#b2mem 2020

Tipping Point Back to Middle-earth Month | 3/30/20 “...their enemies shall be our enemies, their need shall be our need, and whatsoever evil, or threat, or assault may come upon them we will aid them to the utmost end of our strength.” (Unfinished Tales, Part Three, II, iii, Cirion and Eorl) [Official Prompt] | “Nearly all of us at times fall into the trap of looking back on history’s pivotal events as inevitable.” [First Line] | a friendship ends [Endings] | Whatever version, he was wrong for the moment but right for the ages.” [Last Line] | Kinslayers [Character Groups]

The First Kinslaying, from five different perspectives.

for @piyo-13, whose comic about Fingon at Alqualondë has haunted me since it was posted!

Rating: T | Major Character Death Characters: Fingon, Galadriel, Celebrimbor, Elulindo, Uinen Word count: 500 | Quintuple Drabble

'Beren now, he never thought he was going to get that Silmaril from the Iron Crown in Thangorodrim, and yet he did, and that was a worse place and a blacker danger than ours. But that's a long tale, of course, and goes on past the happiness and into grief and beyond it – and the Silmaril went on and came to Eärendil. And why, sir, I never thought of that before! We've got – you've got some of the light of it in that star-glass that the Lady gave you. Why, to think of it, we're in the same tale still! It's going on. Don't the great tales never end?'

'No, they never end as tales,' said Frodo. 'But the people in them come and go when their part's ended. Our part will end later – or sooner.' ~ The Two Towers, The Stairs of Cirith Ungol

Thank you to everyone who participated in Back to Middle-earth Month this year, commenting and creating and encouraging. We especially want to thank jenni_blog for volunteering to tag one last time.

A heartfelt and deep appreciation to the hundreds of people who have participated in this version of Back to Middle-earth Month for the past nine years. We’ve had a good time and we hope you’ve had a great one.

Our prompts are always available for anyone to use, as is the Dreamwidth community and AO3 collection.

As previously stated, we don’t own the Back to Middle-earth Month concept. If you want to do something next March (and we know at least one person is already planning), please do. We want B2MeM to continue.

Namárië!

The Dreams of Trees

Winter came, and the bitter rain, but the tree did not fall and the barren bough did not break. Its roots were not touched by frost. Hill and wood lived, neither light nor labour were past for ever, and darkness did not endure. Now sap is in the bough and light is on the wild-wood stream again. Spring is come to garth and field; it will unfold the beechen leaf and blossom will be laid on the orchard like a shining snow.

My own photos; text adapted from two of Tolkien’s poems from the Lord of the Rings.

Erestor’s Library is celebrating M2MEM with our own set of prompts in something we’re calling ‘M2MEM After Dark’, which is an excuse to have more prompts. Enjoy, pass them along, and have fun. 

And if you’re looking for the library, here’s where we live: 

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death Characters: Sauron | Mairon, Annatar (Tolkien) Additional Tags: Númenor, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Gratuitous Screwtape Letters references because that's how I roll, Mortality, Philosophizing in the face of imminent demise, As One Does, Embodiment is weird and Mairon never fully gets used to it Series: Part 3 of RC's Back to Middle-earth Month 2020 Summary:

Mairon stumbles on the steps of the temple as Numenor sinks, and for the first time in his existence, his hands are shaking.

the beginning of spring a Fëanorian Redemption story Back to Middle-earth Month | 3/31/20 “The beginning of spring” by Mad_Dillon [Official Prompt] | “It was the first morning of my wedded life, and my impossible beloved lay beside me.” [First Line] | your favorite ship [Character Groups]

It was the first morning of his wedded life, and his impossible beloved lay beside him.

my last one-year-belated entry for B2MeM 2020! a Russingon fic that’s been sitting in my drafts since last March :)

Rating: E | No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Maedhros/Fingon Characters: Maedhros, Fingon Word count: 2.5k

Take me home with you tonight part of in the midst of the innumerable stars [Space AU] Back to Middle-earth Month | 3/28/20 “And curb your pride and your greed, or you will fall at the end of whatever path you take, though your hands be full of gold.” (Unfinished Tales, Part Three, III, The Quest of Erebor) [Official Prompt] | “CHARACTER was exploring the backs of the spaceport docks when she ran smack into the fight.” [First Line] | Nan Dungortheb [Silm Locations]

Maeglin is captured by the Enemy and shipped off to Angband - only to be rescued by the unlikeliest of Atani, wielding the twin of his father's lightsaber.

for @russingon, who suggested I write about Maeglin in this verse like, a year ago <3

Rating: T | Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Maeglin/Túrin Characters: Maeglin, Túrin Turambar, background Orcs Word count: 1.7k