The Mane Event 2021

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Dear creator,

So, fandom has a hair themed exchange now...I love it! And I am very excited to see what you have in store.

I have never done an exchange where requests aren't organised by fandom, so to make things easier if you're just skimming this letter, the fandoms I have requested for this exchange are as follows:
 

• The Silmarillion
• The Lord of the Rings
• The Hobbit
• The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
• The Story of Kullervo
• Crossovers (all requested crossovers feature at least one Tolkien canon)

 

I've tried to group my requests together in a way that makes sense, but if the combination of character and freeform tags that we've matched on suggests something different to you than my tentative attempts at theming, then please just follow your heart and have fun.

Given the short turnaround time for this exchange and the low word count minimum, I'm not going to go into a massive list of everything I love to see in every possible type of fanwork (though my Gen Freeform and Smut4Smut letters have my most up to date lists, if you're interested). I have a short list of DNWs (see below) and as long as you stay out of those, I'm sure I will love whatever you're inspired to make. All requests are for either fanart or fanfic.

 

 

DNWs

 

Focus on bodily functions and fluids (exception: blood from injuries); focus on pregnancy, babies or childbirth; heavy/lifestyle BDSM; unrequested AU that significantly changes the canon setting, e.g. A/B/O, mermaid AU (canon divergence is fine, as is post-canon exploration.)

 

 

The Ainur Request

 

Exploration of what the Ainur look like when they take physical form? Thingol the monster-fucker?

I'm here for unusual tag combinations as well – Galadriel accidentally turning her hair into snakes, perhaps? A Medusa myth reworking could be fascinating for her, given her canonical link to mirrors...

 

Characters/Ships: Galadriel/Melian (Silmarillion – JRRT); Melian/Thingol (Silmarillion – JRRT); Nessa (Silmarillion - Tolkien)/Medusa (Greek Mythology); Nessa/Vána (Silmarillion – JRRT); Solo: Arien (Silmarillion – JRRT); Solo: Uinen (Silmarillion – JRRT); Solo: Varda (Silmarillion – JRRT); Solo: Yavanna (Silmarillion - JRRT)

Freeform Tags: Accidental Hair-Snake Acquisition; Braiding Flowers Through Hair; Character's hair glows when using powers; Flowers or budding vines as hair; Glowing Hair Tips; Grass as hair; Hair fanning out in water; Hair Fanning Out Underwater; Hair made of fire; Hair made of starlight; Hair made of unusual substances; Hair made of water; Leaves as hair; magical hair that glows when they sing; Non-traditional Hair on Magical Beings; Playful Bites from Hair-Snakes; Putting flowers in someone's hair; Sentient hair; Tolkien: Uinen's Hair

 

 

Dwarves; Elves; Hobbits and Entwives; Men

 

I'm here for the worldbuilding with these requests – what hairstyles mean to the different cultures, passing traditions between generations, educating members of other races/species about their customs, or just slice of life with hair as a focus. If you're doing art, then visual representations of any of the tags would be amazing!

 

Characters/Ships: Amdir & Original Dwarf of Moria (Silmarillion – JRRT); Celebrimbor & Narvi (Silmarillion – JRRT); Original Female Dwarf/Original Female Dwarf (Hobbit - Jackson Movies); Solo: Original Dwarf Character (LotR - JRRT)

Freeform Tags: Beard Braiding; Complicated hair styles; Cultural differences about hair; Elaborate Hairstyles; Hair Braiding; Hair Brushing; Hair is important part of wedding traditions; Hair jewellery; Ribbons in Hair and/or Beards; Teaching a character how to style their hair a certain way; Tolkien: Beard Styling for Dwarves; Tolkien: Dwarf Hairstyles and Beard Styles; Tolkien: Elven Cultural Significance of Hair; Tolkien: Elves With Beards Are the Sexiest

 

Characters/Ships: Arwen & Celebrían (LotR – JRRT); Círdan/Lalwen (Silmarillion – JRRT); Finwë/Ingwë (Silmarillion – JRRT); Galadriel/Celeborn (LotR – JRRT); Original Minyar Character & Original Tatyar Character & Original Nelyar Character (Silm – JRRT); Solo: Caranthir (Silmarillion – JRRT); Solo: Celebrimbor (Silmarillion – JRRT); Solo: Celegorm (Silmarillion – JRRT); Solo: Finrod (Silmarillion – JRRT); Solo: Galadriel (Silmarillion – JRRT); Solo: Gil-galad (Silmarillion - JRRT)

Freeform Tags: Braiding flowers through hair; character's canonically long locks; Complicated hair styles; Cultural differences about hair; Elaborate Hairstyles; Hair Braiding; Hair Brushing; Hair is important part of wedding traditions; Hair jewellery; Putting flowers in someone's hair; Ribbons in Hair and/or Beards; Teaching a character how to style their hair a certain way; Tolkien: Elven Cultural Significance of Hair; Tolkien: Elves With Beards Are the Sexiest; Tolkien: Significance of Braided Hair in Different Elf Cultures; Using hairstyles to declare allegiance &/or identity

 

Characters/Ships: Solo: Original Hobbit Character (LotR – JRRT); Solo: Original Entwife (LotR - JRRT)

Freeform Tags: Flowers or budding vines as hair; Hair Braiding; Hair Brushing; Ribbons in Hair and/or Beards; Hair fanning out in water; Hair Fanning Out Underwater; Hair jewellery; Hair made of unusual substances; Hair Washing; hairy feet; Leaves as hair; Putting flowers in someone's hair; Sad Character Is Cheered Up By Cat Allowing Them To Stroke Its Silky Belly Fluff; Tangled windswept hair; Teaching a character how to style their hair a certain way

 

Characters/Ships: Aldarion/Erendis (Silmarillion – JRRT); Angamaitë & Sangahyando (LotR – JRRT); Daughter of Arwen/Daughter of Éowyn (LotR – JRRT); Éomer & Éothain (LotR – JRRT); Gimilkhâd & Tar-Palantir (Silmarillion – JRRT); Original Éothéod Character & Original Wainrider Character (LotR – JRRT); Solo: Tar-Míriel (Silmarillion - JRRT)

Freeform Tags: Complicated hair styles; Cultural differences about hair; Elaborate Hairstyles; Hair as an indicator of profession; Hair as an indicator of rank; Hair Braiding; Hair Brushing; Hair is important part of wedding traditions; Hair jewellery; Putting flowers in someone's hair; Seeing someone's usually covered hair for the first time; Teaching a character how to style their hair a certain way; Tolkien: Hairstyles in Numenor; Tolkien: Significance of hairstyling in different Mannish cultures; Using hairstyles to declare allegiance &/or identity; Tangled windswept hair; Ribbons in Hair and/or Beards

 

 

Hurt/Comfort

 

What it says on the tin, really. An opportunity for good old-fashioned whump or hurt/comfort, with a focus on characters' hair. Have fun.

 

Characters/Ships: Aredhel & Celegorm (Silmarillion – JRRT); Beleg/Túrin (Silmarillion – JRRT); Celebrimbor (Silmarillion) & Hector (Castlevania – Netflix); Celebrimbor (Silmarillion)/Hector (Castlevania – Netflix); Celegorm & Finrod (Silmarillion – JRRT); Celegorm & Huan (Silmarillion – JRRT); Maglor & Original Character (Silmarillion – JRRT); Solo: Celebrimbor (Silmarillion - JRRT)

Freeform Tags: Blood Cleaned Out of Fur; Character's hair dishevelled from hurt; Character's hair goes white from trauma; Hair Braiding; Hair Brushing; Hair matted with blood; Hair Washing; Touching someone's hair while they're unconscious; Traumatized character has filthy hair gently washed after long captivity; Washing Blood out of Hair; Washing/Combing Blood Out Of Hair

 

 

(Im)mortality and Identity

 

This is perhaps my oddest bucket of requests and I had to think a bit about why I feel these characters and ships go with each other, and with these tags. I think it's because these characters are all tied in some way to having to choose where you belong, and/or to an awareness of not belonging, often because of the different fates of Elves and Men. (Dorian and Maglor are a bit of an exception, as two immortals, but Dorian was mortal to begin with, and both of them have to deal with living forever in a world where everyone around them will die.) If you could somehow link all that back to characters taking care of each others' hair, or how they choose to style it, that would be amazing.

 

Characters/Ships: Aegnor/Andreth (Silmarillion – JRRT); Beleg/Túrin (Silmarillion – JRRT); Celebrimbor (Silmarillion)/Hector (Castlevania – Netflix); Celebrimbor (Silmarillion) & Hector (Castlevania – Netflix); Celebrimbor & Elrond & Elros & Gil-galad (Silmarillion – JRRT); Celebrimbor & Elros (Silmarillion – JRRT); Dorian Gray (Penny Dreadful)/Maglor (Silmarillion); Elrond & Elros (Silmarillion – JRRT); Fíriel & Elves (TAoTB – JRRT); Gil-galad & Celebrimbor (Silmarillion – JRRT); Gil-galad & Elrond (Silmarillion – JRRT); Gil-galad & Elrond & Elros (Silmarillion – JRRT); Maglor & Original Character (Silmarillion – JRRT); Solo: Celebrimbor (Silmarillion – JRRT); Solo: Elros (Silmarillion – JRRT); Solo: Gil-galad (Silmarillion - JRRT)

Freeform Tags: Braiding Flowers Through Hair; Complicated hair styles; Character hates having to put long hair up; Elaborate Hairstyles; Hair Braiding; Hair Brushing; Long Hair Cut Short; Long hair is a point of pride; Putting flowers in someone's hair; Tolkien: Elven Cultural Significance of Hair; Touching someone's hair while they're unconcious; Using hairstyles to declare allegiance &/or identity

 

 

Fay and Faerie Things

 

Basically where I've put the tags with the most fairy tale potential.

If you happen to pick the Wanona tag, I'd love it if she could survive...

 

Characters/Ships: Beren/Finrod/Lúthien (Silmarillion – JRRT); Beren/Lúthien (Silmarillion – JRRT); Fíriel & Elves (TAoTB – JRRT); Goldberry (LotR - Tolkien)/Nellas (Silmarillion); Goldberry/Lady of the Blue Brooch (LotR – JRRT); Lúthien (Silmarillion - Tolkien)/Rapunzel (Rapunzel - Fairy Tale); Solo: Goldberry (LotR – JRRT); Solo: Original Entwife (LotR – JRRT); Solo: The River-woman (LotR – JRRT); Wanona/The Blue Robed Lady of the Forest (SoK - JRRT)

Freeform Tags: Braiding Flowers Through Hair; character's canonically long locks; Character's hair glows when using powers; Flowers or budding vines as hair; Giving strands of hair to show love; Glowing Hair Tips; Hair fanning out in water; Hair Fanning Out Underwater; Hair is the source of someone's power; Hair made of unusual substances; Leaves as hair; magical hair that glows when they sing; Non-traditional Hair on Magical Beings; Putting flowers in someone's hair; Sentient hair; The sun catching character's hair and making it glow; Tolkien: Lúthien's Hair Lengthening Spell; Hair made of water

 

 

Tales of (Dis)Tress

 

Characters with famous hair - what's the story behind the stories? Celegorm the Fair, for example...maybe his hair turned white from some horrific encounter? After all, who knows what lurks in Oromë's woods...

You could take the “source of power” prompt literally – a Samson-esque reimagining of Glorfindel's tale, perhaps? Or it could work well for Galadriel, and would certainly explain why Fëanor wanted her hair! Or you could make it figurative, e.g. Fingon taking comfort and confidence from his braids – was it Maedhros who did his hair like that for the first time?

 

Characters/Ships: Fëanor & Galadriel (Silmarillion – JRRT); Fingon/Finrod (Silmarillion – JRRT); Fingon/Finrod/Maedhros (Silmarillion – JRRT); Fingon/Maedhros (Silmarillion – JRRT); Solo: Celegorm (Silmarillion – JRRT); Solo: Fingon (Silmarillion – JRRT); Solo: Galadriel (Silmarillion – JRRT); Solo: Glorfindel (Silmarillion – JRRT); Solo: Maedhros (Silmarillion - JRRT)

Freeform Tags: A is unexpectedly very good at styling hair, styles B's ornately, B wears it all day; character's canonically long locks; Character's hair glows when using powers; Character's hair goes white from trauma; Giving strands of hair to show love; Hair is the source of someone's power; Long Red Hair; magical hair that glows when they sing; Silmarillion: The Gold In Fingon's Braids; The sun catching character's hair and making it glow; Tolkien: Fëanor's desire for Galadriel's hair; Tolkien: Glorfindel's Hair Pre & Post Balrog

 

 

Ships Ahoy

 

An excuse (as if it were needed) for hair-centric smutty or shippy goodness. Pick a tag, pick a ship, enjoy. (As with the Fay and Faerie request, I would love Wanona to live. Or Beleg and Túrin. Or any of the Finwions who die in canon. Angst and tragedy are great too but I am definitely down with canon divergence where more people survive!)

 

Characters/Ships: Aegnor/Andreth (Silmarillion – JRRT); Aldarion/Erendis (Silmarillion – JRRT); Beleg/Túrin (Silmarillion – JRRT); Celebrían/Elrond (LOTR – JRRT); Celebrimbor (Silmarillion)/Hector (Castlevania – Netflix); Círdan/Lalwen (Silmarillion – JRRT); Daughter of Arwen/Daughter of Éowyn (LotR – JRRT); Dorian Gray (Penny Dreadful)/Maglor (Silmarillion); Elladan/Elrohir (LotR – JRRT); Fingon/Finrod (Silmarillion – JRRT); Fingon/Finrod/Maedhros (Silmarillion – JRRT); Finwë/Ingwë (Silmarillion – JRRT); Finwë/Míriel Þerindë (Silmarillion – JRRT); Goldberry (LotR - Tolkien)/Nellas (Silmarillion); Goldberry/Lady of the Blue Brooch (LotR – JRRT); Lúthien (Silmarillion - Tolkien)/Rapunzel (Rapunzel - Fairy Tale); Wanona/The Blue Robed Lady of the Forest (SoK - JRRT)

Freeform Tags: A is aroused by B brushing their hair; Braiding Flowers Through Hair; Character's hair dishevelled from pleasure; Giving strands of hair to show love; Hair Braiding; Hair Brushing; Hair fanning out in water; Hair Fanning Out on Pillow/Other Surface While Fucking; Hair Fanning Out Underwater; Hair jewellery; Hair WashingHands In Hair While Kissing; Kissing Handfuls of Hair; Long Red Hair; Messy hair following sex; Putting flowers in someone's hair; Stroking Someone's Hair; The sun catching character's hair and making it glow