terrifying tolkien week

Welcome to Terrifying Tolkien Week, an annual celebration of all the horrifying things in Tolkien's works. Post your creations in the tag #ttw2019.

[terrifyingtolkien]

TTW2019 PROMPTS

please note that all of the following prompts are optional. we ask that you tag all gore/nsfw/questionable content appropriately. also feel free to post your work to the ao3 collection!

WRITING PROMPTS

day i: love that bleeds and bleeds and whispers “let me out” day ii: to reek; to fester in the dark day iii: a strange light in his eye day iv: the bloody sky day v: gemstones day vi: round and round we go day vii: free choice

ART/GRAPHIC PROMPTS

day i: dare to look upon me, fool, and meet your end day ii: rivers clogged with doom day iii: a crown of teeth and bone day iv: i carried on without a care day v: return day vi: i pray that the gods will show me the way day vii: free choice

if you are interested in more ttw prompts, feel free to browse our page or tag. happy creating!

[terrifyingtolkien]

Hello, all, Alivia here! I’m so excited to be officially kicking off TTW 2019!

First off, I’d like to apologize for our unexpected hiatus last year. Both mods are still students, and last year in particular was incredibly busy for both of us. But I’d like to get this event back into full swing! I’ve truly missed it.

Sab and I founded this event back in 2015, with the intention of creating something similar to Inktober, but dedicated specifically to all the creepy things that Tolkien wrote about in his Legendarium. We took it upon ourselves to post writing, art, and graphic design prompts during the last week of October for three consecutive years, and now after a “gap year” of sorts, we’re coming back.

(On a somewhat sadder note: I’ve tried to contact Sab, my co-creator and fellow mod, a few times over the past year to see what she has in mind for this event, but it looks like she’s inactive and I haven’t been able to reach her. If anyone knows how to contact her, please message me immediately.)

HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN TTW:

Watch out for this year’s prompts, which will be posted on October 8th.

Create! Write, draw, design - whatever your heart desires. Adhere to the prompts or come up with your own horrific works. Tag your TTW posts with this year’s tag, #ttw2019, so we can reblog/queue your work! (Please specify in the post or message us if you would like us to refrain from reblogging.)

Tag any gore/NSFW appropriately.

We also suggest that you follow us (and turn on post notifications if you want to) to stay updated :)

Feel free to post your work to this year’s AO3 collection, which will be opened on October 25th! Please note that artists of any medium are all welcome to post their work to this collection.

Prompts will be coming soon! Can’t wait to get this event started :) If you have any questions, feel free to direct them to our askbox!

[terrifyingtolkien]

Hello. Is there any chance for prompts for this year's TTW being announced today? ;)

unfortunately, you’ll have to wait a little bit! we may be posting them in mid-september as opposed to october 1st. turn on post notifications and see :)

[terrifyingtolkien]

ttw2019 psa

alivia here! just so everyone knows, ttw WILL be happening this year for certain. we are no longer looking for other mods, and will be running the event as usual. prompts and ideas for this year are already in the works :) normal reblogging/queueing will happen as in previous years, and an ao3 collection for this year will also be available. can’t wait to see everyone’s pieces!!

[terrifyingtolkien]

will there be an event this year?

probably not. maybe we’ll post prompts, but beside that we won’t be reblogging

[terrifyingtolkien]

Hello, mods! Just wanted to drop by and say thank you both for setting up and running such a fantastic event again this year. It was so much fun to participate and to see what others in the fandoms were creating, and I really appreciate all your hard work!!

sorry to answer this late-- thank you! we’re glad people appreciate it! :)

[terrifyingtolkien]

Hi you guys— last announcement of the day. TerrifyingTolkien, the host of Terrifying Tolkien Week, is looking for mods. 

Terrifying Tolkien Week is an annual celebration of the terrifying— the grotesque— the horrifying— in Tolkien’s works. Creations are posted in the tag #terrifyingtolkien.

However, as you guys probably noticed this year, both mods have become incredibly busy, and this is no longer a thing we can do on our own. 

What We’re Looking For:

3-4 people

should be passionate about Tolkien

must be able to follow a basic tagging system

bloggers who would be able to reblog at least one whole day of content (about 10-15 posts)

How To Apply

reblog this post

read below the read more to see how the tagging system works

submit an application to us, answering the following questions:           Name           Blog Url(s)           Why you want to join the team           How much reblogging you’ll be able to do           Past Creations for Terrifying Tolkien Week (optional)           Will you follow the tagging system and rules?

do not have our mods blocked

Below, we detail how our tagging system works. 

Keep reading

[avoyagetoarcturus]

Terrifying Tolkien Week 2017 day 3: sic transit gloria mundi

The end of Míriel Serindë. (these are sequential) (also that’s Irmo not Námo)

[avoyagetoarcturus]

Terrifying Tolkien Week 2017 day 7: free choice

“Fair form” of a Balrog. Happy Halloween!

(Hey this was fun - and the first time I’ve done every single day of a fandom week! Check out my other submissions here!)

[nemenalya]

Day 2: And Death shall have no dominion

When Beren was killed Luthien brought back … something, from somewhere. But who is to say where the power of the Lord of Death begins - and where that of the vanquished Maiar of Undeath ends?

[nemenalya]

Day 6: Spectre

In Doriath the Oaths collide, the dead feel their chains and kindred blood is spilled in hidden caves.

Or: Restless and bound the spirit of Finrod tries to save the line of Barahir; and gets revenge on his treacherous cousins.

[terrifyingtolkien]

Hi you guys— last announcement of the day. TerrifyingTolkien, the host of Terrifying Tolkien Week, is looking for mods. 

Terrifying Tolkien Week is an annual celebration of the terrifying— the grotesque— the horrifying— in Tolkien's works. Creations are posted in the tag #terrifyingtolkien.

However, as you guys probably noticed this year, both mods have become incredibly busy, and this is no longer a thing we can do on our own. 

What We’re Looking For:

3-4 people

should be passionate about Tolkien

must be able to follow a basic tagging system

bloggers who would be able to reblog at least one whole day of content (about 10-15 posts)

How To Apply

reblog this post

read below the read more to see how the tagging system works

submit an application to us, answering the following questions:           Name           Blog Url(s)           Why you want to join the team           How much reblogging you’ll be able to do           Past Creations for Terrifying Tolkien Week (optional)           Will you follow the tagging system and rules?

do not have our mods blocked

Below, we detail how our tagging system works. 

How Our Tagging System Works

The order of the tags is date, work, characters, and media type. 

Dates are done in a European fashion— for example, October 31, 2017 would read 31.10.17. Work is particular to what work of Tolkien’s the content refers to— The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, etc. 

These are abbreviated as the following:

The Hobbit = th

The Children of Húrin= tcoh

The Silmarillion = silm

Lord of the Rings = lotr

Histories of Middle-Earth= home

Beren and Lúthien= bal

As a member, you’ll be expected to reblog approximately one day of content during Terrifying Tolkien Week (October 25th-31st each year). This is about 10-15 posts. You must also be able to follow to tagging system. Mod posts and answering questions will be handle by Sabine and Alivia, the admins. 

[terrifyingtolkien]

Thank you, everyone, for participating in Terrifying Tolkien Week 2017! the enthusiasm and participation for this event always shocks me and Alivia— we had no idea two years ago how much this would hit off. Thanks again, and see you guys all next year!

[nemenalya]

Day 3: Sic transit gloria mundi

“Then perforce Morgoth surrendered to her the gems that he bore with him, one by one and grudgingly; and she devoured them, and their beauty perished from the world. Huger and darker yet grew Ungoliant, bu her lust was unsated. `With one hand thou givest,´ she said;`with the left only. Open thy right hand.´ (Of the flight of the Noldor; The Silmarillion; J.R.R.Tolkien)

How easily the tale could have ended then and there, in the desolate wastes of northern Beleriand, with Ungoliant devouring not only the treasures of Formenos but also the Silmarils and mayhap Morgoth himself…

[rose-of-the-bright-sea-deactiva]

I’m a day late! But here’s my submission for Terrifying Tolkien Week, Day 2: Wild Hunt. (Because the Sindar hunting the petty dwarves was honestly terrifying). Read on Ao3.

“Take Flet and run.” He was gripping her arm so tightly that she could no longer feel her fingertips. “Go to the tunnels and do not look back. No matter what.”

“What of you?”

She knew the answer before it was spoken, yet it hurt all the same. “I will fend them off for as long as I can.”

“You will die.” They would all die. It was only a matter of time until the gods of death hunted them all into extinction, with only their bones left in the pale monsters’ forest-homes, hung as trophies of the hunt. “Come with us. Live, even if only for today.”

“Some must stay to buy you time.” He glanced at the small child hiding in her skirts. How foolish it had been to bring a child into the world, how cruel.

“Then you take Flet and go,” she protested. “Let me stay.”

He shook his head, his heart breaking at her request. “I cannot.”

“Why? Because I—”

It was too reckless to speak of such things in the child’s hearing and far too dangerous to be wasting time on such arguments. He hugged her close and whispered in her ear. “They will cease their hunt for the day if they take home enough bodies. You cannot ask me to make a sacrifice of you.”

“And yet you ask me to make one of you?”

But the gods of death and their silver blades came on fierce, black-eyed beasts and made sacrifices of them all.

[rose-of-the-bright-sea-deactiva]

Warning: total deviation from how I actually view Elros, this is literally just for Terrifying Tolkien. Read on Ao3

Nandië sighed with contentment as her liege and husband rose from the bed, leaving his seed to slicken her thighs. She prayed a son would result from the deed, one as strong and brave as his father, who could prove a worthy successor to Elros. Tar-Minyatur, she thought with a smile.

The king slung a robe of bright blue over his shoulders, but it hung slack, proudly displaying his nakedness. Nandië smile brightened at the sight, though her attention was quickly drawn to the necklace around his chest. The gold which made up the chain was same color as her pale roses, which were planted just below the window. Its pendant was a simple thing, some coin of old, and yet Nandië had never seen Elros without it. Even in their coupling, it remained around his neck, sometimes resting upon her own skin.

“May I ask, your royal highness, the origin of your necklace?”

Elros looked surprised by the request. Then he smiled. Bright teeth flashed in the candle light, making Nandië shiver despite the fur blankets around her. “This is my first war prize. My original treasure.”

“Treasure?” Nandië questioned. Elros returned to the bed, tugging away her blankets and tracing her ankle lightly.

“Indeed.” A feral grin made its way onto the young king’s face. “My foster fathers would bring my back treasures won by iron, but they were never mine. Not truly. Jewels mean nothing unless they are hard won with your own hand.”

“Mined?”

Elros laughed. “No, not that.” With dark eyes, he flipped her over. Already he was growing hard again. “This belonged to the first man I ever killed. Took it from his still warm body, I even cleaned the blood off of it myself.”

Nandië’s blood went cold at the thought of Elros looting a corpse, but he laughed at the sudden tension and bit down on her pulse point. “I see,” she whispered.

“How can you? That thrill, that power.” Nandië did not moan as he entered her for a second time. “To extract the iron price… That is something no woman can know.”

The second time he spilt his seed, Nandië prayed no child would come from it. A child conceived in bloodlust would never do.

[rose-of-the-bright-sea-deactiva]

Terrifying Tolkien Week: Day 5, Beauty is Terror

“You will be beautiful, Ara, just like Curufinwë.” That was praise. Praise always contained his brother’s name when it came from his father’s lips. Fëanor was beauty, not just to the king, but to all of the Noldor.

In time, Finwë’s words proved true. The word was soon directed towards him as well. Like his brother but golden, Tirion said. Beautiful.

Arafinwë looked upon the wreckage of Alqualondë. He saw the blood stains, the floating corpses, and the billowing smoke. Everything Fëanor did was beautiful. Fëanor defined beauty. Arafinwë smiled at the thought. I am not beautiful, after all then.