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Some of you may have heard the rumours that Tumblr might be folding soon. There's talk of employees being let go, with only skeleton staff remaining to manage the platform in the hope that a buyer comes along. These rumours have not been confirmed or denied either way, but it's true to say we have entered a sort of limbo.

With this in mind, I would strongly urge any Zepfic / rockfic writers, fan artists etc who post their works exclusively to Tumblr to migrate their work over to a03 or another suitable platform at the earliest possible opportunity. Even if the rumours are unfounded at present, it's likely only a matter of time before Tumblr really does disappear for real.

If there's truth to the rumours and a buyer comes along, well... we simply won't know what their agenda is going to be until it's implemented, so time is of the essence. Platforms that don't follow the TikTok model are no longer deemed profitable, making it extremely likely that any potential buyers will seek to change Tumblr beyond recognition, forcing fannish creativity to the margins once more.

I'm old enough to remember what happened with Livejournal in the 2000s and the feeling of being cut adrift from fan community for what seemed like forever, so I cannot stress this enough: Migrate your works and tell your friends to do the same. Look into alternative platforms for discussions, such as Discord. Even Facebook might be a temporary option, though I would strongly recommend using alt accounts and making discussion groups private and invite-only if you go there. I'm unaware of any similar alternatives to Tumblr, but if anybody can fill me in, I'd love to hear it.

Please reblog this entry, and feel free to use it for posting your suggestions!

Thanks for reading,

Luxe 💖

Our goal is to make sure every prompter gets at least one fill. Currently, 10 of 27 prompts have been claimed by 10 of the 17 participating creators. (7 creators have not yet claimed anything; time's a-wasting, folks!) The remaining prompts run the gamut from The Silmarillion to The Lord of the Rings to The Hobbit to The Rings of Power, so come have a look. Maybe one of them will tickle your fancy? Or tell a friend. 😉 All signal boosting is much appreciated. ❤️

You can find all the prompts HERE as the prompt meme format doesn't allow for linking to individual prompts.

Claiming a Prompt: Use the "Claim" button next to the prompt you want to claim. (You can find open prompts under "Prompts" in the sidebar.) Several people can claim the same prompt. You can also claim a prompt without having submitted any of your own.

If you are new to the format, AO3 has a helpful FAQ here.

This year's timeline (2025):

Prompt Posting: November 5th to 27th.

Claiming: November 28th to December 28th.

Collection Open for Posting: November 28th to December 28th.

Chapters: 12/12 Fandom: Constantine (2005) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: John Constantine/Me, John Constantine & Angela Dodson, Me & Angela Dodson, John Constantine & Papa Midnite, Papa Midnite & Me Characters: John Constantine, Me, Angela Dodson, Incubus - Character, Papa Midnite Additional Tags: Love Stories, Succubi & Incubi, Demisexuality, Virginity, Loss of Virginity, Los Angeles, Horror, Moving In Together, Christian Character, Overweight, Weight Issues, Kissing, Attraction, Comedy, Avoidant Personality Disorder, Social Anxiety, Attempted Rape/Non-Con, Self-Insert, Self-Indulgent, Hurt/Comfort, Decisions, Romantic Horror Comedy, Protective, Protectiveness, Strip Games, Strip Bowling, Midnight Club, Christian Erotica, Oral Sex, Breast Fucking, Come Swallowing, Bathing/Washing, Anal Sex, Penis In Vagina Sex, Nipple Play, Breasts, Large Breasts, Missionary Position, Soulmates Series: Part 5 of Yes, I Really Am This Pathetic! Summary:

When an incubus begins harassing me, I seek out the help of John Constantine to be rid of the damned thing. Informing me that this particular Incubi, the Virginitas, only feeds on virgins, my plight grows more dangerous when the original incubus brings its friends along to join in the fun and killing.

When Constantine vows to protect me, we look together for a way to keep both my purity and life. However, the situation only becomes more distressing when we visit Papa Midnite, who has seen the Incubi in action and reveals that their presence will corrupt John Constantine as well.

Claiming for the 2025 round of LotR SeSa has begun! It will run all the way until the posting deadline on December 28th, so you have four weeks to claim and fill prompts (and make prompters happy). Happy creating!

If you are new to the format, AO3 has a helpful FAQ here.

This year's timeline (2025):

Prompt Posting: November 5th to 27th.

Claiming: November 28th to December 28th.

Collection Open for Posting: November 28th to December 28th.

All Fills Due: December 28th.

You can find all the prompts here.

Claiming a Prompt: Use the "Claim" button next to the prompt you want to claim. (You can find open prompts under "Prompts" in the sidebar.) Several people can claim the same prompt. You can also claim a prompt without having submitted any of your own.

The Rules (2025):

Your fill is due December 28th 11:59 pm Pacific Time (you can check what that is in your time zone here). Please post it to AO3 (and nowhere else, until January 10th).

As a matter of fairness, please make your story more than 750 words (1000 is better).

Once claiming has opened, please only claim a prompt if you plan on actually fulfilling your end of the bargain, and please only claim one prompt at a time. After you have completed your fill, you may claim a new one.

It's a good idea to join the LotR_SeSa LiveJournal community or the Dreamwidth community so you can keep track of any admin posts. (Admin posts will generally go up on the DW community first.) You can also follow us on Tumblr at LotR-SeSa.

The Lord of the Rings Secret Santa signups are OPEN! Flex those prompting muscles and come join us for the twenty-second round of SeSa fun. Just ONE WEEK left to get your prompts in.

You can find all the important details in this post.

The signup/prompting form can be found HERE

This year's timeline (2025):

Prompt Posting: November 5th to 27th.

Claiming: November 28th to December 28th.

Collection Open for Posting: November 28th to December 28th.

All Fills Due: December 28th.

You will be able to post up to 2 prompts, and we will do our best to make sure that at least one of your prompts is filled.

Please note that this is an FPF challenge. (i.e. Fictional, not real people fiction/RPF.) We're always open to all the Peoples and Ages of Middle-earth, which means that characters from The Hobbit and The Rings of Power are welcome too!

On January 1st, the stories created for the 2025 round of The Lord of the Rings Secret Santa prompt meme were posted!

This time around, we had twenty-four stories! Thank you to all who participated! ❤️ Of special note was that everyone who posted a prompt also filled someone else's, and (while we adore them) we did not need to call on our pinch hitters to help us make sure everyone had something to look forward to.

Below is the Masterlist for this year's offerings. All links go directly to the work on AO3. Go read and enjoy, and please don't forget to leave kudos and/or a comment! And if you received something (or more than one thing), please thank your writer!

Happy Holidays!

Fiction Masterlist:

• Bird, Caged or Freed? (Explicit; Eönwë/Gothmog; locked to archive) by ingenious_spark for I_did_not_mean_to

Summary: Eönwë's marriage to Gothmog is arranged in a bid for peace between the houses of the great lords Manwë and Melkor. He will submit to the wills of his Lord, even as he does not want to marry Gothmog, the sting of a relationship broken off souring him to the thought. But Eönwë is, as ever, bound by duty.

• Border (Explicit; Adar/Elrond) by slight_nettles for apo_mekhanes

Summary: Elrond and Adar part and meet again by the river Glanduin.

• Carrion (Mature, Graphic Violence; Sauron, Fingon) by FiammaGalathon for sugar0with0tea

Summary: Mairon takes a stroll across the battlefield to search for pretty things.

• Don't Worry (Mature, Graphic Violence, Major Character Death; OMC) by Anonymous for sugar0with0tea

Summary: It can be much harder than one would think to find just cause to worry on the battlefield. The Battle of the Pelennor Fields, as observed by a cavalryman on the northern flank.

• Eldest (Teen and Up; Maedhros, Maglor, Fëanor, Melkor, House of Finwë, Valar; locked to archive) by gilliethesad for Luuuappp

Summary: Kanamíriel Makalaurë is born the eldest granddaughter of Finwë. This changes some things.

• Growth Spurt (Teen and Up; Legolas, Thranduil) by emma_and_orlando for gilliethesad

Summary: Legolas hits the dreaded growth spurt about a month shy from his 50th nameday. Thranduil receives the troubling reports of his sleepless nights, plagued with aches and pains, crying and miserable with no salves nor massages that offer any relief for the stretching joints and tired muscles. It is a common phase amongst elflings, and nothing — as the physician emphasizes in his report, for his Highness to concern himself over. (Or the story of how Legolas got drunk for the first time.)

• He'll come around (Teen and Up; Gimli/Legolas, Thranduil, Glóin) by I_did_not_mean_to for emma_and_orlando

Summary: It took all of Legolas's self-control not to rock on his heels, which might have given his father the feeling that he himself wasn't entirely sure of his decisions.

• A healer's hands (General; Elrond, Erestor, Glorfindel, Lindir, One Nameless Troll) by mittens_unofficial for onereyofstarlight

Summary: Snowfall had come overnight from the Ered Luin, covering all of Ossiriand in a thick white blanket.

• A Higher Duty (Teen and Up; Beregond, Pippin, Faramir; locked to archive) by onereyofstarlight for ChillinbytheFire

Summary: "Well, you must choose between orders and the life of Faramir," said Pippin. "And as for orders, I think you have a madman to deal with, not a lord. I must run. I will return if I can." - The Return of The King. Three vignettes exploring Pippin and Beregond's friendship in the light of what they each chose to do to save Faramir.

• I just want you for my own, more than you could ever know (Teen and Up; Ori/OFC, Bilbo/Thorin, Thranduil/Thranduil's Wife, Fíli, Kíli, Primula Brandybuck) by I_did_not_mean_to for daughter0fdurin

Summary: "A little to the right," Bilbo commanded, unmindful of the undeniable danger his step-nephew was braving in order to hang yet another festive decoration at exactly the right height and angle.

• Minhiriath (General; Elrohir, Elladan, Drúedain; locked to archive) by octopus_fool for onereyofstarlight

Summary: Elrohir and Elladan explore a region they once knew.

• Negotiations (General; Bilbo, Thorin, Thranduil) by rebornflameofthenoldor for Lithdraug

Summary: Bilbo Baggins convinces Thorin Oakenshield to find common ground with the Elvenking, Thranduil.

• Of snow and childish Kings (General; Thorin/Thranduil, Bilbo, Bard the Bowman, Fíli, Kíli, Thorin's Company) by Lithdraug for octopus_fool

Summary: Bilbo loves three things: He loves to meddle. He loves snow. And he loves seeing his friends happy. And so, it comes, that on one day in winter, he gathers Bard, Thranduil and Thorin to revive an old hobbit-ish tradition of the Shire. It is meant to strengthen the bonds between them as individuals so that the allyship between them may also prosper. However, Bilbo would not be Bilbo Baggins, if he didn't have another, slightly more selfish reason to call upon the so unlike kings. For the things Hobbits yearn for the most, are peace and joy, and Bilbo is no different in that aspect.

• Our Hobbit in Need (Teen and Up; Bilbo/Thorin, Thorin's Company, Dwalin; locked to archive) by daughter0fdurin for Lithdraug

Summary: After the events of the Battle of Five Armies, Bilbo finds himself experiencing PTSD. At a loss for what to do, Thorin turns to Dwalin for advice and together they enlist the help of the whole company to aid in Bilbo's recovery.

• A Quiet Walk (General; Durin IV, Elrond) by rebornflameofthenoldor for mittens_unofficial

Summary: Elrond and Durin IV take a nice walk in the woods and talk about life.

• The Shape of Water (General; Celebrían/Elrond) by Isilme_among_the_stars for Babblecat3000

Summary: Celebrían will not stand among the crowd when Elrond arrives in Valinor, for their private griefs are theirs alone to share.

• únótimel (General; Maglor, OMCs, OFCs; locked to archive) by Serinquanion for Minsungssecretlovechild_and_Irisse

Summary: Maglor wasn't a soldier, he never had been. But he could be the strength behind one. In modern days, he kept himself hidden. In modern days, Songs of Power meant almost nothing. But the stars were still innumerable and he still had the heart of a gentle poet.

• Uprising (Teen and Up, Graphic Violence, Major Character Death; Marhwini, Forthwini, OCs) by Himring for octopus_fool

Summary: It is the year 1899 of the Third Age. Calimehtar of Gondor and Marhwini of the Northmen have made plans together to foil a major attack the Wainriders are planning, in a two-pronged campaign. Marhwini is in contact with some of his people who remain behind in Rhovanion, enslaved, after an earlier attack by the Wainriders. An uprising is planned to coincide with the upcoming battles. Unfortunately for the Northmen, these plans succeed only in part.

• Warp, Weft and War (Teen and Up; Vairë the Weaver, Námo) by Empy for Minsungssecretlovechild_and_Irisse

Summary: She has woven since the world was new. Vairë the Ever-Weaving is her name and kenning. This war, though it is named by those fighting in it The Great War, is only one war among so many in her tapestry.

• water hot is a noble thing (Mature; Boromir/Faramir) by quothhh for Empy

Summary: Boromir returns home. Faramir draws a bath.

• we want presents (General; Elrond, Elros, Maglor, Maedhros) by ChillinbytheFire for gilliethesad

Summary: Elrond learns of a Atani legend and adorably makes it everyone else's concern.

• What is between them? (General; Frodo/Sam, OCs; locked to archive) by Minsungssecretlovechild_and_Irisse for Handlemewithcare

Summary: "What is between them?" - a "Telltale" exclusive report about the relationship between Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee.

• You make no sense (General; Glorfindel, Maegli) by Aprilertuile for ingenious_spark

Summary: Glorfindel stood on the deck of the ship. He was aware of the bustling of the busy mariners around him, but what held his attention was the silent presence in the back. The one he tried to speak to, before they left Valinor, and again once on the ship, but who was avoiding him with absolutely unbelievable and mildly irritating skill.

• the young loves, the true loves that come from the sea (General; Gimli/Legolas, Frodo/Sam, Merry, Pippin, Esmeralda Took; locked to archive) by Handlemewithcare for daughter0fdurin

The Lord of the Rings Secret Santa signup period is almost over! We currently have twenty-two prompts across multiple Tolkien works, including The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion and The Rings of Power. If you've been waffling over what to ask for, now's the time to make those decisions! TOMORROW, November 27, is the last day to get your prompts in. Come on by and sign-up! We'd love to have you.

You can find all the important details in this post.

The signup/prompting form can be found HERE

This year's timeline (2025):

Prompt Posting: November 5th to 27th.

Claiming: November 28th to December 28th.

Collection Open for Posting: November 28th to December 28th.

All Fills Due: December 28th.

You will be able to post up to 2 prompts, and we will do our best to make sure that at least one of your prompts is filled.

Please note that this is an FPF challenge. (i.e. Fictional, not real people fiction/RPF.) We're always open to all the Peoples and Ages of Middle-earth, which means that characters from The Hobbit and The Rings of Power are welcome too!