Still under a pile of exchange assignments, so have a bit of some Aredhel/Thuringwethil that I started for B2MEM and keep thinking I'm going to come back to.

The sharp prickling of teeth at the back of her neck is the first warning she has of Thuringwethil's presence. No leathery wings in the sky tonight, no twigs snapped beneath clawed feet. Simply the trees, and then the teeth.

Aredhel's head lolls back into the bite nearly against her will, though she makes no effort to disguise the irritation in her voice as she snaps, "You're late."

"Impossible," Thuringwethil sighs, as if the accusation is an imposition of unbearable weight.

Let Her Chomp.

Shows up to B2MEM ten days past the start with femslashy horror, as per.

Title:: in its gulf a fitting grave
Characters: Sigrid, arguably Tauriel and Smaug
Pairings: Sigrid~Tauriel
Rating/Warnings: T, major character death, bad end.

Setting as character B7: getting lost
Legendarium Curiosities B11: Shapeshifting

( misadventures under the long lake and also under the cut )

Things read for the silwritersguild's Holiday Feast challenge, with reflections.

Starters: For our starter course, we would like to send you on a little scavenger hunt in the Legendarium. The following lines all stand at the beginning of a chapter… but what chapter in what book? Happy searching!

I did find all of these, but I'm not saying where, because I know a lot of people on my flist are probably doing this as well, and I don't want to spoil the fun. I read two chapters, the one beginning with "In that time were made those things that afterwards were most renowned of all the works of the Elves." (to celebrate finding the book it is in during my room-cleaning adventures) and "Ægidius de Hammo was a man who lived in the midmost parts of the Island of Britain." (because it was new to me)!

Fish: [W]e invite you to take a closer look at the maritime themes, locations and characters of the Legendarium.

I read "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife", from Unfinished Tales. I'm not sure if I'd read it before — I feel I must have, because Erendis had always hovered somewhat at the edge of my thoughts as someone I'd like to write about some day (me? weak for ladies who would like to FIGHT THE ENTIRE SEA? it's more likely than you think!). And as this challenge coincided somewhat with femslash_kink and someone left the irresistible prompt of 'Erendis/Uinen, breathplay', it was an easy choice of things to read. I haven't finished the fic yet, but the reading massively improved a bus ride or two home from work.

Main Course: I chose 'temptation' from the list of themes.

Return to old favourites with this one, re-reading "The Mirror of Galadriel" from Fellowship Frodo's offer of the ring to Galadriel and her rejection of the temptation. After a year of writing Galadriel mostly in the context of Galadriel/Melian fey cannibalism it surprised me a bit how quick the transition from temptation to rejection passes in the text. Something to, perhaps, think about in future fics: the scale of her desires, the shape of her limits.

Dessert: Read a chapter that includes sweet foods and fragrances

"Valaquenta" was on the list for reasons of ripe fruit (Yavanna) and fragrant flowers (Vána), but I may have read it anyway — it has a special place in my heart not only because it is, effectively, a very long and soothing list, but also because there are so many female characters in a single Tolkien chapter (I have, uh, never claimed to have particularly diverse interests?)

Cheese: The tale of Beren and Lúthien is lovely, but it’s also the easily the cheesiest story in the Legendarium, especially the verse version in The Lays of Beleriand. Choose any chapter or canto about this duo (or their later doppelgangers, Aragorn and Arwen), or any chapter from the Beren and Lúthien book for this challenge.

I feel a bit sorry for Beren, honestly. He's a perfectly serviceable dude but when you're a dude whose girlfriend is killing vampires and wearing their skin and yelling at gods you, uh, really don't have that much of a chance at getting and holding my attention! I read the version in the Silm, after a moment of silence for the copy of Lost Tales v2 that apparently I never actually owned. Main takeaways from this read-through include: [1] gods do I need more fic about Eilinel, in both mortal and wraith forms, [2] there is some Excellent gore in this version (Beren's dream? Vampire!Huan?), [3] Sauron-as-werewolf makes me giggle, [4] I really need to write more Lúthien/Thuringwethil.

I feel perhaps I have gotten the wrong things out of this last challenge. I tried, friends, Beren is still fine. He has no idea how rare his status as 'dude love interest I do not request be murdered if you write femslash with his girlfriend' is.

I managed three fics for everywoman in the midst of moving to a different country! RIP my half-finished treats, please request these groups again everyone xx.

flow in a perfect gale. star wars: rebels, ahsoka & sabine. gen. for tigerlily / LittleRaven


the azure rising deep. tolkien's legendarium, goldberry & melian. gen. for zdenka / Zdenka


no heed for shadows on your way. star wars sequel trilogy, amilyn/leia. teen. for acequeenking / AceQueenKing


++ I got two lovely gifts! pavise (star wars, jyn/leia, teen - Imperial!Jyn gets married to Leia to subdue Alderaan and tries to figure out how much she can or wants to help the Rebellion) and taking tea and making friends (stargate atlantis, elizabeth & teyla, gen - early s1 bonding).

It is summer and silmladylove is playing femslash bingo! Will I complete my card on time? Absolutely not, but here it is anyway :3

Elves	Waking When the White Sunlight's Out	Sunshowers	Multi-Age
Lavender	Unusual Places	Numenor	The Quarrels of Lovers are like Summer Storms
Mirkwood	Sparring	Open Roads	Midsummer
Will-They-Won't-They	Mayfly-December Romance	Gentle Sex	It's a Cruel, Cruel Summer

( Pretty (and giant) image version of the card under the cut )

In terms of spring being a set of months with almost nothing to recommend them spring has been here for At Least two weeks. But it is March now, and spring of a more calendar-sort, which means b2mem / Back to Middle Earth Month gets its shot at redeeming spring. This year's themes are about music and water, which means rivers and oceans and lakes that want to eat you, which means (obviously) Goldberry femslash, and maybe some other things.

Is a drabble-a-day-and-perhaps-some-other-things goal too ambitious given my dissertation and my descent into Star Wars? Yes. Am I setting it anyway? Also yes, because self-control is fake. Anyway, come play etc etc.