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Sleeping Beauty by helenvader for BearFromThere
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022)
12 Jun 2026
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After his assassination, Mairon finds himself stuck in his dead body, with his thoughts (and a hapless snow troll) as his only company. After two thousand years of solitude, a group of Elves provides unexpected second chances.
Of all his ridiculous ideas, snatching Melkor's crown was, beyond any doubt, the most ridiculous. Behold! Mairon the Maia, the king who never was, dim-witted enough to believe that an artefact infused with unpredictable sorcery was the ideal way of making his rule look legitimate. The time he spent with reforging the ugly thing would have been much better used with perfecting—and practising—his speech. Maybe then it would not have ended up in a debacle of epic proportions.
Series
- Part 3 of The Road Goes Ever Winding
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My Rings of Power Fanvids by helenvader
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022)
02 Jun 2026
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A collection of my fanvids. Not a very witty summary, I know. :-)
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My First Foundation video. Should have been a song spoof, but it evolved beyond that idea into something... different. :-)
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Forlorn by helenvader
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022)
17 Nov 2024
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After the War of Wrath, Mairon comes to see Eönwë.
He was still beautiful, though pitiful to behold: matted hair framing a colourless face, shabby rags clinging to a body just as pallid under layers of dirt. His eyes were the only part of him that seemed alive. They looked strikingly innocent for one known for ruthless cruelty.
Vanity and pride had always been his flaws, even before his fall. To appear before the herald of Manwë in such an unkept state was a sign of how much he had changed. Or was it a trick to fool him? To pluck at the strings of his heart so as to awaken his sympathy? Deception was a weapon he yielded all too well.
“Rise, Mairon,” said Eönwë. “There is no need to debase yourself like this.”
Series
- Part 2 of The Road Goes Ever Winding
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This Too Shall Pass by helenvader
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022), The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
14 Oct 2024
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After the Lúthien debacle, Mairon tried to hide, but Melkor found him. And made him pay.
When he dreamed, his dreams were dreams of pain. Of being hurt in all conceivable ways one can a body without killing it. And while he might have set his spirit free from its vessel, he kept it caged, seeing as he was unworthy of granting himself such grace.
Series
- Part 1 of The Road Goes Ever Winding
Recent series
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All Magic Comes With a Price by helenvader
Fandom The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022)
13 Dec 2023
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A triptych of stories based on the same premise: Halbrand/Mairon fights Orodruin at the end of S1E6 of The Rings of Power.
The plot of the stories is different, and they are written in different styles, but there are some moments and lines that connect them. I love this one most: "Strange are the tides of life, and stranger yet the workings of the heart".
And they all revolve around Mairon's possible redemption, because of course they do.
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The Road Goes Ever Winding by helenvader
Fandom The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022), The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
12 Jun 2026
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A collection of short stories about Mairon, my beloved Moron.
The first two are angst, the third one is a comedy/drama/angst combination.
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