Happy Reveal Day!
As always there would be no My Slashy Valentine without all the amazing writers, old and new, who take on this challenge. Thank you for still signing up when I changed all the deadlines this year.
Congratulations to all our new writers who completed their first swap: daughter0fdurin, duckwhatduck, emma_and_orlando, Ethele_Feanarion, feyandferal, Flora_lass, hautdesert, InfiniteRiver, inthedarkofthenight, jauneclair, julomaiboulomai, LeetheVix, lordlyliights, luthnethril, rebornflameofthenoldor, skatesfullofsunshine, StormsBreadth, Tar_Eleniel, tombombadildo, until_the_stars_are_all_alight, whirligiguana, and whovianhiddlestoner! Please check out their stories and make them feel welcome.
Our pinch hitters this round were so wonderful --- shout out to AdmirableMonster, elladansgirl, InfiniteRiver, LeetheVix, Lorinand_Lost, Tehhumi, tombombadildo --- they made sure no one was without a gift ficcie for reveal day. I could not have done it without them.
Thanks always to all our veteran writers who continue to participate, tell their friends and show new participants that this is a fun yearly tradition! Together you all make this swap a vibrant part of the Tolkien community.
And now, for your reading enjoyment…
My Slashy Valentine 2026: The Master List!
AdmirableMonster wrote Our Hands Clasped So Tight for EclecticKefi ♥ AdmirableMonster wrote The crownless again shall be queen for until_the_stars_are_all_alight Aglarien wrote A Most Eventful Journey for Melusine6619 Aprilmoon08 wrote Power of Love for Ignoblebard a_world_of_whimsy wrote The Price Of Defeat - The Price For Life for Harp_of_Gold BaccaratBlack wrote Before They Were Kings for HewerOfCaves below daughter0fdurin wrote And so the Mountain Thawed for Lucigoo89 duckwhatduck wrote the hind at the green altar for whirligiguana EclecticKefi wrote Elegy for StormsBreadth elennalore wrote The Mole and the Serpent for Lanthanum12 elfscribe wrote Lost and Found for Aglarien elladansgirl wrote Songs of the Nightingale for inthedarkofthenight ♥ elladansgirl wrote Days remembered for emma_and_orlando Elleth wrote That Perches in the Soul for ingenious_spark Elronds_Library wrote a riot of shadow and shine for NiennaWept emma_and_orlando wrote The Art of Stating Intention for elladansgirl Ethele_Feanarion wrote It only took two Ages of the World for aprilmoon08 FakeCirilla9 wrote The Shadow of the Oath for hautdesert feyandferal wrote The salt on your lips and the hands that God gave you for InfiniteRiver Flora_lass wrote His Clear Bright Eyes for lordlyliights Harp_of_Gold wrote cut yourself open and let me inside for reindeer_pizza hautdesert wrote The course of our journey here, here where we part for ohboromir HewerOfCaves wrote Rules, Unspoken or Otherwise for luthnethril I_did_not_mean_to wrote I have questions for you for elfscribe IgnobleBard wrote Healing Wound for daughter0fdurin ingenious_spark wrote Slow-Forged for starlightwalking InfiniteRiver wrote Interterrās for mangacrack
♥ InfiniteRiver wrote Where Babies Go To for kitkatkaylie inthedarkofthenight wrote if thine is glory for lynndyre jauneclair wrote that each shall take his freedom for Rian JazTheBard wrote The Two Fairy Princesses for maglor_my_beloved julomaiboulomai wrote Dawn, Daylight, Delight for JazTheBard kitkatkaylie wrote The Peculiarities of Peredhil for Tabru LadyWithaQuill wrote Reunited At Last for Phyncke Lanthanum12 wrote Love's Bitterness for maitimiel LeetheVix wrote Recognition for Tar_Eleniel ♥ LeetheVix wrote No Law Nor Love for jauneclair Lost_inMiddleearth wrote the darkest night will end and the sun will rise for mouse lordlyliights wrote river to bath, hands to hold for tombombadildo Lorinand_Lost wrote Virago for FakeCirilla9 ♥ Lorinand_Lost wrote Kingmaker for jauneclair LuciGoo89 wrote Even in the shadow of the mountain, none are lost for skatesfullofsunshine luthnethril wrote love you with my eyes closed for feyandferal lynndyre wrote Tirolach a Turon for LadyWithaQuill maglor_my_beloved wrote Lady Fair for julomaiboulomai maitimiel wrote Waves of Devotion for Elronds_Library mangacrack wrote The Door Swings Wide for LeetheVix Melusine6619 wrote When It's Love for Ethele_Feanorian mouse wrote Long and Delicate Labour for duckwhatduck NiennaWept wrote the river-gift for Elleth ohboromir wrote Warrior's Bond for Lorinand_Lost phyncke wrote The Wanderer's Lament by the Sea for whovianhiddlestoner rebornflameofthenoldor wrote Pride Goeth Before a Fall for cytryne ♥ red_lasbelin wrote you should take this heart of mine for Flora_lass reindeer_pizza wrote All His Evil Deeds for rebornflameofthenoldor Rian wrote The Descent for Melesta sallysavestheday wrote Atonement for tomefaired skatesfullofsunshine wrote A Love Worth Waiting For starlightwalking wrote An Unexpected Union for I_did_not_mean_to StormsBreadth wrote Intreat me not to leave thee for sallysavestheday tabru wrote Driftwood for ulmondil Tar_Eleniel wrote With a wreath of flowers crowning her head for a_world_of_whimsy ♥ Tehhumi wrote Gone Beyond My Years for elennalore Thinwhitedutchess wrote The flight of a bird has no wings for below_et_almost tomefaired wrote summon forth the wounded night for Thinwhitedutchess tombombadildo wrote Through the Shadows, Through the Swirl for undercat ♥ tombombadildo wrote Though It Touched Him the Nearest for jauneclair until_the_stars_are_all_alight wrote she's calling my name (again) for AdmirableMonster whirligiguana wrote hidden fruits for Lost_inMiddleearth whovianhiddlestoner wrote Carved Antler for BaccaratBlack
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♥ denotes a pinch hit!
If you need a link to the entire collection, it is right here: 2026 My Slashy Valentine
Happy (belated) Valentine’s day! Please be sure to thank your writers.
Red
The MSV Mod
