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You can read Dawn's interview with Tang Wen Xi here.

Mereth Aderthad 2025 Interview with Tang Wen Xi by Dawn. Featured artist for "Kidnap Fam and the living Legendarium"

Few episodes within the legendarium inspire the tormented emotions as the third kinslaying and the aftermath between Maedhros, Maglor, Elrond, and Elros. The featured artist for polutropos' Mereth Aderthad 2025 presentation "'Kidnap Fam' and the Living Legendarium," Tang Wen Xi creates artwork, including martial scenes, with a bold, vibrant style that often seems to leap and move within the page. Dawn recently spoke to Tang Wen Xi about his inspirations within the legendarium and how he creates his one-of-a-kind art.

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Scribbles & Drabbles announcement on the fall-for-tolkien Tumblr blog:
https://www.tumblr.com/fall-for-tolkien/784516339734806528/were-back-for-another-year-come-join-us-for-the

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If you are attending Mereth Aderthad in-person and want to join us for dinner on Saturday and/or breakfast on Sunday, Mr. Felagund and I are working on getting reservations made and need a headcount.

Please use this form to RSVP no later than Sunday, June 22 if you would like to join us!

Dinner: Saturday, July 19, 6:00 PM at the Farmhouse Tap & Grill in Williston

Breakfast: Sunday, July 20, 9:00 AM at The Pour House (scroll down to Sunday Brunch Menu)

You are responsible for the cost of your own food and drinks at these gatherings.

We will have additional gatherings that do not require reservations and where virtual attendees can join. The schedule will be posted within the week!

Visit Mereth Aderthad 2025 for more information and to register for the event.

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Author: Himring
Source / Fandom: Silmarillion
Rating: General
Warnings: Canonical character deaths alluded to.
Characters: Fingon (Maedhros/Fingon).
Disclaimer: Tolkien's characters, but the pairing is Himring's and so is the assumption of their eventual re-embodiment.

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2025’s Tolkien Ekphrasis Week has come to a close! Many thanks to everyone who participated in exploring the arts and material culture of Tolkien’s worlds.

The grand total is a round 30 fanworks in 2 Tolkien fandoms and media including prose, poetry, garments, and song. Everyone’s enthusiasm, engagement, and joy in creation made this a wonderful fourth (!) year.

Moving forward, all 30 fanworks can be found on this Dreamwidth and on the Tumblr in the round-up posts, and 29 of them can be found in the AO3 collection.

One last THANK YOU for an awesome and artistic week!

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You can read Shadow's interview with fish here.

Mereth Aderthad 2025 Interview with fish by Shadow. Featured artist for "Cherished antagonist, despised protagonist - a defence of Elu Thingol."

Fish is creating the art for Stella Getreuer-Kostrouch's presentation "Cherished antagonist, despised protagonist - a defence of Elu Thingol" for Mereth Aderthad 2025. Shadow spoke with fish about his creative process, the importance of both tragedy and eucatastrophe to Tolkien's works (and to keeping his fans forever in the fandom), and the appeal of "greyness" in Silmarillion characters like Elu Thingol.

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A Capelet for the Gwaith-i-Mîrdain, by below_et_almost and bunn. Garment, embroidered cape. 

A capelet with carved holly buttons, representing the Gwaith-i-Mirdain for the Ekphrasis week prompts for fiber arts and collaboration.

The Woven Cloth at Meduseld, by Flora_lass. Poetry, 160 words.

A poem written in haste for TEW 2025 Amnesty Day (but really for the Textiles prompt - pain theme). Inspired by the tapestry (and the poem) featured in Chapter 6 of The Two Towers.

And that’s a wrap! Thank you all so much to every participant; this was an amazing event thanks to your efforts!

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their like, by asterisq. One-shot, 1,226 words.

Sure, the silmarils can’t be remade, but why can’t we just, like, make new ones??

[podfic] Stone and String and [podfic] The Making of the Second Elessar , by Chestnut_pod. Podfics, 3:30 and 2:05 minutes.

An ordinary sort of letter, sent from Dwarrowdelf to Imladris, by one of the survivors of Ost-in-Edhil.

Celebrimbor makes the famed Elfstone.

A Most Enjoyable Garden Party, by Sallysavestheday. One-shot, 2,063 words.

Gimli encounters Maedhros and Fingon at Mahtan’s Midsummer festivities.

Thanks to all the participants, and looking forward to tomorrow! Remember that if you have any last-minute, late, or non-prompt works, you should post them to the AO3 collection now so I can reveal them on Amnesty Day tomorrow.

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A respectful distance , by Asterisq. One-shot, 1,030 words.

“A museum displays some of the works of Míriel Serindë.”

Star in the Darkness, by StarSpray. Ficlet, 799 words.

"Now a great crowd of spirits, both Elves and lingering Men, were gathered before the newest tapestry as it fell open down the wall, luminous, gold and silver threads glittering in the pale light of Mandos.”

lavender and silk and A heart, twice-burned by OlaTheClown. Art, digital paintings.

“The fashion of Mairien Lanyawendë, a courtier of Curufinwë Atarincë and Turcafinwë Tyelkormo.”

“No amount of threads and needles, of sweat and tears, of labour and heart poured into a piece of work can save it from the destructive mundanity of war.”

Strange Self-Flatteries, by Chestnut_pod. Fic, 27,233 words.

“The problem began the season Arwen turned thirty-five.”

Changing Colours, by Himring. Ficlet, 711 words.

Quiletirme’s craft involves textiles, not smithing or jewels. For that reason, she had no closer or more personal encounters with Annatar in Ost-in-Edhil before the revelation of his betrayal. But she has friends among the Gwaith-i-Mirdain, one friend in particular, and so that betrayal affects her very personally, nevertheless.

Thanks to all the participants, and looking forward to tomorrow!

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Author: Himring
Title: Footsteps, Vanishing
Characters: Luthien, Daeron
Pairing: Daeron/Luthien (unrequited)
Text type / Format: ficlet
Source / Fandom: Silmarillion
Rating: G
Warnings: n/a
Word Count: 113
Summary: Luthien's dancing. Reflections on transience.
Author notes: For the June challenge (alliteration). Also for Tolkien Ekphrasis prompts and a prompt by Elleth.

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SWG Gates of Summer challenge banner - dragonflies amidst tall grass

Summer is a season of flourishing, when life is at its peak. It is a time of plenty, when the light lingers long and celebrations dot the calendar. As we prepare for our big Mereth Aderthad celebration in just a month's time—an event that celebrates the vibrant life of our group and all of the creators and members who have shaped its history—we turn to the topic of summer. Like summer, we hope the SWG and the creativity and fellowship between its members will be a light that endures for many years to come!

This month, challenge participants will select their own prompts from a collection of prompts related to summer. The collection includes quotes from the texts, canon events, events in Tolkien's life, and quotes from Tolkien's letters. As always, you can mix and match prompts if you want, and we encourage creative interpretations of prompts.

In honor of Pride Month, there is a special stamp available for fanworks that focus on LGBTQIA+ characters.

Thank you to anerea for this month's banner and stamps!

In order to receive a stamp for your fanwork, your response must be posted to the archive on or before 15 July 2025. For complete challenge guidelines, see the Challenges page on our website.

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