Innumerable Stars 2018 writer letter

 

Dear Artist/Writer!
Thank you for creating for me. All of the following prompts are only here to help you, if you have a different idea, feel free to use it. My headcanons are in no way obligatory for you.
General DNWs
• Non Con/Dub Con shown like nothing wrong or even good – it’s plausible when it’s shown as traumatizing and/or it’s part of the canon, but I prefer to not focus on it;
• genderbending;
• In art: elves with enormous ears; characters looking exactly like in games/screening (it’s not strongly DNW, more “I rather not”)
• infidelity (in case of pairing which would request it I’d prefer not focusing on it, AU or timeline before/after canon relationship. In case of non-consensual or dubious consensual marriages I don’t consider it as infidelity);
• a parent or parental figure/child incest;
• showing characters mentioned in the request as foolish or totally evil, villainizing them (it’s ok when it’s only “in thought” of character who hate them, but I don’t want it to be a big part of the story),
• Merman AU or Pirate AU or any AU which changes characters into something non-humanoid
General Likes
• friends to lovers;
• rivals/enemies to lovers;
• people in love with each other, but afraid to admit it and its tragic or no consequences;
• established relationships;
• lovers against the world – where everyone, especially parents or parental figures, think this can’t work, but they’re wrong;
• strong female characters;
• focusing on women’s position in society;
• helping lover or friend overcome trauma or adjust to society again;
• “troubles in paradise” trope – problems in place where everything seems to be wonderful at first, but it isn’t as good as it seems – especially applicable to Silm fandom and Valinor
• Aus, especially canon divergences, but also for example modern AU
• In art: colorful arts, a lot of jewelry and fancy close

All worldbuilding tags are suggestions in what I’m interested in. It may be stories including any of prompted characters or others. Honestly, if not prompted characters I would prefer stories with your Ocs – I generally love stories about them and other fans characters.
The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
Group: Numenorean Faithful (Silm)
Late Numenoren society on the example of Faithfuls. Their contacts with elves. Maybe some action in order to save some old manuscript or something like that. Or contacts with Tar- Miriel.
Group: Míriel/Finwë (Silm)
Their life under Cuivienien, before Orome came to elves. They living under the stars. How did their relationship start? I think they weren’t one of the first elves, those who were awakened, but rather some later generation.
Group: Fëanor & his friends (Silm)
We don’t know about many smiths or elven scientist (as we could name Feanor). So maybe this is the place to introduce some. Feanor probably had friends in the scientific-artistic circle.
Group: Finduilas/Gwindor (Silm)
I headcanon they weren’t very good match whence their later break-up. But how they started their relationship? Finduilas and Gwindor in happy days.
Ingwë (Silm)
Very enigmatic figure this High King. Maybe you may write something more about his daily life, maybe after Darkening, in First Age.
Group: Míriel & Vairë (Silm)
Why Miriel decided to stay with Vaire after she was rembodied? What, besides embroidering, did she do with Vaire?
Group: Aredhel/Fëanor (Silm)
A very interesting ship, I dare say. How could it come into existence? What’s brings them together? Maybe Aredhel came to visit her cousins and ends with her uncle at the forge? 
Group: Original Noldorin Noble/Original Sindarin Noble (Silm)
I prefer this to be F/M or F/F ship.
Group: Tar-Telperien/Original Female Character(s) (Silm)
I imagine Telperien as very dominant and willful woman. She likes to have everything under control. Maybe she is such also in a relationship? And maybe she needs rather someone who could face her, who would be as strong as she and their relationship would be a constant power struggle?
Group: Tar-Ancalimë/Original Female Lindon Elf (Silm)
With Female Elf being an ambassador of Lindon in Numenor. Maybe with a brief political background.
Group: Tar-Ancalimë/Emerië Shepherdess (Silm)
Young Ancalime and her companion on the fields of Emerie.
Group: OFC Faithful/OFC King's Man (Silm)
Two women from opposing fraction. How did they meet? Maybe during some mission for their fractions? How did they reconcile their allegiance with their love?
Group: Idril/Meleth (Nurse of Eärendil) (Silm)
Meleth adores her princess. What if this is mutual?
Group: Aegnor/Andreth (Silmarillion)
I’m always willing to read more about them. It’s one of my favourite canonical pairings, and honestly, I’m not sure why given there are only a few lines suggesting their romance. But it always makes me cry.
I would like to read how they met or how they come to love. I would welcome also AU where they stay together – how it changes their fates? Or maybe how Aegnor decided that it would be better for them to break up? I have strange conviction that Finrod played part in it.
Group: Finduilas Faelivrin/Maeglin (Silm)
I know there canonically never met, but I love them both and also I really like resemblances between their story which may suggest they would like each other. After all, Maeglin loved golden-haired princess and Finduilas was really attracted to a mysterious dark-haired man with the black sword. They might meet in Valinor, after a long time, when both of them was reembodied and maybe help each other in returning to normal life. AU in which Maeglin gets to Nargothrond (for example he and Aredhel decided to stay with Celegorm and Curufin after living Nan Elmoth and then run away together to Nargothrond) would be also very welcome.

Group: Elemmírë/Findis (Silm)
One of my favourite femslash couple in Silm fandom. I headcanon Elemmírë was one of the reasons why Findis decided to stay. Ideal to explore Post darkening Valinor or 4th Age Valinor. I headcanon that Aman, especially in the years of the threes (we don’t know anything about later days, so..) was pretty homophobic. How they dill with it? Maybe later it changes?
Also, I headcanon Findis as dark-haired. Of course, it’s ok to use your headcanon in this matter, but if it’s not a problem I’d prefer her with dark hair.
Group: Aredhel/Vána (Silm)
Not only Celegorm had friends among Valar. What if Aredhel also befriended one of them. During the happy time in Valinor
Group: Aredhel/Celegorm (Silm)
I see them as really good-matched partners and I really love this pairing (maybe because I love Aredhel). I think it would be especially interesting to read some fic about them after Helcaraxe, at the beginning of First Age, or when they probably met, when Aredhel run away from Eol. Also, it would be ideal opportunity to explore one of my favourite themes: reembodied elves and theme of Kinslayers release from Halls (especially given that I headcanon Aredhel also took part in Kinslaying). Generally, I like fics taking place during happy times in Valinor, so something about it would be also very welcome. Maybe the impact of their fathers' relationship on their relationship.
Group: Maglor & Maedhros (Silm)
Brothers’ relationship, especially after the Second Kinslaying or even later after the Third Kinslaying. They both were bitter. Maybe with Elrond and Elros. How appearance of young half-elves change their relationship?
Group: Írimë & Findis (Silm)
I headcanon they were very different. With Irime being „laughing maiden” and Findis sterner and very dutiful.
Tar-Telperiën (Silm)
As I said I imagine her as a very willful woman. I wonder how she ruled? How her gender affects her ruling? A scene from daily life as a queen.
Orodreth's wife (Silm)
Who was she? I love textural ghosts. Give her story, give her name.
House of Fëanor (Silm)
Group: Orodreth/Orodreth's wife (Silm)
How she helped Orodreth in ruling in Nargothrond after Finrod’s death? Their relationship with Finduilas (and Gil-Galad if you headcanon him as Orodreth’s son).
Group: Maeglin & Idril (Silm)
How the relationship between them looks like? Did Idril really detest Maeglin from the beginning? Maybe she tried to be friends with him, but Maeglin, being a weirdo as he was, ruined this chance? Maybe relations between them wasn’t that bad until the very end?
Group: Finwë/Miriel/Indis (Silm)
Where all of them are alive (Finwe and Miriel being rembodied). How this affects Indis? She and Miriel come to sharing one husband and they love it.
Group: Caranthir/Haleth (Silm)
My weak point – a human woman and an elf male relationship. I really like this trope (not that I have a lot of examples of this kind of relationship). I prefer this relationship to be at least somehow fulfilled, not only Caranthir pining after her or vice versa. AU, where there are together in long-term relationship and how it changes dynamics in ruling their people (I mean Caranthir as a lord of elves and Haleth as chieftain), is very welcome.
Maglor's Wife (Silm)
Depending on your headcanon (whether she go to Beleriand or not) her life in Valinor after Darkening or after releasing of Halls of Mandos/getting back from Beleriand. Also eventual life with Maglor in Beleriand.
Maeglin (Silm)
I love Maeglin. Please, no bashing character in this fic. If you don’t like him don’t write about him.
His daily life in Gondolin, as a lord of the house of Mole. What was his duties? How did he manage? He was widely respected. What was his relationship with other lords? With king Turgon? I imagine it was close to a father-son relationship.
Group: Tar-Míriel/Original Handmaiden (Silm)
Tar-Miriel rested in arms of her handmaiden, the only person she trusted.
Group: Indis/Míriel (Silm)
I headcanon they didn’t know each other or at least didn’t know each

other well before Miriel’s death. After her reembodiment they maybe even didn’t like each other, but their feelings changed over time, and slowly, from reluctance, they came to understanding and finally love.
Group: Fëanor/Nerdanel (Silm)
Happy days of their marriage or young love. O don’t want Feanor bashing or showing him as an awful husband, who thinks only of himself.
If you want to go for AU, either Feanor released from Mandos earlier than Dagor Dagorath and reunited with Nerdanel or Nerdanel going to Beleriand, where he lives long enough to reconcile with a wife.
Findis (Silm)
The only child of Finwe who stayed with mother after Darkening (originally Finarfin went to Beleriand, only after Alqualonde he return). Why did she do that? Did she do it out of love for Valar or duty?
Celegorm (Silm)

His life as a lord in Himlad with Curufin, aily life as lord, maybe some hunting with HUan

Caranthir(Silm)

Relationship with dwarves. Relationship with Feanor and Nerdanel, as the middle one. Relationship with brothers.

Andreth (Silm)
I would love to explore her role as Wise Woman among her people. What were her tasks? Did she have an influence on politics or laws or her role was more of scientist/philosopher or honoured archivist?
I ship her with Aegnor, and I would be glad also to receive something with two of them – how they met or how they relationship looks like? I don’t see Aegnor as such thinker as Andreth or Finrod, so I wonder whats bring them so close? Did they share some other common interest, or was it more of love from the first sign?
House of Elros (Silm)
Exploring Numenor culture.
Maglor (Silm)
Maglor in a modern world, Maglor through the history, Maglor returning to Valinor after years of banishing.
Group: Maglor/Maglor's Wife (Silm)
My Maglor’s wife is one of my favourite Ocs. In my verse she is a scientist, way more rational than her husband, she willingly went to Beleriand. I would love to read your take on her.
Maybe Maglor finally reached Valinor. How she reacted to him? Or maybe they together stayed in Middle-Earth? She isn’t even mentioned in Silm, so maybe she stayed with him.
Group: Maeglin/Idril (Silm)
I’m not one of these fans who think Idril owe Maeglin “a chance” or anything, really, but I think that there is interesting AU to explore. What if Idril was a little bit hostile toward Maeglin, because she actually liked him from first sight, but she considered the relationship between cousins as wrong? Later she came to think that she shouldn’t act against her heart. I headcanon their decided to keep their relationship in secret, because of “what people would say” etc., but it’s not some strong opinion.
Finduilas Faelivrin (Silm)
I like you to explore her political role in Nargothrond. Did she have something to say there? I headcanon that she was the closer adviser to her uncle, and in fact, she did the second most important person in Nargothrond (and even the first after Finrod died – her father relied on her completely).
Aredhel (Silm)
My absolutely favourite female from Silm. Something about her youth or living in Gondolin. Or how and why she made the decision to follow Turgon there? Giving how she loved open spaces is unlikely for me, that she went to Gondolin without any specific reason. Also her relationship with Maeglin!
What I don’t want here: Aredhel being irresponsible, bad mother; Aredhel is shown as totally reckless and egoistic, Aredhel/Eol (they’re my NoTP, I see this relationship as abusive, so please, no!).
Group: Anairë & Eärwen & Nerdanel (Silm)
Their relationship before Darkening and maybe in the time of Darkening. Did they help each other? How they felt, abandoned by children and husbands? Maybe something about why they stayed.
Group: Anairë/Eärwen (Silm)
As I’m not a fan of fics with infidelity, I’d rather read about their brief romance in their youth. Or maybe they decided to go back to this, after years of marriages, when their husbands let them down.
Nerdanel (Silm)
I would like to read something about her life after (but rather long after, when Darkening was already over) the Flight of Noldor or about the early stage of her relationship with Feanor before Maedhros was born. Please don’t make Feanor gross!
Nellas (Silm)
Nellas before Children of Hurin, in Doriath, exploring woods. Nellas and Turin, teaching him something.

The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
Original Rohirrim Character(s) (LOTR book)
Exploring Rohan culture, maybe OC being shieldmaiden.
Mithrellas (LOTR Book)
What happened to he when she got lost? Did she perish somewhere or maybe she made it to the Valinor?
Her daily life with her husband and mortal children.
Original female ranger (LOTR book)
Women situation among the ranger. Maybe some adventure.
Original Character from the Harad (LOTR book)
Exploring Harad culture.
Group: Arvedui/Fíriel (LOTR book)
Did they love each other or were just arranged marriage? How did Firiel react to the news of her brothers and father death? Did she want to become ruling queen?
Group: Celebrían/Elrond (LOTR books)
Some fluffy moments of this two. Maybe the early stage of their relationship.
Group: Faramir/Eowyn (LOTR book)
One of my favourite pairing in LotR. Their life after the war, in Ithilien.
Group: Eomer/Lothiriel (LOTR book)
Lothíriel (LOTR book)
Exploring Rohan culture. How Lothiriel get used to Rohan and Rohirrim? Their life as king and queen of Rohirrim,
Lothiriel early life, before she met Eomer.
Finduilas of Dol Amroth (LotR Book)
Her life before she met Denethor or soon after they met. Daily life in Dol Amroth. Why does she fall in love with Denethor? How he tried to win her heart?
Gildor Inglorion (LotR book)
Who was he? Where did he live before he met Frodo? Who he met in Valinor, maybe some relatives?
group: Arwen/Gilraen
Gilraen arrives at Rivendell after her husband’s death where she meets Arwen. Two of them are getting close and after Arwen left to Lorien they exchange letters. From letter to letter, they realise there is something more than just friendship.