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The north wind doth blow, and we shall have… Tolkien Secret Santa 2017!

Welcome to the Tolkien Secret Santa! This is a little gift exchange held during the Most Wonderful Time of the Year™. Everyone who participates gets to make and receive a small digital present from their Secret Santa, which could take any number of forms: a fic, a playlist, an artwork, a poem, a graphic - you name it!

Sold? This is how it’s gonna work:

Reblog this post! 

Fill out this sign-up form so I can make your pairs! EDIT: The form does not allow multiple selections for fandoms due to my own error. If you want to create/receive for multiple fandoms, please select “Other” and write which fandoms they would be. Really sorry for the inconvenience! The site won’t let me change it unless I pay and I am but a poor student

Follow this blog (you’ll get updates, maybe some inspiration/ideas for gifts, if someone asks something relevant you can see that too etc.)

Wait until partners are sent out on December 1st.

Post your small gift any time between December 16th and December 23rd without tagging/revealing your Secret Santa OR you can wait until the 24th and post it then if you don’t want to go back and reblog/tag.

Tag your Secret Santa on December 24th and I’ll reblog your work to this blog!

A few more things…

Please please try and join before December 1st! There’ll be a chance to pinch-hit a gift if you’re late and a partner can’t be found, but it’s less stress for all of us if you sign up by December 1st!

Feel free to drop anonymous messages to your giftee before the reveal! Little compliments, maybe an unambiguous question, something to hype them up before the 24th…

If you want to contact your Secret Santa through this blog, that’s fine too! Just send an ask on anon and I’ll tag them.

I’ll track #tolkiensecretsanta2017 so be sure to tag your gift so that I can reblog it

Do ask any questions on this blog! An FAQ is in the works and should be up shortly. 

- Hey, my voice is definitely not that high, Ecthelion..

- Of course it is! are you the one with perfect pitch or am I?

Someone on reddit asked about it. And it turns out there’s a logical-ish reason:

all of the other players pair off with their man to prevent anyone else entering into the fight … so it’s a form of self policing. 

[…] The players basically want to prevent 2 on 1, etc. fights and by finding a “hugging” partner so there’s no ganging up on one guy, even on accident. They do it because it’s fair. And it’s kind of cute sometimes.

Siblings: Fëanáro, Findis, and Ñolofinwë

Before the unchaining of Melkor, there was peace in Valinor, and in the House of the Noldóran‏.

aka

Prologue: Choir Auditions Today (Improvisational Jazz Not Welcome)

Introduction: Dear World, Meet Your New Bosses

1. Melkor Says Light Is For Squares

2.  Aulë Gets To Sleep On The Couch

3. The Elves Take A Road Trip

4. Getting Distracted By A Hot Girl Only Leads To Good Things

5. Paradise Is A Sort-Of Island In The Middle Of Nowhere

6. This Pardon Is Absolutely The Right Decision

7. The Best Way To Deal With Stress Is Infighting

8. Melkor Says Light Is For Squares (Again)

9. Fëanor Makes A Rash Decision

10. Teamwork And Magic Can Fix Anything 

11. The Valar Say Light Is Awesome

12. Men Shall (Eventually) Inherit The Earth

13. Cliffhangers Suck

14. Everybody Gets A Kingdom

15. Banning A Language Will Totally Solve Your Problems

16. Orphan Does His Best To Fit In After Horrible Childhood

17.  Men Show Up Fifteen Minutes Late With Starbucks

18. There Is Absolutely No Way It Can Get Worse

19. The Happiest People In This Book Have Fun Adventures

20. It Got Worse

21. You Won’t Believe How Awful This Guy’s Life Is

22. Aggressive Negotiations Make Everyone Hate You

23. When Ulmo Says Leave, You Leave

24. The Valar Get Dangerous

Interlude: Colonialism Is Caused By Devil Worship