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Five times Luisa Cortés was told there was nothing she could have done (and one time she went ahead and did something anyway) by Chestnut_pod
Fandoms: Y tu mamá también (2001)
21 Oct 2016
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Luisa Alvarado Cortés hates the phrase, “there was nothing you could have done,” more than any other grouping of words in any language she can think of, except perhaps the more proactive, “there’s nothing you can do.” Nothing sets her teeth more on edge than someone well-meaning reminding her of her own futility in the midst of tragedy.
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- Part 8 of Actual Fic
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A reason to live (a reason it is not permissible to die) by Chestnut_pod
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
07 Sep 2022
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The human midwife sighed. “Your mother would have told you all this if she’d had the chance, I expect.”
“My mother was an Elf,” Elwing said, hardly moving her mouth, eyes now fixed pleadingly on Rhíwas. “Lady Idril told me, before she left, when we had the wedding –- she told me to be gentle and not to worry about making children yet; that it was a hard thing to do and took skill of the mind, and that now was a poor time for it besides.”
Still speaking soothingly, Rhíwas replied, not looking at Meleth, “And I’m sure her ladyship was just right about it being that way for Elves. But it seems you’re Man enough in this, yourself.”
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- Part 25 of Actual Fic
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Until the End of Strangeness by Chestnut_pod for RingThroughSpace
Fandoms: Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik
30 Aug 2022
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A triptych on the theme of half-belonging.
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- Part 26 of Actual Fic
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They Can Nearly Talk by Chestnut_pod
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
22 Jan 2024
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All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
Eru Ilúvatar made them all.For an Age of the world, Valinorean readers have devoured Hyamessë Heriel's bestselling tales of animal leeching in the beautiful environs of the Elf-city of Alqualondë. This new translation into Westron will introduce a generation of readers in the Eastern Lands to the gentleness of spirit, warm humor, and love for the animal world that have secured Doctor Heriel's literary reputation across the Sea.
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- Part 31 of Actual Fic
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Paradigm by Chestnut_pod
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
04 Mar 2024
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In Tirion, science advances one departure across an ice bridge at a time.
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- Part 32 of Actual Fic
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Klexos: Views of the Death of Míriel by Chestnut_pod
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
14 Jun 2024
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Klexos: Views of the Death of Míriel (3 Narvinyë - 30 Víressë, 8 Fourth Age) represents the first public exhibition collecting textile-based approaches to the death of Míriel Serindë, including Amanyar and Middle-earth works spanning four ages. The symposium is held in conjunction with this exhibit through the generous collaboration of the University of Valimar.
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- Part 33 of Actual Fic
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Banked Fires Blaze by Chestnut_pod
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
10 Jun 2024
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What is it to be made for a kinder world?
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- Part 34 of Actual Fic
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A brooch, a barrow, a missive from the last days of Cardolan.
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- Part 35 of Actual Fic
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The costume room where Chava worked was misty with gauze. Opening the door reminded her of opening her eyes at the bottom of New York Harbor as it began to slope upwards towards the shore, that same muted blue. The costumes, very different from the stagewear she usually worked at, drifted and billowed in the breeze from the door.
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- Part 36 of Actual Fic
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For many years, the golem and the jinni owned three books between them.
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- Part 37 of Actual Fic
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Strange Self-Flatteries by Chestnut_pod
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
23 Dec 2024
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The problem began the season Arwen turned thirty-five.
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- Part 38 of Actual Fic