additional Tags: Animals, Mind Manipulation, SWG Challenge (Tolkien), Book: Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth Summary:

One of the crebain drops out of the hunt for the Fellowship over Hollin.

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

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Minor or Background Relationship(s) Characters: Edhellos | Eldalótë, Círdan | Nowë Additional Tags: Implied/Referenced Character Death, Textual Ghost, First Age Summary:

Edhellos has escaped, with a handful of others, from the battle in which her husband Angrod died. She has a request to make.

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

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Additional Tags: Moria | Khazad-dûm Summary:

Maybe Gandalf had an ally in the bridge? The Balrog's fall from an unusual point of view.