Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.

And all I could think about were the High Kings of the Noldor

From left to right we have:

Finwë (Canada Goose)

Fëanor (Nënë Goose)

Maedhros (Red Breasted Goose)

Fingolfin (Brant Goose)

Fingon (Cape Barren Goose)

Turgon (Barnacle Goose)

Gil-Galad (Emperor Goose)

(Or should I say Goose Finwë, Fëahonk, Maedhonk, Fingoose, Fingoose II, Turgoose and Gil-Goose?)

No clue if this counts as they are geese.

There are lots of exciting Tolkien fandom weeks/events coming up this year, so just like last year, I decided to create a masterpost to keep track of everything. Other excellent sources are @curiouselleth's Tolkien Fandom Events community as well as @tolkienfandomevents!

This list is not exhaustive, and dates are subject to change by the organisers of these events! Please check the original post for the most up-to-date version.

If you know of any events not included here, please don't hesitate to send me a message or an ask. Please note that I am not running any of these events myself and that I am not responsible for any prompts/submissions part of these events.

JANUARY

3: Tolkien Birthday Toast

4-10: Arafinwëan Week @arafinwean-week

8-14: Tolkien Women's Week @tolkienwomensweek

9: Tolkien Photoshoot at MagFest, hosted by @solmarillion

FEBRUARY

1-28: FiliOri Fest @filiorifest

1-28: Tolkien Femslash February @tolkienfemfeb

2-9: Tolkien Time Warp @tolkientimewarp

10-14: Valentine Event, hosted by @thelien-art

14-20: A Very Angbang Valentine's @very-angbang-valentines

22-28: Tolkien Sea Week @tolkienseaweek

MARCH

1-31: Back to Middle-earth Month @spring-into-arda

1-31: Thrór March @obscuredurins

15: Adar Ides of March, hosted by @eowyn7023

16-23: Celegorm and Curufin Week @cnc-week

16-29: Tolkien Fashion Week @tolkienfashionweek

23-29: Fëanorian Week @feanorianweek

25: Tolkien Reading Day

27-29: Fellowship Fest @spring-into-arda

APRIL

1-30: Barduil Month @bi-widower-dads

12: Daemags Day @daemags

26: Crablor Day @crablorday

27-3 May: Gondor Week @gondorweek

MAY

27 Apr-3: Gondor Week @gondorweek

3-9: LOTRO Week @lotro-week

4-10: Angbang Week @angbangweek

10-16: Aspec Arda Week @aspecardaweek

17-23: Week of Kiliel @weekofkiliel

JUNE

1-7: Silmarillion Epistolary Week @silmarillionepistolary

14-20: Boromir Week @boromir-week

15-21: Russingon Week @russingon-week

16-22: Tolkien Native Languages Appreciation Fest @jrrt-native-languages-fest

JULY

1-31: Tolkien Disability Pride @obscuredurins

6-12: Tolkien Gen Week @tolkiengenweek

13-19: Esoteric Tolkien Week @esotolkienweek

14-20: Celedriel Week @celedrielweek

25: LotR Musical Ephemera Extravaganza, hosted by @lotrmusical

31: Tolkien Meetup at Otakon, hosted by @solmarillion

AUGUST

2-16: Falešné společenstvo 25th Anniversary Celebration, hosted by @a-mountain-hobbit

10-16: Silvergifting Week @silvergiftingweek

10-16: Tolkien Duck Week, hosted by @baby-dragons-art

10-16: Míriel Week

23-29: Gigolas Week @gigolas-week

24-30: Tolkien OC Week @tolkienocweek

SEPTEMBER

1-30: Tolkien Sapphic September @tolkiensapphics

7-14: Sindar Week @sindarweek

20: Fingon x Finrod x Maedhros Day @fingon-finrod-maedhros

21-27: Finwëan Ladies Week @finweanladiesweek

28-4 Oct: Silm Smut Week @silmsmutweek

OCTOBER

28 Sep-4 Silm Smut Week @silmsmutweek

1-31: Erestober @erestober

1-31: Oritober @tolkien-oritober-event

18: Curufinrod Day @curufinrodweek

25-31: Tolkien Horror Week @tolkienhorrorweek

NOVEMBER

1-30: Nwalin November @nwalin-november

2-8: Tolkien Food Week @tolkien-food-week

9-16: Nolofinwëan Week @nolofinweanweek

16-22: Glorthelion Week @glorthelionweek

23-29: Tolkien Siblings Week @tolkiensiblingsweek

DECEMBER

1-31: Díscember @obscuredurins

13: Anairë and Fingolfin Day @ananolvo-day

Longer events:

Hobbit WIP Round-Up @acorn-and-oakleaves, October 2025-January 2026

My Slashy Valentine @myslashyvalentine, January-April

Leaf & Lore: A Tolkien Writing Month @leaf-and-lore, March-May

Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang @tolkienrsb, March-October

Scribbles & Drabbles @fall-for-tolkien, June-November

TROP Rewatch @troprewatch, January-February; July-November

Innumerable Stars @innumerable-stars, August-October

Finwëan Sibling Prompt Fest @finweansiblingfest, September-November

Silmarillion Secret Stockings @silmarillionstockings, November 2025-January 2026; October 2026-January 2027

SWG challenges @silmarillionwritersguild throughout the year

Teitho Contest @teitho, challenges throughout the year

Year of Bagginshield @acorn-and-oakleaves, prompts throughout the year

Honourable mentions:

Stage Adaptations Performance Calendar by @emeraldskulblaka

Imagine: Morgduck, Duckron, Celebrimduck, Duckolas, Gimduck, Duckiel, Ar-Pharaduck.

The content makes it self.

Ofcourse I had to draw Manwë and Eönwë, what else did you expect from me

Plus Eönwë without his baby armor because he's so cute

And in the dark I can hear your heartbeat I tried to find the sound But then it stopped And I was in the darkness So darkness I became

I took the stars from my eyes and then I made a map And knew that somehow I could find my way back Then I heard your heart beating, you were in the darkness too So I stayed in the darkness with you

so i had a hilarious idea for @baby-dragons-art Tolkien Duck Week. you never said i couldn't make melkor into a giant rubber duck!

what kind of noise does rubber duck melkor make if you squish him?

special thanks to @moringottocake @belforte and the Leaf and Lore server for enabling me as well as @amorbidcorvid for suggesting that i add fingolfin (duckgolfin?)

fenhawke in 2026? Fenhawke forever in fact

For those who might enjoy them 🖤

A compilation of lyrics that I’ve heard and immediately gone: it’s Melkor and Mairon. More under the cut. Favourite lines in bold.

Seduction of Mairon

And in the dark

I can hear your heartbeat

I tried to find the sound

But then it stopped

And I was in the darkness

So darkness I became

Gothmog: Master, we're in urgent need of your presence at the council.

Melkor from behind the door: Go away. I'm in the middle of the very important work. Don't distract me.

Gothmog: Is "work" resting your head on Mairon's lap and making out?!

Melkor: How did you know?

Gothmog: ...I was saying it as a joke.

i feel like the second the boss looks away she just goes into vacation mode