manweweek

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Hi everyone!

Some of you may have been wondering if there will be a Manwë Week in 2025.

After thinking about it long and hard, I decided that there won't be another one this year (at least not run by me on this blog).

Considering how it's only for one among many characters in the Silmarillion, we also have Ainur Week and a lot of fandom events in general, I think Manwë Week is better off not being an annual event. It may end up being a standalone, it may end happening again in future years.

You're of course free to share your perspective/opinions/ideas (in order to reach me faster, you can also message my main blog or on Discord if you have me there :)).

With love from the Elder King, ʚ Mod @cilil

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Hi all! Announcing a new Tolkien fandom event: Lúthien Week, taking place October 14 – 20, 2024 on this blog! This event is dedicated to the characters of the Beren and Lúthien story, from the star-crossed protagonists to faithful allies to villains... And everyone in between!

Why October? It captures the mood of the story. In all its spookiness, October is the perfect month for Lúthien Week, as the tale features vampires, werewolves, talking dogs, and even talking cats (yes, I mean Tevildo). At the same time, October is cozy, and Beren and Lúthien is ultimately a comforting story to read while curled up in a blanket with a warm cup of tea.

Follow this blog to stay tuned for more info about Lúthien Week! Prompts to come soon. If you have questions, send an ask! 💜

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Announcing the prompts for Ainur Week 2024 (September 1 to 9)!

We have two sets of prompts this year: daily character prompts, and general prompts that don't apply to a particular day. You can mix and match the prompts, or focus on one set if you prefer!

Thank you @cilil for the suggestion of creating general prompts! 💜

Any questions? Feel free to send an ask!

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Aspec Arda Week will be running from September 23-29, 2024!

Mark your calendars!

A more in-depth announcement will come soon!

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A fandom event celebrating sexually explicit fanworks based on the The Silmarillion.

September 30 to October 6, 2024 (Monday to Sunday)

The aim of Silm Smut Week is to foster a positive, inclusive, and fun culture around the creation and enjoyment of smut, porn, and erotica. 

Themes and Prompts | Event Directory

How to Participate

Create something that narrates, depicts, or considers sexual activity involving the characters of the Silmarillion.

Post it on Tumblr and/or add it to the AO3 Collection and mention this blog (@silmsmutweek) and tag #silmsmutweek2024. 

We will reblog posts daily. 

If you do not see your post reblogged after 24 hours, please send us an ask or DM mods @polutrope or @ettelene.

The themes and prompts for each day are just suggestions. You can post anything any day of the week and we will reblog it.

Late submissions for the event are welcome and we will try to reblog those as well but cannot guarantee that we will. 

Engage with other creators! Enjoy their works!

All genres, tropes, and kinks are welcome: porn without plot, porn with plot; fluff, humour, angst, dark; slash, het, femslash, poly, solo; canon-compliant, alternate universe; reader insert, incest, etc. And, of course, every imaginable kink. 

All forms of creative engagement with the Silmarillion and the Silmarillion fandom are welcome: writing, visual art, meta/analysis, headcanons, playlists, music, video, podfics, cosplay, etc.

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SilmSmutWeek is back in just over 2 months, and we're refreshing prompts for 2024! ❤️‍🔥

Any prompts you wish were on the list last year? Let us know with an Ask or DM.

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Hey y’all! Ainur Week is bringing back the “Create A Maia” poll series. Last year, we created a Maia character using polls! Y’all voted on different options, and we made our own Maia. 🌟

2023’s Maia is a celestial Maia in the service of Varda, and their task is to guard the Door of Night. They’re friends with Arien, Tilion, and Eönwë. They love Elves and are closest to the Avari, who refused the call to Valinor. They first came to Middle Earth during the First Age and protected the Avari from Melkor. Their hobby is studying black holes up close. 👀

Who will 2024’s Maia be? Let’s get started!

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Hi Tolkien fandom! Olórin is here to let you know that Ainur Week is happening again this year in just under 2 months (September 1-9, 2024)!

Get pumped for another fun week dedicated to the Valar and Maiar! This year’s prompts are coming soon. Feel free to send an ask or message with any prompts you’d like to see!

Your Mod, @glorf1ndel 💜

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Hello everyone! In a little more than a month Eönwë Week will run and we are very excited to see what you will come up with.

Here are the prompts for the event:

🦅 August 12th: -> Genesis | Air | Almaren

🦅 August 13th: -> Friendships | Herald | Valinor

🦅 August 14th: -> War | Celeg Aithorn | Beleriand

🦅 August 15th: -> Romance | Mercy | Taniquetil

🦅 August 16th: -> Lost Tales | He Of The Sun | Son of Manwë

🦅 August 17th: -> Eagles | Duty | Noldor

🦅 August 18th: -> Freeform

See you soon !

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LOTRWEEK is back! Mark your calendars for a week-long event to share our love and fanworks for LOTR. This year, it will be from 16th to 22nd September, ending on Bilbo and Frodo's birthday. Prompts coming soon ✨

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Tolkien OC Week

A fandom event for OCs and underdeveloped characters in Tolkien's world!

This event celebrates both characters of Tolkien's world and our own characters that need more love, by creating and reblogging all kind of fanworks, like fanfiction, fanart, fanvideos, fancrafts, headcanons, playlists, edits, moodboards etc.

The event is modded by @yellow-faerie, @elamarth-calmagol and @stormxpadme and will take place between 25th August - 31st August 2024 for the fourth year running.

NSFW text entries are allowed and we’ll tag them accordingly when we reblog them, but please put them behind a “read more”.

We'll also be tracking the tag #tolkienocweek during this week!

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Event schedule for 2024:

Day 1 (25th August): World Building

Create a fanwork about an original character, and use them as a jumping off point for worldbuilding. Share a dwarf from the far side of Rhun, consider the existence of an Aina before the creation of Arda, explore Rivendell from the point of view of an outsider, or tell us about the underground punk subculture of Gondolin.

Day 2 (26th August): Canon-OC Relationships

This year, it’s not just about romance. Today, explore a relationship between your OC and a canon character. Your character could be a lover or spouse of someone canonical, lf course, but they could also be a friend, sibling, teacher, servant, fan, or even rival!

Day 3 (27th August): Alternate Universes

Share an OC who isn’t canon compliant at all. Maybe you want to add a fourteenth member of Thorin’s company or give a reborn Celebrimbor children with a surviving and reformed Sauron. Or, maybe you want to do a crossover with your Star Wars OC or let your self-insert narrate a coffee shop AU. Go wild!

Day 4 (28th August): Gaps and Ghosts

Create a fanwork based upon a character that Tolkien either thought up and abandoned, such as Odo Took oe the characters of The New Shadow. Or, create someone he missed creating in the first place, like… um… just about anyone’s mother.

Day 5 (29th August): Non-Humanoid Characters

Middle Earth isn't just elves, Men, hobbits, and dwarves. Today, share a character who is something different entirely: an animal, a dragon, a Maia who doesn't take humanoid form, an ent or huron, or a creature of your own invention.

Day 6 (30th August): Background Characters

This prompt is all about people who are in the background of the action: the low-ranking soldiers, the servants, and the ordinary people living in extraordinary times. Or maybe you want someone who isn't so ordinary, like an advisor in the Council of Elrond who never made it onto the page, or one of the Maiar who sank the Feanorians on the stolen boats. Show us their view of the action!

Day 7 (31st August): Freeform

Did we miss something? Do you have an OC that doesn’t fit into any day, or did you want to do a second fanwork for one of the days? Today, create and share whatever you want, as long as it has to do with original or abandoned characters!

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Since we want to celebrate creations about neglected characters all year long, the mods will occasionally reblog posts and fancreations about OCs and underdeveloped characters. If you would like to see your post on our blog, you're very welcome to tag tolkienocweek. Since tumblr's tagging system is often being faulty, don't hesitate to message us, too!

We are looking forward to see and share all the awesome work you come up with!

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A Tolkien event week for the Sindar, the Grey-Elves, from the Years of the Trees to the Third Age!

@sindarweek is a fandom event week celebrating the Sindar! It will be running from Wednesday September 4th 2024 to Tuesday September 10th 2024.

Prompts (not mandatory, just inspirational):

Day 1: Inventions

Day 2: Folklore

Day 3: Objects

Day 4: Nature & Environments

Day 5: Minor & Forgotten Characters

Day 6: The Great Journey

Day 7: Youth and Childhood

Photo by Maxx Gong on Unsplash

@tolkieneventsblog @tolkienfandomevents

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Tolkien OC week is coming!

We plan to have the week at the end of August. More detailed prompts and inspiration is coming, but here is a preview of this year's prompts:

Day 1: Worldbuilding

Day 2: Canon-OC Relationships

Day 3: Alternate Universes

Day 4: Gaps and Ghosts

Day 5: Non-Humanoid Characters

Day 6: Background Characters

Day 7: Freeform

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THE SCHEDULE

Artists:

Sign-ups: June 1 - June 30 Art Submission Window: June 1 - July 13 Art posting begins: August 10

Authors:

Sign-ups: June 1 - July 31 Gallery revealed: July 27 Claims Day: August 3 (for timings see below cut) Drop-out Deadline: October 25 Fic Submission Deadline: November 15 Reveals: November 29

Timings for claims:

Authors who are also artists: 15:00 UTC

Returning Authors in good standing (have not defaulted in the last year of participation): 17:00 UTC

New authors: 19:00 UTC

Returning authors who have defaulted in the last year of participation: 21:00 UTC

You will be informed in advance about which group you belong to. If you cannot claim in your assigned slot, you can use the form any time after, as it will remain open.

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Imladris Week Announcement

After so many people expressed interest, I am glad to announce that I will be hosting an Imladris themed week this year! Imladris Week will take place September 16th to 22nd 2024, and celebrate Imladris and its residents.

Prompts, rules and other information to follow!

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Are there any criteria in particular for which fandom events this blog reblogs posts of/shares awareness to as opposed to ones it doesn't? As in is it just down to the mod's favourite characters/ships or something else? thank you.

Hello anon!

As for your first question, the Manwë Week blog occasionally reblogs/shares other Tolkien events, mostly Silmarillion-centric, that I think the people following this blog may enjoy. I share them as I happen to come across them and do not track event tags, since this is not primarily an event sharing blog.

If you are the organizer of/know an event that you believe would benefit from being signal boosted by Manwë Week, I am always happy about friendly inquiries and reminders.

If you are looking for spaces that signal boost all sorts of Tolkien events, please refer to @tolkienfandomevents, @tolkieneventsblog (currently on hiatus) or the @silmarillionwritersguild website to name some examples.

As for your second question, I may be misreading the message, but if this was intended as passive-aggressive, you can cut that out. Again, if there was a specific event you wanted to be shared and it wasn't, you are free to ask me about it directly.

Hope that helps and clears things up for you!

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Angbangweek 2024 is now underway!

Just putting a couple things here to keep in mind:

Remember to use one (or both) of the following tags (#angbangweek2024 / #angbang week 2024) on your event related post/s or tag this blog directly for us to know that us reblogging the post/s is okay with you.

Don't worry about posting late. It's completely alright and we'll catch up and share it anyway.

You don't have to use all of the prompts. Seriously, please don't worry about it.

Please use the correct tags and warnings on your posts wherever they apply

Tumblr is unpredictable about post visibility sometimes, so if we missed any of your posts which were made for this event, feel free to send a DM or an ask!

Same goes for any other questions or inquiries.

The list of prompts can be found here.

Go at your own pace and try not to stress about it. Thank you and enjoy!